Antrim Hurling

Tony Baloney · March 12, 2012, 12:01:55 AM

Quote from: Sleeping giant on March 11, 2012, 10:39:25 PM
didnt think there was much wrong with any of the above?

His disciplinary record makes for sorry reading in that article.

btdtgtt · March 12, 2012, 01:27:08 AM

I think Liam revels in the whole George best wild thing. A rebel with a cause and all that. Prsonally I have more time for the shefflin canning way but if he produces next week we will all be happy. The closer the game gets the more I want a loughiel Antrim northern victory.

Seamroga in exile · March 12, 2012, 06:18:14 AM

Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 12, 2012, 12:01:55 AM
Quote from: Sleeping giant on March 11, 2012, 10:39:25 PM
didnt think there was much wrong with any of the above?
His disciplinary record makes for sorry reading in that articlle.

He's the first to admit it. He has improved on that side of things over the last year or so though.

Last Man · March 12, 2012, 06:51:07 AM

Quote from: Seamroga in exile on March 12, 2012, 06:18:14 AM
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 12, 2012, 12:01:55 AM
Quote from: Sleeping giant on March 11, 2012, 10:39:25 PM
didnt think there was much wrong with any of the above?
His disciplinary record makes for sorry reading in that articlle.
He's the first to admit it. He has improved on that side of things over the last year or so though.

Sounds like a man happier in his own skin these days.

NAG1 · March 12, 2012, 10:36:25 AM

Any reports on yesterday?

theskull1 · March 12, 2012, 10:46:41 AM

Theres one on anfearrua NAG

Milltown Row2 · March 12, 2012, 10:56:25 AM

Going into Sunday's National Hurling League game in Ennis team manager Jerry Wallace had said he wanted his side to be competitive in their meeting with Clare, and during the first half of the game they certainly were. However after the change of ends the home team got on top and despite losing Donal O'Donovan to a straight red card they ran out convincing winners by 0-20 to 0-12.
In a highly competitive first-half there was little to choose between the sides and with Neill McManus totally dominant at midfield Antrim gave as good as they got.
Clare had the first two points on the board but once PJ O'Connell opened Antrim's account in the seventh minute they began to find some confidence. Shane McNaughton brought them level from a free and while Nicky O'Connell edged Clare back in front, two excellent points from McManus put Antrim 0-4 to 0-3 in front after fourteen minutes.
Points from John Conlon, Colin Ryan and Cathal McInerney put the home side two in front before McManus cut the gap to the minimum again following Antrim's best move of the match on twenty-four minutes.
Conor McGrath gave Clare a two point cushion once again but McManus and Karl Stewart replied for the Saffrons to square the game, only to see McGrath restore Clare's lead in first-half injury time.
CAUGHT COLD
The Antrim management must have been pleased with their team's first-half display but the Saffrons were caught cold at the start of the second-half as Clare hit five unanswered points in the opening eight minutes to leave them a mountain to climb. Shane McNaughton got their first score of the second-half in the forty-fifth minute when he sent over a free from sixty metres and two more points from the same player in the next six minutes had the gap back to four.
Donlon and McNaughton exchanged points to keep the gap at four, but following a bad miss from Karl Stewart in the sixty-first minute the Saffrons were made to pay dearly as Clare hit four points in two minutes to put the game beyond Antrim's reach.
Things got worse for Antrim when Neill McManus received a second-yellow card near the end, but in truth it had no bearing on the outcome of the game at this late stage as Clare deservedly kept their 100% record intact as they moved clear at the top of the Division 2 table.

Buswhacker · March 12, 2012, 11:12:52 AM

How many Loughgiel men,when available, will be drafted on to the team.

Seamroga in exile · March 12, 2012, 11:15:17 AM

Not sure how many will be on the team but I think there are 6 or 7 to come into the squad. DD is a cert, although I hear Chrissy made a couple of great saves yesterday.

saffronog · March 12, 2012, 04:39:44 PM

not sure how many shams will slot in the starting 15 but i will off course offer a very educated opinion

eddie mccloskey and winker i would have thought need to be accommodated in the forward division.

johnny campbell in defence along with dd and i would really not be that sure after that. hear martin scullion isn't goin up, not saying he should be playing, or that he shouldn't be playing just to ward off red and white uproar.

Also heard neil McAuley was for shipping off to the land of Oz.

Seamroga in exile · March 12, 2012, 04:49:52 PM

Martin Scullion was called up but couldn't commit this year because of family commitments.

Milltown Row2 · March 12, 2012, 06:52:59 PM

Hard to commit when you have two years of hard graft behind you.

btdtgtt · March 12, 2012, 08:24:08 PM

Complete football fixtures list out - no hurling.

Anyone shed any light on this?

theskull1 · March 12, 2012, 09:52:47 PM

Wee franks in there getting it sorted as we speak

Last Man · March 12, 2012, 09:57:25 PM

Quote from: saffronog on March 12, 2012, 04:39:44 PM
not sure how many shams will slot in the starting 15 but i will off course offer a very educated opinion

eddie mccloskey and winker i would have thought need to be accommodated in the forward division.

johnny campbell in defence along with dd and i would really not be that sure after that. hear martin scullion isn't goin up, not saying he should be playing, or that he shouldn't be playing just to ward off red and white uproar.

Also heard neil McAuley was for shipping off to the land of Oz.

What about Barney?