Antrim Hurling

[Milltown Row2]

Antrim senior hurling management request the following from all clubs
1. Nominations for two open training days and two trial matches.
2. Clubs can nominate any player who they feel is entitled to have a chance at being part of the 2016 panel.
The two days open training will take place as follows
Saturday 21.11.15 – Armoy 10.00am start.
Sunday 22.11.15 – Jordanstown 10.00am start

Following on from the two open training sessions there will be two trial games held at Jordanstown on Tuesday 24.11.15 and Thursday 26.11.15 at 7.30pm. After this a panel will be picked for the upcoming Walsh cup and NHL.
Clubs are asked to forward all names to the email addresses below by 12.30pm on Friday 20.11.15 and advise the players of the above details. It is very important all players nominated make themselves available for the 4 sessions listed above
Paulgrahamd@gmail.com
Duffygavan@hotmail.com

ANTRIM SENIOR HURLING MANAGEMENT 14.11.15

Will dander down and watch these this games and trail on Sunday..

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

PJ should really go for youth.... The likes of coby from dunloy would be an excellent addition

are you rolling your eyes at the poster or the post?

[NAG1]

PJ should really go for youth.... The likes of coby from dunloy would be an excellent addition

are you rolling your eyes at the poster or the post?

Both

[fatheadpg1]

NAG1 what would you know about hurling coby is an excellent young hurler who starred for antrim minors and helped st Louis win a mageaan and played a significant part in the final scoring 1-4 from play... He would give any hurler the fill of it

[Milltown Row2]

NAG1 what would you know about hurling coby is an excellent young hurler who starred for antrim minors and helped st Louis win a mageaan and played a significant part in the final scoring 1-4 from play... He would give any hurler the fill of it

Youth is great and dandy to have especially if they are gifted and strong... But have you seen the Carlow and Westmeath's lately ? big physical teams who have imposed their strength over us the last number of years as did Laois Kerry and the other middle tier teams... when down in that division you need a bitta steel.... let the lad develop at minor/under 21 before burning him out at senior.... No?

[NAG1]

NAG1 what would you know about hurling coby is an excellent young hurler who starred for antrim minors and helped st Louis win a mageaan and played a significant part in the final scoring 1-4 from play... He would give any hurler the fill of it

Never denied that.

I rolled my eyes because you said our new manager should be looking at a first year minor.

That says a lot more about your understanding of senior inter county hurling than it does mine. Plus I do not want to get into discussing an u18 by name on here so this will be my last post on this.

[fatheadpg1]

Maybe yes the young lad coby might be a bit young but ive got no doubt he can mix it down in them lower divisions along with a few other of them dunloy boys the likes of young molloy . Elliot(s) and Kinsella ... fair enough topic over

[north_antrim_hound]

NAG1 what would you know about hurling coby is an excellent young hurler who starred for antrim minors and helped st Louis win a mageaan and played a significant part in the final scoring 1-4 from play... He would give any hurler the fill of it

Youth is great and dandy to have especially if they are gifted and strong... But have you seen the Carlow and Westmeath's lately ? big physical teams who have imposed their strength over us the last number of years as did Laois Kerry and the other middle tier teams... when down in that division you need a bitta steel.... let the lad develop at minor/under 21 before burning him out at senior.... No?

That's correct
                   We have two guys on our panel last year, big enough but not mobile enough
I hope our new fitness trainer has separate programs between our smaller players and our large ones
Not much point in them going to the gym to beef up more
They a bit of mobility

[johnneycool]

Maybe yes the young lad coby might be a bit young but ive got no doubt he can mix it down in them lower divisions along with a few other of them dunloy boys the likes of young molloy . Elliot(s) and Kinsella ... fair enough topic over

Jesus lads, don't be kidding yourselves that you can experiment in Div2a with young lads and still come out with promotion. You'll need your best team on the field in most of those games as they won't be push overs.

[NAG1]

Maybe yes the young lad coby might be a bit young but ive got no doubt he can mix it down in them lower divisions along with a few other of them dunloy boys the likes of young molloy . Elliot(s) and Kinsella ... fair enough topic over

Jesus lads, don't be kidding yourselves that you can experiment in Div2a with young lads and still come out with promotion. You'll need your best team on the field in most of those games as they won't be push overs.

+1

[bannside]

There is some great underage talent emerging in hurling in Antrim that does augur well. Probably best not to throw them in too early but make sure someone is looking after their S&C properly as well as the whole aspect of burnout. Those guys need nurtured through the next few years safely and allowed to physically develop properly. After that there could still be 10 years hurling in them for Antrim.

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

never seems to stop the other counties putting minors onto their panels and clubs in antrim playing them, but then again we know everything in antrim about a good county set up!

Bannside is correct in their post, these lads need looked after and filtered into the county set up. Their continued development at this level is important if we are hoping to keep them going into our county set up. That minor team were unlucky in the Dublin game, had they a full team out they might have beaten that dublin team. There wasnt much between the two teams.

[Milltown Row2]

never seems to stop the other counties putting minors onto their panels and clubs in antrim playing them, but then again we know everything in antrim about a good county set up!

Bannside is correct in their post, these lads need looked after and filtered into the county set up. Their continued development at this level is important if we are hoping to keep them going into our county set up. That minor team were unlucky in the Dublin game, had they a full team out they might have beaten that dublin team. There wasnt much between the two teams.

NAG1 what would you know about hurling coby is an excellent young hurler who starred for antrim minors and helped st Louis win a mageaan and played a significant part in the final scoring 1-4 from play... He would give any hurler the fill of it

Youth is great and dandy to have especially if they are gifted and strong... But have you seen the Carlow and Westmeath's lately ? big physical teams who have imposed their strength over us the last number of years as did Laois Kerry and the other middle tier teams... when down in that division you need a bitta steel.... let the lad develop at minor/under 21 before burning him out at senior.... No?

Hmmm    I think you'll find Bannside was repeating my post DR.... move on please nothing to see here 

[theskull1]

Some minors are up to the rigors of senior hurling and some need to fill out.

Other considerations are how many teams are they meant to turn out for? Talented dual players can get a pounding if not properly looked after by all who'd like a piece of them. In many cases I'd argue that those lads should be left to focus on their own age group for the majority of the season and see how the end of season fixtures pan out. 

[fatheadpg1]

I believe that antrim are missing the experience of some of the best hurlers in the county, for example the likes of decky McKay and 'bimbo' McMullan from rasharkin is what antrim needs to excell and to compete in the south!