Antrim Hurling

[Tony Baloney]

The performance could have been better. No doubt.  Being down to 13 men doesn't help. The unavailability of half the starting team doesn't help. Playing against a strong breeze in the first half doesn't help,  Especially with 14 men. We were beat last May by 10 points by carlow with the manager's full squad. Just saying. 

Matthew 7:15 

[Seamroga in exile]

The performance could have been better. No doubt.  Being down to 13 men doesn't help. The unavailability of half the starting team doesn't help. Playing against a strong breeze in the first half doesn't help,  Especially with 14 men. We were beat last May by 10 points by carlow with the manager's full squad. Just saying. 

Comical Ali

You don't do original. Do you?   

[optimus cheese]

Not certain of the tie breaker, but think Carlow have head to head advantage so say we beat London (a massive IF) and Westmeath won, we  would be level on 6 with Carlow who have the tie breaker. Think scoring advantage only comes into it if more than 2 teams on same points.
We have lost to two MacCarthy teams in last two games. We aren't MacCarthy standard. Big reality check last two games, Westmeath and Carlow are better than us, as they have proven in last few times have played both.
We are just not good enough, horrible to admit but that is the case

[Seamroga in exile]

The performance could have been better. No doubt.  Being down to 13 men doesn't help. The unavailability of half the starting team doesn't help. Playing against a strong breeze in the first half doesn't help,  Especially with 14 men. We were beat last May by 10 points by carlow with the manager's full squad. Just saying. 

Matthew 7:15 

I'm not a brainwashed sheep. 

[Seamroga in exile]

The performance could have been better. No doubt.  Being down to 13 men doesn't help. The unavailability of half the starting team doesn't help. Playing against a strong breeze in the first half doesn't help,  Especially with 14 men. We were beat last May by 10 points by carlow with the manager's full squad. Just saying. 

Ach now SiE!
Let's just say you weren't so quick to offer mitigating circumstances to the previous managers loss to Carlow!

The circumstances are different though.  The previous manager had all the players available he selected. We're still short the Cushendall fellas. Plus injuries.

[Saffrongael]

The performance could have been better. No doubt.  Being down to 13 men doesn't help. The unavailability of half the starting team doesn't help. Playing against a strong breeze in the first half doesn't help,  Especially with 14 men. We were beat last May by 10 points by carlow with the manager's full squad. Just saying. 

Ach now SiE!
Let's just say you weren't so quick to offer mitigating circumstances to the previous managers loss to Carlow!

The circumstances are different though.  The previous manager had all the players available he selected. We're still short the Cushendall fellas. Plus injuries.

Every team has injuries. So it's basically as long as we don't get beat by as many as Ryan did we will be grand ?

[Seamroga in exile]

The performance could have been better. No doubt.  Being down to 13 men doesn't help. The unavailability of half the starting team doesn't help. Playing against a strong breeze in the first half doesn't help,  Especially with 14 men. We were beat last May by 10 points by carlow with the manager's full squad. Just saying. 

Ach now SiE!
Let's just say you weren't so quick to offer mitigating circumstances to the previous managers loss to Carlow!

The circumstances are different though.  The previous manager had all the players available he selected. We're still short the Cushendall fellas. Plus injuries.

Every team has injuries. So it's basically as long as we don't get beat by as many as Ryan did we will be grand ?

steady improvement. Yes. Early days. Let's see after three years if he's only won 1 league game. Oh wait. ....

[north_antrim_hound]

That's was bad today no other words for it
As bad is I have seen them

[NAG1]

The performance could have been better. No doubt.  Being down to 13 men doesn't help. The unavailability of half the starting team doesn't help. Playing against a strong breeze in the first half doesn't help,  Especially with 14 men. We were beat last May by 10 points by carlow with the manager's full squad. Just saying. 

Ach now SiE!
Let's just say you weren't so quick to offer mitigating circumstances to the previous managers loss to Carlow!

The circumstances are different though.  The previous manager had all the players available he selected. We're still short the Cushendall fellas. Plus injuries.

Every team has injuries. So it's basically as long as we don't get beat by as many as Ryan did we will be grand ?

steady improvement. Yes. Early days. Let's see after three years if he's only won 1 league game. Oh wait. ....

Don't want to get into anew argument over this again at this early stage. My issue is that KR was lambasted for different things throughout his tenure a few of them are being repeated in this set up.

Also when a new manager comes in I would expect to see the bounce effect with new confidence from that. As well I would expect to see a clear route of direction for the team systems and style of play. None of these are evident and while it is early days if there isn't that in place from the outset it is hard to see how it comes mid way through.

Fact is we are at our level currently and adding a few numbers to the team when paddy's day is over isn't going to change that significantly.

It seems knowing the players wasn't the advantage that it was touted to be over the winter.

[Seamroga in exile]

Five months is a terribly short time to expect miracles all the same.

[Hand up]

Folks move from the Kevin- PJ storey, today we had good enough players to at least complete, and we didn't come close to it, and that comes down mainly to the players but also the management don't seem to installed and passion and more worryingly any plan. Any word of any Creggan players joining up?

[Seamroga in exile]

Folks move from the Kevin- PJ storey, today we had good enough players to at least complete, and we didn't come close to it, and that comes down mainly to the players but also the management don't seem to installed and passion and more worryingly any plan. Any word of any Creggan players joining up?

I believe everyone who is turning up will be there at the end of the month. Refreshingly, it isn't a closed shop though.

[Tony Baloney]

Five months is a terribly short time to expect miracles all the same.

I don't think beating Westmeath or Carlow (at home) falls into "miracle" territory.

[north_antrim_hound]

Nag and hands up are bang on the money
There is no system at all
Hurling as individuals and a few lads not up to it
at least 6 to 7 players out  there today where struggling at this level
SIE only one thing to explain your circumstances at the minute
" karma,s a bitch"
We where bad today and very dissapointing

[Seamroga in exile]

Five months is a terribly short time to expect miracles all the same.

I don't think beating Westmeath or Carlow (at home) falls into "miracle" territory.

I agree. But sure we didn't beat them last year,in fact we were beaten by far bigger scores,with a three year set up.  No?