Antrim Hurling

[Minder]

Personally i think its ridiculous, perhaps Mc G just wants to stay in the public eye and get himself a grant. He is a great athlete but his hurling ability and stickwork will never be at the level needed for inter county hurling. You cannot stop hurling for that length of time and then expect to suddenly find it, even when he was playing regularly his stickwork was average at best.

[OakLeaf]

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[milltown row]

have ya checked out the grading lists on the Antrim website? not a bad idea, we could argue over this for weeks

[NAG]

I am not arguing agains him personally Glensman.

I agree with your summing up of each player.

Something doesnt sit with me - youth policy - bringing in a 26-27 year old who has never hurled at the highest level. I know the panel is not closed but my point is that if they are looking to that age group then there are others with far more to offer than him that is all.

[milltown row]

i'm staying out of the argument regarding Kevin being in the panel, but if you were at the match and seen the the lads/boys sitting on the subs bench, in  terms of strength, bar McCambridge (who when came on was off the pace due to his injury) there was not much to pick from.

were missing depth in the current panel, Kevin may not be the answer and it will more than likely be shown in 'trials' that he wont work out

[A Quinn Martin Production]

You couldn't make it up

[theskull1]

You couldn't make it up

Maybe you couldn't, but that doesn't mean that it's not worth a go. Take you're point milltown regarding the bench The reality is that alot of these players need to develop. I hope they stay committed for the medium term (2-4). Strong club leagues will help bring them on although that may be more difficult in div2 (don't really know though).
The reality is that there will be very few aged 28+ hurlers with families who will be able to commit to Antrim. The demands just get a bit too great. Where it is good for your career to play for your county in other places, it is not the case up here in Antrim, so whenever you see other counties getting the commitment from this type of player, then you have to look at the incentives he has to play year in year out. Just my opinion

[Minder]

Is it not an act of total desperation though? We are continually being told by S & W that it is a long term plan and the players will seamlessly progress into the senior team yet here we have a player that we are taking a punt on. Believe you me he will be back to the footballers, maybe not this year but he will be back as he is a good footballer and a not so good hurler. I wonder how this fits in with S & W's long term plan.

[playwiththewind1st]

There's nothing else on the football thread except him, now he's taken over the hurling thread as well ffs.

Next week...........Kevin McGourty invades Poland on his own & marches on to world domination. You heard it here first.

[milltown row]

lads stop getting obsessed with it,  if a statement like that came out about McFaul coming back into the squad we would be discussing that.

i'd be surprised if he gets a run out. i'll be in dunloy on Sunday i dont think Kevin will.

who else could S&W bring in to baulk up the squad. we loooked small on sunday the dublin MEN were bigger and faster than our lads

[theskull1]

Next week...........Kevin McGourty invades Poland on his own & marches on to world domination. You heard it here first.

Heard Sambo talking to him about the blitzkrieg attack last night at training session...there was me thinking we had a plan against the yellow bellies   

[Minder]

I dont thnik we need a pile of bouncers playing for us, i thought our fellas were bursting out of their tops from what we are being told about their winters weights programme. It does not matter what size you are and how great an "athlete" you are if you dont have the touch and stickwork you may as well be pissing into the wind.

[NAG]

Minder

I think we are anyway!

[milltown row]

minder your right if ya haven't the stick work/skill then your beat. but for instance big Donnely massive big lad, young, great stick work, i'm my late 30's but i'd give him a head start and still beat him to a ball. we need big strong and very mobile players, on sunday we were easily pushed off the ball. obviously some players can read a game and be in a position to get the ball. on Sunday for most part we give them the ball first and then tried to take it off them.

all is not lost i think we will come back well against Wexford on Sunday, a better performance will be expected in the heartland of hurling. if not Sambo and Woody will come under fire again from certain quarters

[Minder]

Anybody see any odds for the Wexford match? Cant get on gambling sites in work, just porn.