Antrim Hurling

[theskull1]

Jim Murray is McD's

[the colonel]

I hadn't a clue of a JM from the Johnnies, but of course know Jim Murray

[milltown row]

Jim Murray is McD's

was McD's but had a fall out. these things happen

[theskull1]

I thought McD's just fell out with everybody else. News to me that Jim was with StJohns now.

[NAG1]

Skull, as i said some of us Refs do look at the site, to be truthful to see the feedback on games. We would,nt be human if we did,nt. Its hard to take some of the Pi** heads and personal attacks at times. Some us work very hard at our game and the rule applications, and try to improve, although when you face the abuse this can be impossible at times. We are sharing this so hopefully it will give a broad spectrum of feedback. Its time that we had some sort of genuine voice, we won,t be drawn into a piss take or will not engage in the old TYRE KICKING mentality. See how it goes, and hopefully it will be helpful to us all.
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Good to see a ref joining the board. I think you will find that the majority here are only interested in discussing the issues and ways to improve hurling in general.

[maxpower]

Bet the first question will be about the "terrible one" 


Good to see that referees can see that there are positive contributions/suggestions being made here most of the time. Like everywhere, you'll get the odd mouth on here but 80% of posters are sound enough to have an adult discussion with.

Skull, as i said some of us Refs do look at the site, to be truthful to see the feedback on games. We would,nt be human if we did,nt. Its hard to take some of the Pi** heads and personal attacks at times. Some us work very hard at our game and the rule applications, and try to improve, although when you face the abuse this can be impossible at times. We are sharing this so hopefully it will give a broad spectrum of feedback. Its time that we had some sort of genuine voice, we won,t be drawn into a piss take or will not engage in the old TYRE KICKING mentality. See how it goes, and hopefully it will be helpful to us all.

Ah feck no!  The 'Terrible One' has got an account on GAA Board.  Now wait to you listen to this load of balls.  By the way, watch your kit bag, socks, boots, shorts, pencils, whistles, RED and Yellows.   Who let that bollocks on?

What exactly have against TR? Why do you persistently attack referees, some of your postings are fairly accurate on the county, however you seem to want to have a pop at all costs? I don,t believe your a St Johns man, however thats irrelevant.

Fair play to you for joining the board and it will be interesting to hear a ref's opinion on things, i remember An Reitior (sp) was on and was good to help clarify rules.

As NAG says most of us are on to have a bit of hurling chat, some eejits too keen to make personal attacks,

[johnneycool]

Aaahhhh feck, I see that bollocks Garret Duffy is doing our game on Saturday against Ballygalget, FFS!  What are the county trying to do, reduce us to abou six eligible hurling players.  He is bound to send another three off at least.

Who do you want to referee it?

Will you be bringing a reserve team down the country?

Tell Jackie we've got dugouts for the subs.

[Nemo]

@ Queenie

you seem to big up St Johns a lot, what was your views on the reffing / umpiring on sunday past. what would you do if you saw two players digging at each other then one falls like he was shot.?  which is exactly what i saw in the sending off - no striking.

who's gonna ref the final, is either team gonna be missing players. really looking forward to it and i believe the Minor Final is now on before it, it should be a good game and i hope Loughgiel can claim the 3 in a row (i think its 3)

[gelvis]

@ Queenie


who's gonna ref the final, is either team gonna be missing players. really looking forward to it and i believe the Minor Final is now on before it, it should be a good game and i hope Loughgiel can claim the 3 in a row (i think its 3)

Someone called "Speedy" did our league match v Lamh Dherg and had a sound game, let the game flow well and cut out any nonsense before it amounted to anything.  Would he be a contender for the final with Duffy?

Has it been confirmed if there will be a Minor/Senior Hurling Final double header yet?

[Tóin ghruagach]

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[Tóin ghruagach]

I think that Owen or Herbie will ref the final but it will most likely be Owen. Good luck to who ever it is.

My reasoning behind this is that none of them has ever done the final. Herbie did the semi-final and its unusual for a ref to get the final after doing the semi.

I've been following this board for some time and I have to say the abuse given to refs is terrible. These guys give their time freely to facilitate the playing of games yet they are abused by particular individuals on this site.

In fact, there is more time spent discussing refs than there is discussing the awful state of hurling in Antrim.

I think that the intermediate final has the potential to be a cracking game. On the day Lamh Dhearg can put in a solid display and Naomh Gall have some very good hurlers. I think that the Milltown men will have a wee bit too much for the Hannahstown men. But how knows.

[Nemo]

I think that Owen or Herbie will ref the final but it will most likely be Owen. Good luck to who ever it is.

My reasoning behind this is that none of them has ever done the final. Herbie did the semi-final and its unusual for a ref to get the final after doing the semi.

I've been following this board for some time and I have to say the abuse given to refs is terrible. These guys give their time freely to facilitate the playing of games yet they are abused by particular individuals on this site.

In fact, there is more time spent discussing refs than there is discussing the awful state of hurling in Antrim. I think that the intermediate final has the potential to be a cracking game. On the day Lamh Dhearg can put in a solid display and Naomh Gall have some very good hurlers. I think that the Milltown men will have a wee bit too much for the Hannahstown men. But how knows.

i have to disagree, they are both sopke about roughly the same amount, albeit one poster tends to talk about refs alot more than others.

i do think refs are part of the problem though, its not just one wee thing, it is alot of things that are the cause, from spectators, players, refs and county officials.

WE ARE ALL TO BLAME IMO

[Tóin ghruagach]

Well, new as I am to this board, and I'm sure that you have discussed the matter but we need to start with club hurling.

Our leagues are nothing short of a joke. To resolve this matter we need to get our clubs - yours and mine - to get over the mind set of not playing without County players. Why should 30 odd guys - two teams to play a match including subs - be held ransom because of 3/4 players? It's insane and it's not in anybody's interests not to play matches.

To place the blame at the door of the "County Board"is a kop out. Its the clubs who refuse to play the games. It's the clubs who look for excuses to avoid matches and its the clubs fault that our leagues are in the state that they are in.

I'm sure that this is all old news to those of you who are seasoned campaigners on this site , however, you will forgive me as I'm a newbie.

[NAG1]

lads

All this doom and gloom surrounding our game I think sometimes dumbs us down. Ok there are somethings which we could do better, but if you go around any ground during the summer and see hundreds of kids with their hurl in their hand we are definitely doing something right for those kids.
We need to start talking up the things that we are doing well and this will inspire change in the areas which we arent doing so well in, the standard maybe has taken a dip in the last couple of years. But in general the standard of the individual player has never really been better, in terms of touch, fitness and speed. Now I think we need to align this in the individual clubs to trying to coach and hurl to a standard which we are seeing by the better teams down south and that should be the target for everyone.

[Nemo]

Well, new as I am to this board, and I'm sure that you have discussed the matter but we need to start with club hurling.

Our leagues are nothing short of a joke. To resolve this matter we need to get our clubs - yours and mine - to get over the mind set of not playing without County players. Why should 30 odd guys - two teams to play a match including subs - be held ransom because of 3/4 players? It's insane and it's not in anybody's interests not to play matches.

To place the blame at the door of the "County Board"is a kop out. Its the clubs who refuse to play the games. It's the clubs who look for excuses to avoid matches and its the clubs fault that our leagues are in the state that they are in.

I'm sure that this is all old news to those of you who are seasoned campaigners on this site , however, you will forgive me as I'm a newbie.

again i disagree - i think our clubs need to play every game with their county players, it doesnt matter what county game is coming up. playing games without the county players is IMO a large reason why the interest / competitivness in league games has diminished (sp)

i do agree with NAG's post though, i think we have a number of really talented players in our county, we need them and others playing competitive games week in week out.