Antrim Football Thread

[imtommygunn]

Excuse my ignorance but was Gaelfast not put in place to support GAA in Belfast? As an Antrim man I don't mind it spreading its wings throughout the county but going into St. Pat's Maghera? f**k that!

And the Down parts as well, but if you can make it to take Gaelfast coaches to North Antrim, they can also make it to the Ards peninsula.

Where Gaelfast went wrong was aligning it so rigidly to Antrim CB..

What do you down boys know?

(Joke - you're probably spot on to be fair)

[Belfast GAA man]

Whats Gaelfast up to these days? lack of communication about this flegship initiative is criminal

[Milltown Row2]

Whats Gaelfast up to these days? lack of communication about this flegship initiative is criminal

Not another dig at Gaelfast? 

[johnnycool]

Excuse my ignorance but was Gaelfast not put in place to support GAA in Belfast? As an Antrim man I don't mind it spreading its wings throughout the county but going into St. Pat's Maghera? f**k that!

And the Down parts as well, but if you can make it to take Gaelfast coaches to North Antrim, they can also make it to the Ards peninsula.

Where Gaelfast went wrong was aligning it so rigidly to Antrim CB..

What do you down boys know?

(Joke - you're probably spot on to be fair)

I know a shítshow when I see one 

[Belfast GAA man]

Whats Gaelfast up to these days? lack of communication about this flegship initiative is criminal

Not another dig at Gaelfast? 

genuine concern that Gaelfast oportunity is being wasted - you call it a dig 

[imtommygunn]

You could be right but when you come on and complain that people on furlough are doing no work, when they're not allowed to, on furlough then you have to wonder if they could win or not.

What looks to have not panned out very well has been since that.

[Belfast GAA man]

You could be right but when you come on and complain that people on furlough are doing no work, when they're not allowed to, on furlough then you have to wonder if they could win or not.

What looks to have not panned out very well has been since that.

im no guru but on big initiatives u surely need to communicate regularly? to the clubs?

[bannside]

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/jim-mcguinness-gaelic-football-is-now-just-a-shooting-contest-1.4628827

Well worth a read. Terrific narrative from Jim Mc Guinness, I think sums up more than anything the exact points I was struggling to make a month ago when putting my view across that we needed to be more defensive minded.

For me anyway Jim hits the nail on the head with this superb article in this mornings Irish Times.

[Belfast GAA man]

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/jim-mcguinness-gaelic-football-is-now-just-a-shooting-contest-1.4628827

Well worth a read. Terrific narrative from Jim Mc Guinness, I think sums up more than anything the exact points I was struggling to make a month ago when putting my view across that we needed to be more defensive minded.

For me anyway Jim hits the nail on the head with this superb article in this mornings Irish Times.

good read thanks and clearly a very bright guy. He though admits it was crowd pleasing and enjoyable. He doesn't seem to think that's important. jim would be happy to go back to 0-4 to 0-2 matches with ferocity in tackling... sorry not for me jim

[bannside]

Does it need to be one or the other? Some difference between a total of 6 points a game or 66!!! It dosent need to be a feast or a famine, does it? Surely an innovative coach would find the sweet spot between the two!

I agree it's easier on the eye, but something is definitely amiss. Games are becoming a shoot fest and I just cannot fathom why coaches leave gaps in defence that horses and carts can run through. It's not specific to any one county, everyone is at it!

[Milltown Row2]

Does it need to be one or the other? Some difference between a total of 6 points a game or 66!!! It dosent need to be a feast or a famine, does it? Surely an innovative coach would find the sweet spot between the two!

I agree it's easier on the eye, but something is definitely amiss. Games are becoming a shoot fest and I just cannot fathom why coaches leave gaps in defence that horses and carts can run through. It's not specific to any one county, everyone is at it!

What ever happened to marking your man? You mark your man when you've no ball whether you're a forward or back, allowing your opponent to run up the field to collect a pass freely lays squarely at the opponent's feet!

Now marking space and counterattacking seems to be the done thing, I've no problem using a sweeper system for periods to limit a better team, but with it I'm not going to win that game and all I'm doing is damaged limitations, managers teams are judged on results, not style

[imtommygunn]

I\ve never seen like the space Armagh gave Monaghan the other week and they still nearly won the game!

[Sportacus]

It seems 15 years of blanket has produced a generation of backs who just can't defend unless half the team are within 20 yards helping them.  Jim is reaping what he sewed.  I'd take the Armagh Monaghan game any day rather than half-backs running up the sideline unchallenged, and then going back round on the loop when they eventually see an opponent in front of them.

[bannside]

Definitely not the game many of us played coached and loved. Even the goalie is in the other half. For me definitely something is missing, and JMG probably hit the nail on the head in a way I can relate.

Might as well put 15 forwards on the pitch from what I can see. Take it in turns sure!

[Belfast GAA man]

Ask any spectators or players do they want attacking or defensive football and the answer will be attacking. Only ones who want defensive stuff is coaches looking to show who clever they r and frig the players and supporters. Jim has had his day and no longer in demand for county jobs