Antrim Football Thread

[stiffler]

Portglenone look a different beast than the last number of seasons. It looks like they now have that killer instinct they had been lacking in crunch games. It will take a good team to stop them the year.

The only slight concern I would have is discipline.

[country bumpkin]

Portglenone look a different beast than the last number of seasons. It looks like they now have that killer instinct they had been lacking in crunch games. It will take a good team to stop them the year.

The only slight concern I would have is discipline.

Casement's did look excellent but discipline  looks a problem....
Ref had a game, sympathetic in conditions and got the reds spot on .... second one reaction to the first...
Casement's look super fit ...ahead of the pack....with a full squad who must have worked hard over the winter...

Marty Johnston looked the best on view....

Casement's are 'stand outs' atm, but this is March.....a long road to travel......

[marty34]

Portglenone look a different beast than the last number of seasons. It looks like they now have that killer instinct they had been lacking in crunch games. It will take a good team to stop them the year.

The only slight concern I would have is discipline.

Far too early in season to be making statements like this. PG1 always come out of the traps early, too early.

How they do this year will depend on how they go in the last 10 mins of tight knock-out championship games.

That'll be the real test. Have they got over this barrier?

[Lár na páirce 1]

Who do Casements play in the Ulster club anyway?

[JimStynes]

Worth a tenner on PG1 and Mayo the year!

[NatSoSaff]

Creggan missing a few too many at the min but take nothing away from PG1 they look impressive and they  are a very well balanced side. Cargin getting beat was surprising considering the amount of men lamh dearg have missing. Moneyglass had another good win. St.Brigids look to be in bother.

[Caesar]

Big statement surely. Another red for big Niall.  Be hard to defend that tackle though. On a rugby field you would probably be citied and get 6 games to go with it. Aidan MC aleese quality player for Pg1. Were Pg1 missing many men banside

Feel I should defend the player on this occasion. As a neutral at the game McKeevers tackle certainly was not the worst tackle of the game, with McKeever himself on the receiving end of a few bad ones. Creggan were obviously told to up the physicality at HT which led to a championship feel in the second half with both teams playing on the edge.

On another note, wishing a speedy recovery to Conor Small who appears to have another problem with his knee. No luck at all

[country bumpkin]

Creggan missing a few too many at the min but take nothing away from PG1 they look impressive and they  are a very well balanced side. Cargin getting beat was surprising considering the amount of men lamh dearg have missing. Moneyglass had another good win. St.Brigids look to be in bother.

Am sure Cargin are really annoyed at losing up at Hannahstown......in search of another league title and with a full squad involved they should have beaten the Lamhs....

Disaster.....

[Lár na páirce 1]

Creggan missing a few too many at the min but take nothing away from PG1 they look impressive and they  are a very well balanced side. Cargin getting beat was surprising considering the amount of men lamh dearg have missing. Moneyglass had another good win. St.Brigids look to be in bother.

Take a look at both sides and tell me who was missing most Declan Lynch played full game even though he played for county on Saturday they celebrated like they'd won a championship game but not many won in march with depleted teams.everyone knows the Lamhs can't beat Cargin when it really matters 😎

[NatSoSaff]

Steady on, I wasn't having a go at Cargin, in fact I was more surprised their quality even in reserve didn't get them the win over LD. Didn't think lynch would have played but that's obviously a big boost for them. And yes I'm pretty sure Cargin aren't losing sleep about losing early round league games. Creggan will be the same.

[bannside]

John McKeever won't miss too much sleep either if Casements lose a league game or two either. His focus is solely on building a panel and squad rotation. Late start back at it this year (despite what others believe) and for the record our team yesterday was minus 7 players that started on our last championship game.

Nobody getting too excited about what happens in March!

[country bumpkin]

Creggan missing a few too many at the min but take nothing away from PG1 they look impressive and they  are a very well balanced side. Cargin getting beat was surprising considering the amount of men lamh dearg have missing. Moneyglass had another good win. St.Brigids look to be in bother.

Take a look at both sides and tell me who was missing most Declan Lynch played full game even though he played for county on Saturday they celebrated like they'd won a championship game but not many won in march with depleted teams.everyone knows the Lamhs can't beat Cargin when it really matters 😎

Cargin had 9 lads MIA on Sunday all on county u20 squad......

[Lár na páirce 1]

Creggan missing a few too many at the min but take nothing away from PG1 they look impressive and they  are a very well balanced side. Cargin getting beat was surprising considering the amount of men lamh dearg have missing. Moneyglass had another good win. St.Brigids look to be in bother.

Take a look at both sides and tell me who was missing most Declan Lynch played full game even though he played for county on Saturday they celebrated like they'd won a championship game but not many won in march with depleted teams.everyone knows the Lamhs can't beat Cargin when it really matters 😎

Cargin had 9 lads MIA on Sunday all on county u20 squad......

In my count also Mick McCann Tomas McCann Justin crozier KOBO Jinny McShane Big Pat Jamie Gribbin Conhuir Johnston Kieran close ,plenty to come back yet 😊😎

[ck]

A good start to the Div.1 leagues with fairly tight games and unpredictable results.
PG1 started well as they do every year, will they run out of road again though. Creggan and Cargin stuttering with players to come back. Ahoghil and Moneyglass going well and should stay up based on early evidence so far. Hearing good things from Aghagallon with young players coming in and stepping up. LD havent been great but were late out training I hear so will improve and I think they'll be dark horses come championship. St.Brigids seem to be in a mess after 3 hammerings, what's going on there?, maybe should focus on their young lads instead of transfers from Lavey?. Rossa, Galls and Jonnies have been indifferent so far but will improve, I think you'll see St.Galls make strides this year and will surprise a lot of people, again they have nurtured some good young players who should start to come through.

Div.2 has the usual suspects starting well. Ballymena and Glenravel will be hard to stop this year. I'd have expected Ardoyne and St.Pauls to have started better. St.Pauls should get stronger in the next 2 or 3 years with great underage work. I think Gorts will be hard to stop also in Div.2.

[ck]

Congrats to Antrim on Saturday on a great win over Cavan. Cavan had nothing to play for but still a good result and from what I saw a fairly decent performance. Despite a few horrible losses it feels like Antrim are on the right track.