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Clubs are filled with ex prisoners

There are good reason to be in jail and bad ones..

Move on lads

100%

Had stepped away beforehand

I think we reached our ceiling under Gleeson possibly 3 years ago?

Another name i missed was Conor Boyd?

Wonder did Davy give Alex Oboyle(oisins) a call? Worth a look at after an impressive season

Be interesting to know would campbell/ryan elliott etc etc be hurling if we had a different manager. As id rather them two plus ryan mcgarry as the spine of my defence than davy on the sideline doing shite interviews every other week

It's gonna be a long year. I know we've had a lot of retirements in recent years and in fairness to Kildare they're a decent side but today was just the epitome of how far we've gone backwards under Davy. 

I didn't know it was on clubber until it was over.
In terms of team sheet we are down the spine of a team so cant really expect to beat anyone. Has eoghan campbell definitely left the panel?
Any updates on others? Im guessing keelan is getting a rest?
Paddy burke should be back soon
Ryan mcgarry?
Ciaran Clarke was back late on for BC
Has niall mckenna dropped off?
Ciaran johnston?
James also to come back

I neither agree or disagree with you here. Im not sure of the correct answer here or how Antrim/a club disapline a player who is disaplined through the correct manner and brought before the courts and punished accordingly.

I noticed you have 14 posts and 10 of them are directly linked to this case though. Im not sure venting your frustration in a forum really achieves anything. Possibly airing your concerns with secretart/county rep and bringing it to attention at a higher level instead of on here?

In terms of a role model for younger players..
What about club?

What do you do in a case like that though?
Ban from playing County?
What do you expect his club to do?

Where does it end?

St Brigids a post up trying to recruit hurlers/students in Belfast. Will they turn into their footballers?

The players are more than likely also there for the coin

Its a shambles from Tyrones point of view. Plenty of hurling clubs to gather up a panel of 30 lads.

Load up with antrim lads hoping to get a run out in croker..for them to say they can't be arsed travelling the following year and them get beat out the gate every game. Play at your level

Two of Glenarms young talent playing county hurling for Tyrone i see!

Why do Tyrone allow this for one to two seasons knocking their own club hurlers down the pecking order

If people are silly enough to part with hard raised money....Baker is the smart one

I've seen them during their two games vs Cargin and Dunloy also against my own club in the league and thought if that's the potential that is in that group they are a good side. They also finished 4th i think two seasons ago so obviously something there. Could of also picked out Glenravel as a side i have a high regard for to if that sounds better.

Whitehill must have done a number on your club if there in your bad books.

Just an opinion at the end of the day

Yes two decent moral victories vs two of the best teams in Antrim. They also lost to St Johns and had to go into the playoffs. League means nothing. Ballymena in a final and finished 0 points in a championship group

I can see a more defensive approach emerging, with a greater emphasis on exposing teams that lack quality two-point kickers.

From last year's league and championship matches, it was clear that teams kicking the majority of the two-pointers—such as Dunloy, Cargin, Creggan, and TNN—tend to have a high number of players capable of consistently striking from range.

Teams with reliable free-takers like Seann Elliot, Mick Byrne, Conor Small, and Jinny also seem to pick up around two to three two-pointers per game, largely due to opposition teams fouling outside the new two-point arc.

That said, after the first round of McKenna Cup fixtures involving Armagh, Tyrone, Cavan, and Monaghan, teams appear to have adapted to this new scoring method. Many are now setting up a soccer-like defensive formation from the top of the new arc back to the 21-metre line, doing their best to eliminate the chance of conceding a two-pointer. They seem relatively content to concede a one-pointer instead, as it is more manageable.

I'm hoping that the current wind and wet underfoot conditions are influencing this cautious approach, and that teams will adapt again as we move into spring and summer. If not, I can see many sides opting for a damage-limitation style rather than actively going after opponents. A good example is Dunloy vs St John's in last year's championship. The Johnnies lost by 20-plus points, conceding 15 two-pointers. There's no way they'll approach a team with Dunloy's two-point kicking ability in the same manner again.

Aside from all that, let's hope for faster hands, plenty of kicking, and an abundance of quality scores in the year ahead. I'd love to see sides like PG1, TNN, LD, and St Galls throw the handbrake off, really go for it, and make it an exciting year for both spectators and players

If a team like TNN throw the handbrake off they'll end up relegated. Duno why youve mentioned them twice alongside seasoned / or up and coming young sides