Antrim Football Thread

Milltown Row2 · February 29, 2020, 09:44:43 PM

Quote from: bannside on February 29, 2020, 05:02:18 PM
Our under 20s lost by 2 points to Tyrone but deserve a lot of credit for hanging in to the end, if anything finishing stronger than Tyrone. Not much between the teams just the class of a certain Darragh Canavan made the difference. Maybe we should have made more of the wind in the first half, but big shout out to all involved for a gutsy effort.

Sligo took points off Wexford today down there too....this league is the most competitive I've ever seen it, literally no match is a sure thing! All very much in our hands now. 2 points tomorrow and we are bang on schedule.

Going to be a huge game, Limerick are coming up for a win, I hope we come out of this with a win but Limerick are doing very well

BrendanAntrim · February 29, 2020, 10:58:52 PM

Unfortunately I won't be there tomorrow, due to an entirely avoidable fixture clash between south Antrim Feile fixtures and the county game.. Strange how we disadvantage ourselves on a regular basis. I do feel though that a win is in our grasp, that we can then set up an exciting finale to the league campaign.

The same applies to our hurlers - win tomorrow and we are effectively in league final. Wouldn't two wins just be the perfect Sunday?

Belfast GAA man · March 01, 2020, 05:21:13 PM

At Feile too. What a win ! Match report pleas

Caesar · March 02, 2020, 08:20:27 AM

Great performance yesterday. Good to see the lads working hard for each other and a bit of quality coming off the bench.

Well hosted by Portglanone. Seems to be a good venue option for these games.

bannside · March 02, 2020, 08:51:49 AM

Superb performance from our boys yesterday. Everyone stood tall to pull off a great result that's keeps our promotion hopes fully intact. There was everything to like about this display, at times we played superb football, but there was a hunger about it - you could see the boys really working hard all over the pitch. The subs all made an impact too, (what a score from Dermot Mc Aleese) there is proper competition for every starting jersey and even the match day panel. Feet on the ground warning, Wicklow away is not a given, but on yesterdays performance we will be hard to stop. Up the Saffrons.

bannside · March 02, 2020, 04:22:40 PM

Very quiet here considering the excellent performance yesterday. The faster pitch definitely suited our style especially against such a huge team. Id be confident that we could have taken both points off Carlow too had that game also been at Portglenone but our thinking hats weren't on properly!

Some great individual performances too, Smiley Duffin puts in some shift, James Mc Auley looking good at six, and Odhran Eastwood full of confidence he is a real option up front now! Mick Mc Cann steadied the ship again when he entered the fray, looked like he hasn't been away! Good to see proper competition now for every jersey, that should lift the bar at training.

BrendanAntrim · March 02, 2020, 07:30:40 PM

Some days it all just clicks and it sounds like yesterday was such a day. I was sorry to have missed it but as usual the twitter updates and social media coverage were top drawer.

It's as tight a division as I remember but confidence should be high now. We have travelled to Wicklow and won a few times over the years and can do so again, that would set up a promotion clash on the last day just where we want it - at home.

Belfast GAA man · March 03, 2020, 09:08:14 AM

having most of the best Players playing this year is making the difference i'd say

Na Glinntí Glasa · March 03, 2020, 09:12:10 AM

its been a fantastic start in both codes for Antrim this year. a really good positive vibe and long may it continue.

It has been a long time since we have had such a good start to a season as Antrim supporters

imtommygunn · March 03, 2020, 09:28:38 AM

We now seem to have out best players available in both codes. It's been a long time since this has happened.

I was really pleased with both those results at the weekend. Hopefully we can build on them too.

Na Glinntí Glasa · March 03, 2020, 10:04:57 AM

yeah im the same. the hurlers go to Offaly this weekend with their fate in their own hands knowing a win will send us into the final v Kerry and Offaly need to win by more than 8 points to stop us.

the footballers have gotten out a seriously strong panel of players who are fighting for a shirt on the team rather than just been handed one.

good times

Points a Good Score · March 03, 2020, 11:14:11 AM

Great weekend past for Antrim.

Under 16 & 17 Footballer with wins over Armagh
Under 20's battling all the way with Tyrone and looking very capable at that level.
Hurlers with an excellent away result in Kerry
Footballers with a completely dominant display in Portglenone.

Long may it continue.

Dunsilly King · March 03, 2020, 12:50:27 PM

Quote from: Points a Good Score on March 03, 2020, 11:14:11 AM
Great weekend past for Antrim.

Under 16 & 17 Footballer with wins over Armagh
Under 20's battling all the way with Tyrone and looking very capable at that level.
Hurlers with an excellent away result in Kerry
Footballers with a completely dominant display in Portglenone.

Long may it continue.

Agreed, one of the best weekends we have had in along time. Enjoyed Sundays game. V positive.

bannside · March 03, 2020, 07:04:18 PM

Interesting stat...Tyrone didnt score from play in the under 20 match for 33mins. They did manage two excellent frees against the wind, but remarkably these were Tyrones only scores in the first half. Add that to the other excellent stat in the previous round where Derry didnt score at all for 42 minutes.

This makes pleasing reading, well done to Hugh and all involved in producing a most competitive team this year. Plus...its quite obvious that there is some quality emerging further down the conveyor belt. The future is indeed starting to look a bit brighter!

lenny · March 03, 2020, 07:11:22 PM

Quote from: bannside on March 03, 2020, 07:04:18 PM
Interesting stat...Tyrone didnt score from play in the under 20 match for 33mins. They did manage two excellent frees against the wind, but remarkably these were Tyrones only scores in the first half. Add that to the other excellent stat in the previous round where Derry didnt score at all for 42 minutes.

This makes pleasing reading, well done to Hugh and all involved in producing a most competitive team this year. Plus...its quite obvious that there is some quality emerging further down the conveyor belt. The future is indeed starting to look a bit brighter!

A lot of credit due to lenny harbinson also for his management of the senior team. That was a brilliant result v limerick who'd been looking good this season. Big score and a good spread of scorers but eastwood looks like a real talent.