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I don't think its Portglenone's insecurities you need to worry about EOC. You can hardly get through a post without bringing them up!

Are you genuinely obsessed with them or is it an attempt to get a rise out of Bannside? Some of the other Cargin posters are the same.

I gave my genuine opinion on them after watching them last Wednesday night, thats as far as my obsession has went Caesar

To be fair, he is right about that Saffron Gael report.

It is disappointing that those in charge didn't edit that wording at the start, as it is just embarrassing and reflects badly on a highly respected  publication.

I would say even most PG1 people would be embarrassed by reading it.

Yes Cnoc Ban that is the point I am making

I know Pete well and i can assure you Pete McGrath, a man of integrity is trying his best with that group, though there are various factors to why they arent performing as well as they should. But make no mistake, they will be in the mix come championship. I see them, Dunloy and All Saints being capable of taking a scalp. then the top 4 of Cargin, Creggan, Brigids and Casements. I dont think the chamionships a foregone conclusion as some may see it. Hopefully an exciting one this year as last years panned out.

Read match reports on Saffron Gael, a number of teams looking fairly depleted this stage of the league. St.Galls and Cargin in particular. Witnessed the All Saints and Glenravel game, score line probably flattered All Saints who deserved the vicotory. But i thought both teams played some good football. Didnt recognise the Glenravel management team. Anyone any idea who it is thats over them?

Depleted teams in the Saffron Gael indeed, none more so than poor Portglenone. 'with their preseason target of 5th place attained and over a dozen players off to Gooch Kelly (whoever that is) stag weekend in Albufeira they managed to beat Tir N Nog'
I have read some tripe in my time but that takes the biscuit. The Saffron Gael is unfortunately becoming a bit of a joke and the Portglenone players and management insecurity obviously runs deep, no shock there lol

Is the current Portglenone team better than the team that got to their last county final?

Much the same, but will 5 of the top 6 get drawn on one side of the draw again leaving Portglenone a clear run to the final? It's doubtful

Nonsense lol.

Cargin deserved their win, another league in the bag, well done.

5th /6th in league okay with most of us.

Big question is what will management find from here in the next few months. That's the challenge for JMK and in fact for most managers.

With the top 4 league play off again this season there is no league secured.
BS When you ask 'what will the management find from here'?, unless it is some new players I don't honestly see Portglenone in the mix, but it will depend on the QF and SF draws of course. Creggan and St Brigids much further down the line than them higher calibre players in their squads as well. From the games I have seen they would be the top 2 contenders behind Cargin. Only my opinion

it would be surprising to see him go without another gig lined up.

maybe he is conducting some self reflection to see what went wrong?  backroom team, squad quality, fitness, lack of tactical flexibility, injury prone squad being assessed?  Dermot stepping away will be a blow (and perhaps more as suggested above) to Andy. 

if he stays after 3 years at the helm it would be unusual not to see a clear out of the backroom team and a freshening up occur

McEntee made a guest appearance at Portglenone Primary school a couple of weeks back with his sidekick Mr Murphy, seemingly unfazed by Antrims recent relegation the Division 4 and their (at that time) imminent exit from the Tailteann Cup. Antrim county as a whole seem leaderless, keeping him on will save any hassle.

Big shout out to Dermot, quality player who always put in a shift. I've also heard he mightnt be the last to call it a day.

Andy still in charge as it stands. Talk of his replacement is very premature.

Wouldn't surprise me if he did stay on, the bar has fallen that low it is actually possible

I'd give it to Bannside before I'd even consider his (former) clubmate. And I'm serious about that.

Take that however you like but theres half a compliment in it at least.

The current Portglenone manager would be further up my pecking order than either though.

Why is that

I commented on this issue Sunday BS, with similar but not as detailed comments. Surprisingly McEntee could carry on and by the looks of his interview after he isn't ruling it out. It needs a fresh pair of eyes, maybe surprising to some but I think Kevin Madden deserves a shot at it. Has several years intercounty experience with Derry and Tyrone, People can say he got relegated with Clonoe. I was at a couple of their games and I would argue they actually punched above their weight last season all things considered. He knows every player in Antrim and will have his own informed opinions on them. What more can you ask really and being in Division 4 gives a chance to start from the bottom and go up the way. That is my fivers worth.

Yeah I suspect the whole thing is back to the drawing board now and round we go again 

Will keep some people happy at least 

I could never be happy at an Antrim defeat, and am not happy with this one. Andy McEntee has surely managed his last game here and hopefully we realise on his departure that throwing £65k a year at a mediocre manager and £120k in total or whatever into the senior teams management alone is not the answer.
Also Donal Murphy took all the plaudits for bringing McEntee to Antrim, so he can take his share of the blame for the way it has turned out

TBH from what I can see many many people don't have any interest in Antrim v Wexford in the Tailteann Prelim Q Final. Let the club season keep going without interruption, it is up to Antrim as a county to ignite a bit of interest in future seasons in the county teams fortunes but this season its gone, again.

Two full time GAA coaches, St Mary's CBS and St Louis, Ballymena.

Fantastic initiative headed up by our coaching and development officer Paddy Kelly with a good sub committee behind him.

This is exactly what we need, two a great start, and if we could roll out to three or four in the near future that would be proper progress.

Both HUBs have got fantastic facilities in place now as well. Congratulations to all involved in driving this initiative.

I was a student at St. Louis myself many moons ago, back when football was little more than an afterthought. A few training sessions led by a half-hearted teacher reluctantly taking the team. It was a shame really as our year group had most of the best players from all the local S-W clubs, with no shortage of talent or ambition. With the right effort and support we could easily have competed at a much higher level.

I'm delighted to see a shift in attitude at the school and this new initiative is a hugely positive step in the right direction.

Was this offered to Cross and Passion or St Killians or how was the decision made for St Marys & St Louis ?

Two full time GAA coaches, St Mary's CBS and St Louis, Ballymena.

Fantastic initiative headed up by our coaching and development officer Paddy Kelly with a good sub committee behind him.

This is exactly what we need, two a great start, and if we could roll out to three or four in the near future that would be proper progress.

Both HUBs have got fantastic facilities in place now as well. Congratulations to all involved in driving this initiative.

I was a student at St. Louis myself many moons ago, back when football was little more than an afterthought. A few training sessions led by a half-hearted teacher reluctantly taking the team. It was a shame really as our year group had most of the best players from all the local S-W clubs, with no shortage of talent or ambition. With the right effort and support we could easily have competed at a much higher level.

I'm delighted to see a shift in attitude at the school and this new initiative is a hugely positive step in the right direction.

Was this offered to Cross and Passion or St Killians or how was the decision made for St Marys & St Louis ?

I would guess they have targeted two areas where football / hurling needs a bit of a boost, which is right

U20 All Ireland final on at the moment.  We are serious levels away from this grade.   Operations role can't start soon enough.    Where do they begin though? So much to do

A coach like Paul Devlin would be a big help. Louth probably the team you could take more inspiration from than Tyrone who are on another level to most counties.

In Antrims defense playing at u17 and 20 in Ulster we are constantly coming up against Tyrone, Donegal, Derry etc. Most seasons Ulster has 4 or 5 of Irelands top teams at these levels each year. How could we ever progress, of the 9 Only Antrim and Fermanagh are consistently not at the level.
Louths, Offalys Roscommons seem to get more room to pick up results and make progress in their provinces as there isn't the number of top level counties present in them that we would face.

At least 3-5 years experience working in gaa or similar sporting association. They know who is getting that job already.

That is in a voluntary or professional capacity, so don't agree with you here.

I wouldnt know enough about Gaelfast to start running them down but surely some merit in looking at what Louth have done, I read an article where it said Louth had 9 full time coaches who spent their time going around clubs ensuring the coaching was up to standard. This is definitely the starting point to improve, its not paying big money to get a big name manager in.