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Cloot played minor for Loughgiel,and his family originated in Loughgiel parish although he came from Armoy glen.

Score for Ulster final on Sunday........Shamrocks ..2-10.......Ballycran..1-8 ??

So Skinner's a drama queen,I don't think.Two big rough men just couldn't hack it and lashed out and paid the price. It could have worse, someone could have been on a manslaughter charge to-day.So don't try to make little of the incident. It was very very serious.

No matter what way you try to dress it up,sending a player to hospital in an ambulance is nothing to be proud of. The players that were sent of deserved it,thuggery like they displayed has no part in the game and has to be punished.

Ballycastle outclassed and resorted to dirty tactics,but paid the cost.A far cry from the great Town teams of yesteryear.

Clubs need to take severe action against troublemakers and ban them for good,instead of letting them slip back in when they think the fuss has died down.The GAA is becoming a joke mainly due to the indiscipline of players and supporters alike.
Maybe each club should be made responsible for monitoring crowd behaviour and taking action when necessary no matter who it offends.

What happened to Ciaran Close who used to play for Antrim. He was a excellent forward and we could do with all the forwards we can get. Maybe he's injured.

The sad truth is we are no closer to the top teams than we were 30 years ago.A 19 point defeat to a side rated 6th or 7th in the country proves this.We just don't have the skill or physical ability to compete at the highest level.On yesterday's evidence lets hope we don't have to meet Tipperary any time soon.I hate writing this but there is no point in hiding our heads in the sand,it has to be said.

Who do we meet in the Final in September ?

 The truth is that a lot of clubs don't have the player base to maintain senior hurling at top level.They don't have the youngsters coming through,especially when they are competing with football. Maybe they should be looking at amalgamation from minor level up.

By big I mean Premier class. The players you mention are earning big wages,but how many players from here reach their level,which in turn is hardly comparable to the wages earned at Man Utd. etc. The availability of good foreign players has ruined the chances of many locals of ever making the grade. I would advise young players to think carefully and be honest about their own abilities before they give up their GAA games for a pipe dream.

Who was the last player from N.Ireland to really make it big across the water,probably Geordie Best .As Minder says,playing for Ballyclare,Dungannon Swifts or Donegal Celtic is hardly going to make anyone a fortune playing in front of fifty people every week.Giving up Gaelic games is something that a young player could regret for the rest of his life.

Why does Antrim have so many prima donnas in both codes ?..... do these guys not realise that they are lucky to have been asked to play for their county.I think they over estimate they're own ability. There isn't one player in either football or hurling from Antrim,who would even make the panel for one of the top counties.