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So Dunsilly, i think, wanted everyone to stay quiet on the board about the gaelfast chief leaving and now the TOR chairperson has left too and no mentioned of replacements - still All happy to keep heads in sand and pretend all is rosy?

Your still sore at me calling you a muppet   I take that back
If you can find anywhere on this board where I said I wanted this kept quiet, find it and put it up. Trust me you will spent alot of time looking for it to realise your wrong

[Its unsustainable in club football IMO]

Yeah I do rabbit on like a muppeT ! class
Its unsustainable in club football IMO but sure ill keep it to myself and join LaLA land of the yes men
We do need some actual action to comment on For sure

Based on what evidence, your opinion, thats not evidence. It is on the increase, thats evidence

Not St Endas anyway as They have appointed another hiredhand Carl mcCabe of St Galls & Omagh. They seem addicted to the paid outsider in all Codes

Are you helping to pay for the hired help?
[/quote No I have principles and U CAnt buy those

Would listen to yourself you muppet. County secretaries paid, 40 plus employees including coaches etc paid just in the Ulster council alone, never mind the multiple games development managers and gpo's in counties. Physio, masseurs, video analysis, club grounds men, pitch maintenance companies, I could write an essay and you blether on about managers. Antrim are so far behind because we have dinosaur's like you. Its a wonder your not giving out about Peter Quinn for not building the new croke park with volunteer brickies, electricians and jooiners etc. Those days are long gone, because people are so busy now and also the role is v specialised, and for clubs who have ambition they realise they need that expertise of its doesn't exist in their club. Most clubs don't. Might have it at underage which is simple coaching with young boys, but senior football is different gravy.

McGinley off the mark v quickly having senior trials at the weekend.

Go luck to McGinley and his team. We'll looking forward to the next few years.

I'd still of preferred bannside and Milltown Row

Worked out too expensive as we'd Jim Gavin on our ticket!

Jim Gavin didn't take a washer from Dublin

I won't be replying to this  utter nonsense. 😂😂

Its great to read about theses potential management teams. So to summarise we have

McEntee/Madden
McGinley/O'Neill
O'Rourke
Cassidy
McKeever

I think that's the names I read that were linked with the senior job. Each have their strengths and weaknesses. One comment on McEntee, I read above where some poster credited him with Mayo. I think Rockford has demonstrated his prowess by what he has contributed to Donegal's attacking game plan over the past two years. They are now serious All ireland contenders. Mayo have floundered since he left. Just an observation.

Nag no one at any stage is blaming hurling clubs for lack of football progress!!? Where do you get that from?

In fact come to think of it Im not sure the hurling clubs have actuslly that much to do with the recent mini revival of senior county hurling team. More like a handful of influential people got together and made it happen themselves.

Agree that football clubs need to be doing more to instigate a proper platform for progress. The reality is too many are wrapped up in their own affairs.

Id settle for a DOF with a proper support structure. That alone would be a good starting point. Its in the strategic plan for 2020 so maybe its in the offing.

The county hurling team is doing well because they have a great squad of very talented hurlers. Furthermore they have great attacking threat and options; Ciaran Clarke, Conor McCann, James McNaughton, Neil McManus, Dan McCloskey, Niall McKenna, Domhnal Nugent and Keelan Molloy to name a few

They have pace all over the pitch. Those hurlers and the talent, pace and intensity they possess have nothing to do with a 'handful of influential people getting together'. It's a direct result of their individual talents and the development they received within their clubs.

The current management team are getting a lot out of them. That's why they're heading to Division 1 and are likely to win the second tier championship.

Great to see someone with a bit of sense, it boils down the quality of the coaching within the clubs to produce the player first, then add in the management, structure, supports, ambition and drive. Our football clubs are not producing enough players with quality. As I mentioned before our club Creggan have played local minor & u16 Derry clubs in friendlies and we seldom get close to them. Why is that do u think?

Another tactical master class from McGeeney. Ten yrs in county football winning nothing.

Well he has a similar record to EMcG, so he could go for it. You have a point if you live in BS head

BTW BS only having a laugh. Fecking day 4 of isolating. Only so much Netflix one can watch.

Why don't we go for Mickey Harte?

Because BS wants to go for someone with zero experience in inter county and only two seasons (one of which was a half season due to covid) of club management,  not winning, nor not next to near close of winning a sen club championship. Go figure. Just because he has a feeling. 🤷‍♂️😳🤔

Can you feel it.....can you feel it.....can you feel it!!

Sing it.

😂😂😜😜😜😜

Your being sore on me. Took my time getting the info on line. Wikipedia a big help. I knew Maddens and McKeevers background well due to my SW interest in them.

Which brings me on to MR2 question of SW managers. Both McKeever and Madden have a sound grounding.

BTW I'm off isolating for the next number of days. Seriously pissed off with this covid stuff. Thats twice now

names in the paper, their experience. Helps to clear the mud, so to speak.

Mc Ginley, taken Swatragh senior team for two seasons. two minor championship titles with Errigal. No senior championship finals or wins, nor has he any county management experience

Madden, managed 4 senior clubs, one championship final defeat with Creggan, coached Glenullin to their championship win. Intercounty, 2 years coaching Derry & this season coaching with Tyrone

Lynch, managed LD for past 4 /5 years. One senior championship win, beaten senior finalist. Did he manage their Ulster minor club winning team? No intercounty experience

McKeever, managed 4/5 senior teams, beaten Tyrone senior championship finalist, won an Ulster and All Ireland intermediate championship with Cookstown. No intercounty experience.

Cassidy, taken four senior clubs, 9 senior finals winning 6 in three counties, as we know led Cargin to their first historic 3 in a row. Won Ulster U21 & U18 club championships. Derry assistant manager for 3 seasons, won NFL and beaten All Ireland semi finalists and then Derry manager for 2 years, beaten NFL finalists.

Most defo needs to go to a SW man... with how well the SW west managers have been performing in the the clubs like Cargin these last few years and Creggan last year, even Aghagallon have done really well in the SW.. I'm sure anyone of those managers would love a crack at the job....oh wait

I say give it to a St Galls man, hasn't been enough of them given a chance in the last 15- 20 years (Cough Cough PJ O Hare, Mickey Culbert, Frank Dawson, Lenny)

I didn't realise so many St Galls men have had the opportunity to manage Antrim. Any fecking wonder were in D4 

MR2 for manager? Another Gt Galls man, eh? that could be our new slogan lads ?

MR2! MR2! MR2! MR2!  only having a laugh MR2 

Watched the game last night for the first, We certainly had the chance, but never went for it. Gallaghers gl chance was massive, v limited on the ball and it showed, whilst the Down player made the right call with a simple fist pass for a palm in, Gallagher has yet to see the Antrim player to his left utterly free for a palm in. Brilliant move. We got alot right. Mick Mc Cann the main driver. Hard to believe Lenny had him off the panel for the Wicklow game and then phoned him after the game to get him back in, seriously    Imagine if Lenny had of accommodated McCann's business commitments over the past two seasons, we would be out of D4. Lenny fell on that sword. Our captain did a brilliant man marking job to.
One dimensional tactics beat us in the end, when Cavan went to 14 on the black card we should have been going full press at the start of the second half on them as well as their Kickouts. That was our chance. But ultimately fitness and lack of conditioning took its toll in the final 10

Read the post. There are 2/3 players are not up to it. They been involved in all our league games. If you can't see it nb.

Strong enough looking team, plenty of experience across the pitch too. Come on lads...surely theres a big 70 minutes in you.

Your joking me, there are two if not three players not near the level. Tomas McCann on the bench, simply incredible. What is going on in LHs head. If anyone thinks PC ( class player in his day) is fit enough to start championship at this level I'm a monkeys uncle. We haven't a chance. I hope like you we can give it a go but my head keeps batting my heart down the lough.