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cheers, GaillimhIarthair. there has been no word on the training Ger has put in with the squad, but coming on and saying he will be disappointed not to win the all ireland is strong words

strong up front Galway boy, whats the lads like in defence?

yeah your right big drink culture in Antrim, you only have to go to the BOT on a wed, Sat. night and all the best players are there. it's up to the current mangement to change that but the attitudes of the players need changing, if Woody and Sambo bring what they did with the minors in three years we should hopefully be competing for honours.

i was there as an 18 year watching Sambo and Woody play for Antrim against Tipp.  casement was packed for training sessions that sort of thing needs to come back. i will be there in Galway this Sunday (could have picked a better game) to see if this is a team on the way up.

will give a good report come tuesday,

totally agree the football comes first, but having worked with the teams for a lot of years i know the talent in hurling is there. Antrim are potentionally a geat team in Hurling with the right direction the could compete, is that a moot point?

Syd have you a problem with Naomh Gall? we were ther last year in the football final, and the talent is in the club to do well in the hurling, thats the problem with being sucessfull at one code.

we wanted in the first year to enter our reserves in the lower league of the Ulster hurling, not allowed.

the problem with belfast teams seconds is everybody will be clumped together, st agnes, st Teresa's, mc dee's. no offence to these teams but we would beat their first teams with our seconds. not competitive, the teams that will be strong if they have entered wil be St Johns and Rossa. two hard games for the reserves seems unfair. no development there. management was not consulted on the dropping of teams. madness

With the league proposals handed back to the county yesterday does anybody have any idea if their clubs have entered a reserve hurling team? With no reserve hurling until July does this seem fair on the seconds.

Our club in their thick wisdom have pulled our reserve team and entered us into a South Antrim league. A league that we fought (literally) to get of. We entered the all county with our seconds and progressed every year wining leagues and the junior championship along the way, until we got to Division 2 were we were competing, the seconds were getting proper games and everyone was happy............until they brought back reserve hurling and low and behold 7 games was the max. Now our club will drop us five divisions to play in the Beer Belly league, football club or what.

So there unrest in the club.

bad result for Queens, we had 3 players on the panel

Ciaran O'Grady is an excellent hurlers currently playing for queens (is that game today or yesterday against DCU, Ryan Cup, he would make their football team) our most consistent hurler along with Karl Stewart. Big engine very committed to hurling.  Great hands strong in the tackle and a box to box man. Good attitude as well. He would be a big asset to Antrim hurling, don't think he ever got the call though

Sean Burke is not your most skillful hurler but has a serious engine and will walk through brick walls, very fit, strong for a young lad and from our perspective good to see the lad getting serious training and games. midfield would be his position.

karl Stewart is top notch, very brave skillful strong hurler who gets stuck in

 This team is obviously showing at training and challenge games. Plenty of height and fitness. All players are competent stick men, baring Brendan Herron maybe. But he brings athleticism, when Brendan and Mc Cambridge played as wing backs during Dinny's first year they played well. Once Mc Cambridge comes back and others join the panel it will get better. Competitions for places will only bring this team on.

Who is missing from the panel that could bring it on? Nipper Quinn is in good form, and Aidan Delargy has been one of the better players from last season

Good team, glad to see the Cushendall boys back in, hope they aren't feeling to bad after last weeks game. Is this our strongest team? i know Tosh is injured, but this gives Karl Stewart a run in the team hopefully he will make the most of it.

Team heading down on the Sat. so they should be well rested, i'm looking for the lads to be fully committed for the 70 mins. and contest every ball.

crowd of us heading down on the Sat. night will make sure the lads stay out of the bars

What can we expect from Antrim this Sunday? I doubt any of the Cushendall players will be available for selection, maybe too soon for them. Galway will be up for the match for sure, home game Loughnane's first game, and the defeat from last years game all motivating tools to hammer Antrim.

Personally I'm looking good displays from squad, fitness levels to at least match Galway's, attitude to be positive and good discipline as this is the area were we give away the daft frees that put a bad refection on the game and scoreboard.

What is the Galway panel? Not too many lads from the Loughrea side on it?

Heading down for the game.  i know!!!

CCC league proposals sent to clubs today.

Hurling leagues to start on 18th April with 7 rounds of games being played on Wednesday nights until they switch to Sundays on July 1st.

Coincidentally that means there are no hurling league games fixed for the day after Ulster games on Saturdays - only football so dual clubs will end up fielding weakened UHL teams while hurling only clubs can field what they want.

All proposals up for discussion with clubs in a meeting with CCC in a couple of weeks time.

any more word on the proposed leagues? do you have the proposal? is it a one way league again

Who rattled your cage, I was talking about yesterday's game. My point being that they out scored all the teams in the Antrim championship (bar Lamhs) and to say that they lacked fire power up front seems strange. All teams going down from Ulster to play in the All Ireland semi will find it tough to score.

exactly my point, skull. a lot of posters have come on and had a pop at Cushendalls lack of fire power up front, but they have disposed of the so called better teams without much of a fight. and will be the team to beat this year.

no team in Antrim would have done much better with their CURRENT squads.