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MR2 did you get one of the games?

Nope. Owen got intermediate. Think Ill head down

Owen is a fine referee, if we are beat tomorrow it will not be the referees fault. ( Note I said that before the game, I reserve the right to change my opinion after the match  )

Senior: Cushendall by 10+
Intermediate: Rossa by 15+
Junior: Rasharkin by 6

Looks like 3 forgone conclusions I am afraid.

You don't watch much hurling do you?

I think Yes will sneak it but it will be tight. If you look at the last Scottish elections the SNP were trailing until about 1 month before the election then surged to gain an outright majority that was meant to be impossible under the election system for the Scottish parliment. They seem to be timing their surge exactly once again. There strongest card is the NO camp who have a basic argument that Scots are too stupid to run an economy. If anything was guaranteed to annoy voters it is telling them they are stupid

Definitely a surprise! Some result. Hate to say it but I think you will find it very tough in the final. Great to see progress being made by a good hurling club.

First time in an intermediate final for more than 10 years. I think we will do enough to keep the ball pucked out to Rossa

Armoy beating Glenariffe handily in extra time 

Get out of here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Armoy won 5-17 to 4-16, not a massive surprise to me !

Well it was a pleasant surprise for me. Great guts and fitness from our lot although Glenariffe had a couple of players who stood up well particularly Mc Killop at midfield and the number 4 ( don't know his name ). For us Rocky + Eamon McCaughan were massive and everyone else emptied the tank. Cossie got a great goal to level the match late on in normal time, Glenariffe faded badly in extra time although the full forward battled well.

I felt sorry for Creggan and Carey having to play on a small pitch that had already had a match that day and was a mess before it even started. While the matches probably had to be played the intermediate match could have been played somewhere else Armoy/Ballycastle/Loughgiel would all have been better options. Does that training pitch even meet the size requirements for a senior championship game?

[You won't see hoardes of high ranking Catholic clergy, Irish army officers, etc sitting in the best seats at a big rugby match]

Haven't heard any outcry against this. Where is the doctors coming out telling us how many people this will kill. Why no media outcry to think of the children etc? That's the two main rugby competitions irish teams play in sponsored by drinks companies. Very different attitude from the Dublin press to rugby than gaa in the country.

The difference is that the GAA is about more than just sport. You don't see the IRFU promoting the Irish language, national reunification, etc etc. You won't see hoardes of high ranking Catholic clergy, Irish army officers, etc sitting in the best seats at a big rugby match. GAA is tied up in the national psyche in a way that rugby and football aren't. For that reason, whatever the GAA does, it'll always be scrutinised much more than other sports.

The President of Ireland attends most home Ireland rugby matches especially in the six nations. Politicians of all shapes and sizes are routinely in the seats of the great and good at the aviva. Rugby has plenty of high profile hangers on too

Whens the feis cup final this year and who is in it? Normally a good day out when a squad of us go up.

Someone told me today it was in Loughgiel on Sunday but he was a bit vague about details. It may well be somewhere else.

Great result for Antrim down in Laois today. Gives Antrim a real chance next Sunday. I hope everyone is fit and ready for next week. That will be the fifth championship match in six weeks which is heavy going. Antrim's fitness coach is certainly earning his money.

Cleverly and young are nowhere near international class. Carrick would be unlucky but has had a poor season

Do you fancy Laois to make an impression on the Leinster championship this summer?

McManus did very well, especially in the second half. Chrissy O Connell, Eoin Campbell and PJ O Connell were also very good. I am still not keen on Ryans tactic of bringing on a sub then taking him off 15 minutes later, Ciaran Clarke today, McGreevy against Cork and Matty Donnelly against Wexford. Poor form as far as I am concerned. In spite of this there have been encouraging signs of improvement over so the spring so fair play to Ryan and the players for that. Still need a few scoring forwards between now and June though, best of luck to Kevin Ryan finding those.

I only brought up what was said to me. Please point out anywhere where I've said any player should be selected to the Antrim panel.  apart from shay Casey and Kevin mcquillan a couple of years ago I haven't.

You're falling into the trap of thinking I posted a thing when I've actually never posted it. Sorry. 

Your always bringing up the same subject, one that has been flogged to death on here but you don't stop there you start slatting one cushendall player and to suggest he had bad game today And shouldn't be on the panel is idiotic
Then you move on to kevin Ryan. The whole thing is getting very tedious to say the least
Your bang out of order
Antrim are having the usual struggle in 1 B but this is nothing new but there are signs of some promise
Young johnston looks the business, other plasters worth a mention are Campbell,  stogie, neil mc auley, Barry mc fall till he went of injured even big Carson starting to use his size a bit
There support play is improving every match also so it's not all doom and gloom( well not any more than normal anyway)
Keep your flogged to death inaccurate propaganda to yourself and then the subject might turn to the match itself

Good post, pretty positive all round today and light years better than the wexford match. |I still do not like Ryans tactic of bringing on a sub then taking him off, young McGreevy today, Matty Donnelly against wexford. McGreevy only got about 15 minutes, he may have been injured but i did not see anything. The support play is improving but still has a way to go, particularly players running beyond the full forward, There is no point using a target men unless runners run off him when he wins the ball. Young woody was excellent and held it all together at the back ably helped by one of the Johnstons.

How is winning an all ireland ( or indeed any senior match ) tainted by winning with a 16 year old??? If Creggan have been able to coach their 16 year olds to be good enough to win an all ireland then well done Creggan. It is a stupid rule introduced by people from big clubs who have no interest in supporting struggling junior clubs in either code.

It did not say who got the nomination but I would take a guess at Colum Thompson, although as I say that is  just a guess.