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MR  did you make it to the game tonight? Referees is a disgrace. Sent off our best player for verbal abuse whenever he didnt say a word. Another player did. If RM has a personal problem with a player that shouldnt be an excuse to give him a red card.

I know the player in question had a few words with the referee in the last league game because he got his front tooth broke in a tackle which RM didnt even give a free for. Hats no excuse to send him off tonight. Thats both matcjes he referee'd that he has let just say favourable to dunloy. Possibly helps yo have a fellow ref/chum playing for them.

Tonight has effectively ruined our championship. We are carrying alot of injuries, some of which are long term. This suspension has just left us without enough players to compete with dunloy or lougiel. We were already going to get a tight match against glenarriffe, now it would be a very good result if we do come out it.

Rant over.

The match last night was a good wake up call for cushendall. we have been winning games without playing particurly well. Showed what works needs to be done. Still missing Declan Mc killop, shane mc naughton and aidan delargy as well as the county ones. Dunloy missing quite a few aswell. As a contest the game was poor. Cushendall were outperformed in almost every sector.....time for the team to put in the hard graft.

It is understandable though. They have done a decent job bringing through quite a number of players through their juvenile setup but at the moment really aren't benefitting from that.

Unfortunate position but you don't hear them on here complaining about it. I suppose its just a matter of getting on with it and getting a few of them back again.

JC I would think they have found themselves extremely short staffed at senior level. i would imagine they wouldnt have predicted anything like this a couple of years ago. If you think of the people they are missing at senior, this will mean they would have to play reserves in their place. Think who they are missing.

ryan mc garry - oz
hippy - county
mc auley - county
matthew donnelly - county
cossie - presuming injured
peter dallet - working in england
michael dallet - suspended
Shane Jennins - football
Ciaran Clark - football

God knows who else is missing due to exams at the moment aswell. i would think any team would struggle to field a good senior team while missing 9 starting seniors, this would prob mean their reserves would be ridiculously short. 

cushendall st Johns game is cancelled. I assume the rest of the matches are aswell.

Alright, do you want me to apologise. Im sorry if i was harsh on the poor fella, but he has been on the panel since 2006....we can wait another 5 or 6 years and see if he develops.

He never played bad on purpose for cushendall so you can't be too negative on the lad, but how he is representing Antrim is beyond me.

I suppose now i have got that rant off my chest i can relax again. What's the chances of getting a big turnout for the Limerick game?

The skull1, what I am saying is there are alot more people around the county with alot more potential than him. I would take swap him for any one of Dunloys 6 forwards, Loughiels 6, prob 4 of Glenarriffes etc.......at least they would be quick. I think he is slow off the mark, loses alot of ball. I know that just because someone isnt scoring doesnt mean they are playing bad, if they are breaking ball and setting up scores. I dont think he is doing that effectively. He is extremely poor under a high ball, considering his size.

In the past, a man of that physique could get away with playing county hurling without having too much pace.....since then the overall pace has increased and i think someone like him can be badly exposed by quick and powerful playing. Basically i would pick any one of the other subs ahead of him.

A bit harsh in my synopsis, but since you asked me to elaborate on if thought there were more of county standard out there......i would say there are people with alot more potential. 

yes alot of results went the way I would of hoped but in the past Antrim seem to slip up somewhere along the line against 'weaker opposition'. Realistically no team in that league are much better or worse than Antrim. Its good to see us coming away with the points.

I hate to be critical of Conor. Personality wise he is a good young fella and he doesnt deserve the negativity for being picked to represent his county. I just dont think he is anywhere near the standard that is required at county level. He's an average club hurler. I suppose my negativity should be better directed at Dinny for repeatedly picking him. Anyway, the longer he continues to play probably bring him on a bit, but in my opinion not enough to make him a county hurler. Long may it continue though as it can only help cushendall, improve one of the weaker players on the team last few years.     

I have been saying that all along. He should struggle to make cushendall team if the team is picked fairly. Time will tell.

It would have been nice to make a league final this year. Some good results along the way in a very close league (in regards standard).

It certainly is good to get the points. We have been on the wrong side of tights games in the past. could be worse.Carlow played in a bad game and lost. At least we won. Keeps us away from the bottom of the table.

There has to be some common ground between bringing new players in and aiming for promotion. I agree that the Championships are for winning but it wouldnt do any harm to go into those games with confidence after being promoted.

I think theres a good opportunity in Leinster this year. Will be close game with Laois, with the winner playing a Wexford team which aren't any better than anyone in division 2. Should be interesting.

How don't we need results. We are mid table after 3 games, with everyone below us having a game in hand and we are 2 points ahead of bottom of the table. If we put away these teams now it will take the pressure off us for the rest of the league. As i said in last post there are no easy games, with each team capable of taking points from each other. Therefore it would definitely be better to get a few results.....and it would have left us competing to get to league final.

Results build confidence within the team. When the chips are down later in year, they believe they have the ability to kill off a game when they need to.

A county hurler should be quick to deal with the quicker pace, which carson is not. If he used his size to his avantage then it would be fine, but in truth he is also poor under a high ball also. I understand that dinny is trying to find new players to build on the team from last year, but we need results too.

That division is very close in the standard from strongest to poorest. There are no games which would be easy for any team in that league. We need to get a few results soon. Kerry result was very good, and unlucky against clare.

 

4 points is def not a tanking in hurling.its a pity they didnt make it to the final. would have been nice for another northern team to get there.   

St johns will hopefully surprise a few people on this. They have nothing to fear from an intermediate kk team.

good luck from cushendall.