Antrim Hurling

[Saffrongael]

Should be a good game, we will know where we are at better after the phoney war of the league being over. Be concerned about the pitch at Corrigan, didn't look great a couple of weeks ago when I saw it & isn't getting any time to recover.

Wouldn't be too many pitches available that would be in great condition tbf..

As for the team, I seen McManus had a cast on I think (from distance) I seen, so hopefully just a precaution for him.. Dubs are a big physical team and skill too so it will be very tough.

We need to be at our best and they will have to be going at 70% for us to get something

100%, it's just a by product of having a club ground that is getting used every day of the week doubling as your county ground

[Saffsof82]

Why have we go games fixtures on Saturday afternoon and juvenile league games? Antrim playing Dublin in the Leinster championship ffs, kids be far better off in Corrigan watching and getting the bug

[Saffrongael]

Antrim team named. Niall McKenna not on panel. Injured ?

[BrendanAntrim]

Picked up a knock in training acc to SG. A real pity that.

[marty34]

Forecast giving heavy rain so that should suit Antrim.

Frees will be crucial, on both sides.

[imtommygunn]

McKenna big loss with physicality. It'll be very interesting to see how seaaan Elliot gets on at half forward. Hopefully being out the field suits his pace.

[Milltown Row2]

Going to be a tough game regardless of our best 15 available...

We need to take our goal chances, we need to be dogged in the tackle and play for 72 minutes not 65 and let 4 unanswered points go in, manage the game, be within a score all the time if going behind, work the frees if we have to, target their weaknesses and strengthen ours.

Was down at Dunsilly on Thursday night when they had a soft session before today. Fingers crossed we get a good start

[Saffrongael]

Would have taken a draw beforehand but another one that got away. Mind you Dublin and Burke in particular had some desperate wides

Antrim gave it everything they had

[BrendanAntrim]

Mixed feelings....a defeat at the end would have been absolute heartbreak but overall weren't we the better side? Yeah a draw we would probably have taken beforehand and 6 points I suppose isn't a big lead in hurling. Dub players were throwing the ball to each other without the pretence of a hand pass and never blown up for it. Great to see us matching them, standing up to them.

[Saffrongael]

Mixed feelings....a defeat at the end would have been absolute heartbreak but overall weren't we the better side? Yeah a draw we would probably have taken beforehand and 6 points I suppose isn't a big lead in hurling. Dub players were throwing the ball to each other without the pretence of a hand pass and never blown up for it. Great to see us matching them, standing up to them.

The "throw" argument has been lost, it's gone. Every team is doing it. The ref will give a token free or two each game.

[Milltown Row2]

Mixed feelings....a defeat at the end would have been absolute heartbreak but overall weren't we the better side? Yeah a draw we would probably have taken beforehand and 6 points I suppose isn't a big lead in hurling. Dub players were throwing the ball to each other without the pretence of a hand pass and never blown up for it. Great to see us matching them, standing up to them.

The "throw" argument has been lost, it's gone. Every team is doing it. The ref will give a token free or two each game.

It's impossible to see unless you see it done! Even if we say there's no way he got that ball out of that situation unless the ref actually sees a technical foul he can't call it on a whim!!

So the token call you said is stupid as all ref's will call it if they see it, otherwise why bother call token ones?

On the result, Dublin have been recently a big boggy team for us home and away, if you told me we could at the very worst get a draw I'd have taken it. Great start steady mid way and nip and tuck throughout, Dublin a level above us (just) big mental result today

[BrendanAntrim]

Dublin were like the Harlem Globetrotters! Every pass was a throw

[Saffrongael]

Dublin were like the Harlem Globetrotters! Every pass was a throw

Watch Limerick tomorrow and see if you can see any difference

[NAG1]

Unfortunate not to take the win at the weekend. The lads gave it absolutely everything.

Some strange tactical elements from our side, but that's the manager's prerogative. Hopefully can take a bit of confidence from this forward into the other games.

[Saffrongael]

Unfortunate not to take the win at the weekend. The lads gave it absolutely everything.

Some strange tactical elements from our side, but that's the manager's prerogative. Hopefully can take a bit of confidence from this forward into the other games.

In what way NAG1? I give us more than a fighting chance this weekend. I think Wexford are very average