Antrim Football Thread

[SaffronSports]

Basically clubs delay them actually means there's usually that many clashes and mistakes that it takes a pile of drafts to get them right.

[Beirbua2024]

I'm not saying this week, I'm saying there's no reason it should be 2 weeks out from the league like this year

It'll be out when it's out, the clamour to get the fixtures out as soon as possible mystifies me every year.

The fixtures are sent out to your clubs, it is them (clubs) that delay it due to their own agendas.

Fixtures can be hard to appease everyone but I do think they need a bit more notice than a week or 2 out. Last season for example I know of a player who works Wednesday nights and with 2 weeks notice was told there was 6 Wednesday matches in a row coming up. All I think is with a bit more notice it would take the pressure off him to rearrange shifts. Amateur players after all so just a little bit of warning so they can get their work sorted and enjoy their football isn't too much to ask I don't think

[Milltown Row2]

I'm not saying this week, I'm saying there's no reason it should be 2 weeks out from the league like this year

It'll be out when it's out, the clamour to get the fixtures out as soon as possible mystifies me every year.

The fixtures are sent out to your clubs, it is them (clubs) that delay it due to their own agendas.

Why would clubs delay forwarding on fixtures to Senior Management out of interest?  Surely it is reasonable to ask for the fixtures to be forwarded in a timely manner so amateur players can arrange holidays with their families, stag parties or whatever else they may have going on when there is some downtime pencilled in during the season?

Are you involved with clubs? committees and so on? Clubs decide if they are going to run a second team in the league, no managers are in place and numbers need to be looked at for whether its viable to run an extra team or team in promoted will it go up a league or if there is a last minute proposal and so on. Thats also not taking into account what the clubs activities it has set for it pitch each year and availability of its facilities.. I could go on, but I take it from your post that the county are holding them back for their own personal reasons?

[Duine Inteacht Eile]

I don't think anyone is being blamed. Just someone asking can the final fixtures be sent out in a more timely fashion.
That means everyone involved in the process (clubs, fixture committees etc) getting it sorted a bit quicker than last year.
I don't think that's a huge ask (it has been done countless times before) and I can understand why people prefer a bit of notice.

Not every request is a blame game or requires an argument.

[Milltown Row2]

I don't think anyone is being blamed. Just someone asking can the final fixtures be sent out in a more timely fashion.
That means everyone involved in the process (clubs, fixture committees etc) getting it sorted a bit quicker than last year.
I don't think that's a huge ask (it has been done countless times before) and I can understand why people prefer a bit of notice.

Not every request is a blame game or requires an argument.

I'm just saying that its not that simple in terms of throwing out the fixtures, there are many factors which for some reason every year holds things up. Again I've been down that road in many forms and frustrated at what would seem easy to do, but when you actually see why you can then better understand.   

[Delgany 2nds]

The club fixtures are sent to clubs for the first 4 -5 weeks about the same time they are published on the Antrim website!

[statto]

I'm not saying this week, I'm saying there's no reason it should be 2 weeks out from the league like this year

It'll be out when it's out, the clamour to get the fixtures out as soon as possible mystifies me every year.

The fixtures are sent out to your clubs, it is them (clubs) that delay it due to their own agendas.

Why would clubs delay forwarding on fixtures to Senior Management out of interest?  Surely it is reasonable to ask for the fixtures to be forwarded in a timely manner so amateur players can arrange holidays with their families, stag parties or whatever else they may have going on when there is some downtime pencilled in during the season?

Are you involved with clubs? committees and so on? Clubs decide if they are going to run a second team in the league, no managers are in place and numbers need to be looked at for whether its viable to run an extra team or team in promoted will it go up a league or if there is a last minute proposal and so on. Thats also not taking into account what the clubs activities it has set for it pitch each year and availability of its facilities.. I could go on, but I take it from your post that the county are holding them back for their own personal reasons?

The onus would be on the clubs to have done the groundwork early doors if they are entering a seconds team or not.  Do you think that clubs just decide on a whim at the end of January that they are entering a seconds team, if they do that's on them for being poorly organised and county board be well within their rights to tell them it's not happening this year.   

I don't know why the county board in Antrim only release the fixtures two weeks before the first round of games?  I would expect that a well organised county board would have cut off points for entering new teams into the leagues and that would give the administrators ample time to create and release fixtures to the stakeholders in a timely manner. 

[Belfast GAA man]

Happy about he new football rules but think the club referees will struggle with them with so many changes

[Milltown Row2]

Happy about he new football rules but think the club referees will struggle with them with so many changes

Curious to what part you're happy about? It will be a nightmare for everyone I feel never mind the ref's

[Belfast GAA man]

Happy wit the 3 in each half and solo and go mostly

[Saffron_sam20]

Happy wit the 3 in each half and solo and go mostly

If they are implementing the 3 in each half it should be the keeper plus 3 for defending team. Not fair that they can overload with keeper in other half.

The solo and go will be decent. That's prob the only thing I agree with

[SaffronSports]

Happy wit the 3 in each half and solo and go mostly

If they are implementing the 3 in each half it should be the keeper plus 3 for defending team. Not fair that they can overload with keeper in other half.

The solo and go will be decent. That's prob the only thing I agree with

All part of the jeopardy. You want to bring your goalie up and the opposition have 3 forwards up for a turnover. The defence either drop someone back to cover goal which becomes a 3 on 2 or the forward has an empty net to shoot into.

I think after a few goals against goalies and coaches will be less eager to create that overload.

[statto]

Happy wit the 3 in each half and solo and go mostly

If they are implementing the 3 in each half it should be the keeper plus 3 for defending team. Not fair that they can overload with keeper in other half.

The solo and go will be decent. That's prob the only thing I agree with

All part of the jeopardy. You want to bring your goalie up and the opposition have 3 forwards up for a turnover. The defence either drop someone back to cover goal which becomes a 3 on 2 or the forward has an empty net to shoot into.

I think after a few goals against goalies and coaches will be less eager to create that overload.

At club level too there may not be that many keepers worth bringing up over halfway particularly in junior and intermediate level.

[Milltown Row2]

Happy wit the 3 in each half and solo and go mostly

If they are implementing the 3 in each half it should be the keeper plus 3 for defending team. Not fair that they can overload with keeper in other half.

The solo and go will be decent. That's prob the only thing I agree with

All part of the jeopardy. You want to bring your goalie up and the opposition have 3 forwards up for a turnover. The defence either drop someone back to cover goal which becomes a 3 on 2 or the forward has an empty net to shoot into.

I think after a few goals against goalies and coaches will be less eager to create that overload.

At club level too there may not be that many keepers worth bringing up over halfway particularly in junior and intermediate level.

A lot of keepers nowadays are outfield players

[Saffron_sam20]

Happy wit the 3 in each half and solo and go mostly

If they are implementing the 3 in each half it should be the keeper plus 3 for defending team. Not fair that they can overload with keeper in other half.

The solo and go will be decent. That's prob the only thing I agree with

All part of the jeopardy. You want to bring your goalie up and the opposition have 3 forwards up for a turnover. The defence either drop someone back to cover goal which becomes a 3 on 2 or the forward has an empty net to shoot into.

I think after a few goals against goalies and coaches will be less eager to create that overload.

At club level too there may not be that many keepers worth bringing up over halfway particularly in junior and intermediate level.

A lot of keepers nowadays are outfield players

Yeah if you were smart you'd put one of your better shooters in a keeper jersey, they be the free man in attacks, with more space and 2pt line it 100% will be a lot of teams tactic