Antrim Football Thread

[Gaels1789]

talk it being on a 4G pitch - Some shambles !


Has to be a joke surely. Pg1 probably the only pitch in Antrim playable

[bannside]

O Cahan Cup matches postponed because pitches will be messed up for weeks if the games go ahead.

PG1 pitch closed to everyone (including in house training) until further notice...I imagine a lot of clubs will be the same.

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

folks need to catch on that we have had one of the worst periods of rain and weather compared to what we usually have seen. You arent going to get any clubs dashing forward to have their field torn to shreds in the middle of Feb.

The pitches are into the necks with water and no club will want to be having their grounds ruined.

Cushendall's field was torn up for the Clare game and they absolutely don't want another game on it. Dunloy are playing a wait and see for the Carlow game and if it isn't fit for it then it wont be there. Not even the clubs own teams are allowed on the grass at the moment to train.

The county will be getting plenty of bills for grounds repairs at this rate to add to the existing ones sought after.

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

No word on fixtures or leagues yet is a shambles.

Not really as they were never out at this stage before.

The master planner is bound to be out or nearly finished at this stage to see.

I havent seen anything as yet on the league structures myself yet

[paddyjohn]

folks need to catch on that we have had one of the worst periods of rain and weather compared to what we usually have seen. You arent going to get any clubs dashing forward to have their field torn to shreds in the middle of Feb.

The pitches are into the necks with water and no club will want to be having their grounds ruined.

Cushendall's field was torn up for the Clare game and they absolutely don't want another game on it. Dunloy are playing a wait and see for the Carlow game and if it isn't fit for it then it wont be there. Not even the clubs own teams are allowed on the grass at the moment to train.

The county will be getting plenty of bills for grounds repairs at this rate to add to the existing ones sought after.

What's this? Some common sense appearing on this forum??

[YoungSaff]

No word on fixtures or leagues yet is a shambles.

Agree , zero consideration for management and players to plan their lives

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

folks need to catch on that we have had one of the worst periods of rain and weather compared to what we usually have seen. You arent going to get any clubs dashing forward to have their field torn to shreds in the middle of Feb.

The pitches are into the necks with water and no club will want to be having their grounds ruined.

Cushendall's field was torn up for the Clare game and they absolutely don't want another game on it. Dunloy are playing a wait and see for the Carlow game and if it isn't fit for it then it wont be there. Not even the clubs own teams are allowed on the grass at the moment to train.

The county will be getting plenty of bills for grounds repairs at this rate to add to the existing ones sought after.

What's this? Some common sense appearing on this forum??

[SaffronSports]

Probably the only grass pitch in the county that a match could be played on is Cushendun. They're hosting the camogie on Saturday and even if they could do two games in two days, I don't think they'd have the football arcs on them.

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

to be fair if they did take two games it would destroy their pitch as well.

Be interesting to see what shape it is after the Tipp game on saturday. The fact that they have to take them to Cushendun shows how little fields are open at the moment.

[Swsaffs]

Antrim -3 in the bookies at the weekend.
Something I'm missing going off the past 2 games seems a big hindicap to me.

[Swsaffs]

Antrim -3 in the bookies at the weekend.
Something I'm missing going off the past 2 games seems a big hindicap to me.

If anyone's interested my acca for the weekend goes like

Monaghan +5 11/10
Cavan +6  1/1
Westmeath +3 10/11
Wicklow -5 11/10

16/1

[YoungSaff]

Antrim -3 in the bookies at the weekend.
Something I'm missing going off the past 2 games seems a big hindicap to me.

If anyone's interested my acca for the weekend goes like

Monaghan +5 11/10
Cavan +6  1/1
Westmeath +3 10/11
Wicklow -5 11/10

16/1

Looks a nice bet

[YoungSaff]

I hear some of the Downey clan has departed the Ulster select and will be returning to Lavey , good enough for them never should have been there in first place. As far as I'm aware Matthew and Connor Downey are leaving

[Milltown Row2]

No word on fixtures or leagues yet is a shambles.

Agree , zero consideration for management and players to plan their lives

Wise up, season starts on the 15th March.. what is it that needs planning ffs!

[belfastsaff]

Paddy Mcbride will miss the chance to play on his schools pitch on sunday