Antrim Football Thread

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

Division 1. I don't have any of the others

[paddyjohn]

Hopefully they make a a div 4b next season.

[HTownlad]

Has to go?

Surely there's better within Antrim to step up?

[paddyjohn]

Has to go?

Surely there's better within Antrim to step up?

The sad reality is that we don't have the guts to sack him or Davy.

[Milltown Row2]

Has to go?

Surely there's better within Antrim to step up?

Better players?

[HTownlad]

Has to go?

Surely there's better within Antrim to step up?

Better players?

You'd be hard pressed to find better players who are available to him

Please feel free to nominate a few who have not been considered at all

Dunloy lads who would make a significant impact have opted to play hurling

[Milltown Row2]

So, you can only pick what's available

We can talk tactics, fitness strength conditioning and whatever but they've been prepared and manager will take some flack but it's a collective and looking for someone else 3 games in, in his first season is a bit much

[HTownlad]

Really?

They've lost McBride, Small, Michael Bryne, a few faces weren't there today also or in the squad, have they went too?

MR2, you're not talking about an u12 team here. You're talking about the best footballers in Antrim. Many of whom played outstanding football for a very long period only last April against All Ireland Champions.

I understand it's his first gig as a manager but to lose 4 or 5 players so early on cries out there's something a miss

[Sportacus]

I still don't get where people are coming from.  We've been getting hammered at underage for many a year. Dunloy decided to give football a rattle and won the senior championship.  We don't have a stadium. There is zero buzz around the county. We're solidly Division Four and that's the reality.

[NatSoSaff]

Really?

They've lost McBride, Small, Michael Bryne, a few faces weren't there today also or in the squad, have they went too?

MR2, you're not talking about an u12 team here. You're talking about the best footballers in Antrim. Many of whom played outstanding football for a very long period only last April against All Ireland Champions.

I understand it's his first gig as a manager but to lose 4 or 5 players so early on cries out there's something a miss

Who were the faces that were missing today? Hopefully no one else has jumped ship, we can't afford any more stepping away (IF that's the case)

[Scallionpicker09]

To sum it up thus far- we have a manager who has yet to get a win, is losing players left and right, and who is also managing Clann Eireann, which at the rate his county season is going he's probably now got more than one eye on the club to try and make sure it's not a complete disaster year for him, as you can rest assured an Armagh club won't tolerate what Antrim county will.

I know the 15 on the field have a lot to answer for but this is a disaster year no two ways about it, and have to look at the top first. Calling it now we will have 2-3 decent Tailteann cup results (decent, not good) and that will be this years highlight. I don't have the answers and now certainly don't have any hope.

Roll on Club championship to have a bit of pride in our county football.

[Christmas Lights]

Hard to believe boys on here couldn't wait to get Andy out.

[Milltown Row2]

Clubs will at most have had some strength and conditioning done, maybe a couple of challenge games.

We can't be looking at his other job as a reason here. Unless I'm missing something

[Dunsilly King]

I went to our game today. Players aren't good enough. How many players do we have who can kick 2 pointers? We have a small midfield and that alone in these new rules means we in serious diffs before the ball is thrown in. Keeper frightened of shorts. We were also show on the line, their 15 & 11 needed man narked, obvious ten minutes in. 15 got marked by moving our num 4 to him, 11 got serious space. Attacking structure was decent enough but why we sat deep in the first galf when they had the wind kicking 2 pointers surprised me. We had non existent kicking in the game as well.

[HTownlad]

I'm not concerned at all about the CE job. He's told them he'll not be doing anything with them until March so atm his attention is on Antrim

Our game plan was all wrong today. Sit back and encourage two pointers.

Players ofcourse have alot to answer for and looking at Longford today, they are by no means beating boys of Div 4 but I still have to question why we've lost players and why we are playing a style of football that is obviously not working