Antrim Football Thread

[Milltown Row2]

Can't blame the county on the weather...

[JimStynes]

Can't blame the county on the weather...

They're involved somehow!! 😡

[YoungSaff]

What we think of the line up for Derry game ?

Any score predictions , the bookmakers have it as 14 HC

[Lár na páirce 1]

What we think of the line up for Derry game ?

Any score predictions , the bookmakers have it as 14 HC

Be 20+ points in it Antrim a rotten team

[AllStar15]

Can't blame the county on the weather...

hmm, almost like they control the other massive issue now causing this

[NatSoSaff]

What we think of the line up for Derry game ?

Any score predictions , the bookmakers have it as 14 HC

Be 20+ points in it Antrim a rotten team

'Rotten'? really.

Anyway, whishing the very best of luck to the lads tomorrow. It's a proud day getting to represent your family, club and community lining out for Antrim in the Ulster championship. There are levels to this game and unfortunately these are 2 teams at the opposite ends of the scale. All we can hope for is each man to play to his potential, and why cant that be the case? Despite some tough draws in recent years in the championship, on more than one occasion these men have given that.

[bannside]

100% Nat. They are from our families, clubs and parishes and fair play to them all. Hopefully they can remain competitive until the end.

Great article in todays Irish News from David Mohan and Paddy Cunningham by the way, well worth a read.

[BigGreenField]

Best of luck to the lads, keep it tight is a good ambition and there is some impact available from the bench.

Needs a Joe Royle Everton dogs of war from the lads and they do have that it in them.

Pray for a Derryman to do something daft!

[ck]

The Antrim team named for tomorrow is every bit as strong as went out against Armagh last year so here's hoping a good performance can put all the issues this year in the past. Good luck Antrim.

[inabsentia]

Acknowledging the difference in playing standards (club and county), where do you start after that today?

Tactically: slow and ponderous allowing them to get back, set up and then force a turnover on the half.

Athletically: Obviously big gulf, but we looked slow and heavy legged. Even some of the more direct/speedier players looked a bit ragged.

Kickouts: At county level all we can work us an overload? That's a shambles. Other way we couldn't even get near theirs.

Derry were poor by their own abilities today, I don't think they gave away a scorable free all game and they easily could have had 3 extra goals in the first half alone. We had some individual bright sparks but it was hard to do that over and over again.

Can never fault lads togging out for their county, but there's failures at some level there because compared to last years run out against Armagh this is a backwards step

[Spike]

Score that sitter late on and theres 7 between the sides.   They counter immediately, go up and knock over a 2 pointer and its out to 12. Thats the margins.

Antrim in similar place to last year but with some more bite. Never looked like winning after that terrible 1st goal went in, undid a lot of good work.

Paddy McBride has some neck on him being a pundit today after ditching them. 

[Gold]

Wish we had a go. We kicked 4 l

Score that sitter late on and theres 7 between the sides.   They counter immediately, go up and knock over a 2 pointer and its out to 12. Thats the margins.

Antrim in similar place to last year but with some more bite. Never looked like winning after that terrible 1st goal went in, undid a lot of good work.

Paddy McBride has some neck on him being a pundit today after ditching them. 

Wish we had a go. We kicked 4 long balls in in the last ten minutes, won three of them

Should've been doing it all game

We're off it physically and the game was flat, as every Ulster Championship game we play in is, at least from the day we beat Fermanagh at Brewster...2011 or something maybe

Physically and football wise not at it. Probably won't change till or when G football is our number 1 sport (so potentially never unfortunately)

[EOC1923]

Acknowledging the difference in playing standards (club and county), where do you start after that today?

Tactically: slow and ponderous allowing them to get back, set up and then force a turnover on the half.

Athletically: Obviously big gulf, but we looked slow and heavy legged. Even some of the more direct/speedier players looked a bit ragged.

Kickouts: At county level all we can work us an overload? That's a shambles. Other way we couldn't even get near theirs.

Derry were poor by their own abilities today, I don't think they gave away a scorable free all game and they easily could have had 3 extra goals in the first half alone. We had some individual bright sparks but it was hard to do that over and over again.

Can never fault lads togging out for their county, but there's failures at some level there because compared to last years run out against Armagh this is a backwards step

I was at the game, quite a dead atmosphere in the ground and very little Antrim support. Derry pressed Antrims kickout very hard particularly in the 1st half. Only for missing  serious chances and great goalkeeping it could have been a nasty scoreline. McCabe and Burns and possibly McAleer performed well.
Armagh beat Antrim by 11 points last year and Derry beat Antrim by 13 today, In reality it's just the same, albeit there was maybe a bit more blood and thunder about it last yr which came from the Corrigan or nowhere thing, but from memory Armagh rested a lot of players.
Its a similar result in the history books. Tailteann is our level not this.

[Gold]

It was Armaghs B team last year. No shame in it

Acknowledging the difference in playing standards (club and county), where do you start after that today?

Tactically: slow and ponderous allowing them to get back, set up and then force a turnover on the half.

Athletically: Obviously big gulf, but we looked slow and heavy legged. Even some of the more direct/speedier players looked a bit ragged.

Kickouts: At county level all we can work us an overload? That's a shambles. Other way we couldn't even get near theirs.

Derry were poor by their own abilities today, I don't think they gave away a scorable free all game and they easily could have had 3 extra goals in the first half alone. We had some individual bright sparks but it was hard to do that over and over again.

Can never fault lads togging out for their county, but there's failures at some level there because compared to last years run out against Armagh this is a backwards step

I was at the game, quite a dead atmosphere in the ground and very little Antrim support. Derry pressed Antrims kickout very hard particularly in the 1st half. Only for missing  serious chances and great goalkeeping it could have been a nasty scoreline. McCabe and Burns and possibly McAleer performed well.
Armagh beat Antrim by 11 points last year and Derry beat Antrim by 13 today, In reality it's just the same, albeit there was maybe a bit more blood and thunder about it last yr which came from the Corrigan or nowhere thing, but from memory Armagh rested a lot of players.
Its a similar result in the history books. Tailteann is our level not this.

It was Armaghs B team last year

No shame in it....we are Div 4

Leitrim don't expect to beat Mayo,so why should we expect to beat Derry?

Last victory v them in the 50s?

[Milltown Row2]

Jesus! Barnet play Man Utd! At their ground.

Antrim played well for the standard we are at, one's questioning our fitness? That's the difference between the top teams and the bottom teams, our physicality is also not the same..

Failures at some level? Go on? I'd like to hear them.. it's a lopsided competition that's the first one, expecting miracles, considering the gulf between these teams is is a fantasy, but hey ho people will look to be annoyed.