Antrim Football Thread

[Swsaffs]

I didn't see the incident (and maybe that means I have no place to comment) however I did speak to someone who has no skin in the game who witnessed it. According to him it was no accident, McCann was taken out.

I was at the St.Galls game and I thought they were a sorry sight. Poor all over the pitch, never at the pitch of it, it was a proper hammering. Brigids were defesively solid, Galls were a defensive shambles.
Brigids will be in the shake up, terrific young lad at 11 called Quinn. Very impressive. Young Duffy good too and one of the Derry Downeys controlled the game from half back. Big improvement from Cargin game where they were too slow and sideways.



Absolutely thought young Quinn and Duffy really stepped up yesterday, brilliant footballers very smart on the ball rarely lose it, John Morgan looked very good yesterday to.

As for st galls losing burns is massive hindering to there attack such a brilliant footballer and leading for them.

[EOC1923]

A strike to the face when a player doesn't even have the ball is not a malicious act? Wise up! You clearly didn't see it live or the video of it. One of the most cowardly acts I have ever seen. And surely a severe retrospective punishment is in order if that's possible.

Agreed the ref and his officials lost complete control, biggest instance was the lead up to Mick being red carded, the moneyglass Nr7 runs in as a 3rd man . It's always stated the 3rd man is the worst as this is how rows escalate, He runs in and strikes Tom Shivers with an elbow resulting in him needing staples in his scalp, in full visibility of the umpire at the Tumbledown end. No punishment whatsoever for this. The umpire has a lot of questions to answer as does the referee from Tomas incident, again 3-4 metres away and gives a yellow card for a clear punch to the face which caused a serious injury. I think I wasn't alone leaving the ground on Saturday completely sickened with the sport.



Having SEEN it live and on video slowed down to make it look worse, tomas passes the ball at the last second as the number 6 couldn't of stopped his momentum to block the ball and in the video u can clearly see his fist isn't closed, in saying that it was a bad hit yes I'd agree but saying it was intentional is ridiculous to me,

Yes I totally agree no.7 should've been black carded as he was 3rd man in but as I said the referee made a balls of it, both teams were very rough not just a one sided affair coming from a neutral no connection to either team,


As your from Cargin is there any word of tomas.

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What are you smoking? Tomas had handpassed the ball away about 2 seconds before that and he came in and hit him in the face, where the ball was no where near in the first place. Duffin knew what he was at
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2 seconds is very inaccurate. Thats a fraction of a second, hes made a balls of the tackle, totally accidental from an honest player
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Aye he's that honest a player he was later red carded for his role in a mellee, reportedly headbutting someone twice. Can't tell if you are on the wind up but seriously stop talking nonsense

[NorthAntrimSaff]

A strike to the face when a player doesn't even have the ball is not a malicious act? Wise up! You clearly didn't see it live or the video of it. One of the most cowardly acts I have ever seen. And surely a severe retrospective punishment is in order if that's possible.

Agreed the ref and his officials lost complete control, biggest instance was the lead up to Mick being red carded, the moneyglass Nr7 runs in as a 3rd man . It's always stated the 3rd man is the worst as this is how rows escalate, He runs in and strikes Tom Shivers with an elbow resulting in him needing staples in his scalp, in full visibility of the umpire at the Tumbledown end. No punishment whatsoever for this. The umpire has a lot of questions to answer as does the referee from Tomas incident, again 3-4 metres away and gives a yellow card for a clear punch to the face which caused a serious injury. I think I wasn't alone leaving the ground on Saturday completely sickened with the sport.



Having SEEN it live and on video slowed down to make it look worse, tomas passes the ball at the last second as the number 6 couldn't of stopped his momentum to block the ball and in the video u can clearly see his fist isn't closed, in saying that it was a bad hit yes I'd agree but saying it was intentional is ridiculous to me,

Yes I totally agree no.7 should've been black carded as he was 3rd man in but as I said the referee made a balls of it, both teams were very rough not just a one sided affair coming from a neutral no connection to either team,


As your from Cargin is there any word of tomas.

What are you smoking? Tomas had handpassed the ball away about 2 seconds before that and he came in and hit him in the face, where the ball was no where near in the first place. Duffin knew what he was at
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2 seconds is very inaccurate. Thats a fraction of a second, hes made a balls of the tackle, totally accidental from an honest player
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Aye he's that honest a player he was later red carded for his role in a mellee, reportedly headbutting someone twice. Can't tell if you are on the wind up but seriously stop talking nonsense
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Reportedly......

The ball also was handpassed over head height before contact was made

[Lár na páirce 1]

It was a very deliberate low act from a player who then later in the game headbutted Mick twice as for the moneyglass no.7 it was simply cowardly I would say he was proud of himself later that evening nothing but a complete coward not to mention being a horrendously poor footballer

[Gaels1789]

It was a very deliberate low act from a player who then later in the game headbutted Mick twice as for the moneyglass no.7 it was simply cowardly I would say he was proud of himself later that evening nothing but a complete coward not to mention being a horrendously poor footballer


Think that's a bit far now to be honest.

Calling someone a coward and a horrendously poor footballer on an online account, poor taste that

[Swsaffs]

Having looked at group 4 could be very tasty.

Did pg1 take the foot off the gas to early vs Sairsfields.

If Aghagallon beat them and Lamh dearg put a tanking on Sairsfields which could happen going of past 2 games,

Pg1 could be kicking themselves,
In saying that Aghagallon need to step it up a gear to beat pg1 but very possible

[Lár na páirce 1]

It was a very deliberate low act from a player who then later in the game headbutted Mick twice as for the moneyglass no.7 it was simply cowardly I would say he was proud of himself later that evening nothing but a complete coward not to mention being a horrendously poor footballer


Think that's a bit far now to be honest.

Calling someone a coward and a horrendously poor footballer on an online account, poor taste that








I'd would say smashing a man's face in and and splitting someone after charging blindside with an elbow is a bit far so yes a coward and a poor footballer is accurate enough

[SlemishSoldier31]

I'm not usually very active on this but have got caught up with the weekends posts now seems to have been some drama. Judging by comments the Cargin folk seem to feel very hard done by. I've witnessed the refereeing in Antrim get worse season after season and I'd imagine this drama has all resulted with the referee failing to control the game. And don't get me started on that a**hole who done the TNN Dunloy game, I've been sent his post on social media surely gets a suspension.

The royal family of Antrim football Cargin don't seem to have taken it to well that moneyglass put it up to them. Swings and roundabouts as I've seen plenty of nasty work from the Cargin team over recent years, so maybe do them no harm getting a taste of their own medicine. Any word on Mick's suspension and how many games it will be? You'd imagine if Mick has got a red he's definitely done something wrong as he's the most protected player in the county. Never like to hear of a player getting injured and have to wish speedy recovery to Tomas.

[SlemishSoldier31]

Only game I seen this weekend was our lads up in Corrigan. St John's are going under the radar and are definitely not a team you'd want to meet in the knockouts. Young Conor hand was outstanding.

[rogercasement]

Having looked at group 4 could be very tasty.

Did pg1 take the foot off the gas to early vs Sairsfields.

If Aghagallon beat them and Lamh dearg put a tanking on Sairsfields which could happen going of past 2 games,

Pg1 could be kicking themselves,
In saying that Aghagallon need to step it up a gear to beat pg1 but very possible

In the event of 3 teams finishing on 4 points it becomes a 3 team mini league. Scores against Sarsfields will have no bearing on outcome.

[Swsaffs]

Having looked at group 4 could be very tasty.

Did pg1 take the foot off the gas to early vs Sairsfields.

If Aghagallon beat them and Lamh dearg put a tanking on Sairsfields which could happen going of past 2 games,

Pg1 could be kicking themselves,
In saying that Aghagallon need to step it up a gear to beat pg1 but very possible

In the event of 3 teams finishing on 4 points it becomes a 3 team mini league. Scores against Sarsfields will have no bearing on outcome.


thought it was score difference if 3 teams finish level, and h2h if 2 teams finish level

[YoungSaff]

Having looked at group 4 could be very tasty.

Did pg1 take the foot off the gas to early vs Sairsfields.

If Aghagallon beat them and Lamh dearg put a tanking on Sairsfields which could happen going of past 2 games,

Pg1 could be kicking themselves,
In saying that Aghagallon need to step it up a gear to beat pg1 but very possible

In the event of 3 teams finishing on 4 points it becomes a 3 team mini league. Scores against Sarsfields will have no bearing on outcome.


thought it was score difference if 3 teams finish level, and h2h if 2 teams finish level

Thought the same myself !

[Spike]

At least there were some talking points at the weekend, it is just a pity more wasnt about the football itself.

Cargin, Creggan, Portglenone, Dunloy putting big scores up against teams that frankly shouldn't be in the Senior championship.   Until we get rid of these mismatches and pit decent teams against decent teams our senior championship is always going to be sub-par and perceived as substandard. Every game against them is a cheap 2 points with the only question being score difference like did we hammer them more than the other competitors hammered them?

Some clubs see a league and championship restructure as Turkeys voting for Christmas as they are only there by default, but we need to do something.  The neutral supporters have in large part stopped attending games in the same numbers as the dross is pulling down the quality of the championship. 

Every championship match is supposed to mean something, not have one eye on the next fixture or a chance to get a player miles on the clock. 

The final round of games has 8 fixtures and looking down the list at least half of them are absolute mismatches. No neutral in their right mind would pay in to watch those games, and with respect a lot the club fans will give it a miss as well.  No double headers either. The county board are just arranging more championship matches to squeeze as many ticket sales as possible.

What is next? a champions league open format where Creggan play O'Donnells and St Johns play Pearses?

Rather than increase the quality and championship buzz to increase attendance, they are diluting it.

[YoungSaff]

At least there were some talking points at the weekend, it is just a pity more wasnt about the football itself.

Cargin, Creggan, Portglenone, Dunloy putting big scores up against teams that frankly shouldn't be in the Senior championship.   Until we get rid of these mismatches and pit decent teams against decent teams our senior championship is always going to be sub-par and perceived as substandard. Every game against them is a cheap 2 points with the only question being score difference like did we hammer them more than the other competitors hammered them?

Some clubs see a league and championship restructure as Turkeys voting for Christmas as they are only there by default, but we need to do something.  The neutral supporters have in large part stopped attending games in the same numbers as the dross is pulling down the quality of the championship. 

Every championship match is supposed to mean something, not have one eye on the next fixture or a chance to get a player miles on the clock. 

The final round of games has 8 fixtures and looking down the list at least half of them are absolute mismatches. No neutral in their right mind would pay in to watch those games, and with respect a lot the club fans will give it a miss as well.  No double headers either. The county board are just arranging more championship matches to squeeze as many ticket sales as possible.

What is next? a champions league open format where Creggan play O'Donnells and St Johns play Pearses?

Rather than increase the quality and championship buzz to increase attendance, they are diluting it.

No mention of St Brides putting up a big score on St Galls ? Should they not be in the senior championship either loosing by 11 ?

I agree too many teams in the senior championship but still a believer on any given day. Plenty of teams have not been given a chance at times and caused an upset ! The beauty of the championship.

Back to a straight knockout the way to go I think !

[Swsaffs]

It was a very deliberate low act from a player who then later in the game headbutted Mick twice as for the moneyglass no.7 it was simply cowardly I would say he was proud of himself later that evening nothing but a complete coward not to mention being a horrendously poor footballer

It was a very deliberate low act from a player who then later in the game headbutted Mick twice as for the moneyglass no.7 it was simply cowardly I would say he was proud of himself later that evening nothing but a complete coward not to mention being a horrendously poor footballer

It was a very deliberate low act from a player who then later in the game headbutted Mick twice as for the moneyglass no.7 it was simply cowardly I would say he was proud of himself later that evening nothing but a complete coward not to mention being a horrendously poor footballer


No mention of mick throwing the first head butt... or pat shivers trying to fight all game... or Marty Kane coming on and trying to empty someone with an elbow after they passed the ball on...
Didn't fit your agenda i suppose

Both teams were at it, simple as that
Neither team was being saints.