Antrim Hurling

[optimus cheese]

Is Seamus Shannon replacing McCullough then HS?

Looks like it, yeah.

Aidan Hamill still involved I suppose?

[saffron89]

I believe Antrim manager is too acceptant of standards in Antrim!  His frustration has turned to anxiety as he gets close to championship. 
O Kane leaving has rocked the boat - was Wallace listening to him?
Have heard other so called prominant 'hurling men' saying Wallace hasnt a clue.

better have a clue, come the 19th!

How was county training last night??

who are these prominant 'hurling men' SIE and MR" DearyMe indeed

[saffron89]

Oh no is Jerry going to start talking shite in the press like previous Antrim managers.

Wallace urges Cork hurlers to get more physical

By Michael Moynihan

Friday, May 11, 2012

Antrim hurling boss Jerry Wallace has called on the Cork County Board to change refereeing practices within the county to prepare players for the inter-county game.

Speaking in the wake of Kilkenny's 14-point win over Cork in Sunday's Allianz HL Division 1A final, Cork native Wallace said club games on Leeside were not physical enough to ready players for facing the likes of Kilkenny.

"Without being critical of anyone," said Wallace, "one observation I've made in training teams in Kerry and at the inter-county level with Antrim, Limerick and Cork over the last 10 years is that club players in other counties take more hits — the play is more physical than you see in Cork.

"I was at a junior game recently in Cork and one player hit 1-6 from frees and another 0-9 from frees, and I thought 'that can't be good for Cork hurling'."

Wallace called on Cork GAA chiefs to be proactive in dealing with the matter. "The Cork Board should look at issuing a directive to let the play go, say on a trial basis in the senior hurling leagues. Referees should be told to give players more leeway when it comes to physicality in the game and not to blow small or technical issues.

"When you look at the Examiner reports it'd be better for inter-county team if three or four fellas were getting 0-2 each from play rather than fellas getting 1-4 or 1-5 from frees.

"It's clear from last Sunday club competition in Cork is not preparing players for inter-county games against Kilkenny, in particular."

Wallace instanced a Kilkenny native now playing in Cork as further proof of the difference in refereeing styles between the two counties.

"This Kilkenny player, playing in Cork for several years, said to me: 'the referees seem to blow for everything here'. That comment is the kernel of the issue for me. The referees may say I'm having a cut off them, but I'm not; I just want to see what can be done to improve hurling in Cork."

Wallace, who has trained Ballyduff to senior hurling titles in Kerry as well as training Cork and Limerick, pointed out that the Kilkenny senior team prepare specifically for physical encounters: "I've seen Kilkenny train and they seem to play a lot of A versus B matches to condition players rather than doing a lot of drills.

"You can count the number of frees awarded at those training sessions on one hand, but what's more important to me is the culture of the team when it comes to those frees being awarded.

"I was at one session when two frees were awarded, but Henry Shefflin, who was playing, didn't come out to take them. The player who won the free did, but appeared to put them well wide on both occasions; that suggests to me there's no kudos for winning that kind of free compared to getting a score from play or doing something else in open play. Everyone knows if Henry's fit he takes the frees for Kilkenny, but presumably Brian Cody gets him to do his free-taking practice down in Ballyhale because if he's in Nowlan Park for Kilkenny training he's there to play a game."


Read more: http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/wallace-urges-cork-hurlers-to-get-more-physical-193564.html#ixzz1uaCKR2Kt

[Seamroga in exile]

I believe Antrim manager is too acceptant of standards in Antrim!  His frustration has turned to anxiety as he gets close to championship. 
O Kane leaving has rocked the boat - was Wallace listening to him?
Have heard other so called prominant 'hurling men' saying Wallace hasnt a clue.

better have a clue, come the 19th!

How was county training last night??

who are these prominant 'hurling men' SIE and MR" DearyMe indeed

I'm far from a "prominent hurling man", nor indeed would I post on here what is going on after the reaction I got the last time I did so, that is if I knew what was going on of course, which I don't.    I've also never commented on JW on here. I don't know the man so I'll reserve my judgement until after a few games, if he's still around.

[btdtgtt]

So do we do a sweep or give odds on JWs tenure?

My favourite is that he sees out the year then departs.

[Sleeping giant]

Threatened to quit / left not happy - but no resignation and continuing to play happy families at minute.
All a bit of deja vu for Antrim.

Told you things where not good last week, but some clown sidetracked to topic to have a go at Dick(check out antrim post page 60). Sounds as if Jerry has lost the changing room. Hope imm wrong for the sake of the players but its all bad vibes at the minute.

that 'clown' would of been me,  simply that DOK had used family and that was not the truth, i said last week there was a split in camp. then went on to say that IMO he was well named.

[Sleeping giant]

but thats in the past.       so how do we see the semi finals of u21s going?

[optimus cheese]

I believe Antrim manager is too acceptant of standards in Antrim!  His frustration has turned to anxiety as he gets close to championship. 
O Kane leaving has rocked the boat - was Wallace listening to him?
Have heard other so called prominant 'hurling men' saying Wallace hasnt a clue.

better have a clue, come the 19th!

How was county training last night??

who are these prominant 'hurling men' SIE and MR" DearyMe indeed

Dinny's bit on the side and some other barstool expert most likely. Why are we obsessed with making a balls of things in this county?

[Buswhacker]

That's why we'll never win an All- Ireland.

[NAG1]

Threatened to quit / left not happy - but no resignation and continuing to play happy families at minute.
All a bit of deja vu for Antrim.

Told you things where not good last week, but some clown sidetracked to topic to have a go at Dick(check out antrim post page 60). Sounds as if Jerry has lost the changing room. Hope imm wrong for the sake of the players but its all bad vibes at the minute.

that 'clown' would of been me,  simply that DOK had used family and that was not the truth, i said last week there was a split in camp. then went on to say that IMO he was well named.

What is this even supposed to mean?

[btdtgtt]

Hardstation I hear of the passing of Ray McDonnell - RIP.
More of a football man but my God what a Rossa man.
Massive loss to your club and I know the sons still playing.
Lord have mercy on him - a real character, and a real man.

[Milltown Row2]

Hardstation I hear of the passing of Ray McDonnell - RIP.
More of a football man but my God what a Rossa man.
Massive loss to your club and I know the sons still playing.
Lord have mercy on him - a real character, and a real man.

Yeah, terrible news. A great fella.

+1
RIP

[Move er on]

+1

[faughs]

Been told that access to the Dunsilly site is going to  be through the tunnell that goes under the railway in this view - can anyone confirm this? one in, one out?

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=antrim+map&ll=54.736106,-6.232435&spn=0.000943,0.002411&hnear=Antrim,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=54.736106,-6.232435&panoid=wZdu7PDWrFS48Kd25aZrDQ&cbp=12,66.13,,0,7.21

[aontroim]

Looks about right - don't think there is much of a chance of getting work done to alter the span of that railway bridge.