Antrim Hurling

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

ok this whole frees thing from wednesday night.

yes we got more frees than cdall did. cant disagree with that point. but what i will say is that cdall need to stop holding players. i was close enough to hear the ref tell one of the players why he blew him up. he told him 'youve got to stop holding onto a player in the tackle'. simple as.

you cant tackle a player and hold his arm etc and not expect a foul to be give. other fouls they conceeded were stupit like hands on the back, tripping etc. i think JJ your looking into this too much. the most of your frees were conceeded in your own half by your forwards. these included hands on the back, tripping and holding again.

regardless you had more shots on goal than we did, twice as many in fact so the free count wasnt going to count.

we scored 1-7 from frees and yous scored about 0-4 (1-4 if you count that short free) so it made little difference.

anyway, we played kack and if im honest so did Cdall in the second half. cant read into that game too much but i will say that the young lads in cdalls team impressed me. yous have alot of good talent being beded into your team which bodes well for use for the future.

sadly we are struggling due to having a poor run at underage for so many years.

[pullhard]

I'm getting slightly fustrated with our lads. They are hard to work out. Last week we were poor against cushendall, starting very slow and as a result got what we deserved out of it which was nothing. Last night our first half was crap. No other way of putting it. Conceded 3 or 4 points in first 5 mins. Loughgiel were on fire and seemed to be on song with their slick passing and scoring some great scores much to the delight of the supporters! Second half we were completely different team, first to most balls, showed great fight and a bit of passion which was missing and completely turned game around, two quick clarkey goals. We should have held on for the win in the end. But probably over the hour a draw was a fair result.

As for the ref, i felt he was ok. Give a few soft frees to both at times but i wouldnt have any issue with way Jackie refffed it.

My main concern is our consistency. They are blowing so hot and cold. As a result i couldnt say how we will do come championship. If we turn up we will be a game for anyone, if we dont Glenariffe could beat us.

But as most of you posters have referred to over the past number of years, we will probably fold - because as you say thats what the town do.

Interesting times ahead.

Your spot on Leyland about consistency. I cant figure how what Ballycastle team is going to show up in the championship. Is it the one that put 4 goals past Dunloy, 6.17 vs Portaferry, the team that beat L'giel in the Feis and the team that put in a great 2nd half display against L'giel on Wed? Or is it the team that was poor against C'dall at home and Dunloy away or the one that struggled to get past a poor Rossa team at home?

One thing I do know is they are getting there. For example on Wed night they were 7 points down away to L'giel at half time. 1, 3, 5 years ago they would have lost that match by 10/12/15 points, we got a draw on Wed night so we are moving in the right direction. Let NAG and probably other people of his ilk on here think Ballycastle are bottlers but make no mistake the team is moving in the right direction and they wont be far away in the next couple of years.

sounds like the championship wrapped up for the town. Are they still playing with the tatics of moving Neal and Matty all over the pitch? Will cormac be fit?

Have the dall lined out a full streghth squad this year? Hopefully injuries will be cleared up by now.

Has Jesus played many games for the shams or is he doing a ronnie o'sullivan style come back?

I cant wait!

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

He quit and retired (Came from his own mouth) and guess what, he's back again!

Antrim hurling is saved! Lol

[Seamroga in exile]

Never doubt the wisdom of sie. 

[theskull1]

He quit and retired (Came from his own mouth) and guess what, he's back again!

Antrim hurling is saved! Lol

The James Brown of hurling

[theskull1]

You referring to Casement HS?

[Glensman]

Never doubt the wisdom of sie. 

Sore ankle or not there was more to the story. May be no one else's business than Loughgiel's and I am not digging, fishing, giving abuse to anyone in particular here but how can it not have a detrimental effect on team morale if there is a completely different set of rules for one player than the rest?

More of a general point this that speaking about Winker but he is a prime example. Most teams/clubs have at least one like this but is there ever a breaking point where someone is not allowed back in the camp?

They beat St Galls handy and should stroll to the final unless Ballycastle put up resistance but is it fair that those who trained hard to date, played v St Galls etc will have to make way.

Appreciate that "fair" doesn't win championships but just not sure how it can't effect team morale?

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

Things like that tend to do that glensman. maybe Lgiel players have just come to accpet that he will turn up, leave, not be fit to play due his weekends etc. its seems to be the trend for the past number of years.

i know our club does drop players who miss training

its hard not to play a brilliant player, no matter what his problems may be. on a field hes a class act, off it, well thats his personal business and nothing to do with the rest of us.

[Seamroga in exile]

The training didn't start in earnest until the start of June. Liam played/trained when he and the rest of the panel were under no obligation to do so before this Time. He also was about until recently. He injured his ankle. During this time he may or may not have contemplated retiring. As he has the right to do. Thankfully he'll be back to training next week. No conspiracy, no big story. Move along now, nothing to see here. 

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

lol to be fair when i heard about it, i just laughed and rolled my eyes.

[north aontroim gael]

lol to be fair when i heard about it, i just laughed and rolled my eyes.

Much the same as myself...

[Two Hands FFS]

The training didn't start in earnest until the start of June. Liam played/trained when he and the rest of the panel were under no obligation to do so before this Time. He also was about until recently. He injured his ankle. During this time he may or may not have contemplated retiring. As he has the right to do. Thankfully he'll be back to training next week. No conspiracy, no big story. Move along now, nothing to see here. 

Was the ankle injury serious? Was that why he missed the St Galls game?

[Seamroga in exile]

The training didn't start in earnest until the start of June. Liam played/trained when he and the rest of the panel were under no obligation to do so before this Time. He also was about until recently. He injured his ankle. During this time he may or may not have contemplated retiring. As he has the right to do. Thankfully he'll be back to training next week. No conspiracy, no big story. Move along now, nothing to see here. 

Was the ankle injury serious? Was that why he missed the St Galls game?

I would assume so.

[Just Puck It]

The training didn't start in earnest until the start of June. Liam played/trained when he and the rest of the panel were under no obligation to do so before this Time. He also was about until recently. He injured his ankle. During this time he may or may not have contemplated retiring. As he has the right to do. Thankfully he'll be back to training next week. No conspiracy, no big story. Move along now, nothing to see here. 

SIE if he wasn't able to hurl with an ankle injury, how was he able to play for Ballymoney United last Friday?

[saffron89]

could someone tell me is Casement shut and no more games in it

or will we all be there for the county final etc

when does work start or will it sit for a year or 2

reckon the town have progessed well BUT a little behind the big three.  Cushendall shaping up for it and I think it will be one hell of a final against the shams possibly in ballycastle

Nice to see MR2 as prickly as ever regards Referees playing for draws  Reckon very few SET OUT AT START of the game to do it.  With that point I do agree

fair play Jackie, look forward to seeing a display from him.  wouldn't have been his biggest fan but knowing him he will have a more down to earth persona than a few.  No fingers at you however MR2 so stand down.

MR2 what stance do you take when management start slabbering at you from the sideline.