Antrim Hurling

[milltown row]

seems the county are getting worked up over the sending off of the cushendall goalkeeper. any views on this lads? i was speaking to the referee who sent him off last week so i know his views on the matter.

the antrim website seem to be getting their knickers in a twist over it. surely it's simple, like everyone is intitled to an appeal. i'd like to know though about the success of previous appeals

[youngfella]

Depends if there a county player with a championship game coming up.

[theskull1]

Well I thought it wasn't a sending off offense. If a defender had hauled/tripped the attacking player in the same way the goalkeeper did then he would have got a yellow card. Thought that soccer rules were being applied at the time tbh.

[aontroim]

IHC 1/4 Final last night

Gaeil Chluana 3-11 v 1-5 Cushendun

[Minder]

Was it Fred Mc Auley? Is Ronan Kearney injured?

[davincicode]

MR just speaking with a North Antrim work colleague who gave me a run down, its ridiculous to say the least, he was sent off for danger to an opponent, which is a red card he informs me. Cushendal produced a video of the match, and sent it to appeals, which after viewing they decided to overturn the Referees decision. Whats the story with that!

He says the CHC as it is called 4 man team- have always overturned nearly everthing that goes to them, he says its a joke, some guy Frank Smith is a 2 faced B******S and should,nt be in the job. I,m sure the referee is pissed to say the least, after all the discussion about referees, if it was me i would tell them to shove it. The referees committee should back their man to the hilt and have none of it! Heres the biggest joke the Rossa player was going witness for the Goalkeeper!! Hamill is his name. Jesus what next, no wonder your county can,t progress with these type of A******S in it. MR that should be a lesson to you, don,t REFEREE thats why they can,t get anyone to REFEREE.

Frank Smith should join Brolly and the boys on the Sunday Game!

[theskull1]

Calm down davinci ffs. That quite franklly is a load of balls

It was not a sending off offense. Simple as....and I'm a Dunloy man. There was nothing "dangerous" in what he done. He came out to meet Gavin Bell, and threw himself at him. There was no slashing with the stick, just an awkward challenge which warranted a yellow, but that was it.

I'm sure referees aren't that far up their own arses that they know that they CAN get things wrongs during a match the same as players. Why should a referee take the hump just because he got a decision wrong?

There's certainly been more contentious appeals in the past. This one is a no brainer afaik

[Glensman]

The goalie was, as far as I am aware, the minor or under 21 goalie.
Ronan Kearney came on after a while out with injury and saved the resultant penalty I believe.

Would/will the keeper start in the final anyway?

[Minder]

So there appeals would really take place after big senior championship matches as no video evidence would exist for 99% of antrim club matches. Did the ref admit he made a mistake? If not it sets a dangerous precedent

[NAG]

what about the matches last night?
any scores and reports?

[Minder]

Loughgiel  0-17 1-11 Cushendall

Dunloy  6-23 1-13 St. Johns 

[theskull1]

If you have information that helps in an appeal process (in this case the use of video) then what is the problem? If you don't have it then you can't use it. Honestly some people can't see the woods from the trees such is their bitterness towards other clubs theres no point arguing with them  

Beat the Johnnies 6-23 to 1-13
Different scoreline to last week against the dall, Dunloy put in a great performance with some great individual displays. In truth though, the Johnnies didn't compete anywhere near well enough in every sector of the pitch, and as a result gave Dunloy the extra bit of space to do the damage that they done. You can only beat whats in front of you, but I'm sure all will know that last night was not championship intensity

[NAG]

Big scoreline none the less.

Seems like a big result for loughgiel all the same wonder were cushedall full strength, should be an interesting few weeks coming up.

[Guillem2]

If you have information that helps in an appeal process (in this case the use of video) then what is the problem? If you don't have it then you can't use it. Honestly some people can't see the woods from the trees such is their bitterness towards other clubs theres no point arguing with them  

I agree with Skull.

Did Loughgeil beat Portaferry recently as well? It's hard to call between the big 3 at the minute. Any one of them could lift the Volunteer Cup.

[Minder]

Did the ref admit he made a mistake with the sending off?