Antrim Hurling

[Hurler on the Bitch]

So, another morale boosting hammering..

[imtommygunn]

Eh? It's hardly morale boosting. Dublin had our number in the league and they have it now. We picked up in the league after getting well beat and hopefully we can pick up now too. We've improved massively but you can't just move to division one then suddenly you will go from being miles away from some of these teams to beating them.

[Tormund]

Dissapointing today, dublin too good for us, that ref was shocking for me, tho obviously dublin were always going to win easily playing like that no matter what the ref did.
Big game v Laois, anybody know if it will be in a neutral venue? Im guessing it has to be

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

League for playing.
Championship for winning. Look at Wexford scoreline.
Antrim have had a good year, hopefully build on it

[Tormund]

Yea it has been a great year, the league campaign was absolutely brilliant!
If we can stay in the leinster for next year by beating Laois that'll be great.
Looks like the game v laois will be in laois, doesnt seem too fair, but sure lets go and win it

https://thesaffrongael.com/category/latest-news/hurling/

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

Yea it has been a great year, the league campaign was absolutely brilliant!
If we can stay in the leinster for next year by beating Laois that'll be great.
Looks like the game v laois will be in laois, doesnt seem too fair, but sure lets go and win it

https://thesaffrongael.com/category/latest-news/hurling/

I dont buy that home advantage thingy

[Tormund]

Antrim have been much more competitive at corrigan this year compared to playing away.
I think the tighter pitch allows us to make it a battle against these top teams. Playing on a bigger pitch against a team like dublin with more athletic players allows them to stretch the game more and find more space.
Although the laois players arent anymore athletic than ours, i still think it gives them an advantage to be playing at their home ground. They wont have any travelling aswell.

[Milltown Row2]

Dissapointing today, dublin too good for us, that ref was shocking for me, tho obviously dublin were always going to win easily playing like that no matter what the ref did.
Big game v Laois, anybody know if it will be in a neutral venue? Im guessing it has to be

I watched the match and wondering what stuck out about the ref? I can't recall a moment when I gave off about a call, and that's me watching it as a supporter btw

[bannside]

Laois are in tatters, morale smashed between league and championship. They are a wounded animal, and will see 70 mins against Antrim as a way of rectifying things. With home advantage they won't fear us any more than we fear them. A dog fight awaits, let's hope Darren does have a plan.

[Tormund]

Dissapointing today, dublin too good for us, that ref was shocking for me, tho obviously dublin were always going to win easily playing like that no matter what the ref did.
Big game v Laois, anybody know if it will be in a neutral venue? Im guessing it has to be

I watched the match and wondering what stuck out about the ref? I can't recall a moment when I gave off about a call, and that's me watching it as a supporter btw

There were a few times our forwards were fouled and didnt get a free, there was one with mccann in the 2nd half i remember. And dublin got a lot of very soft frees, while we didnt. The red card seemed harsh aswell, no replays on the gaago stream but seemed harsh in real time

[themac_23]

Championship for us this year was a bonus, main thing was getting another year in div 1 which we achieved. The players now have a taste of what is needed at this level, they also have seen the step up from league hurling to championship time. It'll stand the lads for next year massively. Be great to go out get past Laois and get another game. If we do that I'd say this will have been a really successful season for us

[Tormund]

Championship for us this year was a bonus, main thing was getting another year in div 1 which we achieved. The players now have a taste of what is needed at this level, they also have seen the step up from league hurling to championship time. It'll stand the lads for next year massively. Be great to go out get past Laois and get another game. If we do that I'd say this will have been a really successful season for us

Yep, completely agree

[Antrim Coaster]

Laois are in tatters, morale smashed between league and championship. They are a wounded animal, and will see 70 mins against Antrim as a way of rectifying things. With home advantage they won't fear us any more than we fear them. A dog fight awaits, let's hope Darren does have a plan.

The match v Laois is the most important match of the year.

It was obvious from yesterday's match that Antrim weren't up to championship pace.

Possibly the short turnaround from league into the championship didn't allow Antrim sufficient time to prepare.

Only a few of the team have played at Liam McCarthy level before but I think yesterday's match is a reality check as to what will be required for next year's campaign IF they can overcome Laois.

That's why that match is the most important one of the year.

[Milltown Row2]

Dissapointing today, dublin too good for us, that ref was shocking for me, tho obviously dublin were always going to win easily playing like that no matter what the ref did.
Big game v Laois, anybody know if it will be in a neutral venue? Im guessing it has to be

I watched the match and wondering what stuck out about the ref? I can't recall a moment when I gave off about a call, and that's me watching it as a supporter btw

There were a few times our forwards were fouled and didnt get a free, there was one with mccann in the 2nd half i remember. And dublin got a lot of very soft frees, while we didnt. The red card seemed harsh aswell, no replays on the gaago stream but seemed harsh in real time

The red card (at that level) is a red card offence, McCann ran into the tackle looking a free if I'm being honest. There were at least two calls for over carrying that I thought were frees the other way against Dublin!

On the game we should have kept the points ticking over as for a spell we went searching for a goal when the point would have improved our point tally, they got two goals that were soft enough and a well taken goal. Dublin did a number on our attack and snuffed them out of space or closed the options from our ball from defence to attack. You can't fault the lads we just came up against a better team on the day (twice)

[Craigyhill Terror]

Don't know where it's coming from that the Laois match is in Portlaoise. Every official source has it TBC

Yea it has been a great year, the league campaign was absolutely brilliant!
If we can stay in the leinster for next year by beating Laois that'll be great.
Looks like the game v laois will be in laois, doesnt seem too fair, but sure lets go and win it

https://thesaffrongael.com/category/latest-news/hurling/