Antrim Hurling

[Deerstalker]

We have been streets ahead of Down underage though so it's not as if we can say "yeah saw this coming down the tracks".

Maybe just the dog days of an atrocious appointment.

[Genocide Organ]

Can't argue with above.

County and club teams slipping back this past few years.

How did U20's do this year?

Meath bet them.

[paddyjohn]

Get whoever went to Dublin to meet Davy sacked. We're a complete laughing stock.

Well done Down, great result.

Well you wouldn't need to be Columbo to work it out.

Davy desperate for a job, nobody in the South with any sense would entertain him but his good friend Tony Shivers bailed him out. (Not sure Tony can be sacked 😞)

Whoever from the county board that went with him then.

[johnnycool]

We have been streets ahead of Down underage though so it's not as if we can say "yeah saw this coming down the tracks".

Maybe just the dog days of an atrocious appointment.

Down had three U20's who featured on Saturday, how many did Antrim?

Club hurling in Antrim has taken a dip in standard, that now reflects itself in the county team.

You aren't really being helped by terrible tactics.

Who plays one man up front with the wind advantage against Down of all people?

[imtommygunn]

We have been streets ahead of Down underage though so it's not as if we can say "yeah saw this coming down the tracks".

Maybe just the dog days of an atrocious appointment.

Down had three U20's who featured on Saturday, how many did Antrim?

Club hurling in Antrim has taken a dip in standard, that now reflects itself in the county team.

You aren't really being helped by terrible tactics.

Who plays one man up front with the wind advantage against Down of all people?

Fixed that for you

[JonnyD_]

tactics were clearly wrong, but we've seen those tactics be used to no effect and then when we go back man on man we seem to be better. we took the down game for granted and it backfired! sin e. move on, new manager new (and some old) players in and shake it up. try again. give the job to an antrim man with fire in his belly.

we cant blame the people who picked Davy for bringing him in (maybe for keeping this long) - davy has got it wrong its on him. he needs sacked sooner rather than later and antrim need to re-group!

[Laois345]

How will Antrim fair against Laois this weekend? Tricky one heading down there but Laois aren't in a good place either.

[groundlie]

The bizarre thing for me with Davy is that in his last two county jobs before Antrim, which aren't that long ago, he was outstanding.

He made Wexford genuinely competitive, won Leinster and unlucky not to have reached a all Ireland final in 2019. And with Waterford in 2023 and 2024, they were really unlucky not to make the all Ireland series in what wasn't a great time for Waterford hurling.

We probably just don't have players good enough to adapt to that style of play and need to revert to a simpler system. It's a pity it's not working out.

[Hectic]

Agree.

There was a lot of excitement around the county when Davy was appointed.

Maybe just a bad fit where he does not have the players for how he wants to play.

Seems to be an inevitability about it at this stage. But even at that I am expecting struggles going forward given our traditionally stronger clubs are poor enough right now too.

[NAG1]

Agree.

There was a lot of excitement around the county when Davy was appointed.

Maybe just a bad fit where he does not have the players for how he wants to play.

Seems to be an inevitability about it at this stage. But even at that I am expecting struggles going forward given our traditionally stronger clubs are poor enough right now too.

Not sure where you saw the excitement for him because I certainly didn't see or hear much of it.

Speak to Wexford people about him now and see what their opinions are, because they certainly wouldn't be in the positive.

Thing is he will see out the season and win or lose the JMcD he will be gone and we will be left picking up the pieces.

[delgany]

Agree.

There was a lot of excitement around the county when Davy was appointed.

Maybe just a bad fit where he does not have the players for how he wants to play.

Seems to be an inevitability about it at this stage. But even at that I am expecting struggles going forward given our traditionally stronger clubs are poor enough right now too.

Not sure where you saw the excitement for him because I certainly didn't see or hear much of it.

Speak to Wexford people about him now and see what their opinions are, because they certainly wouldn't be in the positive.

Thing is he will see out the season and win or lose the JMcD he will be gone and we will be left picking up the pieces.

Left with the bill...more like

[NAG1]

Agree.

There was a lot of excitement around the county when Davy was appointed.

Maybe just a bad fit where he does not have the players for how he wants to play.

Seems to be an inevitability about it at this stage. But even at that I am expecting struggles going forward given our traditionally stronger clubs are poor enough right now too.

Not sure where you saw the excitement for him because I certainly didn't see or hear much of it.

Speak to Wexford people about him now and see what their opinions are, because they certainly wouldn't be in the positive.

Thing is he will see out the season and win or lose the JMcD he will be gone and we will be left picking up the pieces.

Left with the bill...more like

Well I think our friends in Wexford had the same feeling at the end and are still slightly (understatement) miffed about it.

[johnnycool]

Agree.

There was a lot of excitement around the county when Davy was appointed.

Maybe just a bad fit where he does not have the players for how he wants to play.

Seems to be an inevitability about it at this stage. But even at that I am expecting struggles going forward given our traditionally stronger clubs are poor enough right now too.

Not sure where you saw the excitement for him because I certainly didn't see or hear much of it.

Speak to Wexford people about him now and see what their opinions are, because they certainly wouldn't be in the positive.

Thing is he will see out the season and win or lose the JMcD he will be gone and we will be left picking up the pieces.

Left with the bill...more like

Well I think our friends in Wexford had the same feeling at the end and are still slightly (understatement) miffed about it.

I'm telling you now, this split with Davy will be acrimonious to say the least.
He's going to come out fighting with a load of shíte on Antrim hurling as he needs to save brand "Davy" for the next unsuspecting fool hoping for the saviour to turn them around.

There may be some truth in parts of what he says though and one aspect will be that the best hurlers don't commit to the county team and there's a level of truth to that.

Then you have to ask why and the answers may be multi-layered in that slogging the shíte out of lads over the winter isn't that appealing and secondly as I keep saying that in Antrim, the club is king.

Win an Antrim club championship and you're one/two games away from an AI semi-final at the A grade and that's the priority for lads in Cushendall, Loughgiel, Dunloy, and any other club with serious aspirations of pushing on.

[NAG1]

Agree.

There was a lot of excitement around the county when Davy was appointed.

Maybe just a bad fit where he does not have the players for how he wants to play.

Seems to be an inevitability about it at this stage. But even at that I am expecting struggles going forward given our traditionally stronger clubs are poor enough right now too.

Not sure where you saw the excitement for him because I certainly didn't see or hear much of it.

Speak to Wexford people about him now and see what their opinions are, because they certainly wouldn't be in the positive.

Thing is he will see out the season and win or lose the JMcD he will be gone and we will be left picking up the pieces.

Left with the bill...more like

Well I think our friends in Wexford had the same feeling at the end and are still slightly (understatement) miffed about it.

I'm telling you now, this split with Davy will be acrimonious to say the least.
He's going to come out fighting with a load of shíte on Antrim hurling as he needs to save brand "Davy" for the next unsuspecting fool hoping for the saviour to turn them around.

There may be some truth in parts of what he says though and one aspect will be that the best hurlers don't commit to the county team and there's a level of truth to that.

Then you have to ask why and the answers may be multi-layered in that slogging the shíte out of lads over the winter isn't that appealing and secondly as I keep saying that in Antrim, the club is king.

Win an Antrim club championship and you're one/two games away from an AI semi-final at the A grade and that's the priority for lads in Cushendall, Loughgiel, Dunloy, and any other club with serious aspirations of pushing on.

Not disagreeing with any of that JC.

But the reality is that he is a beaten docket at this stage, he is coming with the tactics he had 5/6 years ago.

I genuinely believe his coaching future will be in the club game. I don't see any other County going back for him at this stage.

Pity because I'm sure he wanted it to work, but when you have the attitude that you are coming in to save the place and that you know more than any one else it is hard to feel any sympathy for him for the way that it has gone. I've actually more sympathy for the players at the moment.

[johnnycool]

Beat by Laois today.  Is that it for Antrim this year?