Antrim Hurling

[Minder]

Bad showing by u-21s tonight

[ashman]

Bad showing by u-21s tonight

Minder

What is wrong here .  Antrim hurling seems to be drifting aimlessly .

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

Beat by a good Derry team. What's wrong with that. Antrim don't have God given right to beat us

[north_antrim_hound]

Beat by a good Derry team. What's wrong with that. Antrim don't have God given right to beat us

No but we have the god given right to be disappointed whats wrong with that

[saffron89]

Fair play Derry
Good luck to them
Mind you no Ulster team deserves to be anywhere near the semi finals of that competition

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

An all Ireland u21 B would be way to go

[johnneycool]

An all Ireland u21 B would be way to go

In an ideal world yes, but I know that we've 4 or 5 of our senior club team on the Down team that beat Armagh in the U21's tonight and we would struggle to field field without them.

Fair play Derry
Good luck to them
Mind you no Ulster team deserves to be anywhere near the semi finals of that competition

I'm inclined to agree with that although I know it'll marginalise Ulster hurling even further as we don't put anywhere near the same effort in as what goes into U21 even by the likes of Westmeath and Laois who're long gone off the stage.

[old timers]

Unfortunately for those young men and the managers last nite they were let down by the Antrim
board.  No one wanted that job and it was never going to be any better than it was last nite.  The Derry senior hurling manager was on the Derry sideline giving encouragement and support and I would say they had been training a lot longer than the Antrim squad. And we wonder why Antrim is the way it is.  If no-one wanted to coach you (and everyone was aware of that via social media) how else did we expect those kids to play.  The people that should have helped and didn't stood by and watched one of Antrims worst performances that Iv seen.  The talent is there but nobody wanted to give their time. IMO

[theskull1]

Not enough volunteers to do the thing right across clubs and county. Age old problem. Always wonder how many giving out about that truth are part of that problem 

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

its an age level thats always been over looked in antrim more so than any other. the fact that the ulster champions still get into the all ireland series shows that no one is interested in developing the U21 grade at all.

the Wexford result aside the ulster champions have been taking a pasting each year at it.

[Usain]

Unfortunately for those young men and the managers last nite they were let down by the Antrim
board.  No one wanted that job and it was never going to be any better than it was last nite.  The Derry senior hurling manager was on the Derry sideline giving encouragement and support and I would say they had been training a lot longer than the Antrim squad. And we wonder why Antrim is the way it is.  If no-one wanted to coach you (and everyone was aware of that via social media) how else did we expect those kids to play.  The people that should have helped and didn't stood by and watched one of Antrims worst performances that Iv seen.  The talent is there but nobody wanted to give their time. IMO

I agree with this. If you aren't prepared/can't put the effort into a team then in future I would like to see us pull out of this competition. That may seem drastic but it may give everyone a kick in the right direction.

[theskull1]

I dont understand this 'everyone' reference. Who are you talking to specifically?

[MoChara]

The u21's are now getting scolded to return their jerseys from after the match if they want to avoid disciplinary action.

[Milltown Row2]

Do they deserve their jersey after one game?

Plenty giving off about no manager wanting to take the team here and with sound advice on how we could improve, but not actually willing to put their names forward and then blame the county board! Strange

[old timers]

Well MR2. If I was 40 yrs younger I'd gladly put my hat in the ring unfortunately time is not on my side but iv done my bit in my day.

As for the County Board being "blamed" who ultimately does the appointment of any County Manager(S) fall to?  It's not as though this was something that came out of the blue and No one was expecting this tournament to happen.  Do you think a few weeks training before a championship is good enough at any level?

As for the kids "deserving" jersey  Not too sure what you meant by that?  Would they have deserved a jersey after two matches? (Ulster final).  3 matches?   Is there a specific number.