Antrim Hurling

[Two Hands FFS]

Hurling panel v Westmeath 8th March 2009
06 March 2009
Antrim panel for match v Westmeath  8th March 2009 at Casement Park



1 ryan mc garry              mc quillans

2 kieran mc gourty         st galls

3 neil mc garry               shamrocks

4 sean delargy               ruairi og

5 karl mc keegan            ruairi og

6 neal mc auley              mc quillans

7 johnny campbell          shamrocks

8 brendan herron            lamh dhearg

9 paul shiels                   cuchullains

10 karl stewart                st galls

11 colm duffin                tir na nog

12 eddie mc closkey      shamrocks

13 pj o connell               clooney gaels

14 shane mc naughton    ruairi og

15 michael herron           lamh dhearg

16 chris o connell           shamrocks

17 paddy doherty           cuchullains

18 dan mc killop             oisins

19 joey scullion              shamrocks

20 simon mc crory          st johns

21 conor mc kinley          cuchullains

22 aaron graffin              ruairi og

23 paddy mc gill             ruairi og

24 kevin sheerin              tir na nog

[Minder]

No Ciaran Herron?

[milltown row]

Flip side of the coin, and it depends on the situation, of course, is that if the ball is in your back line for a while and you get it in your hand, you think "Would this bastarding thing ever f**k off" and you drive it up the pitch. A big clearance is at least a clearance. A wee pass means that the ball is still in there, in your back line and what thon **** will probably do is bang it up the pitch anyway. Clear your lines. Your point about someone else f**king it up, milltown, is a bit stupid.  Would you rather someone f**k it up 30 yards from goal or 90 yards from goal? The 'f**k up' factor will always be there. One would think that you are just shifting the blame.

i'm not shifting blame just highlighting what i witnessed on Sunday. Kilkenny blast the ball out of defence all the time and it works for them. Cork used to play the ball out of defence and that worked for them.  

just wanted to hear opinions on defence clearing ball

said in irsih news he was injured Minder

another thing i've noticed recently is teams dropping players deep for the puck outs. leaving the corner back free for a quick puck out from the keeper. Wexford did it a few times and got away with it but when Antrim did it we f*cked it up.  

[Two Hands FFS]

Must be injured.Same for Paddy Richmond. He's not even in the 24 either & maybe not including McManus due to 3 matches in a wekeend may be too much for his back....just guessing?? Colm Duffin gets a start  !! Think there will be changes though depending on how players have came through the Poly matches.

[Minder]

No harm to Duffin but i have never seen him playing at a level that would have me think he is anywhere near inter county standard, he would struggle to get on quite a few Div 1 teams in my view. He must impress at training.

[theskull1]

Well I'll wait and see what happens re the other boys playing for the poly, but I am slightly preturbed by shorty being named (and in midfield at that). If he has played 2 matches in that position over the weekend before sunday then ...........

[Minder]

Just how "preturbed" are you Skull?

[Two Hands FFS]

Same with Neal McAuley, has only returned from a long period of injury & 3 matches in a weekend could be tough for him as well. Antrim may struggle tomorrow unless Westmeath are really poor.

[milltown row]

well give Duffin a go lads he's been on the panel for two yeras or so. not you stylish hurler but S&W must see something in the lad

as for the lads being tired from those games, when i was young.........

[Minder]

Well the fact that Down beat them by 8pts i dont think we have too much too worry about, especially at home. The Casement roar is worth about 5 pts in itself.

[milltown row]

Same with Neal McAuley, has only returned from a long period of injury & 3 matches in a weekend could be tough for him as well. Antrim may struggle tomorrow unless Westmeath are really poor.

Cushendall beat them a few weeks ago and Down hammered them last week. Westmeath got a couple of late goals to make it look a better match

[milltown row]

Well the fact that Down beat them by 8pts i dont think we have too much too worry about, especially at home. The Casement roar is worth about 5 pts in itself.

more like a miaow minder. the loudest thing i hear is usually before half time "ya going in for a pint?"

[JamesH]

I have to say if we don't beat Westmeath even with Duffin we should be shot esp as down beat them and we know how good they are.Glad Duffin is starting as i;m fed up watching him warm up beside S&W. As for Cushendall beating them don't take any notice of that as Cushendall are a better team than Antrim. Shocked to see Campbell and Nielly on after last weeks performance.

[Minder]

In fairness James H thats nonsense that Cushendall are better than Antrim. There is no comparison between club and inter county hurling.

[milltown row]

I have to say if we don't beat Westmeath even with Duffin we should be shot esp as down beat them and we know how good they are.Glad Duffin is starting as i;m fed up watching him warm up beside S&W. As for Cushendall beating them don't take any notice of that as Cushendall are a better team than Antrim. Shocked to see Campbell and Nielly on after last weeks performance.

i hope your being funny  for all the effort the Dall put in they were still beat by a team that won their first and only county title