Antrim Hurling

[maxpower]

Anyone heard any info on the loughgeil pitch tonight I would say with the rain for the passed few days its bound to be in danger of being unplayable?

been thinking that myself, alot of rain fell in the area last night in particular.

The problem is the u21's are out on Sat, our own footballers on Monday and the semi finals next weekend

[NAG1]

 Yeah the time contraints are tight, but even a possibility of a venue change to a drier pitch i wonder.

[theskull1]

Where to is the problem. Would be too late to get the notice out as well. Think they'll play it regardless.

Putting a national U21's competition in august shows what considerations are given to the club game and player welfare for that matter

[JamesH]

Anyone know the throw in time tonight in Loughgiel?

[NAG1]

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which seems a bit unfair for a mid week game even being championship

[Square Ball]

heard glenarrife cudnt field a team against cushendall in the minor championship the other night bit of a shame if you cant put a team on the pitch for championship

went to watch that one as I was down there, diddnt know why it was cancelled

[johnneycool]

Where to is the problem. Would be too late to get the notice out as well. Think they'll play it regardless.

Putting a national U21's competition in august shows what considerations are given to the club game and player welfare for that matter

strange considering the football equivalent is finished some time in May if I recollect. Not sure of the reason but I'm sure it could be fitted in a bit earlier in the year.

That asides we got two valuable points against the Crans last night and what a shitty night it was, windy and pishy rain throughout. Our lads started to play a bit better as a team and worked hard closing down, blocking and hooking and generally showing a bit of heart, so hopefully they'll get a bit of confidence out of it and build from there.

Heard the johnnies took a bit of a stuffing from Portaferry, not sure how much truth is in that though.

[Lecale2]

I thought Big Magic did well last night. That point he scored in the first half must have been all of 100 yards. The wind was difficult and I thought that Ballygalget got to grips with it better than the Crans. Good enough game considering the bad conditions.

[milltown row]

our game was cancelled. travelling across Belfast pick players up and head down to Clooney Gaels pitch for 6.45 for the match to be cancelled cause the pitch was clearly unplayable is crazy.

referee walked half the pitch before it was called off, it was that bad!!

difficult to get things going when the rain is this bad, Loughgiel's pitch will be bad enough. wet night might suit Ballycastle's bigger men.

[Nemo]

any word if the match is going ahead or not, sure has been alot of rain today

also just noticed the Mod on that "other site" was as helpful as ever when someone asked the same question   

[wideball - ffs ref]

any word if the match is going ahead or not, sure has been alot of rain today

also just noticed the Mod on that "other site" was as helpful as ever when someone asked the same question   

That fat bo****S Mathews (Ref.) will probably call it off anyway.  Is that the best weve got.  Whats wrong with Herbie or Wonderboy (Elliot)  or Terrible Reilly doing this game?  I think Dunloy will be up against it tonight if it goes ahead!

[wideball - ffs ref]

Queenie O, Queenie O, where the F**K are ye o?  Very quiet lately, got swine flu or something?

If you are sick, I hope it is nothing trivial!  Ya qu**r bollocks!  You going to the game tonight? Stay well away from me will.

[imtommygunn]

What's the story with the match tonight then? Game played or not?

[Two Hands FFS]

Dunloy by 3. Ballycastle had the chances to win it.

[theskull1]

Wasn't a great game with the pitch playing a big part in that. It's a bit of an old school pitch now. Too small and too soft.

Alot of breaking ball with no space led to alot of handling errors by both sides but moreso by Dunloy to be honest. Dunloy could have lost the game as only for a top class goal by Darren Quinn out of nothing in the second half to keep the town at arms length. They rained alot of ball into the square for alot of the second half and we dealt with it pretty well. I would say that Ballycastles forwards seen twice the ammount of ball as our forwards and that will have to be worked on.

Annoys me when you see a ref letting the game go on the firmer challenges (and your thinking great job - let it go) and then he gets really picky and blows up minor technical stuff. Overall he did alright