Antrim Football Thread

[belfastsaff]

have heard the transition thing about cargin for a few years now. Look at their last 5/6 final teams not many changes in personnel playing and cant see any for the next few years either.

[Upandover]

Being county secretary of any county throws up its problems, you'll never please everyone, with it being a paid job it also (for some reason) gives people a need to criticise them.

Hopefully Frankie enjoys his retirement and good luck to whoever follows him.

Wouldn't be a job I'd put my hand up for

What is going on in Antrim?

I hear Gaelfast is all but defunct, the better coaches have given up and left and now Frankie throws the towel in...

Who designs the league format at underage levels?

All i can say is it isnt working, one 40 minute game every 2 weeks, alot of games not taking place due to caravans, holidays, whatever.

One belfast club have moved to north antrim at u12 i take it to play more games, test themselves at a higher level.

Playing blitzes every week will certainly serve their players better than whats happening in belfast.

[Gael-in-exile]

Cargin seem to be bringing through 2-3 every year for the last 10 years.
That conveyor belt will always benefit without ever showing huge changes at once.

St Galls won their championships but were backboned with boys from across may 6/7 years of talent. They were outstanding and gave them great success. But when the age range of those players reach 30+ then it's important to look back and see what has continued to come through.

In that sense Cargins 2/3/4 players every year breaking into positions, making debuts, getting league time, playing plenty of football at D1 or both reserve teams has the ability to create more longevity for them at the top or very close each year.

[bannside]

100%, that's what its all about, and the reason Cargin will always be at the top table in Antrim football. It's up to the others to find a way of replicating that formula if they hope to be in a position to contest.

[Gaels1789]

My 2 games of the week

Aldergrove vs Ballymena

2 teams in great form with the new rules say this could be a very high scoring game, should be a great spectacle

Sarsfields vs moneyglass

Top of the table clash bound to be a fiercely contested game, both teams putting up big scores, up in the bearpit could be a massive advantage.


I'm gonna go
Aldergrove by 1
Moneyglass by 4

[BigGreenField]

have heard the transition thing about cargin for a few years now. Look at their last 5/6 final teams not many changes in personnel playing and cant see any for the next few years either.

Spine of the team from 2015 final to today remains pretty much the same, they've certainly fed through a number of talented players however the true test will be when  the 6/7 lads down the middle begin to step aside, if the new talent was there it would be playing already.

[Spike]

A quick look tells me just 4 of yesterday's starters for cargin started the 2018 championship final.  Blooding a squad in those 7 seasons

[antrimman667]

How where Glenravel so close to Cargin the other night where they off the boil?

Aldergrove and ballymena will be a good game indeed

[imtommygunn]

Moneyglass sarsfields in division 2 looks like the best of the games tomorrow.

[Gaelic man]

Pat shivers Jamie Gribbin John Mcnabb Mick McCann and Kevin O'Boyle are the only men that started against PG1 the other night that also started in the 2018 final.

[SaffronSports]

People can talk about Cargin coming to an end but right now, they're top of the pile and talk is cheap. Somebody needs to get the big boy pants on and finish the job. Look at how many times they've come through extra time. They're a talented team but mentally, in Antrim, there's nobody close.

[Spike]

Pat shivers Jamie Gribbin John Mcnabb Mick McCann and Kevin O'Boyle are the only men that started against PG1 the other night that also started in the 2018 final.

Pat did not but the others are right

[AllStar15]

Take Mick, Tomás, Kobo and Big Gerard out of that team and put them in any team in the top 8 and they'd probably win the championship. Even at this age they are still the cream of the crop, generational footballers.

[NAG1]

People can talk about Cargin coming to an end but right now, they're top of the pile and talk is cheap. Somebody needs to get the big boy pants on and finish the job. Look at how many times they've come through extra time. They're a talented team but mentally, in Antrim, there's nobody close.

The closest team aren't even regarded as a football club 

I would have thought that would be a starting point for a look in general at Antrim football.

[Milltown Row2]

People can talk about Cargin coming to an end but right now, they're top of the pile and talk is cheap. Somebody needs to get the big boy pants on and finish the job. Look at how many times they've come through extra time. They're a talented team but mentally, in Antrim, there's nobody close.

The closest team aren't even regarded as a football club 

I would have thought that would be a starting point for a look in general at Antrim football.

They were football before hurling ..... back in the day