Antrim Football Thread

[delgany]

ACFL Div 1 Sun 15th    
Roger Casements Portglenone v   Naomh Eoin   
Cuchullains Dun Laithi   v  Naomh Brid   
Lamh Dhearg   v Conn Mag Aoidh   Padraig Sarseil CLG v Naomh Pol   
Naomh Eargnait   v  O'Donovan Rossa
All Saints Ballymena v   Naomh Gall   
Clann na hEireann v Kickhams GAC
Tir na nOg v. St Marys Aghagallon   
               

[GTP]

If these boys were that good would they not be starring for st brigids? Maybe I'm missing it but doesn't seem that they are?

Thought same myself to be honest , hard to know I remember them being very good for Lavey but never really clicked in Antrim anytime i seen them

When do you remember them being good in Lavey? Underage I assume?

On the county board people are always saying that school and club coaching will make Antrim football better. Buy here the argument is that 6 players who have gone through that system on Derry aren't really up to it. All 6 are good footballers from solid club player to potentially very good county standard.
As a vague benchmark only Connor wouldn't have started a senior championship game for Lavey.

[Milltown Row2]

Hopefully people can book these holidays weekends away now!🙏

[bannside]

Theres absolutely no tolerance level for another defeat so we need every player to show up 2moro, put in a solid performance and get the result. Strong looking team/panel, so no reason not to be optimistic.

[BigGreenField]

A raised eyebrow perhaps at the line up currently showing Walsh and McQuillan on the bench.

Fair play to Portglenone on making a pitch available.

[Na Glinntí Glasa]

Division 1. I don't have any of the others

[paddyjohn]

Hopefully they make a a div 4b next season.

[paddyjohn]

Has to go?

Surely there's better within Antrim to step up?

The sad reality is that we don't have the guts to sack him or Davy.

[Milltown Row2]

Has to go?

Surely there's better within Antrim to step up?

Better players?

[Milltown Row2]

So, you can only pick what's available

We can talk tactics, fitness strength conditioning and whatever but they've been prepared and manager will take some flack but it's a collective and looking for someone else 3 games in, in his first season is a bit much

[Sportacus]

I still don't get where people are coming from.  We've been getting hammered at underage for many a year. Dunloy decided to give football a rattle and won the senior championship.  We don't have a stadium. There is zero buzz around the county. We're solidly Division Four and that's the reality.

[NatSoSaff]

Really?

They've lost McBride, Small, Michael Bryne, a few faces weren't there today also or in the squad, have they went too?

MR2, you're not talking about an u12 team here. You're talking about the best footballers in Antrim. Many of whom played outstanding football for a very long period only last April against All Ireland Champions.

I understand it's his first gig as a manager but to lose 4 or 5 players so early on cries out there's something a miss

Who were the faces that were missing today? Hopefully no one else has jumped ship, we can't afford any more stepping away (IF that's the case)

[Scallionpicker09]

To sum it up thus far- we have a manager who has yet to get a win, is losing players left and right, and who is also managing Clann Eireann, which at the rate his county season is going he's probably now got more than one eye on the club to try and make sure it's not a complete disaster year for him, as you can rest assured an Armagh club won't tolerate what Antrim county will.

I know the 15 on the field have a lot to answer for but this is a disaster year no two ways about it, and have to look at the top first. Calling it now we will have 2-3 decent Tailteann cup results (decent, not good) and that will be this years highlight. I don't have the answers and now certainly don't have any hope.

Roll on Club championship to have a bit of pride in our county football.

[Christmas Lights]

Hard to believe boys on here couldn't wait to get Andy out.

[Milltown Row2]

Clubs will at most have had some strength and conditioning done, maybe a couple of challenge games.

We can't be looking at his other job as a reason here. Unless I'm missing something