Antrim Football Thread

[Points a Good Score]

Cargin expected to be head and shoulders above the rest, if the amount of men involved in the county set up is the barometer...

Since when has Antrim senior squad makeup been the barometer for anything.
In that case get your money on Moneyglass minors winning the A this year, they somehow have 4 starters yet played u16b last season and we're lucky to win it. Can't figure it out 😀

Had Minor club been U17 we might have had a chance the fact its U18 will hamper them. Portglenones to lose.

What makes you think they'd have a chance at u17? Dont see it myslelf, but 4 starters on the county minor team and your manager is also the county minor manager. What an advantage!!!

When you explain it like that you're  right actually, shoo ins for the title

[Milltown Row2]

Define success though?

I'd put the Johnnies in as top dogs purely because they have the most titles, as a club they've competed and won hurling titles too.

The Johnnies should have an all Ireland but came up against a college team full of stars

[Deerstalker]

Carlow away in Tailteean Cup

[AllStar15]

RTE:'The winners of the eight ties will progress to Round 2A, with four teams from that stage advancing to the Tailteann Cup quarter-finals.

The eight losers of the ties will face off in Round 2B, after which the four losers of those ties will exit the championship.

The four winners of the Round 2B ties will face the four losers of the Round 2A ties, the winners of those ties advancing to the quarter-finals.'

[SaffronSports]

Carlow away in Tailteean Cup

Is the formatt of the competition like traditional championship football (one and done) or is there other rounds/ backdoor options?

Basically a backdoor until the quarters. Exact format as Derry senior last year.

[Níl a fhios agam]

Predictions for Wed Fixtures

Sean Flemings Army v City Mountain Men - LD by 4 - Sligo new signing to score 10

Midge Eaters v Shanes Castle Gaels - Con Magees by 7 - Everyone to be ate alive by midges

Antrims Most Succesful Club v Posh Swamp Men - Think be tighter than expected with Kickhams pulling away late by 6. Johnnies always get stuck into them

Prawn Sandwich Brigade v The Shams - Biddies by 9

Lurgan Reserves v Cant Buy A C'ship - Draw - McGleenan be hurt after that last tramping the Casements men got. No 1 fit for Ruairi McCann

The Bear Tits v AP's Donkeys - Sars by 8 - Dont think everything is Rosey in Moneyglass camp

Antrims 2nd most Successful Team v Pauls - Galls by 12

Current County Champions v Swamp Men - Draw - Both seem to be experimenting and just ticking over.   

[Ghost+Tommy]

Carlow away in Tailteean Cup

Is the formatt of the competition like traditional championship football (one and done) or is there other rounds/ backdoor options?

Basically a backdoor until the quarters. Exact format as Derry senior last year.

Carlow away won't be easy,will the county men be allowed to play tomorrow night,have any players walked,any new call ups

[Níl a fhios agam]

Whether this is true or not im not sure, so please anyone with any knowledge on the situation please correct me.

I heard a couple days after the Derry game Loughran may have walked away, Ryan Murray already was away, Gribbon injured/ away. McAuley away and the younger of the Shivers may have thrown in the towel.

Hopefully not right as i feel in particular Loughran and Murray have alot to offer. Though i havnt seen Murray kitted out, and just assumed injured

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Whether this is true or not im not sure, so please anyone with any knowledge on the situation please correct me.

I heard a couple days after the Derry game Loughran may have walked away, Ryan Murray already was away, Gribbon injured/ away. McAuley away and the younger of the Shivers may have thrown in the towel.

Hopefully not right as i feel in particular Loughran and Murray have alot to offer. Though i havnt seen Murray kitted out, and just assumed injured

I had heard Murray left before the Derry game. I hadn't heard that Loughran left but would be a massive loss if he has.

[Hectic]

Should take advantage of the hurlers implosion and call up Molloy, Elliot and Cunning.

[Ghost+Tommy]

Should take advantage of the hurlers implosion and call up Molloy, Elliot and Cunning.

That would be so Antrim,fellas that committed to the small ball should turn up and get game time in the TC before lads that shouldered to this point playing football,just because things have went belly up with the hurlers,especially after they'd have been asked to if theyd commit to the football at the start off Dorans tenure

[EOC1923]

Appointing a name like Davy Fitz at astronomical costs really paying off both on the pitch and off it. Some day the reality will hit home to invest the big doe in the youth structure and forget about these big names until we have a team that can compete

[Ghost+Tommy]

Appointing a name like Davy Fitz at astronomical costs really paying off both on the pitch and off it. Some day the reality will hit home to invest the big doe in the youth structure and forget about these big names until we have a team that can compete

totally agree

[Hectic]

Should take advantage of the hurlers implosion and call up Molloy, Elliot and Cunning.

That would be so Antrim,fellas that committed to the small ball should turn up and get game time in the TC before lads that shouldered to this point playing football,just because things have went belly up with the hurlers,especially after they'd have been asked to if theyd commit to the football at the start off Dorans tenure

Previous posts indicated we have lost players from the panel who will be needing replaced one assumes.

And Doran has previously said that he has talked to Molloy and Elliot and predicted that we will see them in an Antrim football jersey one day.

So if needing to supplement the squad why not them?

Or does continuing with hurling squad at first ask rule you out forever?

And does same then go for other lads who couldn't commit due to other priorities like work, travel etc?

[BigGreenField]

Appointing a name like Davy Fitz at astronomical costs really paying off both on the pitch and off it. Some day the reality will hit home to invest the big doe in the youth structure and forget about these big names until we have a team that can compete

100%, the gap occurs at 14/15/16 invest there.

the interesting point will be if association amalgamations ever happens, difficult to pay managers in 2 codes with underperforming teams and not pay managers in 2 codes who are doing better (before getting into paying male codes etc)