Antrim Football Thread

[Christmas Lights]

Odds got to be wrong there otherwise Aldergrove and Ahoghill worth a few quid

[BigGreenField]

Are any of the SFC games being streamed?

[Torcrua]

A really entertaining championship game at Dunsilly yesterday and one that probably deserved a bigger crowd.

Naomh Comhghall couldn't have asked for a better start. They played with serious intensity, attacked at pace and carried a real threat every time they went forward. Torin Hodkinson was outstanding from placed balls and open play, while Ruairi Griffin's ability to break lines and drive at the St. Enda's defence caused problems throughout.

To St. Enda's credit, they never panicked. Once they got a grip around the middle third and improved their work on Comhghall's kick-outs, the momentum swung. Stephen O'Connor showed exactly why he's such an important player, while Sean Neilan's goal came at a massive time and gave them real control heading into half-time.

The second half was end-to-end. Every time St. Enda's looked like stretching away, Comhghall found another response. They got themselves back level with six minutes to play and genuinely looked capable of pulling off a shock.

In the end, championship experience told. St. Enda's finished the stronger and took their chances when it mattered most, but the four-point margin probably flatters them. Comhghall can take huge encouragement from that display and, if they bring that level again, they'll cause plenty of teams problems in this group.

[Round or stuffed]

Intermediate kicking off this weekend and saw on Hoganstand Owen Gallagher has left back for Galway. Im sure that put a big enough dent in Glenavys hopes. Hard to see past Endas based on league form but does a second team go up if they win both?
 
Gort vs St Teresas - Gort by 4
Davitts vs Aldergrove - Aldergrove by 2
Comgalls vs Endas - Endas by 8
Lisburn vs Glenavy - Lisburn by 1

Nearly on the money, I would have loved to know your reasoning behind the Gort and Lisburn picks, league form suggested otherwise

[Round or stuffed]

Why did antrim put up squad lists last week but not this weekend for the games?

[belfastsaff]

clubs not submitting them in time

[Milltown Row2]

A really entertaining championship game at Dunsilly yesterday and one that probably deserved a bigger crowd.

Naomh Comhghall couldn't have asked for a better start. They played with serious intensity, attacked at pace and carried a real threat every time they went forward. Torin Hodkinson was outstanding from placed balls and open play, while Ruairi Griffin's ability to break lines and drive at the St. Enda's defence caused problems throughout.

To St. Enda's credit, they never panicked. Once they got a grip around the middle third and improved their work on Comhghall's kick-outs, the momentum swung. Stephen O'Connor showed exactly why he's such an important player, while Sean Neilan's goal came at a massive time and gave them real control heading into half-time.

The second half was end-to-end. Every time St. Enda's looked like stretching away, Comhghall found another response. They got themselves back level with six minutes to play and genuinely looked capable of pulling off a shock.

In the end, championship experience told. St. Enda's finished the stronger and took their chances when it mattered most, but the four-point margin probably flatters them. Comhghall can take huge encouragement from that display and, if they bring that level again, they'll cause plenty of teams problems in this group.

It was a very good game, had everything that as a neutral you wanted to see, Antrim started so well 7 or 8 nil up, work rate and passion to the final whistle..

Was expecting more at the game though, those that didn't show up missed a cracker

[Would ye whist]

Serious question here and not aimed as a snipe, after a good few years of SW representation of referees I note that in the upcoming weekend there is not one SW ref taking charge of a SFC game, it seems it is a small concentration of City referees. Has SW taken it's eye off the ball with its refs or has the city just got the stronger proportion?

[paddyjohn]

Serious question here and not aimed as a snipe, after a good few years of SW representation of referees I note that in the upcoming weekend there is not one SW ref taking charge of a SFC game, it seems it is a small concentration of City referees. Has SW taken it's eye off the ball with its refs or has the city just got the stronger proportion?

The SW ones got scunnered with the Belfast clique and inner circle so packed it in.

[Hoof Hearted]

Paul burns is sw surely

[Would ye whist]

A Belfast man living in Antrim, as the old saying goes you can put a cow in a stable...........

Paul burns is sw surely

[HTownlad]

Quinn not available at the weekend

Wonder will he still be charging the same money whilst not paying the two lads?

Personally I think Quinn is brutal on comms. Genuinely hope the two men at the weekend give it a good go and maybe then Antrim will start looking at bringing the product in house as I don't think either lads will talk as much shit as Quinn does

[NAG1]

Quinn not available at the weekend

Wonder will he still be charging the same money whilst not paying the two lads?

Personally I think Quinn is brutal on comms. Genuinely hope the two men at the weekend give it a good go and maybe then Antrim will start looking at bringing the product in house as I don't think either lads will talk as much shit as Quinn does

What are you on about? The product is as in-house as it gets.

Give off what you like about the content or whatever, but the coverage has been a great addition to the championship in Antrim.

[HTownlad]

It's not an in house product but your right the video quality is excellent but the commentary is a huge negative

The commentary from Quinn is a huge turn off

[NatSoSaff]

Are any of this weekends games being streamed then? On holidays so was hoping and expecting to have at lease one game to watch online!

I'd even tolerate Jerome's commentary on this occasion