Clerkin looks forward to novel game
May 26, 2012The Currin midfielder, who is the longest-serving player in Ulster, explained The Belfast Telegraph: "Along with Limerick, they are the only team I haven't played in league or championship football in my career.
"There is a novelty to it, a freshness. For a few years there we were sick looking at the likes of Derry, Fermanagh and Armagh, so there's no baggage. They probably won't know much about us and vice-versa. You can learn so much from watching DVD's or whatever in terms of sizing up the opposition, but it's hard to gauge their qualities."
Clerkin believes both teams will be out to prove a point in Clones.
"We wouldn't be too far away from each other in our aspirations and what the outside world thinks of us. We would also think that if things go our way, we get a rub of the green, we can do damage.
"We might have proven that over the years a bit more than Antrim have. They came with a burst in 2009, we know ourselves that they will be anxious to push on, to prove doubters wrong that they were a one-hit wonder. Ourselves, well, we are anxious to show that we are not a spent force, we want to prove that we are ready to come back, that we aren't a forgotten team." Tweet
