Dominic McKinley says the Antrim hurling management team might have stayed on if they’d been able to unearth six more players.

McKinley and co-manager Terence McNaughton stepped down last month as they felt they were unable to take the Glensmen any further.

“Terence and me talked about staying on and even towards the end of season we looked at how we could improve it. The biggest stumbling block was finding another six players that’s committed to bringing it forward. We couldn’t find them,” the former Saffrons defender told The Irish News.

“We couldn’t guarantee that all the players we had would return either. It was tough for us to take it to the next level. People say: ‘Why do you need six more players?’ You need them to give a competitive edge to your training and if people were messing around you can say: ‘Away you go’.

“But we hadn’t got that. If you’ve limited numbers you’ve to work with them as best you can. If you could find another six players with the commitment – maybe not the highest skill levels – we would have taken it on for another year.”

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