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Doon Exile wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:50 pm

Superhans75 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 8:48 pm We are screwed simple

Why????

Declan Kelly should get Superhans75 to do all future team talks! His motivational skills and positivity are off the scale.

Beforehand I reckoned a 12 point loss would be a very good outcome and a 30 point loss, a very bad one. So it wasn't the worst day all things considered. Offaly were 12 behind after 65 minutes but the inevitable Dublin onslaught was coming down the tracks. And make no mistake, Dublin tried to pile o...

JohnnyBoy24 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 27, 2024 6:26 pm Laois put up a cricket score on meath today , expect us to do the same with little fuss. Would be a good chance to get hurling into likes of Oisin Kelly etc

Meath's poor showing is a good omen for Offaly. The Kerry game is 3 weeks away and Offaly need that time to allow injured players recover.

Plenty of central tickets available now, that they had previously held back:

https://www.ticketmaster.ie/leinster-ga ... 8FC0CD7FB6

The build up has been nice and low key. The main chatter has been about Leinster being a dead duck and Dublin ruining it. There is no great motivation for Dublin to go out and play like lunatics. Dublin certainly have no point to prove after an easy game against Meath. Every bit helps. Offaly can le...

There was a massive 6 point swing in about 30 seconds. Offaly failed to convert a goal chance to go 9 ahead and Leix swept up the other end to goal and get it back to 3. Leix would never have pulled it back from 9 down. But that's where Offaly weren't clinical and paid for it. After that Offaly didn...

Offaly's scoring rate tailed off after 50 minutes in the league games. A more sustainable pace of play will be needed in the McDonagh games.

There's a good chance, you'll be able to move to a better seat if the crowd is sparce.
Look out for Louth and Kildare ones leaving after their game too. Diesel to be laundered and stables to be mucked out.

For what it's worth, there wasn't much between the teams last year. Offaly's ability to get goals at the right time was a big factor in the win. A lot happens in a year, and that fixture is not really relevant now. Granted Offaly should benefit from playing in the higher division, but that doesn't g...

Kildare gave a Dublin a good game last year in the Leinster semi and were leading until the last 10 minutes, but Dublin eventually won by 2.
Louth felt the backlash the next day when Dublin won by 21 points.

The perfect result for Offaly in Croke Park today. We didn't want Meath giving Dublin a fright. We didn't want Meath banging in late consolation goals to make Dessie start doing a video review. Meath lost by 16 and the expectation is that Offaly will perform worse than Meath. Offaly have a free shot...

The referee was very poor on both sides I thought and there were 3 cards (2 yellow and a red) that most definitely were not such offences - incl the Laois red card - where i think he swung elbow back and caught Hyland without really looking at what he was doing. Cunninghams card was ridiculous and ...

So it’s “just the bookies odds” when they don’t suit your narrative but when they do such as having Offaly as favourites in the Joe Mcdonagh you’re all about them… Can’t have it both ways or maybe you do back both ways :lol: If them odds are to change I’d fully expect it to be in the direction of m...

In the end, it was quintessentially a Division 3 vs. Division 4 matchup. Leix had momentum and confidence, but it wasn't enough. Leix were a fraction slower in their reactions and a fraction sloppy with the ball at times. In Division 4, you get away with that stuff. Their lack of sharpness was the b...

Galway have made full use of the wind and Dublin have left themselves a mountain to climb. 7 or 8 points down and maybe they'd have a chance. 12 points, hardly.