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There were several classic games in that era. The hurling was a lot more off the cuff and improvised. There was a real intensity to it. So much of the outcome hinged on the individual tussles. It was like a war comprised of 14 different battles. You were on the edge of your seat watching it unfold. ...

This fundraising drive has been a great success. When you're challenging for All Irelands, people will open their wallets, but when success is not an immediate prospect and in the middle of a pandemic it's a far harder task. It shows that there is plenty of goodwill towards hurling and football in t...

Good point. And when you watch the available video of the 1972 replay, when they were absolutely rampant, you think the same. Complacency cost them against Galway in 1973's All-Ireland semi-final, and probably cost them against Dublin in 1974 too. By then, Paddy McCormack's eye injury forced his re...

Fantastic work. Breakthroughs are hard to accomplish in the GAA, especially when it's a county like Offaly, disadvantaged by factors like population and supporting both codes. While Offaly were getting close from the 60s onwards, until you close the deal on an All Ireland title the pressure is mount...

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Ya I found that interesting that he never mentioned his brother considering how much they won on the field together. Maybe one has to read between the lines here. Perhaps the documentary got edited a certain way and certain strands of the story were left out of the final cut. For example there is a...

The show was excellent for a couple of reasons. Offaly nostalgia obviously, but also the hour long show allowed a bit of exploration of Johnny's character. He clearly doesn't take himself too seriously, but took his hurling more seriously than the caricature suggests. For example, he wasn't a fan of...

Yes, Offaly were unlucky with the concession of the goals, though Dublin were slightly better overall. But the main thing is that we're competitive at this level. In past years Offaly teams shipped some serious routs at U21, often with several senior panellists on the team which made it worse. It's ...

One thing is for sure, there'll be no shortage of suggestions when they go around the county canvassing opinions. If Offaly were a brand, we'd be Nokia. We were going great guns years ago until the advent of the Smartphone. Some lads will suggest that we must now try to match or get ahead of the mor...

To think that the population of Offaly has grown by about 20,000 in the last two decades, yet you have people lamenting how doomed we are because of the falling population of certain parishes they see as key. This strikes me as further examples of the inability to adjust to new challenges that has s...

Question as should Offaly go with big men in the foward line again that can catch ball, Adrian Hynes came on scored 2 points won a free and hit the crossbar for what would have been a great goal and every puck out went down on top of him, just a theory but to get us out of the hole we’re in now use...

First things first, Offaly were somewhat unlucky in having a valid goal from a penalty not allowed. Would Offaly have won if it was counted? It's hard to know, unfortunately I doubt Offaly would have pulled away. For years now in games where Offaly play a 'lesser' team the game seems to follow a dis...

The best formline we have is that Down beat Derry by a goal and Offaly ran out more comfortable winners against the same opposition. Remember though, with 15 minutes left Offaly were 7 points ahead of Derry, so it wasn't a trouncing at that stage. They pulled away in the end right enough, which is e...

Something I've heard a lot is that the Offaly players felt unsettled by the prolonged ceremonies and speeches they were subjected to before throw-in. Because it was Centenary year there was a big dose of this accompanying the occasion. I've experienced myself, you leave the dressing room pumped and ...