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by The Biff
Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:52 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Tipsters Comp - Round 11 Results
Replies: 16
Views: 13821

Lone Shark wrote:The only thing now is a name for the senior competition - any ideas?
For the Senior Knockout comp, how about honouring one of the toughest men ever to wear the tricolour - the Paddy McCormack Cup. :idea:
by The Biff
Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:48 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: International Aussie rules/International rules
Replies: 6
Views: 7450

It is too early to say who will be on the All Australian team (this forms the basis for the international rules squad, barring drop outs from players who need a break) but the majority will be drawn from Perth (West coast), Sydney (Swans), St. Kilda and Adelaide. Not this year. I read on the AFL we...
by The Biff
Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:55 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Championship Odds
Replies: 30
Views: 27170

my tuppence worth

Speaking NOT from a recent player perspective (not even Junior Z), I can still understand the frustration that club players must feel about the lack of actual games on the schedule. I strongly disagree with the "shelving" of club games due to lads being committed to county teams of various...
by The Biff
Tue Aug 09, 2005 11:51 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Tipsters Comp Round 11 AND Start of knockout Competition
Replies: 31
Views: 32356

Tips

Brigids, Rhode, Shamrocks, KK, Birr, Tullamore, Coolderry
by The Biff
Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:22 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly All-Ireland Champions!
Replies: 2
Views: 4234

Great News

Congratulations to all concerned. Brilliant news. Slightly longer report from HoganStand.com. http://www.hoganstand.com/Offaly/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=49728 Offaly make history Monday, August 08, 2005 The Minor ’B’ All-Ireland final was the best All-Ireland in years with Offaly edging out Armagh 2-14 to...
by The Biff
Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:11 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Championship Revamp?
Replies: 8
Views: 8081

The Campaign starts here

I'll get working on my Manifesto a.s.a.p. Now, what's another terms for "Champions League format"? I better not use any of those soccer terms. Also I need to make sure that all the Ulster teams have to keep playing each other before the rest of the country is subjected to having them in op...
by The Biff
Mon Aug 08, 2005 4:07 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: 100 posts
Replies: 5
Views: 6118

Re: 100 posts

I've 100 posts now. I'm really cool Feckin' Dosser. The memberlist has us both joined the same day, so at least I'm happy that I've done more work since then than you. Go back to your Burger Bites. p.s. Here's a wee picture for you to stick beside your name. http://bb.blackcountry.com/communitycent...
by The Biff
Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:35 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Championship Revamp?
Replies: 8
Views: 8081

Revamp

Aha, one of my hobby-horse subjects. But what a load of horsesh*t from Daly. Can this guy really think that this proposal could ever be taken seriously by his power-broker brethren? There are so many holes in it (as exposed above) that I cant see it even being discussed. I would like to see a full r...
by The Biff
Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:36 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Tipsters competition, Round 10
Replies: 32
Views: 34429

Re: Tipsters competition, Round 10

Football: Edenderry, Shamrocks, Gracefield

Hurling: St. Rynaghs, Birr, Lusmagh
by The Biff
Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:30 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Shannonbridge Dont Like Lone Shark
Replies: 3
Views: 5024

Re: Shannonbridge Dont Like Lone Shark

Dont mind them Shark. Freedom of the Press is a glorious principle that is probably recognised less around Shannonbridge than would be a sense of humour. :P
by The Biff
Wed Jul 27, 2005 6:27 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Minor Match!!
Replies: 6
Views: 7737

Bord na Mona man wrote:It would be a sad day in Offaly GAA, if we were content with Leinster titles!
Agreed. That would be the limit of the aspirations of the likes of Wastemeath. Silly me. :oops:
by The Biff
Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:37 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: The Galway Races
Replies: 13
Views: 14141

Bord na Mona man wrote:Why did they allegedly beat up Troy?
Why look for possible reasons; that could only diminish the myth. Stories like that are best left to the imagination for embellishment. :wink:
by The Biff
Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:34 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Minor Match!!
Replies: 6
Views: 7737

Bord na Mona man wrote: ... so no tangible benefit was going to accrue from us playing the losers as opposed to the winners.
... other than having a nice piece of silverware on the mantlepiece to show for earlier efforts.
by The Biff
Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:45 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Tipsters competition, Round 9
Replies: 31
Views: 32863

Re: Tipsters competition, Round 9

Clara, Doon, Shamrocks, Draw, Bracknagh
by The Biff
Thu Jul 14, 2005 3:24 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: The Ultimate Goal
Replies: 25
Views: 24461

No brainers

Ah lads, I hope you didn't think I was being serious in the suggestions above. I was looking for some more "light-hearted" suggestions as you can be full sure that even if we did come up with a geat name here, our great and glorious County Board would probably go in a completely different ...