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by joe bloggs
Fri Feb 16, 2024 11:43 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Minor Football and Hurling 2023
Replies: 210
Views: 545612

Re: Offaly Minor Football and Hurling 2023

Sobering reading https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/offaly-sport/1425440/offaly-gaa-chair-s-shock-statement-on-football-in-county.html Its head in the sand stuff from clubs not bothering to set up their own u8 and u10 go games teams. You really do need to get tbe young lads in your club colours firs...
by joe bloggs
Mon Feb 12, 2024 9:25 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Hurlers 2024
Replies: 320
Views: 582556

Re: Offaly Senior Hurlers 2024

The decline of Offaly hurling was not in a straight line. There were ups and downs all the way. The first major down for me was the cats in Croke Park in 05 I think it was. However we were able to defeata Limerick team in the Gaelic grounds a few years later and they had contested an All Ireland fin...
by joe bloggs
Tue Jan 23, 2024 11:16 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Minor Football and Hurling 2023
Replies: 210
Views: 545612

Re: Offaly Minor Football and Hurling 2023

Where are the posters that said it wasn't a fair that a combined team play in the schools competition. Last year was a one off. Next year we will be weaker again. Here's one. Its blatantly unfair putting in a county team against a single school. Leave schools to compete with each other. Every schoo...
by joe bloggs
Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:15 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Changing of Underage grades and Separation from adult
Replies: 12
Views: 42167

Re: Changing of Underage grades and Separation from adult

The rationale of moving minor back to u17 was to kill 2 birds or 3 even. Firstly, lads doing the leaving and playing county minor had too much on their plate. Secondly, tackling player burnout, and Finally, it completely decoupled underage fixtures from adult. Both taken independently have worked. W...
by joe bloggs
Fri Sep 22, 2023 12:00 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Proposed change to age grades at both county and club level
Replies: 17
Views: 18068

Re: Proposed change to age grades at both county and club level

A couple of great points there in the last post. The change of grades from u7, u9, u11, u13 to u8, u10, u12, u13 was baffling. The crossover at u12/13 is too much for most clubs. The other point about the girls being thrown in to make up the numbers is correct too. The girls have their own teams mos...
by joe bloggs
Sat Jun 03, 2023 10:23 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: U20 hurlers 23
Replies: 388
Views: 502857

Re: U20 hurlers 23

With the Mediterranean weather, flags and bunting up and kids walking around in the jerseys it feels like summer 1995 to me.
by joe bloggs
Tue May 30, 2023 11:55 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: U20 hurlers 23
Replies: 388
Views: 502857

Re: U20 hurlers 23

I think the only difference in price is just 5 euro cheaper on the adult ticket.

With a capacity of around 45k for Thurles some people probably thought it would be no bother to get a stand ticket not realising the way the tickets were only selling first for the stands.
by joe bloggs
Tue May 30, 2023 10:09 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: U20 hurlers 23
Replies: 388
Views: 502857

Re: U20 hurlers 23

Yet again another mess with ticketing to watch this group. I know plenty of families who rushed to buy tickets last week as the ticketmaster site panicked people by claiming limited availability. All they could get were the stand tickets and so you now have probably many hundreds of teenagers with j...
by joe bloggs
Wed May 24, 2023 10:55 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: U20 hurlers 23
Replies: 388
Views: 502857

Re: U20 hurlers 23

What do people think is a realistic crowd expectancy at the game? 30k I'm thinking, based on minor final last year which held 24k in nowlan park plus another few thousand for the minor all ireland If Cork are beaten this weekend by Limerick they might bring a few more as this would be their last in...
by joe bloggs
Wed May 24, 2023 5:29 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Hurlers 2023
Replies: 564
Views: 434736

Re: Offaly Senior Hurlers 2023

A couple of points about Wexford. If Wexford get relegated the only ace card that may save them is to expand Leinster to 8 teams. 7 teams won’t work. Helpfully for them, Offaly and Carlow are top 2 promotion candidates. The stroke that may get pulled is to keep Wexford up and promote both Offaly an...
by joe bloggs
Tue May 16, 2023 7:13 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: U20 hurlers 23
Replies: 388
Views: 502857

Re: U20 hurlers 23

Maybe our friend from Carlow might post up some tips for parking
by joe bloggs
Fri May 12, 2023 10:05 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: U20 hurlers 23
Replies: 388
Views: 502857

Re: U20 hurlers 23

They at least learned their lesson from last years minor final in Nolan Park when they were letting in kids for free and the main stand was way over capacity. By selling the kids tickets they can now count exactly how many go in next Wednesday night.
by joe bloggs
Thu May 11, 2023 4:45 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: U20 hurlers 23
Replies: 388
Views: 502857

Re: U20 hurlers 23

Its not a great venue in particular if poor weather is forecast with a very limited stand. Terraces are fine for adults and teens, but this will definitely turn off a lot of families attending as the small kids would see little of the action if there is going to be a big attedance. Likewise for the ...
by joe bloggs
Mon Apr 03, 2023 12:24 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Hurlers 2023
Replies: 564
Views: 434736

Re: Offaly Senior Hurlers 2023

I was very impressed with how we worked our way back into the game after an horrendous start. Kildare had their tails up and there was a large support there for them as this was a major chance for them to get top flight hurling. Once we put a sweeper in it nullified their attack and we just kept in ...
by joe bloggs
Fri Mar 03, 2023 10:37 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Club football and hurling managers 2033
Replies: 29
Views: 162576

Re: Club football and hurling managers 2033

frankthetank wrote: Fri Mar 03, 2023 8:58 pm If clubs are included in this thread they must have an outrageous 10 year plan.
I'm planning on taking the current u10s all the way to the senior job :D