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by Lone Shark
Wed Aug 28, 2024 12:34 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Outside Managers
Replies: 4
Views: 2158

Re: Outside Managers

This is one of many instances where I can't help but put my head into my hands due to the lack of understanding of statistics, both from the writer, and the editor who allowed it to go through. It is presumably correct that Offaly and Galway are the only two counties to win All-Irelands with non-nat...
by Lone Shark
Tue Aug 27, 2024 9:58 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Club Football
Replies: 100
Views: 28726

Re: Club Football

To be honest I'd be inclined to side with RTR on this one, I think it would surely make more sense for Smyth to be given one of the other quarter-finals, and I find it strange that referees themselves don't step aside from some of these situations. That's not because they intend to be biased - far f...
by Lone Shark
Mon Aug 26, 2024 1:21 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Club Football
Replies: 100
Views: 28726

Re: Club Football

Just as an aside, in the spirit of being positive and inspired by Jonsey mentioning the ref above, that was another excellent job by Kevin Williamson in OCP yesterday. He is really developing into a top quality referee, well worthy of much bigger games. Unlikely to get the county final here as I fin...
by Lone Shark
Wed Aug 21, 2024 3:04 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Footballers - Planning for 2025, Mickey Harte onboard
Replies: 106
Views: 13969

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers - Planning for 2025, Mickey Harte onboard

I feel we're all glossing over one very important aspect here too. Westmeath wanted him as well, so at least we know his decision-making process is rock solid.
by Lone Shark
Wed Aug 21, 2024 2:56 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Footballers - Planning for 2025, Mickey Harte onboard
Replies: 106
Views: 13969

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers - Planning for 2025, Mickey Harte onboard

I think offaly have a slim chance chance of getting to a leinster final I'm the next 4-5 years. Winning one? I can't see Dublin been bet in leinster for next 5 years. I dunno. I don't foresee a situation where Dublin aren't the clear favourites to win the Leinster SFC each year, but I don't expect ...
by Lone Shark
Wed Aug 21, 2024 1:27 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Footballers - Planning for 2025, Mickey Harte onboard
Replies: 106
Views: 13969

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers - Planning for 2025, Mickey Harte onboard

Without looking to turn this into another conversation about Declan Kelly, I think regardless of whether you rate him as a manager or not, his knowledge with regard to the club footballers in Offaly is second to none, due to a combination of his club/underage experience, and his role with the develo...
by Lone Shark
Wed Aug 21, 2024 12:07 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Footballers - Planning for 2025, Mickey Harte onboard
Replies: 106
Views: 13969

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers - Planning for 2025, Mickey Harte onboard

On the main topic of the thread, I'm excited by this. Of course it's fraught with risk; there's always potential for discord when you don't have a clearly established desk where the buck stops, and there's no doubt that Gavin Devlin was a big part of most of the success that Harte enjoyed as a manag...
by Lone Shark
Wed Aug 21, 2024 11:51 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Footballers - Planning for 2025, Mickey Harte onboard
Replies: 106
Views: 13969

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers - Planning for 2025, Mickey Harte onboard

i dont think the club delegates should be asked anything about this(even tho i dont agree with it). they are the ones who presided over the current foorball structures and a while back got rid of 2 decent capable men in paul o kelly and gerry fahy. for no other reason only they thought it was a goo...
by Lone Shark
Thu Aug 15, 2024 2:11 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024
Replies: 767
Views: 2512416

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

I'd say there are a few. But as one poster just said, 5 Ballingar players involved in training. There were less in there from Tullamore Rhode and Ferbane. Again I seem to be cast in the role of defending DK here when I'm trying to stay as neutral and objective as I can, but to be fair here, out of ...
by Lone Shark
Thu Aug 15, 2024 2:01 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024
Replies: 767
Views: 2512416

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Not saying these are the answer either but profiling players at games is the only way. Do Offaly Gaa have guys attending games profiling players or is it just the manager going to games and picking out players he thinks are suitable? His idea of a good player has been extremely questionable based o...
by Lone Shark
Thu Aug 15, 2024 1:43 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024
Replies: 767
Views: 2512416

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Just one standalone point: There are a lot of legitimate reasons to question whether or not Declan Kelly is the right man to lead Offaly in 2025. His knowledge of club players in this county or his willingness to get out and about to see who's in form and who isn't, certainly is not one of them. I'd...
by Lone Shark
Wed Aug 14, 2024 5:31 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Club Football
Replies: 100
Views: 28726

Re: Club Football

Clubs will always vote in their own self interest, absolutely - but in a county with 40 clubs, that should never carry the day if something is for the greater good. I think a bigger issue is that clubs have a tendency to pay no heed on a topic if it doesn't directly affect them, so what happens is t...
by Lone Shark
Tue Aug 13, 2024 1:34 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Club Football
Replies: 100
Views: 28726

Re: Club Football

Its fair enough to throw stones at the County Board Competitions Committee for designing such a farce. But what about the clubs for voting for it??? It was not imposed as far as I know and at least 2 clubs had no delegate at the meeting to vote on it. So either the clubs never discussed it and dele...
by Lone Shark
Mon Jul 29, 2024 11:29 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior A Hurling Championship 2024
Replies: 104
Views: 37927

Re: Offaly Senior A Hurling Championship 2024

For me, Kilcormac-Killoughey's greatest feat this year is having FIVE adult teams (Senior A, Senior B, Junior A, Junior B and Junior C). They must have nearly a hundred men for that. That is bananas. Outside of city clubs, that must be unheard of - I've certainly never heard of any club outside of ...
by Lone Shark
Tue Jul 16, 2024 8:56 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024
Replies: 767
Views: 2512416

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

(1) I’m with you on this one, Declan Kelly is the man selected by Offaly GAA to manage the Senior Football team. Talk of a change is not the solution, we have had a lot of managers down the years, and are still in Div 3, apart from 2022 when Offaly footballers had one season in Division 2, under Jo...