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by jimbob17
Wed Jul 20, 2011 4:56 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: new football manager
Replies: 122
Views: 82990

Re: new football manager

ok so who are the candidates for the football and hurling and what are the odds reckon for the football, the main players and odds for me are 1 Steven Darby 3-1 F 2 Tom Coffee 5-1 3 Phil Reilly 7-1 combination of the 3 above 4-1 5 Noel O Brien 7-1 6 Pat Flanagan 10-1 high because he will stay with t...
by jimbob17
Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:01 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Hurlers catch a break?
Replies: 12
Views: 8968

Re: Offaly Hurlers catch a break?

very easy solution to it and agree that the stronger counties are looking after themselves, how about two groups of seven for div 1a and 1b. that way Tipp Cork KK, waterford, dublin galway and Limerick play in 1A while Wexford, Clare Offaly laois, Antrim westmeath and carlow play in 1B. 8/9 teams th...
by jimbob17
Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:41 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Tullamore in a little bit of bother?
Replies: 16
Views: 12788

Re: Tullamore in a little bit of bother?

heard that Tullamore are in serious bother alright, with only 8 or ten turning up for training and some of them are former junior players who will end up playing senior this year having lost up to 15 seniors from them successful teams of a few years ago. its a sad state of affairs fo a club that wer...
by jimbob17
Fri Jul 15, 2011 11:27 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: new football manager
Replies: 122
Views: 82990

Re: new football manager

i think that when Cribbin does come to a rational decision, he will realise that it is time to move on. He has had his time. No major progress has been made really with OY still in the same place as when he took charge unlike pat roe who brought them from div 1 to div 4 in 2 years. he took over a te...
by jimbob17
Mon Jul 04, 2011 4:09 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly V Limerick SFCQ 09/07/2011
Replies: 53
Views: 35004

Re: Offaly V Limerick SFCQ 09/07/2011

want to give yerself two hours door to door from tullamore, 2 and half from edenderry where you can go down the motorway bypassing roscrea and nenagh, there is a new bypass around city, take first exit for castletroy off new road. head in past anacotty and ul to park way roundabout where you keep ri...
by jimbob17
Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:42 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly u21 Hurling
Replies: 66
Views: 47850

Re: Offaly u21 Hurling

there is bias against clubs from both sides of the county depending on the person that takes charge of the team. An example I could give was the under 21s last year. Coolderry won the county championship yet didnt have anyone on the team? Tell me what other county in Ireland has this ever happened ...
by jimbob17
Mon Jun 27, 2011 11:21 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly u21 Hurling
Replies: 66
Views: 47850

Re: Offaly u21 Hurling

No chip on any shoulder here, just an honest thought that reflects what most knowledgable people think. Tell me what is wrong about anything i have said.... Yes Waters may have played v KK but was sub v westmeath in the first round and was only picked after because Damien Fox was a selector and The ...
by jimbob17
Mon Jun 27, 2011 5:29 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly u21 Hurling
Replies: 66
Views: 47850

Re: Offaly u21 Hurling

Agree GDFTP. The horror stories i hear about their training regime is absolutely pathetic. The senior players had no contact with this panel until after they were beaten by the dubs in senior. they were ran around the place with no hurling being done like a bad junior football team till a few weeks ...
by jimbob17
Mon Jun 27, 2011 1:33 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly V Monaghan, SFC qualifier, 25/6/2011
Replies: 62
Views: 41299

Re: Offaly V Monaghan, SFC qualifier, 25/6/2011

A badly needed win for the offaly boys and some pride has been restored at last. delighted to hear the reports as i didnt go to the game. sometimes it takes just a change in attitude to win a game and Duignans comments obviously stirred up some motivation amongst these players. Remember, there are s...
by jimbob17
Fri Jun 03, 2011 6:53 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: The bigger picture (Hurling and football)
Replies: 31
Views: 19294

Re: The bigger picture (Hurling and football)

While i agree that a director of hurling is enthusiastic and getting some extra coaches into the clubs, i am not sure if this is the answer at all. Firstly a lot of former players make great coaches but an awful lot of them dont either. How good are these fellas as coaches. Will they make a signific...
by jimbob17
Mon May 30, 2011 1:28 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: The bigger picture (Hurling and football)
Replies: 31
Views: 19294

Re: The bigger picture (Hurling and football)

Maybe I am wrong, but i hope this is a watershed weekend for the county board. The footballers trounced and the hurlers were well beaten by a Dublin team pulling up and were easily more than 5 points a better team than OY. We can talk about pride in your jersey and all that but at the end of the day...
by jimbob17
Mon May 30, 2011 12:54 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Cribben out, Darby in?
Replies: 20
Views: 14043

Re: Cribben out, Darby in?

I am not sure if cribben walking at this point is necessarily the best thing. they have been working together all year and no matter what happens, he will be gone after the qualifiers, probably the 1st round if yesterday is anything to go by. for him to just walk away now is a cop out on his part an...
by jimbob17
Fri May 27, 2011 2:00 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: The bigger picture (Hurling and football)
Replies: 31
Views: 19294

The bigger picture (Hurling and football)

in relation to development of players etc as related to by other posters, i think that there are a lot of issues involved. Some have remarked that we will only get 3/4 per minor team anyway to graduate from senior level and that we are doing ok in this regard given the size of the county. I think th...
by jimbob17
Fri May 27, 2011 1:51 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Hurling team for championship v Dublin
Replies: 92
Views: 58538

Re: Offaly Hurling team for championship v Dublin

in relation to development of players etc as related to by other posters, i think that there are a lot of issues involved. Some have remarked that we will only get 3/4 per minor team anyway to graduate from senior level and that we are doing ok in this regard given the size of the county. I think th...
by jimbob17
Wed May 18, 2011 9:30 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Team to face Wexford in Leinster Football Championshi
Replies: 92
Views: 57311

Re: Offaly Team to face Wexford in Leinster Football Championshi

here is how i feel itll pan out also put in how i feel it should start What will start/ what i think is a better option Mulhall / Meehan Darby / AN Other someone with pace Donie ryan, or bring back nigel grennan Scott brady/ Joe quinn Sean Pender/ same Quinn / Slattery Slattery / Brady Lonergan / Ke...