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by Truth as i see it
Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:28 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Division 4 Offaly Vs Longford
Replies: 20
Views: 33300

Re: Division 4 Offaly Vs Longford

This ref is a joke, three offaly players sent off for nothing offences, Anton gets dragged and pulled all over the place with late tackle after late tackle and only a black card shown to the longford player, I'm seriously starting to think he was given a backhander and by the Longford county board, ...
by Truth as i see it
Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:39 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Well done Pat and the boys
Replies: 15
Views: 19489

Well done Pat and the boys

Just wanted to say well done to Pat Flanagan and the boys for pulling off an excellent win today, it was hard fought for and they showd the old style Offaly Mentality to pull it out of the fire in the end, they're getting used to hanging in there in games they would have lost a year or two ago which...
by Truth as i see it
Fri Sep 26, 2014 12:33 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: What are they smoking in Birr?
Replies: 246
Views: 337536

Re: What are they smoking in Birr?

Surely at this stage most clubs have yearly and 3 year coaching plans in place with skills targets for each age group, short term and long term plans, upskilling of coaches etc. Offaly county teams don't have a plan of any sort never mind clubs. This is right from senior hurlers to development squa...
by Truth as i see it
Fri Sep 12, 2014 12:37 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly GAA is in Some State
Replies: 177
Views: 257921

Re: Offaly GAA is in Some State

I appreciate that we have been extraordinarily successful in the recent past and this probably accounts for our propensity to look backwards rather than forwards, however its proving very unhelpful in the overall context of improvement for Offaly GAA at the moment. Even the series of recent article...
by Truth as i see it
Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:30 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly GAA is in Some State
Replies: 177
Views: 257921

Re: Offaly GAA is in Some State

Ok Lads :roll: Last Night was advertised as Stage one of Offaly Recovery. implementing Skill Coaching In Team Preparation The two advertised Main speaker with coaches. Complaining that the the whole thing was about coaching is along the line of complaining that there two many Irish in the St. Patri...
by Truth as i see it
Tue Sep 09, 2014 11:33 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Well done Padraig Boland and CB
Replies: 10
Views: 14137

Re: Well done Padraig Boland and CB

In fairness i think people have very good reason to be annoyed at lack of progress in recent times..... we have been horrific, mainly down to poor preparation of teams. Times have moved on from the 80s and 90s and other counties are equipping their managements with proper support structures. this i...
by Truth as i see it
Tue Sep 09, 2014 7:41 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Well done Padraig Boland and CB
Replies: 10
Views: 14137

Re: Well done Padraig Boland and CB

Just after reading Kevin Corrigan's piece in the tribune and while i disagree with his assertion that our current low standing is down to one or two bad groups of players coming through i totally agree with his point that the board can be a soft target at times. Sometimes i think certain people on t...
by Truth as i see it
Sun Sep 07, 2014 7:22 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Well done Padraig Boland and CB
Replies: 10
Views: 14137

Well done Padraig Boland and CB

Just wanted to post ay quick message to say well done to Padraig Boland and the CB for the work they are doing in obtaining land and money to develop training facilities for the county squads Between this development and the open forum they have in my view addressed two of the major issues that need...
by Truth as i see it
Wed Sep 03, 2014 5:27 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Football Management 2015
Replies: 72
Views: 134494

Re: Offaly Senior Football Management 2015

i dont think there will be many outside people willing to take on the job unless its extremely financially attractive. the assertion that we need someone to take us back into the top 8 is a lovely thought but the chances are zero in the near to medium future.out antiquated and out of date youth pol...
by Truth as i see it
Fri Aug 29, 2014 9:45 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Ciaran McManus
Replies: 4
Views: 10286

Re: Ciaran McManus

A real Offaly hero and legend!! Yep second that, with due respect to past players in the team he was one of the few to show real fight and leadership when things weren't going the teams way which sadly was quite often, his fitness levels and his commitment to the team especially in his latter years...
by Truth as i see it
Thu Aug 07, 2014 11:03 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Pat Spillane Offaly Football and All Ireland Championship
Replies: 9
Views: 19288

Re: Pat Spillane Offaly Football and All Ireland Championshi

[quote="townman"]never like the bollix spillane, the year offaly 25th all ireland team team were brought out before the all ireland Brendan Lowry step out to wave to the crowd, Spillane said if Jimmy Deeinhan had to been playing in that final that lad their there as in Lowry wouldn't have ...
by Truth as i see it
Fri Jul 25, 2014 11:09 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Un Cambio Es Bueno
Replies: 111
Views: 98674

Re: Un Cambio Es Bueno

By the way i'm aware that there was a review done back around '06, '07 but i don't count that as from what i gather it was only a half-hearted attempt to analyze the problem and as such a complete waste of time
by Truth as i see it
Fri Jul 25, 2014 10:52 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Un Cambio Es Bueno
Replies: 111
Views: 98674

Re: Un Cambio Es Bueno

I know that people can pick holes in this process until the cows come home but honestly i'm just glad that there is something, Anything being set up to address the many problems at underage. Over the past number of years after every humiliating defeat that both codes have endured i have said to myse...
by Truth as i see it
Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:47 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly GAA is in Some State
Replies: 177
Views: 257921

Re: Offaly GAA is in Some State

besides to night's another record defeat for offaly and what will follow saturday night in the hurling we have hit rock bottom. i feel sorry for them chaps tonight to be at the end of that beating they will never recover or see where they can move forward. but enough is enough we have to start from...
by Truth as i see it
Thu Jul 10, 2014 9:47 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly GAA is in Some State
Replies: 177
Views: 257921

Re: Offaly GAA is in Some State

besides to night's another record defeat for offaly and what will follow saturday night in the hurling we have hit rock bottom. i feel sorry for them chaps tonight to be at the end of that beating they will never recover or see where they can move forward. but enough is enough we have to start from...