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A double header in Carlow. Hmmm that sounds ok.

Thanks for the condolences Deise lads. Could you tell Eoin, Ken, Paul, Dan and co. to go handy on Saturday so?

I'm insanely optimistic about a good performance Should I see a shrink?

What's the story with the fixtures? Are both hurlers and footballers playing next Saturday?

I think the way forward, for a psychological point of view is to a) Accept the defeat. Have a chat at training on Tuesday and talk about the defeat, and the performance. b) Set a marker in the sand that this is Rock Bottom. Everything from here on is about making progress. c) Set acheivable, short t...

Holy sh*t. The sooner that is consigned to the slag heap of bad bad memories the better. I'm too jaded to go into the details of the game, so I'll just post what I posted on GAAboard.com ...... That was something else. The most embarrassed I have been in a long long time. It really was men against b...

Ara get down from there will ya, you'll fall and hurt yourself. LoneShark is perfectly entitled, as are you, to express his opinions. I find his analysis usually well thought out and articulated, even though I disagree with him every so often. It's only natural that we look for ways to improve our t...

I think we're over analysing here lads. There's a few basic elements as an inside forward. 1) Make Space for yourself 2) Receive the ball. 3) Kick the ball over the black spot. I think 1) needs work, especially from the inside line, but at the same time, it's not chronic. 2) Not really a problem, we...

Alright, we are in the first round of the Circuit of Ireland rally, who would we like to get. Not for football reasons, but for a tourist reason, nice weekend away kind of thing. I'm only including currently 'eligible' teams, and assuming to get an away draw. Tipp (Thurles), Waterford, Sligo, Down (...

I did that once myself Hit the left hand post, got the rebound back from the full forward again, and then hit the right hand post

Again, I would stand by McManus and defend him to the hilt, as I have great time for him, and he lives, eats, drinks and sleeps Offaly football. As has been stated the problem is wider than just Mac, and is arguably worse for dedicated score getters such as Niall Mc and Jimmy Coughlan. The Ciaran Mc...

Certainly agree re. the Decision making aspect of it, but it's all part of the whole package. You need to know when to shoot, and that when you do, you will score 9 times out of 10. Again, the backs and forwards, by replicating real match conditions allows for this decision making to be coached, as ...

I agree with Hairy hole, and it's kind of an addendum to my other thread 'The art of Score getting'. I simply think that the basics are being neglected for the more scientific things like beep tests, diet, fitness monitoring etc. Free takers should have to stay on for a half an hour, either before o...

I decided to start a new thread on this, because I feel that this topic is the singlemost important issue with this Offaly football squad. As an ex-forward myself, it is a huge bug-bear for me. I simply cannot understand how inter county footballers can accumulate such a tally of wides as we have se...

BnM man, I said the same thing re. Quinny when the free was awarded. There'd have been no need for a warm up anyway. Maybe we can be joint managers. As regards Pauric Kelly, no. I'm not a fan of that stuff, unless it's like the Kildare situation a few years ago. Mac is the man for long, long range f...

Sorry I couldn't be there yesterday lads. On to the game. F*ck. F*ck. F*ck. It's becoming a depressing trend whereby we at least break even in the amount of ball we win in our defence and between the 40's, only to morph into headless chickens when in sight of the opposition goals. It's cringeworthy ...

Are we going to the hill on Sunday Week? Just like old times. Oooo Falllya