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I suppose the thing to do would be to pick a big AN Other at No. 6 and leave the Kilkenny bize to stew until Sunday aft.
Worrying that the Waterford CHF took his man for 1-6.

Is Sid plays, then Barry MUST play centre-field. The reason being that Barry is the best man to cover the hole when Sid is dragged either side. Can't wait for next week and the announcment of our team. The lineout against Waterford (which I haven't seen anywhere) is perhaps the strongest clue. Someo...

I honestly thought this was a piss-take when I heard last night. In all fairness, I don't know who's worse, Sid or McIntyre. 10 days before the team play Kilkenny is not the time for Sid (or indeed anyone) to return to the county panel. What message does this send to anyone who's been part of the pa...

Yeah, they drew their players from Birr and Clareen. This was before the introduction of the parish rule, so fellas were sort of free to roam. Many from Lusmagh would have played with Meelick (in Galway) about this time.

It's on anfearrua.com that Offaly beat Waterford in a challenge in Killarney at the weekend. Apparently, they were both in the region for the w/e.

Anyone know anything about this?

Many of you may have seen this already, but I thought I'd reproduce this extract from Arrikle's Stubboun Nore preview of the forthcoming championship on http://www.kilkennycats.com. Some interesting observations. The Cloghan boys mightn't be amused with his apportioning Paudie Mulhare to the Banaghe...

I'd be more inclined to point the finger at the fixture-makers in the Leinster council rather than our county board. After all, they're charged with promoting Leinster hurling. Incidentally, what happens if either Leinster semi ends in a draw? How does this affect the order of matches in the groups....

Ya, Shark. Bear in mind tho', that KK's likely line up will have Shefflin at 15, and Eoin Larkin at 11.

As regards Hoctor, I've nothing against him per se, I justhave an aversion to rookie 20 year-olds lining out against Kilkenny. Maybe Hoctor will be fine. I've no specific argument anainst the lad.

David Moran missed all of last year after his knee went again early in the year. Was due to line out at full back for Lusmagh last Sunday (which I didn't get to, unfortunately) So, with Claffey out, what are the options? At least theres time to find a replacement. What chance Stephen Brown in the ha...

Some interesting comments by McIntyre, more for what he doesn't say, rather than what he does. Ironically, Kilkenny's performance in the league final was just what we needed, for a number of reasons. Firstly, it shows us where the bar is, obviously, and that to compete, Offaly will have to perform a...

Where and when now for our division 2 final? The footballers play Louth in Navan in Sunday week. Is it a possible curtain-raiser? How far is Navan from Carlow? As for opponents, am I right in thinking Derry need to beat Carlow by 4 or more to keapfrog them? Thats possible. Westmeath need a Derry win...

Regarding Regan and Comerford. I still don't know how Pat IO'Connor singled out Regan for the red card. Surely there was two . . . While on the subject of flaking, I recall 3 Offaly forwards having Clare hurls wrapped around them at the precise moment the referee threw in the ball. I was a long way ...

Spent one of the longest half-hours of me life on Saturday in between Radio 3 telling us the were level, and giving that report from CKRFM. Cheeses, they did the rounds of English soccer, the account of the Laois match where apparently all the Laois lads hurled well, yetb were bet by 15 points ore s...

What had he to do with it? Fourth official?
As for the future of this team, the schools having a good run in their respective competitions is a big help.

I was there, got drownded, learned nothing. As I expected during the week, the lineout reverted to type yesterday. The game turned in 5 minutes between the 20th and 25th minute when Kerry had 3 defenders yellow-carded. Prior to that, Offaly had shown some nice touches, got some nice scores but were ...