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by Sharp Eye
Thu Jul 14, 2016 6:50 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Club Hurling C'ship 2016
Replies: 341
Views: 359675

Re: Offaly Club Hurling C'ship 2016

Fixtures mess which caused club players to sit waiting for the past 3 months after the first round of the Offaly Hurling championship was caused by club delegates refusing to allow a most necessary change to the Offaly championships. Congratulations to the Offaly Co Board for getting an acceptable s...
by Sharp Eye
Thu Jul 07, 2016 1:19 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly vs Wexford 2016 Hurling Qualifier - Saturday July 2nd
Replies: 32
Views: 52015

Re: Offaly vs Wexford 2016 Hurling Qualifier - Saturday July

Our Senior Hurling Co team manager must take account of the best interest of Offaly hurling when every decision is taken. Bringing on 5 Under 21 players (at least one of whom was not a week on the senior panel) was of little benefit to Offaly's Under 21 Leinster Hurling Title ambitions. A number of ...
by Sharp Eye
Mon Jul 04, 2016 12:56 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly vs Wexford 2016 Hurling Qualifier - Saturday July 2nd
Replies: 32
Views: 52015

Re: Offaly vs Wexford 2016 Hurling Qualifier - Saturday July

I'm not so sure that dropping balls into the square is necessarily the winning tactic with the wind. If Bergin was deployed there as people suggested, he isn't a proven ball winner to start with. The wind is going to carry balls too far and some will them will roll wide or into the goalie. After th...
by Sharp Eye
Sun Jul 03, 2016 11:16 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly vs Wexford 2016 Hurling Qualifier - Saturday July 2nd
Replies: 32
Views: 52015

Re: Offaly vs Wexford 2016 Hurling Qualifier - Saturday July

I did not think it was possible for Offaly to perform at a lower level in 2016 than Offaly did in 2015, but they did. Laois are much weaker this year as the result of the Laois Clare game proved. Westmeath defeated Offaly by 14 points in the Championship. A new management team (with no family relati...
by Sharp Eye
Fri Jun 17, 2016 4:34 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly County Board Thread
Replies: 56
Views: 88235

Re: Offaly County Board Thread

I think that the Leinster Council made it clear last year that they have no objection to any county entering a "home & away" arrangement with Galway but that they will not force any county to enter such an agreement. Leinster Council want Galway to remain in Leinster for competition &...
by Sharp Eye
Thu Jun 16, 2016 10:21 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly County Board Thread
Replies: 56
Views: 88235

Re: Offaly County Board Thread

Galway dont say who "turned down" their proposals re Westmeat & Offaly games/venues......... So to say OY CB turned them down is reaching....... They came into Leinster on the basis that their games would be played in Leinster and this is what Central & Leinster Councils agreed,,,...
by Sharp Eye
Sat Jun 04, 2016 12:47 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly v Laois LSHC Quarter-final, Sunday 5th June
Replies: 44
Views: 67165

Re: Offaly v Laois LSHC Quarter-final, Sunday 5th June

Very Strange club representation on the Offaly Senior Team Brosna Gaels have a member on the team, Kinnitty have 3 members on the team, Seir Kieran have 3 members on the team. The strongest club in Offaly Kilcormac/Killoughey have just 2 subs.
by Sharp Eye
Wed Jun 01, 2016 11:46 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly v Kerry, Leinster round robin, Sunday 22nd May
Replies: 46
Views: 73840

Re: Offaly v Kerry, Leinster round robin, Sunday 22nd May

Postby Sharp Eye » Mon May 09, 2016 11:15 pm Plain of the Herbs wrote: "Absolutely agree. Imagine what bringing fellas in now would do for team spirit. Éamonn Kelly has more cop on than that. And I'm backing Éamonn Kelly." ryot wrote: "There is no way lads who refused to join the pane...
by Sharp Eye
Wed May 25, 2016 1:57 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly v Kerry, Leinster round robin, Sunday 22nd May
Replies: 46
Views: 73840

Re: Offaly v Kerry, Leinster round robin, Sunday 22nd May

Out of curiosity, what was the official attendance at theKerry match ? 3450 Hopefully we double this for the Laois match Is the Laois game being played at Birr???. The attendance in Birr would probably exceed 7,000. I trust at this stage that Birr has approval to host an attendance in excess of 7,0...
by Sharp Eye
Mon May 23, 2016 11:48 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly v Kerry, Leinster round robin, Sunday 22nd May
Replies: 46
Views: 73840

Re: Offaly v Kerry, Leinster round robin, Sunday 22nd May

A win thank god. And the good news is that we have improved from the Carlow game. The bad news was Kerry were very poor. The good news was our short puck out were few and far between. The bad was landing ball down on top of Kevin Connelly vs a much bigger man. The good was our subs had a impact whe...
by Sharp Eye
Tue May 10, 2016 12:18 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly v Westmeath, Mullingar, Sunday 1st May
Replies: 141
Views: 134023

Re: Offaly v Westmeath, Mullingar, Sunday 1st May

At the end of 2014 the Co Board chairman gave an undertaking that he would contact each player who left the hurling panel in 2014 and report on his discussions and their reasons to the Co Board. Was this done? and if so what were his findings? Follow Up appears to be a major issue and is confirmed ...
by Sharp Eye
Mon May 09, 2016 11:15 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly v Carlow, Leinster round robin Saturday 7th May
Replies: 89
Views: 119742

Re: Offaly v Carlow, Leinster round robin Saturday 7th May

Absolutely agree. Imagine what bringing fellas in now would do for team spirit. Éamonn Kelly has more cop on than that. And I'm backing Éamonn Kelly. There is no way lads who refused to join the panel and train with the lads for 6 months shhould be brought in less than 14 days before a vital champi...
by Sharp Eye
Mon May 09, 2016 7:56 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly v Carlow, Leinster round robin Saturday 7th May
Replies: 89
Views: 119742

Re: Offaly v Carlow, Leinster round robin Saturday 7th May

lets leave all this k/k bullshit behind us and go with what we have, i am sure if the kilcormac/killoughey lads wanted to hurl with offaly they would be in there. A number of their players have recently recovered from injuries. Many of their players would have been tired of hurling last October aft...
by Sharp Eye
Mon May 09, 2016 3:02 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly v Carlow, Leinster round robin Saturday 7th May
Replies: 89
Views: 119742

Re: Offaly v Carlow, Leinster round robin Saturday 7th May

Congratulations on the most vital victory Offaly has obtained in many years. Elimination from the "Liam Mc Carthy" would have destroyed Offaly hurling. While the victory was vital, it was also somewhat fortunate. Had Carlow converted their chances after half time, Offaly would have been pl...
by Sharp Eye
Thu May 05, 2016 12:16 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly v Westmeath, Mullingar, Sunday 1st May
Replies: 141
Views: 134023

Re: Offaly v Westmeath, Mullingar, Sunday 1st May

Oh dear Lord! Do your training on a laptop? Have team meetings on Skype? How the fuck is team spirit to be built on Skype? Do you even know what Skype is? If a lad can’t commit to the demands of inter-county hurling (or football for that matter) then he doesn’t commit. There can be no half measures...