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Good stuff - that journalist knows us well!!

A 4-6 run without reply against Meath in Championship. Absolutely amazing. I have to think back to 80 minute senior games more than 40 years ago for anything similar!!

Anybody at it?

Congrats to Offaly.

A day out in Croker in a few weeks and already something achieved for 2013.

I think that the current league structure suits Offaly perfectly. We would be nowhere near strong enough to compete in Division 1A and would most likely lose all 5 games by an average of 8-10 points. That would not be of any benefit to the team. This way, we have a chance of winning most games and ...

From the outside - it seems like Pat Teehan ran the meetings well and brought everything back on to an even keel! Other people may reap the benefits but Pat Teehan laid a decent foundation!! I like the last appointment - Emmett McDonnell is one for the future, in the tradition of Diarmuid Healy and ...

I agree with everything townman says above! Especially great to see Stephen Egan back. He could be intercounty football and hurling if he wanted. Genuine talent.

That Franks point vs Waterford was given Score of the Year by RTE in their annual review of hurling.

Congratulations to Brendan on a fine inter-county career. I share the great memories mentioned above - particularly of his break-out first year and then the crucial goal against Limerick in Thurles. He's got a lot to be proud of. He was unfortunate that his inter-county career coincided with Offaly'...

"fifteen automatons clad in shiny white playing rugby league"

- I love that description, Lone Shark

Thanks POTH. That brings back to me all the arguments around then. There's still a residual resentment against the handpass - the refereeing interpretation changes every so often and Congress wouldn't need much encouragement to restrict it severely. I think that might help Offaly. Unfortunately Offa...

One key difference in 1982 compared to 1981 - the GAA imposed a stricter interpretation of the hand pass. That change in rule interpetation bridged the gap between Offaly and Kerry in passing technique. The 1982 game was a brilliant exhibition notable for brilliant point taking and Offaly matched Ke...

Muck Savage said it all best! I'm encouraged by everything I hear about Emmett and his brother Gordon. According to Kevin Corrigan Gordon was at the Cappincur-Birr game last week. That's hitting the ground running! The new manager should go with a new panel and resist the temptation to go back to th...

Fr. Heaney was Chairman when Offaly had two relative unknowns as managers - Eugene McGee and Diarmuid Healy. Look how that turned out! I remember well that Tommy Lyons was a dark horse when he got the Offaly job. By the way, in answer to townman, Dave Kavanagh gave some of his best years to Offaly i...

What a relief! Offaly giving us palpitations as usual. At least they held out!

I've recently joined the ranks of the diaspora - Abu Dhabi.
So thanks to everybody here for the previews, opinions and especially the first-hand accounts of the games.