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I agree with most of what you say there BnM man. It's disconcerting to see how ill-prepared we were when Limerick dropped Lavin back in front of the front two. What did we think they would do when we brought Scott Brady back into our weird 'half sweeper, half spare half back' position? Everything fr...

Great result, delighted with it. It does make those occasions when Offaly don't turn up even more frustrating though. The lads have to kick on from here, not think they've achieved. I know practically everyone in the county wishes them well, and would love Offaly to be a force in football (and hurli...

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I think you are calling what I would call an approach, or a gameplan, a tactic. I don't think having a simple method of playing is the worst thing in the world. It's easy to teach, everyone knows what they are supposed to do and you can slot players in and out easily. I agree that the business of ta...

Equally, is there any club football team in Offaly who doesn't have the tactic of: (1) We work the ball out as far as midfield (2) The half forwards drop deep to create space (3) Long ball into the F/F line (high or low, depending on the height of the men in there) (4) Half forward line drives hard...

Surprised by that when I heard it. Castleisland Desmonds would be part of the St. Kieran's divisional side in Kerry, and they were playing the next day in the County Championship against South Kerry. You'd have to imagine that the best Desmonds players would be with St. Kieran's and therefore not go...

I heard on Saturday evening that the Senior quarter finals will be scheduled for the weekend of the 11th and 12th. I presume two games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday?

Here we go again. For the benefit of those with short memories we have just had four weeks without any Senior hurling matches, the time being devoted to playing football or visiting their granny or whatever. Out of curiosity, given that you brought up Ferbane/Belmont, just how many are currently pl...

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Clara were impressive when they hit their straps on Saturday night in Pullagh. Ferbane were very good in the first 20-25 minutes, and worked extremely hard to turnover ball, but they could never really put enough scores on the board. Ferbane went in leading by 2 points at half time, but Clara basica...

Spoken like a true corner back In what other walk of life would 'getting to know you' entail kidney punches, rib elbows and walking on calf muscles? Corner backs should be jailed at birth

What they seem to deliberately ignore is that there is effectively two competitions. Provincial and All Ireland. Everyone gets 1 chance in their Provincial Championship Everyone gets 1 chance in the All Ireland Championship. The only difference is the further you go in the provincial championship th...

Meant to say, there is also a divisional and county league. They have a crazy amount of competitions down there. Of course they don't really have hurling (or soccer or rugby) issues. Just as an example, my brother in law plays with Dromid Pearses. This year he is playing in the following competition...

It's complicated, but basically the county championship is the one to win. The county championship is entitled to be contested by all the Senior Clubs on their own, such as Austin Stacks, Laune Rangers, Dr. Crokes, Kerins O'Rahillys etc, PLUS the divisional sides which are a mixture of the intermedi...

`We did regain our pre-eminence in the midlands. We lasted longer in the championships than Laois, Westmeath, or Longford. Hurrah. Midlands Champions 2010, hurling and football.