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by Fido
Mon Jul 16, 2007 12:29 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: System Failure
Replies: 7
Views: 5800

I'd agree that the the moment Munster teams have the upper hand, but these things are cyclical. Anyway, the only reason I suggested the Munster/ Rest of Ireland scenario is that the abolition of the munster championship is always used as a stumbling block to real reform. If counties were happy to ac...
by Fido
Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:03 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: System Failure
Replies: 7
Views: 5800

System Failure

So Offaly's interest in the Championships ends for another year. There'll be plenty of opinion about how we performed and where we go from here from others on this site I'm sure and I'll leave that to them. Suffice it to say that we're at a low ebb, but then we've been there and back before. What's ...
by Fido
Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:36 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Tipperary 2-17 - Offaly 2-13
Replies: 40
Views: 24779

I agree with BnM's analysis there except for Gary's role as main ball-winner - for a lad of his height you much more often saw his marker coming away with the clean catch yesterday. Offaly did scrap for all the loose ball yesterday and showed great guts and will in that area, which was indeed good t...
by Fido
Mon Jun 18, 2007 11:03 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Kilkenny 1-27 Offaly 1-13
Replies: 83
Views: 54192

Is it not that Kilkenny are simply better than us and 29-31 other counties also. I think he meant that Kilkenny are better than 29 - 31 other counties (allowing for Waterford and Cork I assume), and not that 29 -31 counties are better than us. Not that I'm bothered or wanted to fight someone elses ...
by Fido
Sun Jun 17, 2007 8:51 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: It's the Jacks...
Replies: 17
Views: 13606

It's the Jacks...

So it's the Dubs. After being charmed by some of their number coming out of Croker last year I was hoping they'd go down...("Jayzz yiz were Offaly bad today lads! Ha ha ha ha." "Good one Anto! Ha ha ha ha.") My main reason to be honest for not wanting the Dubs to come through was...
by Fido
Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:36 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Best Drugs at low price!
Replies: 5
Views: 4002

Good to know we've got a big brother like Offaly looking after us. I imagine him like the US marine in that '80s Vietnam song, Camouflage... takin out all the baddies for his little brothers...Rock on!
by Fido
Mon Jun 11, 2007 6:31 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Was Bergin on The Beer???
Replies: 29
Views: 19126

Can I just celebrate figuring out how to upload an avatar by telling everybody to CALM DOWN, CALM DOWN! Thought that was funny myself, I am very easily pleased though. As somebody who was at the Carlow + Waterford double header a few years ago (and stayed to the end of both despite being from the bi...
by Fido
Sun May 27, 2007 7:25 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: For any of the County Hurlers reading this board
Replies: 6
Views: 6326

Brilliant result, fair play to the lads. Best way to respond to going through a hard time is to come out all guns blazing as they obviously did today. This result gives great credibility to McIntyre's plea that Offaly be kept in Div 1, though I thought myself that we had no grounds to complain, goin...
by Fido
Sun May 06, 2007 10:34 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Barack Obama - Will Tipperary try and claim him too
Replies: 8
Views: 5727

I wonder could somebody like the Offaly Association could provide him with an Offaly shirt and a hurl? If he's anything like the politicians here he'd go mad for the photo op. It'd be class to see him debating against Hillary with "Carroll Mates" written across his belly!
by Fido
Thu Feb 22, 2007 11:03 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Dia léi an Banríon
Replies: 20
Views: 13236

I think God save the queen is a class song.

God save the queen
The fascist regime
They made you a moron
Potential H-bomb

God save the queen
She ain't no human being
There is no future
In England's dreaming

No future, no future,
No future for you
No future, no future
For you

Class
by Fido
Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:58 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Laochra Gael - Tony McTeague
Replies: 16
Views: 11923

You're spot on Turk, An Fhéir Bháin is the tuisil ginideach of An Féar Bán. Good to see another Offaly great getting recognition after the recent Dooleys programme. Best pound for pound GAA county in the country! (By the way, is there any way of proving this claim scientifically? For use in pub argu...
by Fido
Wed Dec 06, 2006 8:58 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Leinster Final
Replies: 28
Views: 19532

Can't believe your man from Moorefield is still banging on. Has he no friends to talk to? Also has he not noticed practically every other post congratulating Moorefield on their historic win? Nobody likes losing, so to lose with good grace is admirable. It's a whole lot easier to be magnanimous in v...
by Fido
Mon Nov 06, 2006 9:03 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Will the Aussie Rules last?
Replies: 17
Views: 12804

Howya lads, another Newbie here. Naturally most of the press attention will be hogged by the onfield violence but to be honest that's not the biggest problem I have with the International Rules series. Basically, it doesn't work as a game. You'd forgive the flare ups and the press slagging matches i...