i actually think its good for offaly football that Edenderry and Gracefield are playing a semil final and with Walsh Island back senior and doing welltimber wrote:Would it be fair to say the current championship is as poor as we have seen since the 90's. Rhode are no where near the team they were. Clara even minus players still comfortably made the semi final stage. And then you have Edenderry and gracefield who have been relegation battlers in recent years and I am not convinced either have improved that much and maybe its more to do with how bad the championship is that they are in the shake up.
Equally I think the hurling championship has been very poor. The standard in both codes has dropped alot.
these were the hotbeds of offaly football when we were winning going back to the 60's 70's 80's.
as for Rhode what did offaly win when they were winnning it ever year or Clara, offaly football needs Gracefield, Walsh Island, Edenderry even Ferbane back winning.
as for the hurling i think the championship over the last 3 years has been good and open with tullamore bring a fresh change to the game winning 1 and getting to two county finals
Coolderry last year and it would be good to see K/K win one as well,
not like a few years ago when my club Birr were walking away with the club championship ever year almost so a change is good and it would be good for offaly hurling if Rynaghs
came back as well .
wouldn't it be nice if Gracefield or Edenderry won the senior this year with young new players we know what Rhode and Clara have, same the hurling maybe Rynaghs or K/K
winningthe hurling would bring a change, you don't want the same clubs winning the club championship every year which has been the case in offaly over the last 10 years.
look at kilkenny, Galway, tipp, club scene most years theirs a different club most years winning it, like offaly hurling was in the 80's 90's with Birr, Seir Kierans, Rynaghs, Kinnitty, Lusmagh winning it like wise the football the Walsh Island, Gracefield,Edenderry,Ferbane winning in the 70's and 80's we need them clubs back.