Two things there. Yes, playing Carroll on O'Sullivan was utter lunacy. Straight up, that was a dumb tactic that was doomed to failure from the outset, I'm not disagreeing with that. However it's not as if we have a Martin Comerford or Dan Shanahan in our team. Right now those two players are around 90% likely each to win All stars - we just don't have those kind of weapons. It's not like Hanniffy or Bergin did anything on him when they went in either.
What i was saying here was that the only way that O'sullivan had been beaten in the past was by playing him to the wings and under high ball, so why from the start didnt Offaly try something like that.
Offaly's Future wrote:The hurling management from the start this year has been a complete shambles. I have stressed this on so many occasions. They havent a clue how to run a junior team never mind an intercounty team.
This is the kind of gross overstatement that ruins your point. If you had said that this Offaly team took the field unprepared, badly selected and with poor tactics no-one could disagree with you. That kind of "not fit to run a junior team" stuff is only designed to put people's backs up. That was like people on KKcats suggesting that Wexford would be better off in the Christy Ring after the Leinster championship - look what Antrim did to everyone in the Christy Ring last year - what would Wexford do? Likewise McIntyre has won enough to prove that he is well capable at club level, however while I am sympathetic to him last weekend was an abomination.
They have been a joke, an absolute joke.
You tel me what McIntyre has won as a manager so?
And yes all year the offaly team have took the field unprepared, badly selected with no tactics.
McIntyre works in the media so he knows how to play them and thats exactly what he does in his post match interviews, blames everyone except himself.
Offaly's Future wrote:And lets get something straight, peoples perception is that we are doing great things at underage and thats rubbish.
The underage structure is a complete shambles also.
We beat a poor kilkenny u-21 team in the pissing rain in Nowlan Park and people think everything is perfect. Far from it.
I'll challenge you to find anyone on this site who thinks we are doing even half well at underage in general. We have one good vintage at under 21 hurling who may or may not win a Leinster - that's not exactly stellar. There are steps being taken, and the likes of Rynagh's performance in the féile losing narrowly to Castleknock is encouraging, but there is a long way to go, we all know this.
I am talking about the general perception in the country about Offaly's underage setup.
And steps arent been taking, you go to a ryanaghs u-12,14,16 game see the language used by their officials and their attitude on the sideline. Yet again they will do their best to ruin those young fellas as they have in the past.
Offaly's Future wrote:And just one thing Lone Shark if you think that David Kenny had a good game on Saturady - well then all i can say is that you must have been watching a complete different game than me.
He gave away a few handpasses and he struggled to live with Ben O'Connor's pace when he ran at him with a head of steam. However he also won some fine aerial ball and got a lot of clearances away, as well as spending half his time covering across for Kevin Brady who was getting eaten alive by Pa Cronin. I honestly can't see who on the Offaly team you think had a better game than him. Seán Ryan maybe, but even he messed up a good few deliveries forward.[/quote]
I didnt say anybody else hurled better than him i just cant see how you could say he can hold his head up after the 70 mins thats all.
And don't think that all this just happened since the defeat to tipp, all the players had to drive to semple stadium too as they had to to portlaois.
When Mike Mac was in charge, Offaly travelled to Cork in the league and they all travelled first class from Templemore.
Preparation is so important in this day and age, Offaly's preparation has been a complete joke since the start of the year.