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offaly 05
1.p.kelly. 2.b.mooney. 3.s.sullivan. 4.k.slattery. 5.t.coughlan. 6.n.coughlan. 7.e.byrne. 8.a.mcnamee. 9.j.keane. 10.d.hunt. 11.c.mcmanus. 12.p.kelleghan. 13.t.deehan. 14.n.mcnamee. 15.j.reynolds.

I wouldnt know much on the county scene in football, but who is e.byrne?? also, i dont know if corner back is the right place for slatts. sounds like a good young fast team anyway.

eoin byrne the half back for rhode this year.

Three attacking full backs - hardly the remedy for our slightly porous record of conceding goals in recent years. A huge leap for Eoin Byrne as well - he should make the under 21's, but that'll be the height of it for him I'd say.

As for leaving off Scott Brady, there's no way that'll happen.

lone shark what do you think the most likely lineup for 05 will be?

Bit of a difference between what's likely and what I'd like to see. Personally I'd like to see numbers 2-4 made up of players who have no inclination towards attacking whatsoever and with Mac at centre back - but I don't expect either of those things to happen. I'd like to see us play with two men inside like we did for the league, before abandoning it for the championship.

As for what I'd expect to see ......

Podge,

Sean Casey, Shane Sullivan, Mark Cassidy

Barry Mooney, Scott, Slatts

Alan Mac, James Keane

Neville, Ciarán, Shaper

Quinn, Niall, Rory Guinan

(Shaper and Rory to split 12 and 15 between them either way)

James Coughlan has been dropped from the Offaly Senior Football Panel.

To the rat or the Administrator - could one of you edit the first post to break up the big long string. It's making the page too wide for the screen, and having to scroll left-and-right is just awkward.

Am'nt I a cantankerous oul bugger to be annoyed at something like that.

Ah, Thanks ! €*

True Red wrote:James Coughlan has been dropped from the Offaly Senior Football Panel.

Any reason for this??

anybody any idea what the senior panel is for the forthcoming season?

''True Red'' Any truth in the rumour that John Hirst has rejoined the panel for 2006? I personally think he would be a fine No 4, I had great time for him when he was on the team before. I think he would slot in there nicely with Scott Brady moving to centre back.

In answer to Black and red exile, nobody from edenderry is on the current extended Offaly Squad.

James Coughlan was dropped for seemingly missing a challenge match between an Offaly side and a mixture of Tullamore Under 21's and Seniors one recent weekend.He was rang afterwards and told his services were no longer required.

Padraic Bracken will feature this year, me thinks- probaly take one of the midfield spots!