Emigration
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Emigration
Not sure if there has been a thread about this and I know it is a topic overly discussed these days, but I just wanted to find out how it has affected Offaly clubs personally? For instance, my own club has been hit very hard. 3 players from last years starting team have emigrated thus far and we have lost another 3 (1 from the starting 15) to retirement due to various reasons. We are a small club and have always only fielded one team, and are going to suffer as the numbers are just not there to replace these figures. I just wanted to know has any other club been affected like we have? Are any clubs helping out players unemployed with work locally etc?
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It's a problem in all most every club but does hit the small clubs harder. I know off the top of my head 7 players from my club that have gone to oz or Canada 5 off which would be on the first team . It is some thing that is not going to ease any time soon.
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One thing I’ve always been curious about is how many of the posters on this forum are abroad (for whatever reasons).
I gather Man from Ferbane , Kevin and AZ Offaly are all ‘out foreign’.
Who else is based abroad and where as a matter of interest?
I gather Man from Ferbane , Kevin and AZ Offaly are all ‘out foreign’.
Who else is based abroad and where as a matter of interest?
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I've recently joined the ranks of the diaspora - Abu Dhabi.
So thanks to everybody here for the previews, opinions and especially the first-hand accounts of the games.
So thanks to everybody here for the previews, opinions and especially the first-hand accounts of the games.
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Re: Emigration
We have lost another one since I've written this! A recent junior player of the year as well! That makes 4 from the starting team last year are out of the country and a further 3 (1 from the starting 15) have retired from last years team.Lean Times wrote:Not sure if there has been a thread about this and I know it is a topic overly discussed these days, but I just wanted to find out how it has affected Offaly clubs personally? For instance, my own club has been hit very hard. 3 players from last years starting team have emigrated thus far and we have lost another 3 (1 from the starting 15) to retirement due to various reasons. We are a small club and have always only fielded one team, and are going to suffer as the numbers are just not there to replace these figures. I just wanted to know has any other club been affected like we have? Are any clubs helping out players unemployed with work locally etc?
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Don't know what gave you that impression, I'm still in Ireland, working in Dublin and clocking in the miles up and back for football!durra1 wrote:One thing I’ve always been curious about is how many of the posters on this forum are abroad (for whatever reasons).
I gather Man from Ferbane , Kevin and AZ Offaly are all ‘out foreign’.
Who else is based abroad and where as a matter of interest?
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AZ Offaly is in Tipp I think?
Still, foreign enough I suppose?
Still, foreign enough I suppose?