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KK with a convincing enough win. Kinnitty wouldn’t be targeting that game at all and weirdly could have been a lot closer. Both teams hit a lot of bad wides, but Kinnitty really can’t afford to miss as many easy chances as they did, both from frees and play. They gave away a lot of scores from ...

I think it basically comes down to Edenderry just not being at it this year. They are quite fortunate to be in the strong group as they would be facing a relegation final in any other year. It sounds like management have been ran or walked so if it was any other year, they would be in bother.

I ...

As in he wasn’t there, or he couldn’t be heard?

Man management and keeping everyone on side is the most important part of management, irrespective of the sport. What hardline approach has worked in recent years? It won’t work anymore, you can be strict but fair and unfortunately, it didn’t sound like there was a whole pile of fairness.

If man ...

It’s not going to happen. Kilkenny has never expressed interest in management to my knowledge and is still young enough to play for his club for many years.

The new manager has to be someone with a fair insight into Offaly football. I remember with Kearns there were open trials, which is fair ...

I do think it could be possible, but I hear your points. I understand that the Senior B teams would be going into a competition they couldn’t realistically win, but I feel that the exposure to playing the better teams will bring them on. If there is such a gap, then the teams that should be in the ...

I wouldn’t mind seeing the Senior B and Senior A amalgamated into 1 and then run the Senior B after. Something like the football, where there’s a stronger and weaker group/tiered groups, those who qualify contest Senior A proper then those who don’t go into the Senior B.

I know it’s a random enough ...

There definitely is an element that the players need to reflect themselves on why there seems to be no signs of progress. It’s always a step forward and then a step back.

But management needed to own up to their own shortcomings too. Blaming injuries (yes, I know we probably can’t afford to be down ...

Thanks to the outgoing management in DK and MH. I know I probably leaned towards criticising more than applauding but at the end of the day, they put themselves in the firing line for what they thought were the correct decisions and that has to be admired. At the same time, it was probably needed ...

How can people say it’s a happy camp when everyone hears negative stories? The only way we will truly know how the camp feels is if there is a big turnover in the squad. But I suppose then people will say they were right to ‘get rid of’ any bad eggs.

I personally could understand a ‘1 year extension’ of sorts, but I can never understand people who blindly ignore what they have seen to back management. I think Kelly has served long enough at this stage and there isn’t enough evidence to warrant 3 more years. We are exactly in the same boat as ...

S & C wise, comparing Cork and Offaly is chalk and cheese. We’ve always had decent hurlers but unfortunately we don’t have the population to pick and choose the biggest athletes and turn them into hurlers. Realistically, how are we going to close the gap?

I do think there probably needs to be an ...

There will always be debate and disagreements regarding management decisions Snotser, that is normal. But unfortunately, this management team have had more than the normal and particularly Declan Kelly. We are right back where we started when he took the reins unfortunately. Obviously Mickey Harte ...

Based on what is said here, it appears that management teams do not have autonomy over who they can call in and who they can drop if not at the required level. I wonder does this go on in any other county? I highly, highly doubt it. Also, I don’t know this ARC group personally but I’ve heard it’s ...

I thought it was obvious that Johnny Kelly was trying to turn Cleary into a John Hetherton type player for us throughout the league. We just don’t have enough huge lads like that, maybe the game-time and training will help him but there is a lot of work to be done there yet and he’s a decent bit off ...