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I don't know about a good place kicker being worth 4/5 per game, and it depends how much you sacrifice in open play. Also, you have to ask yourself who is this player? Who on the club scene is consistently kicking 45s and the like? John O'Neill? I say let Kelly have a go. It's not like we'll get cau...

At the risk of sounding biased - I think it's harsh to say Jimmy wasn't playing well - he had already fielded a few, and with Mayo having to operate without Brady or McGarrity, looked like he'd continue to generate a lot of ball around the middle. Where I would have said he looked weak was in terms ...

Offaly (SH v Kildare): B Mullins; K Grogan, J Brady, C Cassidy; D Hoctor, G Hanniffy, K Brady; M Corcoran, G Oakley; P Mulhare, M O’Hara, R Hanniffy; C Parlon, S Brown, D Murray. Thought provoking if nothing else. A few people had mentioned Rory Hanniffy at 6, and I don't recall hearing the notion o...

I think this places huge pressure on Shaper up front. Jimmy Paw has been middling at best, and it's hard to see an awful lot of creativity in that HF line. He's now going to have to account for thirty percent of the scores from play of the team. Big ask. I can see the logic to a certain degree, alth...

The Shark will be in attendance, on the Hill as always!

So I fully expect all ye lurkers in the shadows to come out from hiding and make sure ye join us......

(A lot of people have been very shy so far )

"Despite this, when it comes to prioritising participation in the U21 or Senior squads, in this particular year I would tend to give the nod to the U21s. We accept that we have our strongest team at this level for many years, and Niall will have many more years at Senior level ahead of him. &qu...

A few interesting observations there, but going through the team, I'd say we'll still see a certain amount of "reverting to type" come the summer. Even allowing for Joe at FB, I'd say Cassidy will end up on the wing. Small and all as he is he tends not to get dominated under the dropping b...

I think 90% of that forward line is half mental. That's 43% of the problem.

My main concern would be that if the county tries to milk the whole year out of him, we get Niall operating at 70% all year, Rhode go ahead and have a good year without him, UCD try to get him to put it off just till after the Sigerson, and we get him back next March in the same situation he is now....

It's an awful long way between now and the end of the year to be thinking like that. Whatever about the hamstring, when do people think this operation will happen? Now, when the U-21's are missing their key forward? In the Summer, when Kilmurray will need him for Offaly? In the Autumn, when Rhode's ...

I'd love to believe it, but it's just that the Munster and Ulster schools have been dominant in this grade for a while now, and much and all as they might want it, there's still not a lot you can do when you're up against sides laden with intercounty players. The truth is that the Offaly Minor footb...

It's exactly as I said - no-one does. We don't have an alternative. I'm not knocking Mark Daly's contribution, but too many of his deliveries go very askew for him to play this role. As a mobile midfielder with both reasonable fielding and good vision he's not bad - I definitely think he has a role ...

Does anyone know anything about this? I'm hearing all sorts of different stories, including one reference on H*******d of him being out for 6 weeks. Now I was at the game in KK when he went off, and while it looked dodgy, the lads on the bench at the time reckoned he was fine. I don't think it's nec...

I have to confess to not having made the trip. Venturing back home to do the cooking on the day that was in it was the extent of my travelling. I'd be slow to rush to judgement, on a few grounds. (1) Niall Mac not playing invariably leaves us very toothless up front. He's the only real proven goalsc...

I just reckon that the day of the "edge of the square" full forward is gone, and that catching a ball is much more valuable at CB than at full. Look at the lads likely to be wearing 14 for their counties this summer - Eoin Kelly, Neil Ronan/Joe Deane, Gilligan, Jacob, Brennan. The only pot...