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by Lone Shark
Thu Dec 02, 2021 7:02 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Club Hurling championship
Replies: 217
Views: 126595

Re: Club Hurling championship

This Saturday, 1pm start in OCP against Kildalkey, Meath senior champions. Looks like a very tough one to call on paper. Seir Kieran beat these quite well two years ago, but Clodiagh Gaels mightn't quite be at that level, while by all accounts Kildalkey have got stronger since then. Clara, Shamrocks...
by Lone Shark
Sun Nov 28, 2021 10:31 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Leinster Football Championship 2022
Replies: 9
Views: 6758

Re: Leinster Football Championship 2022

Hone and away arrangements make sense when playing Laois or Westmeath. Not when travelling to Wexford. It was a financial decision at the time as we were practically broke due to the development of OCP. By far the most common neutral venues for Offaly vs Wexford championship games were Croke Park a...
by Lone Shark
Sun Nov 28, 2021 1:51 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Club Hurling championship
Replies: 217
Views: 126595

Re: Club Hurling championship

Reading some of the posts on here, it's as if people are taking it as some sort of slight on the people of St. Rynagh's and Coolderry that the county final is being described as a poor game. Nobody is going to stand here and argue for the right to be abusive or insulting towards either individuals o...
by Lone Shark
Mon Nov 22, 2021 12:02 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Club Hurling championship
Replies: 217
Views: 126595

Re: Club Hurling championship

You'd have to imagine David King will be in the mix. Probably was the best player on the field today as well, but it would be a fairly cruel form of torture to ask a Coolderry lad to go up and collect a man of the match award and smile for pictures with sponsors in the middle of the celebrating Ryn...
by Lone Shark
Sun Nov 21, 2021 10:38 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Club Hurling championship
Replies: 217
Views: 126595

Re: Club Hurling championship

You'd have to imagine David King will be in the mix. Probably was the best player on the field today as well, but it would be a fairly cruel form of torture to ask a Coolderry lad to go up and collect a man of the match award and smile for pictures with sponsors in the middle of the celebrating Ryna...
by Lone Shark
Thu Nov 18, 2021 3:56 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Football Championship 2021
Replies: 89
Views: 70186

Re: Offaly Senior Football Championship 2021

Just to pick up on Bracknaghboy's post above, if Niall McNamee is interested in togging out for Offaly in 2022, then absolutely, he should be welcomed to the panel with open arms and he would have a meaningful role to play. He's spent far too long in his career playing Division Three and Division Fo...
by Lone Shark
Sun Nov 14, 2021 9:41 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Football Championship 2021
Replies: 89
Views: 70186

Re: Offaly Senior Football Championship 2021

Absolutely zero chance of Leinster changing their fixture, it's for Offaly to decide if they want to put back the SHC "B" final a week. Right now I'd consider it unlikely that they'd do that for any club - and are they more or less likely than that to do it for Tullamore in particular? Tha...
by Lone Shark
Fri Nov 12, 2021 3:57 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Football Championship 2021
Replies: 89
Views: 70186

Re: Offaly Senior Football Championship 2021

I'm genuinely curious as to whether or not McNamee's reprieve will be a good thing for Rhode or not. Obviously every Rhode person will have to say out loud that he's a hugely positive influence on the team and on the game, yet there's no doubt that against a team with the mobility and pace of Tullam...
by Lone Shark
Thu Oct 14, 2021 11:24 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: SHC Round 5 Venue Roulette
Replies: 24
Views: 13378

Re: SHC Round 5 Venue Roulette

Thank you - my misunderstanding!
by Lone Shark
Wed Oct 13, 2021 9:54 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: SHC Round 5 Venue Roulette
Replies: 24
Views: 13378

Re: SHC Round 5 Venue Roulette

But how can that happen? If you only play the teams in the other group, then it's impossible to tie with someone you've already played, no?

Or is it that the top four teams qualify, regardless of what group they come from?
by Lone Shark
Wed Oct 13, 2021 4:30 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: SHC Round 5 Venue Roulette
Replies: 24
Views: 13378

Re: SHC Round 5 Venue Roulette

I think it boils down to the fact that we have 9 teams who are Senior standard in Offaly and when it comes down to it none of those 9 want to be on the outside of an 8 man tent looking in, as was the case for Seir Kieran in 2019 and Kinnitty in 2020. This is pretty much the case - however the probl...
by Lone Shark
Tue Oct 12, 2021 1:30 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: SHC Round 5 Venue Roulette
Replies: 24
Views: 13378

Re: SHC Round 5 Venue Roulette

Interesting premise. Actually, considering the geography involved, surely there would be a case to saying to the clubs involved in at least two of the games (KK vs Drumcullen, Clareen vs Coolderry, maybe even Shinrone vs Kinnitty and Birr vs Rynaghs) if they'd be interested in tossing a coin for hom...
by Lone Shark
Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:51 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: O'Connor Park lease debacle
Replies: 36
Views: 28785

Re: O'Connor Park lease debacle

Thank you. Hadn't seen that, and that does change the landscape a little bit all right.
by Lone Shark
Wed Sep 22, 2021 10:12 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: O'Connor Park lease debacle
Replies: 36
Views: 28785

Re: O'Connor Park lease debacle

Kevin Corrigan has his say here. County finals can be played in SBP Kevin. It can hold over 8,000 people. Not being smart, but can it? Last I heard the number was around 5,500. I'm absolutely open to being told otherwise, but Birr have kept it very quiet if they've made improvements to allow that s...
by Lone Shark
Fri Sep 17, 2021 12:18 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: O'Connor Park lease debacle
Replies: 36
Views: 28785

Re: O'Connor Park lease debacle

I think OMP was sold to Laois GAA, but I could be wrong. The ownership of Dr. Hyde Park is similarly messy, and there would be plenty of people in Roscommon who would have made the same argument, that the home club (Roscommon Gaels) should have been told to take a running jump. There is a slight dif...