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While it is a disappointing way to finish the season, I would say that Brosna Gaels will be delighted with their year overall. There is a lot to be said for keeping lads hurling into the middle of November, as it is perfect preperation for returning to Senior next season. With no football to worry a...

It's Lone "Rain Man" Shark!

Now for a bonus point, what will Niall Wynne eat for breakfast tomorrow?

Interesting appointment of the management team at the Under 21 grade tonight. This just in from Midlands Radio:

Paschal Kellaghan is the new Offaly Under 21 football manager; Tony Kenny, Ger Rafferty, Benny O'Brien and Mark Daly are his backroom team.

It is on their Facebook page, which has lots of interviews, results, fixtures.

Here is the direct link to the piece on the YouTube page:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... aQsEsaPC2U

McManus fires parting shot at county board Journalists (or editors/headline writers) are their own worst enemy! Reading the headline in the article above, I had a listen online to the Radio 3 interview with McManus. I was expecting some type of a rant from him, based on the headline. What I listene...

Was actually talking to a lad about this a couple of weeks ago and we were wondering if he would stay going again. I wonder did the issue with the delay in appointing the new manager have any influence on his decision or was his mind already made up. I presume he will keep going for Tubber, as he st...

Long list of names there alright. Although, I would see it as a combination of factors and not just that they should not have been let fall through. For some of them they were not good enough, some of them didn't want to make the choice to be an inter county footballer, some of it was also down to m...

Haven't read the book yet, but I have heard a couple of the radio interviews. Duignan is a very natural and comfortable speaker, which makes for a lot better interview than you get with a lot of GAA folk. One point that was made so many times during the era in question (80s minor teams and senior te...

Speaking of 2006, I had a look at the highlights of the 2006 Leinster Final on youtube. While we were well beaten in the end, it was a credible performance from Offaly. Having a man sent off with 20 mins to go did not help matters, but the game was already slipping from us at that stage. Anyway, the...

As I said in my post, my question is a genuine question - I honestly don't know what either of the 2 selectors are up to, so I asked. For all I know, Corrigan could be the manager of some club currently or maybe Podge is doing great work in Rynaghs underage, or maybe both of them have not been invol...

With the manager and the trainer from outside of the county, I persume the main role of the selectors is to bring their local knowledge and inside track on players. How active would both Paudge and Mark be in the club scene or county scene in recent times? Are they involved in any underage teams, de...

I thought with Rhode winning the intermediate, that Shamrocks would be able to stay Senior, since no team is coming up. Was it known before the beginning of the year, that the bottom place senior team would be relegated no matter what happened in intermediate i.e. if Brigid's had won, next years sen...

Not sure this conversation is particularly suited to a thread that goes by the name of 'most unpopular clubs in Offaly'. I can only imagine LS dismay when he read 'West Offaly Power's comments :) - as club PRO you'll have to give the young bull some media training, GAA style - tell them nothing, giv...

I don't think anybody could argue that intercounty players should be entitled to realistic travel expenses - at least enough to cover their fuel costs for training. I think they should also be paid their wage equivalent when they miss work through injury. Players are generally well looked after whe...

I had written a spiel, and then PC crashed, so I don't have the heart to rewrite it all again. But here are my quick points: (by the way, these are general comments and not about James Rigney) 1. Why dont we set up a thread called 'Offaly jobs' - use it for people to post their skills and state thei...