Re: Byrne v Duignan
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2019 10:39 am
I did not realise a certain club man of my own was still on the county board....who said we had made improvements at CB level?
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Apologies. A mixture of tiredness and Halloween!kingscounty wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2019 10:20 amI wasn’t referring to the county board my good man I was referring to the committee in Edenderry as to having all football orientated members on the committee, that’s not farcical at all!LooseCannon wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2019 12:54 am If you look at the county board management committee for 2019.
Tommy Byrne (Gracefield-Dual) Chairperson
Niall Gleeson (Kilcormac/Killoughey-Dual) Vice Chairperson
Pat Horan (St Rynagh’s Hurling-Hurling) Secretary
Pauric Pierce (Raheen-Football) Assistant Secretary (fixtures)
Jimmy Hogan (Birr-Dual) Treasurer
Brian Flynn (Ferbane-Football) Assistant Treasurer
Mary Dunne (Ballyfore-Football) PRO
Paddy Scales (St Rynagh’s Hurling-Hurling) Central Council Delegate
Dolores Slevin (Kilcormac/Killoughey-Dual) Leinster Council Delegate
Joe Higgins (Tubber-Football) Leinster Council Delegate
James Murphy (Rhode-Football) Development Officer
Nora Kavanagh (Tullamore-Dual) Childern’s Officer
John Maloney (Tullamore-Dual) Cultural Officer
Martin Cashen (Carrig & Riverstown-Hurling) Coaching Officer
Ger Maher (Shinrone-Hurling) Coiste na nÓg Chairperson
Breakdown of clubs:
Dual: 6
Football only: 5
Hurling only: 4
The idea that it’s a football orientated board is kinda farcical. Pretty balanced actually. That being said, it’d be great if the people were from a greater spread of clubs, but it’s fairly balanced between the two codes.
Your first line was...greenairfield wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:04 pm Lone shark I did not lambast him once in that post I have to give it to you your a great man to put words in other peoples mouth.
Anyway, on to the substance of the matter.Okay so I wont give you all the negatives on why Tommy is not the man to take us forward I think anyone with any brains would realise he is not.
Okay, now we're getting somewhere. This is what I was looking for in the first place - I'm not convinced that a good fundraiser needs to be the CB chairman, but at least now you're getting into reasons why MD is the right man, as opposed to (in your opinion) Tommy being the wrong man, and literally anyone else being better.greenairfield wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2019 6:04 pm Duignan is a phenomenal fundraiser, someone who is phenomenal fundraiser is a hard worker,organised, good with people and usually works of a structure...all traits which would be so valuable to a good county board chairman.
For that reason along with the progress in the B/D club hurling scene because of him and couple of others hes a stand out candidate for me.
Well considering Bracknagh Boy is so concerned with the plight of Offaly hurling in North Offaly surely he could start a parish team for St Broughans? Like in fairness he'd have three clubs to pull out of to get it going. Numbers shouldn't be an issue.offalyman08 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2019 9:30 am They've started from scratch but there are actually 3 underage hurling teams in Edenderry in 2019 & you'd have to imagine that should grow to at least 4-5 next year. Someone suggested here a while back that this was done in order to get money but refused to clarify the comment. I've never heard of the county board paying clubs to enter teams but perhaps that is a new rule I'm not familiar with. I always thought you actually paid the county board to enter a team....
It may not please everyone, especially does intent on being negative, but you have to start somewhere. From the outside looking in, similar to Offaly hurling, this problem didn't start in the last 5 or 6 years. Hurling must have been neglected going back over the last 20 years.
With the addition of teams from St Broughan's and St Vincent's (7 clubs in total huge population) there's no reason why hurling shouldn't grow in North Offaly. Unless the "we've no tradition of hurling" brigade start piping up again trying to cover up their own clubs flaws.
frankthetank wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2019 4:27 pmClodiagh Gaels are a dual club in North Offaly, as are Shamrocks, Tullamore, Ballinamere/ Durrow underage, hurling end Ballinamere, and Clara IHC champions.offalyman08 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2019 9:30 am They've started from scratch but there are actually 3 underage hurling teams in Edenderry in 2019 & you'd have to imagine that should grow to at least 4-5 next year. Someone suggested here a while back that this was done in order to get money but refused to clarify the comment. I've never heard of the county board paying clubs to enter teams but perhaps that is a new rule I'm not familiar with. I always thought you actually paid the county board to enter a team....
It may not please everyone, especially does intent on being negative, but you have to start somewhere. From the outside looking in, similar to Offaly hurling, this problem didn't start in the last 5 or 6 years. Hurling must have been neglected going back over the last 20 years.
With the addition of teams from St Broughan's and St Vincent's (7 clubs in total huge population) there's no reason why hurling shouldn't grow in North Offaly. Unless the "we've no tradition of hurling" brigade start piping up again trying to cover up their own clubs flaws.
I think the point is to promote hurling in traditional football areas, in North East Offaly. A great idea, as Offaly hurling needs the widest possible base.
Edenderry did have an adult hurling team, and Gracefield have a hurling team.
Well considering Bracknagh Boy is so concerned with the plight of Offaly hurling in North Offaly surely he could start a parish team for St Broughans? Like in fairness he'd have three clubs to pull out of to get it going. Numbers shouldn't be an issue.
Couple of issues with this post.offalys future2 wrote: ↑Sat Nov 09, 2019 10:58 pm It's unreal 8 years on and to see the same nonsense with Offaly GAA.
There is this line been peddled out at the moment that things are going great. Are people fuckin serious. The senior hurlers are not even eligible for the walsh cup ffs. And apart from 2 lucky draws in the qualifiers the footballers would be in the same boat as they always are.
Its very interesting to see outside of match scores how the twitter has increased no end over the past 2 months.
There is still no plan in place for the future of Offaly GAA.
Duignan i hope gets in. He along with Kieran Keenaghan and their committee raised the money for the faithful fields it had nothing to do with Tommy Byrne.
What is very obvious over the past few years is that as the county GAA has been totally mismanaged there are quite a few people that have filled the airwaves and newspapers with pure and utter tripe in order to enhance their profile. Namely - K.E, P.N, M.V, WOC, JT, BG, DR ..............the list goes on.
This is the bit that I'm looking forward to hearing about. It's one thing to complain about things that have happened, it's quite another to put on record your views on specific goals that you think are achievable, and how you plan to get there. Michael Duignan has said that he wants to talk to the clubs first before doing any interviews, and I respect that - but I genuinely look forward to hearing what he has to say on stuff like this in the next week or two.Hasselhoff wrote: ↑Sun Nov 10, 2019 6:35 pm Duignan raised 800k apparently for the faithful fields. He was also part of getting ocp redeveloped. He has good business connections.
I think he is worth a shot for reasons I outlined already in this thread.
Lads are always giving out about County board and he is a credible alternative and lads here won't back him.
Its bad for any organisation and club to have the same lads over it all the time. We need change and areas to be addressed. Duignan has said so in the media and he has a vision of where he wants to go. He has not sat on the sidelines but put himself forward.
I have put my argument forward for duignan. What are the arguments for Tommy?
Me too.Lone Shark wrote: ↑Mon Nov 11, 2019 12:37 am This is the bit that I'm looking forward to hearing about. It's one thing to complain about things that have happened, it's quite another to put on record your views on specific goals that you think are achievable, and how you plan to get there. Michael Duignan has said that he wants to talk to the clubs first before doing any interviews, and I respect that - but I genuinely look forward to hearing what he has to say on stuff like this in the next week or two.