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Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 9:47 pm
by pigeon house biffo
All valid points above but the prevailing wind seems to be that we shouldn’t be losing to that level of opposition regardless of context

Physically undercooked which there is no short term fix for. Indeed it could be the next manager after kelly that reaps that harvest, if we believe that that work is being done now. There was one stage during the game where Offaly were breaking on the counter, and our lad with the ball ended up being caught by a dublin player who absolutely ate up ground to track back. Seemed to sum up our plight. A lot of these offaly lads are in at least their 3rd year of senior inter county and you’d have to question the work thats been done on an S&C basis, in both codes, if this is the peak of athletic development we can muster.

Not meant to come across harsh. The league will be played off in not dissimilar weather than today. The league is the most important competition we play in. We look destined to be in for a tough year. Couple of bodies like Hayes and Cunningham would help bolster us. Hayes is probably the only player you would look at and say ‘he definitely plays intercounty’. He should be the rule, not the exception.

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:59 pm
by Superhans75
Awful!

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:19 pm
by timber
Agree with all the contributors here that this was an awful display and a awful result. that Dublin had nothing worth talking about and as bad as Offaly currently are they should have been able to beat what was up against them by 4 or 5 points. The big thing to note is, this was a development Dublin and a loaded senior Offaly team with loads of established experienced players. We have to be fair to anybody young and very new to intercounty but the experienced players really need to take a good hard look at themselves.

I do think fixing two games in 4 days is terrible. GAA do not have a clue if thats the way they treat players.

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:14 pm
by faithfulfanatic
Is Keith O’Neill involved with the seniors this year?
Really fast and exciting player.

Scored 1-1 for Maynooth last night.
Aaron Brazil and one of the Plunkett brothers also playing in a win over MTU Cork.

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:23 pm
by Anonymous1
faithfulfanatic wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:14 pm Is Keith O’Neill involved with the seniors this year?
Really fast and exciting player.

Scored 1-1 for Maynooth last night.
Aaron Brazil and one of the Plunkett brothers also playing in a win over MTU Cork.
I think he may have been injured again recently but he should be involved if not already.

Anybody know if Bill Carroll is in or Jamie Evans?

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 12:29 am
by jimbob17
Anonymous1 wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2024 11:23 pm
faithfulfanatic wrote: Wed Jan 10, 2024 9:14 pm Is Keith O’Neill involved with the seniors this year?
Really fast and exciting player.

Scored 1-1 for Maynooth last night.
Aaron Brazil and one of the Plunkett brothers also playing in a win over MTU Cork.
I think he may have been injured again recently but he should be involved if not already.

Anybody know if Bill Carroll is in or Jamie Evans?
I am not certain and cannot say definitively, but I have been told by fairly reliable source that neither Carroll, nor Evans are involved. I found that surprising as I'd have expected both would have something to offer given they are good athletes, good footballers and in the 24-27 approx age group

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:32 am
by Superhans75
Anyone going for a prediction of who the winners and losers will be in division 3 this year.
Always great to see myself and others wrong
Lol 🤗

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:09 am
by faithfulfanatic
Promoted: Down & Offaly

Relegated: WIcklow and Sligo

Limerick and Clare are both down a good few lads but I can't see them being as bad as many are predicting.

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:25 pm
by TownieInOz
Superhans75 wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:32 am Anyone going for a prediction of who the winners and losers will be in division 3 this year.
Always great to see myself and others wrong
Lol 🤗
Promoted: Down and Westmeath

Relegated: Wicklow and Sligo.

Unfortunately id be massively shocked if Offaly were to be promoted, not usually this pessimistic.

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 6:49 pm
by SearingDrive
TownieInOz wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 4:25 pm
Superhans75 wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:32 am Anyone going for a prediction of who the winners and losers will be in division 3 this year.
Always great to see myself and others wrong
Lol 🤗
Promoted: Down and Westmeath

Relegated: Wicklow and Sligo.

Unfortunately id be massively shocked if Offaly were to be promoted, not usually this pessimistic.
Agree with Down and Westmeath for Dublin v2. Not Offaly, relegation Limerick, Wicklow.

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:34 pm
by Bord na Mona man
Promoted: Offaly and Down

Relegated: Westmeath and Wicklow

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:38 pm
by bracknaghboy
Bord na Mona man wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:34 pm Promoted: Offaly and Down
Someone's on the weed again.

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:53 pm
by Bord na Mona man
bracknaghboy wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:38 pm
Bord na Mona man wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:34 pm Promoted: Offaly and Down
Someone's on the weed again.
While Down were a disappointment in the the Tailteann final, I think they are on an upward trajectory.

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:25 pm
by Lone Shark
Down and Sligo to go up, Wicklow and Clare to go down for me. Clare have lost far too many good players to be able to keep things on an even keel.

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:33 pm
by pigeon house biffo
Lone Shark wrote: Thu Jan 11, 2024 9:25 pm Down and Sligo to go up, Wicklow and Clare to go down for me. Clare have lost far too many good players to be able to keep things on an even keel.
Interested to hear the rationale behind Sligo??