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- Mon Oct 07, 2013 10:31 pm
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: New Hurling League.
- Replies: 53
- Views: 43181
Re: New Hurling League.
Padraig Boland makes a good strong statement on this today, picked up by RTE, Irish Times etc. Comparing the rejigging of the league to suit Cork to the attempts by French and English rugby teams to reinvent the European cup to suit their own - financial - desires. Calls a spade a spade, fair play. ...
- Tue Sep 10, 2013 6:53 pm
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: Offaly All Ireland Referees
- Replies: 17
- Views: 18552
Re: Offaly All Ireland Referees
Absolutely take your point POTH about the rulebook either being enforced or amended, and absolutely striking with the hurl is and should be a red card offence. I suppose I was pre-empting the hard time Gavin was going to get by saying he did a good job overall and that I could see where he was comin...
- Sun Sep 08, 2013 8:39 pm
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: Offaly All Ireland Referees
- Replies: 17
- Views: 18552
Re: Offaly All Ireland Referees
Brian Gavin might well get it in the neck for his performance today but I think he did very well. I feel he reffed it as a supporter would want it rather than to the letter of the law as regards the possible sending off and the extra extra time for Clare's equaliser. The striking incident in the fir...
- Mon Jul 09, 2012 5:18 pm
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: Cats bet by Galway
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8202
Re: Cats bet by Galway
Somebody lost money...
- Sat May 19, 2012 12:44 am
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: Offaly minor hurlers
- Replies: 97
- Views: 63245
Re: Offaly minor hurlers
The big issue though is parents, very few encourage the kids out to play football and hurling. Kids are basically unfit, I can see now a situation where we are going to have to do fitness training as part of training u10s and 12s in the not too distannt, as opposed to skills and games. Kids have po...
- Fri May 11, 2012 2:18 pm
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: Offaly minor hurlers
- Replies: 97
- Views: 63245
Re: Offaly minor hurlers
The problem in Offaly is your living on tradition We've enough angst of our own on this issue as you'd see in every other thread on here, thanks. The big issue though is parents, very few encourage the kids out to play football and hurling. Kids are basically unfit, I can see now a situation where ...
- Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:50 pm
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: Faithful Pioneers: Offalys Football Breakthrough, 1960/61
- Replies: 27
- Views: 32072
Re: Faithful Pioneers: Offalys Football Breakthrough, 1960/6
Just one other thing, I went to one of the shops selling the book especially to buy it and searched all over, expecting a prominent display somewhere. In the end I had to ask at the counter, where the girl rummaged around and got a copy for me. Hopefully this was because they'd only just arrived an...
- Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:10 am
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: Faithful Pioneers: Offalys Football Breakthrough, 1960/61
- Replies: 27
- Views: 32072
Re: Faithful Pioneers: Offalys Football Breakthrough, 1960/6
Just one other thing, I went to one of the shops selling the book especially to buy it and searched all over, expecting a prominent display somewhere. In the end I had to ask at the counter, where the girl rummaged around and got a copy for me. Hopefully this was because they'd only just arrived and...
- Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:02 am
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: Faithful Pioneers: Offalys Football Breakthrough, 1960/61
- Replies: 27
- Views: 32072
Re: Faithful Pioneers: Offalys Football Breakthrough, 1960/6
Got a copy of the book today and having skimmed through parts of it quickly would highly recommend it for anyone with an interest in Offaly football, some great first hand insights. As POTH mentioned, it's unfortunate the print is so small, particularly as many who would have personal memories of th...
- Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:20 am
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: Hurling League Restructuring
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2974
Re: Hurling League Restructuring
I think the new league structure is daft. It's literally promoting a two-tiered structure in hurling. Teams like Offaly need to be playing the top teams. It is also very hard on Limerick and Wexford who are effectively being demoted. I accept that the GAA wants to minimise one-sided games but in th...
- Tue Aug 16, 2011 11:10 am
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: Offaly Jersey
- Replies: 9
- Views: 8004
Re: Offaly Jersey
Here you go My Left Foot.
That's a fair tan Tim Cahill got on the bog this year.
That's a fair tan Tim Cahill got on the bog this year.
- Sun Jul 31, 2011 8:12 pm
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: Toughness in Football
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8614
Re: Toughness in Football
remember the free Clare got to draw the first game in 1998 i left that day feeling like we were rode out of a win, so how do kildare feel they had no luck last year with down's square ball goal. maybe they have no luck for putting Down flags out the windows in kildare town in 1960 and 61 when offal...
- Thu Jul 21, 2011 8:20 pm
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: Offaly Hurlers catch a break?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9069
Re: Offaly Hurlers catch a break?
You can see this guy's point from a Wicklow hurling point of view, and yes, as has been pointed out by ManfromDelmonte, this new system would primarily benefit the strongest division 1 counties. In reality, we'd be in a 6 county division 2 in all but name, calling it 1B makes no odds, but from an Of...
- Thu Jul 14, 2011 10:35 pm
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: Offaly Hurlers catch a break?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9069
Re: Offaly Hurlers catch a break?
Loks like a better system alright. The League format should be such that the best interests of hurling in the greatest number of counties are looked after and obviously the present system doesn't do that. This way established counties like Offaly, Wexford, Clare, Limerick and Antrim have less chance...
- Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:48 pm
- Forum: Offaly GAA
- Topic: Toughness in Football
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8614
Re: Toughness in Football
Interesting article I thought in today's Irish Times by Seán Moran http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2011/0629/1224299729047.html I wouldn't agree that MacLochlainn on Brogan was a foul, and to be honest I wouldn't even assume, as the article suggests, that the ref's instinct was to "ca...