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by GreatDayForTheParish
Fri Dec 15, 2023 12:58 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: JP McManus donation
Replies: 15
Views: 111954

Re: JP McManus donation

Unpopular opinion I know, but instead of each club getting 12,000, a relatively small amount, I’d rather it was kept by the county board to fund capital infrastructure or clear debt on FF or OCP.
by GreatDayForTheParish
Fri Nov 17, 2023 11:09 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: New club football format
Replies: 21
Views: 131300

Re: New club football format

This is so bad is there anyway it can be reversed?

Following the, I think, uniformly negative reaction, could it be voted on again or alternative structures proposed at the next county board meeting?
by GreatDayForTheParish
Wed Nov 15, 2023 4:14 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: New club football format
Replies: 21
Views: 131300

Re: New club football format

This format is absolutely farcical. One of biggest issues facing both the inter-county and club GAA calendars is the amount of time spent on meaningless games and/or meaningless competitions. The January inter-county competitions, the club and inter-county leagues, etc etc. This is the latest exampl...
by GreatDayForTheParish
Tue Nov 14, 2023 9:40 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior A Hurling Championship 2023
Replies: 435
Views: 1687838

Re: Offaly Senior A Hurling Championship 2023

greenairfield wrote: Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:44 pm Can anybody see kk been beaten in the near future ? In offaly that is .
No.

Odds are, we’re at the beginning of a Ballygunner style domination. The only other club in Offaly who could make a reasonable claim to get better over the coming years and thus mount a challenge is Ballinamere.
by GreatDayForTheParish
Mon Nov 13, 2023 9:11 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Intermediate Club Hurling Championship 2023
Replies: 72
Views: 181537

Re: Offaly Intermediate Club Hurling Championship 2023

greenairfield wrote: Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:27 pm Would love to know size of clubs geographical area from highest to lowest in Offaly. Surely kk would be the biggest.

Land doesn’t play GAA, people do.

But yes, KK must be up there area wise along Drumcullen.
by GreatDayForTheParish
Sun Oct 29, 2023 11:29 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024
Replies: 363
Views: 894924

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

What would the expectations be for next year? For what its worth here is what I think. For too long now we have been making up excuses that we are in transition and I'm hearing it again these days. That's absolute rubbish. We are not in transition or at least should not be. Unlike underage hurling,...
by GreatDayForTheParish
Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:07 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024
Replies: 363
Views: 894924

Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2024

FJB wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 1:09 am We'd be better off in Portlaoise. They have a dreadful home record but never too bad in Tullamore.
We should be a good bit better than them.


Are you also aware that we just about managed to draw with them in the Taitleann cup this year?
by GreatDayForTheParish
Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:35 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Club football championship 2023
Replies: 195
Views: 703640

Re: Club football championship 2023

frankthetank wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:30 pm Any of the stattos know in what year did Tullamore last win a Leinster club championship game?
As far as I am aware, Tullamore have never won a Leinster club championship game. I am open to correction on that though.
by GreatDayForTheParish
Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:34 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Club football championship 2023
Replies: 195
Views: 703640

Re: Club football championship 2023

For the forward talent at their disposal, they are falling short of where they could be I'd feel. To score only 2 pts in second half at home after a month lay off and lots of prep time is fairly poor. They should have been mad keen to go at Summerhill today at home, but showed same old failings. Th...
by GreatDayForTheParish
Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:17 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Club football championship 2023
Replies: 195
Views: 703640

Re: Club football championship 2023

Scoring two points in a second half won't win you many games. Tullamore's travails in attack are by now a recurring theme.
by GreatDayForTheParish
Sun Sep 10, 2023 6:16 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Club football championship 2023
Replies: 195
Views: 703640

Re: Club football championship 2023

Two very compelling games over the weekend, the result could have gone either way in both matches. Both Rhode and Edenderry will be sick and both had some fantastic individual performances in Ruairi McNamee and Anton Sullivan for Rhode and Cian Farrell for Edenderry, among others. Great entertainmen...
by GreatDayForTheParish
Wed Aug 30, 2023 2:26 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly U20 footballers 2023
Replies: 67
Views: 139720

Re: Offaly U20 footballers 2023

Bord na Mona man wrote: Wed Aug 30, 2023 12:01 pm Changed times. 11 years ago St Michaels were miles ahead.
https://sites.google.com/a/gaa.ie/offal ... tleinstyle
How the wheel turns.
by GreatDayForTheParish
Tue Aug 29, 2023 10:22 pm
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly U20 footballers 2023
Replies: 67
Views: 139720

Re: Offaly U20 footballers 2023

Eye catching result tonight in the U-20 football championship. Tullamore 4-15 St Michael’s 0-01.
by GreatDayForTheParish
Wed Aug 23, 2023 11:08 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior Football Team - Championship 2023
Replies: 392
Views: 428721

Re: Offaly Senior Football Team - Championship 2023

An incredible amount of nonsense being talked here. Too much to counter individually. In brief, there is huge potential in Offaly football at the moment. The problem is not tempering expectation, it’s the exact opposite. It’s believing that, with the right preparation, we can be much, much better th...
by GreatDayForTheParish
Wed Aug 23, 2023 10:23 am
Forum: Offaly GAA
Topic: Offaly Senior A Hurling Championship 2023
Replies: 435
Views: 1687838

Re: Offaly Senior A Hurling Championship 2023

8 teams in the Senior Championship. Everybody plays each other. Top four to seeded semi finals. Bottom two to relegation final. Fifth and sixth: See you next year. That provides an extremely competitive group series with every game of vital importance. It also provides more guaranteed championship g...