Offaly Minor Hurling 2024

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The big hill
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Re: Offaly Minor Hurling 2024

Post by The big hill »

Banagher College lads couldnt play on this team meaning a big chunk of players were missing. Westmeath schools had a full team

Hasselhoff
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Re: Offaly Minor Hurling 2024

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What lads from banagher were missing?

Why is the standard so poor?

What can we do to replicate the under 20 we have at the moment or was it pure luck that team came together.

Faithfully
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Re: Offaly Minor Hurling 2024

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To be honest, there is no such thing as replicating that team that are the best in the country at their age group. By dint of numbers, we won't be able to achieve those heights the vast majority of the time.

Beating Laois, Westmeath, Antrim etc and being competitive with the next tier of Dublin, Kilkenny, Wexford is what we need to target at underage.

The last 2 years at minor have done that, in fairness, despite not being anywhere near the level of the 2022 side. I suspect next year will be similar.

We have a decent crop of U15s, that's not to say that they are on the same level of the 2022 group, but they can certainly be highly competitive in Leinster in 2026.

faithfulfanatic
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Re: Offaly Minor Hurling 2024

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Hasselhoff wrote: Sat Nov 16, 2024 10:54 am What lads from banagher were missing?

Why is the standard so poor?

What can we do to replicate the under 20 we have at the moment or was it pure luck that team came together.
Molloy and Scully from Rynaghs, perhaps some other Belmont, Lusmagh or Drumcullen lads. Plenty Lorrha, Kiltormer and Meelick-Eyrecourt players that would have been good enough to make the combined schools teams over the last few years but seems to have been decided by those in charge that just Offaly players would play. Cistercian and St Brendans would probably have a couple from outside Offaly good enough aswell.

Probably some Shinrone and Skenach lads that go to Colaiste Phobal Roscrea that can’t play. Other than that, most clubs would have full representation available.

The big hill
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Re: Offaly Minor Hurling 2024

Post by The big hill »

The last post I made was a bit conservative but from a critical standpoint when have Offaly last lost to Westmeath in underage and I thought the starting team wasnt great the goalkeeper doesnt play in goals and the lads on the bench looked better than the starting team

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