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Very apparent that the management team have taken this group as far as they are going to.

The only pattern of play that we seem to have built on is a short puckout where we play one pass to a loose man and he then switches to the other wing where Hoare makes a run out. Hoare then plays a long ball ...

No ball sticking in our full forward line again, and again no changes made. Our striking, ball-handling and first touch is certainly a 'work on'.

Massively impressed with Ben and Killian who showed they can mix it with the best, we are lucky to have them.

Plenty of lads getting experience but I ...

Johnny kellys team selections baffles me...
For a successful manager im suprised at the amount of swaping and moving he does no players seem to get a decent run at one position.
To top if off he constantly plays certain players no matter how bad their performance is.


Am certainly not trying to ...

L Hoare

B Conneelly
C Burke
J Mahon

B Kavanagh
K Sampson
D Shirley

C King
T GuInan

D Bourke
D Ravenhill
O Kelly

C Mitchell
B Duignan
A Screeney

Disappointed overall, not sure where people are seeing optimism. A very average Galway side and their hurling was a level above us.

Full back line did pretty well given they were under a nice bit of pressure. Ben is really solid at full back. Hoare did his bit between the sticks.

Thought Sampson ...

Really feel we can get something out of this game with a strong lineup out.

Would like to see a consistent performance across the 70 minutes for starters. Need to see a couple of goals too.

Excited to see the stability Sampson brings to centre back and brilliant to see Shirley in his best position.

Hopefully the ground in SBP holds up for this weekend.

Any indications on injured players returning? We could really do with getting some game time into Shirley, Sampson, Burke, Rigney, Mahon, Mitchell et al. Championship is only just over 8 weeks away

A lot of positives to take from today for sure, but the same old problems coming to the fore....not being able to win our own puckouts, fading out of games and a lack of goals.

The positives:

- the two Ben's in the full back line were excellent. Miller is really holding his own at this level which ...

An away trip to ballinasloe for the diehards. Proper January hurling today, hard to read much into it.

It looked like James Mahon picked up a nasty injury, hopefully he makes a quick recovery.

We tried to play a short passing and running game which probably made sense in the conditions but broke ...

They get another game anyway, losers go into shield.
Have played 3 challenge matches in the last few weeks aswell


Any reports from those challenge games?


Beat Clare.
Much changed team well beaten by Waterford.
Lost to NUIG with a good few injuries and 5-6 of the Offaly lads hurling ...

A win is a win, that being said results don't matter this time of year.

Hard to read anything into it - it's fair to say the heavy ground doesn't suit this team at all.

Was disappointed with O'Toole in goals, kickouts werent great and didn't really bother to get down to stop any of the goals ...

National League prediction for Offaly: 0 points

Championship prediction for Offaly: Beat Wexford and Kildare.
Leinster Championship winner: Kilkenny
Munster Championship winner: Cork
Joe McDonagh winner: Laois
All Ireland winner: Limerick

Offaly star player 2026: Charlie Mitchell
Outside shout ...

Do we know of any new additions to the panel and how we have got on in any challenges if any have been played as of yet?

After his year this year, the obvious solution for me is for Sampson to be centre back and Shirley pushed onto the wing. Maybe we might be light on forwards, so he’ll be pushed up and he can definitely do an equal job up there in my eyes. In terms of getting the best out of the squad, I think ...

Not much to add to what's already been contributed here but I did want to give Daniel Hand a call out, particularly in the first half.
Excellent game by him and Jordan Quinn. On top of that and Charlie Mitchell hit some scores right out of the top drawer, he also looks to have physically put some ...