Offaly Senior Football 2026

[biffinbanner]

the laois game is an even money game. the fact were 150/1 to win leinster and kidare are 14/1 thats all you all you need to know about how the bookies rate our chances against them if we do happen to beat laois.

[Fairplayalways]

Is paddy dunican and Flynn both write offs for the tailteann cup does anyone know ? Anyone any idea on furlong ?

Commentators said on Sunday during Cavan game that it looks like Paddy Dunican is gone for championship as well, no mention of Flynn in that vein.

[Fairplayalways]

the laois game is an even money game. the fact were 150/1 to win leinster and kidare are 14/1 thats all you all you need to know about how the bookies rate our chances against them if we do happen to beat laois.

upto a game or two ago, a good run/even winning the Tailteann was the expectations of a few on here, that seems to have receded now..I was wondering what they were basing their optimism on to be honest..

[biffinbanner]

lads suggesting if we bothered about it there was no bother winning it even tho it was a bit beneath us!!

[del]

Why are Offaly MGT bothering naming a team when the dog on the street knows that’s not the team starting and there is a player not in the 26 that is starting tomorrow.
This is becoming a laugh at this stage.

[Anonymous1]

The dog on the street does not know the team.

You know it because you know a player.

Other people know players too and know the team early but they don’t get their phone out and deliberately try to undermine the team and management by revealing the actual team.

If you call yourself an Offaly supporter then you should support them all the time, irregardless of whether the players you’re related to are playing or not.

Sadly, some “fans” would rather leak team news in the hope it helps them lose and ultimately causes the management to go so their relatives might get a better shake with a new broom.

It’s unbecoming of any Offaly supporter and leaks should be routed out of the dressing room asap.

[Lone Shark]

The dog on the street does not know the team.

You know it because you know a player.

Other people know players too and know the team early but they don’t get their phone out and deliberately try to undermine the team and management by revealing the actual team.

If you call yourself an Offaly supporter then you should support them all the time, irregardless of whether the players you’re related to are playing or not.

Sadly, some “fans” would rather leak team news in the hope it helps them lose and ultimately causes the management to go so their relatives might get a better shake with a new broom.

It’s unbecoming of any Offaly supporter and leaks should be routed out of the dressing room asap.

I'm not saying I disagree with this, but one thing that can be said with certainty is that in a properly functioning group dynamic, this doesn't get out. If you're playing for Donegal under Jim McGuinness, if you were playing for Dublin under Jim Gavin or Kilkenny under Brian Cody, this stuff NEVER got leaked. For the love of God, Stephen Cluxton - a man you could legitimately argue is the most influential player ever to play gaelic football - was back training with Dublin in advance of their league game against Louth this time three years ago, he was then named on the bench for that game in Croke Park, and if there is a journalist or a Dublin supporter who knew that was coming before it was announced over the tannoy, I haven't met them since.

Even back as far as the Ger Loughnane era, I had a work experience stint in a company alongside the partner of one of the main Clare players of that era. She freely admitted that when it came to what was going on inside the walls of the training ground, she didn't ask anything, because she wasn't going to be told - and no, it's not that I was asking for specifics!

The McGee brothers in Donegal used to say the same about when one or two of them was on the panel but the others weren't, nothing was asked and nothing was said between them, because they all understood that the sanctity of the dressing room could not be messed with.

Should posters be breaking team news on here or on social media channels, if they have access to it? No, and I do get that that's not actually what happened here by the way.

But for me, the bigger issue is that when it comes to Offaly football right now, the news always comes out, and that only happens if a person or people within the dressing room choose to talk about this stuff. I've had people tell me the actual team shortly after the fake one has been put out there before, and if I'm getting it, I promise you that opposition teams aren't struggling to get the inside track either.

[JimBwobb]

Cian Johnson on the panel still ?