Offaly Senior Footballers 2025

[Superhans75]

Why in gods name why do we have a double header
the gaa equivalent of the iron Maiden !!
Surely there would be enough Kildare fans willing to celebrate there jo Mac win and few
Dubs looking for fresh air to have a stand out game on its own.
To be honest playing football on pitch after hurting especially if the forecast is correct
Is not ideal.
Can the gaa be that desperate for cash ?

[faithfulfanatic]

Why in gods name why do we have a double header
the gaa equivalent of the iron Maiden !!
Surely there would be enough Kildare fans willing to celebrate there jo Mac win and few
Dubs looking for fresh air to have a stand out game on its own.
To be honest playing football on pitch after hurting especially if the forecast is correct
Is not ideal.
Can the gaa be that desperate for cash ?

No matter what the GAA do, people complain that they are desperate for cash.
You do realise that they will make less money off of a double header as people who would have went to both games only pay in once?

[Thomas mc]

Bad Meath team managed by Colm O'Rourke. We went on to get beaten convincingly by Wexford in Tailteann cup QF that year. Don't think we've beaten anyone else of note in my living memory.

The same bad meath team that went on to win the tailteann cup that year with a degree of ease

If Meath played Offaly in Tailteann cup that year they would've won also. Leinster championship largely irrelevant and Offaly beat them in a meaningless game for both teams. Tailteann cup is Offalys championship, There's literally nothing to be gained from Leinster for anyone now.

Can you explain how there is nothing to be gained from the leinster championship?? Sure the minors win in leinster was irrelevant?

[Thomas mc]

Why in gods name why do we have a double header
the gaa equivalent of the iron Maiden !!
Surely there would be enough Kildare fans willing to celebrate there jo Mac win and few
Dubs looking for fresh air to have a stand out game on its own.
To be honest playing football on pitch after hurting especially if the forecast is correct
Is not ideal.
Can the gaa be that desperate for cash ?

What individual do you think is profiting exactly? The gaa is an organisation with most of the money going back into the game.. do you think someone is making commission or something when the gaa have a bit more money? I hate hearing this shite of the greedy Gaa and all that bull, take off your tin foil hat and cop yourself on.. if the Gaa is "greedy" it's greedy to have more money to go back into the game for the good of everyone. Jarleth burns didn't sit down over dinner last night thinking "if I can squeeze a bit out of the double header in Newbridge I might be able to get a new car or go on holiday next year.. People do their job get paid, admin is run and 82 cent in every euro goes back into the game.. its the same shit outta people complaining about the Gaa being greedy and complaining about the price of going into a game and all that nonsense, sometimes they get the price wrong but it's not going towards a new car or a holiday, 20 euro paid going into a match, over 16 quid goes back into game.. sure ya know what we'll just let everyone in for free and the players and kids can pay to play themselves. Jesus wept.

[Thomas mc]

Why in gods name why do we have a double header
the gaa equivalent of the iron Maiden !!
Surely there would be enough Kildare fans willing to celebrate there jo Mac win and few
Dubs looking for fresh air to have a stand out game on its own.
To be honest playing football on pitch after hurting especially if the forecast is correct
Is not ideal.
Can the gaa be that desperate for cash ?

And you know what it be the same people that will say ah 15 euro would have been enough to get instead of 20 after drinking 4 or 5 pints at 6 or 7 euro a pop before going into the game. Absolutely rot ya listening to that shite

[Thegreatgangman]

Sometimes you need 4/5 pints to be able to watch Offaly Footballers

[Thomas mc]

Sometimes you need 4/5 pints to be able to watch Offaly Footballers

How original

[Wingbackassassin]

The same bad meath team that went on to win the tailteann cup that year with a degree of ease

If Meath played Offaly in Tailteann cup that year they would've won also. Leinster championship largely irrelevant and Offaly beat them in a meaningless game for both teams. Tailteann cup is Offalys championship, There's literally nothing to be gained from Leinster for anyone now.

Can you explain how there is nothing to be gained from the leinster championship?? Sure the minors win in leinster was irrelevant?

Minor and u20 is completely different championship structure than senior. At senior intercounty Provincial championships are completely pointless. Even if you win it every county starts their proper championship from scratch. Tailteann cup and All ireland series are what counties are focused on. Provincials are meaningless middle competition in between league and championship with no connection to anything.
Winning a leinster at minor or u20 is still a huge achievement

[Thomas mc]

If Meath played Offaly in Tailteann cup that year they would've won also. Leinster championship largely irrelevant and Offaly beat them in a meaningless game for both teams. Tailteann cup is Offalys championship, There's literally nothing to be gained from Leinster for anyone now.

Can you explain how there is nothing to be gained from the leinster championship?? Sure the minors win in leinster was irrelevant?

Minor and u20 is completely different championship structure than senior. At senior intercounty Provincial championships are completely pointless. Even if you win it every county starts their proper championship from scratch. Tailteann cup and All ireland series are what counties are focused on. Provincials are meaningless middle competition in between league and championship with no connection to anything.
Winning a leinster at minor or u20 is still a huge achievement

I see some particular stupid comments on here but this one is well up there.. go up there an tell louth it means nothing or have a look at meath over dublin and tell me it meant nothin to them? So if Offaly won a leinster senior championship it would mean nothing?

[ruletheroost]

Can't see why we can't win this one too.. We have beaten them twice and in both games we never really looked like losing.
Darragh Kirwan still out by the looks of it. Jimmy Hyland out long term. Callum Bolton out. I think we have a great chance.

[ah lethimoutwithit]

Double header in Newbridge next Saturday.
Kildare v Dublin Hurling at 4 o’clock.
Kildare v Offaly Football at 6:30.

Not sure of the cross-code support in KE but getting into Newbridge is going to be a nightmare. Not sure if Conleth’s is going to be able for a 15k crowd

15,000????? Not a prayer.

Will they get half that?

Dublin would bring max 1,000. At a stretch.
Can’t see us topping 1,000 either.

So you expect 5,500 from Kildare? For a hurling game they are probably going to get hammered in (and they have a tiny hurling following) and a football game in a competition their supporters couldn’t care less about.

If this tops 7,500 I’d be shocked.

Surely there will be a bit of a buzz around the hurlers and with an opportunity to play dublin and get a rattle at them, any and all kildare hurling supporters will show up.. kildare will be on a high, look no doubt they will be easy pickings Leinster next year for everyone including offaly but at the weekend they could well rattle a poor dublin team

They will be no easy pickings, time to stop that sort of shite talk now!! Antrim and the circumstances proved that there are no easy pickings for Offaly.

[ah lethimoutwithit]

Can't see why we can't win this one too.. We have beaten them twice and in both games we never really looked like losing.
Darragh Kirwan still out by the looks of it. Jimmy Hyland out long term. Callum Bolton out. I think we have a great chance.

We would have lost in Croke Park only Kildare kicked a lot of wides, our legs were gone in last 10 mins.
But Callum Bolton out will be a loss to them alright, he caused a lot of harm that day in Croker.
We will need goals but we are capable of getting them.
Last game of the season if we lose so should be decent crowd and these lads deserve the support after the effort they have put in over the year. Looking forward to it. Should be a decent Dublin crowd in for the hurling seen as its practically a home game for the KilDubs

[jimbob17]

Can you explain how there is nothing to be gained from the leinster championship?? Sure the minors win in leinster was irrelevant?

Minor and u20 is completely different championship structure than senior. At senior intercounty Provincial championships are completely pointless. Even if you win it every county starts their proper championship from scratch. Tailteann cup and All ireland series are what counties are focused on. Provincials are meaningless middle competition in between league and championship with no connection to anything.
Winning a leinster at minor or u20 is still a huge achievement

I see some particular stupid comments on here but this one is well up there.. go up there an tell louth it means nothing or have a look at meath over dublin and tell me it meant nothin to them? So if Offaly won a leinster senior championship it would mean nothing?

I agree. For first time in years we have competitive Leinster as Dublin fall back towards pack. Louth Meath and Kildare haven't stopped dreaming of Leinster success and their success in minor and u20 over years suggests they are going to be closer to Dubs for foreseeable future.

We should be thinking the same. This year, we have been as close to winning Leinster as we have been since 2006 and people then say there is no point. Leinster and Munster have been disappointing over last 10-15 yrs due to Kerry and Dublin dominance. Hopefully new rules equalise things a bit if other counties have their houses in order. Hopefully that's what we are seeing and hopefully this year is not an anomaly.

Tell football people in Meath, Louth, Ulster and Connacht that provincials are irrelevant. It's a tangible goal for lots of teams and held in high esteem by many. Just because Offaly have not been competing for years doesn't mean they have lost value. Its our job to put ourselves back among contenders again and we were close to mark this year given how we performed v Meath.....

If you reduce to Sam Maguire and TC then less teams get success out of year. As it stands every team has something tangible to play for (at least two competitions), let it be one of 4 leagues, a provincial, a Sam Maguire or Tailteann Cup or perhaps just playing in Sam Maguire for lower-middle rank teams. That makes a season worthwhile for players. You seem to want to eradicate motivation for players which I just don't understand.....

[Wingbackassassin]

Can you explain how there is nothing to be gained from the leinster championship?? Sure the minors win in leinster was irrelevant?

Minor and u20 is completely different championship structure than senior. At senior intercounty Provincial championships are completely pointless. Even if you win it every county starts their proper championship from scratch. Tailteann cup and All ireland series are what counties are focused on. Provincials are meaningless middle competition in between league and championship with no connection to anything.
Winning a leinster at minor or u20 is still a huge achievement

I see some particular stupid comments on here but this one is well up there.. go up there an tell louth it means nothing or have a look at meath over dublin and tell me it meant nothin to them? So if Offaly won a leinster senior championship it would mean nothing?

Provincial are no longer directly linked to Sam Maguire and therefore have lost their relevance. Under the previous structure it was a knockout format where Provincials were directly linked to progressing to the All Ireland series and ultimately winning Sam Maguire. There was reward and incentive to go as far as possible in your province which was necessary to progress to the latter stages of the overall conpetition. With the emergence of the TC and All Ireland groups, that has been wiped out entirely, they are both stand alone competitions with very minimal association with Provincials. There is no reward whatsoever for winning your province now. Counties will still start their proper championship in a group format at zero points regardless. Louth have not benefited from winning leinster, they've immediately lost both their games in the All Ireland series so far and will almost certainly be eliminated in a preliminary QF if not earlier. Dublin would slaughter both Mesth and Louth and every other county in Leinster when it's necessary to do so. It's no longer relevant how you go in provincials in your quest to win Sam.
Minor and u20 is a completely different format and has nothing to with senior provincials.

[Thomas mc]

Minor and u20 is completely different championship structure than senior. At senior intercounty Provincial championships are completely pointless. Even if you win it every county starts their proper championship from scratch. Tailteann cup and All ireland series are what counties are focused on. Provincials are meaningless middle competition in between league and championship with no connection to anything.
Winning a leinster at minor or u20 is still a huge achievement

I see some particular stupid comments on here but this one is well up there.. go up there an tell louth it means nothing or have a look at meath over dublin and tell me it meant nothin to them? So if Offaly won a leinster senior championship it would mean nothing?

Provincial are no longer directly linked to Sam Maguire and therefore have lost their relevance. Under the previous structure it was a knockout format where Provincials were directly linked to progressing to the All Ireland series and ultimately winning Sam Maguire. There was reward and incentive to go as far as possible in your province which was necessary to progress to the latter stages of the overall conpetition. With the emergence of the TC and All Ireland groups, that has been wiped out entirely, they are both stand alone competitions with very minimal association with Provincials. There is no reward whatsoever for winning your province now. Counties will still start their proper championship in a group format at zero points regardless. Louth have not benefited from winning leinster, they've immediately lost both their games in the All Ireland series so far and will almost certainly be eliminated in a preliminary QF if not earlier. Dublin would slaughter both Mesth and Louth and every other county in Leinster when it's necessary to do so. It's no longer relevant how you go in provincials in your quest to win Sam.
Minor and u20 is a completely different format and has nothing to with senior provincials.

Oh yea of course it wasn't necessary for dublin to beat meath in leinster.. and you're right Clare would have been in the all ireland series had they not got to the munster final, oh wait...