Offaly Senior Football 2026

[Snotser123]

Your lack of knowledge is embarrassing .....the current county players would destroy the players you have named in a game ....the best goalie in Offaly is in with Offaly .....o neill Hyland and Flynn are the 3 best forwards in Offaly.....furlong and Egan the two best defenders in the county .....but keep living in dream world .....the names you are naming lose you your argument every time ....your lack of knowledge means I won't be going back at you anymore if those names are all you have ....I'm off to meet declan and Mickey for coffee , take care

[Anon11]

10. C. Murphy 11. K. O Neill 12. R. Egan 13. J. Bryant 14. D. Molloy 15. E. Sawyer v Kildare

10. B. Carroll 11. P. Cunningham 12. R Mcnamee 13. R. Kenny 14. C. Farrell 15. A. Keelaghan

I know Keith get's into the team every day. He's probably our best player at the moment. But if you were to choose a better 6 forwards as a whole from those 2 groups, it's the second group every day of the week. So stop with the nonsense that there aren't players out there. That inside line scored about 11-45 between them in the club championship and none of them are in there. It's embarrasing.

[jimbob17]

You could name a list like that for every county in Ireland , a list of players basically who aren't in a best 15 when everyone is fit and for one reason or another don't commit anymore ....you do realise that's what you have done there .....some also just aren't good enough to be in there and were given numerous chances by previous managers and current managers .....that list if you understood football at any basic level literally validates my argument every time and twice on Sunday ....thank you for that

I can assure you that if I am deemed to have any understanding of football as you suggest, your blind rhetoric suggests that you understand it a lot less. And I'd be fairly confident that I know a good bit more about the game than you do for what that is worth. I'd have to say that you are utterly clueless regarding Offaly football from the utter sh*te spouted on here. I actually feel sorry for you that you are letting yourself be ridiculed with such off the wall arguments.

Beyond, Anon's better 6, another 6 would be easily as good, if not better also, Keith O'Neill aside.

David Nally, Bill Carroll, Jamie Evans
Luke Plunkett, Bernard Allen, Anton Sullivan.

At least three of Offaly's starting forwards the last day would not make the Tullamore team in the positions they were played.

Now we are at 12 forwards alone. Your argument does not stand up.

Plenty have played over last 3 years - and that is why they have left. I know plenty that want to play for Offaly again, but will not play under current regime. Ill give you a better question. Name 3 players from that group of 25 players (who have experienced the current set up) that would objectively say that the current management is up to scratch and that they have done better for Offaly football, have Offaly's best interests at heart and that they should stay in current format - and say that there is not a toxic culture within the confines of the Offaly football team currently. Argument over.

I would expect that you are drinking plenty of coffee with Harte and Kelly by the way.

And for all that, if I am honest, I wouldn't be averse at all to the concept of Mickey Harte being kept on next year.

[DurrowBoy17]

Anon and Jimbob both spot on!!

Snotser is the most deluded person I've ever came across on this forum, and that is by no means an easy task either.

[Snotser123]

You thing those 6 named are better than Dylan Hyland and cathal Flynn as we stand currently in 2026 ....
Im actually not sure what to say anymore

[Snotser123]

Keelaghan made himself available ...
He also didn't deserve to start last year...so what can you do ...explain what would you have done last year that would have kept keelaghan happy along with roo mc and Morgan tynan , Anton and panda , please explain to me how u keep all them happy with game time last year along with Higgins , burke, Hyland , o neill , Flynn , Bryant , go on please explain how u keep the 12 happy ?????????? Have u any actual solutions.....it's like now slamming Arnie slot for not having nunez , diaz and Trent to play.....ye talk of strawmen arguments when ye are actually the ones making them.

[Snotser123]

The argument is over when u think those 6 are better starting forwards than Hyland and Flynn in 2026.....



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[classof81]

Lads ignore snotser from now on, he is I believe only taken the piss out of lads. He doesn't believe what he's saying I'm sure of that. Best of luck to the lads Saturday nothing to loose at this stage so hopefully give it a good rattle.

[Snotser123]

Are you a school yard bully ...telling people to ignore me ....I suppose you will be out for your run to support mental health on the weekend and a keyboard warrior behind the scenes ....

[Anon11]

The argument is over when u think those 6 are better starting forwards than Hyland and Flynn in 2026.....


Where was it mentioned that they were better than Dylan Hyland or Cathal Flynn?

It was comparing the starting 6 forwards that played against Kildare to players that aren't in there. You said there are no players out there, yet Jimbob and I named 11 between us who are streets ahead of some players in there. We haven't scored a goal in the league. That inside line I mentioned scored 11 goals in the club senior A championship, and the solution is to bring in a few junior players? Give me strength.
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[Wingbackassassin]

10. C. Murphy 11. K. O Neill 12. R. Egan 13. J. Bryant 14. D. Molloy 15. E. Sawyer v Kildare

10. B. Carroll 11. P. Cunningham 12. R Mcnamee 13. R. Kenny 14. C. Farrell 15. A. Keelaghan

I know Keith get's into the team every day. He's probably our best player at the moment. But if you were to choose a better 6 forwards as a whole from those 2 groups, it's the second group every day of the week. So stop with the nonsense that there aren't players out there. That inside line scored about 11-45 between them in the club championship and none of them are in there. It's embarrasing.

Fair point about 10 11 12 and 14 named there being better than what was playing against kildare. However R Kenny is unproven at county level at any grade, Keelaghan is good but not definitively better than the others imo. I think people put a lot of weight on his surname rather than his actual game. Hood player none the less. Though he has hardly featured for Offaly and he's been available since Maughans reign.
Also Luke Plunkett is late 20s and has spent a lot of time abroad and therefore only been on and off the tullamore team past few years. Therefore not really been an option for Offaly rather than being some huge omission the past few years. May well have been asked in at some point I don't know.

[Anon11]

Fair points.. but I’d disagree that A Kellaghan isn’t better than some. He starts ahead of Sawyer Murphy and Molloy. He was just back from an ACL too last year.
R Kenny is unproven at any level you’re right.
Those 6 I picked was on championship form last year and those 2 combined scored around 9-15 between them in the toughest group. Numbers don’t lie.

Bill Carroll is everything you need in a modern day footballer. As is Peter Cunningham. Roo Mac is just pure class and Cian Farrell is maybe a flawed genius. In a game where 2 pointers are key, Farrell kicks them for fun.

Mike Fox is another one. Brilliant campaign with Tullamore but struggled a bit in Leinster. Luke Plunkett another one. Anyone that thinks there are no footballers out there is wrong.

[jimbob17]

Are you seriously suggesting Sawyer, Molloy and Murphy are better inside forwards than Kellaghan? Sawyer was an unused sub for U20s (maybe not even on 26) when Aaron Kellaghan was starting. He was better then. He is still better now. Molloy was never an inside man and still isn't. Murphy is not an inside man, With more running fitness, I do think he could be a panel player at 10 or 12 but he needs a hell of a lot of fitness and mobility work. Only reason he is straight in is all the other options left the panel.

And Ruairi Egan as a 12? Come on. That's just patchwork because you know you have nobody else for forwards. But he is a damn good option at wing or corner back so this is not a design on knocking the chap, just to be clear.

Fully agree re Mike Fox. Plunkett probably not asked in even though he deserves consideration. He has been mainstay starter for Tullamore in forwards for last 2-3 years. They won 3 in a row. They have enough with one of them is likely the opinion and they'll stick to their guns and LP will be sitting in stands watching lesser players play for the county.

Bill Carroll was on Sigerson team of year a few years ago but the current management deem him not worthy of a trial? It is truly bizarre, particularly given the shortness of the squad. In saying that, Mickey Harte wouldn't know who he is.......

The more I think about it, the more laughable it all becomes.

[Anon11]

100% Jimbob and it would be laughable if it wasn’t such a serious issue.

There was hardly anyone from Offaly at the Cork game.Once the supporters stop going it’s the beginning of the end.

[Wingbackassassin]

Are you seriously suggesting Sawyer, Molloy and Murphy are better inside forwards than Kellaghan? Sawyer was an unused sub for U20s (maybe not even on 26) when Aaron Kellaghan was starting. He was better then. He is still better now. Molloy was never an inside man and still isn't. Murphy is not an inside man, With more running fitness, I do think he could be a panel player at 10 or 12 but he needs a hell of a lot of fitness and mobility work. Only reason he is straight in is all the other options left the panel.

And Ruairi Egan as a 12? Come on. That's just patchwork because you know you have nobody else for forwards. But he is a damn good option at wing or corner back so this is not a design on knocking the chap, just to be clear.

Fully agree re Mike Fox. Plunkett probably not asked in even though he deserves consideration. He has been mainstay starter for Tullamore in forwards for last 2-3 years. They won 3 in a row. They have enough with one of them is likely the opinion and they'll stick to their guns and LP will be sitting in stands watching lesser players play for the county.

Bill Carroll was on Sigerson team of year a few years ago but the current management deem him not worthy of a trial? It is truly bizarre, particularly given the shortness of the squad. In saying that, Mickey Harte wouldn't know who he is.......

The more I think about it, the more laughable it all becomes.

Sawyer is from Dublin and wasn't in the Offaly system whatsoever until his last year under 20 so therefore was a non playing member of that under 20 all ireland panel. Kelleghan was on it but was subbed in every game and also it was a condensed season where a lot of those players haven't gone on to play senior. Also he'd been in the system from minor etc which matters particularly at underage. Ciaran Murphy played on that excellent Dublin 20s team that lost out to galway in all ireland final a year prior. I would argue Kelleghan isn't any better than him or Molloy. Put Molloy in that Rhode team alongside top players he would do damage.
Whatever you think about Sawyer he's managed to get himself more game time than Kelleghan.