Offaly Senior Footballers 2025

[FlyOnTheWall]

Rhode were in a relegation semi-final.

Shamrocks were in a county semi-final.

Yeah you’re right, actually maybe Shamrocks should’ve had 6.

[jimbob17]

Anyone hear any news on new panel. By all accounts they are back working / trialling / testing etc. Who is new in and who are the lads from last year that are no longer involved.

On management front, I have heard that Declan Kelly is the only Offaly native involved and that it is only Mickey Harte and the Sligo coach (Bree) that is involved in team selection. Can anyone confirm? If this is the case I would find it a bit bizarre. This would mean that last years manager Declan Kelly is now out-numbered by Harte and the coach (Bree) that he brought in. That'd be a massive step down for Kelly if this is the case - and essentially a demotion of sorts as it would mean he is gone from being the actual manager with his own selection team to a situation where he is 'joint manager' with none of his selection team there and where the only other selector involved is Mickey Harte's man.

[FlyOnTheWall]

Anyone hear any news on new panel. By all accounts they are back working / trialling / testing etc. Who is new in and who are the lads from last year that are no longer involved.

On management front, I have heard that Declan Kelly is the only Offaly native involved and that it is only Mickey Harte and the Sligo coach (Bree) that is involved in team selection. Can anyone confirm? If this is the case I would find it a bit bizarre. This would mean that last years manager Declan Kelly is now out-numbered by Harte and the coach (Bree) that he brought in. That'd be a massive step down for Kelly if this is the case - and essentially a demotion of sorts as it would mean he is gone from being the actual manager with his own selection team to a situation where he is 'joint manager' with none of his selection team there and where the only other selector involved is Mickey Harte's man.

I thought they couldn’t return until December under new rules adopted?

[Superhans75]

Well rules are ment to be broken
Lol
Trials are allowed and training for trials allowed.
So you do the math .
The sooner the League is split into two before Xmas and after
Have it home ana away
Would make mores sense than every other
Half arsed ideas the gaa seem to come out with.
Take care

[jonsey]

https://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/gaa/1 ... -year.html

Is this 15 a million miles off what would be our strongest 15 going into the national league next year? Would like to see chip o toole get a run in goals if he was interested

Three Shamrocks players and none from Rhode is a bit of a joke.

that so called team of the year was a joke

[Behindthegoal]

Give us your team then

[pigeon house biffo]

Eoin Carroll finished up

Any word on others opting in/out?

[Anonymous1]

Eoin Carroll finished up

Any word on others opting in/out?

Anton and Cunningham both out as well.

I’d be fearful going into 2025. Unless Harte can still work his magic, we’re heading for division 4.

If that’s the last we see of Carroll, Anton and Cunningham then they deserve all of our thanks. Three stalwarts for the county over the last decade who made some bleak days for Offaly slightly less bleak.

[pigeon house biffo]

Wow

Without 3 starters, best midfielder forward and centre half

Must be big plans ahead for young lads

[pigeon house biffo]

Were none of them asked or were they asked and declined?

[Superhans75]

Anyword on the fixtures 7 weeks on Saturday is the kick off every county seems to have
The list now except for us
Or is Mickey Harte going to confuse the opposition by playing the game without them knowing. His secret weapon
Even London have there fixtures..

[greenairfield]

Rebuild going on by argubaly one of the greatest managers ever in the game. Trust the process.

[pigeon house biffo]

Fair enough

But as the saying goes, you can’t make a silk purse out of a cows ear

[Faithfully]

https://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-g ... 55256.html

Not much seems to have changed from last year with regards to the manner in which veteran players are being dropped anyways.

[private joker]

Pretty normal way of letting lads off. Look how kerry did it, tipperary hurlers the same. They are big boys, they'll survive.