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Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2024 7:33 pm
by FlyOnTheWall
frankthetank wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 2:50 pm
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.
Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Tue Oct 29, 2024 9:23 pm
by 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.
Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2024 12:18 am
by FlyOnTheWall
jimbob17 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2024 9:23 pm
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?
Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Wed Oct 30, 2024 8:46 am
by 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
Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 11:50 am
by jonsey
FlyOnTheWall wrote: ↑Thu Oct 24, 2024 1:28 pm
Three Shamrocks players and none from Rhode is a bit of a joke.
that so called team of the year was a joke
Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2024 3:47 pm
by Behindthegoal
Give us your team then
Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2024 11:00 pm
by pigeon house biffo
Eoin Carroll finished up
Any word on others opting in/out?
Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2024 1:06 pm
by Anonymous1
pigeon house biffo wrote: ↑Tue Dec 03, 2024 11:00 pm
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.
Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2024 1:50 pm
by pigeon house biffo
Wow
Without 3 starters, best midfielder forward and centre half
Must be big plans ahead for young lads
Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2024 2:48 pm
by pigeon house biffo
Were none of them asked or were they asked and declined?
Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2024 3:03 pm
by 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..
Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 12:36 pm
by greenairfield
Rebuild going on by argubaly one of the greatest managers ever in the game. Trust the process.
Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 4:20 pm
by pigeon house biffo
Fair enough
But as the saying goes, you can’t make a silk purse out of a cows ear
Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 5:30 pm
by 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.
Re: Offaly Senior Footballers 2025
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2024 5:49 pm
by 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.