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roseyinthegarden (Wicklow) - Posts: 63 - 23/05/2022 12:14:54 2419661 Link 0 |
Not sure you could describe us under Maughan in the 90s as counter attacking and kicking high hopeful balls into the forward line. Might be closer description to how we've been playing recently though. He used to be disciplinarian my way or the highway manager and apparently some Offaly players took the highway. Kevin O'Neill wasn't a player that Maughan had great time for but maybe he had too much talent and wouldn't put in the hard work that Maughan asked for. He's as popular as Andy Moran with Roscommon supporters but Andy never, and never would, even consider referring to Roscommon supporters as customers. He's either a self-confident or an arrogan man or both. No harm in putting some arrogance into your squad of players if they can back it up or strive to get better and more confident. Maybe his persona is not the man himself.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 6573 - 23/05/2022 12:55:36 2419672 Link 1 |
Yes I know Blly Morgan is a gent- I actually know him very well and he does not suffer fools and I know for a fact that he rates Tomás very highly. You seem to have a grudge against John Maughan for some reason anyway. Sure you obviously know better how to manage teams than a man who has been doing it successfully for many years and got within a whisker of winning All Irelands in the process, not to mention his success with Clare in 1992. I am sure your record is on a par with that. I am also sure that the Offaly players are so unhappy with Maughan that they have played for him for the past four years. Yea sure it all adds up now.
howdareu (USA) - Posts: 42 - 23/05/2022 13:15:42 2419689 Link 0 |
I agree 100%. some people just love to be negative, not mentioning names but I think we all know who he/they are. Criticising for the sake of it. McNamee is a wonderful footballer and of course he is the focal point of their team- Cluxton was nearly 40 and was integral to Dublin. Conor Mcmanus is 35 but still playing away. So I do not understand what the issue was with McNamee
howdareu (USA) - Posts: 42 - 23/05/2022 13:22:27 2419696 Link 1 |
It's a sad time of day when dropping high balls into the forward line is seen as old fashioned and not skillful, it is a pity there isn't more of it nowadays instead of the current basketball drudgery we are getting.
weatherfieldgael (UK) - Posts: 35 - 23/05/2022 14:11:19 2419730 Link 1 |
I was a bit puzzled by that remark myself: given that we had the likes of John Casey, PJ Loftus, Larry Finnerty etc. (none of them giants) in our full-forward line back then, it wouldn't have made much sense to bomb high ball in around the square. We played Liam McHale in at full-forward in the 1997 final and proceeded to hit low ball in to him! I also seem to remember that we got a lot of criticism for having too much hand passing back then, too. Jack O'Connor said that he thought of the high ball tactic into Johnny Crowley for the 2004 final as we lacked big forwards at the time, and thus our backs weren't used to defending high ones. The high ball tactic only came in for us with Aido around 2015, with very mixed levels of success. Anyway, best of luck to JM with Offaly, whether he's still a polarising figure or not, ultimately he's still a GAA volunteer like the rest of us. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2050 - 23/05/2022 14:26:07 2419736 Link 1 |
that has got to be up there with the most ridiculous comments on HG.
s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5462 - 24/05/2022 16:49:38 2420024 Link 1 |
i know, the same poster has basically taken over the whole Cavan thread… it is extremely boring.
s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5462 - 24/05/2022 16:52:50 2420028 Link 0 |
Right any predictions? Matches are: skirge7 (UK) - Posts: 160 - 26/05/2022 10:57:11 2420294 Link 0 |
I think I would go with the below though a lot of games are very open. The teams you would be most confident of qualifying are probably Sligo, then Cavan, then Westmeath. skirge7 (UK) - Posts: 160 - 26/05/2022 11:00:52 2420297 Link 0 |
There already is a football prediction competition, on this forum.
thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1299 - 26/05/2022 11:33:55 2420307 Link 2 |
"The teams are divided into Northern and Southern Sections to enhance local rivalries and also avoiding travel costs, not only for teams, but for spectators as well. We want to accommodate as many people as possible to be able to attend the games" macca999 (Fermanagh) - Posts: 960 - 26/05/2022 15:55:50 2420390 Link 3 |
This is not a competition. Just trying to keep the thread moving
skirge7 (UK) - Posts: 160 - 27/05/2022 08:57:58 2420430 Link 0 |