Originally Posted by oldspice
Opengoal, Thanks, I think there may have been a compliment in there somewhere!!However, I've no interest in getting involved with another club. I'm no longer manager but that doesn't stop me from caring. I think what Loosecannon was alluding to was that with 5 games remaining last season we were one of only 3 teams that could win the division although ironically, with 3 remaining we could also have been relegated. We would have needed everything to go our way towards the end but once we lost the 5th last game interest died dramatically. It was a win or bust situation and with the bad run we went on mid-season it was always unlikely. A few players who would have had hurling as their priority gave a commitment to stay on as long as we were in the running but on the condition that if we were out of the running, they would be free to concentrate on the smaller ball. That was the agreement and it was fair enough as far as I was concerned. Once we were out of contention we were weakened dramatically (as was illustrated by my few cameo appearances towards the end) and ended up losing 6 out of our last 7 games. Therefore, I think our final ranking (6th I think) was a bit misleading. Ask Bridge Celtic which opposition they found toughest last season. Favourites to win this season? I fancy yourselves to fight it out with Moher and the 'Tage. I have elaborated a bit (as if this wasn't long enough) over on Clareleague.com