OFFALY produced their best and most compelling performance of John Maughan s reign to secure a semi-final berth in Division 3 of the National Football League th.
Offaly boss Maughan braces himself for crunch game against Tipperary
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OFFALY manager John Maughan was certainly not jumping through hoops after Saturday s National Football League Division 3 South win over Limerick in Tullamore.
While pleased that Offaly won by 0-16 to 1-11, the Mayo man is fully aware that Offaly are still on a knife edge in the division. They have two wins from two games but a defeat against Tipperary in O Connor Park next weekend could very well see them in a relegation play off – if Limerick beat Wicklow and Tipperary defeat Offaly, then Offaly, Tipp and Limerick will all end up on four points and scoring difference will dictate which two goes into the semi-finals and which two go into the relegation play off.
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IT will be very much squeaky bum time for Offaly when they welcome Tipperary to Tullamore for what could be their most important game of the season next Saturda.
Make or break time for Maughan as Offaly set sights on promotion
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WITH Dublin in a knockout Leinster Senior Football Championship, Offaly s prospects of a successful season rest on promotion from Division 3 of the National Football League.
The targets for manager John Maughan and his squad of players are fairly straightforward: win promotion and beat Louth in the first round of the Leinster championship.
They are not simple ambitions but they are very achievable and Offaly have reason to be optimistic. With Tyrone folk hero Mickey Harte now at the helm, Louth should be a more difficult task than they would normally be. And Offaly have often found it difficult to beat them – they lived dangerously before beating them in the league last year, and Louth were on their way to Division 4. Offaly lost to Louth in the league in 2019 and 2017 and this game is very much a banana skin for them.