Offaly’s house of hurt and horror

Outside of Kilkenny’s defeat to Wicklow last weekend, Offaly’s 12-point loss to Longford was the biggest deficit of the 15 Allianz League games.

Longford finished second in Division 4 last year, Offaly ending their 2011 campaign almost a full rung above them just outside the second promotion spot in Division 3.

But was it all that surprising? What’s transpired between the end of last year’s competition and last Sunday would have done nothing to dissuade anyone from thinking Offaly were in trouble.