Offaly hurling boss Brian Whelahan won't be entering into any arrangement with his football counterpart Pat Flanagan over the use of dual players.

It comes after a number of dual players, including Shane Dooley, Conor Mahon, Sean Ryan and Daniel Currams, attempted to juggle both codes in the early part of last season before concentrating solely on hurling.

"If it was workable and if players could perform at the highest level, then I think everyone would try and accommodate it. But I don't think it's on in reality," Whelahan said in the Irish Examiner.

"Take Aidan Walsh in Cork who has decided to go with just one code. That is a hugely talented player in hurling and football who has seen the demands and decided it's not possible to do both.

"Go back to Sean Óg (Ó hAilpín) in Cork, he chose one. I just think the demands are too much and if your standards drop as a result you can get caught in the middle and end up warming the bench for both codes.

"The current situation in Offaly is that both codes are struggling for a bit of form. I would think that from the football and hurling side of things we will be requiring the ultimate sacrifice from players going into 2015 and their full commitment."

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