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#1
Laois / Re: Club football managers 2022
December 12, 2022, 02:39:19 PM
Fair play to Port, if you going to pay big bucks then pay it to someone who is worth it.
#2
Laois / Re: Laois Senior Football Championship 2022
September 28, 2022, 11:35:47 AM
Portlaoise are kicking themselves for losing that match on Sunday, Port weren't great but credit to Portlaoise for aiding Ports poor play. Some green shoots for Portlaoise as the young lads drove the best play on Sunday, Portlaoises lack of a quality free taker was most likely the difference and of course the black card changed momentum in the game.

Port are still the best team in the championship, won the hard way and fair play to them for that. I fully expect them to beat Dempseys in the final, Port haven't survived this many battles to blow this opportunity in the final. Port by 5 + points.
#3
Laois / Re: Laois Senior Football Championship 2022
September 09, 2022, 09:49:25 AM
Portlaoise v Clonaslee - Portlaoise by 4.... Clonaslee will be tough, but Portlaoise should have enough

O'Dempseys v St Joseph's - St Josephs by 2. I've liked the look of Josephs all year and now is their time to drive it on

Courtwood v Graigue - Graigue by 6+  Graigue second best team in the county and Courtwood won't bother them too much IMO

Port v Ballyroan - Port by 6+  Ballyroan will give Port all they want of it but in reality, Port are light years ahead of the rest...

#4
Laois / Re: Laois Senior Football Championship 2022
August 24, 2022, 09:25:12 AM
Quote from: High Fielder on August 24, 2022, 08:34:42 AM
Unfortunately, competitive doesn't mean it's any good. Let's be honest with ourselves here. It's a very poor standard of football being played, and Portarlington have obviously decided that they can phase their preparation in line with the latter stages of the Championship. Based on what they did last year, that should work for them, because the other teams are very, very ordinary imo.

The relegation decider should be a warning to club executives about prematurely ending good underage relations. Killeshin have disimproved since ending their relationship with Crettyard; and it was a mutually beneficial relationship. Similarly Ballylinan, who probably benefitted being the top dog in Ballylinan/Glenmor. Shocking to see how bad they've both become.

After watching the dross of the last number of weeks, I'm undecided about the future structure of the Championship. My current thinking is that it doesn't really matter. Football in this county is in a pathetic state right now, and in many ways we just need to rip up the blueprint (whatever the f**k that is) and start afresh. There's very little we can do that will help our situation short term
Got to agree with you here, the standard is poor and very few stand out players coming through, also you have it nailed on with regards Port, they have this championship sussed. They wont be caught, not a chance.
#5
Laois / Re: Senior Hurlers 2022
August 24, 2022, 09:21:42 AM
Do we even need a manager? Cost effective and surely a win win for the CB?
#6
Laois / Re: The future of laois hurling
July 22, 2022, 10:13:09 AM

We need an ambitious manager who is willing to dig in and make us a better team despite the lack of resources compared to the big boys. Regardless of money and profile in Laois,the big names wouldn't have the balls to manage Laois.

For our level we have a very good panel of a players at a very good age and with a few cracking youngsters coming through. It should be a very attractive prospect to a certain type of manager . Who that is I dont know but getting the right manager is extremely tough and I dont envy the CBs job.


Just please god do not get in some journeyman in for a quick buck.





#7
Laois / Re: The Future for Laois Football
July 20, 2022, 09:55:49 AM
Quote from: georgedoylesrightleg on July 19, 2022, 08:51:59 AM
Times are tough if a fella cant spare 7euro a month.
Its not a charitable donation,people have to see value in it.

I hope they get tonnes of subscribers and they do well but I think there are a large cohort of casual readers who dont see the value in it and can live without Laois Today in their lives.

This casual readership will naturally hit up the Leinster or Nationalist online for whatever they want sport wise, even though their offerings online are a poor effort.
#8
Laois / Re: The future of laois hurling
May 18, 2022, 11:52:05 AM
Very disappointing night for the minors Monday night, they just didn't hurl atall and showed way too much respect to Offaly.

The night in itself shows the level of passion there is in the county for hurling, it was brilliant to see. Lets hope we see more and more of it ...
#9
Laois / Re: 2022 National Football League
January 26, 2022, 03:57:28 PM
Quote from: Ballybrittas Boy on January 26, 2022, 02:11:00 PM
v Louth Jan 30 at 2pm in Ardee
v Westmeath Feb 6 at 2pm in Portlaoise
v Fermanagh Feb 19 at 6pm in Enniskillen
v Antrim Feb 26 at 6pm in Portlaoise
v Wicklow Mar 13 at 2pm in Aughrim
v Limerick Mar 19 at 7pm in Portlaoise
v Longford Mar 27 at 2pm in Portlaoise

I like the way we are motoring as per the O'Byrne cup, if we keep the work rate up I reckon we will get 10 points from those games.

#10
Laois / Re: O'Byrne Cup 2022
January 12, 2022, 11:42:14 AM
Quote from: tippmaninlaois on January 12, 2022, 11:02:31 AM
Quote from: Smellyball on January 11, 2022, 07:10:37 PM
Quote from: tippmaninlaois on January 11, 2022, 05:53:24 PM
Quote from: Smellyball on January 11, 2022, 09:43:48 AM
Quote from: Heshs Umpire on January 09, 2022, 09:54:17 PM
Quote from: clonadmad on January 08, 2022, 06:48:29 PM
Quote from: Smellyball on January 08, 2022, 04:20:16 PM
Shocking result, would be acceptable for hurling... not football.
Can't find any match report or lineup anywhere.



some in the Football Fraternity labouring under the impression that football in the county is better than what it actually is

The Footballers got torn apart by a Division 4 Team today

Thats the level they are at
I read that as it's more acceptable to lose by that margin in hurling than football not the way you did.
Anyway, I really doubt there are very few from the "football fraternity" who think our football team are currently anything other than in a bad way. We've haemorrhaged players from last year's squad and have seen countless lads turn down Sheehan's invite to play. I'll be thrilled if we stay up, beat Wicklow in championship and maybe win a game or two in the second tier championship.
It was a tough day for the lads who are on board yesterday. Not many bright spots. James Finn looks a good addition. And good to see his clubmate Sean Moore playing the full game. The more county football he gets, the better. Mark Barry was good too. He knows where the posts are. Hopefully we'll see a few more faces Wednesday night and also next Saturday.
Yep, thankfully someone's has the brains to realise I was obviously referring to conceding 6 goals and losing by that margin to a traditional hurling county.

Ye Laois boys crack me up

Wexford have more of a recent and historical tradition in football than what Laois has, appearing in all ireland semi final in 2008

It must be nearly the centenary of ye last reaching one soon ?

but you wouldn't have "the brains" to know that either

I guess you'd have tipp down as a "traditional" hurling county too even though we have a much richer recent and historic football past as well

Bottom line

Ye seem to have this misguided notion that ye are more of a football county than Wexford

stop fooling yereselves

Whooooo rich recent history alright, 1 provincial title in 80 odd years didn't realise the 2008 Footballers are all still playing on with their wealth of semi final experience.
Go back to hurling talk, I doubt you'd know a football if it jumped up and bit you on the mickey.

Even as late as yesterday

Wexford proving it has a richer footballing pedigree than Laois

https://www.laoistoday.ie/2022/01/11/defeat-for-portlaoise-cbs-in-gorey-as-south-leinster-campaign-comes-to-an-end/

For a person that thinks Laois are so pathetic in every way you spend an awful lot of time on this page fishing....you have little to worry about...
#11
Laois / Re: O'Byrne Cup 2022
January 10, 2022, 12:08:57 PM
Judging this panel and mgt team after one result is nonsense.Yes its looks bad and is bad but the time will come to judge Laois at the end of the season.

Billy's job is a very simple one on the face of it, make this group of players better than the sum of its parts.It wont happen easy but its very achievable considering  the low base the county's at. If he can get a tune out of this panel then we should be aiming to get promoted from div 3 . We are no world beaters but then again very few are outside the big boys are. Get the spine right , get them super fit and a good defensive system we are half way there.
#12
Laois / Re: O'Byrne Cup 2022
January 05, 2022, 02:08:48 PM
Best of luck to the new management team, great to see so many new faces coming in...pity about a few not involved and a couple from my own club included.

To be picked for your county is still a fantastic honour and fair play to all those involved...
#13
Laois / Re: The Future for Laois Football
December 07, 2021, 02:32:32 PM
Quote from: Zooming around on December 07, 2021, 01:49:29 PM
Some of the names mentioned there are very young and you'd wonder how they would get on at Senior inter county level. The last thing you want is a very young lad getting scarred, packing it in and not being around at all when he's 24/25/26/27 (the age when he would actually be physically able for it).
I think thats where the huge problem lies, we dont have the core group at mid twenties to drive the team forward.... Billy has no choice to go with youth...
#14
Laois / Re: Laois Senior Panels 2022
November 17, 2021, 11:39:49 AM
Quote from: High Fielder on November 17, 2021, 11:33:36 AM
But that applies to us all PK. If they are doing all that they do
,  they deserve our support. They deserve at the very least to see a couple of hundred supporters on the worst away day. They get nothing like it at times
Yeah for sure, we are all part of this....the ones I feel sorry for are the players who strive to be the best they can be and play for Laois but are always swimming against the tide
#15
Laois / Re: Laois Senior Panels 2022
November 17, 2021, 11:22:48 AM
There is no gun to anyone's head to play and I dont begrudge any lad not playing but it is extremely tough to stomach that we cant get the majority of our best players on board.

Why we are surprised I dunno as this is going on forever with Laois in both codes and its ingrained into our psyche. I dont think think it'll ever change, in general as a county we do not want to do the hard yards to achieve success as much other counties, and so along with many other reasons we will always be lagging behind. Its always been the case and with the current landscape its a very easy option not to commit.