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Rigney gone also from portlaoise

Its a feature of Laois that we have no shortage of lads willing to play club football in Dublin due to "distance" and yet there's lads from counties that dont have a motorway near them and they stay loyal to their home club,trekking back and forward from Dublin 2/3 times a week.

Maybe now that hes given his best years to Brigids,he expects a newly promoted Rosenallis to welcome him back with open arms

this is a farce and just when i taught rosenallis were moving in the right direction they allow this to happen, its becoming a trend now for them as i commented on the Mark Dunne Episode that also appeared on laois today last week. im not sure where mark is originally from but as laois today states o loughlin is from rosenallis and left when the club really needed him so why should they take him back when they got to where they did without him, journey man springs to mind and if i was from rosenallis i would not want him back either. hillard chap also springs to mind with emo, mountmellick and someother club in dublin. typical gaa

Huge loss for Portlaoise and Laois. One of the few top managers inside the county. Rhode won't be an easy job either, as they don't seem to be as strong as previous years and I'm not sure they have much coming through underage. Best of luck to Malachy all the same.

How is he a loss?  Only ever managed portlaoise and won as expected. Even niall rigney in his first football job was able to win with portlaoise so if he leaves  is he a loss to portlaoise and laois?

Malachy's teams were far more dominant in Laois than what Rigney did with Portlaoise this year, barely scraping over the line in a lot of games. Portlaoise were capable of genuinely challenging for Leinster's when he was over them as well.

malachy had a better squad of players.  might have been capable of challenging but never won it? i agree rigney not the man either but you cant compare both due to the squads

Huge loss for Portlaoise and Laois. One of the few top managers inside the county. Rhode won't be an easy job either, as they don't seem to be as strong as previous years and I'm not sure they have much coming through underage. Best of luck to Malachy all the same.

How is he a loss?  Only ever managed portlaoise and won as expected. Even niall rigney in his first football job was able to win with portlaoise so if he leaves  is he a loss to portlaoise and laois?

Great servant and a brilliant player for portlaoise down the years.  End of an era

some great games to be looking forward to and exactly where laois need to be competing against them counties

i see Ronan McEvoy scored 2-8 in the u-20 yesterday, were Portlaoise holding him back for it from Saturday night or how come he did not feature to much with the seniors.

also is there many others of that u20 squad ready to step up to the senior squad for next year?

He's a seriously athletic player and I was sure he was set to start against Eire Og the last day. Should be given a look in for the Laois senior in my opinion.

i was referring to any one from the portlaoise u-20 set up stepping up the the portlaoise senior set up and not the laois set up

Whelan and the two midfielders from last year, Tyrell and Dunne, seem to be the most likely to step up in my opinion. A lot of very talented players on that U-20 squad from last year who are underage again this year. Hopefully Kinsella and backroom team can bring them on further.

i see Ronan McEvoy scored 2-8 in the u-20 yesterday, were Portlaoise holding him back for it from Saturday night or how come he did not feature to much with the seniors.

also is there many others of that u20 squad ready to step up to the senior squad for next year?

It's going to make a great final with the two best team there. Hopefully it will live up to it just like the minor final a month ago.

You should never be embarrassed when you're beaten fair and square. They were a physically imposing team who also tackled well. Laois teams will always struggle against that.

Where was the plan to combat that. At the end of the day its kilkenny football. Correct me if I'm wrong but are they the only county without and intercounty football team?

Bad night for portlaoise ok but this team have given alot of people happy memories. They need to rebuild. I'm not sure their demise is good for laois football although alot of the other clubs will be delighted by it

I don't think it would. Mullinavat were far superior and wasteful in front of goal. They were fitter, bigger and played well as a team. It was actually quite sobering to see a Kilkenny team being that dominant

Quiet sobering or quiet embarrassing. Kilkenny team in a football final. It's like having a louth team in the hurling final. Fair play to mullinavat but did rosenallis take them for granted. I've never heard of kilkenny club in a leinster football final. Maybe it's just how much laois football has declined but all In all a good year for rosenallis.

Lillis was stand out performer tonight even though he was sent off. I cant see what mcevoy offers beside him and also Boyle and rickie have not done it this year. As for brody? I'll leave that one for the real experts

Do the harps take part in this kk league?  If sois it doing them any good as they cant seem to make the next step up at senior or is it just a bit soon for them players?

Brian Breen as S and C. Big year for us ahead now. Best of luck to the lads.

Seem to be going in the right direction ok. Probably disappointed about last year and need a big showing this year