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Mine too, but it looks like he is determined to leave Barrowhouse so it might be for the best. He is a good prospect for the future.

[GAA wait for possibility of O'Moore Park football and hurling double header]

GAA wait for possibility of O'Moore Park football and hurling double header
http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/06/20/gaa-wait-possibility-omoore-park-football-hurling-double-header/

Captain Attride hoping Laois can learn from Wicklow lapse
http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/06/20/captain-attride-hoping-laois-can-learn-wicklow-lapse/

Creedon hoping Wicklow test will stand to Laois
http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/06/19/creedon-hoping-wicklow-test-will-stand-laois/

[DRA rule that transfer of Laois U-21 football captain be heard again]

DRA rule that transfer of Laois U-21 football captain be heard again
http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/06/21/dra-rule-transfer-laois-u-21-football-captain-heard/

We beat them in a challenge game back in May this year, hope they didn't learn too much from that..

[Kingston class holds off late Wicklow rally]

Kingston class holds off late Wicklow rally
http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/kingston-class-holds-off-late-wicklow-rally-35840089.html

We were much better than them for the first 20 mins of the first half and the first 20 mins of the second half but it's those last 15 mins of each half that I am concerned about and it looks like its down to fitness. It was a sweltering hot day but it didn't seem to affect Wicklow as much as us. I might have been a bit harsh saying there was no off the ball running, there was some but a lot of the time we didn't pick out the runner.
It's only when you see clips of a few games together on tv that you notice how cumbersome we look compared to other teams and we seem very leg weary at times. That has to be down to fitness in my opinion but it's only year one of this managements methods and maybe we shouldn't be over critical just yet.

[Remember last years game..]

Looks like Dessie Dolan doesn't have much faith in us for the "novel fixture" of Laois and Clare. It's only a year ago Dessie... !!!
https://twitter.com/RTEgaa/status/876711316508901376

Remember last years game..
http://www.the42.ie/clare-laois-football-2871430-Jul2016/

[Yeats County guilty of breaking subs rule?]

Didn't think this would ever happen again, looks like were not the only ones who cant count.. 

Yeats County guilty of breaking subs rule?
http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=271835

Playing Clare at home, probably the best draw we could have hoped for. We need all our players to stand up and really get stuck in as this is a winnable game.

http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/06/19/draw-made-round-2-ireland-sfc-qualifiers/

Laoiseabu, don't know if you were at the game but Attride started in the half forward line and Trevor Collins took up his position. This was Mark Timmons first championship game and we were also missing Booth and Niall Donoher. We need everyone, especially the backs to be fit enough to start and all our senior players showing leadership which sadly yesterday they didn't.

Quigley won a few great balls early on but picked up an injury and was substituted by Finn who had a good game and maybe should start with Quigley at midfield next day. I was disappointed with O'Loughlin and Begley and Quigley faded badly after a good start. O'Carroll came on and was showing good form till he picked up an injury.

Even Ross was poor enough when he came on and Conway never showed at all. These are all lads you need to be playing well and leading the team so hopefully they will do so the next day out.
Looking at the game on tv tonight we looked so unfit it's unbelievable. We were just plodding along with no runs off the ball or no-one running off the shoulder for a pass. Our first goal came from a bad pass from Donie which was meant for Begley but fell nicely for Gary and he finished very well. Even Antrim looked in better shape than us and it's no wonder we faded in the last 10 minutes and almost got caught by a much fitter and slicker Wicklow team.

A win is a win, we should be thankful for small mercies.
Started like we were going to wipe them off the field but as usual we failed to put them away and it almost came back to haunt us. I know they got two lucky goals but we should have been out of sight at that time.
The way things are going I would worry about us in the next one regardless of who we play.

Report:
http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/06/17/laois-advance-ireland-qualifiers/

I was thinking the very same Monument, there is no way we could be as bad again as we were in Tullamore and I feel we would have the beating of Clare.

Let's hope we still have an interest in this on Monday morning.
This is how it works....

Round 2A Football Qualifier Draw.

http://www.hoganstand.com/Laois/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=271714&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

I remember it well.... 

http://www.laoistoday.ie/2017/06/15/looking-back-fears-speak-86/

Great that we have lads on the bench who can actually make a difference when they come in. I think that if we can get over this one, which we should, we can go into the next one with real confidence.

Not because beating Wicklow would be anything special but because of the squad we have who, to be honest have not performed at all this year apart from the Longford game. Really looking forward to this now, onwards and upwards.. 😂