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How much of that was down to Carlow's blanket defence under Stephen Poacher,or was any of it

There are close to 1100 boys in primary schools in Portlaoise Parish,how many of these would be playing or getting coached in the parish clubs?.

id wager no more than 20%-30% at the very most.


As for Graiguecullen,dont think ive ever seen them travel to an U8/10 Go Games fixture and the amount of underage games they conceded last year across all the age groups was nothing short of a disgrace.

Don't know where you are getting your facts from Clonad..Pure horsesh1t. Graiguecullen u8/10s missed 2 blitzes last year... Got to the final of the u12 shield, competed in u14 league and chamionship and the u16 championship. The walkovers you probably refer to are at u16 where they had to pull out of the league due to lack of numbers.                                                                     
     BTW, I never seen Clonad at an u8/u10 blitz. Does that mean they never travel

Also congratulations to Graiguecullen U14 who will represent Laois in this years football Feile after winning the B section over the weekend.

My money would be on Ballylinan, What have Graigue done to be rated highly?  Back a few years ago Graigue fluked a win against Portlaoise in the 1st round they certaintly thought alot of it then.

If i remember correctly Graigue were 11 or 12 points down in the second half and came back to win...Hardly what you would call a fluke.

Michael Bolton,acting chairman of the hurling board??? is this Michael Bolton from Graiguecullen???

[Player of the year]

Player of the year; Mark Timmons (honourable mention Garoid O Halloran )

Goal of the year; Conor Meredith V Armagh (1st Game ), (Honourable mention Stephen Attride V Dublin )

Points of the year; Gary Walsh Frees V Armagh.

Win of the year; Refixed game V Armagh.

Moans of the year ; Relegation, 2nd half V Clare, Donie Kingston's Form.

I'm not trying to knock you Faugheen but thats of little consolation to any of us who support this team.We are a division 3 team but you could add that we did beat a Div 4 and a Div 3 team this year. We have dropped our standards everywhere both in administration and the playing field. I for one am not happy with these types of statistics and carefree attitudes by those involved (players and administrators)

It wasn't posted as a cosolation, it was posted so as to generate discussion as to the highs and lows of the year. (BTW, I support the team aswell). Thanks for your contribution.

[Player of the year]

Player of the year; Mark Timmons (honourable mention Garoid Hanrahan )

Goal of the year; Conor Meredith V Armagh (1st Game ), (Honourable mention Stephen Attride V Dublin )

Points of the year; Gary Walsh Frees V Armagh.

Win of the year; Refixed game V Armagh.

Moans of the year ; Relegation, 2nd half V Clare, Donie Kingston's Form.

That performance today was a joke.End of story. Too many passengers, too many gloryhunters and no plan A or plan B.

Game now switched to 1pm on Sunday in Ennis... Another diabolical decision.

What the hell is wrong with Kingston ?

He hasn't been right for a while now, would have taken him off before David Conway. We cannot afford the luxury of keeping him on the field when he is not performing.

Was that article in the Ulster Gazette written by a schoolboy .

FFS 

Donie is so frustrating. When he's good he's unmarkable but he tries to do too much too often. Maybe
its being captain.

What is he supposed to do? He is being left on his own in the full forward line marked by 2 or 3 lads yet he still seems to be able to win bad balls, turn and find space for a shot. There usually is nobody to break the ball to or no runners within 30 yards. I think he is playing really well and performing heroics. Nothing to do with being captain. We were very very lucky to get over the line on Saturday with such an inept forward system. Compare that to Cavan, Tyrone or Galway over the weekend when there always seemed to be options and everyone knew their job. Imagine if there was a plan in Laois?

I think that is the Dublin game you are referring to...he was very poor last Sat. he won only 1 long ball in the whole game. In the second half he was too far out from goal to be a danger and didnt seem too eager to get on the ball. Something just isn't right with him this year for whatever reason.

In the first round of the qualifiers, it's all about getting over the line especially against a team like Armagh. I thought we showed a lot of heart and closed out the game well. I thought Timmons was immense.

In fairness he has been the stand out player this year, the job he done on Bernard Brogan was magnificent, and he didnt get half the credit he should have for it.

Good win but was a frustrating game to watch. The best line by far for us was the full back line of Timmons, Hanrahan and Attride. Couldn't blame anyone for thinking that they were watching a Justin McNulty set up with no Laois forwards inside Armagh's 45 metre line (mostly in the 2nd half). Donie K looks far from fit and for me he he drifted too far out the field in the second half.
Our shooting and shot selection was very poor,most of this i think was down to the lack of options for the man on the ball. Having said that, a win is a win and with a bit of luck we can push on and have a decent run in the qualifiers. As said above, I'd like to see Cunningham have a bit more time with these players, just to see how he would mould them.

Any truth that David Conway was drafted into the panel . I think the Gary Walsh issue is a disgrace and an insult to the effort these players put in throughout the year. TBH i do't know how he held his temper for so long, he was subbed in every game that he started. It again shows how players and their commitment is taken for granted and are tossed aside at a whim.