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Tom Delaney was there with subs so might be involved this year.

The problem is, blueandwhite, that if it contains Offaly and one other, the likelyhood even with 2 up and 2 down is that it will be the same teams every year. It won't be Laois or Carlow going up. Untill serious effort is put into these counties nothing is going to change any time soon!

Ok we're taking some huge beatings which is not ideal however we are playing teams of a higher standard as well as playing teams similar to our level. We have the best of both worlds. Considering where we are at the moment there is merit for having us in a group that would probably contain the Div 2a teams however if we are not good enough that is where we will end up. At least at the moment we have something to fight for which is to stay in Div 1b.

We definately need an extra man in there between the two back lines.

In fairness I thought we worked and scored some great points but the difference in first touch and catching the ball was evident. One passage of play summed it up when either Conroy or Taylor (could be wrong) was through on goal but failed to catch the sliotar. 10 points in it at the time and instead of having it down to 7 Limerick went up the field and put 13between us. That was the end of it really. Lads tried hard and for patches we did ok but as someone else already said we had no impact from the bench and some of the lads on the pitch weren't up to it on the night. We have 3 or 4 lads that might improve things but that's where we're at right now. It would be an achievement to be able to play 70 minutes againt the 'tier 2' teams and not ship a 20 plus defeat. Both Offaly and to a lessor extend Kerry are not getting the same hammerings as we are and yet we'd fancy our chances against them.
At least they battled until the end.

As minors they weren't great, a bit like ourselves that year. Kildare beat us well and the dubs hammered Offaly in the semi's. We're probably on a par with the Offaly team based om previous results. Very hard to see beyond the Dubs in the other semi despite Longfords good win over Kildare who won the last two minor titles.

Any reason why he isn't playing for Borris? I assume he must have gone to primary school in Roscrea aswell and has friends/links there so.

We would need to get in for a goal early if possible similar to Offaly game. I think we should be targeting an early goal again and keep pressure on for as long as possible. We have to stay competing and keep their score down as it could make a huge difference at the end of the league.

Team for tomorrow evening.

LAOIS
Enda Rowland (Abbeyleix)
Dwane Palmer (Camross)
Leigh Bergin (Shanahoe)
Cahir Healy (Portlaoise)
Seán Downey (Ballinakill)
Paddy Purcell (Rathdowney Errill)
Ryan Mullaney (Castletown)
Cian Taylor (Portlaoise)
Ben Conroy (Slieve Bloom)
Aaron Dunphy (Borris-Kilcotton)
Cha Dwyer (Ballinakill)
Paddy Whelan (Borris-Kilcotton)
Ross King (Rathdowney-Errill)
Neil Foyle (Borris-Kilcotton)
Willie Dunphy (Clough-Ballacolla)

It's a pity that Maher is still out as he's been flying this year. Good to have Cha back. Hopefully we can give Limerick a good rattle. It would be a serious performance if we could get within 5 or 6 points of them after the hammering they gave us last year.

Between the U21's winning and this potential outcome there's nothing but good news in here today.................................so far!

Did David Conway spend the game at centre forward? I don't understand that decision at all as Davy is a corner forward.

Where'd you hear that about the food cards Don?
There's no doubt that the sleeping giant that is Dublin have got their act together with regard to their underage structures and while it's great for Dublin and the GAA, it's not great for the competitiveness of the game in Leinster.  You can talk about unearthing talent all you want but there are only 4 aces in a pack of cards and if you hold 44 of those cards there's a far better chance you have the aces. Anyhow that's an argument for another thread!

Ah it's a conspiracy so. Making a laugh of the Laois lads!

According to the Dublingaa website it was the minor team. Where did you get u17 from?

In light of the circumstances we could have lost by alot more. In reality Galway are a Div 1 team and we are Div3.

Injuries are crippling us at the moment but at least our scoring average is still better than Offaly and Kerry in the event that Offaly can beat Kerry. We will need to stay within 6 of Limerick next week though. Will Picky be back for that? I am assuming Cha will but Whelan probably won't make it.

Big job for Kelly to put a positive spin on the Galway result and get the lads up for the Limerick game.