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It just shows you that smaller counties can't afford the luxury of one of their main men having an off day. When was the last time Cha didn't register a score for the county?
Two teams short of confidence but not short of motivation going into next weekends game. It mightn't be pretty  but it should be a right battle. There's a right chance we will be doing it again in a few weeks.

I thought the bottom two teams still played off with the loser automatically down. No playoff between top of 2a and bottom 1b though.

We or lose against Offaly it will be either them or Kerry in a relegation play off.

Disaster after such a good first half. How is it we can't score goals??

Gone 2 behind with 5 minutes to go!

Great stuff even without Cha playing so well. Fleming pulled off one brilliant save according to Jack Nolan. Get out of thee with any sort of a win  and get ready for Offaly who were very bad today by all accounts.

Courtwood flying the flag again fair play to them.

I can't see them starting in those positions. Cha is wasted at full forward so won't be staying there. Be a few changes before throw in.

You are buttering it up quite a bit there Tony. I would be very surprised if that is the team come May.

http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/sport/234594/preview-young-laois-side-face-difficult-task-in-retaining-division-1b-status.html

Where is the wake on lads?

I don't think it's about laying down a marker as realistically there are only two games that we can win. Kerry away and Offaly at home. It's hard to think that our interest in the league starts Sunday and finishes the following Saturday evening at 9pm because these are the only games that really matter win or lose.
If we manage to win both we have a very good chance of staying up even though Offaly could get something from their other games as they are capable of that. Our form in the league is brutal outside of the likes of Kerry, Offaly, Antrim, Carlow etc so we will not pick up points anywhere else.
I'd love to be proved wrong but can't see it happening. Win the first two and avoid any big defeats in the event it goes to points difference.

IT Carlow obviously went for it tonight to outscore Marys'. How did it finish up? Did they top the group?

Picky has been the scorer in chief for IT Carlow this year. Thats some personal tally though. We're going to need him on the next two weekends.

The forum was going mad a couple of weeks ago after our draw with Meath with people saying how brilliant we were and things were looking great for the league etc etc. I felt it was great to see at the time aswell however Louth beating them the following day put perspective on that performance and it was said on here.
Since then we get handed our arses in Portlaoise and Kildare do the same to Meath up in Navan.
We might play out a draw with Meath again next year in Div 3.

Injuries to key players was an issue but in saying that Louth were just better drilled and much sharper. The ball carrier always seemed to know that he had support players and when they did break they more often than not raised a flag. Laois on the other hand looked laboured and alot of hand passing went sideways or back. We also had lads doing their own thing and getting dispossessed. One cameo near the end showed Donie trying to break through 3 Louthmen rather than look for someone else. Maybe they weren't available but ultimately he lost the ball and Louth cleared.

Normally you'd say that based on the performance we have no chance in Armagh but of all the teams in Ireland it's the one game you can rarely call so it wouldn't surprise me if we upset the odds. In saying that though it's unlikely with Armagh kicking themselves over their own result at the weekend.