The future of laois hurling

[Laois man]

If the proper set up is not in place lads won't go in.

[burdizzo]

In fairness to Damien Carter, he did an all right job with the minors this year. Sure, they didn't over-achieve, but in the year up to that they were getting beaten by the likes of Meath and Westmeath. So, getting to a quarter final and being sort of unlucky to lose against Dublin wasn't too bad.

[mcwregor]

Yes fair play to him they did ok.
I would just be hoping for a little more than ok for the u20s.

[burdizzo]

I know - but my point was that he took a seemingly below par bunch and made them respectable. Maybe with a good group he'll get more out of them? He's been getting some good out of Mountmellick, too, this past couple of years. Again, they're hardly a renowned hurling centre. I wouldn't write him off completely is all I'm saying.

[Ogie]

Because the usual happened as with all Academy squads,
The job is advertised / emails sent out - Anyone interested and no one decent is head hunted for these jobs,
Similar with the 20s I believe Carter was the only applicant,

[mcwregor]

https://www.echolive.ie/corksport/arid-41239228.html

[burdizzo]

Wins for Raheen Parish Gaels and Portarlington in the minor 'B' final and shield final last night. RPG had 8 Clonad, 5 Emo lads, and 2 Colt-Shanahoe. They beat Na Fianna who had a majority of Mountmellick lads w/ a few from Ballyfin and Clonaslee. Bit of a row near the end of the Port. v Camross game, and there'd be no love lost between those two. You'd wonder where those Port. lads will end up. They'd love to get them through to adult, but I think the thing may have slipped a bit this year, and it'll be very hard for them to achieve that.

[Verbal]

Have Colt Shanahoe many fellas 15-17 other than the 2 starting? Very poor representation from them.

What's the history of bad blood between Port & Camross?

You'd imagine Mountmellick would be a natural home for the Port lads if they can't get through to adult?

That's a lot of clubs together to put out two sets of 15 x 17 year olds.
It's a huge problem.

[burdizzo]

Yes, Colt-Shanahoe have little enough coming through. It's amazing, really: very recently - as in a year or two before the join-up - each club would have fielded two teams, and now they can barely get two between them. I suppose that's one reason they amalgamated - they saw how little they had coming. Sadly, it doesn't really seem to have gelled all that well, and even a win in the replay will hardly give them much of a boost.

The bad blood between Port. and Camross goes back a couple of years when a prominent Port. player got a foot injury against Camross. Neither side would be known to be shrinking violets, in any case!

Na Fianna take Clonaslee because... where else would they go?! Weak and all as Rosenalis were at minor this year, they still couldn't be tempted, even though Clonaslee have a few decent players (three starting in the final last night).

[SCFC]

Wins for Raheen Parish Gaels and Portarlington in the minor 'B' final and shield final last night. RPG had 8 Clonad, 5 Emo lads, and 2 Colt-Shanahoe.....
You'd wonder where those Port. lads will end up.

Wouldn't it be good for long term development of hurling to put the 5 Emo lads with the Portarlington lads and any other lads from O'Dempseys and Courtwood to form a parish adult hurling team?
There's already Fionn Holland, Dan McCormack hurling with Clonad. And a couple of Emo lads hurling with Mountmellick. There's one lad from Courtwood with Clonad. There's also a couple of Portarlington lads who were minor last year but not this year.

[burdizzo]

I think there were overtures in that direction already, but they didn't get much traction. Hard to see lads already established with clubs switching. Also, not sure how well St. Paul's and Port. juvenile set-ups pulled together in the past. It would make sense, all right, but it'd be hard to achieve.

[Downtheroad]

Clonaslee going to Na Fianna doesn't make sense considering their players are passing through Rosenallis. Mountmellick have traditionally accommodated players players from Clonaslee because Rosenallis and Clonaslee can't work things out. Ballyfin's big problem is that a lot of their better players put rugby first.

[georgedoylesrightleg]

Wins for Raheen Parish Gaels and Portarlington in the minor 'B' final and shield final last night. RPG had 8 Clonad, 5 Emo lads, and 2 Colt-Shanahoe.....
You'd wonder where those Port. lads will end up.

Wouldn't it be good for long term development of hurling to put the 5 Emo lads with the Portarlington lads and any other lads from O'Dempseys and Courtwood to form a parish adult hurling team?
There's already Fionn Holland, Dan McCormack hurling with Clonad. And a couple of Emo lads hurling with Mountmellick. There's one lad from Courtwood with Clonad. There's also a couple of Portarlington lads who were minor last year but not this year.

wood have man wit camros too

[burdizzo]

I think you mean Camross have a man w/ Courtwood, no?!

[SCFC]

I think you mean Camross have a man w/ Courtwood, no?!

I'd forgotten about him! Robbie Boland of Courtwood hurled a number of times this year with Clonad in league.
Also, Paddy Hosey of Emo with Trumera.
And there's a couple of Portarlington lads who were minor last year but not this year.