2024 Joe McDonagh Cup

[burdizzo]

Good that we have the luxury of letting the u20s play w/ the u20s.

[G@@]

Good that we have the luxury of letting the u20s play w/ the u20s.

Yup, right decision.

[burdizzo]

Good that we have the luxury of letting the u20s play w/ the u20s.

Yup, right decision.

I think Westmeath are in a bit of a bind on that one, in so far as they have a reasonably good u20 side playing Dublin on Sunday, but also a must-win game v Offaly in the McDonagh on Saturday. What do they do?!

[Laois Rising]

If Laois were to lose to Kerry, Down or Westmeath you could have a scenario that the Joe McDonagh Final places end up being decided by points difference come end of the league part of the competition. Important that Laois put a decent score up on Meath this weekend.   

[G@@]

If Laois were to lose to Kerry, Down or Westmeath you could have a scenario that the Joe McDonagh Final places end up being decided by points difference come end of the league part of the competition. Important that Laois put a decent score up on Meath this weekend.   

Laois 7-29 v 1-16 Meath.
A 31 point cushion after a sluggish start. That's two games now where we start off rather slowly.

In Tullamore, Offaly scored 2-23 to Westmeath's 1-20. So, Offaly not gone yet.

[Zooming around]

Is that the biggest ever score by the Laois seniors?

[G@@]

Is that the biggest ever score by the Laois seniors?

Not sure! Most likely up there though. Not often we post 5 or more goals in a game.

Antrim beating Wexford tonight is very interesting. Dare we dream to win JMD and meet them in the All Ireland preliminary quarter final! 
Antrim would probably need to beat Dublin in Parnell Park on May 11th to accomplish that feat.

[Mossy Bruce]

...Antrim beating Wexford tonight is very interesting. Dare we dream to win JMD and meet them in the All Ireland preliminary quarter final! 

I like it!

[redsetanta]

I don't remember a scoreline like that for Laois. 50 points in total.

Must certainly be a biggest winning margin.

Nobody would have predicted Kerry and Laois at the top of the table with 2 from 2. Offaly go there next day out. Another 'knockout' game for Offaly.

[Milltown Row2]

Is that the biggest ever score by the Laois seniors?

Not sure! Most likely up there though. Not often we post 5 or more goals in a game.

Antrim beating Wexford tonight is very interesting. Dare we dream to win JMD and meet them in the All Ireland preliminary quarter final! 
Antrim would probably need to beat Dublin in Parnell Park on May 11th to accomplish that feat.

Laois definitely have the winning of this tournament in them, but would wait till after the win before getting Antrim.

Carlow have done really well considering no points but have not shipped the heavy defeat that Antrim had last week so when we meet our advantage is a home game against them.

Dublin are not going to take us lightly either so would take an even bigger result away from home to gain third for us.

 

[G@@]

Laois definitely have the winning of this tournament in them, but would wait till after the win before getting Antrim.

Carlow have done really well considering no points but have not shipped the heavy defeat that Antrim had last week so when we meet our advantage is a home game against them.

Dublin are not going to take us lightly either so would take an even bigger result away from home to gain third for us.

Absolutely, the team needs to stay focused on the tournament in hand. Us fans can merely speculate though!
The Laois V Kerry match on Saturday is the springboard game to coast into the final. For Offaly, every game for them going forward is knockout with their biggest threat in the form of Kerry at Tullamore later this month. These two games will really decide the Joe McDonagh Cup.
If we lose this Saturday and Offaly beat Kerry on May 19th then we are in a dog-fight with Westmeath in the last round - a dogfight in Mullingar is really where we don't want to be.
A vital game this Saturday coming up.

[Milltown Row2]

Laois definitely have the winning of this tournament in them, but would wait till after the win before getting Antrim.

Carlow have done really well considering no points but have not shipped the heavy defeat that Antrim had last week so when we meet our advantage is a home game against them.

Dublin are not going to take us lightly either so would take an even bigger result away from home to gain third for us.

Absolutely, the team needs to stay focused on the tournament in hand. Us fans can merely speculate though!
The Laois V Kerry match on Saturday is the springboard game to coast into the final. For Offaly, every game for them going forward is knockout with their biggest threat in the form of Kerry at Tullamore later this month. These two games will really decide the Joe McDonagh Cup.
If we lose this Saturday and Offaly beat Kerry on May 19th then we are in a dog-fight with Westmeath in the last round - a dogfight in Mullingar is really where we don't want to be.
A vital game this Saturday coming up.

Been a great competition which has not been given much credit or attention, while winning it wont propel you to tier one status, it moves you into a competitive tier two level and that where you want to be

[G@@]

Very quiet on here ahead of a very important fixture tomorrow. This arguably is the most important game of the rest of the campaign. Win this tomorrow and we've one foot firmly planted in the final.



Strong team announced and based on form this year so far, one couldn't complain with that starting 15.

Best of luck lads tomorrow. Any sort of win will do! 

[G@@]

Meath 3-16 v 5-31 Offaly
Down 3-19 v 1-25 Westmeath
Kerry 0-18 v 1-25  Laois

In the driving seat. Offaly V Kerry next week you feel will decide who Laois meet in the final. We cannot afford to drop the guard against Down in two weeks time, they should have really beaten Westmeath today.

[Mossy Bruce]

What the hell has happened with Westmeath?! They're second from the bottom, right now.

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