Offaly bossed Laois on Sunday. Were a lot sharper. Having not played the week before did contribute to Laois' poor start and poor execution of shooting and decision making. Laois are lightweight in attack with 2/3 of the best forwards in the county either injured or not committing for the year so it is hard to gauge where a team like Offaly is really at.
Laois will struggle as the old rules probably helped them a lot as McNulty is excellent at getting a team set up defensively and putting a structure in place to limit the opposition's attacking threat. This was the main reason why Laois made the Tailteann Cup Final. It might take McNulty a number of games to develop a new way of playing that doesn't leave Laois to exposed defensively- hopefully last Sunday will be the last time we see a goalkeeper being giving the space to run into pretty much unopposed and score a goal into the Laois net.
Laois will struggle as the old rules probably helped them a lot as McNulty is excellent at getting a team set up defensively and putting a structure in place to limit the opposition's attacking threat. This was the main reason why Laois made the Tailteann Cup Final. It might take McNulty a number of games to develop a new way of playing that doesn't leave Laois to exposed defensively- hopefully last Sunday will be the last time we see a goalkeeper being giving the space to run into pretty much unopposed and score a goal into the Laois net.