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I think the lads will give a good showing of themselves but i'd expect Limerick to be 8 points or so better.

They rested 9 players against Offaly (or changed 9 players)so alot depends on the team they put out...If its close to the team that hmeered Kerry we could be in for a rough night!

They've made a few changes again but still aren't on a settled team. They've good talent there but are struggling to nail down a 15 from their big panel. It'll be possible to rattle them, but we need to hit them early for scores and physicality. Let them get a run on, and it could be a long night again.

Good stuff out of the boys last night, credit where its due. Still, it was only Louth, and should be tempered as such. Lets get the job done against Offaly and get back to a provincial football final again. Between this and last year, it'd be great to see us in minor and u21 football finals again.

[Laois Under-21 Football Manager Gary Kavanagh has announced his starting 15 for tomorrow's (Wednesday) Leinster U-21 FC clash with Louth in O'Moore Park]

Laois Under-21 Football Manager Gary Kavanagh has announced his starting 15 for tomorrow's (Wednesday) Leinster U-21 FC clash with Louth in O'Moore Park

1. Aaron Cooney (St Joseph's)
2. James Kelly (St Joseph's)
3. Shane Nerney (O'Dempsey's)
4. Trevor Collins (Graiguecullen)
5. Patrick O'Sullivan (Portarlington)
6. Eoin Buggie (Stradbally)
7. Daniel O'Reilly (Graiguecullen)
8. David Connolly (Ballyfin)
9. Danny Luttrell (Courtwood)
10. Darragh Connolly (Ballyfin)
11. Brian Daly (Barrowhouse)
12. Conor Whelehan (Timahoe)
13. Colm Murphy (Portarlington)
14. Sean Moore (Ballyfin)
15. Brian Byrne (Graiguecullen)

Incidentally, nare a Portlaoise man to be seen.

Anyone know what Louth are like?

Stop Ryan Burns

from what i hear slieve bloom have lost not one great but 3 and its devestating to a small club but bear in mind slieve bloom could have avoided this by accepting the gaels two months ago i am told it was never going to be on only at the last minute when the horse has bolted i aggree with mountrath 1 this fiasco should never have happened but i also aggree that these intercounty players should be accomadated and keep the small club alive

The 3 conroys i presume? Heard that daddy went and threw his toys out of the pram

Would be a shame to lose those 3. Hopefully this gets rectified.

What in the name of good christ were they playing at by turning down a gaels amalgamation with castletown for, not to mention ballinakill who have took on junior c hurlers in slieve margy, who is the chairman? Chris Eubank snr?lol

You've been grinding that axe for a while, it must be quare sharp by now.

What is the criteria for refusing a transfer?

Depends on the reason for requesting the transfer.

Barrowhouse to St Josephs refused also.

Lots of senior experience. Unsure if that means a strong U21 side, or a weak senior panel.


1. Aaron Cooney (St Joseph's)

2. James Kelly (St Joseph's)

3. Shane Nerney (O'Dempsey's)

4. Trevor Collins (Graiguecullen)

5. Patrick O'Sullivan (Portarlington)

6. Eoin Buggie (Stradbally)

7. Daniel O'Reilly (Graiguecullen)

8. David Connolly (Ballyfin)

9. Danny Luttrell (Courtwood)

10. Darragh Connolly (Ballyfin)

11. Brian Daly (Barrowhouse)

12. Conor Whelehan (Timahoe)

13. Colm Murphy (Portarlington)

14. Sean Moore (Ballyfin)

15. Brian Byrne (Graiguecullen)

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!

From a Dublin underage nutritionist and development squad coach. The food card basically allows them/their parents cheaper/free, fruit/healthy foods from certain stores around Dublin. Its a gamechanger.

just out of interest mountrath1 are you working with that minor team in a voluntary capacity or are you on an earner?

I watched the 2016 minor team in the two championship games in 2016. They were naïve and lost a game in tullamore that was there for the taking.  The second game against Dublin was an eye opener. I can stomach getting beat by a better team, and Dublin were superior across the park. What I was not impressed by was the physical shape of the Laois team compared to Dublin,  surely the element of physical conditioning should be a level playing field in this day and age. I hope that aspect is addressed with the 2017 squad and we do wish them well.

You'd like to think so, but Dublin are on another stratosphere. Underage players with food cards, and stores to go to, to get their supplements and groceries. Its terrifying when you actually see inside their set up. You'd wonder why we bother.

Minor footballers get eviscerated by Cork, it gets talked away on here as them missing loads of players. Minor hurlers beat Dublin, we talk that away as well, saying arrah its an U17 Dublin development team who had to get a few U12's to make up the numbers.

I dont give a f**k, thats a slightly heartening result, regardless.

macmahon was excellent and how we have waited so long to play him is beyond me,,,,quigley did ok but he gave away 3 scores with his distribution,,,look we can win the last three games too the oposition is very poor but so are we like broanabu said i think management have learnt absolutely nothing and its another loss,,,we chat about lads comming back but most of them were on the field while sligo had so many of there stars not playing,,laois football is in a bad place at the minute

Laois had the winning of that game the same as sligo did. Sligo though didn't lose an experienced central player to a moment of stupidity. O Loughlin McMahon and and Quigley can't be blamed for that.

Spot on Ballyroanabu. Another worrying point people seem to be overlooking is Sligo were more or less missing there three best forwards Mark Brehony(wasn't playing), David Kelly ( wasn't playing) Pat Hughes( only fit to play last ten not near full fitness) and there brightest young player Cian Brehony ( not fit only played last ten) 4 main players. And oh yes Brenadan Egan from St Vincent's only played the last 15. A patched up Sligo team.

Hard to believe a full strength Laois side didn't beat them.

The problem for me is that this is just a repeat of past problems, our defence is poor and while people will talk about Meaney as a turning point.  We are now 3 losses from 4 in Division 3.   This is really poor fare whatever anyone says.  We should have been beaten by Armagh and prob should have won against Sligo so they equate each other.   We really need to stay in Div 3,  championship is only going to be a disaster if we are relegated continously.  People will waffle on about turning it around in championship, you don't usually it's a continuation of league form.  Creedon had an opportunity to build confidence in Div 3,  he hasn't managed that and I fear his reign will be short.

Another manager for the Laois chopping block. By god aren't we fierce unlucky we keep getting all these poor managers all the same begorrah.

Shameful from Meaney.

That's not an appropriate choice of words

Sure it is. 6 points up, away from home in a must win game. Experienced player on an inexperienced team. I could call it a damn lot worse.