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Young team my foot we were playing Carlow for Christsake  this team managed to get hammered by Offaly who were in turned hammered by both Dublin and London of all teams until people wake up and see we have a major problem we will never solve it as regards losing to Carlow in 1988 there were some tremendous footballers on that team like Tommy Dwyer Johnny Nevin and the likes who would have got ther place on any team in Ireland

Another embarrassing result in Portlaoise today we have almost reached the bottom after140 years of playing football in the county after  producing some of the greatest players I have seen in the country John Conway,Bobby Miller, Atch Whelan ,Curly Prendergast the Browne's the Dempsey's the Turleys Joe Higgins Beano and too many more to mention. The first game I attended was in 1968 v Lomgford and after watching the footballers the last few years I despair

Writing on the wall when Lillis is a starter subs must be terrible where from here I don't know lots of the players have not the basic skill 

Well maybe it's time to contact the Dep of Education and find out why the CBS refuse to promote our national game all these Schools are funded by the National Purse ie the taxpayer

If we needed to know the state of football and hurling underage in the country we got our answer tonight and last Saturday in Hawkfield.The scandal ofthe lack of promotion Gaelic games in Portlaoise and Mountmellick is disgraceful.if neither clubs is unable or unwilling to improve there lot the country board has a duty to intervene as it's their brief to promote Gaelic games in the country imagine the big schools in both towns playing in B and C competition and unless something is done Country footballers will be vying with Waterford and London to see who can reach Division 3 and our hurlers will be competing with the likes of meath and Kerry for many years to come

Footballers yesterday very poor centre of defence wide opened midfield non existent Murphy and Dempsey must be brutal if Lillis is first option off bench  could be a very short summer
Pitch in terrible state could no one tells Leitrim to warm up on terrace side as stand side was badly cut up only positive we are almost assured promotion don't think Offaly be shaking in there boots looking at that yesterday

 Great Portlaoise man and Great Laois man they don't make them like that anymore a few more like him and we would have won a few all Ireland's

Just back from Thurles very poor performance from Laois against extremely limited opponents the amount of times posession coughed up was alarming at times under very little pressure ref was hard on us only positive was the result

Dreadful performance last night only one tactic balloon the ball down on top of a 18 year old who was marked by 2 and sometimes 3 defenders another 18 year old who was best club  defender all last year playing midfield and best club forward by a mile last year sitting in the subs Willie Maher has not a clue

Those involved last year in the Portlaoise debacle should hang their heads in shame, them Clowns don't care about Ladies football in Laois they are just on a power trip we have 2 Kildare men over the Senior Ladies team at a cost, they have lost all their matches so far all the progress that has been made over the last few years is now gone .

 Not surprised by Portlaoise v Cistercians result Tommy Dunne tipp allireland winner and trainer was appointed Cistercians head coach last year we in Laois would never dream of doing such a thing wonder most of our schools teams play in the C division some hope for the future

My first match to watch my beloved country was the Leinster final v Longford in 1968 and have missed very few championship matches and qualifiers in both hurling and football since and I go to nearly all  minor and Under 21 championship matches as well and as a previous poster stated I have never seen the Country as low. The country board have to take some responsibility that after 140 years we are at this juncture. When I read the progress that Portlaois CBS has madeinRugby a sport I quiet like it fills me with dismay The country board should have stepped in to both Portlaoise and Mountmellick when they saw that they were not able to promote Gaa in the 2 biggest towns in the country in Kilkenny city there is 3 senior hurling teams that would beat the likes of Laois and teams of the same ability this does not happen. By accident and unless Country Board does not act in these areas of population nothing in the country will change

Maybe he can do like the southern politicians the rarely attend the Dail except on Budget day after that they attend to their daily jobs or whatever pies their fingers are in

Probably the best appointment we could get under the circumstances but huge job ahead to get us semi competitive in Leinster

Like something that would happen