Laois Intermediate Football Championship

laoisgaafan24 · July 28, 2024, 08:04:05 PM

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laoisgaafan24 · July 28, 2024, 08:09:47 PM

Intermediate Championship seems as wide open as ever this year . Real feeling that a lot of teams can win it .
Mountmellick lost to Annanough the other night and deservedly so. Paul Lawlor doing great job there by the looks of it they played well structured defensively and caught Mountmellick on the break . However I hear Mountmellick have 3-4 lads from last years starting team away or injured which never helps. I wouldn't write them off yet .

Didn't manage to see other fixtures but Park ratheniska got first win as expected and Crettyard won too although maybe not as convincingly as people thought . Evan o Carroll huge loss for them .
Kilcruise winning too shows it's any teams year this year .
Next set of fixtures all very tasty as Portlaoise second team will definitely give a Mountmellick a right game and Annanough likewise could definitely get one over on Park Ratheniska .
Kilcruise and Crettyard set up to be a cracker of a fixture too .
We'll have to wait and see .

The boardman · August 08, 2024, 06:47:52 PM

Round 2 winners

Annanough v Park Ratheniska

Arles Kilcruise v Crettyard

Round 2 Qualifier

Mountmellick v Portlaoise

Ballyroan Abbey v Timahoe

SCFC · August 09, 2024, 12:00:13 PM

After Park Ratheniska's easy enough win over Annanough last night, it's hard to see that either Crettyard or Park/Ratheniska won't win this.
Mountmellick could drag themselves back into it I suppose but they have their work cut out to beat Portlaoise's second team.
Arles or Timahoe don't appear to be strong enough.

laoisgaafan24 · August 10, 2024, 10:38:57 AM

Quote from: SCFC on August 09, 2024, 12:00:13 PMAfter Park Ratheniska's easy enough win over Annanough last night, it's hard to see that either Crettyard or Park/Ratheniska won't win this.
Mountmellick could drag themselves back into it I suppose but they have their work cut out to beat Portlaoise's second team.
Arles or Timahoe don't appear to be strong enough.

Mountmellick and Portlaoise game tonight will be interesting gauge of where both teams are at . Mountmellick team will be interesting to see given against Annanough , they seemed to be missing a lot of the players who featured in last years semi final defeat to a full strength Ballylinan.
Portlaoise however being a second team could spring a surprise. They could have a different team/setup to the one that played against crettyard so it is a tough one to judge for tonight .
Speaking of Crettyard , anyone at the game ?
What was the primary difference between them beating Portlaoise by 2 goals and hammering kilcruise by 20 points or so .
Theoretically Portlaoise 2nd team aren't a 14 point better team then Arles on paper. Although Evan kicking 2-8 could be just that difference.
Interesting to find out how this all plays out .

les Antiques · August 14, 2024, 12:31:59 PM

Between Crettyard and Park . Can't see anyone else turning them over .

The boardman · August 15, 2024, 04:58:33 PM

Quote from: les Antiques on August 14, 2024, 12:31:59 PMBetween Crettyard and Park . Can't see anyone else turning them over .

Mountmellick might have a chance if they get their act together they have good quality players if they put them in the right positions and actually play for the full match they were beating portlaoise by 13 and then let in 3 goals in the space of 5 mins and it was back to a 3 point game for a while looking like they could lose it.

The boardman · August 30, 2024, 04:35:53 PM

Friday 30th Aug 2024
Laois Shopping Centre Intermediate Football Championship Round 3
Ard Lios Cill Chruis v Mountmellick

Sunday 1st Sep 2024
Laois Shopping Centre Intermediate Football Championship Round 3
Annanough v Timahoe

The boardman · August 31, 2024, 11:32:00 AM

Mountmellick narrowly beat Arles Kilcruise last night 1-11 to 1-12

Both teams missed chances and Mountmellick hit 6 wides in a row.

SCFC · September 04, 2024, 09:12:00 AM

Mountmellick have recovered well from that first round loss.
And they've a chance against PR I think.
Cretty should be too strong for an improved Annanough.
Hard to see it not being PR v Crettyard final though.

The boardman · September 15, 2024, 04:39:20 PM

Mountmellick 0-17 Park-Ratheniska 0-9

Crettyard 2-11 Annanough 0-4

Mountmellick v Crettyard Final

Interesting to see how the final goes

Laois Rising · September 16, 2024, 11:55:34 AM

Have Crettyard improved that much this year or is it a case that the other teams in the championship have fallen off. PR are definitely a shadow of the team they were two years ago. Arles-Kilcruise look more akin to a junior side and only for a walkover could well have been in a relegation final. Whoever does get relegated down from senior this year shouldn't have too much bother bouncing straight back up in 2025.

The boardman · September 16, 2024, 06:08:12 PM

Quote from: Laois Rising on September 16, 2024, 11:55:34 AMHave Crettyard improved that much this year or is it a case that the other teams in the championship have fallen off. PR are definitely a shadow of the team they were two years ago. Arles-Kilcruise look more akin to a junior side and only for a walkover could well have been in a relegation final. Whoever does get relegated down from senior this year shouldn't have too much bother bouncing straight back up in 2025.

Think Crettyard have improved this year but some of the other teams have gone back a bit.
Crettyard probably favourites to win but Mountmellick dont seem to ever have put out their best performance that they are capable of for a full match they were beating portlaoise by 13 points and then let in 3 goals in 5 minutes, they missed a lot of chances in the game against Arles Kilcruise, they beat Park Ratheniska well but should've beaten them by more Park Ratheniska don't seem to be any mirror of the team that beat Mountmellick in the final a few years ago. If Mountmellick put out a good performance in the final and have someone to take on evan o carrol they should have a good chance though, with that being said will be hard with the overlap between the footballers and hurlers and they have a busy few weeks ahead and trying to manage to not get injured.