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John Small and Davy Byrne! Joke really. Dublin should have 7 or 8 lads on the starting 15.

To be fair, while it mightn't be rocket science, it's fairly confusing from the outside!
Some here claiming it means anyone can transfer within any parish? I thought it was just Portlaoise parish because it contains the only "urban" club, Portlaoise.

All mentioned good footballers a years experience, whelan hopefully tear it up this year good talent.. a shortage of quality backs seem to be problem in laois, would be great to unearth a couple this year..

Whelan in particular is a real prospect. Alan Kinsella did well last year too.

Portlaoise pull a double cross at last nights Convention and get their way for another year of cherry picking of neighboring talent. Transfer by laws, what transfer by laws?

What exactly happened? Can you be more specific? Thanks in advance!

Anyone at the meeting will back this up
* New by law agreed by Clubs in question brought to floor
* Portlaoise claim wording different to what agreed. Others adamant this was what agreed upon.
* Law put to floor
* Remaining clubs in Laois argue they aren't up to speed on what they're voting on, ask for explanation.
* Put to vote without explanation.
* New amendment refused, old broken by law remains in place, loophole still open.

Cheers for that. I suppose you can't blame the other clubs for arguing they're not up to speed on it. It's not affecting 90% of the clubs in Laois so P/R and Heath need to push to get it sorted. Was it a motion? Or could it be sorted at a future county committee meeting in Jan or Feb?

Any new faces expected to line out for us in O'Byene Cup?

Portlaoise pull a double cross at last nights Convention and get their way for another year of cherry picking of neighboring talent. Transfer by laws, what transfer by laws?

What exactly happened? Can you be more specific? Thanks in advance!

Stupid rule that he has to go at 50. If he's good enough, he's young enough.

Really looks like Joseph's must go with Barrowhouse in the senior. A no brainer.

Any chance we could talk Cahie healy around to kicking ball what a plus he would be in the back line!!

Doubt it tbh.

Well done Rosenallis. Such a pity the Dunnes fecked off to The Rock back in the day. And of course JOL could be wearing green too!

So far ive heard daly from barrowhouse to joesphs or killen in the football and quinlan from kyle to borris/kilcotton and harnett from mountmellick to ballyfin in the hurling

Yes Quinlan has been telling B/K that he is going to put in a transfer and rumor has it that Kyle are in deep trouble with numbers and geographically where they are they have nobody to join with, other small hurling clubs in laois like slieve bloom were damn near going under a few years ago and pulled it back and Ballinakill are punching above their weight at the moment too

There is a few clubs that you would feel will struggle to keep going in the next few years, trumera, ballypickas, kyle in the hurling kilcavan arles kilcruise, arles killen in the football

Think Kilcavan will be OK - a few good young lads coming through there in the next few years.
Killeen could be in real bother, they are a very ageing team.

Isn't it changing to under 20?

[Portlaoise on the up once more after debt nightmare]

Portlaoise on the up once more after debt nightmare
http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/portlaoise-on-the-up-once-more-after-debt-nightmare-35206242.html

Would that be what they call a puff piece?!!

Borris Kilcotton must be very strong. Gave Ballinakill an unmercifully beating today.
Clough Ballacolla had a great win, I thought Castletown SB would win that one.

He was that rattled it took him two days to reply 

"Townman" on the Offaly forum. Even the biffos think he's an idiot.