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Delighted for Rochford after all the abuse last week.

I was going to use the Cheddar example for football, always felt he was in the right direction but should have stayed clear of being manager more like a CEO of the Hurling Board.  He is a great example of the way forward.

Keyser I think the Hurlers had a lot of people doing it for the love of the game( which in fairness to hurling you see quite a bit of).   Maybe the money is there but if the rumoured amount Creedon got is true,  there is not that much to go round.

Banty main area of work is Dublin I am sure he has an apartment there,  would not be for me.

I think a lot of you are missing a serious point unless the Manager we appoint is capable of attracting serious financial support we are going to be very much in a promotion/relegation cycle between Div 3 & 4.  If Laois continue this cycle of mediocrity there is very little chance of attracting money.  A lot of people disagree with me on this Sugrue, McNulty are excellent coaches however Laois need far more than just one man and without financial resources we have very little in the way of a backroom setup.  We need someone capable of been (A) able to attract financial resources (B)Able to attract people to donate time (C)Have such a personality that players will actually agree to tog for Laois (D ) Challenge the County Board to step up (E) also attract the fair weather fans back its ok having people like us at matches but we do not pay the bills.  Laois Football needs some to create a feel good factor otherwise we are going to go into some cycle of dreadfulness.

This Weekend
O DEMPSEYS V CRETTYARD hard to see past O Dempseys
BallyroanAbbey V ArlesKileen Hard to see Ballyroan overturning Kileen (fingers crossed)
Clonaslee V Mountmellick  Mountmellick all the way
Kilcruise  V Stradbally   I think Kilcruise here, Stradbally are not in the same parish as last year.
The Heath V Killeshin  a complete toss up Killeshin I suppose
St Josephs V Ballyfin   Josephs should win but I am going for Ballyfin.

I thought that putting O'Shea to fb worked out ok for Mayo.

Firstly it negated the high ball into Donaghy on the square. Donaghy getting the ball 40 yards out on the wing is a completely different proposition to him getting the ball on the edge of the small square. The first goal was a result of S O'Shea sleeping on the ball and getting turned over, 2 or 3 Mayo players made no effort to get back with O'Brien leaving Aidan exposed. I definitely wouldn't blame him for that goal. His poor effort to stop the ball going over the line prior to the 2nd goal was a pure joke, lazy big ++++. Nothing to do with being fb tho.

Secondly I think Aidan O'Shea gets a lot of possession in most games but is is far too slow to move the ball, his default setting is a solo, maybe 2 and then a 3rd with his right foot before looking to part the ball, I feel it's no coincidence that Mayo tore Kerry apart with fast first time ball and lots of running support when he wasn't there to slow it down.

Not for the first time agree with everything you say Keyser, great game I drenched but worth it.

Watching it back here. Aos won a single contest with Donaghy all day. It was a failed tactic.

Don't think it's as simple as that. Donaghy was the key to Kerry's attacks v Galway. Today he had far less impact because of the whole O'Shea sideshow. Kerry rarely sought him. I think it worked, today.

2 5 came of him.

Is the 2nd Goal AOS fault,  and maybe an indication of what happens with Donaghy and the high ball

I really don't get the Rochford abuse,  last year the goalkeeper was the issue  (Kickouts were not mentioned today as an issue but clearly Clarke has not a good kickout at the very top level).  Mayo are not going to win an All Ireland by repeating the past.  Unfortunately they have problems in a few positions that anyone here could tell you and in order to overcome this Rochford is trying to be innovative and gambling.  I am not so sure AOS at full back was a disaster as some would have us believe.  Mayo's full back line has looked leaky for the past few years, it was not beyond belief to think they were going to seriously struggle on Donaghy.   I am not sure what Donaghy is assisting in other matches but at full forward (in position)  I thought O Shea had his measure.  It's only when he came out the pitch and forced O Shea to move that he did damage, maybe Mayo could have used another player out the pitch to mark Donaghy.   AOS was never a defender he was there to curb the high ball in which I think he successfully did however all that did was expose Mayo further out.  But I presume your U12 manager can tell you that AOS cannot be played at full back but it takes abit of balls to try it and I am not sure it was a complete disaster.  I just think all in that Mayo previous full backs have been struggling and it is highly likely that Donaghy would have done a lot of damage. 

Personally I think that AOS is a huge loss in the forward line but I don't think he was too bad today.

Maybe we should have, well done Port.

I spoke with one of the 3 man interview committee, and not one person has even been pencilled in for a meeting, let alone a short list been composed. Names have been proposed, some by clubs and the teasing out process(checking out who may actually be interested will commence soon).

keyser....the mr scully reference, is because he was the ballyroan guy running round behind Clancy with a tactics board last year, much to the mirth of many, suspect the guy is star struck(if you can be) by Clancy.

I tend to believe that John Sugrue's record within Laois is far from hectic, just my opinion.

Billy Sheehan is a marmite character...I felt he gave it his all when in the blue and white and fulfilled a disciplined role when with McNulty...........he was a coach with Cork footballers in 2017, and whether we like it or not, Cork footballers are much higher up the football food chain than Laois, and evidently he was appreciated in Cork.


my preferred team, would be Mick Dempsey as manager, with Clancy, Conway and Sheehan(fitness) as assistants/coaches.........Dempsey with more experience could take the heat as manager and the others as younger bucks could learn the ropes.

I got a little annoyed by this, but then realised my only crime is to wear my heart on my sleeve.  Most people on here have a fair idea who I am and I have never shied away from it.   I have also said I think Clancy is something special,  I expected nothing more than ridicule(my wife found the star struck thing funny) however I suppose I have to find courage in my convictions when it does not exactly go with the crowd.    Maybe the same people who thought of me with mirth were those dozy f**kers who ratified TOF, Lillis and Creedon.  But good luck to you on getting Mick Dempsey ratified.

Tony you are deluded there has always been an anti Laois bias in Laois.  Different Clubs are always scheming against each other, If one springs to mind in the recent past Pat Roe good enough for 2 or 3 other counties they could not be bothered with him here.  How else could TOF get a job here ran out of Galway and yet he pitches up here, no questions asked.  Billy Sheehan is not from Laois and never will be and let him cry for whoever he wants.  He did not even know where EMO was when he first came,  He is some man for the Laois matches considering his with Cork.  If any of you deluded chaps wants to believe Billy Sheehan is a Laois Man then continue on.  But I am sure I can dig out his Stacks video.   He also is also a mad Liverpool fan does that make him a scouser.  Like before Tony you are far too close to the county board to have a neutral point of view.  This time last year you were all about Creedon.   

Graigue to beat Heath ,  if Tony Connolly and Evan Keane reappear different story
Ballylinan to beat Josephs have a sneaky suspicion Ballylinan will go along way in this year championship.
Ballyroan to beat Port, Heart ruling my head here
O Dempsey Portlaoise going to be close Draw
Stradbally to beat Ballyfin
Kileen to beat Mountmellick
Crettyard to beat Clonaslee
Killeshin to be beat Kilcruise

Can see them rushing on here alright 

After all that Don

YAWN