Laois Under 21 football team 2016

[Tony]

If his hamstring was tight, he probably should have been rested for the U21 game. He's an important player for the U21s but these 3-5 weeks out with the hamstring will set him back further. Caution should have been practiced.

[Tony]

Looking forward to the match later at 7.30 - getting through to a semi-final would be massive for us. Should be clear for the game. I expect us to win with relative ease, but hopefully all is well with prepararion. Laois 1/20 to win at paddypower.

[County Man]

Best of luck to the guys tonight.

We should win but should also be mindful of what can go wrong.

We were also very hot favourites in 2008 v Wicklow and they turned us over.

Coincidently, that was also on March 9th!!

[OTF]

Savage scoring in 60 minuets but what about our defence ??

[redsetanta]

20 scores to 12 but 3 goals would be a worry. O'Carroll very influential when he came in.

[Helix]

See Evin Keane back tonight also after being out with shoulder injury. Will be great addition for Dublin match.
Any match report or who played well?

[SCFC]

Team improved a lot with the substitutions.

[From the Terrace]

Just glad to see us back in business end of underage competitions. tried to attach full match report from the42.ie website unsuccessfully its decent.

[redsetanta]

http://www.the42.ie/laois-wicklow-u21-football-report-2651405-Mar2016/

There it is.

[blueandwhite1]

Anyone at the match got a good report of how they played? Certainly was exciting to watch on Twitter!

Obviously took a lot of courage to come back from the two early goals and did well to be 5 points to the good in the end before the goal.

What individuals stood out and do they have the potential to drive on against the Dubs?

[Uisce]

Was in at the game last night. Can't say I am too familiar with all of the players but they played well in the second half.

Wicklow played good football in the first half, running at Laois and getting a score with the majority of their attacks. It was worrying that they got through so easily considering Laois had the centre back dropped deep in front of the full back line. Wicklow could have had another goal or two. They will have to really tighten up the centre against Dublin to avoid being exposed again.

Laois were a different team in the second half, the introduction of O'Carroll really spurred them on. They took their points very well, they were still lucky that Wicklow hit the crossbar with the penalty as Laois would have really thrown it away if they had not have won. When Laois started to get a head of steam they started to take a lot of optimistic shots at goal rather than getting the ball into the scoring zone. It is a sign of confidence but they can't afford to waste chances against better opposition. They weren't far enough ahead to be doing that.

It was a good rounded performance, can't say any individuals really stood out above others. Plenty of talent in the team so should fear nothing when playing Dublin.

[County Man]

Dublin game will be in Parnell Park on March 19th.

Big ask to win but lets hope we give it a good shot.

[Buffalobull]

Huge performance needed this weekend to overturn the Dubs, it'll come down to massive work rate!

[OTF]

The mystery was how there was only 3 points between them 10 minutes into the second half.
The Dubs had at least 20 players with massive power and pace Laois had maybe 5.
No fault Laois we can't compete with their resources.

[SCFC]

A very poor set of backs over the three games. O'Carroll is a beast of a footballer though.