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15 for the terrace as good as view.

I have only seen one of the games but there's something about them .
A very committed bunch with 2 or 3 likely to make it to inter County level .
 Kieran Kelly is a also a future Laois Senior manager I think . They'll give Meath plenty of it next week .

There playing Meath next Tuesday in the quarter finals I believe.  Think it's in Portlaoise. 

Good day for Laois football and well done to all involved. Nice bit of strength and depth on the panel.

Evan O'Carroll was excellent throughout, kept his composure and led the line like a true captain.
I thought Dempsey and Kelly were  tigerish throughout and gave little away in defence.

We were wasteful at times and some of the shooting was erratic but in fairness we kept at it. 

Offaly next which will be a much tougher test . Mcnulty alluded to it afterwards that championship will always be where the judgement lies.

Best of luck lads today  . Great to get promotion and I think we will do Leitrim today.  I think the conditions will suit us better and there's definitely another kick in this Laois team .

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That game againt the Dubs last night was a tough experience for our lads.

They were blitzed in the first half. Dublin far superior with and without the ball. Don't think they lost one of their own kickouts and turned over plenty of ours.

In fairness to the Laois lads they made a game of the second half and outscored the Dubs.

Next up is Offaly next Wednesday evening. The loser of that one will be out.

Hopefully our lads bounce back.

Big crowd there yesterday but not an ideal spot to hold such a game.

Big crowd.... are you having a laugh ?

We were outplayed and outfought for the majority of the match . Dublin took the foot off the pedal in the second half when the match was over .

Regarding the U20s the other night only for Brown in goal  we were in trouble.  Carlow were/are a poor outfit and they had us on the rocks in the first half .

How many do we expect to be in Croke Part on Sunday?

According to Crokepark.ie they are expecting 40k and 10k for Saturday.

Optimistic on both counts from Crokepark.ie in my opinion.

We were poor Saturday and Leitrim and there followers were up for it.  Lacked urgency throughout.

Paul Kingston is our most natural forward by far. The rest are hit and miss. O'Carroll for such a talented footballer gets involved in too much nonsense throughout and I don't think it helps in any way. 

Niall Dunne and Kelly are definitely missed . Bringing on Lillis at midfield to gain some  influence was a strange one . Doesn't have the stamina anymore for that position even for 15/20 mins. More of a nuisance in the full forward line if anything. 

We will be in Division 3 next year but  the Offaly game in a few weeks in OMP will tell a lot about this team. 

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As for Saturday the Down lads won't fear Laois based on their last meeting where we were still in the game with 10 minutes to go.

Eoghan Sands may be a big loss due to his straight red card, but I'd expect Down to appeal that decision this week, but we'll know more later this week...

A few other injuries to clear up this week could mean Down playing from a full hand, which they didn't have in the first meeting..

 
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Looking forward to Saturday now 😀

Feel parts of the pitch will be under pressure the next few weeks . 5/6 games scheduled for OMP before the 10th of April.

Semi-Final: Laois v Down in Portlaoise
Final: Carlow v Laois/Down in Carlow

League semi finals and final waste time of time regardless .

Agree with Laois Rising . No need for a neutral venue for league final . Irrelevant anyway in my opinion at this level.  Gladly play it in Dr Cullen Park and turn them over there .

Think Armagh started that trend in 02 and any of the lads would say it was beneficial that time.

With the sacrifices and effort county players put in these days I wouldn't begrudge them a few days away, be a great experience- enjoyable and would imagine beneficial tactics wise as well.

Lol fairly sure Armagh didn't start the trend in 2002...
I recall many inter county teams heading away for training camps in the 1990s . Perhaps not as advertised as it now but it was fairly common .

Hearing of discontent within the squad. Some hearsay around the county that Mahers new addition to the management team walked from the setup in the last few weeks.
Any truth to this?

All good in the camp . Situation being overblown.