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Good win for The Rock over Annanough tonight. Safe for another year.
Crettyard should be good enough to bounce straight back up but Clonaslee will give them a good run for it.
Portlaoise will be there or thereabouts again. This looks to be one of the weaker Intermediate championships in recent years, so I can see Portlaoise making a final.
Quote from: Silkyskillssunshinee on August 07, 2020, 05:30:25 PM
Portlaoise will be there or thereabouts again. This looks to be one of the weaker Intermediate championships in recent years, so I can see Portlaoise making a final.
You never really know with Portlaoise second team. They should really be walking this championship with the talent at their disposal but for some reason they keep coming up short.
I think Clonaslee could win yet another intermediate title. They are specialists at it!
Worrying result for Timahoe. They should have won the Intermediate a few years ago against O'Dempsey's first team, now they get comfortably beat by O'Dempsey's second team? I wouldn't be surprised if Annanough beat them in the relegation final either.
The Rock have improved massively since last year. They added a couple of good young lads and ran Clonaslee close. They could still have a say in this Championship.
Mountmellick seem to get a little worse every year. I don't see them getting any further than a semi-final.
People always give Timahoe a chance in this grade but its a few years since they really competed. They just havent seemed to click in recent years. Quigleys long term injuries seem to have taken a toll along with a lack of young players coming through. Have they much at u15 and u17 level to luft them in coming years? I dont think SPG are running at all like they used to at underage.
Quote from: Silkyskillssunshinee on August 07, 2020, 05:30:25 PM
Portlaoise will be there or thereabouts again. This looks to be one of the weaker Intermediate championships in recent years, so I can see Portlaoise making a final.
They will have to improve a lot to make a final, Crettyard walloped them with ease..
Quote from: SpeculativeEffort on September 06, 2020, 05:25:31 PM
People always give Timahoe a chance in this grade but its a few years since they really competed. They just havent seemed to click in recent years. Quigleys long term injuries seem to have taken a toll along with a lack of young players coming through. Have they much at u15 and u17 level to luft them in coming years? I dont think SPG are running at all like they used to at underage.
You've hit the nail on the head there. Apart from Mark O'Connell, I don't think they've got a player through from minor for a few years.
Just a few questions. Rosenallis won this last year with a very youthful fast team. They look like they will stay up too. Did they generally compete in A or B football underage up along? I know some of their hurling teams more than hold their own in A but what about football? Were they generally strong B teams on their own?
Quote from: SpeculativeEffort on September 08, 2020, 07:02:02 PM
Just a few questions. Rosenallis won this last year with a very youthful fast team. They look like they will stay up too. Did they generally compete in A or B football underage up along? I know some of their hurling teams more than hold their own in A but what about football? Were they generally strong B teams on their own?
Strong B teams on their own mostly. Might have been in A from time to time but mostly B. And also still have a bit of work to do to stay up!
Crettyard seem to be the form team but I tipped Clonaslee earlier and will stick to it. They are specialists at winning intermediates and no matter how poor their form seems, they seem to really improve in September and October.
Although a Mountmellick v The Rock final would be tasty!
Sorry to see Annanough going down as they have brought some young lads through. Maybe junior A will allow them to develop the team at a more suitable level.
As predicted a Crettyard v Clonaslee final. Cretty must be favourites but they will have to earn it against Clonaslee. I'm predicting a close, low scoring game with at least one red card and Cretty scraping through with an Evan O'Carroll goal!
Evan is the stand out player and if on form would be the difference between the teams. Take him out of the Crettyard team and it would be a totally different affair.
Can see this being nothing else but a high-scoring shootout with Evan O Carroll in serious form at the minute for Crettyard, and Clonaslee have the forwards to punish Crettyard too, especially With Niall Corbett in good form also. Both teams seem well capable of grabbing a couple of goals, and Crettyard missing a couple of key defenders thru injury. I'll sit firmly on the fence and go for a draw Crettyard 3-11 Clonaslee 2-14.
Love them or hate them but you can't but admire Clonaslee. New, young team and well capable of competing in senior next year.
Crettyard really struggled without James Brennan who is arguably their best defender. Their midfielder Burke didn't seem to be at his best-wonder how much the hurling with the Harps had taken out of him. Great win for Clonaslee against a highly fancied Crettyard team. Lot of young lads so will fancy themselves to stay senior next year.
Super win for Clonaslee. Well deserved. I though Evan O'Carroll would drag Cretty though but they really missed James Brennan and Ciaran Burke was obviously not fully fit. Should Laois be looking at Niall Corbett as an outfield player? He was excellent.
As is being said, Clonaslee are well capable of competing well in the senior next year. The only issue is the same one facing Rosenallis and trying to juggle both codes with a lot of dual players.
As for Cretty, they should be well set to win next year's intermediate. Not much consolation to them this week. I think only Mountmellick (who should have Eoin George back next year) will be a threat.
If someone wants to start a new thread for 2021 fire away.
Mountmellick had a good win over Arles Kilcruise
Park Ratheniska beating an awful Timahoe side.
O'Dempseys beating a junior b standard Portlaoise side as they're holding back a strong team to try win junior A.
Crettyard beating the Rock with Evan O'Carroll scoring 2:9 I think.
Timahoe or Portlaoise to be relegated. After seeing Portlaoise team last night I'd say it'll be them.
Mountmellick or Crettyard to win it out.
I wouldn't write off Arles-Kilcruise yet. I think they'll have something to say by the end of it, maybe even a rematch against Mountmellick in the final.
That Portlaoise result highlights another one of their issues. Focused on trying to win a Junior championship rather than build a strong second team to push their Senior team on that bit more.
Saw Arles last night and they were good value for their win over Crettyard. They had a young lad Munnelly up front who did very well!
I think they might play Park Ratheniska now in the semi final? They've already played Mountmellick.
Also saw Timahoe scrape past The Rock a couple of weeks ago. Brilliant late goal by Quigley.
Should be a Mountmellick v Park Ratheniska final.
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Saw Arles last night and they were good value for their win over Crettyard. They had a young lad Munnelly up front who did very well!
I think they might play Park Ratheniska now in the semi final? They've already played Mountmellick.
Also saw Timahoe scrape past The Rock a couple of weeks ago. Brilliant late goal by Quigley.
Should be a Mountmellick v Park Ratheniska final.
I think Kilcruise might be just that bit cute for Park Ratheniska if they were to play them in a semi-final. Can't see anyone other than Mountmellick winning this out though, it's about time they went back up to Senior.
Haven't seen Park yet but can't be much them Arles and Mountmellick? Mountmellick do look the strongest but again intermediate is never that straightforward. Expected more from Cretty this year .
It's a pity Ruairi O'Connor isn't playing for Timahoe this year. I'd give them a chance if they had him but Mountmellick should be too good for them.
Park by 3
Mountmellick by 6
I have a feeling Kilcruise might find a way to sneak past Park. If it's in the melting pot in the last fifteen mins or so, Munnelly and Conway could take over and get them over the line.
The other semi should be fairly straightforward. Mountmellick should have too much Timahoe.
Superb from Park . They have the momentum and can see them giving Mountmellick plenty to think about Friday week . I think young Fingleton will be loss in the final . Looked like a Broken collar bone
Quote from: Spiritof86 on October 17, 2021, 04:31:14 PM
Superb from Park . They have the momentum and can see them giving Mountmellick plenty to think about Friday week . I think young Fingleton will be loss in the final . Looked like a Broken collar bone
Mountmellick have been putting up some big scores all year. I worry that they haven't been properly tested for over a month now though and PR might just catch them cold in the final now.
Fair play to Park, they've done trojan work at all levels (male and female) for a numbers of years now and are reaping the rewards.
There will be another fresh faced team in the Laois senior championship next year which is never a bad thing, especially when we've seen how Ballyfin, Clonaslee, Rosenallis and Courtwood have offer something different in recent years.
Mountmellick a club I've always liked and admired really need to be playing senior again, having strong teams in urban area's is absolutely vital for Laois football going forward.
I still think the senior championship would benefit from having 10 or 12 teams maximum, which in turn would ultimately bulk up our intermediate championship with more quality and depth.
Barrowhouse and St Joseph's in the semi-finals of the Junior championship. Can't imagine there will be much love lost there after how the whole Daly transfer saga played out and there subsequent splitting at underage level. St Joseph's look fairly strong at this level but Barrowhouse had a good victory over a strong Portlaoise third team. Should be a good battle.
Should be Mountmellicks to lose, Just think they'll have too much strength in depth and should win by 5 or 6. Regardless I'd worry for them at senior level compared to Clonaslee, Rosenallis and Courtwood they are an aging team that will struggle at senior level, I can't see them staying up if they do win it,
Quote from: Tintin84 on October 18, 2021, 10:47:28 AM
Should be Mountmellicks to lose, Just think they'll have too much strength in depth and should win by 5 or 6. Regardless I'd worry for them at senior level compared to Clonaslee, Rosenallis and Courtwood they are an aging team that will struggle at senior level, I can't see them staying up if they do win it,
Will be an even enough game. Didn't see Gearoid Hanrahan on team for Mountmellick is he away?
Park were full value for win yesterday 3 wins on the bounce in Stradbally. Kieran Kelly in fairness has them fairly well drilled and they didn't panic when Kilcruise came back into it towards last 10 minutes. Only a matter of time when they go up to senior ranks a good mix of youth and experience at the moment. Kilcruise had a couple of the na Fianna og players on that minor a final so I imagine they'll be an addition to them in a year or 2.
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Should be Mountmellicks to lose, Just think they'll have too much strength in depth and should win by 5 or 6. Regardless I'd worry for them at senior level compared to Clonaslee, Rosenallis and Courtwood they are an aging team that will struggle at senior level, I can't see them staying up if they do win it,
Will be an even enough game. Didn't see Gearoid Hanrahan on team for Mountmellick is he away?
Park were full value for win yesterday 3 wins on the bounce in Stradbally. Kieran Kelly in fairness has them fairly well drilled and they didn't panic when Kilcruise came back into it towards last 10 minutes. Only a matter of time when they go up to senior ranks a good mix of youth and experience at the moment. Kilcruise had a couple of the na Fianna og players on that minor a final so I imagine they'll be an addition to them in a year or 2.
Think Hanrahan is overseas on Army duty big loss for Mountmellick in final if missing
Final should be a tight affair tomorrow night. Mountmellick have the more experienced players at this level but Park-Ratheniska have all the momentum and seem to have brought through some excellent young lads. I think Mountmellick won a league meeting earlier this year but that probably will mean little or nothing. I'm going to tip Park-Ratheniska to edge this by a point or two. Could even go to extra time.
If Park pull this off tonight it's going to be some achievement . I'd be very surprised not to see this one go down to the wire . Mountmellick have some very established footballers and Gordon Lalor has them in serious condition but Park have serious momentum on there side too .
Gearoid Hanrahan back for Mountmellick is a serious boost . The pitch is going to play part i think later and there showers forecasted for later .
Have a sneaky feeling Park could nick this . Mountmellick have not been overly test the past 2 games but that could work to there advantage aswell . Very hard to call in fairness
I see Mountmellick winning this by a couple of points. Gordon Lalor has them motoring very well this season. Hitchcock and Langton at wing-back for Park will need to have big games, as well as their midfielder Podge Dunne who was excellent the last day and wouldn't be too far off county standard.
Gordon didn't have much motoring tonight, MM were awful, Park from the 1st minute dominated the game and were deserved winners, But you would worry about them senior next year. MM will struggle to get out of Intermediate now, Coss coming near his end take him off that team and there very limited.
Mountmellick seemed to have zero game plan, whereas to Park's credit looked very well organized and had a purpose to how they played.
I was very surprised with how poor Mountmellick's fitness levels were also, a lot of their players seemed to be blowing hard by half time.
I'd say on Park themselves in regards to senior, yes they will probably struggle "but" unlike the likes of Arles Killeen, they seem to have plenty of young players and depth.
I don't think Park will struggle at all.
I think they'll comfortably stay up and will establish themselves very quickly over the next couple of years.
Quote from: Tintin84 on October 29, 2021, 09:07:13 PM
Gordon didn't have much motoring tonight, MM were awful, Park from the 1st minute dominated the game and were deserved winners, But you would worry about them senior next year. MM will struggle to get out of Intermediate now, Coss coming near his end take him off that team and there very limited.
I was really not expecting Mountmellick to look that clueless tonight. They didn't seem to have any other gameplan apart from firing in long balls to Coss, who to be fair to him kicked some great points. You'd imagine that's a huge chance missed now for them, as The Heath have a few good, fit young lads who will enjoy playing Intermediate football and I'm not sure Mountmellick will beat them.
Fair play to Park though, some story altogether. The last couple of teams who won Intermediate have adjusted to Senior life fairly well and I do think they'll find a way to stay up next year with the momentum behind them now. There are some fairly average Senior sides who I they're capable of beating.
Congrats to P/R, far the better team on the day workerd very hard and played some nice football at times in difficult conditions. Serious achievement to go straight from Junior to Senior. Some good individual performances tonight, especially the 2 Dunnes, Richie Hitchcock and Kieran Delaney. Colm Coss good for Mountmellick but they didn't seem to be able match P/ R at all in middle third
Lets not dress this up mountmelick a town team loads of chimney pots yee are a disgrace but to rathineska well done yee wanted it yee got it I don't think yee will last senior but a great story again mountmelick hang the head in shame
Quote from: town1980 on October 30, 2021, 12:58:20 AM
Lets not dress this up mountmelick a town team loads of chimney pots yee are a disgrace but to rathineska well done yee wanted it yee got it I don't think yee will last senior but a great story again mountmelick hang the head in shame
No shortage of mediocre senior teams that park could possibly beat next year if they get the luck of the draw
All they need is a year or two to acclimatise at senior and they will be grand.
They are pulling big numbers out from the town of portlaoise at juvenile which will bolster them further
Taking nothing away from Park they absolutely deserved to win that game last night, but not chance of competing at senior level sorry now even against mediocre teams they have 3 or 4 good players but not senior level, Put it this way they wouldn't beat a Clonaslee or Rosenallis or Courtwood the last 3 intermediate champions. i enjoyed the way they had a plan but were talking a different level. At the end of the day this time last year they were still junior and just about scrapped through the semi final and final.
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Quote from: town1980 on October 30, 2021, 12:58:20 AM
Lets not dress this up mountmelick a town team loads of chimney pots yee are a disgrace but to rathineska well done yee wanted it yee got it I don't think yee will last senior but a great story again mountmelick hang the head in shame
No shortage of mediocre senior teams that park could possibly beat next year if they get the luck of the draw
All they need is a year or two to acclimatise at senior and they will be grand.
They are pulling big numbers out from the town of portlaoise at juvenile which will bolster them further
Quote from: Tintin84 on October 30, 2021, 01:54:11 PM
Taking nothing away from Park they absolutely deserved to win that game last night, but not chance of competing at senior level sorry now even against mediocre teams they have 3 or 4 good players but not senior level, Put it this way they wouldn't beat a Clonaslee or Rosenallis or Courtwood the last 3 intermediate champions. i enjoyed the way they had a plan but were talking a different level. At the end of the day this time last year they were still junior and just about scrapped through the semi final and final.
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Quote from: town1980 on October 30, 2021, 12:58:20 AM
Lets not dress this up mountmelick a town team loads of chimney pots yee are a disgrace but to rathineska well done yee wanted it yee got it I don't think yee will last senior but a great story again mountmelick hang the head in shame
No shortage of mediocre senior teams that park could possibly beat next year if they get the luck of the draw
All they need is a year or two to acclimatise at senior and they will be grand.
They are pulling big numbers out from the town of portlaoise at juvenile which will bolster them further
I think they will be able to stay up. They certainly seem to me to be at the level of Rosenallis or Clonaslee and I couldn't see how they'd be a whole lot worse than the likes of Ballylinan or Killeshin. Anyway, I'm sure it's the least of their worries this week as they have a Leinster campaign to look forward to with a nice favourable draw. I just hope their old poaching neighbours don't come sniffing again ;)
Agree with Ballybrittas Boy I think Park will be ok at Senior next year . If anything they may get stronger . Going by some of the Senior matches this year I've seen they have a very good chance of staying up . Some of the statements saying they haven't got a chance competing at Senior level sum up the absurdity and rashness on any forum .
Hopefully Barrowhouse win the junior. It would be good to see a small club like them getting a trophy and I believe they have a few right good young lads coming through. And fair play to BA for getting to the final with a very strong second team. Also doing a lot of good work at underage but on this occasion, I'm going to back the smaller club.
Very disappointing year for Annanough. Thought they would bounce straight back up but could well wind up getting stuck in junior now if they don't do it next year.
Another great win for Park yesterday against a Carlow side, it's been some year for them altogether. Don't see why some people reckon they'll struggle with Senior football, they have plenty of youth and athleticism with the likes of Podge Dunne and Fingleton in the middle a very mobile duo. I wouldn't be surprised to see them reach a Leinster final with the form they're in.
Quote from: Silkyskillssunshinee on November 21, 2021, 07:11:05 AM
Another great win for Park yesterday against a Carlow side, it's been some year for them altogether. Don't see why some people reckon they'll struggle with Senior football, they have plenty of youth and athleticism with the likes of Podge Dunne and Fingleton in the middle a very mobile duo. I wouldn't be surprised to see them reach a Leinster final with the form they're in.
Yesterday they were sloppier than they were in Laois championship, but a win all the same. The opposition were woeful though. Will do them good though and focus the mind. I do agree they won't be far off it if they play like they did earlier in championship. Another challenge in 2 weeks vs Wexford champions at home venue.
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Another great win for Park yesterday against a Carlow side, it's been some year for them altogether. Don't see why some people reckon they'll struggle with Senior football, they have plenty of youth and athleticism with the likes of Podge Dunne and Fingleton in the middle a very mobile duo. I wouldn't be surprised to see them reach a Leinster final with the form they're in.
Yesterday they were sloppier than they were in Laois championship, but a win all the same. The opposition were woeful though. Will do them good though and focus the mind. I do agree they won't be far off it if they play like they did earlier in championship. Another challenge in 2 weeks vs Wexford champions at home venue.
Missing one if not 2 lads with covid as well?
Good to see both Laois clubs progressing yesterday
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Another great win for Park yesterday against a Carlow side, it's been some year for them altogether. Don't see why some people reckon they'll struggle with Senior football, they have plenty of youth and athleticism with the likes of Podge Dunne and Fingleton in the middle a very mobile duo. I wouldn't be surprised to see them reach a Leinster final with the form they're in.
Yesterday they were sloppier than they were in Laois championship, but a win all the same. The opposition were woeful though. Will do them good though and focus the mind. I do agree they won't be far off it if they play like they did earlier in championship. Another challenge in 2 weeks vs Wexford champions at home venue.
Missing one if not 2 lads with covid as well?
Good to see both Laois clubs progressing yesterday
In fairness to them they've been on the beer for a while and as an above poster said were missing a few starters . They'll take yesterdays win all day long .
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Another great win for Park yesterday against a Carlow side, it's been some year for them altogether. Don't see why some people reckon they'll struggle with Senior football, they have plenty of youth and athleticism with the likes of Podge Dunne and Fingleton in the middle a very mobile duo. I wouldn't be surprised to see them reach a Leinster final with the form they're in.
Yesterday they were sloppier than they were in Laois championship, but a win all the same. The opposition were woeful though. Will do them good though and focus the mind. I do agree they won't be far off it if they play like they did earlier in championship. Another challenge in 2 weeks vs Wexford champions at home venue.
Missing one if not 2 lads with covid as well?
Good to see both Laois clubs progressing yesterday
In fairness to them they've been on the beer for a while and as an above poster said were missing a few starters . They'll take yesterdays win all day long .
Blowing out the cobwebs and rightly so when you win a county title, in their case, titles, beer away🍺
As I said, a win is a win. Different test the next day however.
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Another great win for Park yesterday against a Carlow side, it's been some year for them altogether. Don't see why some people reckon they'll struggle with Senior football, they have plenty of youth and athleticism with the likes of Podge Dunne and Fingleton in the middle a very mobile duo. I wouldn't be surprised to see them reach a Leinster final with the form they're in.
Yesterday they were sloppier than they were in Laois championship, but a win all the same. The opposition were woeful though. Will do them good though and focus the mind. I do agree they won't be far off it if they play like they did earlier in championship. Another challenge in 2 weeks vs Wexford champions at home venue.
Missing one if not 2 lads with covid as well?
Good to see both Laois clubs progressing yesterday
In fairness to them they've been on the beer for a while and as an above poster said were missing a few starters . They'll take yesterdays win all day long .
Blowing out the cobwebs and rightly so when you win a county title, in their case, titles, beer away🍺
As I said, a win is a win. Different test the next day however.
I'd expect them to beat the Wexford team. The second tier in Wexford isn't great.