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BA who was where

He was good alright only second game of football,  we will see if Ballyroan are any good in the league.  Stay up and there is something get relegated and we're not as far forward as we think we are.   Prob another depleted side next week agains Arles .

So genuinely did not think I would say this but if Sean Moore is worth a shot on Laois Panel so is Jody Dillion.  His decent and being on a county panel might get more out of him.

This all revolves around Portlaoise, I seen a Laois Today Picture from 2009 when they won the Feile.  Correct me if I am wrong not one of them is a starting player on the Portlaoise Senior Team now.   BallyroanAbbey and St Paul's are the dominant clubs at underage as of last year.  I suppose the financial pressure Portlaoise were under has forced them to take their eye off the ball.  A few years back George Doyle was managing the minors I asked someone on it how many from Portlaoise are on it and he said none, I swear I nearly fell over.  How could anyone expect to do anything at juvenile in this county without Portlaoise.  Regardless of what other clubs think Portlaoise has to get more support, it's where the vast majority of our population live

Actually Portarlington, Graigue & Mountmellick should be thrown in

These Clubs need serious help
The Rural Clubs could do with improvements but however bad their situation is the town clubs are in serious bother.

people should be careful what the wish for,the town is still there,every now and then clubs get a purple patch, and think the town in bother.If your evolved long enough you will find out this.Ballyroan you seem very got up in your recent success at under age and fair play to yourselves and abbey leix for the work ye put in, it has to be commended,but not to long ago Jim whelan was asking the county board could the u16 champ. be 13 aside because they had not enough players, as well as giving walk overs at minor level.FOR the record when George doyle was minor manger there was 10 portlaoise lads in the squad,unprecedented by laois standards.

Firstly I want Portlaoise to be strong if you read the post,  I think it's quite important that Portlaoise are the strongest club in Laois.  A Club with a population of 20,000 should be far stronger at juvenile than BallyroanAbbey, Mountmellick,Portarlington and Graigue with picks in the 3000-5000.  Secondly BallyroanAbbey picks only increase from U12 after 2013 and will stay high due to Abbeyleix and Ballyroan taking time to bed in at juvenile. 

I think alot of you forget we are only a relatively recent set up in our current body.  In 2007 we became BallyroanAbbey that does not immediately mean everything became one all of a sudden.  That is still an on-going process which will continue to develop.  I think it will get stronger and is only starting.

On Portlaoise's numbers with George Doyle,  maybe I am wrong but I think it was the  first championship game against Wicklow no Portlaoise player started.  If my memory serves me correct he changed it against Longford.  It was the team I was referring to not the squad.

County Board is obviously clamping down on addresses rule.

Nasty

So a player should be happy playing Junior C,B or A  because of a decision he made when he was 10.  If someone told you that you had to stay in the same job because it was your first job would that be fair.  Most players don't even realise the extent to which their been held by clubs, usually what happens is that they get pissed off and stop playing altogether.  Helicopter Club ? Would the issue not be that we are the only football club in a predominantly hurling area. 

I think they want to play Senior A.

Personally I think players should be allowed transfer as they please.  Why should anyone be bound to a club,  in no aspect of life would this happen why should the GAA be any different.  If clubs are doing a good job they will attract players if not they won't.

Anyword on Niall Brennan

I am actually saying it's not a good thing Ballyroan are doing so well, regardless of how I feel Portlaoise should be the dominant Juvenile Club with a pack of Graigue,Ballyroan,Paul's, Port & Mountmellick, Stradbally behind.  If Laois are to regain ground the town clubs have to get their act together.

Some part of me feels last Sunday was a watershed where everyone suddenly realizes how bad we are and we start to sort it out fingers crossed.

Are we not one of the dominant juvenile clubs in Laois? 

Abbeyleix and Ballyroan are playing football and hurling together at juvenile since prob about 2009.  It took a couple of years to start working out

in 2007 unlike many we are not an amalgamation Ballyroan changed it's name and Abbeyleix ceased to play football.

U12-18

There are about 5 - 6 players from colt

1 isolated player from Ballacolla

Last Year Correct me if I am wrong
U 11 and 12 skills challenge winners and runners up
: U14 Div 1 and Div 3 league winners
: U 14 Laois Feile winners
: U 13 Championship winners
: U 14 Championship winners
:U 15 Winter League winners
U16 Semi Final
U18 Lost the Final

Abbeyleix are pretty decent too

This all revolves around Portlaoise, I seen a Laois Today Picture from 2009 when they won the Feile.  Correct me if I am wrong not one of them is a starting player on the Portlaoise Senior Team now.   BallyroanAbbey and St Paul's are the dominant clubs at underage as of last year.  I suppose the financial pressure Portlaoise were under has forced them to take their eye off the ball.  A few years back George Doyle was managing the minors I asked someone on it how many from Portlaoise are on it and he said none, I swear I nearly fell over.  How could anyone expect to do anything at juvenile in this county without Portlaoise.  Regardless of what other clubs think Portlaoise has to get more support, it's where the vast majority of our population live

Actually Portarlington, Graigue & Mountmellick should be thrown in

These Clubs need serious help
The Rural Clubs could do with improvements but however bad their situation is the town clubs are in serious bother.

For all those feeling down this week, I know his not from Laois but watching him all ways makes me smile

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ctz1FbTxt0

Brolly 1 Final
Gooch 4-34 Nine Finals Winning 4 and every major honor in GAA.
Every Great of Kerry Football lining up to say he was the one of the Greats (pretty sure they don't hand out plaudits easily)
Man is a Living Legend

We live an age where he was been double marked and given rough treatment and he still shined