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#1
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
March 27, 2024, 01:12:54 PM
Quote from: Blowitupref on March 27, 2024, 12:37:46 PM
Quote from: toby47 on March 27, 2024, 09:09:42 AMHow 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.
#2
Laois / Re: Laois Senior Footballers 2024
March 21, 2024, 03:33:15 PM
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. 
#3
Laois / Re: 2024 Allianz Hurling League
March 21, 2024, 03:03:07 PM
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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.
#4
Laois / Re: 2024 Allianz Hurling League
March 16, 2024, 08:37:56 PM
Semi-Final: Laois v Down in Portlaoise
Final: Carlow v Laois/Down in Carlow
#5
Laois / Re: 2024 Allianz Hurling League
March 14, 2024, 11:09:03 AM
League semi finals and final waste time of time regardless .
#6
Laois / Re: 2024 Allianz Hurling League
March 13, 2024, 04:30:29 PM
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 .
#7
GAA Discussion / Re: Warm Weather Training Camps
March 06, 2024, 07:35:25 PM
Quote from: Armagh18 on March 06, 2024, 11:29:09 AMThink 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 .
#8
Laois / Re: Laois Senior Hurlers 2024
March 06, 2024, 05:25:37 PM
Quote from: Galtee1 on March 05, 2024, 03:46:49 PMHearing 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. 
#9
Laois / Re: 2024 Allianz Hurling League
February 26, 2024, 03:06:38 PM
King is back training and will be available in the next few weeks .
I don't see much improvement from last year presently. 
The word is everything is been geared towards the Joe Mcdonagh. Hard to be fully convinced just yet.
#10
GAA Discussion / Re: NFL Division 1 2024
February 18, 2024, 02:13:22 PM
Quote from: screenexile on February 18, 2024, 02:10:28 PMThat's a red if it's a rugby game!!

But it is not a rugby game....
#11
Laois / Re: Laois Senior Footballers 2024
February 18, 2024, 01:44:15 PM
Probably our least impressive performance of the league so far .
Improved in the second half but Carlow are a poor outfit  . We dominated their kickouts in the second half with Roche competing for the majority of them .
Swayne and Larkin the standout players and good to see Kingston and Lowry back in the mix .

Decent crowd in fairness .
#12
Laois / Re: Laois Senior Footballers 2024
February 15, 2024, 03:43:36 PM


Laois Senior Football Panel 2024
Aaron Cooney (St Joseph's)
Brian Daly (St Joseph's)
Mikie Dempsey (St Joseph's)
James Kelly (St Joseph's)
Jack Lacey (St Joseph's)
Cormac Murphy (St Joseph's)
Kevin Swayne (Portlaoise)
Damon Larkin (Portlaoise)
Kieran Lillis (Portlaoise)
Ben Dempsey (Portlaoise)
Conor Brown (Portlaoise)
Conor Heffernan (Killeshin)
Eoin Lowry (Killeshin)
Killian Roche (Killeshin)
Brian Byrne (Graiguecullen)
Danny O'Reilly (Graiguecullen)
Mark Timmons (Graiguecullen)
Eoin Buggie (Stradbally)
Liam Knowles (Stradbally)
Mark Barry (O'Dempsey's)
Fionn Holland (O'Dempsey's)
Niall Dunne (Courtwood)
Sean O'Flynn (Courtwood)
Ciaran Burke (Crettyard)
Evan O'Carroll (Crettyard)
Shaun Fitzpatrick (Ballyroan-Abbey)
Aaron McEvoy (Ballyroan-Abbey)
Ryan Brady (Ballylinan)
Seamus Lacey (Ballylinan)
Simon Fingleton (Park-Ratheniska)
Niall Corbet (Clonaslee-St Manman's)
Dylan Kavanagh (The Heath)
Paul Kingston (Arles-Killeen)
Padraig Kirwan (Emo)
Rioghan Murphy (Portarlington)

#13
Laois / Re: 2024 Allianz Hurling League
February 13, 2024, 10:56:38 AM
Quote from: on the hop on February 13, 2024, 08:24:52 AMfirst time to see the hurlers in a while and they made hard work on beating a very limited Kildare team who were down several injured players. Strong wind throughout the game was with Kildare in the first half and they started very strong before Laois got their bearings. Both teams deployed a sweeper at times which benefitted Kildare more as they got off a lot of shots, had they been more accurate they could have been further ahead. Laois seemed to have issues tracking players in the middle third. Despite the wind being very strong Laois seemed to persist in hitting high balls into the corners which didn't suit the inside line.

Scoring rate for both teams decreased in the second half as both seem to be very laboured at times, possibly doing heavy training. Laois exploited a few mistakes in the second half and finished with three good goals. Kildare fell away for 20 minutes where Laois scored well to open a gap. near the end they became a bit ill disciplined and let Kildare get a few scores. Wasn't the best performance but got over the line.


What are the facilities like at Hawkfields OTH ? Never been out there .
#14
Laois / Re: Laois Senior Footballers 2024
February 09, 2024, 03:55:55 PM
We are spending too much time questioning McNultys decision to make the trip to wexford. 

People who addressed his decision and described it as foolish and stupid etc clearly don't know the man .
This whole episode will be forgotten in a couple of weeks .

The improvement in organisation from the debacle of past couple of years is clearly evident. From what I hear and see the lads involved this year are loving the environment. Himself and Munnelly have brought a freshness to the set up.

Let him do what he has to do and his dedication to Laois is there to be seen.  Time to get behind him and forget about the outside distractions.
I am pretty sure he has .
#15
Laois / Re: 2024 Allianz Hurling League
February 06, 2024, 09:53:46 PM
Quote from: Mossy Bruce on February 06, 2024, 08:47:44 PMIs Kfm (Kildare) pretty good about broadcasting full matches? It looks like the Kildare football match follows the hurling match.

No football this weekend .