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[Peter McNulty U21 Football Tournament Roinn 3]

Peter McNulty U21 Football Tournament Roinn 3.
 
Fri. 19th. January
Group A
Dr Morris Park 19:30
Tipperary v Carlow


Sat 21st. January
Group A
Ballinasloe 14:00
Galway v Laois

Group B
Ferns 17:00
Wexford v Clare
Hawkfield 14:00
Kildare v Limerick

[Mayo 3-21 Laois 0-19]

Mayo 3-21
Laois 0-19

Mayo fielded a very strong team from what I hear and they were flying fit. The holiday must have been more of a training camp, no sign of rustiness anyway..
Scoring 19 points against top class opposition is very good, don't forget its early days yet and its looking really good in my opinion. I'm as optimistic as I have been for many a year, roll on the league...

Fair play to Creedon, they are the quality of challenge games you need. No point it hammering weaker teams and going into the league with a false sense of security, then losing to teams you should be beating.

Playing teams who should be beating you is much better for everyone, especially if you can pick up a few wins which I believe we are well capable of doing..

Don, you make some valid points here but you really don't have to swear to make them. Foul language does nothing to reinforce your point and just makes the poster seem very juvenile.

We don't want to turn this forum into another Hogan Stand type one where every second post was full of ridiculous accusations and swear words. That was one of the reasons we all went to Laoistalk where we could talk seriously about the game we love without having to see all that stuff.

When Laoistalk shut down I redirected everyone to this forum in the hope that we could keep it going as most of the posters on Laoistalk were true Laois gaels and had something genuine to say without turning to petty insults and foul language. It has been going really well since and I agree with Tony regarding the language. There's no-one asking guys to be saints but just to keep it civilised and sensible and remember there are parents reading these comments who might like their kids to get involved in discussions about the game they love.

[Dressing room leaks shouldn't happen, says angry St Brigid's star]

Dressing room leaks shouldn't happen, says angry St Brigid's star
http://www.hoganstand.com/Laois/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=264985

This is a quote from the Meath Hogan Stand page and it sums it up nicely, we were the better team for all the game bar the first 20 mins. No-one, and I mean NO ONE around me including Meath supporters know how the (Offaly)ref gave that penalty. The ball was in play on the half way line and he runs in and gives a peno...??
Personally I'm very happy with what I saw tonight and given some of the tackles that went in from our lads we really seem to have bought in to this management team. It was an all round committed team performance.

This is the quote:

We were jammy. Freakish enough penalty decision I think I ever saw. Not complaining though. Laois took 25 mins to get going. Much bigger and more physical than us. They moved the ball well and took their scores well after a slow start. They outmustled meath. We were trying to run through them in the second half and ended up running into a brick wall. Trying to get to close to their goals to get scores instead of picking off longer range scores.

GlasagusOr (Meath) - Posts:1211 - 14/01/2017 22:26:24   

[Peter McNulty U-21 Football Tournament Result]

Peter McNulty U-21 Football Tournament Result


Laois          2-15
Tipperary   1-11

[Team news: Sheridan in goals for Meath]

Team news: Sheridan in goals for Meath

Meath manager Andy McEntee has named his team to take on Laois in the third round of the Bord na Mona O'Byrne Cup.

Former attacker Joe Sheridan has been named as goalkeeper. The Meath team is a mix of the last two starting XV's that defeated Wicklow and DIT. David McQuillan, Brian Power and Donal Lenihan are the three survivors from the Wednesday night win over the Dublin college side.

Sheridan last lined out for Meath in the 2013 All-Ireland qualifier against Tyrone.

The winner of this game will qualify for the semi-final. Throw in at Stadbally on Saturday night is at 7.00pm.

                                       Meath (O'Byrne Cup v Laois)

                                       Joe Sheridan (Seneschalstown)

Donal Keogan (Rathkenny), David McQuillan (St Patrick's), Mickey Burke (Longwood)

Conor Downey (Na Fianna), Brian Power (Ratoath), Sean Curran (Donaghmore/Ashbourne)

            Bryan Menton (Donaghmore/Ashbourne), Cian O'Brien (Ratoath)

Cillian O'Sullivan (Moynalvey), Graham Reilly (St Colmcille's), Paddy Kennelly (Dunderry)

Bryan McMahon (Ratoath), Kevin Ross (Castletown), Donal Lenihan (Dunboyne).

Subs - Jack Hannigan (Donaghmore/Ashbourne), Alan Forde (Navan O'Mahonys), Willie Carry (Drumbaragh), David Toner (Curraha), Declan Smyth (Dunsany), Adam Flanagan (Clonard), Bobby O'Brien (Ratoath), Sean Tobin (Simonstown), Fiachra Ward (Wolfe Tones).

[An interesting start to a year on the road with Laois]

An interesting start to a year on the road with Laois

http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/sport/230689/cat-names-thai-food-and-sceptic-stewards-an-interesting-start-to-a-year-on-the-road-with-laois.html

It's a disaster fixing that match for Stradbally, no way will it take the crowds that will attend this one. Hope sense prevails and its moved to O'Moore Park before it's too late.

Here is a report on the game from Leinster Express..
http://www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/sport/230617/o-byrne-cup-laois-make-it-two-wins-from-two-as-they-see-off-wicklow.html

Thanks Don. Pity about Doran's red, he played very well last Saturday and seems to be a good addition to the panel.

Good win and it makes for a great tussle against Meath in Stradbally at the weekend. Is O'Loughlin on the panel or what's going on there ??
Who was sent off tonight??

Back to more serious things, here is the team for tomorrow night v Wicklow..

[Brilliant Monument Road, just had to put them both up together...]

Brilliant Monument Road, just had to put them both up together...