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Any word on the 20s for next year ? Is Billy staying on

Looks like Kevin Walsh is gone from Galway. Joyce linked with this role but heard also Rochford could get it

Rochford said about 3 weeks ago he doesnt want to manage and is looking forward to another year with Donegal.

Think Minor Football Manager nominations close tomorrow. Anyone any idea who might be in ? In terms of seniors, heard it might be wrapped up next week.

Hard enough to get experience into guys when everyone says they shouldn't get the job because they have no experience, and we wonder why we find it hard to get people to take teams. Dunne has experience anyway if he took a development team from 14-minor. Minor is U17 lads not senior mens.

I accept senior payments.. I just have issues with paying people to train a team of kids, thats all. Now its done I wish them all the best and hope it works out.

Can give you 10-15 thousand reasons why this is a bad idea.. number 1 being this is a minor team, ie 15-17 year old kids, not a senior one.

So McGrath's experience of winning back to back Harty and All Irelands with DLS would probably stand to him.

If thats your number 1, I'd say you wouldn't get to 15, let alone 15,000.

Point being when anyone clubs / county thinks it is ok to pay anyone that type of cash to train kids then we may stop calling the GAA an amateur organisation once and for all. This is an absolute farce and goes against all what the GAA should stand for, and if laois hurling people had any self respect theyd call this out for what it is. More or less the minor manager for the last 2 years lost his job here because someone has thrown money at a name.

After the hurling minor rumours, suppose the minor footballers are going to get Jim Gavin once he gets this 5 in a row business out of the way.

I hear Liam Kearns is genuinely a live contender for the senior. I said him on here a few weeks ago but on reflection it doesnt inspire massive confidence.

Can give you 10-15 thousand reasons why this is a bad idea.. number 1 being this is a minor team, ie 15-17 year old kids, not a senior one.

Its all madness. Most GAA thing ever. Only one reason that man is going to train a Laois Minor Team and its not for the betterment of young laois hurlers.

Any word on the Minor

Think he said he would stay if they changed the player rules over eligibility

https://www.laoistoday.ie/2019/08/19/laois-on-the-look-out-for-new-minor-football-manager-as-phelan-steps-down/

Donnacha gone aswell. Fair play to him, two years of service and two semi finals.

Thankless job taking any county team really. He did quite well. Presume this years 16s management will be in the running.

Not sure how many will want it, don't think the applications flew in the last time. Be interesting to see if any hands go up all the same

https://www.laoistoday.ie/2019/08/19/laois-on-the-look-out-for-new-minor-football-manager-as-phelan-steps-down/

Donnacha gone aswell. Fair play to him, two years of service and two semi finals.

Interesting weekend for the 15s and 16s. 15s won the Shield but beaten in the Cup Final and the 16s won the Gerry Reily Shield.

I went to Tualamore, was a great win for the second team. Always looked in control of the game and some very good footballers on the team. The cup final was a game of really high skill level accross both teams. Laois went against a strong wind in the first half and showed some really good character and defensive ability to be 6-4 down at Ht. They just never really got going in the second half and the referee just consistently gave scorable frees to Kerry (About the only consistent thing about him) he turned down an absolute stone wall penalty for Laois aswell. In fairness to the team they showed really good heart and got a brilliant goal to bring the game back to 1 point with about 12 to go, but unfortunately Kerry just kept tipping the ball over the ball and got a soft goal aswell. Overal this was a very good year for them. I rememeber watching them at 14s last year where Wicklow and Offaly beat them and this year theyve beaten anyone theyve played and only went down to Kerry by a very harsh scoreline.

Between the 15s and the 16s we will hopefully have a very competitive Minor team next year.

What exactly has Chris Conway done on the sideline to warrant the Laois Senior Job ? Chris and Laois would be better off if he got involved at U14s and builded upwards and  try create something and gain experience instead of jumping into the top job where he is questionably qualified for if qualified at all.

so who do you want then, evans?

No not evans as I stated before.. but it annoys me when I see fanciful names being connected with no foundation whatsoever. There are many better qualified candidates than Chris Conway, Billy O Loughlin would be more qualified even tho he wouldn't be on my list. Point being he has at least put something into Laois Underage and got some experience instead of being connected because of name, playing years and looking after school teams. If I had a pick id go back to Liam Kearns and team in Jason Ryan as the trainer. Right or wrong that be my choice from available realistic candidates with experience and if Conway wanted to be a selector id be delighted.