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How does John Sugrue prepare Laois for the Leinster final knowing that we have a greater chance of qualifying for the Super 8s than we have of beating Dublin, yet, aware that a heavy defeat could scupper our chances in the qualifiers?

Best of luck to him.

Gutted for Attride.

How serious is the injury to Stephen?

I would gladly take a gutsy performance and a 10 to 12 point defeat to Dublin. Hopefully Laois will not be so deflated that the possibility of qualification for the Super 8s would be beyond them.

However, we have to be happy with the progress made under Sugrue.

Well done to John Sugrue and the team today. Its hard to believe that we are just one win nad a lucky draw away from Super 8s. In he meantime, can we keep the score in the Leinster final respectable?

How Carlow Play...

https://www.facebook.com/The42.ie/videos/1859864974075983/

When you see it like that it seems a pretty formidable system of defence, and you wonder will our main scoring threats, the two Kingstons in the full forward line, both be marked out of the game? You also wonder how will we cope with their speedy counter attacks? 

We have played hem twice already and beaten them. So, have they 'upped' their performance now that the championship has begun?

Their wins against Louth and Kildare were two impressive results, so its going to be interesting.

Lets get a good start, or at least, not a bad one!

Broderick shiteing on in the media yesterday. I couldnt be happier with this being quite honest. It couldnt be nicer. I doubt there's ever been less about a bookies favourite going into a game before. All we need is the players to have their heads screwed on, and we'll win this pulling up.

I hope you are right Don. I wish I could feel so confident.

What a man is right. Would love to see him appear in a Leinster Final.

Any report on today's match against Wicklow? A win by a point does not look like a good result.

Why not ask Cheddar to come back?

The Lilies may be on a bit of a downer tomorrow night.

No. I think the losers of the provincial finals would have to beat one of the teams from the qualifiers to reach the super 8s.

At this point, it is no longer a question of are we good enough, as it would have been if we were to play Kildare. We are good enough to win the semi final, but the question now is can we halt the Carlow momentum. They will be thinking 'third time lucky'.

I think I would have preferred to play a vulnerable Kildare team.

 Carlow won't fear us. 

A talking point for me was that Laois supporters seemed to outnumber opposition supporters, for once.

My men of the match would be Begley, Lillis and Paul Kingston.

I know it would be a huge step forward, but a Leinster final appearance would be a fantastic achievement. Is it out of the question?

I hope Colin Kelly is not gone. He seems to have spread disharmony there. A new manager would give them a boost.

I hope this won't give rise to a false sense of security within the Laois setup. After-all, we could just as easily say that we will be without Brendan Quigley, Paul Cahillane, Evan O'Carroll, Conor Meredith, Eoin Lowry, Brian Glynn and Robbie Piggott.