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#1
Laois / Re: The Future for Laois Football
October 20, 2023, 01:48:44 PM
Any update on players not committing? I know Pigott , OSullivan and Murphy from Port are all going to Australia. I heard Collins is going travelling too . Any update on retirements either ?
#2
Laois / Re: Laois Senior Football Championship 2023
October 10, 2023, 03:04:26 PM
I didn't see Matthew Campion or Josh OBrien playing for Joseph's the last day , any word if they will be available for Sunday ???
#3
Laois / Re: The Future for Laois Football
October 04, 2023, 05:42:13 PM
I've heard about Robbie Piggott , Colm Murphy and Paddy OSullivan going travelling . Any more names that are not committing?
#4
Laois / Re: Laois Senior Football Championship 2023
August 27, 2023, 10:56:58 PM
Anyone know why Flanagan and Saunders weren't involved with Portlaoise today ? Both made appearances the last day against Rosenallis
#5
Laois / Re: The Future for Laois Football
August 04, 2023, 07:44:52 PM
Quote from: bluespower on August 03, 2023, 09:49:42 PM
Donald Trump is the man that would make Laois great again.  ;D


Judging by the standard of the senior championship matches last weekend not even God almighty can save us let alone Trump , Mary , Joseph , Jesus , Kinsella , Martin Murphy and whoever else's name gets linked to the managerial vacancy
#6
Laois / Re: Tailteann Cup 2023
June 27, 2023, 02:57:38 PM
Quote from: High Fielder on June 27, 2023, 02:06:29 PM
It doesn't for me, because I start from a fundamentally different viewpoint as you and JD. The real crime for me is the lack of preparation at underage. The way we treat our best footballers and hurlers who we hope one day will represent us at Senior level. It seemed obvious to me that Down were more athletic in every sense of the word. The sort of athleticism that is nurtured over many years

100% agree HF
#7
Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football
June 27, 2023, 01:09:30 PM
Would Burren in the coming years have a team that will be capable of challenging Kilcoo ? Looking through the Down Senior and U20 panels there seems to be a decent contingent of Burren representatives
#8
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on June 26, 2023, 09:39:37 AM
Freak results can happen and Longford have had many a pasting over the years.
Small county and limited resources etc etc

But Laois should not be in this position. Should be as good as Kildare and Westmeath.

Yesterday Laois were a disgrace. Longford went toe-to-toe with Down a few weeks ago in Newry and were there challenging until the last 10 mins.

But why should we be as good as Kildare ? Kildares trajectory is a lot closer to Dublins level than Laois level . Kildare have a much higher ceiling than Laois .Kildare are a big predominantly footballing county on the outskirts of Dublin with over 3 times the population of county Laois . We here in Laois are a small county split 50/50 between both hurling and football . The county is split with the south and the west all hurling and the north and the east is all football . We then have Portlaoise right in the centre with almost 30,000 people ( which is one third of the entire population of county Laois ) . We have just ONE dual club in Portlaoise catering for the entire population of the town. Parts of the town have no exposure to Gaelic games at all . Interest in GAA in the town is at an all time low and Portlaoise are not winning anything at underage anymore in both football and hurling despite the massive pick they have compared to other Laois clubs . It's actually so laughable that there is only one club in Portlaoise and then there is two clubs in the village Arles. Underage football in Laois at the moment is mostly being dominated by Portarlington and two rural clubs called St Joseph's and Ballyroan Abbey
#9
Quote from: Christmas Lights on June 25, 2023, 10:03:50 PM
Today's Down Vs Laois result was a bit of a freak.  People reading too much into it.  A terrible terrible day at the office got Laois, they aren't near as bad as they showed today.

2 tiers in the football I think is best,  no need for a third tier

We couldn't get out of division 4 this year , we conceded 4-30 at home to Dublin (23 points down at halftime ) in the Leinster championship, we failed to win any of our group stage games in the Tailteann cup and only snook out of the group in 3rd spot after salvaging a late draw against London who should of beaten us . As I Laois man I can say that today was no freak result . We are in a REALLY REALLY bad place from top to bottom at the moment
#10
Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football
June 25, 2023, 12:54:53 AM
Quote from: SHEEDY on June 24, 2023, 10:38:15 PM
Good luck to the players and management tomorrow, hopefully good Down following down to cheer them on. Down by 5 for me

You beat Cavan by 5 so you should be beating Laois by at least 10 especially in Croker that's the way I look at it .
#11
Laois / Re: Tailteann Cup 2023
June 25, 2023, 12:49:57 AM
Quote from: County Man on June 23, 2023, 06:06:30 PM
Best of luck to all the team and management on Sunday. Hopefully a decent support will be present to cheer on the lads. No doubt, many will tune in on TV so hopefully we can put in a good solid performance. We are definitely in bonus territory so see what comes of it.

In these last 2 seasons under Billy Sheehan, we have been capable of pulling off really good results at times by turning over Louth last year, beating Sligo away this year in the league along with our recent wins against Fermanagh and Limerick. Last year, we were defeated by both Fermanagh and Limerick in division 3 so real progress has been made.

Down themselves are moving well and are deservingly favourites having seen off Donegal in the Ulster championship and of course the big win against Cavan last weekend and a good Cavan team at that. They are capable of putting up a big score so obviously we need to be so organised on Sunday in defense.

Against Meath in Parnell Park, Down had an off day shooting many wides so we will hope for similiar on Sunday. Both Sean Boylan and Pete McGrath were there that day and chances are that we will end up with a repeat of the 1991 All Ireland final with Down and Meath prevailing to go on and contest the Tailteann cup final. But maybe we can have a repeat of the Leinster final of '91 against Meath if we pull off another shock! That would be some story and some season.

Look at the progress Westmeath have had this year after winning the Tailteann cup and we ran them mighty close there last year. Pride has been restored in the jersey and all that can be asked is that the players leave it all on the pitch on Sunday.

Laois Abu!!

You said "Real progress has been made " from last year ? Surely your joking right ?
#12
Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Football
June 19, 2023, 02:30:24 PM
Does Barry OHagan not play with Down anymore ? Also will Niall McParland be fit for this weekend ? Looking from the outside in the Kilcoo lads seem to have strengthened up the Down panel this year . As a Laois man we would be very worried about the pace and direct running of Down in the wide open spaces of croke park
#13
Laois / Re: Tailteann Cup 2023
June 17, 2023, 11:40:08 PM
Quote from: Laoiseabu on June 17, 2023, 11:38:16 PM
Quote from: Silkyskillssunshinee on June 17, 2023, 11:00:28 PM
At the end of the day, it doesn't really matter who we play in the semi-final as we will have to beat a Meath/Down if we want to lift the Tailteann Cup. That should be our aim as well. This group of players have shown real heart over the last few weeks.

The forward line of Murphy, Barry, O'Carroll and Kingston will cause any team in the TC problems. We need to maybe be a bit cuter with how we play at times but we have
the firepower there to be competitive with a Meath/Down.

Hopefully a decent crowd turn up for two weeks time as the lads deserve it.








I'd be less worried about our firepower and be more worried about the sheer amount of goal chances that our defence concedes . I counted 4 point blank goals that Limerick missed in the first half today and they missed another one in the second half after a loose kick pass by a Laois defender. On another day Limerick could of taken a couple of those goal chances and the game would of been wraps at half time . Limerick also gifted us the game at the end when one of their defenders played in Colm Murphy for the goal with a lose back pass . I suppose sometimes you need a bit of luck and we certainly got that today . I thought Paddy OSullivan was very good today and I thought Evan OCarroll has looked more like his old self the past two games which is a huge positive

Onto Croke Park next and it looks like if we want to win a Tailteann cup we will more than likely need to beat both Meath and Down . One thing I notice about both Meath and Down is that they both have fierce pace in their sides and they both have some decent scoring forwards . I think In the wide open spaces of croke park we will need to try and tighten up defensively or else we could be sliced through at ease by two teams who are a lot more clinical than Limerick .
#14
Laois / Re: Tailteann Cup 2023
June 17, 2023, 08:51:01 PM
So going by those rules Meath and Down can't play each other which means we will have to play one of them .

One pot will be Meath and Down and the other pot will be Laois and Antrim/Carlow
#15
Laois / Re: Tailteann Cup 2023
June 17, 2023, 08:43:06 PM
Tailteann Cup - Semi-Final Draw
The four Quarter-Final winners from this weekend's games
will be drawn to two Semi-Finals - subject to avoidance of
repeat pairings from the overall championship where
possible. The Semi-Finals are due to take place on Sunday,
June 25th at Páirc an Chrócaigh.
Fixture details for both the Sam Maguire Preliminary
Quarter-Finals and the Tailteann Cup Semi-Finals will be
confirmed by the C.C.C.C on Monday afternoon next.
Note 1 - There is a possibility that a Draw for the Tailteann
Cup Semi-finals will not be required, depending on the
outcome of this weekend's fixtures
Note 2 - The CCCC will confirm final details for both draws
(i.e. what teams are in Bowl 1 and Bowl 2 in the Sam
Maguire, what pairings cannot happen in both draws etc) on
Sunday evening.