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Without meaning it to be insulting but everytime @Hurling123 adds something I get even more confused 😕

Thanks be to jaysus there's someone else. I thought it was just me.

Would Anthony Cunningham be a shout for senior job given his CV? If he is willing to manage Port he would surely go for Laois job?

Was he not involved before??

As Laoislad put up the results of this year competition .
Exactly as I said before . We best Limerick in Limerick lost to Clare but this was on the weekend that feile competition was played so we were missing alot of the team .
My post started by remarking how well our u15 done at the weekend by beating Galway 1 in Galway.
I have checked in with the management and no one has approached them with a view of helping out.
Tells alot about some of the knowledge men

So you're happy enough to acknowledge my point that a team named Galway 1 isn't necessary Galway's A team??#

Also, how do you know that some of us aren't or haven't been involved with our squads. Development Squads didn't start when you got involved.

Reading this thread with interest as I genuinely care about the state of Laois hurling. Often I read two people disagreeing on forums and I can cobble together the gist of the overall story as people will have share a common thread on details, facts, information (without actually agreeing).
However I have NEVER seen posters post such diametrically opposite details with both adamant they are correct. Can anyone corroborate either reports of results in Tony Forristal etc. ??

The Poster made the following comment

" The  team reached the semi final of the Tony forrisal after beating cork and Wexford in Waterford lost to Tipperary who I believe won the competition out."

You can verify whether he told the truth or not here

Tony Forristal and Sonny Walsh Results 2022 results available below


https://twitter.com/tonyforristal/status/1563643591699836928?s=46&t=Z3KW3Rw04beopUDsdM2Hwg

https://twitter.com/tonyforristal/status/1563651881267863552?s=46&t=Z3KW3Rw04beopUDsdM2Hwg

Thanks. Some questions on the structure of the current Forristal/Walsh Tournament.

My understanding is Forristal Cup is top, Forristal Shield is next and then Sonny Walsh tier 3. Why (in the results) are Wexford 2 in the Forristal Shield but Wexford 1 in the Sonny Walsh competition? I also see a Tipp 1 and 2 in the Sonny Walsh. Theres also a Tipp 1 in the Forristal.  Are they different teams? Should it read Tipp 1 in Forr and Tipp 2+3 in Sonny Walsh.

It just makes for unclear reading.

The Tony Forristal is for the top teams.
The Sonny Walsh is made up of the second teams of the top counties plus some weaker counties.
Both the Forristal and Walsh cups have a shield for early round losers.
We have alternated between the Forristal and Walsh over the last number of years.

   Arrabawn B QF   

   Galway 1 v Laois   
   Galway 2 v Dublin 2   
   Dublin 1 v Tipperary 2   O'Toole Park Crumlin
   Kilkenny 2 v Offaly 1   
      
  i dont think you understand what is need in Laois Hurling . keyboard warriors are not the answer . putting half truths out to there thinking this is a answer is dreaming .sorry in my late reply i am just back from coaching two hurling sessions to juveniles. i was involved with this current team but had to leave due to time commitments . the player you speak of was never even in the top 5 while i was there just like other members of his family he decided Laois was not what he wanted . he wasn't begged back as why should he be ?? the management moved on and built a stronger team . he certainty wasn't a team player .

my interest in the future of Laois Hurling. just seen this some time ago and it drives me mad when people put half untruths up to suit there agenda ??  this team(the first team) yes have lost to limerick and dublin in challenge game but gone on to beat limerick in limerick and galway in galway,destory antrim in antrim although i am not involved i still keep a keen eye on this squad . there second team are not bad hurlers but find it hard to string win together , you should really contact Shane keegan because i know this management panel are always looking for help to drive thing on

Expressing doubt over the reality of a result is not being negative. I am not a keyboard warrior and I seldom have a personal go at anyone on here. Also, I purposely stated I wasn't being negative, I was just curious as to how our lads could beat Galway's best team. Galway won their section of the Tony Forristal last year while Laois got nowhere in the B and suffered such results in some games as to cause an outcry here (rightly).
For example. I was in the COE when this squad played Kilkenny last year. Kilkenny absolutely riddled our lads and as the game went on they simply couldn't weaken their team anymore. All the subs were put on and corner backs plus the goalie put in the forwards, everything, but still no let up in the one way traffic. It was embarrassing and I felt sorry for the young lads.  I subsequently found out that this was a Kilkenny B trial team who had a number of players on the day who didn't even make their B squad. Earlier that year in one of the Leinster blitzes, Kilkenny and Galway played each other with both counties having 3 even teams, 72 players each. Both teams played 2 games (6 games in total). Both counties won 2 games with 2 being drawn. That would suggest to me that Galway and Kilkenny are very evenly matched. Hence my suspicion.
Just because a team is named as Galway 1 doesn't mean it's their A team.
I'd be pretty certain that our U15s are nowhere near the level of Galway. We'll wait for the next couple of minor championships to prove that. I hope I'm wrong.

Great win for the u15 hurling team in the arawbawn today in Galway v Galway first team.
It about time we stopped bitching about this management and team and row in to help

Not trying to be negative here but are you sure that was the Laois A team against the Galway A team. From what I saw of both squads last year, we wouldn't keep it pucked out to the Galway A team. I hope it's true though.

Great memories and great times . A lot of it a blur . I Recall from the Top Square right down to Charlie Keegans and Humes been one big street party on the Monday . Unforgettable

There was one lad in a blue and white car spent the whole day doing laps of the town blowing the horn.

Will Dan Shanahan stay on with Laois now that he is part of Ken McGrath's backroom team with the Waterford U20s?

Clare lost by one puck of the ball.

The amount of soft frees Kilkenny got were hard to fathom. The free against Tony Kelly when the Kilkenny player slipped, the two frees TJ got in the minutes leading up to halftime, one in his attacking half (which he scored from) then the one in his own full back line, neither were frees.

Clare have a genuine grievance here. Training all year to be on the end of those decisions is hard to stomach.

Go back and watch the first free awarded in the game. The Kilkenny player twice puts his hand in the Clare defender's neck then face. That's 2 men every day of the week.

Clare should have had at least two black cards which would have resulted in penalties which TJ Reid would have buried plus a red card for the head high tackle on Richie Hogan but of course the ref favoured Kilkenny!!!! Take off the glasses.

Oh come on. Ruche Higan clearly overcarried the ball then bought that foul. The commentators all agreed on that. Red card my arse.

I have no intention of getting into a discussion on your arse.
He was hit with a shoulder to the head. A clear red card.

Clare lost by one puck of the ball.

The amount of soft frees Kilkenny got were hard to fathom. The free against Tony Kelly when the Kilkenny player slipped, the two frees TJ got in the minutes leading up to halftime, one in his attacking half (which he scored from) then the one in his own full back line, neither were frees.

Clare have a genuine grievance here. Training all year to be on the end of those decisions is hard to stomach.

Go back and watch the first free awarded in the game. The Kilkenny player twice puts his hand in the Clare defender's neck then face. That's 2 men every day of the week.

Clare should have had at least two black cards which would have resulted in penalties which TJ Reid would have buried plus a red card for the head high tackle on Richie Hogan but of course the ref favoured Kilkenny!!!! Take off the glasses.

Realistically, Quaid can only be dealt with under timewasting rules I'd say.

Over the years Portlaoise CSB has had plenty of teachers with expertise, profile etc but sadly most of them were only interested in their own careers with club and county and beyond and they didn't give a f**k about getting involved in the school.

As is the case in most clubs, those in power are there because nobody else wants to do the job. Those with ability have little interest and with some exceptions, those with interest have little ability.

Look at Offaly - who have a visionary like Michael Duignan willing to take apart the old guard and inspire a new group of volunteers to step up. We can all say that 'things need to change' but people need to step up and be encouraged to do so. The insiders in the CB know that too well.

Duignan was the fugurehead for change in Offaly

But he was cute enough to know if he went in on his own

The system would swallow him whole

Instead he gathered 8-10 well qualified people to go in with him

Even at that it took 2 conventions and a lot of blood spilt to get all the right people in

Similar is needed here

A well known and reputable person to gather a cabinet

Who are ya thinking of? Niall Rigney maybe?

Devastating news emerging from The Harps. Deepest sympathies to everybody concerned.

Well done to Borris on a great performance at the Feile. The Laois teams seem to have done well in general.