So, we have a new man at the helm. It won't we long at all now until the new season comes around. Will it be more of the same? Or will we see a sea change in Laois, seeing solid progress and success? Here is a team that I'd like to see in the league. All we can hope for is that we're the best we can be :
Brody,
Healy timmons Keogh
O Connor Begley C Begley
O Loughlin Quigley
Bruno (!) Boyle O Carroll
Cahilane Donie K Ross.
Any thoughts? Your team for 2016? Any new additions after the county championship?
Can't see Ross making the first 15 next year. His pace is gone. I'd rather see him retire and be remembered as the best forward Laois ever produced. Id have meradith in the team. New manager or Not the forwards will be much the same as laois year and to be honest there isnt much wrong with that. We might get Kieran Lillis to commit who would be a great option at centre back.
My team would be: Broady , Booth/ Paul begley, Timmons, attride, strong, lillis, begley, Quigley, JOL, Donagher, Meridith , Paul Kingston, O'Carroll, Donie ,Shiels/O'Connor/Walsh/ Evan Costello
Reading what brian O'driscoll said on the paper today about coaching,
that's why i say it's very important to get a top coach on the management team with Lillis
Looking on at the current crop and the meticulous attention to detail instilled from Joe Schmidt and his management team, Ireland's record try scorer believes the team are reaping the rewards of astute coaching in every area.
"That's where coaching becomes such a huge aspect," he added.
"You can see what really good coaching is doing to this Ireland team
We know we will be in the qualifiers by early June anyway , hard to get fired up about championship when you know that if you win the first round game the second round will be about damage limitation and keeping within 20 pts of Dublin , unfortunate but true
Have to agree, money and resources are what's eventually going to kill this great game that we all love.
We might have some good players but we are a bit short on the money side and ditto on the resources. The GAA are going to have to pump money into weaker counties or at least try to limit what the stronger counties are taking in from interested parties....
We've kept well within 20 of Dublin the last 3 or 4 times we've played them. They haven't given us a hiding like some other teams have received. Lest we forget we actually went in leading at half time the last time we played them.
Lets see what the numbers are like for the start of the year and give Lilis his chance.
GAA Football Leinster Championship 2016 Draw
First Round
Laois v Wicklow
Louth v Carlow
Longford v Offaly
Quarter-Finals
Dublin v Laois/Wicklow
Louth/Carlow v Meath
Longford/Offaly v Westmeath
Wexford v Kildare
Semi-Finals
Laois/Wicklow/Dublin v Louth/Carlow/Meath
Longford/Offaly/Westmeath v Wexford/Kildare
Here we go again :). At least put that match in O'Moore Park. Make it interesting. Get a full crowd in there. I see why they want to make it Croke Park, because of capacity, but something needs to change. Put it in O'Moore Park and it changes from a potential 20point defeat to a possible upset.
yes it would be good to get Dublin out of croker but lets be real here, let it be portaloise with laois, tullamore with offaly, navan with meath theres not a chance in hell that either of them teams will beat Dublin these times, don't fool ourselfs laois will be coming off a championship defeat to division 4 side Antrim to playing all ireland football champions who will have at least 3 or 4 more young players biteing at the bit to play. its not just laois let me add the other counties in leinster would do no better. it is was it 2006 since Dublin were playing out side of croke. here one for you when was the last time Dublin were beaten outside of croker in leinster............ ;)
Quote from: beano on October 14, 2015, 07:48:19 PM
Can't see Ross making the first 15 next year. His pace is gone. I'd rather see him retire and be remembered as the best forward Laois ever produced. Id have meradith in the team. New manager or Not the forwards will be much the same as laois year and to be honest there isnt much wrong with that. We might get Kieran Lillis to commit who would be a great option at centre back.
My team would be: Broady , Booth/ Paul begley, Timmons, attride, strong, lillis, begley, Quigley, JOL, Donagher, Meridith , Paul Kingston, O'Carroll, Donie ,Shiels/O'Connor/Walsh/ Evan Costello
I have nothing but respect for Ross and IMO is still nailed on for a starting position with Laois. On a seperate note , IMO he is not our greatest forward, not by a clear distance.
Best forward ever is all about opinions. Great time for Ross. Should be very proud of his career and we should be very thankful to have had him....my opinion the one and only Curly..pure genius
Let's not get into a discussion about best forward! Jaysus. it's just like musical taste, each indiidual has their preference. Let's leave it at that. Damien Goggie Delaney though ;D ;D :D 8)
You're right Tony....still Curly
I have never seen curly play, but has he given 12/13 years service to Laois like ross? Also we has been one of the star forwards in the country over a ten year period. Its a disgrace that munnelly never got an all-star. also he basically carried us to a 1/4 in 2006 and 2012. I rem my father saying that curly would not play with laois in 1985 (some things never change with laois players!) and laois would have won with him playing, cant rem ross ever letting us down on that front. Having potential like curley is one thing but delivering on the big day is another thing altogether. In my opinion Ross did that for us in championship football which is why I think he is our greatest. People might think im mad but the period between 2003 and 2012 will go down as one of our better periods by Laois standards.
It'd be really nice to get Tuohy back for 2016!
Imagine : Healy, Tuohy, Begley, Kingston, O' Loughlin, Timmons, Quigley, Munnelly, Strong - the best players in the county in my opinion. All of these lads would get on almost every county in the country - and theres 9 players there. I don't care what people say, we still have very strong talent in Laois.
Have heard Mark Rooney Clonaslee new Minor Football Manager and Paul OShea Abbeyleix new Minor Hurling Manager.Any thought's ? Don't know anything about either of them!
Quote from: grover on November 06, 2015, 05:51:23 PM
Have heard Mark Rooney Clonaslee new Minor Football Manager and Paul OShea Abbeyleix new Minor Hurling Manager.Any thought's ? Don't know anything about either of them!
Unusual appointments. First one I'd be happy enough with.
Not sure what achievements to date make the latter an appropriate appointment to this level? Nothing personal.
Any word on our panels for 2016 season, Or when are they starting preparations for coming year? I do know offaly senior hurlers started back last monday night.
Heard that Quigley and a few more were opting out this year but I hope thats just a horrible rumour!
Quote from: Keyser Söze on November 06, 2015, 07:12:35 PM
Quote from: grover on November 06, 2015, 05:51:23 PM
Have heard Mark Rooney Clonaslee new Minor Football Manager and Paul OShea Abbeyleix new Minor Hurling Manager.Any thought's ? Don't know anything about either of them!
Unusual appointments. First one I'd be happy enough with.
Not sure what achievements to date make the latter an appropriate appointment to this level? Nothing personal.
Ive heard since that Paul O'Shea has never managed a team before! Also, selectors for Minors are Fran Dowling and the other is a kilkenny man, who has apparently been working with the Abbeyleix underage set up for a few years aswell, which effectively means there is 2 Abbeyleix men in the management team.
All a bit strange if true??
As far as I know O Shea involved with underage in Abbeyleix only and the kilkenny man is involved with Laois minors as well as Fran Dowling as selector .
Time will tell
Is this the fella who has been training Abbeyleix seniors for the last few years? James Carroll or something like that?
Is James Carroll gone in with O'Shea with the Laois minors for next year? Does that mean Carroll is gone from Abbeyleix. Who is the new manager over Abbeyleix?
Not sure of his name but yes was involved with Abbeyleix seniors.
Lads, in fairness, the underage work in Abbeyleix has been fairly impressive. No shortage of passion and ability over there.
Quote from: blueandwhite1 on December 17, 2015, 10:43:02 AM
Lads, in fairness, the underage work in Abbeyleix has been fairly impressive. No shortage of passion and ability over there.
agree, but why put someone in charge of the inter-county minors who has never managed a team, apparently he was involved with the juveniles but never managed a team. and if the kilkenny man was over Abbeyleix seniors, would he not be in a better position to be manager rather than selector? and i thought it strange there is 2 from Abbeyleix.
its all what i heard, maybe some of it is BS?
agree, but why put someone in charge of the inter-county minors who has never managed a team, apparently he was involved with the juveniles but never managed a team. and if the kilkenny man was over Abbeyleix seniors, would he not be in a better position to be manager rather than selector? and i thought it strange there is 2 from Abbeyleix.
its all what i heard, maybe some of it is BS?
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No its not BS 2 from Abbeyleix club and Fran Dowling.
In fairness i believe Paul o shea has put all the structures in place for abbeyleix to be successful. He has 'the Kilkenny man' in to coach the team. Management is all about putting the right people in the right positions and have everything organised properly to improve the chances of success. He played for long enough to know good hurlers. The only question will be the ability to change things during a game.
Quote from: maccer on December 17, 2015, 02:39:19 PM
In fairness i believe Paul o shea has put all the structures in place for abbeyleix to be successful. He has 'the Kilkenny man' in to coach the team. Management is all about putting the right people in the right positions and have everything organised properly to improve the chances of success. He played for long enough to know good hurlers. The only question will be the ability to change things during a game.
thats fair enough maccer, at face value what i heard didn't seem right. hope they can do the business!
Paul O'Shea is manager, James Carroll coach/selector, Fran Dowling selector.
James Carroll is from Kilkenny, he was Abbeyleix senior manager for the last two years and I believe has managed Fenians seniors in the past. He was never involved in Abbeyleix Juvenile set up as was suggested above though.
In fairness then it's just Paul O'Shea from Abbeyleix as Carroll is from Kilkenny. Best of luck to them. Hopefully they get the very best out of the minors. Is Carroll still managing Abbeyleix seniors now that he is coaching the Laois minors or has Abbeyleix got a new manager?
Quote from: ClashAsh on December 17, 2015, 05:41:56 PM
In fairness then it's just Paul O'Shea from Abbeyleix as Carroll is from Kilkenny. Best of luck to them. Hopefully they get the very best out of the minors. Is Carroll still managing Abbeyleix seniors now that he is coaching the Laois minors or has Abbeyleix got a new manager?
Carroll is not managing Abbeyleix seniors this year. From what I know he is a good 'hands on' type of coach, hopefully he can bring some of the Kilkenny mentality to our minors.
Abbeyleix looking for a new manager for 2016.
Footballers playing Roscommon in a charity challenge game tomorrow night at 7 pm in Kiltoom, just outside Athlone.
Be an experimental team, I'd imagine.
anybody know of any new players involved with the footballers?
Quote from: portlaoisekid on December 19, 2015, 01:11:02 PM
anybody know of any new players involved with the footballers?
Quite a few new faces. Tony Connolly, Alan and Jamie Farrell, Colm Murphy, Conor Delaney, Shane Murphy, Luke Doyle, Ruairi O'Connor.
Quote from: Home Boys Home on December 17, 2015, 05:36:54 PM
Paul O'Shea is manager, James Carroll coach/selector, Fran Dowling selector.
James Carroll is from Kilkenny, he was Abbeyleix senior manager for the last two years and I believe has managed Fenians seniors in the past. He was never involved in Abbeyleix Juvenile set up as was suggested above though.
Does anyone know of others who definitely applied for the job?
Enda Lyons? Arien Delaney?
Quote from: SCFC on December 18, 2015, 09:38:16 PM
Footballers playing Roscommon in a charity challenge game tomorrow night at 7 pm in Kiltoom, just outside Athlone.
Be an experimental team, I'd imagine.
Fairly heavy defeat 4-13 to 1-8
Quote from: GAA-SMART on December 20, 2015, 03:55:44 PM
Quote from: SCFC on December 18, 2015, 09:38:16 PM
Footballers playing Roscommon in a charity challenge game tomorrow night at 7 pm in Kiltoom, just outside Athlone.
Be an experimental team, I'd imagine.
Fairly heavy defeat 4-13 to 1-8
Report from Hogan Stand...
Roscommon's new joint-managers Kevin McStay and Fergal O'Donnell enjoyed a winning debut in a SF challenge against Laois at Kiltoom last night.
The Rossies ran out comfortable 4-13 to 1-8 winners over a Laois team who also have a new manager in Mick Lillis, having led by 2-8 to 1-4 at half-time. Conor Devaney, Cathal Cregg, Cian Connolly and Enda Smith raised green flags for the hosts, while Donie Kingston was the Laois goalscorer.
Proceeds from the game will be split between the Roscommon team training fund and the Shalom Centre for Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation charity in Nairobi.
Roscommon will play another challenge match against Meath in Kiltoom on Tuesday, December 29 at 7pm, with proceeds from that going to Mayo-Roscommon Hospice Foundation as well as the team training fund.
https://soundcloud.com/midlandssport/we-have-a-long-way-to-go-yet-laois-manager-seamus-plunkett (https://soundcloud.com/midlandssport/we-have-a-long-way-to-go-yet-laois-manager-seamus-plunkett)
Cheddar chatting about the next year for Laois hurling.
Does anyone know what sort of a panel is in with the footballers. Any new faces? Any old faces back? Have any more of the Portlaoise lads committed to the county?
man from my own club having been involved with IT Carlow under the guidance of Mick Dempsey and DJ involved doing the strength and conditioning with minors. one thing for certain is he will have them in a good fitness place come first round
Quote from: south Laois on December 22, 2015, 11:10:26 AM
Does anyone know what sort of a panel is in with the footballers. Any new faces? Any old faces back? Have any more of the Portlaoise lads committed to the county?
Great to see Ross giving it another go this year, 33 years old now but has always been a great servant to Laois football..
Laois given Munnelly boosthttp://www.hoganstand.com/Laois/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=248438 (http://www.hoganstand.com/Laois/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=248438)
A nostalgic look back at our golden crop of players from 2000 to 2009, how we let so many slip through the net and not get them involved at senior level will forever bring shame to Laois football mentors and supporters....
http://www.laoisgaa.ie/contentPage/43279/micko_and_beyond2000-2009 (http://www.laoisgaa.ie/contentPage/43279/micko_and_beyond2000-2009)