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Brilliant viewing last night on a top class man. He has really had some career & life between his playing days, coaching, music & tragedies ( where he got the time & energy god knows ) & yet he continues to give what he can to the youth of today , who should appreciate the knowledge & passion this man has, 2nd to none.
He is one of life's really good guys who always related to values, what he believed and stood for & his roots/ his parents throughout , so humble through and through.  Well Done P C

Anybody know the proposed pro's in making people vote in a 10 team Championship at this Meeting or was it encouraged to be voted in.
As above stated more dead rubber games imaginable , games probably still played in O Moore Park with no atmosphere
& less competitiveness in Leinster at Lower tiers.
A Tweak to the 8 teams system could have worked perhaps as the standard is not there to make it 10,  & if not a success, 
then maybe look at it in 2 years with more creative ideas

Cody Comerford u20 again next year ?
Laois always seemed to have issue between u20 & Senior bringing in too many u21 players too soon. This resulting in a large group taken away from training with their team-mates on the u21 / now u20 Squad & they never made progress at that age-group although this should be deemed a vital age-group.
Players not getting enough game time, missing out with their own pre season games of u20 & setting them back confidence , interest & performance wise , as well as getting used to hurling with their own players

Views on 12 team Senior & Intermediate proposal  ?
Is it basically not although seeded on next years performances going into the 2025 Season, a Senior A/B & Intermediate A/B Competition set-up without stating . Don't get me wrong something has to be done to aid improvement of both the standard of games and the interest of neutrals to go to games, but lets say if a Clubs 2nd Team gets to an Intermediate Semi Final next year they cant gain promotion as their 1st team are already up senior , or will they be allowed as its ( Senior B )  & does a Team that was not good enough to make a semi-final Intermediate gain automatic promotion on this default.  Then the teams that lost all /  majority of their senior b games don't get relegated & allowed stay up otherwise

Camross and Portlaoise defintely competitive. Colt Shanahoe were never going to compete against the KK champs
Be interesting to see where Naas are at next day against Na Fianna. Possible Leinster winners on the other semi final though

The Harps better team by far, would love to see them & Abbeyleix been in the Top4 Teams of Senior for the years to come freshen things up

Any other older players back in than Cleere & Kavanagh involved with the seniors?

Kelvin Burke, Slieve Bloom  u20 ??  Good skillful hurler from what I have seen & at that Age Group too he would shine no doubt.
Na Fianna mix of Mountmellick Ballyfin & Slieve Bloom I think correct me if I am wrong , but all clubs with no major potential coming through at that particular Age-Group, The 1st and latter especially over the years bar 1 or 2 .  Similar to RPG a mix of 3/4 Clubs & did not make an impact for the depth of clubs involved,  drawing with Castletown seen as great result & then loosing out to Ballinikill / Ballypickas.  Castletown would be stronger than Portlaoise I believe also.
Fear for Slieve Bloom next year they are a club struggling with very little coming through

Predicting The Harps , Castletown , Naas, Bray Emmett's ( with 1/2 possibly been out )

Has any names of a backroom team been mentioned yet or is this all still on Tender-hooks
Any mention of players retiring ?
Not too many glaring ones standing out in club Championship to come forward and make an impact at county level

Have to agree both games Saturday & Sunday were poor viewing. Ballyfin looked leggy and very limited. Portlaoise created a lot more scoring chances and should of been ahead more at half-time, they were doing all the hurling.
No atmosphere at the game though, surely they could of had a double-header with the Intermediate Final Replay as curtain raiser
Judging on that Game it could not justify automatic promotion for the likes of Ballyfin to a 10 Tier Senior Competition as there would be no improvement to the overall standard which should be priority. Some changes needed though to make games more exciting & that competitive edge in Games / Teams before Semi-Finals stages.

Colt Shanahoe better team Saturday and deserved win, Trumera were very poor though throughout the game compared to the 1st Day when they got going , They are one hell of a proud club though, always get the best out of what they have. Colt Shanahoe could struggle going up a grade on that viewing

Camross could struggle to beat Naas, Naas are an athletic enough side as well as hurling improving massively, Camross will be focused though after seen what Naas did to Shinrone last year id imagine and an early start against Ballyhale too they were 6 up after 10 minutes until Ballyhales class kicked in

New Senior Management Team confirmed , what's the thoughts on this ?