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Nothing to report except I saw them in a few league & championship games.
He seemed to stand back and defer to others in the set up.
Obviously I don't know what happened behind the scenes!

Lol

Anything to add?

Nothing to report except I saw them in a few league & championship games.
He seemed to stand back and defer to others in the set up.
Obviously I don't know what happened behind the scenes!

Dan Kilmartin staying on with Rosenallis

Disharmony in Rathdowney Errill as Martin Power let go now after being reappointed

Funny moves! How did they take him back if they weren't happy!
He seemed to have a very peripheral role in the whole set up last year- there were lots of Chiefs!

They all confirmed?

I think Arien is going to go the way of Howard Kendall. For those of a certain age !

[Confirmed]

Clean Slate - New thread
Can we win the Joe Mc in 2024??
I believe they are back in training.
Who are the new members of the squad? Do we have everyone back from last year?

Presume our fixtures will be (based on reversing last year's);
Offaly (Home)
Down (Away)
Kerry (Home)
Meath & Westmeath?

Westmeath at home would be ideal.
Not sure how they decide the final two fixtures.

I am unsure that we are capable of beating two of Offaly, Kerry & Westmeath
AND
Beating one of them again in the final.

Confirmed
20/21 April- Offaly (Home)
27 April- Meath (Away)
4/5 May- Kerry (Away)
18/19 May- Down (Home)
25/26 May- Westmeath (Away)


Kerry away again.
3 out of 5 away again.
Laois can feel hard done by.
Unfortunately, we are at a point where away makes a difference against the likes of Kerry & Westmeath.
I don't think we will win both of those games.
We can't afford to lose both.

Poor poor decision.
We will look back on this with regret.

Presume our fixtures will be (based on reversing last year's);
Offaly (Home)
Down (Away)
Kerry (Home)
Meath & Westmeath?

Westmeath at home would be ideal.
Not sure how they decide the final two fixtures.

I am unsure that we are capable of beating two of Offaly, Kerry & Westmeath
AND
Beating one of them again in the final.

Jaysus that would be a bit drastic!

If a team trying to make a breakthrough beats someone more established & finishes above them, you might have to beat them again a week later.
E.g. from this year would be Castletown & Borris Kilcotton.

Has anyone ever explained what the problem was with the previous open draw style system?

I assume the third and fourth would criss-cross with the other group, so they couldn't be playing the same team again a week later?

Yes, silly mistake from me.
Still,
If you finish 4th in a 4 team group, is it really a good thing to be given one last chance ?

A strong proposal was put to the county board on the night for a slight tweak to the 8 team championship.
Top team in each group straight thru to semi
2nd teams straight thru to Qf
3rd and 4th teams play each other in a preliminary Qf with winners obviously thru to Qf against 2nd placed teams.
Losers playing off in relegation final.
I think it's the best proposal. Teams will have 2 chances to avoid relegation if that's not enough the relevant teams deserves to go down.
Hope the county board considers it seriously.

I don't like this.
If a team trying to make a breakthrough beats someone more established & finishes above them, you might have to beat them again a week later.
E.g. from this year would be Castletown & Borris Kilcotton.

Has anyone ever explained what the problem was with the previous open draw style system?

Lads, the 10-team option is specifically not proposed. It's either eight, as now, or the fairly convoluted 12-team set-up. Personally, I favour the status quo.

That's my understanding too.
I don't want more than 8.
But I do think this appears underhand.

Basically- Give them 2 ridiculous options to ensure they don't change from 8!

I think they are proposing 12 because it's safe to assume that will fail.
10 was too risky- it might have passed.

I think 6 would be a poor move.
The only benefit being that we'd be strong in Leinster Intermediate. Hardly the be all & end all.

We have 8 teams. It works as a number.
No need to change that.
But I do think the CB have strongly influenced the proposal of 12 being on the table- Safe in the knowledge that it would be a lot more likely to fail than 10!

I didn't get to the game, but I'm surprised at the margin of victory!

Very important for The Harps to win the Intermediate & get to Premier Intermediate in the short term too.
With their numbers & talent coming through having two teams competing at as high a level as possible will be crucial.
There could be serous fall off otherwise.

Seriously clever management needed too to keep 20 seniors plus the 10/12 second team players who want to hurl Senior interested and feeling valued.

Most crucial of all could be what the guys about to depart senior after long careers do. Many of them owe the club nothing, but could have huge influence on the club over the next few years.
The culture of the 2nd team has a really huge bearing on what happens in a club.

Don't think Camross will beat Naas, but surprised at the 10 point suggestion. To be fair, I'm also surprised at the bookies odds.

Surprised to see Castletown in the B at U20 level. They seem to have been progressing at underage level and by all accounts are a young senior team.
Looking at their team from last weekend with Aaron Phelan, Rory Kelly, Conor Doran, Jack Breen and Ciaran McKelvey all established senior hurlers, they will surely be too strong for Ballinakill-Pickas.

I think Abbeyleix will win the other one. The club badly need a final win after a fairytale year, with little to show at the end of it all (trophy wise!).
Should be a cracking game. Two clubs that are assembling some pool of talent!

The LGFA up and down the country seem to make the strangest of decisions.
They seem to love getting into rows and taking unbackable positions.
In comparison to the GAA & Camogie associations they seem to be mad as a box of frogs.