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You would have to worry about O'Connor, maybe they'll move Keogh into the corner? Let's hope there's a big home crowd tonight. There really is no excuse for there not to be. Midfield will be vital, win the dirty ball there and both forward lines will punish.

A pity to see all the names of lads playing ACFL at the weekend who are good enough to improve the Laois team.
Davy Conway, Kevin Meaney, Paul Cahillane and Colm Kelly were all playing for their clubs.

I think Colm Kelly was permitted to play? He was at the game in Galway anyway. The other players would definitely add something but what can be done.

Great workrate and effort by the team. The wind made it really difficult for both teams. Galway had to put up a lead and 6 points was on the low side. Without the soft goal we would have been in trouble I think. We chipped away point by point and we were patient. We got it back to 2 and then they had a dominant 10 - 15 minute spell but they couldn't score.
The second goal was soft aswell but I felt we were on our way to winning anyway as we were level by then. Kingston was excellent again but we have the same problem that we need him at centre forward and full forward. The defence was very good in general but I think O'Connor is too loose for corner back. Not his fault as he hasn't played there regularly. Our midfield is strong but we need more scoring forwards. It was a difficult day to score in fairness.
Hopefully the goal will help Shiel settle and gain confidence at this level. As others have said, this is some turnaround and I didn't see it coming. They deserve support for the huge efforts they've been putting in and hopefully they get it Saturday night.

You not think Bruno, Cahilane, Zach and Rogers are ahead of him? The first half performance wasn't down to him but it's twice in a row he's been taken off early. I just don't think he's strong enough, as I said it's just my opinion and I wish the lad the best. You're just going to have to get over the fact that people are allowed their opinion I'm afraid.

You have to admire how lads on here know so much about the game that they can conclude that a lad isn't inter-county standard after two half games. If you were to look at Ross's performance yesterday, you might say he's not inter-county standard too and he's been a star for us for over a decade. And then we wonder why lads are not committing to the panel. Will you give the lad a chance...

The first half of the game itself was really pretty poor all round from our point of view. Whereas last week, we were clever and efficient in our play, this week we reverted to silly passes, shots from ridiculous angles, poor handling. We were left wide open on at least 3 or 4 occasions and could easily have conceded 2 or 3 goals. Meath had far more pace than we had and they used it very well.

In the second half, we battled our way back into it through sheer force of will. JOL was brilliant again, as were Timmons, Quigley, Kingston and Boyle who is doing very well in the forwards. The pace of the Meath team was still a problem but luckily our forwards were better at taking their chances and that's what got us the result in the end. All the subs introduced did well (especially Paul Kingston and Tom Shiel) and Damien O Connor was unlucky with that last effort that would have won us the game. Personally, I was glad to see that he had the confidence to go for it.

Again, a poor crowd of Laois supporters in Navan and little hope for any improvement on Sunday next.

Just my opinion son. Ross may not have scored much but he got on a lot of ball and won valuable frees. Dillon is probably the 5th best Portlaoise forward, I wish the lad the best and hope he proves me wrong but he hasn't done anything to justify selection yet!
Paul Kingston has looked very impressive, I'm still waiting on the return of Costello. I think the kid has got it! If anyone has watched some division 1 football you can clearly see the standard we're playing against is far behind but this is where we are and we seem to be competitive at this level.

Great comeback and spirit shown by the team. It was looking very bad early in the second half. O'Loughlin drove them on and Kingston was excellent again like he's been for a long time now. We need him on the 45 but we could do with him inside aswell. Ross seems to have lost confidence with his shooting, he did win a lot of ball in the second half though and won some key frees. Hanrahan was struggling before his injury but O'Connor is not a corner back.
Not to have a go at the lad but I don't think Dillon is inter county stantard, Paul Kingston has probably done enough to earn a start. Boyle's distribution is very good, it's just a pity he lacks pace. We've beaten Galway easily the last 2 times but we were at home and I think they've improved. It's hard to know how many points we need to get safe but 2 wins out of 3 would leave us safe. 1 win probably won't be enough.

Soft, slopy goals cost us. All of them were easily preventable, especially the one just after half time. The defence needs to tighten up, Healy was very good at full back. McDonald had to be moved off him. All the others were exposed at one time or another. We don't have the sweeper this year, it's helping us in attack but we need a lot of work at the other end.
Hyland had an excellent game, scored 5 or 6 I think from play. Cha scored a few nice poiints and Zane was dangerous when moved to full forward. Foyle was subbed early and I don't think he should have been, Fitzgerald didn't do much in his place. At times we played really well but there's too many simple errors in our game. It's going to be a play off against Antrim anyway. It's a nothing game against Limerick.

A much better performance. Despite the news that McMahon has left the panel, we can have a little bit more optimism about the year ahead than previously. O'Carroll and Kingston were excellent and Paul Kingston was very good when he came on. All over the field we were much improved and we had O'Connor and Attride come on late. Quigley was also very good and one catch he got was like Daragh O'Sé, it was going over the bar. Still a lot of work to do but it was a huge improvement from what we've seen this year previously and two cracking goals scored to boot.

A good, battling performance. We should get a few of these lads coming through for the seniors in the next few years. O'Carroll is obviously already there and a few more on the panel. Not many teams will give Dublin a game this year I don't think. Even though it was an 11 point defeat in the end you have to be a little bit encouraged. It's a huge improvement on the last few years anyway.

Surely it will be Begley and Boyle that swaps? I think McMahon hasn't the speed for corner back anymore, I'd swap Keogh back there and McMahon to centre back. Then move him to the wing when Attride or Paul Begley come back. We definitely need more pace so we need O'Connor. Any sign of Costello from Emo?