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Kilkennys performance this weekend underlines again the ludicrous decision to bring Dublins opening match in Leinster to Nowlan Park . Kilkenny contribute absolutely nothing to Gaelic football . That decision continues to baffle me considering how much emphasis Laois put on been a dual county .

Correct me if im wrong but is this not the third time we have played Westmeath in Challenge matches since January !? The Heath and St Lomans were the venues I believe . Don't see an enormous benefit playing a Division 4 side again so close to championship .

Very disheartening to hear among other things players eating sandwiches at a service station an hour after playing with there county .

A few keys lads not going due to work commitments by all accounts .

That was shocking stuff . Laois have not looked altogether fit throughout the league but today they looked unfit to anyone in the stand . No plan .. No leaders and a manager who keeps getting sent the stands . After been to Enniskillen and Breffini this was the most demoralising..

If we set like up like we did yesterday against Wicklow nevermind Dublin we will be in trouble . Our defenders stand no chance when you have lads coming at them from all angles like yesterday  . If Cavan were anyway ruthless I shudder to think what the score may have been . They had so much time on the ball particularly in our half .

Disappointing yesterday once again . Never looked liked coming even close to winning or even threatening Cavan yesterday . The scoreline was misleading . The amount of times the ball was kicked into there goalkeepers hands was unacceptable . I thought there might have been a bit of a kick in the second half but nothing materialised . Good to see Ross back and in fairness to Laois they keep plugging away but we are obviously lacking any effective defensive strategy. I thought OLoughlin and to a lesser extent Robbie Keogh were the best on show for Laois yesterday.
Can't see Armagh slipping up at home to Derry and that Meath forward line will fancy themselves against Laois next Sunday . Really home I'm wrong .

The prognosis on Kieran Lillis is better than first thought. Out for 5-6 weeks with a fracture. No break luckily.

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Bus to Tralee Saturday week

Looks like Sunday April 3rd in Tralee , potentially a double header with Kerry and Cork in the Football league !

Feel sorry for Cha at the end . Had 3 good opportunities to extend the lead but alas !! Convinced it was a Laois free in injury time after the Hyland catch from the puck out but Ref seemed to change his mind . Liked the look of Mullaney at full-back .
Wonder where the relegation play-off will be held and how long is Zane out for ?

Any team announced for today lads ? Really hoping for some sort of reaction after last weeks debacle.

I honestly think it's going to take more than the return of Healy to solve the defensive situation . Quality player that he is , our set up is all over the place . Conceding 5 goals against an average Derry forward line is worrying . Our vulnerability is there for all to see and needs serious attention because we are not going to be scoring 1-22 in every game this year .
OCarroll and Donie will be formidable this summer and the return to form of OLoughlin is encouraging. Hope Lillis injury isn't too serious and the chap recovers . Looked very nasty . 

Disappointing afternoon in Ennniskilen to say the least . Long journey home after that performance .
Laois looked tired , flatfooted while Fermanagh looked very fit and seemed to have a lot of training behind them. Corrigan for his size is very useful and will continue to cause defenders problems in Ulster this year . We were very loose it must be said and some of lads need a lot more football before championship in May . Understandable as the likes of Begley , Quigley and Merdith have only just returned and can't have played much football in 2016 .
I can't see us playing this bad against Derry next week . There has to be a reaction of some sort . Talking to some Fermanagh lads afterwards and they mentioned they were a little surprised by Laois's somewhat lackadaisical approach yesterday .
Derry , Cavan and Meath left , dogfight for Division 2 status now .

Great idea South Laois . It's becoming a coming trend by all accounts among counties in recent times. Not done enough in Laois . I recall been on bus during the Colm Brownes first era , actually first campaign and travelling to Salthill in one of the latter league matches that particular year . Two buses left Portlaoise that morning and we had great support up there that day . It ended up been a draw against a good Galway team .