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Adam Dunne - Rugby with Cashel
Adam Brennan - not playing
Ciaran Carroll - Moved away to Cork has recently returned
John Rodgers - Rugby
Liam Delaney concentrated on Hurling
Conor Brennan has a rough time with injuries

We are lucky enough we have numbers to cope with it.

Is Derek McGrath seriously being brought back in with our minors again? Mudderagod

Hope so.

Can you point me to 2/3 achievements that Derek has brought about since his arrival?

Getting paid in each individual year and collecting 

Let's be honest this management has a fair few holes in it,  sounds better than it is and currently I'd have Laois 6th in Leinster hovering above Louth, Longford, Wicklow, Carlow, Wexford and Kilkenny but behind Dublin, Meath, Kildare, Westmeath & Offaly.  I would think more likely to drop down than to go up.

And Beano,  to be honest I would be abit wary of the whole thing.  Quite an inexperienced management going to a team with a lot of problems and there is an expectation of improvement.  I would of thought Chris had better opportunities to join Laois Coaching setup.  I would think friendship is ruling the head here.  I want Laois involvement but this is a tough assignment.  I still don't see the plan basically a couple of big names thrown into a set up with huge underlying difficulties and hope for the best. 

More like you hear GAA Teams talking about S & C Coaches with a Rugby Background.  .

Firstly it's what Sheehan represents,  basically the short - term win attitude that Laois GAA are constantly at.  What can Sheehan do ? Very little and probably will be a disaster but because nobody else wants him, he is willing to gamble with Laois.  I guessed Burke won' touch it because what had he to gain,  expectations are too high and reality is far worse.   For Sheehan to be a success I presume it's promotion to division 2 or remaining in Division 3.  That means the retention of players who need to go,  this has been going on in a roundabout way for years.  Say Timmons and Ross to name two, need to go and their replacements edged in however because they are the best in the immediate term we will keep going with them.  But already they are not good enough (because of age) thus we must sink further. 

S & C is a snake oil game, you never hear top Soccer Teams or Rugby Teams talk of S &C because it's a basic requirement,  it's like fitness you must have it.  All it guarantees you is that your players are fit to take the field it won't win you anything.   Coaching wins games look at Tyrone and Mayo and the ball skills of the Defenders taking scores.  This is where the best counties are going they are improving the skills of their top players.  Everyone knows how hard it is to score off the outside of the boot.  Tyrone are doing it at will,  this means to me that they must be doing monumental work on skills.   

In Laois as far as I have witnessed the coaching is so far behind,  Players don't even realise that they have to work off the Ball.  This is even going on at Senior where players stop dead once they lose the ball if anyone wants to witness what top level players do without the Ball watch Mo Salah unbelivable work off the ball and ready to go immediately.  I think theirs a clip of Paul Mannion at it on YouTube.

I have never subscribed to the we don't have the talent maybe not to win the All-Ireland but every so often we should be capable of winning a Leinster Underage.   But the underage improvement must come with a culture shift.  Back in the day the minors won and they got the girls.  I know this sounds stupid but nowadays we do nothing and I doubt the girls even know who the Minors are     You know if we are to be successful the players need to get a certain amount of recognition and kudos which makes them drive on even harder.  We need to get back been successful to make children & their parents need to be part of Laois GAA.  Leinster Rugby have done this when for years Munster had the jump on them.

If only the world knew that all the oracle's of football reside in the Laois GAA forum, there would never be a mistake made.
For people to post in here that Sheehans appointment is doomed to failure is ridiculous.
He probably wouldn't have been my first choice but I don't claim to to foresee the future and know it won't end well.
Perhaps part of the problem in Laois is all the whingeing and moaning that goes on in the background. An appointment has been made, if the county got behind the team the chances of success may improve.
For those claiming this is an awful appointment - out of interest, who was the last manager you were happy with when they were announced?

Happy to oracle it, complete shit show but the definition of madness is to repeat the same thing and expect different results.  We can do better,  Jesus they have dragged us to a point where we think we deserve it. 

I make no apologies for caring, maybe too much.  I don't particularly like any other sports bar GAA,  I come from Laois, I support Laois and I don't get the option of chopping from county to county.  The problem for me is watching the slow decline,  Billy is not the cause but it's just another step along the way.  In my opinion Laois have a fair way to fall yet but more and more it seems likely we are destined to stand along side Carlow & Wicklow.  If this pisses me off, I apologise but I have been saying it for years.  I could even take a bad Senior appointment, if the Underage was being supported but it's not.  Our County is being ran like a bad club, but we will have another review to highlight this in a couple of years. 

I believe he's been impertinent Laois Man 😁

I think Billy would fit the description of the word journey man as what else is he a player with multiple clubs & counties.  He has also coached in multiple counties with little or no success.  Last I seen him was roaring up towards O Moore Park for some Kerry Club.  Wonder what his Laois Club thinks of this seeing as they didn't nominate him.

Is he doing it for free ?

He won't bring us anywhere but it doesn't matter as they continue to dig.  How would he know the club scene ?  His already been involved in two disasters Cork & Offaly third time a charm.  Ross might never retire with this lark

Brutal appointment,  and the slide continues.  Wanting the Job is not a qualification for the Job. 

I don't think Billy Sheehan would be a good appointment,  a review in it's very name is a look at the past.   We have not looked forward once,  It's not always the easiest path.  We have not asked ourselves what do we want, how can it be done and is it realistic ?  My own opinion for long before it became fashionable much like a player pathway we must create a coach pathway.  This is why Mark Bates, Mike Quirke & Billy Sheehan are of little or no interest to us.  I am sure they are perfectly nice people but we keep ending up asking the question why no Laois Coaches simply because we overlook them all the time.   Killian Fitzpatrick applied to be Laois Minor Manager at the same time Mark Bates did,  Killian is still working away in Laois.  Mark Bates was a disaster, (Well Flagged) but was deemed a better appointment, Mark is long gone.   We always seem to bring our personal grudges to the party .  We in Laois have constantly screwed over our own (said this two years ago)  to appoint people from outside with similar or lesser qualities.

It constantly amazes me that ex-players in Tyrone are always involved with the County Set-Ups but in Laois the players are constantly opting out. 

We are in dire straits not for the first time but this time looks particularly bad.  Whoever gets the job has little or no chance of success and will struggle to attract players in.  Things are about to get worse,  I take no pleasure in saying this but Laois Football is possibly in one of its worst ever positions.  I like alot of lads on the County Board but they have presided over this and it's probably time to go.    On the field performances is where it's at and we are not at it.