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It's a pity Jason Moore never got a real run in a Laois jersey, whether it be because of work commitments or other. You can't teach pace and I think a good coach could have turned him into a very good inter-county half back.

Portarlington primed for another run at Leinster but will be tested up in Wexford. Think they'll be without Adam Ryan as well who was excellent also today.

Only managed to catch a couple of minutes of the game.
If that was Moore that was involved in the red card incident he should be embarrassed to ever set foot on a football field again.
I've no desire to see sneaky fanny heads in the blue and white.

What an embarrassing statement

Devastatingly brilliant.

Murphy timed the year too perfection. Workmanlike early but have built a head of steam and look like theyre ready to go hard at leinster. Heard them saying it us likeyl to be shelmallirrs away. Not easy by any means but Id fully expect Port to come through.

Shelmaliers will be a big step up from ODempseys. They took Naas to extra time in the Leinster semi final last year and they have Eoghan OGara from Dublin after transferring in this year .  I watched them beat St Anne's by 20 points tonight in the semi on Wexford GAA tv and they are a very good side . Full of strong runners and have 3/4 very clinical forwards . It's very hard to gauge did Port up it a notch today or were ODempseys just brutal .ODempseys didn't shut down Colm Murphy the way Portlaoise and Ballyroan did .  Port were pushed to the pin of their collar vs Portlaoise in the semi and by Ballyroan in the quarters and can thank Osbornes save on Lillis the last day as a vital moment in this 3 in a row achievement

Men vs Boys . Port won pulling up

HON THE SAINTS 💙💛💙💛💙💛

Apparently Portarlington were absolutely demolished by Naas in a challenge game tonight . Port failed to score in the 2nd half .  I don't know what the sense is in that 48 hours after a titanic tussle with Portlaoise. Surely the Port lads would have been shattered after Sundays efforts .

You appear to be getting alot of rumours from the Port camp without knowing the full story,think it was just a run out for the subs so I wouldn't read anything into it

Maybe so, I still think ODs have a serious chance in the final . Port look to be very laboured compared to last year . Unless Port find another gear in the final I think it will be a close encounter. If Port get anything close to last years form they will win comfortably but I can't see them finding last years form though . Adam Ryan is a HUGE loss if he's not playing . D Bennett less so but still a loss . Whoever comes out of Laois I can't see them doing much in Leinster unless Port manage to find last years form

Apparently Portarlington were absolutely demolished by Naas in a challenge game tonight . Port failed to score in the 2nd half .  I don't know what the sense is in that 48 hours after a titanic tussle with Portlaoise. Surely the Port lads would have been shattered after Sundays efforts .

Apparently Adam Ryan had a bad fall off a stairs / scaffolding and is badly injured . Can anyone confirm this ? Diarmuid Bennett went off injured against Portlaoise with an injury too

I'm convinced that The Heath would beat that Courtwood team there today . It dosent bode well for the standard of football in the county when you have a team that poor getting to a senior semi final . In no other county in Ireland would that Courtwood team of got to a senior semi final bar maybe in some of the poorer division 4 counties . Not a huge amount for Billy Sheehan to look at either apart from what he's already got . Damon Larkin has potential. Has a bit of size which is essential at senior intercounty nowadays too

Portlaoise look a different team this year and seem to be driven differently. Brody adds a complete different dimension to them and appears to be really on his game. ....... Billy may get him back in. Port just did enough but I think may have a bit more left to come. O Ds looked poor enough but still found a way. Have very dangerous forwards if the game is loose but still needed an agricultural high ball in to the big man to escape. Courtwood are well organised and committed. They get matchups right but need a couple more scoring forwards. I'd imagine that theyll be looking forward to this given that ODs put 7 goals past them the last time they met in championshio

Speaking of scoring forwards for Courtwood Alan Kinsella is a HUGE loss. Luke Doran , Luke Doyle and potentially Rory Doyle or Matt Kelly would be nice attacking options if they added them back to the panel

A little bit off topic but would someone from Ballyroan on this forum be able to tell me how many of the Ballyroan senior panel are from Abbeyleix or are the majority of them from Ballyroan ?

Unfortunately, competitive doesn't mean it's any good. Let's be honest with ourselves here. It's a very poor standard of football being played, and Portarlington have obviously decided that they can phase their preparation in line with the latter stages of the Championship. Based on what they did last year, that should work for them, because the other teams are very, very ordinary imo.

The relegation decider should be a warning to club executives about prematurely ending good underage relations. Killeshin have disimproved since ending their relationship with Crettyard; and it was a mutually beneficial relationship. Similarly Ballylinan, who probably benefitted being the top dog in Ballylinan/Glenmor. Shocking to see how bad they've both become.

After watching the dross of the last number of weeks, I'm undecided about the future structure of the Championship. My current thinking is that it doesn't really matter. Football in this county is in a pathetic state right now, and in many ways we just need to rip up the blueprint (whatever the f**k that is) and start afresh. There's very little we can do that will help our situation short term

How many of the teams do you think are up to senior standard ? I'm saying 6 and at a big push I'd say 8

I agree that Port are not operating at the same level as previous years ( at least not yet anyway ) . They also had an atrocious league by their standards. If Port play the way they played against ODempseys then Ballyroan have a seriously good chance of toppling them in my opinion . Port have been a bit understrength and do have a couple of lads to come back though . Sean Byrne and R Pigott still have to come back and D Bennett , J Moore and D Murphy only came on very late against ODempseys . They are 5 big additions . ODempseys may be in a slightly false position only losing to them by a point .

Tintin you seem a lil jealous too much talk about o Dempsey I sense your a club man.?  Maybe step up and stop whinging and back your manager,,ballayabbey the best of the 4 gone through for me it's an open championship

He could be a Ballyroan man who isn't too fond of his own clubman Kearns either .

Portarlington and ODempseys players not being allowed go to the Electric Picnic . It will be interesting to see if the other 6 quarter finalists will take the same stance

I'm predicting Portlaoise and Graiguecullen to win comfortably the next day . I think Port will edge Ballyroan and Joseph's will edge ODempseys