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Lets not dress this up mountmelick a town team loads of chimney pots yee are a disgrace but to rathineska well done yee wanted it yee got it I don't think yee will last senior but a great story again mountmelick hang the head in shame

No shortage of mediocre senior teams that park could possibly beat next year if they get the luck of the draw

All they need is a year or two to acclimatise at senior and they will be grand.

They are pulling big numbers out from the town of portlaoise at juvenile which will bolster them further

The Harps beaten in the Div2 Feile Final by Oisin Og Glenariff

Bet Naas 4-9 to 1-3

Into the Div 2 Final


Feile Final at 5 pm in Semple Stadium against Oisins GAC Glenariffe (Antrim).

Harps have won 2 from 2

Wins over borrisileigh and Cashel

Into Div 2 semifinal

There may be a clear 'Big Four' in Laois hurling at the moment but with the conveyor belt of talent that is already starting to come through and will come through over the next 5/6 years you can see the Harps breaking that monopoly in Laois sooner rather than later.

The Harps have had the best run juvenile hurling set up for the past number of years

I expect them to win the u13 and u15 A again in 2022 with an At the Age Camross team potentially halting them at Minor A

if they keep doing what they are doing

It's only a matter of time before they win a senior title

The Harps out in group 2 in Division 2 of the National hurling Feile tomorrow

Playing Borrisileigh in Borrisileigh at 10:30 and Cashel in Borrisileigh for 12

if they top the group they play the group 1 winners which contain Naas, Bredagh and Roscrea in Borrisileigh for 1 in the cup semifinal.

It will be interesting to see how they get on.

7 counties have backed proposal B. Cork, Tipperary, Wexford (with clarifications) Meath, Kildare, Longford and Clare.

A total of 23 votes "confirmed" then out of a total of 183

Maybe the beginning of the change we are all looking for but I doubt it...

Unless he goes and takes half of the current musical chair brigade it'll be awhile before we see a turn of direction.
While there is maybe 6 of the current executive doing positive work you can't outrun apathy it's like mud you'll eventually fade.

New blood contesting on many positions is the only way


https://www.laoistoday.ie/2021/10/18/laois-gaa-chairman-not-seeking-re-election-ahead-of-county-convention/

6?

That's being extremely generous

Hi ClonadMad,
Nice to hear from you.

I'll translate it for you.
Somebody being present in any given situation does not mean that they are the cause of a problem.

I've no vested interest in McGrath continuing or otherwise.
I do know from speaking to members of the panel over the past two years that there is high regard for the work he does and his approach. Likewise to members of management teams.
I do know of at least one member of a management team who wouldn't be a fan of his. That person is no longer involved. If I had a choice between the two (having seen both in action with teams) it would be McGrath all day.

McGrath's approach worked at underage, schools and adult InterCounty level in the very recent past. Before you ask, my definition of "worked" = Teams performed above the level they had previously been performing and reached stages of the championship that they have failed to reach since.

If the reason for underperforming was as simple as Derek McGrath that would be great.
Continually reducing the size of the panel and the number of players involved over 3-4 years between the ages of 13 and 17 was a large part of the problem with the performance two years ago.
I don't know exactly what went wrong last year.

Have a nice evening,

No need to translate for me I know exactly what it  means

So after 2 years of Derek and using your definition of "worked"

It hasn't worked here

Unfortunately

No.
But correlation and causation are entirely different matters.

Yourself and McGrath are well met

Using big words which offer nothing

Next you'll be using Derek's favourite word

"Learnings"

The reality is that McGrath would be gone in a shot if anything else was offered to him in any other county,

that fact that nothing else is on offer says it all.

Meanwhile Offaly with a smaller population and a smaller number of clubs are getting their act together at underage in both codes.

It might not be about results but you would like to see an improvement in underage

From what I saw in Newbridge we havent

An improvement? The two groups he has been involved with have regressed immeasurably. The 2020 group beat Offaly by 53 points at U14 and the 2021 group C team beat Kildare at U14. Yet when they get to minor we lose embarrassingly to both. So naturally, our CB give him another group to butcher, just in case he hadn't done enough damage to hurling in Laois.

Nail on the head ZA

I was just going to post similar myself

If it's not a results business at minor as opposed to "juvenile",then some lads must be ecstatic with how things under Derek's tutelage are proceeding.

So can anyone point to anything else,other than him being a nice man and not to worry about the results

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?

Depressing to see the negativey  towards Rosenallis today and overall throughout the year in both hurling and football, They are the only senior dual club in the county, and should possibly be in a county semi final if they took their chances. I don't believe the crap RE were only in 1st 2nd gear. If the ref had any balls today ge should of let the last puck out happen instead of blowing up just after Rosenallis get the goal.

This is a club thats putting it up against the likes of the 2nd favourite team in RE in hurling championship and probably 3rd best team in football Championship O'Dempseys and their only training a quarter of what the non dual clubs are training and still there competing at the highest level. Fair play to the club and management of both sectors.

Rosenallis are an example to every club in the county as to how they go about their business both on and off the field.

No negativity here

It's a terrible shame some turf expert can't be flown into Laois to explain that 30 odd games in a month in autumn isn't great for a pitch.
I mean, who could foresee it?

Who's have thunk it

It's like as if the CB don't want the clubs in the county and by extension the local towns and businesses to benefit from the games played.

Prt are a joke waste of time in my opinion I've no interest in hurling they beat our club to go up but there players don't know if they like hurling or football junior A waste of time for them

Shots fired

Can't wait to see the response from 2 contributors here who got awful exercised here earlier today over my PRT comment

Let's be having you boys

Town must be really really really bitter