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Your proving what some of your own club men say about you Merman

That when you don't agree with something

Your a bit immature and make it personal

You obviously didn't agree with my post about the apathy surrounding lads going for county board positions and decided to play the man not the ball.

That's more of a reflection on you than it is on me.

The brother in law is a county board delegate in tipp, there's 5 delegates alone going for the PRO Job, nevermind divisional board elections there as well

Meanwhile Apathy reigns in Laois.

back to sleep everyone


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In any case I assume you are alot closer to our CB that you let on and I wish you the best of luck in the election.

Of course he's not close to the County Board.
This is a poster who joined this site pretending to be from Clonad to ridicule and humiliate a neighbouring club just as a long-standing juvenile arrangement was breaking up. His adopted clubs (hurling and football) are progressive in their outlook and very positive on social media; I'm sure they were embarrassed with his sad attempts at 'trolling' Clonad.

Of course, he is a poster capable of good interjections but his constant eulogizing of his native premier-county is tiresome and condescending.
There are huge issues within our county board structures. These are typified by the postings of a man I presume to be from Kerry who has served a number of roles on said board over the last few years. His 'defense' of the County Board was poorly-conceived and indeed many will have had huge frustrations with his time in Coaching & Games.

There are excellent contributors on this site; I'm sure many are very active with their clubs. As High Fielder says, our intercounty structures are in a precarious state and need an overhaul at national level. As PortlaoiseKid says, many are frustrated with the malaise at county level and have stepped away.
Laois needs change driven first and foremost from our clubs. We need an overhaul of coaching methods and practices at club level so our overall 'base level' increases. We need more players playing and developing at a higher level.
This takes time...it doesn't take county board direction. It's too easy an excuse to make. Too many rush to that simple excuse.

We have a Games Manager now, a good one. It was the one massive positive from the poorly-protected Strategic Review in 2017. He has overhauled how our Development Panels operate and such improvements will bear fruit if the clubs support them and can produce players of the requisite physical, technical and mental standards. Developing a pathway for our players from primary school to Dev Panel to Minor to U20 to Senior will take time but some of the pieces are in place. They need to be developed and protected.

From a hurling perspective, I am amazed the outgoing vice-chair has allowed his name go forward. He is a sitting duck and a candidate (very highly regarded by those who know him) with no baggage will likely sweep home quite comfortably. He is a football man and will be assisting a football man in the chair. The key decision will be who takes on the role of Hurling Chairman. I sincerely hope this man is chosen carefully and deliberately and he is given the autonomy to put together a strong committee of people willing to work to ensure our structures are optimised at county level. There are a number of hurling clubs with no representation at county board level and this needs to be redressed. There is an opportunity for change in 2021.

Youve a lot going on there son

And all of it wrong in relation to myself

It seems some lads can't take criticism and when I pointed out we had only one new person willing to stand up and run for office it irked a few on here.

It probably cuts close to the bone that lads can pontificate here but can't back it up outside in the real world

Good luck to all the candidates that are willing to put their names forward for election.

It's a pity that more wont

so

after all the venting and giving out and complaining

after all the time spent on social media and forums

We have a grand total of 1 new person seeking to upturn the old order on the county board.

We have 3  "contests"

Kieran Levy v Peter O'Neill for the chair

Bryan Breen v Tom Clear for the Vice Chair

Brian Allen for a leinster council seat


by my reckoning there's probably 12-14 positions on the top table, which should result in 12-14 contests every single year

The brother in law is a county board delegate in tipp, there's 5 delegates alone going for the PRO Job, nevermind divisional board elections there as well

Meanwhile Apathy reigns in Laois.

back to sleep everyone


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have you not seen how many good people have been burnt both at club and county level attempting to better hurling? They are disillusioned and quite frankly given up fighting against the system.

And of course some actually still play the game on here so to come on here and take a smart ass cut at everyone is below the belt..

In any case I assume you are alot closer to our CB that you let on and I wish you the best of luck in the election.

Yes

I'm Peter O'Neill

Who are you again?

Well done on spectacularly missing my point

so

after all the venting and giving out and complaining

after all the time spent on social media and forums

We have a grand total of 1 new person seeking to upturn the old order on the county board.

We have 3  "contests"

Kieran Levy v Peter O'Neill for the chair

Bryan Breen v Tom Clear for the Vice Chair

Brian Allen for a leinster council seat


by my reckoning there's probably 12-14 positions on the top table, which should result in 12-14 contests every single year

The brother in law is a county board delegate in tipp, there's 5 delegates alone going for the PRO Job, nevermind divisional board elections there as well

Meanwhile Apathy reigns in Laois.

back to sleep everyone


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Have heard he has himself ruled out, hopefully not

I heard it from more reliable source than myself that he was still in

Some well thought out names from you in your above post

Jamesie has never shown any inclination to coach possibly a non runner

Johnny Kelly is going to commit to Offaly again

Paudie Murray a left field choice but obviously an excellent coach who might want to make an impact in the men's game

Derek McGrath is a runner anyways.

Waterford don't win a game since 2017

Cahill and Bevans step in

5th all ireland final appearance in 6 years.

Minor in 15&16, 21/20 in 18/19, senior in 20.

2 fair operators

No doubt about that PRO. But if the hurlers took over 500k, and the overall figure was 800 odd, what did the Senior Footballers get? I'd be interested to look deeper at those figures without any insinuation attached. It just sounds wrong to me

The half a million figure is what the hurlers spent over 2 years 2019 and 2020

The €800k is what was spent on both hurling and football in 2019

That's the total for one year

You have misread the figures

Maybe you should actually delve into the accounts before you start having digs at "free spending Eddie" and us being better off without him.

So you honestly believe that the hurlers got more funding than the footballers. And you guys saying you're the poor relations every week on here. Come on

Did anyone actually say that?

Let's have a look at the accounts first and amounts spent and deal in the facts before anyone gets up on their high horses as to who got more or less.

Impossible to prove or disprove in my opinion. And if true, Mike Quirke has some serious questions to ask. I can't believe for one minute that the hurlers got more funding than the footballers, and significantly more if that is to be believed. Timely to say the least. I see it's the usual faces playing musical chairs at the top table

It isn't impossible to prove or disprove

It's in the annual accounts

Get onto your club delegate,he or she will have the accounts to hand with everything broken down including  the amount of funding from HQ towards team preparation

Fair points. I guess we need all our players playing, at the very least, to get anywhere near that. No doubt some won't commit now Brennan has gone. Some already didn't anyway. I don't think Tipp or Cavan are missing too many.

Peter Acheson is in Dubai
Liam Mc Grath Australia all ireland minor captain in 2011
Josh Keane Australia young footballer of the year nominee in 2016
John Meagher left to join the hurlers this year

All would be starters

And as a tipp football fan reminded this week,of his top 10 footballers playing club football there, he says only 3 are playing county football,the likes of john Brian Mcgrath and Seamus Kennedy are all gone to the hurlers


We have 2 main issues with Laois Hurling

Governance

And

Culture

We have a lot of the supporters thinking we were great to get so close to to Clare

We weren't

We should have beaten them and that's the reality

Brennan came into Laois with an outsiders perspective and had a lot more belief in our lads than many within the county

A golden crop. We've had those too. Cavan not noted for their hurling and similar population size to Laois. Tipp significantly bigger

They have that many missing and they still got to where they are,now

2 all Ireland semi finals in 5 years when was the last time our golden crops did that?

you describe them as a "golden crop"

the same as if they sprouted overnight,

they havent,

there was a strategic football plan put in place in Tipp as far back as 2008 with the aim of improving juvenile structures,improving coaching,widening the player base and setting aims such as winning minor,u21 and provincial crowns,

the last target was to have them in a an all Ireland senior final by 2020.

I have nephews in a north club in Tipp probably playing or training football a third of the time,this has been in place for the past 10 years

When my brother in law was their age, he wouldn't have even known or cared what a football was.

Every excuse seems to be trundled out in Laois as to why we cant

as opposed to why we can

Fair points. I guess we need all our players playing, at the very least, to get anywhere near that. No doubt some won't commit now Brennan has gone. Some already didn't anyway. I don't think Tipp or Cavan are missing too many.

Peter Acheson is in Dubai
Liam Mc Grath Australia all ireland minor captain in 2011
Josh Keane Australia young footballer of the year nominee in 2016
John Meagher left to join the hurlers this year

All would be starters

And as a tipp football fan reminded this week,of his top 10 footballers playing club football there, he says only 3 are playing county football,the likes of john Brian Mcgrath and Seamus Kennedy are all gone to the hurlers


We have 2 main issues with Laois Hurling

Governance

And

Culture

We have a lot of the supporters thinking we were great to get so close to to Clare

We weren't

We should have beaten them and that's the reality

Brennan came into Laois with an outsiders perspective and had a lot more belief in our lads than many within the county

All things considered, Brennan, funding and the relative strength of our player pool, I do wonder sometimes what the end goal is. Win a Provincial? Seems very unlikely. Just be as good as you can be? What does that even mean? There's a pointlessness to all of this that gets harder to accept with each passing year and disappointment. Whoever follows Brennan, after all he exposed, would need to think long and hard about his future. Brennan did right to jump and I wouldn't blame Quirke if he did likewise. Sad to say, but you have to be realistic.

I have an expectation of a very quick appointment here. Anything/anyone to get the issue off the table. Fire fighting. The same happened with and after Sugrue. Are all these progressive young coaches wrong? Just keep putting the hamster on the wheel

Your right

Let's not bother

The likes of the Cavan and Tipperary football communities should do the same and every other underdog who ever pulled on a jersey,

Ditto with club football in laois

Imagine:

https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2020/1126/1180574-cork-gaa-unveil-ambitious-one-cork-vision/

Why shouldn't laois be looking to raise €3-€5m if Cork are looking at €20m

Plenty of names mentioned there. This forum could be useful for the selection committee to review. Plenty of reasons suggedted why people wouldn't come but there are reasons why the job might interest people too!
Just one other point how many managers do Bennettsbridge have? Yesterday it was Sheflin and today Willie Maher is over them.....

Mea Culpa

Shefflin is gone to Thomastown not Bennetsbridge

Maher and Big Dan are gone to Bennetsbridge,no shortage of cash there

Lots of excellent names there is right and I don't want to be negative or shooting down lad especially when I'm all about finding solutions in relation to Laois hurling myself

I do think we are tarnished by this as a hurling county and appointing a manager is just a sticking plaster

Any outside manager worthy of consideration is going to be prearmed and will want nailed down guarantees as regards the support package for the county board probably above and beyond what they can feasibly offer at this moment in time

I think we should look within the county.

The whole juvenile development in this county needs a complete over haul

We need to spend the budget already in place as regards GDA's

We need an independent supporters club in place as well

Our governance needs an overall,we have a hurling board chairman and no hurling board