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Big game saturday afternoon. A must win.

Reading on Leinster Express that on saturday we will be missing 12 of the 19 that played against Offaly last June.

Guys available to play will be hurting after Kerry.

Can we overcome Westmeath? I believe it will be close but something tells me with the sheer desire of our guys and the backing of team management that we will prevail.

Great that its a double header with the minors against Offaly.

The friends of Laois hurling should come out in force.

Getting John Sugrue involved would be a huge plus.

Cavan got their scores way too easily last Sunday.

In terms of tomorrow, lets take something towards the championship by beating Meath.

Hopefully a good home crowd will turn out as Meath will definitely bring a decent following.

Hopefully there will be a tighter defensive structure in place.

Would be so sweet if we manage to win and so do Derry.

Should be a cracking game tomorrow, as good as a championship game.

Good luck Laois

Best of luck to our hurlers in Tralee today.

Dublin game will be in Parnell Park on March 19th.

Big ask to win but lets hope we give it a good shot.

I agree with Unlaoised I feel we will win on Sunday v Derry.

Guys will be kicking themselves this week after a poor showing against Fermanagh.

They will be eager to put it right. If we can match the intensity that occured against Tyrone, we will win.

Home advantage counts for a lot.

Will be hard to nick victory in Breffni Park so its vital we grab 4 points against both Derry and Meath.

Best of luck to the guys tonight.

We should win but should also be mindful of what can go wrong.

We were also very hot favourites in 2008 v Wicklow and they turned us over.

Coincidently, that was also on March 9th!!

I read this nearly every day but I rarely post.

Some interesting comments over the last few days.
It always seems to be most active when Laois take a big beating.

In my view, give the new manager a chance and some time. He is trying to build a new team for the championship.

That is what is most important. It wont be the end of the world if we go down to division 3 once we have established our best team for the championship and a potential game with Dublin.

Yes the first half last Sunday against Galway was a shambles but we are experimenting.

Last year we also started awfully aginst both Westmeath and Cavan but we managed to eek our way out. 2 years ago we thrashed Galway in the league yet they put it up to Kerry in the all Ireland quater final. The league can be a funny thing. Monaghan came from division 3 in 2013 to win Ulster. Meath were also in div 3 in 2013. Armagh last year in division 3.

Guys have to come back. Colm Begley is a big loss. Donoher is injured. Quigley is suspended. Anyone know about Tom Shiel? Is S Attride due back?

We do need to find a defensive system as this is where we are in trouble. Plenty of options in attack.

That is what we need to use the league for. Lets hope for a better performance in Armagh. Tighter in defence. Then a few weeks hard training. Come March lets see if things improve. Fermanagh and Cavan games vital along with Derry. I predict we'l improve a lot.

Things should be shaping up come the last game v Meath. That will be a more realistic view of where we stand.
The harder ground, the faster ball.

We survived in division 2 in both 2014 and 2015 and what did we gain? We had disasterous championships.

Obviously we're not world beaters but i'd love if a system and team is in place for championship to Compete. That would mean seeing off Wicklow on May 14th and laying in to Dublin when Nowlan Park arrives. That has to be the target. The team and management should be judged on championship and on a qualifier run.

So lets get behind our guys cos they deserve it. There was a decent crowd in the stand last Sunday and hopefully it continues.

Laois Abu.

Will be rooting for Sligo in this one but hard to stop Mayo getting 5 in a row.

Will be fascinating to see who will become the next Laois boss.

It really is anyones guess.

If nothing else, surely 2016 cant be any worse than 2015 in terms of the championship.

Progress has been made this year for sure.

It is a long road with plenty of twists ahead on it.

Inevitable. Tipperary always had too much.

Lacklustre contest.

Too much coverage of games already live on tv.

Ridiculous reports from the rest of the games.

Needs to be overhauled.

Will be Cork v Kildare. Thurles. Cork have too many good footballers to slip up against Kildare.

All credit to Fermanagh. It meant so much to their fans. Should be a cracker against Westmeath.

I expect either Cork/Kerry to win this one.