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Well, it's stating the obvious but would have been great to win Saturday evening rather than that draw but I also feel that Limerick are pretty decent and will pick up plenty of points. Might be a point gained rather than a point lost?

Hard to pick out great Laois performances the other night. Both midfielders did well, Paddy O'Sullivan is always good and Swayne did OK too.

Not wonderful in attack. Evan well marshalled and we missed an awful lot of decent chances.

Kind of a second string team played down in Carlow today.
Most of team that played Dublin were held back for a challenge game v Cavan tonight.
A few highlights from Carlow game. Big midfielder Burke did well. Young lads Slattery and Nolan were very impressive. Kinsella with two goals did well. Mohan is a good corner back. Sub Darcy did well before losing the rag a bit!

Wasn't at it but watched on Clubber.
Great to see Evan back. Looked sharp.
Not too many other standout performers. Killian Byrne, Cian Doyle showed well. Ben O'Connor too. Bit sloppy at the back to concede 4 goals. Heffernan and Tyrrell decent enough in the middle. Dunne and O'Sullivan did well off the bench.

Team named for tomorrow;

Killian Roche (Killeshin); Conaire Gee (Ballyroan-Abbey), Trevor Collins (Graiguecullen), Ben O'Connor (Portlaoise); Jack Lacey (St Joseph's), Kevin Swayne (Portlaoise), Aaron McEvoy (Ballyroan-Abbey); Robert Tyrrell (Courtwood), Conor Heffernan (Killeshin); Killian Byrne (Ballyroan-Abbey), Cian Doyle (Courtwood), Josh Hogan (Portlaoise); Niall Corbet (Clonaslee St Manman's), Brian Byrne (Graiguecullen), Evan O'Carroll (Crettyard). Substitutes: Matthew Byron (Courtwood), Dan Boland (Courtwood), Mikie Dempsey (St Joseph's), Colin Dunne (Arles-Killeen), Darren Brennan (Portlaoise), Alan Kinsella (Courtwood), Cathal Lee (Clonaslee-St Manman's), Eoin Montague (Emo), Sean O'Neill (The Rock), Paddy O'Sullivan (Portarlington), Joey Shelly (Rosenallis).

Also see Dublin have a very unrecognisable team named for the game. Great to see Evan back and looking forward to seeing some of the new faces.

Port sort a new manager yet?

Ronan Sweeney. Ex Kildare player.

It's not about "look at soccer" though.
It's look at all other aspects of society that deal with Israel in some form or another.
The question posed at the start of the thread asks if the GAA should or shouldn't drop its deal with Allianz.
It's easy enough to acknowledge that what's happening in Israel is wrong while at the same time maintain the opinion that, no, the GAA shouldn't be pressured (either internally or externally) into taking some sort of lead in discontinuing its dealings with a company who profit from dealing with Israel.

Internally? Members opinions don't count and by definition should be ignored? There will be pickets at league games, and some members won't pass them.

But the core point is Allianz are an outllier. Their level of funding of the war is bigger than any other company. Complaining that soccer has a naming deal with Aviva, who 'merely' sell insurance in Israel is a deliberate missing of the point. And interestingly only became a talking point on here after Burns used the line that they are all as bad as each other.

It's not about "look at soccer" though.
It's look at all other aspects of society that deal with Israel in some form or another.
The question posed at the start of the thread asks if the GAA should or shouldn't drop its deal with Allianz.
It's easy enough to acknowledge that what's happening in Israel is wrong while at the same time maintain the opinion that, no, the GAA shouldn't be pressured (either internally or externally) into taking some sort of lead in discontinuing its dealings with a company who profit from dealing with Israel.

Internally? Members opinions don't count and by definition should be ignored? There will be pickets at league games, and some members won't pass them.

But the core point is Allianz are an outllier. Their level of funding of the war is bigger than any other company. Complaining that soccer has a naming deal with Aviva, who 'merely' sell insurance in Israel is a deliberate missing of the point. And interestingly only became a talking point on here after Burns used the line that they are all as bad as each other.

Who said members opinions don't count? Some members expressed an opinion, the matter was discussed at national level and a decision reached that their opinion didn't merit changing the position on the deal in place.
If there are pickets at league games, some members won't pass them but I'm sure many will.

It's not about "look at soccer" though.
It's look at all other aspects of society that deal with Israel in some form or another.
The question posed at the start of the thread asks if the GAA should or shouldn't drop its deal with Allianz.
It's easy enough to acknowledge that what's happening in Israel is wrong while at the same time maintain the opinion that, no, the GAA shouldn't be pressured (either internally or externally) into taking some sort of lead in discontinuing its dealings with a company who profit from dealing with Israel.

In an ideal world, we wouldn't drink Coca-Cola, use Caterpiller plant machines, visit the Aviva, have Allianz as a sponsor or insurer, use Facebook, use HP, Siemens or Motorola products etc...
Can't see any of this happening on a concerted level so GAA shouldn't react to being singled out here.

How many of those companies are large investors in war bonds and arms companies?

I can't answer that. Probably not all of them.
Is there some sort of hierarchy largest institutional investor in war bonds
Should the IRFU be thinking about renaming their main stadium for instance?

I thought it was clear from the context, the answer is none.

If you can't tell the difference between a company that sells into Israel and a company that is the largest institutional investor in war bonds and provided capital for Elbit, there isn't much more to be said.

What rugby do and don't do is irrelevant to the discussion at hand. But on the basis soccer has been far more proactive, if Aviva was slightly as bad as Allianz we would have heard about it by now. My reading is they aren't.

But the simple reality is Croke Park are going along with a sports wash.

So there isn't a hierarchy to decide who we ban and who we don't? That's fine.
Coca Cola can continue to be sold behind GAA and soccer club bars across the country and the profits indirectly fund the Israeli war effort? Aviva can continue to insure homes and cars and sports clubs across the country? Happy days...

In an ideal world, we wouldn't drink Coca-Cola, use Caterpiller plant machines, visit the Aviva, have Allianz as a sponsor or insurer, use Facebook, use HP, Siemens or Motorola products etc...
Can't see any of this happening on a concerted level so GAA shouldn't react to being singled out here.

How many of those companies are large investors in war bonds and arms companies?

I can't answer that. Probably not all of them.
Is there some sort of hierarchy which determines how much dealings a company has with Israel before we should stop using their services/products?
Should the IRFU be thinking about renaming their main stadium for instance?

In an ideal world, we wouldn't drink Coca-Cola, use Caterpiller plant machines, visit the Aviva, have Allianz as a sponsor or insurer, use Facebook, use HP, Siemens or Motorola products etc...
Can't see any of this happening on a concerted level so GAA shouldn't react to being singled out here.

Declan Mullaly from O'Dempseys is suppose to be looking for the port job. anyone hear on this wouldn't know much about him.

Managed The Rock a few years ago. Think he was with Nurney in Kildare this year?

Mark Barry and Seamus Lacey going or gone travelling. Won't be around.
Paul Kingston back. Mohan and Galvin in from Portarlington.

Senior football. Best player won the award in Paddy O'Sullivan. Rioghan Murphy and Alex Mohan very good too. Sean O'Flynn was excellent any time I saw him. Mikey Dempsey was good too.

Anthony Rainbow gone from Killeen to Raheens.
Kearns definitely back with O'Dempseys.
Emo and Portarlington both looking for new managers.

Well done to Colin Bailey, referee of the year.
I've seen him a few times and he's definitely one of the better young refs.