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2 sweepers and we had 2 goals conceded against Dublin before i had even taking my seat in portlaoise that's what frustrates me. We are setting up defensively and yet we are conceding huge scores in every game. The system doesn't work! Any decent coach should see this.

Guys we are trying to get the right balance between developing the team and tactially competing with the bigger teams like dublin. We played with extra men back against dublin and still we left butch totally exposed on schutte. This managerial naivety is what is costing us in big games. Passion, pride etc will not eliminate these mistakes.

Park Ratheniska have struggled badly in Div2 league as they are a junior team playing against intermediate and senior teams, i think they are in decline and need to rebuild again. Barrowhouse have some decent young players like the 2 baldwins,brian daly,emmet malone etc...however they always seem to lack composure when most needed in important games. If they can begin to possess some leadership they have the potential to do well in the championship.

I fancy courtwood to win ACFL div 3 title, they have a good young team. I feel they will also be very competitive in the intermediate championship this year. As for Rosenallis in the junior a they are always competitive at this level but a lack of a top class forward and indiscipline will see them fall just short

very well summarized Finbar i agree with you that team play within in themselves and dont play direct and quick enough ball into our forwards and really test opposition  defences. This is reflected in our lack of goals we scored this year. Clapping eachother on the back for decent performances for patches in a game will not bring this team to the next level. redsetanta reckons we are at our level and that is after conceding 4-17 and 3-28 in our last 2 championship games!! we need more ambition than that if we want to be respected in the hurling world!

cloonan is a assistant manager  learning his trade at the moment like cheddar and has potential to become a decent manager not sure if hes the right man for us yet

I understand that its currently work in progress but if we  could get someone on board that could give the team a little more edge we begin to move on the next level of reaching leinster finals.

If we are to get to the next level we need someone that has managed and won titles at the level, daly, liam sheedy etc and follow up on the good work done so far

I believe chris conway would be an ideal candidate for the laois manager job, a well respected man around the county, a very proud laois man, has a good track record with training knockbeg college. Has an excellent knowledge of laois football. I feel he would bring an excitment back to football in the county and his experience with working with younger players could be beneifical in helping the senior team rebuild.

I feel nobody is denying that we have improved in the last few years, but if we are to improve further we need to analyse and address the issues that currently exist in some of the teams performances. We can not be sensitive we need to be open and honest to improve and address issues from this year in order to improve, lack of goals and inconsistency in performances being the main ones i see.

i have been to a few games this year and even in the offaly game where we hurled very well, we lacked abit of a killer instinct upfront. I feel we need to create and score more goals to get to the next level.

I feel after the great result against offaly this year which was a step in the right direction we need to push on to get to the next level and get closer to top teams like kilkenny,cork etc. To make that step we need a manager that has the experience of winning titles at this level, anthony daly i feel could really bring laois to  the level we all want the team to get to.