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Best of luck today to all involved. Be great to get this one over the line. We have enough experience and desire to go get us there.
Ps. Regarding the whole cha episode.  He carried on the same when Eddie brennan was there and unfortunately he got the same result. Yes he will be a loss just like enda, but doors open for other guys within the squad and it's up to them then if they want it bad enough.
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And has literally won nothing in 4years with his club. Zero progression, negative tactics and you want him managing Laois.

Great job with portlaoise.  Are you joking.. 4 years and not even a league to show for it. Get a grip will ya. Wasn't to long ago when some of his players were speaking behind his back..

Everyone are entitled to opinions. That's the reason it's a forum. In terms of the game itself, birr were the better team in the first half creating some good goal chances. You still have to take them and unfortunately they didn't. Brochan o reilly was very much to the fore there.
To say tho mountrath ran out of ideas and steam I think your a small bit off course there.
Il give you a heads up in that area
Mountrath Cs very much dealt a huge blow with the unavailability of Kevin Byrne from centre back and Aaron Phelan who at the start of the year took up an apprenticeship. 2 serious underage County players.
Having to move a young lad like Tom Cuddy (16yrs) into a pivotal position and move a scoring threat like C Mckelvey back into a defensive position takes away a scoring threat. The grade itself is actually u19. Of the age Mountrath had 1, Birr had a few more. Of the starting 15 for mountrath, 8 are still there next year. The junior squad at the moment are still competing in leinster championship (semi final stage)
So to answer your ran out of ideas element. They moved to one up top, to crowding out middle to stop birr running game in 2nd half nullified it to an extent. The goal birr got was fortunate to say the least.. Communication was not efficient at that point to shepherd ball over line, but instead came free and a forward was found loose inside. Prior to this goal, mountrath had 2 poor wides when a draw and a very scorable goal chance.
Overall I'd say it was a very enjoyable game.

At times, and most of it, was men against boys. No physical presence, no ball winners. I'd question selection when we can't have Conor Cosgrove or Cormac rigney 6ft plus men starting. I won't be 2 critical but this manager has had these guys 3yrs now. No game plan, no athletic development program, no lads fit to move into adult grade.
Isnt that what it's all about. Finding guys who will make the step up. You have to instil best practice, huge work base, good technical knowledge and skill sets.
Tonight none of that was seeing and even the game against carlow.. How can we feed into the top team if the seeds of development are not be sown to ripe....

22pts..A dual county?? County board need to look closely with respect to how the county moves forward from a developmental perspective to be a dual one..

Connie left that setup months ago. Tim isn't a qualified SC but his heart is in the right place regards fitness and preparation. Conor Sammon the new GDO will have a good knowledge of sports science and SC so I could see him overlook the development of the underage squads. It really is a crucial area of development that needs huge attention from 14yr and upwards in our young development squads. Coaches with up to date coaching knowledge and applications are a must sought-after person. The county board need to role out these seminars a d have all our coaches up to spec/date with new knowledge of the game as its ever evolving from a tactical to technical aspect. We need to nurture the talent we have at our disposal and really sow the seeds of development ASAP

Who were they??. Keyser Iv enough on my plate at the moment lol. But been completely honest as I said in end of message, the county board need to look at themselves when hiring people to looking after the next line of hurlers tgat our county teams will be looking to in the not to decent future. Willy nilly half hearted s/c programme isn't the way forward. All we hear is the laois lads are to small, no size. Put in place a programme directed at increasing the players capability to deal with the demands of today's game is what's needed along with good coaching. There is some very good players in that squad so hopefully our county board now will look at all avenues for progression.

It's unfair at these times to place the blame on management or players. They tried to work to a system that unfortunately needed huge time to develop and unfortunately with covid the time to develop this was hindered. My one negative value would lie with our county board. To put the development of players with quality into the hands of (leaving d McGrath out of this) coaches Dunne and Quinlan. Sorry no track record, never worked underneath someone of stature or quality to learn from. A morale victory in a shield competition 2yrs ago doesn't make them the best people to oversee these players. No strength and conditioning coach in place, nó long term development plan in place. Where is the future for these players now. The county board need to analyse there future selections better and at least make sure those in place have knowledge and a good track record

Thank god for this appointment.. messrs dunne and that quinlan lad with no experience are been put into the dark.. improvements are made by getting your best involved not your family??.. From a management with no experience to having 1 with it..mite help if I ever of the others were to drop off

Thats a big setback again. How were we led to believe that this squad was the best prepared team we have produced in a while from the rumblings here. And to go through the season as not winning a competitive game, albeit they were competing in Tier 1. How was that experience of playing in that level not utilised today to beat a Tier 2 team in Offaly. Questions need to be answered in that context i feel. On a development note, what has the county set in place for these players now with respect to improving them as players and coaching and overall athletic development. Are we continually going to run a 6 month cycle, where no development would be made outside of that 6 months. No monitoring off the field in relation to development. 

Had he actually any credentials to manage an inter county team.. junior panelist with tipp in 80s..

Was in o moore park today watching our u 21s vs Dublin. It was a committed performance  that in the end was exloited by the dubs .But some harrowing facts in relation to the development stages and our underage squads
1. Physical presence
2. Coaching standards
3. Desire (players and management)
4. Long term goals. (How can they be achieved)

Wow loving the new concepts in fitness that ye are now relaying to us all. Bulking a lad and making him slow. .speed and power? ??. Firstly you will never make a lad slow by putting lean massg on him. Lean mass contains all the ingredients to making a person quicker (mitochondrial density= powerhouse=greater force output)..And unfortunately power is speed x strength. So therefore without bulk as ye may say ..he will never develop power persay to aid his development.

The match was actually in the centre of excellence and laois won by 30pts to 14. Carlow minus Richard coady .James doyle and a brother of marty kavanagh.  Laois minus leigh bergin..cian..roddy. .cha. willie dunphy  and excluding picky. .cahir. .mark kav. .pj scully. So overall was good to have a look at younger lads of squad