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Tyrone / Re: Tyrone County Football and...
Last post by thebigfullforward - Today at 11:04:02 AMQuote from: NotedObserver on June 14, 2025, 10:51:18 PMI seen Conor Oneill playing for Donaghmore yesterday. Was McHugh playing for Coalisland. Expect oguz to be back on bench if Kennedy is outHeard Oguz playing for Errigal on Friday. Would imagine if he's part of the 26 that wouldn't have been allowed to go ahead. If Conor O'Neill playing you'd think he wouldn't be on the 26 either
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Laois / Re: Current state of Laois Gaa
Last post by Joeythelips - Today at 10:35:13 AMThere should also be an option for coaching development. In my view Laois have very good hurlers throughout the county but coaching at the top level is usually lacking. Why is that? We had a great regime under Eddie Brennan, why was that? What was so good about that set up that was getting the most from our team? It cant be just "sure Eddie won a load of All Irelands with Kilkenny". Whatever he did should be used as a template going forward.
#3
GAA Discussion / Re: Power Rankings
Last post by gallsman - Today at 10:34:54 AMThat's a whole lot of hubris in one short message.
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GAA Discussion / Re: Power Rankings
Last post by Dunneroyal - Today at 10:31:00 AMQuote from: gallsman on Today at 09:34:22 AMThey'll move up surely, but regency bias is a very real thing. They also lost to a team who were beaten by numbers 8 and 10.Meath I think are 5th maybe 4th at the moment. I'd still have Kerry higher than them after thrashing them yesterday not because of the players they have to come back but experience , Just yesterday Kerry had an air of superiority complex about them. How dare Meath come here and think they can win. Arrogance during the week was unbelievable from Kerry pundits and nearly everyone else about Kerry needing the players back for quarters. It was disgraceful to the most improved team in Ireland full of lads who beat dub some were saying ahh but that was a fluke. It wasn't it was a tactical masterpiece by management and executed perfectly by the players. As for Louth defeat ? It was a case of 3 goals mostly against the run of play. A 2 point free for a player falling over without been touched and I'll be honest a bit on inexperience. I haven't spoken to one player or supporter who didn't think we left that behind us. Therefore it was about putting things right in the group stages.
Where would you put them?
While i personally think it will be next year before we will seriously challenge for a all Ireland, we are the coming team in football, we are no longer also fans and people might start to sit up and take notice. It wasn't that Kerry were that bad yesterday it was that Meath were that good
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Laois / Re: Joe McDonagh Cup 2025
Last post by Joeythelips - Today at 10:30:12 AMThe players are the ones who take to the field at the end of the day, of course we all know that and when things are going bad you will get levels at training declining, players opting off the panel and the like when the people in charge have lost control.
But really the buck stops at the managers door, it is an incredibly difficult task being an inter-county manager and its vital you get in a top coaching team with you. You have to have a game plan that the players buy into and suits their attributes as your job ultimately is to get the best out of the players. You also need a plan B and C drilled into players of what to do in certain situations, so if you take a quick puck out to the corner back and the opposition forwards push up if that player continually tries to burst out through the press it would indicate this was not worked on properly in training. How many times did that very thing happen this season?
Even basic things like sideline balls, it often looked like there was not plan or understanding amongst the players, on a well coached side every player knows what they are doing. Limerick most certainly have a panel of top class hurlers but put them under a poor coaching set up and even they would struggle.
I remember reading Ger Loughnane's biography "Raising the banner" and there is a bit near the end about his plan to have Sean Stack replace him. Stack was a well respected coach at the time at club level so Loughnane brought him in as part of the coaching team and let him take a few sessions at the start of the year, after a few months numbers at sessions were down as Stacks training methods were not up to the standard the players were used to and could see they were wasting their time. Loughnane took the reins again and eventually got rid of Stack.
Tommy Fitzgerald is clearly a passionate Laois and GAA mean, fair play to him for taking on the role and he was not helped by coming in after Darren Gleeson stepped down. But you have to say Laois have clearly regressed this year under his management, no question about it. They beat Westmeath, Down and Kerry this year along with a last puck goal to get the win over Carlow. They were beating by Antrim, Kildare (twice) and Carlow. Relegated from the league and failed to win the Joe McDonagh cup which was a lower standard from last year.
Unlike the footballers Laois seem to have some very good hurlers at u-20 and minor so its up to the county board to ensure we have a top coaching team and senior level to get the very best out of our players as they come through to senior level. They should also have a plan to develop coaches within Laois to learn from the very best.
But really the buck stops at the managers door, it is an incredibly difficult task being an inter-county manager and its vital you get in a top coaching team with you. You have to have a game plan that the players buy into and suits their attributes as your job ultimately is to get the best out of the players. You also need a plan B and C drilled into players of what to do in certain situations, so if you take a quick puck out to the corner back and the opposition forwards push up if that player continually tries to burst out through the press it would indicate this was not worked on properly in training. How many times did that very thing happen this season?
Even basic things like sideline balls, it often looked like there was not plan or understanding amongst the players, on a well coached side every player knows what they are doing. Limerick most certainly have a panel of top class hurlers but put them under a poor coaching set up and even they would struggle.
I remember reading Ger Loughnane's biography "Raising the banner" and there is a bit near the end about his plan to have Sean Stack replace him. Stack was a well respected coach at the time at club level so Loughnane brought him in as part of the coaching team and let him take a few sessions at the start of the year, after a few months numbers at sessions were down as Stacks training methods were not up to the standard the players were used to and could see they were wasting their time. Loughnane took the reins again and eventually got rid of Stack.
Tommy Fitzgerald is clearly a passionate Laois and GAA mean, fair play to him for taking on the role and he was not helped by coming in after Darren Gleeson stepped down. But you have to say Laois have clearly regressed this year under his management, no question about it. They beat Westmeath, Down and Kerry this year along with a last puck goal to get the win over Carlow. They were beating by Antrim, Kildare (twice) and Carlow. Relegated from the league and failed to win the Joe McDonagh cup which was a lower standard from last year.
Unlike the footballers Laois seem to have some very good hurlers at u-20 and minor so its up to the county board to ensure we have a top coaching team and senior level to get the very best out of our players as they come through to senior level. They should also have a plan to develop coaches within Laois to learn from the very best.
#6
General discussion / Re: The Official Golf Thread
Last post by JPGJOHNNYG - Today at 09:57:26 AMNot much to cheer on tonight, maybe Hovland, otherwise it's Sam maga burns or a number of Liv players 
#7
GAA Discussion / Re: All Ireland Championship 2...
Last post by Mario - Today at 09:57:24 AMQuote from: gallsman on Today at 09:30:42 AMKeeper a problem position for Derry for a few years now. Not pinpointing McKinless at all but if they've a better option than him or Lynch, they very probably get out of that groupLynch is a top keeper. Much derided last year because of tactics that left him exposed when other players lost the ball. He's a brilliant shot stopper, good under the high ball and good off the tee. It's just unfortunate he's been injured for the whole season nearly.
#8
GAA Discussion / Re: All Ireland Championship 2...
Last post by marty34 - Today at 09:36:05 AMI think for a lot of teams, pre this year, kick outs were handy.
Now you have to win your own ball - Brian Cody's great philosophy was he wanted players to be good at winning their own ball. Give them the ball high or low but they had to win it regardless.
Kick outs in football now is like this. Kick it out and win it. Most teams before got the majority of kick outs away and keep possession. Changed days now.
A keeper can't be blamed all the time. If no runs are being made, a keeper's only option is to put it out high and long. Then win your own ball basically.
Now you have to win your own ball - Brian Cody's great philosophy was he wanted players to be good at winning their own ball. Give them the ball high or low but they had to win it regardless.
Kick outs in football now is like this. Kick it out and win it. Most teams before got the majority of kick outs away and keep possession. Changed days now.
A keeper can't be blamed all the time. If no runs are being made, a keeper's only option is to put it out high and long. Then win your own ball basically.
#9
GAA Discussion / Re: Power Rankings
Last post by gallsman - Today at 09:34:22 AMThey'll move up surely, but regency bias is a very real thing. They also lost to a team who were beaten by numbers 8 and 10.
Where would you put them?
Where would you put them?
#10
GAA Discussion / Re: All Ireland Championship 2...
Last post by gallsman - Today at 09:30:42 AMKeeper a problem position for Derry for a few years now. Not pinpointing McKinless at all but if they've a better option than him or Lynch, they very probably get out of that group