LAOIS SENIOR FOOTBALL 2016

[OTF]

Football in the midlands is in a very sorry state.

Div2
Laois.

Div3
Offaly, Westmeath, Longford & Kildare.

Div4
Carlow.

Can't remember it this poor before.

About the same as they always were.
Only difference now is Meath are bad Dublin very good.

[Tony]

Agreed OTF - what a pointless post by Dave. Those teams he mentioned rarely win anything of note. A comment the equivalent to a chocolate teapot.

[les Antiques]

Can't remember Carlow , Longord , Offaly been in Division 2 the last twenty years bar the odd year . Westmeath go through the 4 divisions regularly .  Laois and kildare have constantly flirted with the top two Divisions . Nothing much has changed ! Trying to understand the basis of that above statement !?

[Unlaoised]

Can't remember Carlow , Longord , Offaly been in Division 2 the last twenty years bar the odd year . Westmeath go through the 4 divisions regularly .  Laois and kildare have constantly flirted with the top two Divisions . Nothing much has changed ! Trying to understand the basis of that above statement !?

This Silly statement but everyone to their own....

I would think  Offaly and maybe Longford are in a better place than say 2 years ago..Westmeath are very inconsistent but at least got a win finally against Meath last year and got to a Leinster final...


Laois are Laois we hold our own sometimes put in great performances and sometimes like Antrim last year Flop...

Carlow just don't have the population or talent it seems to ever make a mark hope someday soon i'm proved wrong

I'd say we are every bit as good as the South East Wexford have made fierce backward steps after being a top side for a few years(div 1 final all ireland Semi) and Wicklow are making up the numbers most years with the odd good performance in Leinster.



Going back to Laois I hear Attride is back in with the squad.

[blueandwhite1]

Football in the midlands is in a very sorry state.

Div2
Laois.

Div3
Offaly, Westmeath, Longford & Kildare.

Div4
Carlow.

Can't remember it this poor before.

Probably more accurate to say that football is in a sorry state. Realistically out of 33 championship teams only 2 or 3 have a chance in hell of winning Sam (Dublin, Kerry and maybe Donegal or Mayo).

[Tony]

/quote]
Probably more accurate to say that football is in a sorry state. Realistically out of 33 championship teams only 2 or 3 have a chance in hell of winning Sam (Dublin, Kerry and maybe Donegal or Mayo).

Idiotic posts at the moment lads, there were always 3-5 hot favourites for sam in any given year. 5 years ago there were slightly different hot favourites, 5 years before that, different again, 5 years before that, guess what? Different again.

Kerry, Dublin, Mayo, Donegal, Tyrone, Cork, all have a decent shot at sam. 6 from 33 teams is about average in any sport - look at the Euros in 2016 in a few months - same - only about 6 - 8 teams have a realistic shot of winning.

Let's think before we talk eh. 

Great to hear Attride is back - if Colm Begley arrives back before end of league, that would be a massive bonus.

[Unlaoised]

/quote]
Probably more accurate to say that football is in a sorry state. Realistically out of 33 championship teams only 2 or 3 have a chance in hell of winning Sam (Dublin, Kerry and maybe Donegal or Mayo).

Idiotic posts at the moment lads, there were always 3-5 hot favourites for sam in any given year. 5 years ago there were slightly different hot favourites, 5 years before that, different again, 5 years before that, guess what? Different again.

Kerry, Dublin, Mayo, Donegal, Tyrone, Cork, all have a decent shot at sam. 6 from 33 teams is about average in any sport - look at the Euros in 2016 in a few months - same - only about 6 - 8 teams have a realistic shot of winning.

Let's think before we talk eh. 

Great to hear Attride is back - if Colm Begley arrives back before end of league, that would be a massive bonus.

Great news for the Laois footballers according to a twitter account I seen Colm Begley and Conor Merdith have throw in their lot with the Laois footballers!!!

More options if they can get up to speed and O'Loughlin and Quigley get back motoring we will be some powerful team...

Timmons 6-2
Begley 6-2
Cotter 6-2
Seale 6-1
O Loughlin 6-3
Meaney 6-2
Quigley 6-4
Donie 6-5
Lillis 6-2
Merdith 6-2
Farrell 6-2



I know size isn't everything and they might and probably won't all start together but we certainly will be no push over for anyone.

[redsetanta]

Having Begley, Meredith and Quigley back is a huge bonus for this LAois team.

Big challenges ahead so great to have them.

[Tony]

Excellent if true. Honestly, I think the vast majority of our starters are Div 1 standard. We gotta believe that. We can make a real go of things this year if the setup is right.

[Junior Ex Laoistalk]

We sure can, we are starting to get most of our top players interested in county football again. It will be a test of Mick Lillis's skills now to keep them all interested and even strengthen the squad. I honestly believe that the players are in Laois to compete with most counties if they all really want it.
A good run in the league would work wonders for this squad which would have a good mixture of youth, experience and skill if we get those lads back. Added to that this year we have probably the strongest u-21 squad available to us for quite some time and our minors are shaping up good too..
All is not lost yet lads..

[blueandwhite1]

/quote]
Probably more accurate to say that football is in a sorry state. Realistically out of 33 championship teams only 2 or 3 have a chance in hell of winning Sam (Dublin, Kerry and maybe Donegal or Mayo).

Idiotic posts at the moment lads, there were always 3-5 hot favourites for sam in any given year. 5 years ago there were slightly different hot favourites, 5 years before that, different again, 5 years before that, guess what? Different again.

Kerry, Dublin, Mayo, Donegal, Tyrone, Cork, all have a decent shot at sam. 6 from 33 teams is about average in any sport - look at the Euros in 2016 in a few months - same - only about 6 - 8 teams have a realistic shot of winning.

Let's think before we talk eh. 

Great to hear Attride is back - if Colm Begley arrives back before end of league, that would be a massive bonus.

Really, you don't see a gap opening between Dublin and everyone else? Tyrone and Cork look a long way from contenders. Only Donegal, Mayo and Kerry have a fighting chance. There is a big difference between having 6-8 teams capable of winning and 2 or 3.

[Unlaoised]

/quote]
Probably more accurate to say that football is in a sorry state. Realistically out of 33 championship teams only 2 or 3 have a chance in hell of winning Sam (Dublin, Kerry and maybe Donegal or Mayo).

Idiotic posts at the moment lads, there were always 3-5 hot favourites for sam in any given year. 5 years ago there were slightly different hot favourites, 5 years before that, different again, 5 years before that, guess what? Different again.



Both of ye can have claims to be right ...

But I'd prefer to keep this thread about Laois if possible!!!!
Kerry, Dublin, Mayo, Donegal, Tyrone, Cork, all have a decent shot at sam. 6 from 33 teams is about average in any sport - look at the Euros in 2016 in a few months - same - only about 6 - 8 teams have a realistic shot of winning.

Let's think before we talk eh. 

Great to hear Attride is back - if Colm Begley arrives back before end of league, that would be a massive bonus.

Really, you don't see a gap opening between Dublin and everyone else? Tyrone and Cork look a long way from contenders. Only Donegal, Mayo and Kerry have a fighting chance. There is a big difference between having 6-8 teams capable of winning and 2 or 3.

Both of ye can have claims to be right ...

But I'd prefer to keep this thread about Laois if possible!!!!

[south Laois]

Great to have Begley, Attride and Meridith back if true. Can anyone confirm it?

[Unlaoised]

Great to have Begley, Attride and Meridith back if true. Can anyone confirm it?

Yes Confirmed all back this week....

[south Laois]

I have to say our panel looks stronger than it has in a long time. Look to be lacking a couple of backs. If it was only possible to clone Cahir Healy!!!