2019 Allianz Football League Division 3.

les Antiques · January 31, 2019, 11:44:30 AM

Quote from: Butch Cassidy on January 30, 2019, 10:46:19 PM
Eoin Buggie on the Laois panel?

I believe so Butch but along with Hitchcock and couple of others they were involved with the Siegerson which would have ended for most of them this week .
Except changes for the louth game .!

les Antiques · January 31, 2019, 11:54:43 AM

My mistake most of them will be involved again next Wednesday .Good wins for Carlow IT and UCD yesterday . Evan was excellent for UCD apparently.

portlaoisekid · January 31, 2019, 02:26:58 PM

Quote from: les Antiques on January 31, 2019, 11:54:43 AM
My mistake most of them will be involved again next Wednesday .Good wins for Carlow IT and UCD yesterday . Evan was excellent for UCD apparently.

O'Carroll is flying it, I said it last week and I'll say it again he can become a superstar player for us.

Nameless · January 31, 2019, 03:20:03 PM

Quote from: portlaoisekid on January 31, 2019, 02:26:58 PM
Quote from: les Antiques on January 31, 2019, 11:54:43 AM
My mistake most of them will be involved again next Wednesday .Good wins for Carlow IT and UCD yesterday . Evan was excellent for UCD apparently.
O'Carroll is flying it, I said it last week and I'll say it again he can become a superstar player for us.

The Kingston/O'Carroll axis could be lethal! Either in the full forward line together or with Kingston at centre forward.

The sounds are that a few more lads will be given a go this weekend. Now is the time to do it. Louth don't appear to be up to much.

Laois Rising · January 31, 2019, 04:30:03 PM

The attacking mark if kept for the championship would work very well for Kingston and O'Carroll. O'Carroll has really benefited from Sugrue's management and playing probably the best football in his career so far. On the flip side, we could be vulnerably defensively to an attacking mark. Monaghan had Dublin in serious panic everytime ball sent in towards McManusvand co in second half. By time championship comes around I'm sure Gavin will have figured out way to negate the threat but it does provide teams with a potential weapon of getting at the Dublin defense.

Louth losing at home to a very weakened Longford team would suggest that they are very much there for the taking this weekend.

Junior Ex Laoistalk · February 01, 2019, 01:14:35 AM

The PRO · February 01, 2019, 08:55:42 AM

Hopefully there's enough scoring threat there. Can see Donie and Even being needed off the bench.

Tony · February 01, 2019, 11:22:16 AM

I can see why Ross is starting. After the match in Newry, he was doing his own solo training while most other people were gone. He's very hungry to keep playing and he's some example for the younger lads on the team. He's some man and delighted he's starting, especially in Croke Park. I consider him a legend of Laois football and it's a privilege to see him perform all these years later. 2002 - 2019 is some run, who's to say he wont make it 20 years in 2022.

on the hop · February 01, 2019, 07:17:45 PM

did he play in 2002?? I thought he started in 2003 in the league

Tony · February 01, 2019, 07:18:48 PM

Training with the panel since 02 but yeah, competitive debut in 03.

Don Draper · February 02, 2019, 08:19:05 AM

Quote from: on the hop on February 01, 2019, 07:17:45 PM
did he play in 2002?? I thought he started in 2003 in the league

Correct, I don't think he even trained more than once in 2002. Called in to make up numbers from the U21s once.

He's going long enough, we don't need to make up an extra year.

High Fielder · February 02, 2019, 03:22:00 PM

Too many lads playing with fear. Puts pressure on the whole machine.

High Fielder · February 02, 2019, 06:14:47 PM

Bad day. A total mess. Words are hard to find. Some lads for all their work rate, lack bottle and any sort of quality. Big kick up the arse

on the hop · February 02, 2019, 06:42:21 PM

A bit like what is going on with the rugby team, today was a shocker for the team and management. Louth were no word beaters but they seemed far more mobile and clued in to what they were doing. We were shambles a lot of the time, with no shape to defense and no idea how to deal with their mass defense. The sending off further compounded matters as they used the spare man well. The three goals were shocking and really exposed us. If we had even a big of composure at the end we could have made them nervous, but some horrible options taken. I don't know what really you can say, it was that bad, we ended the game with our goal keeper chasing around their full back line trying to win back possession. At least he was trying

Junior Ex Laoistalk · February 02, 2019, 06:59:20 PM

I wouldn't worry too much about that performance. I think it was typical of Laois teams down through the years, win a game they're not expected to and the cockiness creeps in and inevitably they are caught in the next game. I really believe if we had lost to Down we would have picked up two points here today.
John Sugrue seems to be the type of guy who will use that performance to drive home a few things to these guys and I hope they learn from it. I believe they will and Sligo will suffer for it next week.