Laois Senior Footballers 2025

[LarryStiles]

16 clare men on the pitch with Killian Roche between the posts for Laois 

Expect Laois to win this well as Clare have poor away record and lost both away games.

[County Man]

A decent performance against Clare but they caught us in the end for a deserved win. Our midfield of Damon Larkin and Conor Heffernan were excellent. There was some fine team play especially in the first half.

Promotion is gone but we have done well to be safe in the division after 5 games. The 3 teams that have beaten us namely Offaly, Kildare and Clare are in the promotion race this weekend for the final games.

We have a chance to push on now for both the Leinster campaign and more than likely the Tailteann cup.

We are away to Wexford in 3 weeks which should be a great game and can have a crack off Louth if we advance past Wexford.

We look set then to be seed 2 for the Tailteann groups. We are well capable of getting to a quarter final at least and it would be nice if we can get to the semi finals for the 3rd year in a row with live TV action and a bit of buzz around the county.

Plenty of action ahead, looking forward to it.

[georgedoylesrightleg]

another game not closed out. weve seen this before. needs workin on before we go to wexford.

[les Antiques]

Well done to the Seniors tonight.  Nice to see us finishing the job after struggling somewhat in the latter parts of the league. 
Nothing to fear against Louth . 

[Saint88]

Well done Laois. By far the better team. Definitely coached well. Wexford are really poor so I'm not really sure where we are compared to Louth. We need someone in the full forward line. There's no option in there for a long quick ball. Other than frees I'd keep our goalkeeper in goals. He's not good enough now it's man to man. He also let in one very soft goal.

Louth are beatable but we won't get it as easy as last night.

[Laois Rising]

Louth have established themselves as a very solid division 2 side. We showed ourselves to be competitive against Fermanagh and Clare in the latter stages of the league and the win on Saturday was a continuation of that form. Realistically, Louth are a good bit further down the road to this Laois team. We have a sporting chance but it would still be a surprise if we were to beat them the next day out. No better manager than McNulty though to find a way to restrict Tommy Durnin's influence around the middle and put a defensive shape in place that will stop Ryan Burns scoring heavily. If achieve both of those tasks then we have a fighting chance. 

[County Man]

Impressive win for Laois against Wexford. Lads showed great hunger from the start with various scorers (10 in total). Ronan Coffey on his championship debut really stepped up with some sublime scores, Pa Kirwan was excellent throughout, the 2 goals were well taken.

Great energy from the team, reminded me of the first half against both Sligo and Clare. If we can produce this type of performance for the whole game v Louth, we have a chance.

It is a massive ask though, Louth will be formidable opponents. They beat Meath in their last game of division 2 and ran Dublin to 4 points in last year's Leinster final.

Hopefully there will be a decent support for Laois on Sunday, it is a great test to see where we are at.

[Joeythelips]

The sun is out and the championship is here, can't beat it. I think laois are in a good place and will not fear Louth one bit. Obviously Louth will be rightly favourites given they would be on a similar level to Kildare so we will be up against it but our lads are developing nicely.

[The Boy Wonder]

More than once form has gone out the window when Laois and Louth meet.

In 1992 we beat Meath in Navan but were sickened by Louth in Croker.
In 2013 Louth hammered us by 10 points in Portlaoise.

We owe them one. Hoping we can pull off a Wee surprise today.


 

[Joeythelips]

Louth 2-16   0-17 Laois

Listened to it on Midlands 103 site, sounded like a decent game and that Laois gave a good account of themselves, Louths second goal coming right at the the end to seal their win. Anyone at it?

[The Boy Wonder]

Could have had a couple of goals in first half - they missed one also. Sloppy play led to their penalty early 2nd half. Twice they stretched their lead and Laois pulled it back. Turnovers in attack cost us plus the black card.

Louth were rattled at times - Laois were the better team for long periods.

Hugely impressed with Kevin Swayne's display - top class.

[Laois Rising]

Went toe to toe with Louth for long periods of that game. The penalty at the start of the second half was killer. So avoidable and soft. Laois are definitely on an upwards trajectory and I can see them improving as they progress through Tailteann Cup. No one in that competition for Laois to fear. A Joe McDonagh/Tailteann Cup double is not beyond the realms of possibility.

[Sideline12]

That's a few games now we're in a winning position with 10 min to go but lost out in the end I think it's the physicality and strength of the other teams are a bit to much for us at the moment,but coming out of Newbridge all the players they gave us hope for the future they tried there best that's all one can hope for. Hope o'carroll, dunne,and lowry,come back to the panel they would add strength and maybe break through that defensive line that we are having a problem with,

[georgedoylesrightleg]

fierce performance n no little pride. Abe proud o them lads. Lackin bitta bench but can only work wit lads we have. missed opportunity but lots ta build on. fingletan massive loss goin forward doh.

[redsetanta]

I was surprised with the performance and fair play to the team for running Louth so close. The signs are there that we can compete at a higher level than our league position shows.
Hopefully we can go on a similar run in the Tailteann Cup to last year.