Laois Senior Footballers 2025

[Saint88]

Great effort.
 It was there for the taken but we just don't have the forwards clinical enough to win games like that. Having said that, I thought we had a chance when they got the black card at the end. We were lucky they were missing key players. I don't think we would be good enough to beat Kildare unfortunately.

[County Man]

It was an exceptional performance against Louth. Despite the defeat, it was the best performance of the year so far. One to be proud of.

After settling in to the game and going 5-2 down, we really were on song to turn it into a 9-7 lead coming up to halftime. Damon Larkin was bossing midfield, Kevin Swayne was making darting runs through the centre, numerous forwards were delivering. Brian Byrne was unlucky with his goal chance near half time.

We never gave in during the second half and kept coming back when Louth built up a lead. The result was in doubt until they got their second goal. Overall our defense did well with tigerish efforts throughout.

Laois are really performing as a team and morale should be good leading up to the Tailteann Cup. It should be a really competitive competition this year with ourselves, Offaly, Westmeath, Sligo, Antrim, probably Fermanagh and possibly Cork and Kildare in it.

[The Boy Wonder]

Round 1 of Tailteann Cup in 2 week's time, 10-11 May.

Have Laois been back in training ?

Any changes to the panel ? Would be good to see the likes of Rioghan Murphy and others available.

[redsetanta]

Just looking at the Louth victory Kildare, when you take our performance against Louth where we ran them very close, that would not have carried through to playing Kildare had we got over the line.
I would have had no confidence going up against Kildare and they would likely have beaten us handy, especially in O'Connor Park which has been a bit of a graveyard for Laois in recent times.
Yet against Louth we gave a good account of ourselves. How do you explain that? Mentality?

[The Boy Wonder]

I would have been of the same mind - Laois were not ready for Kildare who really left it behind yesterday.
The fact that Louth had Durnin, Lennon and Mulroy on for the full game made the difference.

From 2009 onwards Kildare have have whipped us in Leinster with exception of the drawn game in 2015.
We had enough talent available in those games to give a better account of ourselves so mentality definitely a factor.

Hopefully we might get a good run in the Tailteann and Justin McNulty sticks around.
This team is developing and with some new/old faces does have the potential to push for promotion next year.

[oneshot]

Just looking at the Louth victory Kildare, when you take our performance against Louth where we ran them very close, that would not have carried through to playing Kildare had we got over the line.
I would have had no confidence going up against Kildare and they would likely have beaten us handy, especially in O'Connor Park which has been a bit of a graveyard for Laois in recent times.
Yet against Louth we gave a good account of ourselves. How do you explain that? Mentality?
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i think louth had a good few players back yesterday that didn't play in newbridge. hope they win it out now.

[les Antiques]

Home to Waterford .
Away to Wicklow .
Looks like Newbridge for Offaly. 

A few injuries and departures I hear .

[Butch Cassidy]

Who is gone Les? Nice group for Laois, no reason not to be targeting finishing top, be great (but difficult) to beat Offaly

[georgedoylesrightleg]

fingalton out long term wit shoulder in shite. Massive loss

[Junior Ex Laoistalk]

Well done Louth on finally winning Leinster. We are not that far behind them and that result should give us plenty of confidence for the Tailtean Cup and the following year in the league.

The progress Louth have made shows us that having the right people in charge and a dedicated squad can go a long way to achiving sucess. They are now like we were in 2003, wining Leinster and some great underage talent coming through. Where oh where did it all go wrong for us. We did it before and we can do it again if the desire is there....

[Butch Cassidy]

Maybe this could have its own topic. Great to see Louth win, with Dublin in transition and not dominating at underage, Leinster could be interesting over the next number of year. Louth senior and u20 champions and minors could make it a clean sweep. Anyone in the know what they did to get their house in order? Remarkable when you think their 2 biggest towns are predominantly soccer towns too. Just shows hard work, the right structures and right people in places and you'll make progress.

Good win for Laois against Waterford, bigger tests to come but Tailteann cup all about momentum 

[redsetanta]

Peter Fitzpatrick as county chairman must help. Ex manager and player.

[Joeythelips]

Bad loss to Wicklow by the sounds of it, Wicklow missed some good goal chances to make matters worse. Need to dust themselves off for a must win game against the Biffos.

[Joeythelips]

Just looking at the Round robin table, Laois are in bad shaped regards to score difference. Given I expect Wicklow to beat Waterford, if Laois do win then Offaly, Laois and Wicklow would all be on 4 points. Does it come down to head to head results if that is the case or does score difference come into it?

[The Boy Wonder]

Preliminary quarter-finals (4 matches): The second-placed teams from the group stage play the 3 best third-placed teams from the group stage and New York. Teams who met in the provincial finals are kept apart in separate preliminary quarter-finals. Four teams are eliminated at this stage while the winners advance to the quarter-finals.

At worst Laois will finish 3rd in Group 2. The 3rd placed team in Group 3, Antrim or London, are likely to be replaced by New York in the preliminary  quarter-finals.