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Exactly The Great Game - I had a few choice words myself, but it's not to have a go at any current manager, it's out of pure concern. We all want the best for Laois hurling and it can be so so frustrating to know that Cheddar and Zoom have had these lads flying high in the past year or two - so we know that it is in the tank... we just want to see the best possible Laois performance each match day. If we meet a better team, which we will at some stage - so be it, but at least deploy the players into the correct positions and stop employing negative tactics.

Anyways, I wonder who we get in the draw tonight...?

Firstly, I'd like to ask where the hell Cheddar's thinking was on the side line... the PR announced how the Westmeath game was going several times and Cheddar should have instructed Laois to pile on the points. Westmeath did us a huge favour in opening a door back to the top of this table, but Cheddar then decided to play deep and try and hold a 10pt lead. Madness. Utter madness. Then to introduce Paddy Whelan to top it all off. I have savage respect for Cheddar and all the great things he is doing, but I'd have to question his match-day thinking, and what he did in Carlow has me baffled.

Secondly, the players themselves have some soul searching to do - a dismal performance overall that would see a better team tank us. Only for Ben Conroy (the only good decision by Cheddar today) and we would be out of our provincial championship this evening. It's time the players copped themselves on and realise they are in Championship hurling and there is nowhere to hide now.

We now have two weeks to prepare for a very boosted Westmeath side and take them out by 9 or 10pts to earn a crack at Offaly - judging on today's performance I think we'll struggle to beat them by a point or two if at all win.

Not necessarily on here RS! 

Anyways, we've really backed ourselves into a corner now and we must, at all costs, put Carlow to the sword today and Westmeath too in a fortnight's time. Carlow will be no pushovers and we will have to be on top of our game to beat them. It will be interesting to see if Westmeath can turn over Antrim today, buoyed on by their minor win over Wexford they might take a bit of steeled pride into that and pull off a win which would greatly help our cause!

It was clear yesterday that our CB position was in huge trouble and if we were playing stronger opposition we would have been in huge trouble. Its something that Zoom and co. will have to address urgently.

While Offaly were nipping our heels one felt that they didn't possess the necessary skills to overcome us and incredibly I thought Offaly were a very soft bunch yesterday - something I have never seen from an Offaly side that took to the field against Laois in the past at any level.

An interesting draw awaits us on Monday, and I hope to get Dublin and avoid Westmeath with Kilkenny the middle choice. It could be something of a novelty to see Laois V Westmeath in a Leinster Final!

At this stage of the league I feel we should experiment with both the Limerick and Antrim games and put our efforts into beating Div II winners if it comes to it. I would much much rather beat Antrim in the LSHC than on March 29th.

I said it at the time and was villified for it.

Very impressive line-up for Sunday, if they click well and get an early goal or two they could run up a massive victory there with that forward six.

It's utter ballcocks that this game is in Antrim let alone fecking Ballycastle. We were all promised that Antrim's participation in the LSHC meant they got no home games. A total joke that we have to trek a 400+ miles round trip to see our county hurlers play in our provincial championship. Utter ballcocks.

I heard the Spanish trip was excellent and professionally organised.

Very disappointed to having been pipped at the post. Only to score 1pt in the second half is not good enough and conceding two soft goals killed us. Laois have to learn that they must hurl for the full 60 minutes and start being ruthless. I hope that we didn't win the toss and opted to play with the wind in the first half. To do that would have been suicide.

Great result. Laois 2-18 v 1-13 Antrim. Division 1B preserved. Cha is becoming a great player for us, Keenan coming good too.

At this stage of the league I feel we should experiment with both the Limerick and Antrim games and put our efforts into beating Div II winners if it comes to it. I would much much rather beat Antrim in the LSHC than on March 29th.

Watched the game last night on Premier Sports and thought Laois were decent up until the sending off. Last year V Clare a 14-man Laois galvanised and took the game by the scruff of the neck, whereas last night we fell asunder.

Looking back at the V Wexford game and V Dublin games in the Walsh Cup there were signs of hope that we were going into the league well prepared and with a spring in our step, but the opening two rounds have been disappointing - especially so last night where too many players were hiding and contributed very little.

We need a plan B, the lads seem to be too predictable and unable to mix it when things are going away from us. Cahir Healy is not going to be our full back and while it was worth the experiment, he is not suited to the role.

maybe a bit of a stupid or obvious question what is a child board?

http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?board=3.0

A list of the counties basically...

Laois by 10+ points. I hear Enda Rowland is back between the sticks.

[or Laois/Carlow/Westmeath/Antrim/London]

Sky's exclusive matches

Provincial Championship Games

June 7 – Kilkenny v Offaly LSHC

June 14 – Dublin v Wexford or Laois/Carlow/Westmeath/Antrim/London LSHC

June 21 – Sligo v Galway/London CSFC

June 28 – Armagh/Cavan v Down/Tyrone/Monaghan (USFC)

Qualifiers

July 5 – Game D qualifiers

July 12 – Game F Qualifiers

July 19 – Games I and J

July 26 – Games G and H

August 2 – Games K and L

All-Ireland Series

August 9 – 2 x Football Quarter-Finals


TBH there's no real biggies in there for Sky barring maybe the Ulster semi-final at a push, but I suppose who knew Kilkenny would have been going through the qualifier route last year.

Fixed your post... this is going around the net and it is assuming Wexford win their quarter final first - quite offensive for anyone from the 5 counties listed in red.

Also, Sky will be showing all semi-finals and finals of the All Ireland alongside RTE.