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Courtwood winning the league must give them a decent shout for the championship.

SHC 2026 talk here

New thread for this years championship

Thanks Ogie for keeping us informed.

Any progress at underage level is welcomed. As long as the underage teams continue to improve we have a chance. Pushing it on up to U20 level has to be the goal.

It would be great in a few years to be competing at u20 level in Leinster.

We don't seem to be producing any marquee players through the system. Exciting players that would bring people in the gates. Most decent counties have one or two players that can do something to change a game.

We haven't had a Michael Lawlor, Emerson, Beano, Munnelly, Kingston etc breaking on to the scene for a while. Where is the Laois Kobe?

Will we be waiting a few more years or have we talent coming through the underage set up.

It was real relief to get over the line. Once the lads got the upper hand in the second half their confidence grew and they hit some wonderful points from out the field. The goal by Dunne was so important.

Nothing init in the first half even though we had our noses in front. Fair play to Picky Maher who carried the scoring and was a great target man. He won primary possession and used it. His first point was excellent.

I felt he really carried the fight in the first half when it was all a bit hectic and you could see the nervousness in lads.

I never felt confident when we were 3 or 4 points ahead because i felt that one of the high balls into their full forward line would result in a goal. Fair play to the defense though and Podge Delaney held the line very well.

I though Eoin Reilly spoke very well after the game and his experience and leadership could be seen right throughout encouraging his defenders. Good move bringing him back in.

Fair play to Tommy and it's a pity he can't give it another year or so. He did what was needed to get us back up.

A good day in HQ overall and the Laois crowd certainly outnumbered Carlow.

Looking forward to Saturday. Hopefully we are peaking at the right time and we get over the line.

We are definitely playing a lot better than last year and look more like a team with a plan.

We flattered to deceive last year and I expected everything to click in the final against KIldare. I was fairly wrong on that count.

Anyhow best of luck to Tommy and the lads.

I see the forecast is for rain on Saturday hopefully it's reasonably clear for the game.

Job done.

On to Carlow in two weeks time. Should be a good day with the Dubs in the Leinster final.

It's a 50/50 game but lets hope we don't become the Leinster or Mayo of the Joe Mc. Can't be losing 3 in a row.

I see Paddy Power have Laois at 4/6 to win the Joe McDonagh with Carlow at evens.

Great to see Picky Maher getting the scoring record. He is in lyting form at the moment and we'll need him big time if we are to get over Carlow. Lets be honest barring a catastrophe we will be in the final.
Yes, it was a big score to concede so they have stuff to work on.
Carlow will be a monumental task but we've improved since the opening game and fingers crossed there are no injuries in the game against London.
 

Would they really cause a big problem for a double GAA header in Ruislip?

You would think that there will still be roughly the same amount of Laois people travelling whether supporting the footballers or hurlers. They just might not see both games. Would have been a much better crowd if both were on the same day.

Maybe Ruislip itself doesn't have the facilities for a intercounty double header.

Fair play lads. Bit of a problem with your audio on this one. Very low.

Very disappointing result alright. Would we be good enough if we can recover and beat Antrim and maybe meet Carlow again in the final?

Having lost 2 finals in a row it would be hard to take losing a third.

Hopefully there is a response and we get over Antrim and gain a bit of momentum. The underdog tag sits better with us anyhow.

Minor hurlers had a good win over Antrim and they now play Galway in phase 2.

Great for them to qualify out of the group but I assume Galway minors will be too strong for them.

Great win against Offaly and huge to actually get a win in Tullamore. It has been our burial ground more often than not.
Kildare will be a step up though however you'd hope our lads have a bit of confidence going up there but also knowing that there's much to improve on.

Has the makings of a good oul tussle.