Laois Senior Football Championship 2018

[Jd]

So what would you suggest  cos all you have said is that Portlaoise are too strong with numbers  and the rest can't  compete and commentators  shouldn't be bothered  trying to suggest solutions.  I never  suggested  weakening  the current  Portlaoise  club cos I do admire  them but I suggest that they try to catch the lads that fall through  the cracks

[clonadmad]

Over 1100 boys in portlaoise parish national schools in 2017

8 years

Portlaoise take 30 per year that's 240 boys

Ratheniska/The Heath/Clonad  pick up another 200

That's 700 odd boys with no access to gaelic games in the parish of portlaoise

[Don Draper]

Over 1100 boys in portlaoise parish national schools in 2017

8 years

Portlaoise take 30 per year that's 240 boys

Ratheniska/The Heath/Clonad  pick up another 200

That's 700 odd boys with no access to gaelic games in the parish of portlaoise

But shur its grand, its up to the other clubs to come up to Portlaoises level. Portlaoise are doing grand boss. Nothing to see here. Young Jimmy and Pavel can f**k off and play rugby, I'm sure they wouldn't have liked GAA anyway.

[Heshs Umpire]

It's probably easier to get to agragar from O  Moore  place than it is to get out to the current  Portlaoise  pitch so a convenient  one at that end might get a few kids playing

It's a lot easier to get to Rossleighan Park (the soccer grounds) from Fairgreen than to Portlaoise GAA grounds. It's a big problem and needs to be addressed. There's probably hundreds of lads not being at least exposed to gaelic games in parts of the town.

[Don Draper]

It's probably easier to get to agragar from O  Moore  place than it is to get out to the current  Portlaoise  pitch so a convenient  one at that end might get a few kids playing

It's a lot easier to get to Rossleighan Park (the soccer grounds) from Fairgreen than to Portlaoise GAA grounds. It's a big problem and needs to be addressed. There's probably hundreds of lads not being at least exposed to gaelic games in parts of the town.

Lets not beat about the bush here, Portlaoise's move saw them abandon huge parts of the town. Of that, there can be no argument.

[Ogie]

Hello Football Folk,

I'm a hurling man but would  be very interested to hear more detail on the Portlaoise set up & the culture created by Malachy McNulty, how their management team is set up & operates?
Ballyroan Abu referred to it & plenty of more Portlaoise contributors here, just as an overall interest in top class set ups with successfully clubs, very little detail out there,
Obviously he's a shrewd manager with mature, committed players, has anyone more of the nuts & bolts of the set up??

Would he be in line to replace John Sugrue down the line

[clonadmad]

Over 1100 boys in portlaoise parish national schools in 2017

8 years

Portlaoise take 30 per year that's 240 boys

Ratheniska/The Heath/Clonad  pick up another 200

That's 700 odd boys with no access to gaelic games in the parish of portlaoise

But shur its grand, its up to the other clubs to come up to Portlaoises level. Portlaoise are doing grand boss. Nothing to see here. Young Jimmy and Pavel can f**k off and play rugby, I'm sure they wouldn't have liked GAA anyway.

They ain't turning up in the Rugby club either,Portlaoise RFC is an amalgamation of outside gaa clubs,for example one juvenile squad of 30 players has 1 portlaoise gaa chap playing,there's multiple lads from shanahoe,camross,Castletown,Ballyfin,annanough on that team

[Laoiseabu]

At home on their Xbox's , PlayStations and phones is where a lot of them are at

[Jd]

No tradition  of rugby in schools in town so if parents  aren't  from that background  the kids will hardly be brought  to rugby.  However Gaa is in the schools and needs to be pushed  hard to get kids playing for the clubs. Laois gaa is in a better  place now than 12 months ago but we need to have kids down in local clubs kicking ball.  It's not like 40 years ago where kids disappeared  after school  and inevitably  arrived  down the field.  Now parents  have to bring em  down and supervise the session so kids will miss out.

[High Fielder]

At home on their Xbox's , PlayStations and phones is where a lot of them are at

I heard Pavel joined the cricket club and Jimmy went boxing

[Don Draper]

At home on their Xbox's , PlayStations and phones is where a lot of them are at

I heard Pavel joined the cricket club and Jimmy went boxing

He did in his f**k, the cricket club moved to f**king Stradbally.

[High Fielder]

Haha. Fair play Don. Crying laughing here

[clonadmad]

No tradition  of rugby in schools in town so if parents  aren't  from that background  the kids will hardly be brought  to rugby.  However Gaa is in the schools and needs to be pushed  hard to get kids playing for the clubs. Laois gaa is in a better  place now than 12 months ago but we need to have kids down in local clubs kicking ball.  It's not like 40 years ago where kids disappeared  after school  and inevitably  arrived  down the field.  Now parents  have to bring em  down and supervise the session so kids will miss out.

So if the GAA is pushed hard in the portlaoise schools where does the 700 odd boys or even a percentage  who ain't playing with a club in Portlaoise parish go?

What clubs door do they turn up at,looking for a game ?

[Laoiseabu]

Just to be clear , it's not just football we want to introduce the kids to . Surely Hurling is a priority too ? That means any new clubs Formed in Portlaoise would be both football/Hurling codes too?

[Jd]

I'm talking  all clubs around the county  first and foremost  need to develop  in schools. Secondly I have suggested that a new club be started  at the northern  end of Portlaoise
A town.  With the greatest  of respect to yourself if they're  not travelling  out to the Portlaoise  club grounds then they're  hardly going to go two miles  further to Clonad