Laois Senior Football Championship 2019

[High Fielder]

Great stuff in the first match today. Port set a furious gallop and it was noticeable how tired they were in the second half. To their credit, they mustered up the strength to be competitive late in the game. There were some shocking calls by the officials, particularly when Portlaoise had Port cornered. I don't blame Rigney for losing the cool, because that sort of fussiness on the tackle is ridiculous. Maurice didn't help, and nor did an unusually proactive 4th official. Let them at it lads. The less we see of you the better. The flurry of cards looked to me like an attempt to exert control. Sadly he had lost it by then.

[Neutralobserver]

after all the titles Portlaoise have won it would have been easy for then to throw in the trowel but the hunger they showed to get back into and win the game is a credit to all involved

[The Monument Road]

Great excitement In the first game..was hugely impressed with portlaoise. That was the best fight back I've seen from them ever. They have style but they also have serious fight..and Bruno what more can be said about him.
.as for the ref enough said..18 minutes over time combined is a joke. He needed the help of maurice to know who he had previously booked..

[Don Draper]

Tarpey is a fine ref, I wouldn't be too hard on him. He's a wonderful addition to the scene.

[High Fielder]

Must have been an off day for him so  It's never justifiable for a coach to go on to the field of play and point the finger, but it was some mess at times.

[Don Draper]

Must have been an off day for him so  It's never justifiable for a coach to go on to the field of play and point the finger, but it was some mess at times.

Have you seen much of him? Any player who's played under him would speak highly of him. Anyone can have an off day, but he's much better than the vast majority of what we currently have. More referees coming into the game after finishing playing are to be commended, not chipped at online.

[Silkyskillssunshinee]

I'd say a strong core of the county set up next year will be coming from Portarlington and Portlaoise.

From Portarlington you have Sean Byrne, Paddy O'Sullivan, Robbie Pigott and Colm Murphy. I would also like to see Adam Ryan, Diarmuid Bennett, Keith Bracken and Jason Moore be given opportunities. Hopefully they can show what they're about in the divisional competition.

From Portlaoise then you have Benny Carroll, Graham Brody, David Seale, Brian Glynn and Gareth Dillon. I'd also make claims that Ciaran McEvoy and Frank Flanagan are worthy of places on the panel. Gary Saunders is also very good, but leave him to play U-20 next year. Although Kieran Lillis and Conor Boyle are nice footballers, I'm not sure they have the pace for inter-county anymore.

[High Fielder]

Must have been an off day for him so  It's never justifiable for a coach to go on to the field of play and point the finger, but it was some mess at times.

Have you seen much of him? Any player who's played under him would speak highly of him. Anyone can have an off day, but he's much better than the vast majority of what we currently have. More referees coming into the game after finishing playing are to be commended, not chipped at online.

I've seen plenty of him. He had a bad day, and we all have them. Nobody's chipping, and we'd all rather be talking about the football, but that was interrupted by his bad day and decision making. We got the right result in the end, and that's all that really matters. Port's day will come if they stick together

[the sash]

if mick tarpey was the sergeant in portarlington, would he have been allowed to ref that game yesterday?

[Don Draper]

if mick tarpey was the sergeant in portarlington, would he have been allowed to ref that game yesterday?

Leave the mans work out of it, a foolish statement.

[SCFC]

Without having a shot at any ref in particular, I would say the senior football championship is badly missing some of the better refs who are not refereeing this year. Eddie Kinsella and David Moore in particular but I would also say I haven't seen Joe Brennan, Eamonn Strong or John Flynn.

[The PRO]

Thankless job refereeing. Mick Tarpey would be well known as a ref who adds on a lot of injury time and to be fair to him, there was some amount of stuff happening off the ball yesterday. People give out when the linesman don't get involved so when they do, it's hardly fair to whinge too.

[Neutralobserver]

Thankless job refereeing. Mick Tarpey would be well known as a ref who adds on a lot of injury time and to be fair to him, there was some amount of stuff happening off the ball yesterday. People give out when the linesman don't get involved so when they do, it's hardly fair to whinge too.

theres getting involved and theres getting involved but alot of that game was refed from the sideline by the celebrity ref as mentioned in a previous post

[Blow-in]

The role of the linesman is to assist the referees though. Only for Deegan we would have Keith a bracken playing on while on two yellows. Everyone roars at the lines to do his job but when they do the job they still get abused. So what is their job then?

[les Antiques]

O'Moore Park needs a rest  . Overused this year .Having the replay set for Wednesday night in portlaoise again defies logic . The pitch needs a break clearly .