2019 All Ireland Football Qualifiers

[Countyminor]

Donie was worth the entrance fee alone. Sublime. The strength of an ox combined with the feet of gymnast.

[Giovanni]

No I wasn't. We really were haemorrhaging scores. Certain players were getting rinsed. It was a great team effort in the second half to push us on, but we won't get away with such looseness against better teams. It was a good open game of football that we might have lost pre Sugrue

Massive overreaction. I'm gonna leave you off.

Laois Today seem to be overreacting too.

https://www.laoistoday.ie/2019/06/29/the-eight-talking-points-as-laois-footballers-move-a-step-closer-to-super-8s/

[Keyser Söze]

No I wasn't. We really were haemorrhaging scores. Certain players were getting rinsed. It was a great team effort in the second half to push us on, but we won't get away with such looseness against better teams. It was a good open game of football that we might have lost pre Sugrue

Massive overreaction. I'm gonna leave you off.

A King's pardon.

[Keyser Söze]

Great win, great start to the weekend. Sorry I didn't go.
Massive crowds in Portlaoise for a Laois v Offaly game, a game that is end to end and high scoring. Sounds like a scene from a different age!

[LooseCannon]

Well done folks. Best of luck in the next round and tomorrow in the hurling. Thoroughly deserved. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't extremely disappointed.
Go n-éirí libh.

[High Fielder]

I think ye took a small step forward this year LC. You posed problems for us in the first half, but two things gave me hope. You went off at way too fast a gallop, and your backs were always going to give us chances. We're probably a small bit further down the road, and Sugrue does matchplay really well. He'll need to do it quicker in future rather than waiting for half time, but with respect, ye afforded us that luxury. We're in the same boat these days, and whilst I want us to beat you no matter what, I hope your fortunes improve

[Don Draper]

No I wasn't. We really were haemorrhaging scores. Certain players were getting rinsed. It was a great team effort in the second half to push us on, but we won't get away with such looseness against better teams. It was a good open game of football that we might have lost pre Sugrue

Massive overreaction. I'm gonna leave you off.

A King's pardon.

The well bred know when to move forward and leave the past behind.

[MasterJ]

Great win!

[SCFC]

Well done folks. Best of luck in the next round and tomorrow in the hurling. Thoroughly deserved. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't extremely disappointed.
Go n-éirí libh.

We'll never know if those two star under 20 forwards (Johnston and Farrell?) might have given Offaly the bit of extra firepower they seemed to lack.
It was still a good enough season for ye. Maughan seems to have a very happy camp.

[High Fielder]

No I wasn't. We really were haemorrhaging scores. Certain players were getting rinsed. It was a great team effort in the second half to push us on, but we won't get away with such looseness against better teams. It was a good open game of football that we might have lost pre Sugrue

Massive overreaction. I'm gonna leave you off.

A King's pardon.

The well bred know when to move forward and leave the past behind.

Hopefully you were consistent and told Laois Today, and from what I gather Jack Nolan and Chris Conway, that they over reacted too.

[Tony]

John Sugrue interview post Offaly match:

https://soundcloud.com/midlandssport/john-sugrue-post-offaly-1

[Don Draper]

No I wasn't. We really were haemorrhaging scores. Certain players were getting rinsed. It was a great team effort in the second half to push us on, but we won't get away with such looseness against better teams. It was a good open game of football that we might have lost pre Sugrue

Massive overreaction. I'm gonna leave you off.

A King's pardon.

The well bred know when to move forward and leave the past behind.

Hopefully you were consistent and told Laois Today, and from what I gather Jack Nolan and Chris Conway, that they over reacted too.

Relax, you're overreacting still.

[Nameless]

Great to get the win and get back into round 4. I thought Dillon had a very good game, especially second half. O'Loughlin started very well, Lillis had one of his best games. Scully's direct running causes all sorts of problems and Paul Kingston had a great game. Donie showed some moments of absolute class, how he was left 1 v 1 in this day and age is beyond belief. That was the way it was for both sides though. There was so much space for the inside forwards. It's clear we need to tighten up but having Timmons and Begley there would make such a difference.
Cork, Galway or Cavan next, we'd be underdogs against any of them obviously. We still have so much to improve on, defensively as already noted, the silly turnovers and again the wasted chances in front of goal. It'd be great to have Begley back for next week and I think Evan has to start. Fair play to Ross, great servant and did alright yesterday but with the ball he got, I think O'Carroll would have destroyed Offaly.

[High Fielder]

Maybe. Maybe not. Let the people talk about the game Don. You steal way too much oxygen out of the forum on a daily basis

[Junior Ex Laoistalk]

Great game to watch because of the tactics used by both managers and also the sensible refereeing throughout the game.
At last we are moving the ball quicker and lads are finding the pockets of space. That was happening a bit before but when we would find that space the ball was way too slow into that space and the advantage was lost. Almost everyone played their part in that win but we must improve even more next week to beat either of the 3 teams we will meet.