The Future for Laois Football

[SCFC]

SCFC we took risks toms o flattery ,, Liam learns ,,Mike quirke etc the list goes on your sometimes clueless in what you want me personally you employ and yes it is a paying job a local man who has a vision on the way he thinks the game should be played,,,, fitness game pan team moral all the above is mandatory again I would not have you on the committee you don't think outside the box oblivious your the man

For the love of Jaysus, would you try to write in something resembling English?

[Junior Ex Laoistalk]

Lads, this is a serious situation we find ourselves in. While we have had some very good suggestions and very intelligent chats regarding the position we find ourselves in it is now decending into a "Hogan Stand" type of forum where insults and mud slinging take over and real conversation goes out the window.

Say what you feel without insulting people and you will get genuine responses back but childish behaviour like we've seen in the last few posts will get you nowhere and no-one will respect your views.
We all want the same thing for Laois so please keep it civil lads...

[High Fielder]

Just reading on Laois Today that our Football Chairman resigned because he wasn't on the Committee to review our Football performance in the last few years. Am I missing something here? He's the Chairman FFS. Can he not just invite himself? I'm probably missing something and pardon the ignorance if I am. I want someone to tell me we're not running the biggest joke shop in Ireland in our CB offices.

[town1980]

I agree with you totally high fielder wtf is going on there ,,,looks totally like a decision to oust Laurence Phelan he was definitely left in no other position but resign but who in there right gets to do it this way??? Politics of Laois Gaa is  laughable

[Laois man]

As Chairman wouldn't you think he has to be on that committee.

[High Fielder]

Agree with you both. This is getting ridiculous. We're a f**king shambles. Eddie Brennan was bang on the money and both he and Sugrue are better off a million miles away from our CB.

[town1980]

I see Ger Slevin and Fergal Byron on the committee and rightly so but they should be joined by our football chairman i don't agree with former players opinions myself as our opinion is as valid as anyone's as paying members of Laois Gaa,also fergal was a selector on the u21 team a position he probably should not be in if he is a development officer how can he criticise when Wicklow beat our u21 s and we performed poorly ? Again I think we are a laughing stock and the politics of Gaa hasn't gone away either the best of luck to any manager who wants this job it looks like you are going to have a lot of opinions in the boardroom to deal with before you even  start to gather a team ,,, Laurence
Phelan is the man the should head the review he is our chairman that was voted in by the clubs any other decisions should be invalid and be made public as to why he is being treated this way

[High Fielder]

This is why genuine sporting people don't get involved. These wannabe politicians are having mini power struggles while we're in the midst of one of the darkest periods ever in Laois GAA. So the next time some smart arse says instead of mouthing off, why don't you run for the CB, remind them of days like this.

We are fucked as long as this sort of scutter is more important to them than fixing our actual problems. We are fucked as long as delegates sit and nod and want to be part of the golden circle. There is no possibility of getting in there and making a difference because it's political and full of cronyism. For the sake of Laois GAA they should all resign. The whole bloody lot of them. What matters to us, the games, are being totally neglected. Let their legacy be the COE and now kindly f**k off. As a Laois Gael I am fed up listening to this sort of crap when we clearly have bigger issues.

[SCFC]

I see Ger Slevin and Fergal Byron on the committee and rightly so but they should be joined by our football chairman i don't agree with former players opinions myself as our opinion is as valid as anyone's as paying members of Laois Gaa,also fergal was a selector on the u21 team a position he probably should not be in if he is a development officer how can he criticise when Wicklow beat our u21 s and we performed poorly ? Again I think we are a laughing stock and the politics of Gaa hasn't gone away either the best of luck to any manager who wants this job it looks like you are going to have a lot of opinions in the boardroom to deal with before you even  start to gather a team ,,, Laurence
Phelan is the man the should head the review he is our chairman that was voted in by the clubs any other decisions should be invalid and be made public as to why he is being treated this way

So Laurence Phelan should be on the review committee but Byron shouldn't be a selector with a county team. Good to see you're consistent in talking shite anyway.

[clonadmad]

Laurence Phelan in the few dealings I had with him at County Board level impressed me no end.

Any well run County Board in any other county would have a number of Laurence Phelans on it,

Capable self made men,who have the interests of their county first and foremost and have the skill set and determination to drive change.

That said,if we are going to have a review,lets bring in well qualified outside people from other counties to do the review.

The idea that lads would be reviewing and critiquing themselves is laughable and a complete waste of time.

[High Fielder]

Article on Laois Today about CB meetings. Absolute joke shop. Poor turnouts, meetings held in camera and asking lads to look for a coach when they wouldn't go near it themselves. How many lads have taken the Laois job and never been mapped again? At least have the decency to tell the interviewees that you wouldn't take on the job yourself and the CB won't back you. And to delegates voted in by clubs who don't attend or won't turn on their computer (probably don't know how) you should be f**king ashamed of yourselves. Have you seen the state of Laois GAA ffs?

[town1980]

Again I agree with you totally high fielder and climad,, why is there know review into Laurence Phelan stepping down??

[clonadmad]

Article on Laois Today about CB meetings. Absolute joke shop. Poor turnouts, meetings held in camera and asking lads to look for a coach when they wouldn't go near it themselves. How many lads have taken the Laois job and never been mapped again? At least have the decency to tell the interviewees that you wouldn't take on the job yourself and the CB won't back you. And to delegates voted in by clubs who don't attend or won't turn on their computer (probably don't know how) you should be f**king ashamed of yourselves. Have you seen the state of Laois GAA ffs?

never mind delegates not turning up

anywhere between a quarter to a third of the top table wouldn't be turning up to the monthly meetings in pre covid times

[clonadmad]

Anyone that would have any hope for Laois Football couldn't but be concerned at what's going on in the "powerhouses" at juvenile level.

Portlaoise should a team at both codes and in every level at every age grade

u13 A
beaten recently by Park 5-11 to 2-04,there a distinct possible that they may lose to the harps and not make an A semifinal

u13 C
Their second team has 1 win from 4

u15A
0 Wins from 3,bottom of their group

Mountmellick 12-15 to 0-03
Josephs 12-15 to 2-08

u15B
O wins from 3 games bottom of their group

Stradbally Parish Gaels

No team at U13 A,instead in U13 B

No second team in C,their second team is in the D/Development league

U15 B
1 win from 3

Portarlington

have conceded all their games in the Minor A before the championship started last friday night

[High Fielder]

All worth knowing and thanks Clonad for pointing it out. An embarrassing mess that nobody wants to talk about or touch. Sitting over there and clapping themselves on the back for the C of E. We need to properly get into Portlaoise and actively promote GAA and raise the standards as best we can. It's very obvious that the whole thing is being neglected