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Laois have confirmed their new manager as John Sugrue from Kerry who is married and living in Laois for the last number of years... He ended up being a number two under Justin McNulty when Laois had good success back in 2012/2013 He was wanted for a few years but knocked back the job on two occasions He appointed the experienced Brian Stack from Kerry as his number 2 Living here locally I feel this is a great appointment and Laois will start to make progress under this man . Back them for Division 4 now! BigJohn.6_8 (Galway) - Posts: 704 - 20/09/2017 11:19:03 2048476 Link
John Sugrue is a good choice. He's well respected in Portlaoise and hopefully we'll get more of their players on the panel. He will have a big task in panel selection as some of the older crew will have to move on. Huge job for him overall. Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 20/09/2017 11:43:20 2048491 Link
Replying To Laois76: "John Sugrue is a good choice. He's well respected in Portlaoise and hopefully we'll get more of their players on the panel. He will have a big task in panel selection as some of the older crew will have to move on. Huge job for him overall." A Kerryman in charge of Offaly footballers, and now Laois do the same. Things could be stirring in the Midlands! Hope Laois do well with the new man. thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1735 - 20/09/2017 12:04:02 2048502 Link
I was about to say the last time we had a Kerryman in charge things worked out well!! And then i remembered Liam Kearns spell here! In fairness to Liam Laosi was the only county he hasn't done really well in. Got us to the 2007 Leinster final. Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 20/09/2017 12:07:17 2048505 Link
Replying To thelongridge: "A Kerryman in charge of Offaly footballers, and now Laois do the same. Things could be stirring in the Midlands! Hope Laois do well with the new man." Ye'r welcome, is there any other county that has given so much back to the GAA? We gave mayo the O'Shea's , Laois billy sheehan, Wexford Ben Brosnan, Roscommon Declan O'keeffe and young stack their wing back, the dubs the brogans Brian Fenton cian O'sullivan James McCarthy , limerick John Galvin. Plus we sent paidi o'sé and micko to Westmeath and Kildare to win them Leinster titles. and still we're the most disliked county in the country it don't figure. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 20/09/2017 12:28:05 2048522 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "Ye'r welcome, is there any other county that has given so much back to the GAA? We gave mayo the O'Shea's , Laois billy sheehan, Wexford Ben Brosnan, Roscommon Declan O'keeffe and young stack their wing back, the dubs the brogans Brian Fenton cian O'sullivan James McCarthy , limerick John Galvin. Plus we sent paidi o'sé and micko to Westmeath and Kildare to win them Leinster titles. and still we're the most disliked county in the country it don't figure." Ah we love ye really any chance of ye sending up Geaney the O'Sheas do get homesick ya know :-) plus brogan also has mayo connections as has Kevin McManamon, Michael Murphy, Paual Durcan and Martin O'Reilly in Donegal and the Reilly brothers from Knockbride in Cavan its not limited to the Kingdom belmay (Mayo) - Posts: 172 - 20/09/2017 14:10:47 2048573 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "Ye'r welcome, is there any other county that has given so much back to the GAA? We gave mayo the O'Shea's , Laois billy sheehan, Wexford Ben Brosnan, Roscommon Declan O'keeffe and young stack their wing back, the dubs the brogans Brian Fenton cian O'sullivan James McCarthy , limerick John Galvin. Plus we sent paidi o'sé and micko to Westmeath and Kildare to win them Leinster titles. and still we're the most disliked county in the country it don't figure." Ah we love ye really any chance of ye sending up Geaney the O'Sheas do get homesick ya know :-) plus brogan also has mayo connections as has Kevin McManamon, Michael Murphy, Paual Durcan and Martin O'Reilly in Donegal and the Reilly brothers from Knockbride in Cavan its not limited to the Kingdom belmay (Mayo) - Posts: 172 - 20/09/2017 14:29:17 2048579 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "Ye'r welcome, is there any other county that has given so much back to the GAA? We gave mayo the O'Shea's , Laois billy sheehan, Wexford Ben Brosnan, Roscommon Declan O'keeffe and young stack their wing back, the dubs the brogans Brian Fenton cian O'sullivan James McCarthy , limerick John Galvin. Plus we sent paidi o'sé and micko to Westmeath and Kildare to win them Leinster titles. and still we're the most disliked county in the country it don't figure." Any chance of anyone sending anything to Fermanagh? gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 20/09/2017 15:13:08 2048597 Link
Replying To Laois76: "I was about to say the last time we had a Kerryman in charge things worked out well!! And then i remembered Liam Kearns spell here! In fairness to Liam Laosi was the only county he hasn't done really well in. Got us to the 2007 Leinster final." We had tomas o flathartha more recently dont forget. Im sure hes a kerry man Malonemagic (Laois) - Posts: 765 - 20/09/2017 15:32:14 2048614 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "Ye'r welcome, is there any other county that has given so much back to the GAA? We gave mayo the O'Shea's , Laois billy sheehan, Wexford Ben Brosnan, Roscommon Declan O'keeffe and young stack their wing back, the dubs the brogans Brian Fenton cian O'sullivan James McCarthy , limerick John Galvin. Plus we sent paidi o'sé and micko to Westmeath and Kildare to win them Leinster titles. and still we're the most disliked county in the country it don't figure." In fairness it is not as if the people you mentioned are Kerry natives themselves. They just have Kerry in their blood line. Sure Kevin McMenamin's Mum is from Galway. Ciaran Kilkenny's grandfather is the late great Sean Purcell. Conal Keaney has one if not both his parents from Galway and Kevin Moran the Waterford hurler has a Galway father. kiloughter (Galway) - Posts: 1946 - 20/09/2017 16:04:52 2048626 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "Ye'r welcome, is there any other county that has given so much back to the GAA? We gave mayo the O'Shea's , Laois billy sheehan, Wexford Ben Brosnan, Roscommon Declan O'keeffe and young stack their wing back, the dubs the brogans Brian Fenton cian O'sullivan James McCarthy , limerick John Galvin. Plus we sent paidi o'sé and micko to Westmeath and Kildare to win them Leinster titles. and still we're the most disliked county in the country it don't figure." Adam and Eve were from Kerry too. thelongridge (Offaly) - Posts: 1735 - 20/09/2017 17:59:30 2048689 Link
Replying To Malonemagic: "We had tomas o flathartha more recently dont forget. Im sure hes a kerry man" Dead right Malone. I may call it a day today!! Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 20/09/2017 18:44:59 2048700 Link
we would be very happy to return Paul Mannion to the birth county of his Dad, very very happy actually. facethepuckout (Roscommon) - Posts: 214 - 21/09/2017 21:25:57 2049178 Link
Replying To kiloughter: "In fairness it is not as if the people you mentioned are Kerry natives themselves. They just have Kerry in their blood line. Sure Kevin McMenamin's Mum is from Galway. Ciaran Kilkenny's grandfather is the late great Sean Purcell. Conal Keaney has one if not both his parents from Galway and Kevin Moran the Waterford hurler has a Galway father." What about Donie Buckley and john Evans? KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 21/09/2017 22:43:43 2049194 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "Ye'r welcome, is there any other county that has given so much back to the GAA? We gave mayo the O'Shea's , Laois billy sheehan, Wexford Ben Brosnan, Roscommon Declan O'keeffe and young stack their wing back, the dubs the brogans Brian Fenton cian O'sullivan James McCarthy , limerick John Galvin. Plus we sent paidi o'sé and micko to Westmeath and Kildare to win them Leinster titles. and still we're the most disliked county in the country it don't figure." Of course your not! That's the Dubs silly. We all love Kerry. By the way any chance we could get David Clifford on loan? We still have a few safe houses above in the Galtees, would be happy to hide him from the Aussies for a couple of years for ye! roundball (Tipperary) - Posts: 2514 - 21/09/2017 23:43:24 2049212 Link
Wish him the best , hope county board give him the time to build and put his stamp on team , Leinster and selfishly Dublin need a strong Laois Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 22/09/2017 00:02:13 2049215 Link
Replying To roundball: "Of course your not! That's the Dubs silly. We all love Kerry. By the way any chance we could get David Clifford on loan? We still have a few safe houses above in the Galtees, would be happy to hide him from the Aussies for a couple of years for ye!" Clifford is a big young fella roundball he wouldn't be easy to hide :-) And ye have some brilliant young players yer selves, that jack Kennedy is going to be some baller . KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 22/09/2017 09:14:53 2049242 Link
Replying To Damothedub: "Wish him the best , hope county board give him the time to build and put his stamp on team , Leinster and selfishly Dublin need a strong Laois" Yeah Laois public need to relax ...A lot of them were spoilt in the late 90s and early 2000s with the players they had coming through at all grades now it has dried up a little they tend to get impatient . Still talent there but a few lads the wrong side of 30 but surely a good manager with a committed squad could get something out of players like Brody Attride Quigley Begley O'Loughlin Kingston and Cahillanne BigJohn.6_8 (Galway) - Posts: 704 - 22/09/2017 11:55:03 2049292 Link
Really hope this new manager can turn things around. The senior players especially need to give him 100% support. In recent years the fans too have desserted the team big time even for home games. Miss the intense rivalry we had with both Laois and Offaly neighbours, would love to be bantering with both sets of supporters again. St.Conleth (Kildare) - Posts: 1700 - 23/09/2017 14:04:34 2049585 Link
Replying To belmay: "Ah we love ye really any chance of ye sending up Geaney the O'Sheas do get homesick ya know :-) plus brogan also has mayo connections as has Kevin McManamon, Michael Murphy, Paual Durcan and Martin O'Reilly in Donegal and the Reilly brothers from Knockbride in Cavan its not limited to the Kingdom" What about lee keegan? We gave you him. blueman1903 (Cavan) - Posts: 882 - 23/09/2017 16:18:19 2049628 Link