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Haven't seen a thread for this one yet, anyways. Half the Laois team to be checking in at Dublin airport on the bank holiday Monday for their annual trip to the US. Roll on Louth in the semi. :) if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3685 - 22/05/2017 19:13:54 1989538 Link
Replying To if_in_doubt: "Haven't seen a thread for this one yet, anyways. Half the Laois team to be checking in at Dublin airport on the bank holiday Monday for their annual trip to the US. Roll on Louth in the semi. :)" Its a Meath v Laois semi, :) royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 22/05/2017 20:17:24 1989562 Link
Its a Meath v Laois semi, :) royaldunne (Meath) - Posts:11112 - 22/05/2017 Think that's the minor championship you're getting confused with. if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3685 - 22/05/2017 20:28:37 1989563 Link
Replying To if_in_doubt: "Haven't seen a thread for this one yet, anyways. Half the Laois team to be checking in at Dublin airport on the bank holiday Monday for their annual trip to the US. Roll on Louth in the semi. :)" Kildare are that good they shouldn't even have to play Laois or Meath we should just grant them a final birth before the start to take on the dubs...:-) :-) On a serious note I can't see Laois getting close to them its division 1 v division 4 at the end of the day.Kildare have a great record on their neighbours aswell but it could be a game worth going to in Tullamore as it usually provides plenty of excitement and action! BigJohn.6_8 (Galway) - Posts: 704 - 23/05/2017 11:37:10 1989740 Link
On a serious note I can't see Laois getting close to them its division 1 v division 4 at the end of the day.Kildare have a great record on their neighbours aswell but it could be a game worth going to in Tullamore as it usually provides plenty of excitement and action! BigJohn.6_8 (Galway) - Posts:589 - 23/05/2017 To be fair at the start of the year it would have been a division 2 side against a division 3 side so not a whole lot of difference at times there. You could say we were lucky to get a draw with them in 2015 before hammering them in the replay. Overall though we've a pretty good record against them at all levels over the last few years so I'd be surprised to see that change any time soon. if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3685 - 23/05/2017 12:01:17 1989758 Link
Always a good match, Kildare done great in the league, Laois not so much, Laois had a good win to Longford. Going for a Kildare win though. Kildare 3+ oakleafersir (Derry) - Posts: 808 - 23/05/2017 12:30:44 1989774 Link
Wouldn't take Laois lightly at all. They have really good forwards and a decent midfield. Not so sure about their defence. Think it could be a shoot out as our forwards are the best we've had in years. St.Conleth (Kildare) - Posts: 1700 - 24/05/2017 18:52:16 1990395 Link
Replying To St.Conleth: "Wouldn't take Laois lightly at all. They have really good forwards and a decent midfield. Not so sure about their defence. Think it could be a shoot out as our forwards are the best we've had in years." I agree Conleth,Laois are always a decent champ.team. League form won't matter one whit. This is set up for Laois imo so Kildare would want to tread warily. dead_as_dodos (Carlow) - Posts: 459 - 24/05/2017 19:56:28 1990406 Link
Laois finished bottom of division 3..So one would say Kildare should win this handy enough ! But looking at the Laois game the weekend i though Laois played some fantastic stuff and looked fairly fit ,if you take a closer look at the Laois squad on paper they have very very good footballers and no way should they be playing division 4 football next year but they are ! The way leinster football is Laois could make it to the leinster final ...look at Westmeath back to back leinster finals 2015/16 and getting relegated in each season during the league ! WhyTheLongFace (Meath) - Posts: 875 - 24/05/2017 20:24:38 1990415 Link
Laois are better than their league form suggests, they gave a decent performance against Dublin in championship last year, Kildare are much improved this year on last year but are still capable of on 'off day'. But they put some gritty performances in during the league, Midfield will be key and if Moolick & Feely perform well, Daniel Flynn, Neil Flynn and Niall Kelly will do damage in forward line NorthKildare (Kildare) - Posts: 197 - 24/05/2017 23:13:55 1990462 Link
kildare will win this game,but laois will push them and that wil be good preparation for kildare going into the semis. ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 25/05/2017 08:19:22 1990505 Link
Replying To WhyTheLongFace: "Laois finished bottom of division 3..So one would say Kildare should win this handy enough ! But looking at the Laois game the weekend i though Laois played some fantastic stuff and looked fairly fit ,if you take a closer look at the Laois squad on paper they have very very good footballers and no way should they be playing division 4 football next year but they are ! The way leinster football is Laois could make it to the leinster final ...look at Westmeath back to back leinster finals 2015/16 and getting relegated in each season during the league !" really good point about westmeath and possible laois comparisons. ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 25/05/2017 08:21:21 1990506 Link
I think we could cause a shock here, win this and i think we will progress to the final jimmyc (Laois) - Posts: 12 - 27/05/2017 14:05:39 1991228 Link
Replying To jimmyc: "I think we could cause a shock here, win this and i think we will progress to the final" Dont think it would be a huge shock. A lot of people judging Laois on league performance but they're a different side with players back and some new blood. There won't be much in it. St.Conleth (Kildare) - Posts: 1700 - 28/05/2017 14:48:15 1991436 Link
Replying To St.Conleth: "Dont think it would be a huge shock. A lot of people judging Laois on league performance but they're a different side with players back and some new blood. There won't be much in it." Agree this game will be close i honestly think Laois will shade it Royal.Legend (Meath) - Posts: 665 - 28/05/2017 15:13:29 1991444 Link
Fully expect Kildare to win by around 5 JJ1 (Kildare) - Posts: 547 - 28/05/2017 18:04:14 1991520 Link
Really Fancy Laois to win at 9/4. League form is irrelevant salvador (Roscommon) - Posts: 439 - 28/05/2017 21:00:01 1991610 Link
Neill Flynn out for 6 weeks, add Ben McCormack to that and that's both corner forwards ruled out. Kiwiq (Kildare) - Posts: 38 - 29/05/2017 05:28:18 1991697 Link
Replying To salvador: "Really Fancy Laois to win at 9/4. League form is irrelevant" How can league form be completely disregarded? Even if Laois are better than their legaue form, and I believe they are also, they are still well behind Kildare on current form. Add to that, the fact they haven't beaten Kildare in quite a few years then surely you would have to believe that Kildare are firm favourites. JJ1 (Kildare) - Posts: 547 - 29/05/2017 11:50:23 1991773 Link
Really Fancy Laois to win at 9/4. League form is irrelevant salvador (Roscommon) - Posts:307 - 28/05/2017 Carlow to beat the Dubs is like a licence to print money too sure... if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3685 - 29/05/2017 14:44:40 1991842 Link