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Laois 2012
Giovanni
County: Laois
Posts: 151

Agreed.
Pauric Clancy might as weel have gone up the town in the 2nd half, nothing comiong his way. Heard justin Mc nulty on about going back to the drawing board, has he had a peek at it since last summer.
dhorse , 06/02/2012 at 17:44

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Thought they did pretty well in the first half but when they went in a point down the writing was on the wall (although the Mayo goal was a bit of a fluke, they could have had another one earlier on).

The tactics are really hard to fathom from our side. We're playing with a strong wind, we have two accurate, nippy corner forwards capable of scoring, Clancy is causing a lot of trouble for their full back and none of our lads are within an asses roar of him. That's really inexcusable in my opinion.

I have no problem buying into the idea of "defence first". You can't expect to win top quality games if you ship high scores. But our "defence first" strategy seems to simply consist of everyone getting behind the ball without any clear idea in many cases of what they should be doing there. We saw Mayo carve us open right through the middle several times despite all our rearguarding. Indeed, we lost at least 3 scores directly as a result of having so may lads back during that game. In my opinion, our defensive strategy needs to be a lot more sophisticated - it shouldn't be simply about everyone getting behind the ball when we lose it. Instead, we should have a SYSTEM of covering, sweeping up, tackling, etc. that is more thoughtful and uses the resources of the team more sensibly. Even the ultra-defensive Donegal were smarter in their systems than that.

It was disappointing overall but the one positive thing is that most of our players are capable of competing man-to-man against the likes of Mayo.
Giovanni , 06/02/2012 at 11:58

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Pretty disasterous opening weekend for Laois. Armagh and Down were probably the 2 teams we had to finish ahead of if we're to survive in this division and both teams got huge results. Up against in a big way already now. Not least because of our own performance!
Kieno , 05/02/2012 at 16:24

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Poor performance by laois last night . Bit even worse by home support . Embarrassing to be well outnumbered by mayo fans . Must be demoralizing for the team
Malonemagic , 05/02/2012 at 13:30

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Strong enough Laois side , a good result against Mayo would do nicely!
WonderBoy , 04/02/2012 at 16:06

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Best of luck to Harps camogie team in A/I semi up in Tyrone on sunday.
dhorse , 03/02/2012 at 15:14

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1. Eoin Culliton (Timahoe)
... 2. Cahir Healy (Portlaoise)
3. Kieran Lillis (Portlaoise)
4. Peter O'Leary (O'Dempsey's)
5. Darren Strong (Emo)
6. Shane Julian (Arles-Killeen)
7. Conor Boyle (Portlaoise)
8. Brendan Quigley (Timahoe)
9. John O'Loughlin (St Brigid's)
10. Ross Munnelly (Arles-Kilcruise)
11. Kevin Meaney (Arles-Kilcruise)
12. Colm Begley (Parnells)
13. Paul Cahillane (Portlaoise)
14. Padraig Clancy (Timahoe)
15. David Conway (Arles-Kilcruise)
dhorse , 03/02/2012 at 15:12

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Cool, thanks for the reply!
dkeane , 03/02/2012 at 13:20

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Give or take one .... Yes
Malonemagic , 03/02/2012 at 13:03

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@Malonemagic: So that team you've named is probably pretty much the strongest Laois will have available this year more than likely?
dkeane , 03/02/2012 at 12:06

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I reckon it will be
Culleton
Healy Lillis O'Leary
Strong Julian Boyle
O'Loughlin Quigley
Munnelly Meaney Sheehan
Cahillane Clancy Conway

Players to come in will be Donoher and Begley.
CmonAymonow , 03/02/2012 at 10:49

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I reckon Mulligan must have a great chance at the No. 4 jersey. He's been excellent in all the pre-season matches. Will be interesting to see who is picked at 11 and 14. We never seem to come up with a centre forward with a bif of guile. Maybe Begley would fit the bill or Colm Kelly. Don't think it suits the like of JOL or Meaney.
Giovanni , 02/02/2012 at 14:46

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D Keane , that would be about 12 of best choice championship team . Donor Kingston padraig McMahon and mark Timmons would come in . But I don't think any of those are available to the panel this year
Malonemagic , 02/02/2012 at 13:27

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Is mark timmons on the panel
dhorse , 01/02/2012 at 19:39

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How close would that be to a full championship team Malone?
dkeane , 01/02/2012 at 18:21

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I reckon it will be culleton . Healey Lillis Boyle . Strong Julian o Leary . Quigley o loughlin . Begley meaney Ross . Tierney Clancy Conway . I think it would be a good team but I fear mayo at present . They're excellent
Malonemagic , 31/01/2012 at 17:30

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Mayo at home Saturday night.
Any1 care to predict team?
I think Begley will come into midfield.
Heraf , 31/01/2012 at 11:55

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NingNong
County: Laois
Posts: 1

1102473 Colm Begley plays for DCU not UCD laaaaaaaaad

True, but can play for laois in the shield all the same
dhorse , 30/01/2012 at 16:06

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Colm Begley plays for DCU not UCD laaaaaaaaad
NingNong , 30/01/2012 at 12:31

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giovanni,the reason Colm Begley can play in both games is that UCD are in the O Byrne cup final,while Laois were in the shield after first round defeat.
fergie , 29/01/2012 at 18:03