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OFFALY FOOTBALLERS WILL PLAY LAOIS IN A CHALLENGE GAME THIS EVENING AT SEVON O CLOCK IN O MOORE PARK .

just home from o moore park the scoreline offaly 1-16 to laoises 0-13 very fast game offaly really played well tonight worked hard and supported each other . really played as a team tonight.

Can anyone name the team that started last night? Did Brian Connor and Alan Mc Namee play? Sounds encouraging . Maybe there is still hope. Were Laois strong or did they play a weakened team?

team was A Mulhall/ J Gallagher/ S O Sullivan/ K Lynam/ P Mc Conway/ J Moloney/ B Darby/ B Connor/N Smith/ J keane/ D Currams/ N Dunne/ A Keenaghan/ W Mulhall/K casey. Apart from both teams missing u 21 players to me it looked like Laois were only missing PClancy. Paul Mc Conway went off injured after only 5 mins Lorcan Hiney replaced him and Alan Mc Namee came on later.
Good all round display all supporting each other Ken got the goal and Nigel kicked about 8 points from frees and play. Was very encouraging after the dissapointing performances so far. Hate to think it was a one off but shows what they are capabale of. so as my name suggests i still see a future. Lets hope the u21s do the business on Wednesday night.

Alan Mulhall back in goal - interesting , is Kevin Meehan injured? No Sean Pender either. Sounds encouraging though unless Laois were not that interested or trained earlier . Nigel Dunne and John Malone seem to be stepping up and Brian Connors return is crucial.

icafuture wrote: Apart from both teams missing u 21 players to me it looked like Laois were only missing PClancy.

I don't think Healy, Begley, Cahillane or Davy Conway played either from the Laois team that won in Donegal. Good win for Offaly nonetheless.

Heshs Umpire wrote:

icafuture wrote: Apart from both teams missing u 21 players to me it looked like Laois were only missing PClancy.

I don't think Healy, Begley, Cahillane or Davy Conway played either from the Laois team that won in Donegal. Good win for Offaly nonetheless.

I Take it you didn't enjoy going into work today Hesh a offaly double at the weekend .

Any challenge match result has to be taken with a hefty pinch of salt, but still this is encouraging. It's going to be a very tough battle to avoid relegation now, starting in Belfast this Saturday night, but at least if the lads have a bit of confidence from a win over division 1 opposition, not to mention the previous win over Wicklow, there is some basis for hope. It was always likely to be a tough learning curve and the value of just one meaningful win would be huge.

Meehan has a hamstring problem. Nothing serious but he won't face Antrim.

townman wrote:

Heshs Umpire wrote:

icafuture wrote: Apart from both teams missing u 21 players to me it looked like Laois were only missing PClancy.

I don't think Healy, Begley, Cahillane or Davy Conway played either from the Laois team that won in Donegal. Good win for Offaly nonetheless.

I Take it you didn't enjoy going into work today Hesh a offaly double at the weekend .

Not much townman! The Tullamore crew are well able to slag!