Laois 0-12 - 0-13 Armagh thread

[corn02]

anyone going down to the match? I hope to make it myself - leave around 3-3:30pm get there around 6-6:30pm(ish). Bite to eat, good win, and then a blast back up the road. Thankfully the pitch is a few 100yds of the main road

Hoping too get down.

I always fear for us against Laois...in the NFL anyway.

[Bainisteoir]

Ronan Clarke is set to start his first National Football League game for Armagh this year when the Paddy O'Rourke's team travel to Portlaoise this Saturday night to take on Laois.

Clarke is expected to join fellow veteran attacker Steven McDonnell, who has been in sensational form as of late, in the Orchard attack for the first time this season after recovering from an Achilles' tendon problem which saw him miss out of the first two rounds of the NFL campaign.

O'Rourke is expected to name his team for the trip to O'Moore Park later on in the week.

[AFS]

Armagh manager Paddy O'Rourke is braced for a Laois backlash.

The Orchard County's next NFL Division Two outing is against the O'Moore County in Portlaoise on Saturday March 6 and O'Rourke believes Laois - who lost their two opening matches - will respond like a wounded animal.

"Without a doubt, they'll be a different side from the one that lost to Donegal," he notes.

"Traditionally, the third game's always hard. The break gives the teams with no points a chance to regroup and come out strong. We're aware of that.

"Laois have no points. They'll have their players back from suspension and the Portlaoise players back.

"They'll be getting themselves really geared up because they could be in danger of getting relegated if they lose three in a row."

Jesus Paddy, are you paying any attention at all? Laois have two points, from their victory over Tipperary. They are therefore in no danger of suffering a third defeat in a row. And they have a whole one Portlaoise player back.

[AFS]

The Laois Senior Football team to play Armagh in the NFL on Saturday 6th. March in OMoore Park is as follows -

1 Marty Dowling An Fraoch Mór
2 John Scully Anach
3 Mark Timmons Graig Chuillinn
4 Padraig McMahon Mainistir Baile Atha Roine
5 Darren Strong Ioma
6 Cahir Healy Portlaoise
7 Colm Begley Parnells
8 Brendan Quigley Tigh Mochua
9 Cathal Óg Greene Páirc Raithín an Uisce
10 Peter O’Leary Na Diomasaigh
11 Kevin Meaney Ard Lios Cilchrúis
12 Niall Donoher Coill na Cúirte
13 Michael John Tierney Parnells
14 Paul Lalor Ioma
15 Billy Sheehan Ioma

[Begbie]

Jesus Paddy, are you paying any attention at all? Laois have two points, from their victory over Tipperary. They are therefore in no danger of suffering a third defeat in a row. And they have a whole one Portlaoise player back.

That's pretty poor from POR.

Great to see Ronan back, one of the few top players Armagh have. With Stevie in a rich vein of form those two can trouble any team in the country.

[ThrowBall]

Heading down. Hope we do not have the rows of the last couple of meetings. Always fear Laois as a bit of a bogey but hopefully we will scrap through. After the break it will be interesting to see how the team lines out. I assume it will be released about lunchtime tomorrow with a couple of changes before the match starts as usual.

[bennydorano]

Truely nothing to fear from Laois. Strange as it may seem, i think it's an important game and could show us (me anyway) what to genuinely expect from the year ahead. If we dont give them a tanking i'll be very disappointed:afro:

[armaghlad]

slip up there by Paddy :D

I don't think Armagh have anything to fear but I'm expecting a hard game. The performances have been encouraging so far and if they can build on that coupled with the return of Clarkie I suspect we will be coming home happy on Saturday,

[bennydorano]

Charlie & Nippy are both out injured.

[corn02]

Charlie & Nippy are both out injured.

Named in the hf line. Porbably won't play then?

McEvoy
Mallon
Donaghy
Duffy
AK
McKeever
Finn Mo
Lavery
Toner
Swift
Mackin
Feeney
TK
McDonnell
Henderson