laois team for replay

stevemac

whats everybody think?

no way they'll line out as named


can't see higgns marking glennin.
and gary kavanagh is too small for full.

other than that looks good

watman

Laois (Leinster SFC final replay V Westmeath): F Byron; A Fennelly, J Higgins, P McDonald; D Rooney, T Kelly, K Fitzpatrick; P Clancy, N Garvan; R Munnelly, M Lawlor, C Conway; B McDonald, G Kavanagh, C Parkinson

laoisfan

looks good alright.
hopefully they will play better than they did on sunday though saying that a draw was more than fair as both sides were guilty of bad misses.

--laoisfan

cruiserweight

Maybe Beano will go in full forward. I could see Higgins doing a man marking job on Glennon.

I think that Dessie is carrying an injury, so maybe Micko sees Glennon as the biggest threat and wants Higgins to take him out of the game, otherwise Higgins would possibly be to small for full back

watman

Another game of cat and mouse i reckon .. Healy will more than likely pick up Beano regardless of where he plays and Keane will try take Parkinson again - Hopefully it will be as good as game as we were treated to last sunday in Croke Park ..

stevemac

i was thinking maybe mcdonald might take him, fennelly was on dolan last wek and will take him again.

Shaque attack

Originally posted by watman
Laois (Leinster SFC final replay V Westmeath): F Byron; A Fennelly, J Higgins, P McDonald; D Rooney, T Kelly, K Fitzpatrick; P Clancy, N Garvan; R Munnelly, M Lawlor, C Conway; B McDonald, G Kavanagh, C Parkinson

higgins wont play full back, it'll most likely be tom kelly with fitzpatrick playing centre like in the second half. there two reasons i believe this, 1) Higgins is an excellent corner back but he is not suited to playing full back and 2) i cant see Mcdonald marking mangan as he hasnt played that great when he has been in the corner.

i think the forwards will adhere to the formation for the first half at least to see how it works but if it doesnt i think wooly could return to full forward and conway could go corner with kavanagh going wing

overall the team looks good, i'm glad fitzgerald has been dropped, its about time micko realised how bad he is when laois play high pressure matches

has the westhmeath team been announced yet?

watman

No team lineup as of yet . The latest news aint great though

Westmeath have received a boost ahead of the Leinster final replay with news that neither Dessie Dolan nor Rory O'Connell have broken bones.
Both men were key performers in the drawn game but picked up nasty knocks, sparking fears that they could have sustained fractures.
However, x-ray results have revealed that neither O'Connell (wrist) nor Dolan (thumb) suffered breaks in the drawn encounter with the O'Moore men.
The bad news is that both are still rated doubtful for the replay, though it is difficult to imagine Paidi O Se fielding without either man for such a massive game.
If the Maroons took to the field without either Dolan or O'Connell in the starting line-up it would give Laois a major lift.
There are also slight doubts over Michael Ennis (hamstring) and Derek Heavin (knee). Both men sat out training on Tuesday evening but should be fine come throw-in at Croke Park

Shaque attack

i dont think there's any major doubt surrounding dolan or o connell but i was wondering if páidí has played all his cards or has he any formation changes that could give westmeath an edge or would he consider starting fallon

watman

Possible move - if he moved Alan Mangan out to wing forward and put joe fallon in the corner at the expense of Fergal Wilson , we ll have to wait and see

cruiserweight

Well the Westmeath team is

G Connaughton, J Davitt, D O'Donoghue, J Keane, M Ennis, D Healy, D Heavin, R O'Connell, D O'Shaughnessy (Capt), B Morley, P Conway, F Wilson, A Mangan, D Glennon, D Dolan,

impr0v

Originally posted by watman
Possible move - if he moved Alan Mangan out to wing forward and put joe fallon in the corner at the expense of Fergal Wilson , we ll have to wait and see

I'd imagine fallon will feature fairly early, he made a noticable impact on Sunday.