Has Micko's momentum topped out?

Brendan O'Brien wonders where to now for Laois and their All-Ireland dream.

TWO years ago Laois lost to Armagh in an All-Ireland quarter-final but learned enough about themselves to suggest they had only just arrived at the base camp of their ambitions.

Twenty-four months on, having exited the championship at the same stage, against the same opposition, that two-point defeat in 2003 threatens to be the summit of this side's achievements.