Laois looking to build on league solidity

If you were to listen to the naysayers, increasing education, dedication and professionalism has been the scourge of football.

Fitter, stronger players with a proper idea of conditioning and dieting, are being kept in county panels against their will.

Managers are using tactics, the scoundrels, deciding not to risk giving away possession and trying to make it difficult for the opposition. The minnows are refusing to lie down for the traditional superpowers. So football is dying.