Sligo GAA thread

Timmy86 (Sligo) - Posts: 384 - 28/09/2026 17:05:59    2695387

Congratulations to Coolaney/Mullinabreena on surviving in senior. They were very competitive in many of their games and indeed the relegation semi final so it will be good to see them test themselves at senior again next year. Commiserations to Tubbercurry. Some of the comments are very harsh, they have caused many upsets over recent years in senior when nearly everyone had them written off as relegation favourites. I'm sure they'll regather and push to get straight back up next year.

Onto the finals this Sunday, Owenmore Gaels will be strong favourites in the first. Baring a collapse of similar proportions to their last championship final in the park you would expect them to win with a bit to spare. Michaels will be dogged and well set up but surely the Gaels will have enough of firepower to get over the line. The intermediate is hard to call. Ballymote have a lot of individual talent, Curry probably have the edge in experience. Hopefully the sand in the park has all washed in and we are treated to a good game and it should be high scoring too you'd imagine. If calling it I would say Curry but by a very narrow margin.

benbulbingael (Sligo) - Posts: 22 - 28/09/2026 19:40:56    2695406

Who's the Favourites for your championship finals.

Farneyarmy2013 (Monaghan) - Posts: 85 - 30/09/2026 21:43:45    2695737

Mullinabreena did the business as I expected them to do. Tubber while they'll be sore to go down for the first time should see it as a time to reset, they need to get their act together if they want to make a quick return to senior. It was been well documented by others here about how underage they seem to be losing out to Cloonacool. One must remember though that these two clubs share the same parish but at same time town of Tubber has a large population.

On to this weekend. In the Junior St Michaels have a free shot at it as no one expects them to win, if they're beat by 10 points people will say that's no surprise. I actually think it'll be a little closer maybe 5/6 but every other team will be glad to see Owenmore gone out of Junior for next years competition as they shouldn't really have ended up down there.

In intermediate the worst thing to happen Curry from a Ballymote perspective is Bunninadden running them so close and could/should have knocked them out in normal time. Any silent notions players may have had that they had a handy return to senior will have been banished by that scare. I think while Ballymote have improved as the championship has gone they lack the physical presence in key sections of the field to counter act what Curry have. I expect a good entertaining game but will back Curry to win by 4 points. Similarly I would say all the intermediate clubs will be happy to wave goodbye to Curry. Without them and with Tubber and probably Owenmore coming into it, next years intermediate will be quite level among 4/5 teams, whereas everyone expected Curry to occupy a finalist position if not win it outright.

Hopefully the four teams won't need their sand castle buckets with them this week. Between wind and rain since the senior semis it should be well gone off the surface by Sunday.

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 735 - 01/10/2026 12:15:16    2695792

The Junior in theory should be onesided but its rare OMG dish out a heavy beating to Michaels. If its close then its because OMG didnt perform. I'd agree the scare Curry got in the semi will see them focused for the final, they should win it unless they are to cautious and invited BM onto them, BM can do damage if they are allowed space and get a run on a team.
SMG seem to hold most of the aces for the senior final the following, however the one thing that might not favor them is just playing one game in month and a half coming up to the final.

MrUnderhill (Sligo) - Posts: 146 - 02/10/2026 11:39:58    2695906

sillymoocow (Sligo) - Posts: 25 - 02/10/2026 13:51:40    2695925

A cracker in Junior A. Outstanding performance by Michaels keeper

Anowenmoregael (Sligo) - Posts: 8 - 04/10/2026 15:03:47    2696111

Timmy86 (Sligo) - Posts: 384 - 04/10/2026 16:40:58    2696117

So the favourites won yesterday but not in the manner most would have expected. The Junior was a very entertaining contest thanks especially to Kyle Daveys sharp shooting on frees and some excellent saves. He really should be a consideration for the county job. Owenmore were extremely lucky to come out with the win but probably their fitness in the last 10 minutes stood to them a little more and Michael's didn't really get much out of their forward line. I'll not make any comment on the reffing in it as the post won't make it!

In intermediate the first half was a dour cagey affair and I thought Curry didn't make much attempt with the strong breeze. They closed out the half well though and certainly returned with a bang wrapping the game up within first 12/13 minutes of restart. Ballymote just weren't able for the physicality of Curry in the centre of the field. Credit to them for staging a bit of a comeback but if Curry intend to stay playing senior they'll need to learn how to put games to bed when they build up a lead as no more than their semi final it got a little too close for comfort for them.

Still plenty of sand hopping up in Markievicz.

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 735 - 05/10/2026 06:05:30    2696185

Curry have ticked their senior boxes for the year, stayed in Senior league and won the intermediated and handled the favorites tag well. They are doing well underage so the future if looking bright for them. At the critical points of the game yesterday BM were not there and Curry probably took the foot off the gas and let them back into it. OMG also ticked their season boxes, won promotion to senior league and won the junior. However they did not handle the favorites tag well yesterday and were nearly beaten by a team who had not much more than a keeper to get their scores. They seem have a lot of confidence players and when things were not going there way yeaterday they really struggled. The Junior monkey is off their back now so they can look forward to Senior and intermediate football next year.

MrUnderhill (Sligo) - Posts: 146 - 05/10/2026 08:48:03    2696192

Apart from C/M everyone in Senior, Intermediate and Junior have all just swapped places back to where they were last year.

otgarom (Mayo) - Posts: 24 - 05/10/2026 09:27:08    2696196

datswrong (Sligo) - Posts: 8 - 05/10/2026 10:55:14    2696216

Exciting game's in the Park yesterday.
Michael's will be disappointed but when your goalie scores 75% of your teams total it's hard to argue that you deserved to win. Kyle was actually the captain of Sligo minors when they won Connacht but since then hasn't made the cut with either the U.20 teams or senior. I hope Dessie gives him a call. Curry were more clinical in the second match and yet went very close to losing it. I hope Michael Lavins injury isn't too serious. He's a good player. It never ceases to amaze me how teams revert to route 1 when there's a few minutes left and the game seems to be gone from them. That's what ballymote did and threw in a 41 year old experienced guy on the edge of the square. He caused a lot of trouble.

datswrong (Sligo) - Posts: 8 - 05/10/2026 11:09:17    2696221

otgarom (Mayo) - Posts: 24 - 05/10/2026 14:52:56    2696292

datswrong (Sligo) - Posts: 8 - 05/10/2026 15:19:29    2696297