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There are prunty pitches functioning on ground no better than bog, why they can't get Mark Park right is a mystery MrUnderhill (Sligo) - Posts: 81 - 04/02/2025 16:28:57 2589471 Link
I always dreamed of some rich Sligonian completely revamping Markievicz. I always hated the dressing rooms been right at the pitch as it is taking our capacity down. That south terrace should always have been extended to the corner. They should have demo'd the dressing rooms years ago, either move them back to the south corner perimeter where they park or move them behind the north terrace. They should have did the north terrace with structural steel and built the dressing rooms underneath and have a tunnel for the players coming out at the corner. Loads of space at that end of the field. I never liked the stand, Markievicz was there long before the housing so should never had any height restrictions other than proximity to the road. I think you could design a cantilever roof instead of the all the columns. A lighter roof would have been a good start. Isn't there a famous Sligo owned company that does all the big stadium pitches SIS i think. We should give them a call. It was only relaid in 2019 before? It all comes down to money I am sure and probably done on the cheap. Did any of ye see the Offaly Laois highlights? Laois look awful in defence, poor tracking of men, middle wide open. I'd expect us to put up a big score up against them. Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1783 - 04/02/2025 20:39:15 2589512 Link
Just listening to all the GAA podcasts, teams with ball winners from kickouts seems to be the way forward. Are there any within Sligo not involved with county at present, O Donnell from Tourlestrane looked very good against us in Championship, where is Conan Marren, he was very good against Roscommon in Championship, both are big men. Banks from Coolera is decent. Brian Byrne from Curry from the u20s? Something for management to look at. Are there anymore? I still think you can get plenty from Doherty, Alan and Lally in terms of ball winning from kickouts. When is Nathan Mullen back from injury? Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1783 - 05/02/2025 17:18:36 2589638 Link
Replying To Sligonian: "Just listening to all the GAA podcasts, teams with ball winners from kickouts seems to be the way forward. Are there any within Sligo not involved with county at present, O Donnell from Tourlestrane looked very good against us in Championship, where is Conan Marren, he was very good against Roscommon in Championship, both are big men. Banks from Coolera is decent. Brian Byrne from Curry from the u20s? Something for management to look at. Are there anymore? I still think you can get plenty from Doherty, Alan and Lally in terms of ball winning from kickouts. When is Nathan Mullen back from injury?" Was/Is Mullen suspended from red card v Down? Conan Marren is in Australia I think…not sure about the others…hard to juggle being a doctor and playing Intercounty football… Jack McCaffrey even struggled living and working in Dublin for the most part… BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 91 - 05/02/2025 18:41:37 2589648 Link
Replying To BreakingBall123: "Was/Is Mullen suspended from red card v Down? Conan Marren is in Australia I think…not sure about the others…hard to juggle being a doctor and playing Intercounty football… Jack McCaffrey even struggled living and working in Dublin for the most part…" Jack certainly worked in Kilkenny and Galway during his Dublin career, possibly other locations outside Dublin also. sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 849 - 05/02/2025 19:55:47 2589663 Link
Replying To Sligonian: "Just listening to all the GAA podcasts, teams with ball winners from kickouts seems to be the way forward. Are there any within Sligo not involved with county at present, O Donnell from Tourlestrane looked very good against us in Championship, where is Conan Marren, he was very good against Roscommon in Championship, both are big men. Banks from Coolera is decent. Brian Byrne from Curry from the u20s? Something for management to look at. Are there anymore? I still think you can get plenty from Doherty, Alan and Lally in terms of ball winning from kickouts. When is Nathan Mullen back from injury?" O donnell and marren both were in panels before. westvoice (Sligo) - Posts: 69 - 05/02/2025 22:02:29 2589687 Link
Replying To sligo joe: "Jack certainly worked in Kilkenny and Galway during his Dublin career, possibly other locations outside Dublin also." That's why I said for the most part… BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 91 - 05/02/2025 22:22:56 2589691 Link
2 rounds into the National league for 2025 and most teams from what I've viewed either live or on TV have adapted well to the new rules. The one notable exception is my own county, Sligo who seem to still want to play under the old rules. The manager has come out to the media and made comments like 'he is not a fan of the new rules' and 'the new rules don't suit us'. His failure to adapt has resulted in defeats and -13 of score difference. He has picked a panel without a ball winning midfielder (with the possible exception of Lally) and he continues to persist with Devaney in goals (who has been excellent for us over the last few years) who is not suited to the 12 v 11 scenario which most teams are trying to exploit. Solo and go has not been used very much and 2 pointers (we haven't scored too many if those yet). So Tony I know it's not in your nature but it's time for change. Anto (Sligo) - Posts: 374 - 06/02/2025 09:39:14 2589724 Link
Replying To Anto: "2 rounds into the National league for 2025 and most teams from what I've viewed either live or on TV have adapted well to the new rules. The one notable exception is my own county, Sligo who seem to still want to play under the old rules. The manager has come out to the media and made comments like 'he is not a fan of the new rules' and 'the new rules don't suit us'. His failure to adapt has resulted in defeats and -13 of score difference. He has picked a panel without a ball winning midfielder (with the possible exception of Lally) and he continues to persist with Devaney in goals (who has been excellent for us over the last few years) who is not suited to the 12 v 11 scenario which most teams are trying to exploit. Solo and go has not been used very much and 2 pointers (we haven't scored too many if those yet). So Tony I know it's not in your nature but it's time for change." Can you pick a ball winning midfielder for me. He needs to have pace. eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2024 - 06/02/2025 11:04:29 2589731 Link
Replying To Anto: "2 rounds into the National league for 2025 and most teams from what I've viewed either live or on TV have adapted well to the new rules. The one notable exception is my own county, Sligo who seem to still want to play under the old rules. The manager has come out to the media and made comments like 'he is not a fan of the new rules' and 'the new rules don't suit us'. His failure to adapt has resulted in defeats and -13 of score difference. He has picked a panel without a ball winning midfielder (with the possible exception of Lally) and he continues to persist with Devaney in goals (who has been excellent for us over the last few years) who is not suited to the 12 v 11 scenario which most teams are trying to exploit. Solo and go has not been used very much and 2 pointers (we haven't scored too many if those yet). So Tony I know it's not in your nature but it's time for change." I thought we used the solo and go a bit on Sunday. I think our problem is we have no real frightening pace inside… Murphy, POC and Reilly are finishers… the way Ben O'Carroll can win ball for Roscommon. I thought Sinkey for Kildare was a serious threat. whereas do our inside lads have the pace to win ball consistently. no doubt they'll finish if they get a chance but just an observation. it's great having Reilly back and thought he looked good. in terms of two pointers I think the fact we're kicking a lot of wides is the problem there. another barrage of wides on Sunday! It's funny, we were scoring so heavily last year and it's the opposite this year! We definitely could've taken 2 points on Sunday if we brought the shooting boots. BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 91 - 06/02/2025 12:11:27 2589737 Link
Replying To BreakingBall123: "I thought we used the solo and go a bit on Sunday. I think our problem is we have no real frightening pace inside… Murphy, POC and Reilly are finishers… the way Ben O'Carroll can win ball for Roscommon. I thought Sinkey for Kildare was a serious threat. whereas do our inside lads have the pace to win ball consistently. no doubt they'll finish if they get a chance but just an observation. it's great having Reilly back and thought he looked good. in terms of two pointers I think the fact we're kicking a lot of wides is the problem there. another barrage of wides on Sunday! It's funny, we were scoring so heavily last year and it's the opposite this year! We definitely could've taken 2 points on Sunday if we brought the shooting boots." Some of us on here commented before the year that you need pace inside, you need to the out ball winner with pace. The u20 management always used Flynn or O Boyle as an outlet for Marren to work off. You are right Breakingball in that the 3 inside are similar, great finishers but would struggle with separation against elite defenders. We do need pace inside and Management should already have known this. I'd say with Towey and Mullen soon to be starting the pace of the team will increase but we do need it in the right area's. Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1783 - 06/02/2025 17:27:46 2589787 Link
Replying To Anto: "2 rounds into the National league for 2025 and most teams from what I've viewed either live or on TV have adapted well to the new rules. The one notable exception is my own county, Sligo who seem to still want to play under the old rules. The manager has come out to the media and made comments like 'he is not a fan of the new rules' and 'the new rules don't suit us'. His failure to adapt has resulted in defeats and -13 of score difference. He has picked a panel without a ball winning midfielder (with the possible exception of Lally) and he continues to persist with Devaney in goals (who has been excellent for us over the last few years) who is not suited to the 12 v 11 scenario which most teams are trying to exploit. Solo and go has not been used very much and 2 pointers (we haven't scored too many if those yet). So Tony I know it's not in your nature but it's time for change." I'd be shocked if they haven't approached Keelan Harte to come into the set up but other managements have turned to outfield players for GK too so they have to adapt as you say. Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1783 - 06/02/2025 17:33:36 2589790 Link
Keelan Harte is involved with Sligo seniors. Simply has to start. Luke Marren played great stuff for DCU today. He is at the top of his game. Not sure why he's not involved with the seniors. He showed great leadership for DCU today along with accuracy from play and frees. Lee Deignan started and Eoghan Smith came on. DCU won aet. Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1783 - 06/02/2025 23:38:48 2589827 Link
Replying To Sligonian: "Keelan Harte is involved with Sligo seniors. Simply has to start. Luke Marren played great stuff for DCU today. He is at the top of his game. Not sure why he's not involved with the seniors. He showed great leadership for DCU today along with accuracy from play and frees. Lee Deignan started and Eoghan Smith came on. DCU won aet." He's not going to solve the pace issue….good when gets ball in hands but so are the other 3…I don't think at a higher level again to sigerson he'd win enough ball… BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 91 - 07/02/2025 09:02:25 2589840 Link
Replying To Sligonian: "Keelan Harte is involved with Sligo seniors. Simply has to start. Luke Marren played great stuff for DCU today. He is at the top of his game. Not sure why he's not involved with the seniors. He showed great leadership for DCU today along with accuracy from play and frees. Lee Deignan started and Eoghan Smith came on. DCU won aet." I agree devaney needs to be replaced, but can't see it. The management will stick with him to their detriment. On marren he's a decent player but as you said yourself we need a pacy inside forward and he's no different to who we have already and not really a ball winner. westvoice (Sligo) - Posts: 69 - 07/02/2025 09:36:10 2589846 Link
I have defended McEntee up to this point, progress was steady and he developed the team from Div 4 into a top Div 3, competitive against Galway and a narrow defeat to a good Down side in TC semi final where the red card decided the game but he has not adapted the team for the new rules. Two games into the league and we still haven't learned anything, was it a case that anything trialled in challenge games didn't work or how are we so badly prepared? muscles (Sligo) - Posts: 467 - 07/02/2025 09:56:27 2589848 Link
Where's the fella gone that used to come on every now and again and say Sligo would probably win Sam this year… I need his optimism BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 91 - 07/02/2025 16:19:19 2589919 Link
Replying To BreakingBall123: "He's not going to solve the pace issue….good when gets ball in hands but so are the other 3…I don't think at a higher level again to sigerson he'd win enough ball…" Isn't Daire O Boyle, Lee and Shane Deignan all involved and all have pace or am I missing something? The way Lee finished last year I am surprised he hasn't got game time so far. I agree that you can't play Murf, POC and Reilly all inside. You do need pace and ball winners inside for the guys coming on to the ball too. For the finishers, Marren might be a slight upgrade with his consistency, accuracy and ability to find the pocket and work off others and you are right he's not our pressing need atm but should still be involved in the squad. Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1783 - 07/02/2025 16:40:35 2589925 Link
Replying To muscles: "I have defended McEntee up to this point, progress was steady and he developed the team from Div 4 into a top Div 3, competitive against Galway and a narrow defeat to a good Down side in TC semi final where the red card decided the game but he has not adapted the team for the new rules. Two games into the league and we still haven't learned anything, was it a case that anything trialled in challenge games didn't work or how are we so badly prepared?" Progress was slow for me. We were never a Div4 team with the players we had in my opinion. We were long overdue being competitive in Connacht. The new rules are exposing the weaker managers and coaches. We have been here before with our bad starts and I am sure the year will improve but its all so slow. They'll be forced into the keeper change, and having a pacey inside forwards. Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1783 - 07/02/2025 17:14:02 2589930 Link
Replying To Sligonian: "Isn't Daire O Boyle, Lee and Shane Deignan all involved and all have pace or am I missing something? The way Lee finished last year I am surprised he hasn't got game time so far. I agree that you can't play Murf, POC and Reilly all inside. You do need pace and ball winners inside for the guys coming on to the ball too. For the finishers, Marren might be a slight upgrade with his consistency, accuracy and ability to find the pocket and work off others and you are right he's not our pressing need atm but should still be involved in the squad." I don't think O'Boyle is…I probably agree Lee Deignan should be playing, havent really seen Shane Deignan play so can't really comment on him… we're slipping into picking the team and we don't know what's going by on at training…. Lee Deignan featured last year a lot so I'd imagine he's well up the pecking order if he's on form… BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 91 - 07/02/2025 17:56:27 2589937 Link