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Replying To Taypot:  "He never mentioned the manager, it's just you that's obsessed with MC Entee and soon you will tell us all about what the mighty sligonian thinks"
Genuine Sligofan's are obsessed with Sligo football that's the difference. Our loyalty is to Sligo football. Your loyalty is to McEntee not Sligo football. Its you and your fanboys obsessed with defending McEntee. You have absolutely no interest in what's best for Sligo football. Your contributions on here add no value.

Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1783 - 17/02/2025 17:31:51    2591644

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Replying To Sligonian:  "The new rules are amplifying how poor the manager is, rather than being the only reason they are exposed because he wasn't good long before they came in.

What height is Ross Doherty, Cian Lally and Alan McLoughlin?

There is height there imo but even if you don't have ball winning midfielders you can still break the ball with those above lads and you gameplan to position yourself to win them, if your smaller you should be faster. Looking back I would have given Conan Marren more chances especially after his Roscommon CSFC performance a few years and developed him further but he is no longer an option. Is O Donnell from Tourlestrane worth a look, he is well over 6ft?"
My issue with the manager is kinda answered in this post, people management...why has Marren not been involved, commitment???? I have an issue with managers who say they only work with players who are 100% committed, to me this translates as I can't get the best out of players who need cajoling & motivation to come on board. The managers job is to get the best talent on the field and have them giving their best. I'm not going to mention names but we all know talented players who chose not to commit, all the stops should have been pulled to get them on board.

MrUnderhill (Sligo) - Posts: 81 - 17/02/2025 17:51:03    2591647

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Replying To Sligonian:  "The new rules are amplifying how poor the manager is, rather than being the only reason they are exposed because he wasn't good long before they came in.

What height is Ross Doherty, Cian Lally and Alan McLoughlin?

There is height there imo but even if you don't have ball winning midfielders you can still break the ball with those above lads and you gameplan to position yourself to win them, if your smaller you should be faster. Looking back I would have given Conan Marren more chances especially after his Roscommon CSFC performance a few years and developed him further but he is no longer an option. Is O Donnell from Tourlestrane worth a look, he is well over 6ft?"
Neither Doherty nor McLoughlin are particularly tall men…. lally is big but doesn't dominate the skies…Cummins is probably our best fielder of a ball… although we lose the battle on the ground as well when it's broken…is Conan Marren in Australia, hard to cajole him if he's there as a poster asked…

It's hard to defend the first 3 performances…it's so so disappointing… it's also disappointing the amount of negativity on here, I seen one man on the Leitrim thread from Sligo who had a pop at Sligo…hopefully the pitches harden, our pacy lads get more traction and we can stay up… stay up and then the season can be saved by putting mayo to the sword… I'll try to stay positive…we've been so wasteful in every game that if we up our efficiency we'll be in with a chance..

BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 91 - 17/02/2025 20:32:03    2591666

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Our destiny is in our own hands. There's enough of that team familiar with Div 4 and the thought of heading down for long treks to the South East should be enough motivation to focus on the job in hand. Collectively the team and mgt need to up the ante. Apart from Carrabine we basically have a full panel to pick from. I don't think Marren is ready to step to senior but I think I would throw him in on Sunday. He is going well with the college, picking up a Sigerson medal last week. Our forwards are very poor. I thought playing Murphy after the Coolera exploits was a bad idea but then again most of the team are not playing anywhere close to the standard that's required, and they can play so much better.We are guaranteed a heavy pitch again this weekend so leave the pacy forwards on the bench, the pitch won't suit them.It's time to ground out a victory , may not be pretty but if we get 2 points who cares . If we put in a massive shift, something we haven't done so far this year,I think we can get the Job done.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2024 - 17/02/2025 22:18:59    2591687

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Replying To Sligonian:  "Genuine Sligofan's are obsessed with Sligo football that's the difference. Our loyalty is to Sligo football. Your loyalty is to McEntee not Sligo football. Its you and your fanboys obsessed with defending McEntee. You have absolutely no interest in what's best for Sligo football. Your contributions on here add no value."
Genuine Sligo fans don't use 2 username. What do you contribute, oh I nearly forgot, you said the U20 would reach the All Ireland this year. You have been shown up countless times as completely devoid of any knowledge of football.

Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 90 - 17/02/2025 22:57:53    2591693

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Replying To eoinog:  "Our destiny is in our own hands. There's enough of that team familiar with Div 4 and the thought of heading down for long treks to the South East should be enough motivation to focus on the job in hand. Collectively the team and mgt need to up the ante. Apart from Carrabine we basically have a full panel to pick from. I don't think Marren is ready to step to senior but I think I would throw him in on Sunday. He is going well with the college, picking up a Sigerson medal last week. Our forwards are very poor. I thought playing Murphy after the Coolera exploits was a bad idea but then again most of the team are not playing anywhere close to the standard that's required, and they can play so much better.We are guaranteed a heavy pitch again this weekend so leave the pacy forwards on the bench, the pitch won't suit them.It's time to ground out a victory , may not be pretty but if we get 2 points who cares . If we put in a massive shift, something we haven't done so far this year,I think we can get the Job done."
I actually agree on Luke Marren, the forwards aren't getting the job done. He might not be ready but I'd throw him in. If we can create chances for him he wont miss. He looked very good for DCU. Nothing to lose at this stage. The new rules are turning games into a shootout so if you aren't scoring 20pts you are probably losing. I really expected a big kick in us against Laois, so it's hard to see it against Clare. You make a good point about previous Div4 experience being a motivator but it should have been the last day too.

Now that they at last made the change at GK at HT they should be looking at Keelan Harte. I think he's more suited than any other GK to the new rules. Attacking wise it would make a big difference. He is a 2pt threat too so defenders would have to cover him. It would open space for others.

Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1783 - 18/02/2025 01:57:25    2591705

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Replying To BreakingBall123:  "Neither Doherty nor McLoughlin are particularly tall men…. lally is big but doesn't dominate the skies…Cummins is probably our best fielder of a ball… although we lose the battle on the ground as well when it's broken…is Conan Marren in Australia, hard to cajole him if he's there as a poster asked…

It's hard to defend the first 3 performances…it's so so disappointing… it's also disappointing the amount of negativity on here, I seen one man on the Leitrim thread from Sligo who had a pop at Sligo…hopefully the pitches harden, our pacy lads get more traction and we can stay up… stay up and then the season can be saved by putting mayo to the sword… I'll try to stay positive…we've been so wasteful in every game that if we up our efficiency we'll be in with a chance.."
I like your optimism. If we can stay up from here it would be a serious turnaround and momentum for Castlebar.

The wastefulness is eye opening, I think we were 27% shooting in 1st half with 4pts scored against Laois. That's 4/14 against the wind. Laois got 9pts in 2nd half as comparison.

I actually still do believe we will beat Clare. We just play better at home and I just can't accept relegation especially without a fight. People have a right to be frustrated towards the management team imo and they need to figure this out quickly and that is the part I struggle with but I hope they can.

Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1783 - 18/02/2025 17:58:08    2591829

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It's real cutthroat stuff now this weekend and despite the shocking poor performances so far, for some reason I feel that we will get a win this weekend. Having been at all three games I just feel that if we upped our shot accuracy percent we will push on into the 18/19 point bracket which you need to be at nowadays to win a game. I could well be coming back Sunday thinking it was all a grand deluded plan.

I think a change in the goals is needed and will probably come as Devaney to his credit is a good shot stopper but is not suitable to the new rules and management finally realised that last weekend. I'd be calling Marren to the panel and throwing him in to the mix in the second half to freshen up things up front. Really hope that in the middle of the field we get our act together and develop some sort of a kickout strategy. Its clear now that we were over reliant on.

Any news on the club scene, is there a start date for games and are all clubs sorted with managers?

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 466 - 19/02/2025 13:45:24    2591927

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Game off tomorrow as Markievicz failed a pitch inspection. Nothing short of an embarrassment given there hasn't been any action on it since Kildare game. The county board officials responsible should be made answer as to how a pitch that was closed for half of last year for work can't take games and account for the money spent on it. The hurlers were turfed out and I see u20 and u17 fixtures are all in Tubbercurry now, so clearly something is wrong. It's a wonder Clare weren't made to travel to Bunninadden!!!

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 466 - 22/02/2025 14:34:45    2592447

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Game off tomorrow is a disaster.
We needed a home game to get points on the board. An away trip to Fermanagh is a huge test next week given our precarious position. Why is Collooney not an option any more. We played there in Taylors time. It's not as if there will be 20k attending.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2024 - 22/02/2025 15:35:05    2592456

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The game off tomorrow is very frustrating. We needed a home game next. Away to Fermanagh next instead with no momentum is a bigger task imo. The Clare game will be refixed for the weekend before Antrim Away. You are playing the last 4 games back to back.

I don't know what to make of the pitch issues but I have questions. How much money was spent on it last year? What company did the work? How much will it cost to fix it? Why is Collooney not our 2nd pitch? Oceanfm reporting Tubbercurry and Enniscrone as our only other county ground options. Tubber is not available and Enniscrone is unplayable. Grange or Bunninaden could hold this in all fairness too given the interest in the seniors.

The county board should be asked questions about this and show some leadership. It seems a mess right now. The pitch is reflecting the year the seniors are having so far. Kildare hammered Laois tonight 0-21-0-9 which shows how bad we must have been last week. Mayo's draw with Armagh away shows they're maybe not as weak as people think.

The only positives I can see is the injured players have an extra week to come back and a extra week to work on things internally. I was hoping we could be more positive about the seniors after tomorrow and have some hope but this just prolongs the wait for that.

Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1783 - 23/02/2025 06:13:44    2592548

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Replying To Sligonian:  "The game off tomorrow is very frustrating. We needed a home game next. Away to Fermanagh next instead with no momentum is a bigger task imo. The Clare game will be refixed for the weekend before Antrim Away. You are playing the last 4 games back to back.

I don't know what to make of the pitch issues but I have questions. How much money was spent on it last year? What company did the work? How much will it cost to fix it? Why is Collooney not our 2nd pitch? Oceanfm reporting Tubbercurry and Enniscrone as our only other county ground options. Tubber is not available and Enniscrone is unplayable. Grange or Bunninaden could hold this in all fairness too given the interest in the seniors.

The county board should be asked questions about this and show some leadership. It seems a mess right now. The pitch is reflecting the year the seniors are having so far. Kildare hammered Laois tonight 0-21-0-9 which shows how bad we must have been last week. Mayo's draw with Armagh away shows they're maybe not as weak as people think.

The only positives I can see is the injured players have an extra week to come back and a extra week to work on things internally. I was hoping we could be more positive about the seniors after tomorrow and have some hope but this just prolongs the wait for that."
Games can only be played in GAA vested grounds. Bunninadden doesn't qualify for that as club don't own it and I'm not sure on status of Molaise. Collooney is a GAA ground but didn't they have a falling out a few years ago and pulled all club games mid championship if I remember rightly? Mind you I see they posted a picture yesterday showing how well the place looked so maybe that was a two fingers back showing how well they can maintain their facility. Why wasn't Tourlestrane considered though?

Same faces you see running things in terms of development of facilities for the last 20 odd years. How do you expect anything to improve!

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 466 - 23/02/2025 11:00:11    2592571

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Replying To Sligoman1234:  "Games can only be played in GAA vested grounds. Bunninadden doesn't qualify for that as club don't own it and I'm not sure on status of Molaise. Collooney is a GAA ground but didn't they have a falling out a few years ago and pulled all club games mid championship if I remember rightly? Mind you I see they posted a picture yesterday showing how well the place looked so maybe that was a two fingers back showing how well they can maintain their facility. Why wasn't Tourlestrane considered though?

Same faces you see running things in terms of development of facilities for the last 20 odd years. How do you expect anything to improve!"
I know Owenmore Gaels and the County Board did mend relations so don't think there is an issue anymore. Not sure why its not our 2nd county ground. Tourlestrane as you say should be considered too.

Markievicz Park do have there own committee which I am sure are cupable in all this. They are probably as sensitive as the CB so won't take kindly to the valid criticism the Park is getting. If the pitch is defective usually the company that did it has to redo the work? Hopefully the contract has something like that in there.

Fermanagh beating Offaly today shows they are decent. We just need to bring the energy to the lights of brewster park.

Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1783 - 23/02/2025 21:12:11    2592758

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Replying To Sligonian:  "The game off tomorrow is very frustrating. We needed a home game next. Away to Fermanagh next instead with no momentum is a bigger task imo. The Clare game will be refixed for the weekend before Antrim Away. You are playing the last 4 games back to back.

I don't know what to make of the pitch issues but I have questions. How much money was spent on it last year? What company did the work? How much will it cost to fix it? Why is Collooney not our 2nd pitch? Oceanfm reporting Tubbercurry and Enniscrone as our only other county ground options. Tubber is not available and Enniscrone is unplayable. Grange or Bunninaden could hold this in all fairness too given the interest in the seniors.

The county board should be asked questions about this and show some leadership. It seems a mess right now. The pitch is reflecting the year the seniors are having so far. Kildare hammered Laois tonight 0-21-0-9 which shows how bad we must have been last week. Mayo's draw with Armagh away shows they're maybe not as weak as people think.

The only positives I can see is the injured players have an extra week to come back and a extra week to work on things internally. I was hoping we could be more positive about the seniors after tomorrow and have some hope but this just prolongs the wait for that."
Disappointing that we have no county ground that hold games when weather is poor. Everybody seen the state of the pitch v Kildare. How many other games were called off by other county's - not many !
With all the money and fundraising that goes behind a county senior team, not to have a backup plan is very poor.
I know some people might think it will help some players carrying injuries but means we must play that game the weekend after Fermanagh and the chances of someone getting injured 4 weeks in a row will be high.

Who ever is on the famous park committee - need to have a good think about what their role is.

RealSouthSligo (Sligo) - Posts: 112 - 24/02/2025 10:04:53    2592835

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I see comments of mine and Johncreilly have been removed relating to Markievicz Park matters and those who should be held accountable/made explain the position. Clearly it has touched a nerve and a few are upset at what I would deem legitimate enough concerns about the handling of the clubs/supporters funds.

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 466 - 01/03/2025 10:17:09    2593874

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Wicked bad feeling on tonights result.. New rules are killing us. We have not adapted at all. Management must take blame for this but in them I'll trust for another wee while.
Shooters need to fire tonight. Any team news ?

SligoScot (Sligo) - Posts: 54 - 01/03/2025 10:25:14    2593876

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Replying To SligoScot:  "Wicked bad feeling on tonights result.. New rules are killing us. We have not adapted at all. Management must take blame for this but in them I'll trust for another wee while.
Shooters need to fire tonight. Any team news ?"
I see the team is posted but it's hard to know if that's the team that will start. Is there anything to be said for another mass ?

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2024 - 01/03/2025 15:46:25    2593909

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Gutted, 19-12 up and cruising with 65 mins on the clock and completely blew it. A display that clearly deserved a win but we found a way to draw it 19-19. There are signs of hope but we have been very inconsistent this year so not sure if this turns a corner. Were all the changes necessary 2nd half but McEntee clearly feared we would run out of juice. There were a few momentum swings especially in the second half. Laois beating Antrim was good for us. We would have taken a point before the game but this feels like a defeat however it is something to build on. We were clearly underperforming so far this year.

Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1783 - 01/03/2025 20:09:41    2593992

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Very disappointing to finish to what otherwise was a good improvement. But the line have to take the blame for this one.

We were 8 up I think At one stage 16-8 and decided to take off Cummins and Quinn who had very good games and would have had another 5/6 mins surely in them to get ya closer to the end game. The subs in made no impact. There appeared to be huge complacency on the management to think the game was done and dusted with 15 or so minutes to go. With 2 pointers now you cannot take it for granted with such a long period of time left but I'm sure the good number of Fermanagh supporters who headed for the car are wondering how they clutched a draw.

Lyons in goals was a positive but need to keep to the shorter kickouts. At the end we had a free out and the shout from the line was kick it down the field, we lost the possession and it was the next play that resulted in the levelling score.

Some good scores kicked but would be annoyed at how close some lads were to getting 2 pointers, 1/2m inside the arc and plenty of distance on it. Overall an improved performance but a point left behind us. I did fancy our chances for the win tbh beforehand and we still need two wins to stay safe at minimum. Anyone know why McEntee wasn't on the pitch?

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 466 - 01/03/2025 21:28:36    2594017

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Just spoke to a few at the game. Very frustrated with Management. Unnecessary changes at a vital time, way too early. Took our running power out of the game. McEntee was not on the field against Laois either.

They took a few risks with the 4 changes to start and got the tactics right but in game you have to see it through and this management always seem to find a way to make mistakes that hold the team back. The players and fans who go to the games deserve better and have done for about 5 years.

Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1783 - 01/03/2025 23:26:27    2594043

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