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Our underage teams need someone with a track record of success at that age really i think. I'm thinking of someone like fergal o donnell who managed roscommon with great success. Unfortunately as fergal told me himself early last winter that he was staying with tourlestrane as he feels he could bring them on another bit. He feels they weren't far off moylough for long periods in connacht. Hes a sound man and I know him well. He would be an excellent choice if he would agree to take us on. Leitrimdivide (Leitrim) - Posts: 84 - 16/04/2023 12:24:27 2471171 Link
Replying To leitrim4sam: "Sligo have only Summerhill in Connacht A. But they reached the all Ireland final this year. Sligo are out-performing us at all levels under ages the past few years. Leitrim, I have heard, have a very good minor team this year. Sligo lost to Galway minors this eve. Mayo beat Roscommon in minor. Maybe all our hard work behind the scenes will beat fruit when we play Sligo minors next Friday and we will all be eating our words regarding coaching structures and underage success. I'm also seeing our under 16s getting some great results in the Fr manning cup. Maybe this will be the start of our revolution. Our minors are our last chance this year for us not to lose our first championship game at a grade level. I'll be in Pairc Sean supporting them I hope you all will be too. Let's get behind them . Liatriom Abú" So they have only one school in A.. eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1648 - 16/04/2023 14:22:33 2471188 Link
Replying To eoinog: "So they have only one school in A.." He already stated that. We don't need you stating it again. Leitrimdivide (Leitrim) - Posts: 84 - 16/04/2023 14:52:15 2471196 Link
Replying To leitrim4sam: "Sligo have only Summerhill in Connacht A. But they reached the all Ireland final this year. Sligo are out-performing us at all levels under ages the past few years. Leitrim, I have heard, have a very good minor team this year. Sligo lost to Galway minors this eve. Mayo beat Roscommon in minor. Maybe all our hard work behind the scenes will beat fruit when we play Sligo minors next Friday and we will all be eating our words regarding coaching structures and underage success. I'm also seeing our under 16s getting some great results in the Fr manning cup. Maybe this will be the start of our revolution. Our minors are our last chance this year for us not to lose our first championship game at a grade level. I'll be in Pairc Sean supporting them I hope you all will be too. Let's get behind them . Liatriom Abú" Leitrim, I have heard, have a very good minor team this year. I hope you're right but we hear this old line every year only to go out and be bet out the gate for 40 minutes only to start playing well then when the games is over masseyferguson (Leitrim) - Posts: 96 - 16/04/2023 15:44:07 2471208 Link
Replying To Leitrimdivide: "He already stated that. We don't need you stating it again." Well he had pointed out that Sligo had 2 schools playing A football so I asked him to tell me what 2 schools he was talking about. That's all eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1648 - 16/04/2023 16:03:00 2471211 Link
Replying To eoinog: "Well he had pointed out that Sligo had 2 schools playing A football so I asked him to tell me what 2 schools he was talking about. That's all" No he did not. He clearly stated they had one playing. Maybe a different poster said that there were two but he certainly did not. Leitrimdivide (Leitrim) - Posts: 84 - 17/04/2023 09:50:02 2471306 Link
Replying To Leitrimdivide: "No he did not. He clearly stated they had one playing. Maybe a different poster said that there were two but he certainly did not." Yes you are correct. Anon 3 posted that Sligo had 2 schools in A which was clearly incorrect. eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1648 - 17/04/2023 10:11:10 2471310 Link
Replying To eoinog: "Yes you are correct. Anon 3 posted that Sligo had 2 schools in A which was clearly incorrect." As were you. Leitrimdivide (Leitrim) - Posts: 84 - 17/04/2023 12:17:39 2471351 Link
Our youngsters can compete with any team in Connacht and be reasonably competitive, i.e not lose by double digits. The rot sets in at senior. This must change. somewouldargue (Leitrim) - Posts: 52 - 17/04/2023 17:48:24 2471436 Link
Thank God we got that cleared up. You can never have enough opinions on certain matters. Boxtyeater (Leitrim) - Posts: 688 - 17/04/2023 20:17:09 2471454 Link
So the dust has settled. Gaelic park now we'll gone out of our minds a distant memory(well still fresh in mine) Could some of our esteemed posters answer my few humble queries about the ambush in the Bronx 1 how or why were NY fitter and better prepared S&C wise than us 2 why had we 9 county board officials in Gaelic park 3 would mulligan not have been a help near the end of that game 4 barry mc nulty our first sub.evan Sweeney get on with 15 to go 5 Fergal Rooney destroyed for entire game and left on 6 NY had 4 mini/exhibition half time games.when was the last time that happened in carrick? 7 NY had two anthem singers .were lucky if our PA system works in pairc Sean Just small bits of clarity would do. Ps not having a go at any player personally they left it all out there on that horrid astro Bogger100 (Leitrim) - Posts: 99 - 19/04/2023 22:17:29 2471880 Link
Sligo under 20s win the Connacht title. Again. What excuses are going to be wheeled out to explain our failures over the past 25 years at under age level? Could it possibly explain our failure at senior level? Sure we'll just blame the coaches in the clubs. ThePowerhouse (Leitrim) - Posts: 104 - 20/04/2023 08:54:07 2471891 Link
Replying To Bogger100: "So the dust has settled. Gaelic park now we'll gone out of our minds a distant memory(well still fresh in mine) Could some of our esteemed posters answer my few humble queries about the ambush in the Bronx 1 how or why were NY fitter and better prepared S&C wise than us 2 why had we 9 county board officials in Gaelic park 3 would mulligan not have been a help near the end of that game 4 barry mc nulty our first sub.evan Sweeney get on with 15 to go 5 Fergal Rooney destroyed for entire game and left on 6 NY had 4 mini/exhibition half time games.when was the last time that happened in carrick? 7 NY had two anthem singers .were lucky if our PA system works in pairc Sean Just small bits of clarity would do. Ps not having a go at any player personally they left it all out there on that horrid astro" Not having a go at any player? But you did. Its a bit like when someone starts a sentence with "No offense but..." - You generally end up being offended... anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 840 - 20/04/2023 10:26:56 2471904 Link
Replying To Bogger100: "So the dust has settled. Gaelic park now we'll gone out of our minds a distant memory(well still fresh in mine) Could some of our esteemed posters answer my few humble queries about the ambush in the Bronx 1 how or why were NY fitter and better prepared S&C wise than us 2 why had we 9 county board officials in Gaelic park 3 would mulligan not have been a help near the end of that game 4 barry mc nulty our first sub.evan Sweeney get on with 15 to go 5 Fergal Rooney destroyed for entire game and left on 6 NY had 4 mini/exhibition half time games.when was the last time that happened in carrick? 7 NY had two anthem singers .were lucky if our PA system works in pairc Sean Just small bits of clarity would do. Ps not having a go at any player personally they left it all out there on that horrid astro" 1# S+C was as good as Moran could achieve 2# The officials needed a holiday after all they do 3# Leave mulligan in sligo. The welcome to him 4# Management knowledge 5# management knowledge!!!! 6# would mean our officials would have to do something 7# mean sean o s would lose his lime light Thejampot (Leitrim) - Posts: 255 - 20/04/2023 11:05:36 2471916 Link
Perhaps in future a county board might kick up about having to play a championship game at 11pm Irish time. somewouldargue (Leitrim) - Posts: 52 - 20/04/2023 11:23:02 2471923 Link
Replying To ThePowerhouse: "Sligo under 20s win the Connacht title. Again. What excuses are going to be wheeled out to explain our failures over the past 25 years at under age level? Could it possibly explain our failure at senior level? Sure we'll just blame the coaches in the clubs." Sligo has a bigger population than Roscommon remember and they only now have the same amount of titles as we have at this level in the near 50 years of the comp. somewouldargue (Leitrim) - Posts: 52 - 20/04/2023 11:33:18 2471926 Link
Replying To somewouldargue: "Sligo has a bigger population than Roscommon remember and they only now have the same amount of titles as we have at this level in the near 50 years of the comp." Roscommon and Sligo have virtually the same population. There are approximately 20,000 people in Sligo Town. There's a much stronger soccer tradition in the town than Gaa. Rugby isn't far behind either. St. Mary's had one lad listed to start last night and two subs. My point is that Sligo are making the most of what they have. Their performances bear that out. We're not. We can't even optimise the number of players that we do have. ThePowerhouse (Leitrim) - Posts: 104 - 20/04/2023 12:44:46 2471950 Link
Replying To Bogger100: "So the dust has settled. Gaelic park now we'll gone out of our minds a distant memory(well still fresh in mine) Could some of our esteemed posters answer my few humble queries about the ambush in the Bronx 1 how or why were NY fitter and better prepared S&C wise than us 2 why had we 9 county board officials in Gaelic park 3 would mulligan not have been a help near the end of that game 4 barry mc nulty our first sub.evan Sweeney get on with 15 to go 5 Fergal Rooney destroyed for entire game and left on 6 NY had 4 mini/exhibition half time games.when was the last time that happened in carrick? 7 NY had two anthem singers .were lucky if our PA system works in pairc Sean Just small bits of clarity would do. Ps not having a go at any player personally they left it all out there on that horrid astro" Sweeney was carrying an injury leading up to the New York game. theroadtocroker (Leitrim) - Posts: 26 - 20/04/2023 14:52:23 2471981 Link
The NY result should not be a surprise to anyone and whilst disappointing for Leitrim supporters there have been any number of close calls over the years. I go to a lot of Div 1 and Div 4 games (Live in Mayo, not from Mayo) and the difference in standards is simply enormous, most Div 4 teams would be well capable of losing in NY. There needs to be a complete separation of the Tailteann Cup from the All Ireland, sooner the better. DIv 1&2 in AI, 3&4 in Tailteann. Tailteann Cup would become (already is becoming) an attractive competition to win, top 2 in Div 3 plus Tailteann Cup winners into Div 2 with 2 or 3 going the other way. Sligo as things transpired were the best team in Div 4 and seem to be getting their act together with their younger teams, fair play to them. FearBeag (Mayo) - Posts: 74 - 20/04/2023 15:01:57 2471984 Link
Replying To Bogger100: "So the dust has settled. Gaelic park now we'll gone out of our minds a distant memory(well still fresh in mine) Could some of our esteemed posters answer my few humble queries about the ambush in the Bronx 1 how or why were NY fitter and better prepared S&C wise than us 2 why had we 9 county board officials in Gaelic park 3 would mulligan not have been a help near the end of that game 4 barry mc nulty our first sub.evan Sweeney get on with 15 to go 5 Fergal Rooney destroyed for entire game and left on 6 NY had 4 mini/exhibition half time games.when was the last time that happened in carrick? 7 NY had two anthem singers .were lucky if our PA system works in pairc Sean Just small bits of clarity would do. Ps not having a go at any player personally they left it all out there on that horrid astro" NY we're not fitter than Leitrim. Leitrim just missed more crucial scores at vital times (Goals) I would not have a pop at the county board officials attending the game they full deserve it with the hard work they put in. I have attended a few county conventions and if we are honest nobody wants the jobs and you have to admire the ppl that do take the roles. Poor Fergal Rooney can't be blamed for anything that happened in NY the fact that he isn't on the squad i assume It's his club make James you are referring to and I agree he just never got into the game. Im not sure if Sweeney was injured but If I was Moran I'd have went with Prior from the start so I won't give out about that. Sligo seem to have got their house in order and the underage is the best in Connacht now. We have been left completely behind now in terms of underage structures. Champotime18 (Leitrim) - Posts: 442 - 20/04/2023 17:40:35 2472023 Link