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Replying To Maggiepie: "What mismatch of a match. A lorry load of banana skins wouldn't have tripped up Roscommon and for Sligo supporters another sorry saga in the ever increasing list of heavy championship defeats. I never expected Sligo to win this game , given both team's current form , but, the least I expected was some 'fire in the belly' and ' have a cut' at the opposition. The Rossies jerseys will hardly need to be washed ,such was the paucity of the physicality from Sligo,bar a slap effort from Phillips that would be sneered at in playschool. Mooney showed by his actions that he is reffing to the gallery as was apparent during the national league. When he or his linesman didn't see it he erred in sending off the Sligo player based on one umpire's word. The Sligo display was very anemic and players are now so trapped in this system and strategy that coaches have introduced, that no player or players can deviate from it when it is plainly not working. I wish players would think for themselves during a game and not slavishly follow stupid game plans when it was there for all to see that it was going to lead to a hiding. McEntee cut his teeth on the football fields of Armagh and knows better than most what it takes to win when you haven't always the most talented players at your disposal. Time for a rethink how a county like Sligo approaches the game, as the League and now the Championship shows ,this defensive possession based game is leading us nowhere. Overall , I thought most of the players acquitted themselves well but the game plan was woefully innocent." The reality is that a huge gap has opened up between the top 6-8 teams and the rest. Roscommon are a very good outfit and will only be beaten by a top 6 team. The game was over as a contest with the sending off so there was no option but to revert to a very defensive gameplan with a man less. The Connaught Championship is over as a competition and the quicker it's replaced the better. This was evident by three quarters of the crowd being from Roscommon. Sligo folk just didn't want to pay €20-€30 to watch the inevitable. Much better support for our Under 20s. As per above, the players acquitted themselves well, bar some very poor ball handling at times acknowledging the weather conditions. Some positives to take and I think we should do well in the Tailteann Cup. ShellyGael (Sligo) - Posts: 105 - 01/05/2022 09:08:35 2414288 Link
Replying To ShellyGael: "The reality is that a huge gap has opened up between the top 6-8 teams and the rest. Roscommon are a very good outfit and will only be beaten by a top 6 team. The game was over as a contest with the sending off so there was no option but to revert to a very defensive gameplan with a man less. The Connaught Championship is over as a competition and the quicker it's replaced the better. This was evident by three quarters of the crowd being from Roscommon. Sligo folk just didn't want to pay €20-€30 to watch the inevitable. Much better support for our Under 20s. As per above, the players acquitted themselves well, bar some very poor ball handling at times acknowledging the weather conditions. Some positives to take and I think we should do well in the Tailteann Cup." I'd have been interested to see how the game would have panned out 15 v 15. Ye looked well up for it in the opening stages. With a good management team in place there is a decent spine of a team if ye could keep that u20 group together and bring some through over the next 3-4 years. Ye have two good midfielders and especially Carrabine, who's well able to take a score. Couple of dangerous looking forwards as well. MachaireConnacht (Roscommon) - Posts: 784 - 01/05/2022 09:48:14 2414296 Link
Game went as expected. Anyone who thought Sligo were in with a chance or could keep it respectable (4/5 points) were woefully optimistic. Few periods of good play from the likes of Marren, Lyons, Cummins, Carrabine but as a poster here has said there's a huge gap between ourselves and the top 3 in Connacht. Can only hope for a kind home draw in the Tailteann Cup but operating out of Division 4 there's not too many teams that would fear us either. Small individual progress being made on some players but still a long way off being a major challenge in any competition yet I fear. Maybe when some of these u20s get going in 2/3 years time….. Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 359 - 01/05/2022 10:28:05 2414307 Link
Result went as expected. I would never be in favour of doing away with the Connacht Championship. Not sure how the Tailteann Cup will go but it's worth a try. What I can't understand is why we jumped through the hoops to get Pat Spillane and refuse to start him. He is playing Senior Club Football in a very strong county and there are fellas in this county playing intermediate and Junior who are ahead of him in pecking order. It doesn't make sense. We are just going to have to ride out the storm and hope that the young crop coming through will lift us out of Div 4 eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1655 - 01/05/2022 11:09:26 2414321 Link
Club leagues starting this coming weekend. Any surprises expected in the promotion/relegation stakes? I imagine as per every other year its a case of who joins Tour in the final of Division 1? As for relegation is it one or two going down? Division 2 looks like it could be a dogfight at both ends of the table. Owenmore Gaels probably the biggest danger of going down. Drumcliffe & Curry should be pushing to get out of it given their senior championship status and I'm sure Castleconnor and St Pats should be strong enough to get out of 3. Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 359 - 03/05/2022 15:46:05 2414655 Link
I understand it's 2 up and 1 down for 2022 to get groups back to 10 teams in 2023. Division 1: Winners - Tourlestrane Relegated - Calry Division 2: Winners - Drumcliffe Promoted - Curry Relegated - Bunnanadden Division 3: Winners: St. Pats Promoted: Castleconnor Relegated: Shamrock Gaels NewSligofan (Sligo) - Posts: 258 - 04/05/2022 10:43:09 2414808 Link
Big day for our U.20 lads tomorrow. Probably as good a venue as we could ask for so there is no reason why we shouldn't have loads of support. In all of our last 3 games (Philly Mc Guinness included) we have finished very strongly. We didn't play well in any of our Connacht games so far so there has to be a big game brewing and if we are in the mix with 10 minutes remaining we can take them eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1655 - 06/05/2022 11:53:58 2415218 Link
Best of luck tomorrow evening, lads. Some excellent forwards ye have there, will be cheering ye on. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 06/05/2022 12:20:30 2415226 Link
Replying To eoinog: "Big day for our U.20 lads tomorrow. Probably as good a venue as we could ask for so there is no reason why we shouldn't have loads of support. In all of our last 3 games (Philly Mc Guinness included) we have finished very strongly. We didn't play well in any of our Connacht games so far so there has to be a big game brewing and if we are in the mix with 10 minutes remaining we can take them" This Kildare team also tends to finish very strongly LilywhiteGael (Kildare) - Posts: 93 - 06/05/2022 12:30:29 2415229 Link
Best of luck tomorrow lads yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11230 - 06/05/2022 17:28:39 2415330 Link
Well the Sligo team has been named. Except that you can be sure that's the one team that won't start. eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1655 - 07/05/2022 08:28:17 2415360 Link
Hopefully good support in Cavan today for the 20s. The support for the senior team was abysmal and we were well outnumbered by the rossies. Should be an interesting game, this team has serious heart and would be a massive boost for the county if they got the win. Sligeach abú BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 23 - 07/05/2022 10:26:34 2415371 Link
Replying To eoinog: "Well the Sligo team has been named. Except that you can be sure that's the one team that won't start." What changes are you expecting? Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3346 - 07/05/2022 13:08:33 2415397 Link
Sligo making it hard on themselves here, not enough movement going forward and the three points they have for have been inspirational long distance efforts. Fast ball in is killing them, need to get a grip round the middle. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 07/05/2022 16:39:35 2415434 Link
I'm sure a few Sligo supporters was dreaming or at least hope another shock was on the cards when it was 9-7 with 8 minutes to play but to Kildares credit they closed the game out well for a deserved win. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3346 - 07/05/2022 17:42:10 2415443 Link
Replying To Gaa_lover: "What changes are you expecting?" Too late answering this question now !!!! Any team that O Hara is involved with always sends out Dummy teams. Yesterday there was 3 changes from the team that was announced the day previously. eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1655 - 08/05/2022 08:50:04 2415490 Link
Really doesn't seem to be any contender to challenge Tourlestrane for Div 1. I will give Coolera runner up and Tubbercurry to go down because they appears to be in a mess at the moment. Div 2 winners between Curry and Drumcliffe.. I will chance Drumcliffe with Enniscrone going down. Div 3 would appear to be St.Pats and Castleconnor going up. Pats might even win it because Castleconnor ate so reliant on Carrabine, that if he is missing they won't score. Shamrock Gaels to go back down eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1655 - 10/05/2022 15:13:49 2416285 Link
Three teams up from Division 3 this year. 3 x 10s from next year ShellyGael (Sligo) - Posts: 105 - 10/05/2022 17:24:30 2416349 Link
Thread gone very quiet recently. Predictions for our XV at the weekend: 1 E. Kilgannon 2 P. McNamara 3 E. Lyons 4 M. Walsh 5 N. Mullen 6 D. Cummins 7 P. Kilcoyne 8 P. Laffey 9 C. Marren 10 K. Cawley 11 L. Towey 12 P. Spillane 13 A. Reilly 14 P. Hughes 15 N. Murphy This won't be the team named but I feel it should be in and around this 15. We can be positive going into the Tailteann cup. Cavan is the likely opponent should we win at the weekend and I would have confidence going into that as it's a home game as far as I'm aware. Both div 1 and div 2 look as if they are going to be competitive this year in club action based off results from the first 2 rounds. Sligobuck21 (Sligo) - Posts: 114 - 25/05/2022 14:11:12 2420177 Link
Replying To Sligobuck21: "Thread gone very quiet recently. Predictions for our XV at the weekend: 1 E. Kilgannon 2 P. McNamara 3 E. Lyons 4 M. Walsh 5 N. Mullen 6 D. Cummins 7 P. Kilcoyne 8 P. Laffey 9 C. Marren 10 K. Cawley 11 L. Towey 12 P. Spillane 13 A. Reilly 14 P. Hughes 15 N. Murphy This won't be the team named but I feel it should be in and around this 15. We can be positive going into the Tailteann cup. Cavan is the likely opponent should we win at the weekend and I would have confidence going into that as it's a home game as far as I'm aware. Both div 1 and div 2 look as if they are going to be competitive this year in club action based off results from the first 2 rounds." I definitely think Spillane needs to start. I notice that you don't have Carrabine. Is he injured. I would also throw in Cathal Henry. Nice if Jack Lavin and Joe Keaney from the U.20 team got on in the second half. These lads need to be bloodied and this is the game to do it. We should win it and we desperately need a win. eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1655 - 25/05/2022 19:32:18 2420253 Link