Replying To muscles:  "I would like to see Sligo GAA doing something innovative to see if they can encourage these larger amalgamations whose populations have boomed in recent years to slowly unwind. I know it will be difficult especially when it comes to the development of club grounds over the past few years with both sides of amalgamation contributing and some great facilities now in so many clubs but I think a warm up competition next year where all amalgamations are excluded but invite them to enter based on the old club borders prior to amalgamation so Gurteen, Keash, Sooey, Knocklassa, Grange, Cliffoney and so on. See if we can encourage teams to show they can survive without an amalgamation and be a more of local feel where players are less likely to fall through cracks. Senior 15 a-side, intermediate 13 a-side and junior 11-a side maybe? They can amalgamate again for league and championship but anything that might be able to reverse the prior trends so there is more clubs in the county. Some other clubs are already struggling and will probably end up amalgamating but hopefully the trends can reverse for them somewhere down the line as what has happened for some of the current amalgamations"