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Replying To Sligonian: "Players not really involved last year I would be looking at more in this championship with a view to county, obviously Keelan Harte, George Barlow, Tommy Ross, Luke Marren, Fintan Campbell, Conor Flynn, Patrick Brady, Josh Flynn, Matt Henry, Conor Walsh, Oisin Flynn, Dillon Walsh, Eamonn o mahony, Joe Keaney to name a few. I'd expect Rossa and few others briefly involved last year to get more chances. He seems to going very well for Easkey and is a great prospect and if Kilcullen committed to that would be a boost. Im sure the management are aware of all these lads and standout moments in the big moments in club matches. Hopefully with the new management that brings more commitment from more players. Year on year too many county players dont really stand out for their clubs so Id expect a fairly new look Sligo next year with lots of starters under pressure." Id agree but just on form alone and ignoring young/older age and assuming no knowledge of Sligo you would have to include Egan, Kelly, O Donnel, Tour. Lang, Molaise. Donlan DRP. Mulligan, Mary's. Kilcoyne, Tubber just to name a few.
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Replying To Sligonian: "Players not really involved last year I would be looking at more in this championship with a view to county, obviously Keelan Harte, George Barlow, Tommy Ross, Luke Marren, Fintan Campbell, Conor Flynn, Patrick Brady, Josh Flynn, Matt Henry, Conor Walsh, Oisin Flynn, Dillon Walsh, Eamonn o mahony, Joe Keaney to name a few. I'd expect Rossa and few others briefly involved last year to get more chances. He seems to going very well for Easkey and is a great prospect and if Kilcullen committed to that would be a boost. Im sure the management are aware of all these lads and standout moments in the big moments in club matches. Hopefully with the new management that brings more commitment from more players. Year on year too many county players dont really stand out for their clubs so Id expect a fairly new look Sligo next year with lots of starters under pressure." Id agree but just on form alone and ignoring young/older age and assuming no knowledge of Sligo you would have to include Egan, Kelly, O Donnel, Tour. Lang, Molaise. Donlan DRP. Mulligan, Mary's. Kilcoyne, Tubber just to name a few.
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Replying To MrUnderhill: "Id agree but just on form alone and ignoring young/older age and assuming no knowledge of Sligo you would have to include Egan, Kelly, O Donnel, Tour. Lang, Molaise. Donlan DRP. Mulligan, Mary's. Kilcoyne, Tubber just to name a few." Emlyn Mulligan the Leitrim Man?
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Replying To westvoice: "Emlyn Mulligan the Leitrim Man?" No point naming auld lads nor young lads U.20.
Im looking to see if we have a few lads going well in championship that might offer something to the co seniors.
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Replying To Taypot: "No point naming auld lads nor young lads U.20.
Im looking to see if we have a few lads going well in championship that might offer something to the co seniors." Well said. These are just names and mean nothing. A new management team will have a good look at these lads over these weekends. Who knows who'll be available for selection for 2026 or who will fit into their plans.
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Curry to beat Easkey by 4
Coolera to beat Harps by 2
Molaise to beat Tubber by 5
Drumcliffe to beat Tourlestrane by 7
Ballymote to beat Bunnies by 3
Castleconnor to beat Owenmore Gaels by 6
Pat's to beat Farnans by 3
Enniscrone to beat Calry by 5
Cloonacool to beat Gaels by 8
Harp's to beat Tubber by 12
Johns to beat Drumcliffe by 6
Molaise to beat Tourlestrane by 7" Curry to beat Easkey by 1
Coolera to beat Harps by 4
Molaise to beat Tubber by 1
Drumcliffe to beat Tourlestrane by 2
Ballymote to beat Bunninadden by 1
Castleconnor to beat Owenmore Gaels by 2
St. Farnans to beat St. Pats by 1
Enniscrone to beat Calry by 3
Cloonacool to beat Gaels
Harps to beat Tubber
Johns to beat Drumcliffe
Molaise to beat Tourlestrane
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Group 1 of the senior had a great opening game and after that the games have been poor and predictable.
Surely there has to be an upset coming up?
Curry v Easkey. Anyone's guess as nothing at stake. Any player with a niggle will probably rest as there's bigger games on the horizon.
I will go with Curry.
Harp's v Coolera.
Very possible that Harp's could ambush Coolera.
Everything would need to go right for them. Coolera will have Murphy and O Carroll back but they have played very little football. It would be unthinkable that the Connacht champions go out in the round robin and that motivation plus experience should see them through.
Molaise have had 3 weeks to get the show on the road and nothing less than a win is any good to them. It's their turn to go far out west for the game but I have no sympathy for any team that has to travel when they won't host games themselves.I think they will have enough as Tubber were brutally exposed last week.
Drumcliffe who are my surprise package should wrap up qualifications against Tourlestrane where Brian Egan has been phenomenal.
Intermediate has thrown up a few surprises but some of the games have been truly awful.
Ballymote who are joined at the hip with the bunnies for all underage games need to win to keep their hopes alive for the playoffs. Bunnies need a win to get out of relegation. Ballymote who now have all the Lavin family playing in defence and some really lively forwards should get the better of the Bunnies but Frizzle didn't come back from Oz just for relegation. It will be tight,and a local derby played at a pitch where all supporters can get to in 20 mins meaning that it should be a cracker.
I think Owenmore Gaels will beat Castleconnor. Surely the intermediate runners up last year can win a game. After the Co final last year I thought they played like a junior team but I didn't think they would be in this position.
Pat's and Farnans is a pure toss up. I think Farnans are slightly better but I see Jim Davis is back on the panel for Pats and he has a sweet left peg. Finnian Cawley is playing really for Farnans and I would love if he would commit to the county team again. I go for Farnans.
Enniscrone should beat Calry. Calry had a great first day out but got badly unstuck the last day. Enniscrone having played Div 1 all year should be at a higher standard.
Cloonacool
Harp's
Johns
Drumcliffe all to win in junior
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Well fair play to the Bunnies they put their neighbours to the sword. Looking at Twitter they were 10 points up, came back to 2 and won by 4. Ballymote must have had a shocker of a first half. But it all could count for nothing, as I mentioned weeks ago that loss to Castleconnor could prove crucial. By my reckoning if Castleconnor win today it's over for the Bunnies who will secure 3rd spot at best. Ballymote can still make it but they need Castleconnor to win one game and beat Owenmore Gaels themselves.
No more than Group 1 in Inter there's still plenty to play for.
Disappointing to see so many walkovers this weekend including one in Junior A. There's one group in Junior B where every game was a walkover and now Shamrock Gaels are in a semi final without ever kicking a ball.
Hopefully plenty more drama this evening but weather could play puck.
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G'wan da bunnies. Bragging rights retained
Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 200 - 30/08/2025 09:22:21
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Not sure why my Sligo club ground review is not approved. I'm entitled to my opinion. I'm a football man too.
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Junior football is a mess at the minute. Needs to be looked at big time. They cant change format half way through a campaign.
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Replying To upsligo: "Not sure why my Sligo club ground review is not approved. I'm entitled to my opinion. I'm a football man too." Was it very controversial?
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Replying To NewSligofan: "Junior football is a mess at the minute. Needs to be looked at big time. They cant change format half way through a campaign." I mentioned a few weeks ago that I felt it was wrong to have a free weekend with no games played. I felt it was an opportunity to play junior games and give them the following week off. As each round of the senior and intermediate championship gets played more and more players are getting pulled from the junior team to cover the seniors as injuries, loss of form to players and an odd red card start to build up for the first team.Then today the CCCC had fixed Tubber to play in Coola at 12 with their junior team, host a game on their own pitch at 2 and be in Enniscrone for half four with their seniors. That's absolutely mental because it's the same volunteers that marshall the ground for games and also go to the games
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10 teams in Junior A and 15 teams in Junior B this year. Would it be an idea to go 8 teams in Junior A and 8 teams in Junior B with 2 groups of 4 in each. The remaining 7 play a new Junior C competition. This would suit the smaller clubs. Can be a 13 a-side competition. Its important for the social side of the sport which seems to have been forgotten. It might entice the likes of Molaise or Harps to get a 3rd team with their numbers or maybe a Bunninadden or Cloonacool might be tempted to go with a second team.
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Replying To eoinog: "I mentioned a few weeks ago that I felt it was wrong to have a free weekend with no games played. I felt it was an opportunity to play junior games and give them the following week off. As each round of the senior and intermediate championship gets played more and more players are getting pulled from the junior team to cover the seniors as injuries, loss of form to players and an odd red card start to build up for the first team.Then today the CCCC had fixed Tubber to play in Coola at 12 with their junior team, host a game on their own pitch at 2 and be in Enniscrone for half four with their seniors. That's absolutely mental because it's the same volunteers that marshall the ground for games and also go to the games" Did seem a tad much for one club to be asked to do but Tubber have reps on CCC so a mess of their own making.
Right so we have a fair idea of how things are now in senior in particular. Harps were really shown up by Coolera and can count themselves lucky they had the handier games first. Murphy mad a return but tbh it was a real mismatch of a contest. Drumcliffe who were very impressive with Lally and O'Brien shining well are contenders and they and Shamrock Gaels are top no matter what, Coolera not going to lose to Easkey so they're in. Can Tubber upset Marys next week and give an opportunity to Molaise? Not sure Drumcliffe will want to lose to Molaise so think they'll take it serious and win it outright so we'll have Drumcliffe v Coolera and Shamrock Gaels v St Marys I think. Tour v Curry and Easkey v Tubber in Relegation then. Easkey under the most pressure there I think. But the trap door is getting closer and closer for Tour and it'll happen within the next 3/4 years I think.
Intermediate still has a lot of possibilities but Enniscrone and Mullinabreena are in semis with a game to spare. Will Mullinabreena throw Castleconnor a lifeline and run the bench, even if they do can Ballymote beat Owenmore? The odds are with the Bunnies on this one who will have to train for a week not knowing if it's for any purpose. I don't see both Castleconnor and Ballymote winning which is what is needed to topple Bunnies. Group 1 has plenty of possibilities for the bottom 4 spots but judging by how Pats have been well beaten in most games I think Calry will work them and take 2nd place. So we'll have Enniscrone v Bunninadden and Mullinabreena v Calry. Probably Pats v Owenmore/Ballymote loser and Castleconnor v Geevagh.
Pats and Castleconnor in bother.
Junior the back game on Wednesday evening is crucial to see if Johns still have a chance of a semi. I'll save predictions til after that.
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Replying To Sligoman1234: "Did seem a tad much for one club to be asked to do but Tubber have reps on CCC so a mess of their own making.
Right so we have a fair idea of how things are now in senior in particular. Harps were really shown up by Coolera and can count themselves lucky they had the handier games first. Murphy mad a return but tbh it was a real mismatch of a contest. Drumcliffe who were very impressive with Lally and O'Brien shining well are contenders and they and Shamrock Gaels are top no matter what, Coolera not going to lose to Easkey so they're in. Can Tubber upset Marys next week and give an opportunity to Molaise? Not sure Drumcliffe will want to lose to Molaise so think they'll take it serious and win it outright so we'll have Drumcliffe v Coolera and Shamrock Gaels v St Marys I think. Tour v Curry and Easkey v Tubber in Relegation then. Easkey under the most pressure there I think. But the trap door is getting closer and closer for Tour and it'll happen within the next 3/4 years I think.
Intermediate still has a lot of possibilities but Enniscrone and Mullinabreena are in semis with a game to spare. Will Mullinabreena throw Castleconnor a lifeline and run the bench, even if they do can Ballymote beat Owenmore? The odds are with the Bunnies on this one who will have to train for a week not knowing if it's for any purpose. I don't see both Castleconnor and Ballymote winning which is what is needed to topple Bunnies. Group 1 has plenty of possibilities for the bottom 4 spots but judging by how Pats have been well beaten in most games I think Calry will work them and take 2nd place. So we'll have Enniscrone v Bunninadden and Mullinabreena v Calry. Probably Pats v Owenmore/Ballymote loser and Castleconnor v Geevagh.
Pats and Castleconnor in bother.
Junior the back game on Wednesday evening is crucial to see if Johns still have a chance of a semi. I'll save predictions til after that." I think you have everything covered fairly well there. Group 1 has been very predictable all through and the surprise in group 2 is that a lot of stars need to align to see Molaise get into the playoffs. It's unbelievable that the bunnies could take a play off spots on 4 points but they are looking good. Coolaney can't really give their bench a run or it will decimate their juniors who topped their Junior B group. Pat's have been dreadful but I would be equally worried about Geevagh because Pat's wiped the floor with them in earlier rounds. After their antics before the intermediate final last year I didn't think Owenmore Gaels could surpass that but at half time in their game yesterday they took to Twitter to complain that the referee was giving them no frees while their opponents kicked something like 8 points from frees. With mentality like that, the place for them is junior. Sadly I think they will survive in intermediate.
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Replying To eoinog: "I think you have everything covered fairly well there. Group 1 has been very predictable all through and the surprise in group 2 is that a lot of stars need to align to see Molaise get into the playoffs. It's unbelievable that the bunnies could take a play off spots on 4 points but they are looking good. Coolaney can't really give their bench a run or it will decimate their juniors who topped their Junior B group. Pat's have been dreadful but I would be equally worried about Geevagh because Pat's wiped the floor with them in earlier rounds. After their antics before the intermediate final last year I didn't think Owenmore Gaels could surpass that but at half time in their game yesterday they took to Twitter to complain that the referee was giving them no frees while their opponents kicked something like 8 points from frees. With mentality like that, the place for them is junior. Sadly I think they will survive in intermediate." Maybe they should stop fouling ? ((
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Replying To eoinog: "I think you have everything covered fairly well there. Group 1 has been very predictable all through and the surprise in group 2 is that a lot of stars need to align to see Molaise get into the playoffs. It's unbelievable that the bunnies could take a play off spots on 4 points but they are looking good. Coolaney can't really give their bench a run or it will decimate their juniors who topped their Junior B group. Pat's have been dreadful but I would be equally worried about Geevagh because Pat's wiped the floor with them in earlier rounds. After their antics before the intermediate final last year I didn't think Owenmore Gaels could surpass that but at half time in their game yesterday they took to Twitter to complain that the referee was giving them no frees while their opponents kicked something like 8 points from frees. With mentality like that, the place for them is junior. Sadly I think they will survive in intermediate." It's very hard to Molaise qualify but you never know, Group 2 in the Intermediate has been very competitive with teams taking points from one another, can't see Coolaney putting out a weakened side, as you said their Junior B's are through to the semi final so they will want to give it their best shot . I made use of my championship pass on Saturday and went to the Castleconor Owenmore Gaels match in Tubber.
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Replying To eoinog: "I think you have everything covered fairly well there. Group 1 has been very predictable all through and the surprise in group 2 is that a lot of stars need to align to see Molaise get into the playoffs. It's unbelievable that the bunnies could take a play off spots on 4 points but they are looking good. Coolaney can't really give their bench a run or it will decimate their juniors who topped their Junior B group. Pat's have been dreadful but I would be equally worried about Geevagh because Pat's wiped the floor with them in earlier rounds. After their antics before the intermediate final last year I didn't think Owenmore Gaels could surpass that but at half time in their game yesterday they took to Twitter to complain that the referee was giving them no frees while their opponents kicked something like 8 points from frees. With mentality like that, the place for them is junior. Sadly I think they will survive in intermediate." Bitter or what eoinog,
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Replying To Anowenmoregael: "Bitter or what eoinog," Having been at the game, conduct of supporters left a lot to be desired, hounding the ref and officials and the tweet at half time was childish. No need for it.
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