Some win by Summerhill. Was hugely impressed by then. Much the better team 1st half and then when their backs was against the wall they still pull out the win with outstanding goal. First Sligo school in the Hogan cup final for 37 years a believe and real good chance of winning it.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3926 - 25/02/2023 14:13:39    2460110

Watching Omagh in action in this second semi final (currenly 4-11 to 0-1) i take back on what i said about a real good chance of winning the final but still great for Summerhill to reach the final.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3926 - 25/02/2023 15:08:00    2460114

Great win for Summerhill, congrats to all involved. Mark Breheny stock continues to rise as a manager and Bree as a coach.

The first half especially was impressive as they regained control after the early goal and dominated. Second half the cheap turnovers brought them into it but Summerhill finished strong after the great individual goal by Niland. Awesome resilience and mental strength.

Great feeling to see a Sligo team in the A final but no good just getting there. If we can keep up the 1st half performance for the full 60mins we can do it. Omagh look very good and have the potential to hammer a team but weren't put under pressure today. They remind me of Claregalway so if Summerhill stay with them I could see them getting nervous.

Unfortunately I am not sure how St Attractas didn't win when we had big leads but then showed unreal character to get both to ET and pens. Strange game and tough on those lads. I feel for McGee and all the players.

Either way a huge amount of belief should transfer into the u20 and minor set ups this year.

Great start to the weekend. Sligo seniors need to win in London after Wicklow toppling Laois and Wexford gaining momentum.

Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1741 - 25/02/2023 21:27:38    2460160

Wicklow winning against Laois has really blown Div 4 wide open. It doesn't really matter to us as we had to win all our games anyway. Good win today. It was always a potential banana skin. Leitrim have now to go and play a resurgent Wicklow down in Aughrim. They had probably figured that Wicklow would have lost to Laois and therefore be out of the running so that will be a hum finger of a game. We have Wexford at home and I would not dream of looking past that game. I can't see Laois dropping any more points so I think they will get promoted. Wexford, Wicklow , Leitrim and ourselves are left to battle it out. It's going to be tight

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1996 - 26/02/2023 17:06:28    2460336

As I predicted here, Laois dropped points. They are very average and we made them look good. We had a seriously bad off day against them. Huge game up next for us and then take it from there. Potentially a seriously positive few years ahead for us if affairs are managed properly. The U17-20 batch will make their way into the team and how that transition is managed will be absolutely crucial. We could be a Div 2 team within 3 years if done properly. I'm quietly confident that we will get promoted this year. Massive well done to Summerhill. Some top players coming through so kudos to all involved across the board

ShellyGael (Sligo) - Posts: 106 - 26/02/2023 18:34:35    2460395

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1996 - 27/02/2023 10:39:36    2460570

Attractas were ahead for all bar 5 of the 80 minutes. Conceded late goals in normal time and didn't learn the lesson and concede goal again at the end of extra time. Were the beyter team but didnt take their chances in last 20 lminues to kill the Abbey revival. Agonising way to lose a game.

Anto (Sligo) - Posts: 368 - 28/02/2023 19:49:07    2461057

Tomorrow's game is a must win and if we are unable to beat Wexford on our own patch, then we deserve to stay in Div 4. On another matter it's very worrying to see a PRO award coming to the county when to the ordinary Joe soap it's impossible to find any information about GAA matters within the county at the moment

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1996 - 04/03/2023 11:57:17    2461735

Tomorrow's game is a must win and if we are unable to beat Wexford on our own patch, then we deserve to stay in Div 4. On another matter it's very worrying to see a PRO award coming to the county when to the ordinary Joe soap it's impossible to find any information about GAA matters within the county at the moment

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1996 - 04/03/2023 16:06:50    2461776

Good win. Wexford never an easy task a very sticky team. Need to keep the eye on promotion now. Next two games will show what this team is really made of. Sligeach Abú

Sligobuck21 (Sligo) - Posts: 115 - 05/03/2023 16:39:48    2462001

Mixed feelings after attending the match earlier. Wexford were atrocious, maybe even worse than Waterford. I was really surprised with how poor they were.

It was brilliant to get the win but similar to when we played Waterford we just switched off after building up a strong lead. It was worse this time as Wexford were down to 14. We completely stopped playing and let them back into the came, gave away a couple of soft goals and in the end only won by 6 points having completely dominated the game. Score difference could be important and a couple of times now we've just switched off rather than kicking on and putting up even better scores.

I think we should beat Carlow which will set up a nice derby with Leitrim who might still be in with a shout for promotion.

letsgosligo (Sligo) - Posts: 103 - 05/03/2023 19:52:24    2462084

A solid performance today. Should have won by 12+ points which was the main concern in that we let them make the scoreboard look respectable. Carrabine is such a fantastic player. Integral to everything good about Sligo is his workrate and general play. Evan Lyons is another gem. Towey is having a fine season too. Cummins is a big loss physically and we still are a little light in the middle third. Otherwise a lot of positives and it's all in our own hands now.

ShellyGael (Sligo) - Posts: 106 - 05/03/2023 21:51:38    2462160

Getting out of Div 4 is like climbing Croagh Patrick. The real steep bit is at the top. We are doing well. Granted we are conceding silly goals and at the other end we have huge difficulty in hitting the onion sack. Pat Spillane's goal yesterday was going wide when it got a deflection. With the way the division is panning out we need to win both games.
Lavin has acquitted himself well but we need the power of Cummins added to the mix. Very strange that Lally wasn't replaced after picking up an injury. Sending him in to corner forward hobbling made no sense. From the reports that I heard the U.20 team threw away the game against Derry. There was nothing at stake bar pride . Making 9 substitutions in the second half totally disrupted the rhythm as they were leading and in control up to that. As I said before bringing on the Attractas lads into the team isn't as seamless as people think. Summerhill boys have also to return. It will be a race against time to have everyone facing the one way come April and they head to the Hyde

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1996 - 06/03/2023 13:15:56    2462263

BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 68 - 06/03/2023 19:28:42    2462419

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1996 - 07/03/2023 10:36:22    2462477

Best of luck to summerhill on Friday.

townietalk (Sligo) - Posts: 44 - 14/03/2023 14:04:26    2463898

Best of luck to Summerhill, would be great to see an All Ireland in Sligo!

On another note, what's going on with the hurlers? I have been an eager but silent follower in recent years and have loved seeing the clear success. Is the latest results just a blip or what is the reason for the sudden drop off?

republican (Sligo) - Posts: 338 - 14/03/2023 17:37:32    2463938

muscles (Sligo) - Posts: 466 - 15/03/2023 10:12:55    2463980

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1996 - 15/03/2023 12:47:09    2464018

carlo (Carlow) - Posts: 228 - 15/03/2023 13:22:15    2464029