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As good a draw as we could have got given the circumstances. Wouldn't have fancied going to too many places on the road. An opportunity to make amends for the Leitrim performance at home against Tipp.

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 677 - 27/04/2026 14:43:56    2669257

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A home draw against a Div 4 team has to be viewed as a good draw. Unfortunately a few weeks ago we also had a home draw against a Div 4 team and that didn't go well.
Towey, Mulligan, Lee Deignan, and MC Loughlin are assured of starting leaving the other 11 jerseys up for grabs . There won't be 11 changes but all through the league and again last month against Leitrim there was a lot of players not up to the standard

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2408 - 28/04/2026 15:09:40    2669549

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Hard luck to your U17s. Shooting badly let you down tonight, you won't win many knock out Connacht championship games with just 0-12 (10 scores with you count the two pointers) from 30 shots on goal

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 817 - 01/05/2026 20:08:10    2670271

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No point in sugar coating it or saying that these are only young lads and that their day will come. The game was there to be won against a poor Galway team. Our shooting was shocking, and despite all the wides and mis placed ball we also blew 2 goal chances in quick succession. It was a very disappointing finish for these lads who definitely kept their worse performance for tonight

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2408 - 01/05/2026 21:11:17    2670284

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Replying To eoinog:  "A home draw against a Div 4 team has to be viewed as a good draw. Unfortunately a few weeks ago we also had a home draw against a Div 4 team and that didn't go well.
Towey, Mulligan, Lee Deignan, and MC Loughlin are assured of starting leaving the other 11 jerseys up for grabs . There won't be 11 changes but all through the league and again last month against Leitrim there was a lot of players not up to the standard"
Leitrim are a division 4 team in name only, we should be operating at a much higher level, we had Galway panicking and they are division 1 so perhaps that is our true level.

The Tailteann Cup is a great opportunity for counties like Sligo to go a couple rounds into ia competition, we would have our sights set higher however with the quality within our panel.

Gantric (Leitrim) - Posts: 40 - 01/05/2026 22:46:39    2670297

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Good effort from sligo u17s this evening. Danny feeney ryan lang and jack kelly led the scoring but galway were sharper in front of the goals. Feeney and lang are ones to watch for the future

Charliepace (Donegal) - Posts: 33 - 01/05/2026 23:52:10    2670307

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Replying To eoinog:  "No point in sugar coating it or saying that these are only young lads and that their day will come. The game was there to be won against a poor Galway team. Our shooting was shocking, and despite all the wides and mis placed ball we also blew 2 goal chances in quick succession. It was a very disappointing finish for these lads who definitely kept their worse performance for tonight"
You don't reach a Connacht final and win 4 of your 5 games by being poor. Yes Sligo had lot of shots however many were low percentage shots due to the pressure from Galway defenders and where they forced Sligo players to shoot from, Kelly was Sligo best forward with 0-5 from play. Lang meanwhile was well marked, double marked at times.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3944 - 02/05/2026 16:38:45    2670389

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Replying To Gantric:  "Leitrim are a division 4 team in name only, we should be operating at a much higher level, we had Galway panicking and they are division 1 so perhaps that is our true level.

The Tailteann Cup is a great opportunity for counties like Sligo to go a couple rounds into ia competition, we would have our sights set higher however with the quality within our panel."
Your wasting your time trying to get a rise on this site. You won't be entertained.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2408 - 02/05/2026 17:59:59    2670407

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Replying To Gaa_lover:  "You don't reach a Connacht final and win 4 of your 5 games by being poor. Yes Sligo had lot of shots however many were low percentage shots due to the pressure from Galway defenders and where they forced Sligo players to shoot from, Kelly was Sligo best forward with 0-5 from play. Lang meanwhile was well marked, double marked at times."
Did you see some of the wides that Galway kicked in the second half ? The game was there for us and in those situations you have to take your chances. We had 2 decent chance for goals that we didn't take. We were getting a bit of joy from kicking the high ball in but then our delivery deteriorated and Galway mopped it up. I wish you well in the final but it was a game that we should have won but failed. Im not into moral victories.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2408 - 02/05/2026 21:46:01    2670501

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Replying To eoinog:  "Did you see some of the wides that Galway kicked in the second half ? The game was there for us and in those situations you have to take your chances. We had 2 decent chance for goals that we didn't take. We were getting a bit of joy from kicking the high ball in but then our delivery deteriorated and Galway mopped it up. I wish you well in the final but it was a game that we should have won but failed. Im not into moral victories."
I watched the full game live. You have to also take into account It's teenagers in a knock out game where the prize was a Connacht final and last 8 place in the All-Ireland series on offer so shooting and passing can be nervy attempts.

No need to wish me well, will be watching that final on Friday as last night as a neutral.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3944 - 02/05/2026 22:38:50    2670517

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