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I have to say and I'm going to be blunt about this but I feel the Sligo Senior team is very weak both mentally and physically for a few years now.

I've watched them the past few years and this year and I'm not seeing that hunger to win. I'm not seeing hard challenges going in, I'm not seeing it in their faces when they concede a score or lose a ball.

You can about tactics all day long but if you don't have the eye of the tiger you can forget about it.

I know the lads are in the gym alot but it's not transferring onto the pitch, alot of them need to get bulked up to compete with their opponent.

Forget about skill for a moment, if I were to throw a ball up in the air or along the ground I'd expect my players to be first to every ball by pure power and speed.

Hard-core weight training to get testosterone levels risen to ultimately go into battle.

sillymoocow (Sligo) - Posts: 17 - 05/03/2026 15:09:21    2660133

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Replying To Sligohearty:  "I find it frustrating always talking about blooding the players from our u20 teams.
Our more senior players are all still relatively young.
The Wexford poster above saying their players are around 26-28 and we seem to consider our players old
Im not sure the age of our senior players but they are not old.
Yes we should be blooding new players but these players if good enough should be able to come into the team and enhance it and not be the excuse for us maybe (hopefully not) been relegated to D4.
If the previous mgt was still here, the expectation would be for a promotion to D2 this year and TC final at least, it would be a hugh failure by them if we did not succeed.
The new mgt bounce that we expected this year hasn't came to fruition yet. I don't know why that is. They are an experience mgt team and I expect the results will come but hopefully not too late for this year.

Down will want to win all their games and with Mc Entee in their setup he will definitely be out to beat Sligo.
We really need Clare to lose next game."
We do too :-)

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 18733 - 05/03/2026 17:03:08    2660168

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All gone very quiet here since a dull performance in Wexford…I see Down are given the nod by 3 points for Sunday. To be honest I'd be very happy if it's kept to that, have a feeling it cloud be closer to double it. Just hope that Limerick and Fermanagh don't pick up anything this week…especially Limerick although unlikely on a trip to Mullingar. No team at the time of writing which is a bit later of an announcement that other games.

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 651 - 13/03/2026 18:57:36    2661117

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Replying To sillymoocow:  "I have to say and I'm going to be blunt about this but I feel the Sligo Senior team is very weak both mentally and physically for a few years now.

I've watched them the past few years and this year and I'm not seeing that hunger to win. I'm not seeing hard challenges going in, I'm not seeing it in their faces when they concede a score or lose a ball.

You can about tactics all day long but if you don't have the eye of the tiger you can forget about it.

I know the lads are in the gym alot but it's not transferring onto the pitch, alot of them need to get bulked up to compete with their opponent.

Forget about skill for a moment, if I were to throw a ball up in the air or along the ground I'd expect my players to be first to every ball by pure power and speed.

Hard-core weight training to get testosterone levels risen to ultimately go into battle."
Bit harsh i think. Young lads will take a year or two to get used to inter county football.

Very quiet on here; maybe a sign of how things have been going on the field.

Down will probably win but it wouldn't surprise me if we beat them. Murdock is outstanding and they have plenty of physicality; twud be great if we had someone like him. I don't think they are great shakes though.

What we have is a good few lads who are missing and many talented lads and plenty of heart. I have no doubt that every sligo player will give everything. I don't think we are mentally weak at all.

We lose to wexford but could beat down! We raise our game when we are underdogs. Maybe im deluded! I still believe though.

Like in croke park the last time we played down, if we score goals we are in with a shout. We won't score 17 times, 17 points to win a game against opposition like down. But 2-10 or 2-12 maybe.

What's the verdict have we a chance?

Southsligoman (Sligo) - Posts: 10 - 13/03/2026 19:18:27    2661119

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Yes, we do have a chance. We are playing a Div 3 team on our own ground. We have to believe that we are going to win. A lot of stars would need to align, and that is something that has not happened yet this year. There is a team named and I notice that Cummins and MC Daniel's are among the subs. If both are fit I would think both will start. The rest of the team don't interest me because there will be an abundance of changes before the throw in. Our destiny is in our own hands. If we collect 2 points from our remaining 2 games that should suffice. If we can't, then we deserve to go to Div 4 which is a horrible prospect.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2347 - 13/03/2026 23:39:01    2661127

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We won't beat Down. Our hopes for the weekend are that Wexford beat Clare and Westmeath beat Limerick. That will leave Clare with nothing to play for against Sligo the following week .

Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 248 - 14/03/2026 11:13:33    2661138

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