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I got my semi final predictions wrong... What are we thinking for the final? SG on fire the past 6 weeks but are we counting out the reigning champs? Coolera are battle hardened & a wealth of expierence. SG to win by 2 points in a tight encounter. Pity it is in Enniscrone,hope it ain't a windy day ....... Eddie_irvine (Sligo) - Posts: 4 - 30/09/2025 11:28:27 2637928 Link
Replying To Eddie_irvine: "I got my semi final predictions wrong... What are we thinking for the final? SG on fire the past 6 weeks but are we counting out the reigning champs? Coolera are battle hardened & a wealth of expierence. SG to win by 2 points in a tight encounter. Pity it is in Enniscrone,hope it ain't a windy day ......." There is nearly always wind in Enniscrone. I see the U 20 fixtures this weekend have been pushed out to mid October. This is not the time of the year for this competition. It was ridiculous to fix them for this weekend with so many clubs still involved in the latter stage of championship. Also a lot of lads are back at college and have part time work at the weekend. The work and the money will come before football at this time of year. This competition should be played in July, long summer evenings. There was a healthy debate here last week about the championship format and reducing teams in each category. I'm actually happy enough with 10 teams in Senior and Intermediate but Junior A could be reduced to 6. The longer a team's second team plays the weaker it gets due to lads getting called up to the first team,. I can't see John's getting out of Junior A for at least 5 years. Michaels might get their sooner. Cloonacool should win this year. Every club that's in Senior wants to stay there. You saw last weekend what Easkey did to retain their status. Likewise if you are in intermediate you don't want to go down. Holding your own in senior or inter is a huge boost to a club, gives it a bit of prestige and people are more inclined to support them. Equally players want to play at a higher level. No one wants to be a junior footballer with their first team eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2246 - 01/10/2025 10:28:59 2638077 Link
My comment didn't make it earlier in the week I see. I had made the journey across town to watch the intermediate semi final with Enniscrone and Ballymote. A highly entertaining game both a lot of handling errors on both sides. I do wonder how strong this intermediate championship has been tbh. Anyway I'm assuming my comment didn't make it due to what it contained about the officiating. I'd never abuse an official on here but only commented on some very legitimate poor decisions I feel, but I see the local media have hinted at as much in it anyway. I thought Calry would give a better game to Mullinabreena and the south sligo lads will be favourites to go up to senior. Just as well all u20 was pulled as weather would have cancelled them anyway. Hopefully next week will be a lot calmer otherwise it could spoil what could be a great final. No match officials down I see, its a big day for them too and as evidenced in inter semi final, a poor choice can have a big impact, will be interesting to see who is appointed. Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 601 - 03/10/2025 18:11:51 2638390 Link
Replying To Sligoman1234: "My comment didn't make it earlier in the week I see. I had made the journey across town to watch the intermediate semi final with Enniscrone and Ballymote. A highly entertaining game both a lot of handling errors on both sides. I do wonder how strong this intermediate championship has been tbh. Anyway I'm assuming my comment didn't make it due to what it contained about the officiating. I'd never abuse an official on here but only commented on some very legitimate poor decisions I feel, but I see the local media have hinted at as much in it anyway. I thought Calry would give a better game to Mullinabreena and the south sligo lads will be favourites to go up to senior. Just as well all u20 was pulled as weather would have cancelled them anyway. Hopefully next week will be a lot calmer otherwise it could spoil what could be a great final. No match officials down I see, its a big day for them too and as evidenced in inter semi final, a poor choice can have a big impact, will be interesting to see who is appointed." Normally whoever gets to referee the semi finals doesn't get the final so that will narrow down the candidates. On referee that would be in the mix is from West Sligo so as everything at the moment is heading west I would not be surprised if he lands the job. He's a good referee eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2246 - 04/10/2025 11:43:07 2638415 Link
Replying To eoinog: "Normally whoever gets to referee the semi finals doesn't get the final so that will narrow down the candidates. On referee that would be in the mix is from West Sligo so as everything at the moment is heading west I would not be surprised if he lands the job. He's a good referee" If you're correct and it is Hynes then ya he's a decent shout for it. As for who he shares his surname with I see on the website he has been appointed to the minor A final…enough said on that. Cloonacool will be representing us in Connacht in Junior but they should be able to take care of Harps but it'll be no walkover. They have the Ros champions in Connacht which has proven happy hunting ground for Sligo teams before. If we've another weekend like this one margins in games are going to be very hard to call. Look at what happened in Leitrim semi where Mohill didn't score at all in the first half. If the wind was bad in Carrick this evening imagine what it was like in Enniscrone! Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 601 - 04/10/2025 20:15:45 2638465 Link
The longer this has gone on, the more you'd have to lean towards Coolera. As the days get shorter, pitches wetter, their players returning to full fitness, I think they take Gaels by 2 or 3 points. I'm really looking forward to it. johncreilly (Sligo) - Posts: 186 - 06/10/2025 13:30:21 2638659 Link
S Gaels will beat Coolera by 4 points on Sunday. Their pace and directness will overpower Coolera, Coolera are a big physical side who hold onto the ball nicely but their game plan will go out the window when they have to start chasing backwards and ultimately over 60 mins the doors will begin to open. I expect Evan Lyons will be stuck to Murphy with his whole gameplay to nullify him to no scores from play which he is capable of doing. A very good game instore but I'm afraid S Gaels will be lifting the Cup sillymoocow (Sligo) - Posts: 11 - 06/10/2025 14:59:37 2638693 Link
Replying To sillymoocow: "S Gaels will beat Coolera by 4 points on Sunday. Their pace and directness will overpower Coolera, Coolera are a big physical side who hold onto the ball nicely but their game plan will go out the window when they have to start chasing backwards and ultimately over 60 mins the doors will begin to open. I expect Evan Lyons will be stuck to Murphy with his whole gameplay to nullify him to no scores from play which he is capable of doing. A very good game instore but I'm afraid S Gaels will be lifting the Cup" And what if Lyons dosen't do a job on Murphy? Eddie_irvine (Sligo) - Posts: 4 - 08/10/2025 19:44:09 2638989 Link
Lyons will do a job on Murphy and that's where Coolera will fall along with Gaels direct running power. sillymoocow (Sligo) - Posts: 11 - 09/10/2025 13:47:23 2639080 Link
I see the referee has been announced for the senior final. A good referee but this West thingy is getting tiresome at this stage. eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2246 - 09/10/2025 16:55:34 2639110 Link