Replying To Sligonian:  "Timmy, you are alluding to the issue indirectly in a sense. The hope with the centre of excellence was to create a success-driven mentality and create a culture of excellence and expecting to win against anybody which would result in Connacht titles at all levels. For me, I look at the previous posts and it worries me because ye are all far closer to it than me, and the list of reasons for me suggests you still don't get it- the manager, the club championship, underage playing all year round... Take a step back for a second, even though I agree with on all those reason we could improve on but was Saturdays team good enough to beat Waterford despite all your reasons. For me yes. The mindset and attitude of the players for me is the no1 thing that needs to change. If we got a top manager tomorrow it would change the mindset of the players so the selection of Taylor is linked here. He did not get a positive reaction from the players on his comments which suggests he's lost the dressing room. But the problem is the mindset of players. We beat Antrim who are better than Waterford, we didn't get opened up down the middle against them but the only difference between that game and Wicklow and Waterford was the Players mindset, not the manager, the club championship etc..... After Wicklow "It's a desire to win and it's work rate and it's hunger and it's discipline as well and Wicklow had that in buckets and we were just below the level we needed to be," said Taylor. Taylor is an easy-going and nice guy and he's saying this but clearly he's getting tougher. I have been involved with Players outside of Sligo and teams and the attitude is different. You never have to worry about work-rate, desire, hunger, its something that's guaranteed in most cases. With Sligo it's never guaranteed because they either get too cocky or don't believe in themselves and hide. The next Sligo team that gets to a Connacht final and is in a winning position has overcome tradition and our culture and be able to handle the pressure to get us over the line. We seen some of our great teams fail because of mindset, Taylor missed a 15 yard free in 97 and we only believed that day with 5 mins to go, Sean Davey missed a 20 yard free in 2007 but we scrapped over the line but I can forgive a Sligo team for lacking belief not for being overconfident. In 2010 you saw the opposite we got cocky but the only thing is we had a Mayoman in Costello who had a different mindset because he's not from Sligo so he turned up and nearly got us over the line. I once had a Sligo player come up to me in Toffs, and say I was right in what I said about work-rate. He said he would let other players tackle for him. So he would put out an arm knowing the defender is going to break the tackle and let him go. I just said to him I already knew. Any player who tackles this way and isn't using his full body to slow a player down is just pretend tackling. If we had the correct mindset and attitude against Wicklow and Waterford do we win? Yes or No. There's your answer. There's the difference between 8 pts and 4pts. Promotion and staying in Div4. Don't get me wrong if Taylor starts the same team with the same lack of pace against Wexford he deserves to be sacked and it will be interesting to see how do last 3 games because its a tough run-in. I'd imagine his days are numbered and try not to look at Galway's results is all I'll say."

Replying To Sligonian:  "It is true. The Psychology of this team is clear from Taylor's comments. What more evidence do you need along with the results? Mindset for is not just about Player belief, it's about having a resilient mind that doesn't change based on outside factors, that can handle pressure, that handle being favorites, you play to your own level not to your opposition. It means you bring the same attitude, desire, work rate maximizing your own level in each game no matter the opposition for the full duration. You never get cocky, complacent or overconfident and never overlook an opponent. If our players had the right mindset we wouldn't be beating Antrim one week, losing to Wicklow and Waterford the next. You can say we have poor players because it gives the mindset issues a free pass. My point about the past is pretty clear and I'm not going back and forth on this. There are countless examples of where our mindset is an issue, a huge amount of evidence consistently exists where if we had a stronger mindset we would have a lot more Connacht Titles at all levels. I reckon if our mindset was right we would have at least 5 more Connacht titles 2 x senior 97, 10, 1 x u21 96 and 2 x minor 96, 98. Some maulings could have been avoided and a few more final appearances but some of the below we would have lost anyway. 96 minor final and U21 final 97 senior final 98 senior semi and minor final 00 senior semi - mindset although great galway team 01 league semi - 7 pts to 0 score up 02 senior final - mindset and team selection 10 senior final 13 v london away 15 senior final mayo mauling - mindset and tactics 16 v ros semi - 8 pts up at ht lose by 9 2016 - 2020 too many to mention - the whole of 2019 That's off the top of my head where the losses and extent of the maulings were more about mindset than anything else like the reasons you list above and obviously times changed and some reasons but the mindset for me the consistently overlooked factor. Our players are still running the same mind conditioning. So improving S&C will have positive impact and will help a lot against better teams but Waterford aren't better than us. BTW I am not disagreeing with any of your reasons or the previous posters reasons but there are not the main reason we lost against Waterford is all I am saying. We've been here before and until we learn I repost this in 5 years' time."

Replying To NewSligofan:  "Today's result won't look good on Aidan Rooney who I believe has a high profile backroom team assembled in his bid for the Leitrim job. He can talk the talk but has yet to walk the walk."

Replying To ShellyGael:  "Yes it's possible that's a very young and fast Molaise side will challenge St. Michaels, where the winner will go through with Pats, who are surely favourites now for Junior A. A very competitive competition it must be said where Mary's could have beaten Owenmore at the weekend. Something must be up with Marys system when you see the quality of some players playing junior, that should be on their first team. Performance of the weekend goes to John's, nobody seen that result coming"

Replying To eoinog:  "Biggest change is the head off CCC has been replaced by his own Clubman, who says that there isn't politics at work there"

Replying To Sligonian:  "A week is a long time in the life of Sligo Supporter. Summerhill winning, Minors drawing with Donegal in Ulster league and Sligo as expected beating Wexford away. A few of the words Tommy Breheny used to describe the Waterford performance, embarrassing, lacked desire and we stood off our men, but today was the opposite. What was the difference today, was it S&C, the club championship and standard, underage not playing all year round, coaching standard, the town, the distribution of funding, what's the one thing that changed in the week, hmmmmmm was it the mindset of the Players by any chance? Now I know the players read on here, congrats on Wexford win lads, delighted, but in no way does it redeem the last 2 weeks, only promotion will do that. And if we could be guaranteed like MOST other counties workrate, desire, effort, passion, and a collective attitude every match its the minimum we ask going forward. You will save yourselves a lot of criticism. Sligeach Abu."

Replying To Sligoman1234:  "You'd imagine with Cul Camps which are usually bursting with numbers bar this year, development squads and coaches that they'd at least be holding the ground in most places? If it's as bad as you say you're looking at losing 3/4 clubs at adult level within the next 20 years or so. Would be understandable at a time of population decline but that's not really at play in Calry or St Johns I'd imagine. Even Coolaney/Mullinabreena probably has twice as many young lads in it now than 20 years ago."

Replying To ShellyGael:  "If that is correct, then why aren't CCC offering Castleconnor the chance to play Drumcliffe? Something isn't right somewhere…"

Replying To republican:  "Is it any surprise to you? The one club domination might spur a bit of life if that club could actually compete in the Connacht championship"

Replying To Sligoman1234:  "Younger age profile of the new chairperson must be showing when they kept sea sessions weekend free!!"