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Predictions for starting XV against Laois: Sligobuck21 (Sligo) - Posts: 114 - 24/01/2023 14:55:57 2453984 Link 0 |
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For the last few years I didn't think we were good enough to get promoted. However this year I firmly believe that we can go up. However if we lose on Sunday we will be playing catch up straight away and with 4 away games it becomes a lot tougher. I would favour Teape Mullen Lyons Mc Namera Towey Cummins Walsh Spillane O Kelly Lynch Gordon Carrabine Lally O'Reilly Murphy OConnor eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1649 - 24/01/2023 16:30:12 2454021 Link 0 |
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The team I would pick for Laois, Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1635 - 24/01/2023 19:43:50 2454062 Link 0 |
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Not a lot of positives to take from game. Most players nowhere near Laois lads in terms of physicality and far too lose at the back. This game was always going to be a tough one but you wouldn't mind losing with a decent performance to keep the spirits high before heading to Wicklow next week. Cummins worked hard I felt as did O'Connor and Lally at times. Big questions for management on defensive system as even with everyone behind the ball Laois still managed to find their men. Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 356 - 30/01/2023 07:47:17 2455150 Link 0 |
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That's a shockingly bad start to the campaign for us. Losing at home to a struggling Laois is bad, you cannot defend it but I really disliked the manner of the defeat. There seemed to be no fighting spirit or togetherness about the performance. After tailteann we were tipped as favourites to get promoted this year, its a sign of a team going nowhere that we cannot carry that tag. republican (Sligo) - Posts: 325 - 30/01/2023 14:02:57 2455279 Link 0 |
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Gérard o kelly left on the line for most the game ,gone from hurling to WATCH that rubbish Timmy86 (Sligo) - Posts: 270 - 30/01/2023 14:48:43 2455293 Link 2 |
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Thought Laois and Sligo was around the same level and home advantage would give them the edge in a tight contest.
Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3338 - 30/01/2023 18:16:15 2455370 Link 0 |
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Not a good display. A waste of a home game. Really thought we were going forward but appears not. There's one positive from that game. How bad we were and the fact we were never out of reach score wise. But not good enough. We should not be a division 4 team with the panel of players this year. Sligobuck21 (Sligo) - Posts: 114 - 31/01/2023 12:09:32 2455486 Link 0 |
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Heard that following the Roscommon match, Sligo had a bonding weekend with training sessions in the Dome followed by an overnight in Knock. I hope they called into the basilica and prayed for the appearance of two midfielders and one or two man marking defenders! ……..as they were all absent against Leix! leyny (Sligo) - Posts: 65 - 31/01/2023 13:45:21 2455534 Link 0 |
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Does anyone else here have any issues with the Team selection against Laois? Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1635 - 31/01/2023 19:50:14 2455672 Link 0 |
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A mystery how some players made that team based on 2022 championship and history. Training is important but management saw many of the club games, what did they expect? I really thought we had a good panel but was worried when i saw the selection. Main difference between team was 1. the game plan, pace getting the ball forward 2. Their ability to win clean ball in MF
MrUnderhill (Sligo) - Posts: 50 - 02/02/2023 09:52:29 2455902 Link 0 |
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There are also too many players playing out of position. Mullen, Carribine for example Too many average club players are getting selected and better players on sideline or not on the panel. If we lose at the weekend, we will be in Division 4 next year again. Trip to Croke Park last year pappered over the cracks. Tme to remove McEntee and especially Keane - no improvement during their tenure.
Anto (Sligo) - Posts: 345 - 02/02/2023 10:33:28 2455924 Link 0 |
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I was at the game and was actually standing beside Oisin Mc Conville so we can expect Wicklow to do to us what Laois did, by pressing us on our kickout, making us go long knowing that we have no ball winner in the middle of the field. Cummins tried hard as did Lally but the rest of the team plus subs were poor. The tactics last Sunday were a very close secret, so close that the team didn't seem to know what they were either. We were lucky to lose by just 6. They left 2 goals behind them, while we created nothing up front. Two examples showed how poor we were, a _45 kicked back to our goals, plus a defender hand passing the ball to the goalie directly after receiving the kick out. eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1649 - 02/02/2023 11:21:28 2455953 Link 0 |
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It is interesting, not one person in my social circle rates this management team including myself. They are not good tactically, not good on team selection or positionally how to set us up. They don't seem to have addressed our defensive set up. Now I know they probably have worked on various things in training but they haven't got the players to express it on game day and that is a consistent issue. Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1635 - 02/02/2023 17:45:35 2456072 Link 0 |
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The reason I don't interact anymore is because I've lost interest and when I've made valid points , all you get is posters taking umbrage rather than saying, well he might have a point there ,let's expand on it and see where it gets us. Firstly, I'm very disappointed with current manager and I don't believe he has the personality to lead our county out of the wilderness. Granted, the current squad is limited in talent, but, by and large it reflects the standard in the county at the moment. Given that, we will never progress with the game plan on offer under the present regime. When your resources are limited ,then you deploy something different . I believe that for the present, ie a path out of D4 , Sligo must play offensive football. Under Charlie Mulgrew ,Fermanagh ( a county similar to Sligo) played a clever offensive game that got them to an All Ireland semi and was refreshing to watch. Currently to stop Sligo, a team just sits and clogs their own half and when our feeble efforts breakdown, hit us on the counter. And this is Div 4 teams, imagine what better teams would do. For me, for the present Sligo must change style to fast ball into the scoring area and high press. A few heavy defeats in the transition are no different to one and two point defeats playing what was on offer last Sunday. Maggiepie (Sligo) - Posts: 230 - 03/02/2023 15:36:51 2456184 Link 0 |
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A lot of people interact a lot less since the Hogan Stand changed its setting. The Sligo forum isn't as busy as other counties but it's also busier than others. Of course some of your points got slated, mine does as well and so does everyone else, that's the nature of an anonymous forum. I fail to see why people come on here and slate the management week in week out. No one is happy with last week's game but Mc Entee won't be sacked. If he was what do we do then ? He is in his final year of his contract and it won't be renewed. The 2 people I would like to see involved next time are at present with Longford and Roscommon. They are not going to jump ship and come to our assistance until the year is over. Most people wanted Taylor gone because he had no experience, so we went for an All Ireland winner with club and county. Still no improvement. By enlarge Mc Entee has a full deck of players to choose from so it's not a case of players not committing to the cause. There's always a few exceptions and we have a few that are not involved that should be. Galway people are saying if Ian Burke and Peter Cooke committed last year would they have won the All Ireland. Likewise Dublin are wondering if Mc Caffrey and Mannion had stayed would they have won more All Ireland's. I felt that after the momentum of the game against Cavan which we should have won last year and a good showing against Roscommon we were in good shape for last week's game. I didn't agree with the team selection but neither would I have started any of last year's U.20 lads. I would have given them 15 or 20 mins. As it turned out they got no minutes. Hopefully we can get a win tomorrow but it will be tough and we are back in business. Keep posting Maggiepie
eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1649 - 04/02/2023 17:51:26 2456412 Link 0 |
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I haven't advocated for the dismissal of the manager, pointless( pardon the pun) at this stage, but, a fair assessment of his tenure to date would be, no progress. The semi-final against Cavan showed that when different options presented during the game the players were unable to take them due to the relentless adherence to his mantra. Also you didn't give an opinion on Sligo playing a more free running attacking game whilst in D4. Interested to hear your views.
Maggiepie (Sligo) - Posts: 230 - 04/02/2023 21:54:54 2456476 Link 0 |
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I don't understand EoinOg. Mayo, Galway, Leitrim, Roscommon can start lads still in their u20 years. Why can't we play lads who have just beaten all these teams last year at the u20 grade and were key players in club championship. Age shouldn't really be a factor here. To have Teape - best goalie in senior club championship this year, Keaney - Best midfielder in Connacht u20 championship and intermediate championship, Smith - Key forward for drp getting to a semi final, Lavin - Ballymotes best player and one of u20s best last year, and many more all sitting on the bench and not even getting any minutes while there's lads who have been proven to be not good enough and given enough chances still starting. If Teape, keaney, lavin etc were 24-26 and the same conditioning levels and build are you saying you would start them because clearly McEntee and co are afraid of change. I get lads shouldn't be put in in on merit. And I'm not saying they should. But there's enough players starting weekly that are in because of their age and "experience" and the players who are known to winning games are sitting on the bench because they don't have the "experience" but can't get it if they don't get on. Common sense would tell you Teape, lavin, keaney etc would put in a better shift than certain men on the team. Look at Luke Towey, Alan Reilly, Mark Walsh, Evan Lyons. They all got an opportunity and ended up cementing starting roles and if not they have got certain mins from bench. Sligobuck21 (Sligo) - Posts: 114 - 05/02/2023 09:42:21 2456494 Link 0 |
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Not long after heading off for Wicklow with a few bucks. Travelling in perhaps dire expectation of a win. There's no doubt as other posters have said there is talent individually within the squad it's about management pulling them together to create a positive team performance. Cannot afford to be as loose at the back as against Laois last week. Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 356 - 05/02/2023 11:01:22 2456512 Link 0 |
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I'm all for using last year's U.20 lads. The best of that team in my opinion is Jack Davitt who isn't on the panel, maybe his injury isn't fully healed up yet. Keaney wasn't on the panel of 26 for the last game so no point in talking about why he wasn't starting. Straight away that was 2 players that was unavailable. Smith wasn't part of the 26 either the last day nor is he there today. I fully believed that we were strong enough to put it up to Laois last Sunday without starting the younger lads which really amounted to only one or two. I won't name players but some lads played last week and they are not up to Co standard. I would like to see Keaney,Walsh (who is a young players) start in Wicklow. I don't like the style of football. It's much too slow, cumbersome and is easy to defend against. Laois used a lot more kick passes to transfer the ball up the field much faster and exposed us. We never exposed them as they had so much time to set up defensively while we handpassed backward, sideways at an excruciating slow pace.
eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1649 - 05/02/2023 12:55:31 2456526 Link 0 |