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Didn't get to game,reports please? Looks like we got 1 point from play from starting 6.

MrUnderhill (Sligo) - Posts: 122 - 15/02/2026 09:34:14    2656487

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Very poor in Portlaoise.
I honestly don't believe that promotion is a target for the mgt this year. They are doing a lot of tinkering with the team. They seem to want to try out as many players as possible so that will the championship and Tailteann Cup comes around they will know their best 15 and subs.
It's a risky strategy but with 3 home games to come they should survive in Div 3. No 6 shirt is a huge problem. We don't appear to have any candidate good enough for that role. Canice would solve that issue but then that will leave a gap in the middle of the pitch . Strange that Sheridan didn't start yesterday evening. Good to see Doherty back in action. I hope MC Daniel will return soon. He's a very fit and strong lad. Cummins was also missed for his strength , drive and point taking. The games are coming thick and fast now.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2336 - 15/02/2026 10:41:16    2656500

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Missing lads of course like mullen and cummins and not easy for young players like the two corner backs, two very good players. Tough on young lads coming into a team lacking leaders. We are very light unfortunately. Speed and a lot of talented lads but nowhere near the required power and strength. Midfield not there at all. Very disappointing. Another year in div 3.

Southsligoman (Sligo) - Posts: 4 - 15/02/2026 12:29:52    2656527

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Replying To Southsligoman:  "Missing lads of course like mullen and cummins and not easy for young players like the two corner backs, two very good players. Tough on young lads coming into a team lacking leaders. We are very light unfortunately. Speed and a lot of talented lads but nowhere near the required power and strength. Midfield not there at all. Very disappointing. Another year in div 3."
At the moment I would be very happy to remain in Div 3. I predicted that Gilmartin would not be wearing the 6 jersey. I didn't realize that he would see zero minutes.

Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 240 - 15/02/2026 15:49:16    2656565

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Replying To Taypot:  "At the moment I would be very happy to remain in Div 3. I predicted that Gilmartin would not be wearing the 6 jersey. I didn't realize that he would see zero minutes."
Yes. We will probably finish 4th from the bottom. Its such a pity we don't have size. Laois wouldn't be world beaters but they have a few lads with size like Evan o Carroll. Our full back line is very small. The team in general are. With the new rules and traditional kick outs (that mcgeeney is not a fan of!) you need size. Look at roscommon with doyle smith some tenacious backs and a few class forwards. Our tidy forwards wont get on enough ball because of a lack of ball winners around the middle. We have fellas who can kick the ball which will help come april hopefully. Lally is excellent but he can't be every where. The dry ball and good weather will suit us more but we are a long way off it. Maybe after a year or two bedding in the young lads we will improve but its hard to get excited.

Southsligoman (Sligo) - Posts: 4 - 16/02/2026 03:40:59    2656705

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With new management in drp I think this could be the year they really make a push on towards a county title. Given the quality of some of there u20 players last year . Donnacha and Paul O'Brien , ocallaghan are quality players . With Durcan stepping down it will give O'Brien plenty of chance to take the number 1 when him and his namesake finish with hurlers

Avensis2012 (Leitrim) - Posts: 8 - 18/02/2026 10:19:48    2657080

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Replying To Southsligoman:  "Yes. We will probably finish 4th from the bottom. Its such a pity we don't have size. Laois wouldn't be world beaters but they have a few lads with size like Evan o Carroll. Our full back line is very small. The team in general are. With the new rules and traditional kick outs (that mcgeeney is not a fan of!) you need size. Look at roscommon with doyle smith some tenacious backs and a few class forwards. Our tidy forwards wont get on enough ball because of a lack of ball winners around the middle. We have fellas who can kick the ball which will help come april hopefully. Lally is excellent but he can't be every where. The dry ball and good weather will suit us more but we are a long way off it. Maybe after a year or two bedding in the young lads we will improve but its hard to get excited."
Poor result on Sat , did not see that result coming. I was not at the game but listened to it on Ocean which was a tough listen with the standard of the game and both commentators.
Limerick game is a must win to be honest and think we will probably win most of our home games.

RealSouthSligo (Sligo) - Posts: 142 - 18/02/2026 14:37:36    2657149

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Replying To RealSouthSligo:  "Poor result on Sat , did not see that result coming. I was not at the game but listened to it on Ocean which was a tough listen with the standard of the game and both commentators.
Limerick game is a must win to be honest and think we will probably win most of our home games."
I think Liam is excellent on commentary. Colm too. I used to enjoy Barnes on commentary back in the day. Nice to hear a bit of passion. Every one on here wants sligo to do well. 20 years next year..

This forum has got very quiet too. Maybe it mirrors the team.

Spillane had some interesting things to say on a podcast recently with clerkin. The lack of size basically and the sligo forwards living off scraps. Could lally and Sheridan work? Whatever about height you need power for inter county football. A bad team like laois will always beat a loghter team on a dirty wet evening. Hopefully Cummins and mullen will be back the next pay. O connor needs to step up too. It feels like we have a certain over confidence in sligo that is not justified. No harm having confidence but it has to be backed up. If we can't win primary ball can we battle for breaks? I think we will see a positive reaction the next day. Here's hoping.

Southsligoman (Sligo) - Posts: 4 - 19/02/2026 03:18:41    2657246

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Anyone have any update on the under 20 & minors this year? Both groups will be out in 3-4 weeks for Connacht Championship.
Under 20's played the Dubs last weekend and gave a good account of themselves, only losing by a few points. A lot of injuries on this squad at the moment but hoping to have these lads back for Championship.

Minors seem to be getting some positive results this year and the word on the ground is they are a decent group. They had an easy win v Offaly last weekend and beat Laois the week before in the league.

It would be great to get a championship run in underage, we need another one following Henrys group.

RealSouthSligo (Sligo) - Posts: 142 - 19/02/2026 12:20:34    2657301

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The team to play Limerick has been named. It's a dummy team similar to what most other counties now engage in. I really don't understand the logic behind it. I am confident that we will get a positive response to the horror show in Portlaoise. Limerick have 3 points on the board and are motoring nicely. They are showing that winning promotion last year and the run in the Tailteann Cup was not a flash in the pan. We haven't got the traditional bounce that normally happens when a new mgt team come along. Hopefully that will change on Sunday

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2336 - 20/02/2026 22:55:05    2657575

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It was very nervy towards the end of the game but we crawled over the finishing line. A poor crowd in Markievicz and the game itself won't live long in the memory of those that attended. We led from the start but could never put enough daylight between ourselves and a very dogged Limerick team who kicked four 2 pointers in the game. We only managed one. By including Doherty, Gorman and Sheridan from the original team selection we added physical strength and height to the team. We made a lot of mistakes and kept giving them lifelines when we should have put them out of sight. We also had an extra man for a good portion of the second half but we failed to capitalize on that either. It was Murphy's best game in the league. Lally again was a scoring threat and MC Loughlin is beginning to find a bit of form. Towey is best suited to an attacking wing back and he was very good but Mulligan for me was the MOTM. He covered some amount of ground. Flynn got no ball kicked into him for the first 20 mins and I was afraid he might get the curly finger but he won a few balls and scored a point before the half finished. He is worth persisting with. No sub really put a case for inclusion for next week.
Just passed the half way point in the league and it looks Down will get promoted and Westmeath have a strong case also.Fermanagh look doomed and after that it's all to play for to avoid the second relegation spot.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2336 - 22/02/2026 17:20:07    2657843

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Replying To eoinog:  "It was very nervy towards the end of the game but we crawled over the finishing line. A poor crowd in Markievicz and the game itself won't live long in the memory of those that attended. We led from the start but could never put enough daylight between ourselves and a very dogged Limerick team who kicked four 2 pointers in the game. We only managed one. By including Doherty, Gorman and Sheridan from the original team selection we added physical strength and height to the team. We made a lot of mistakes and kept giving them lifelines when we should have put them out of sight. We also had an extra man for a good portion of the second half but we failed to capitalize on that either. It was Murphy's best game in the league. Lally again was a scoring threat and MC Loughlin is beginning to find a bit of form. Towey is best suited to an attacking wing back and he was very good but Mulligan for me was the MOTM. He covered some amount of ground. Flynn got no ball kicked into him for the first 20 mins and I was afraid he might get the curly finger but he won a few balls and scored a point before the half finished. He is worth persisting with. No sub really put a case for inclusion for next week.
Just passed the half way point in the league and it looks Down will get promoted and Westmeath have a strong case also.Fermanagh look doomed and after that it's all to play for to avoid the second relegation spot."
Will take at least 3 more points to be guaranteed safety. I'll take that and a Tailteann Cup win.
Anything less will be considered failure based on pre- season hype from the usual quarters.

Maggiepie (Sligo) - Posts: 234 - 22/02/2026 19:24:36    2657906

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Replying To Maggiepie:  "Will take at least 3 more points to be guaranteed safety. I'll take that and a Tailteann Cup win.
Anything less will be considered failure based on pre- season hype from the usual quarters."
Agree Sligo are not near good enough to be promoted to Division 2 so a mid table finish will be a good league campaign at this point.. Fermanagh look to have one foot in Div 4 at this stage as they've to play Down away next week. They've Limerick and Laois left and even if they win those it won't be enough to save them, although if they did win one of them would do us a favour as it denies the others of points. Laois have a tougher finish to the league with Down and Westmeath to go, so they are in desperate need of that win over Fermanagh.

I think one more win will save us when you look at who has to play who. The loser of Clare and Limerick next weekend is under big pressure, but I'd be happier not having to play Clare in a loser goes down contest on the last day. Any point gained in Wexford would be a huge positive as I cannot see us keeping withing 5/6 points of Down tbh.

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 644 - 22/02/2026 20:33:42    2657932

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It was great to get 2 points in a very dour game that never came to life. We seem to have a big injury list. I think 2 more points will leave us ok and maybe our best chance is next week against Wexford.

Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 240 - 22/02/2026 23:30:22    2657986

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Replying To Maggiepie:  "Will take at least 3 more points to be guaranteed safety. I'll take that and a Tailteann Cup win.
Anything less will be considered failure based on pre- season hype from the usual quarters."
I think that would be a good first year. Despite the new rules and 2 pointers there is still a lot of hand passing in games. The game has improved but could still be better. As t o se said its called football des!

Good to see a bit of height added gorman amd sheridan. A good start they say is half the battle and lally showed leadership again. Mulligan too. Towey at 5 is excellent. A lot of new lads wjen uou analyse the team. Cox is a loss eddie mac too. Paul mac has been a loyal servant for a good while too and is also a loss. Quinn was excellent last year u would wonder why he hasnt seen more game time. 2 pointers required in wexford. Wexford are good.. it will be a difficult match. Home form very good. Murphy again showed his class. Down way ahead of the rest.

Southsligoman (Sligo) - Posts: 4 - 23/02/2026 14:04:27    2658140

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Agree that new management always bring "A bounce" but we should have beaten Westmeath and I think Laois was just one of those "Flat" performances. In fairness, a lot of new lads getting game time that previous management did not do - Tommy Ross, Luke Casserly, Gavin Gorman, Jack Lavin, Lee & Shane Deignan, Luke Gilmartin, James Donelon, Kyle Cawley, Conor Sheridan, Michael Lavin & Dara O Boyle.
It is great to see these new players get some game time and it shows to other players not in current squad or in under 20 know that they will get game time if they prove they deserve it. I know some of the lads above got some game time under previous management but not much game time. Under previous management, you could nearly guess the team every week.
What pleased me most about the Limerick win was that a number of players that started against Laois were pushed to the bench and some new starters. No players starting position should be guaranteed.

We made hard work of the Limerick game and thought Canice was our best player, closely following by Gavin Gorman. Murphy and Lally were good inside and agree with the comments that McLoughlin is coming back to himself.
Our subs made an impact as well which is encouraging - 2 points in Wexford would be great.

RealSouthSligo (Sligo) - Posts: 142 - 23/02/2026 15:11:21    2658166

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A lot of the game yesterday was more akin to Div 4. Small crowd, no atmosphere and poor fare on offer. Some of the stuff that went on in the small square from the keeper and backs was comical if it wasn't so serious, however I will gladly accept the 2 points. I'm all for trying out players but I have lost count on the number of corner forwards we have tried out and no one has still nailed a spot. Our system of play is slow, giving our corner forwards little chance of winning clean ball in the inside line. Putting Murphy back in at 14 and returning Towey to the no 5 spot is welcome as they were not comfortable in their new positions. I don't know why Quinn is not getting game time despite his inclusion on the 26 panel. I don't accept that Down are way ahead of us. It they were that good they wouldn't have come straight back down from Div 2. Wexford are up first and while they took a good beating over the weekend they put up a great score. It's going to be a tough game but a win would put us in a very comfortable position. I don't want us to be in a position that we have to beat Clare on the final day to stay in Div 3.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2336 - 23/02/2026 21:25:03    2658263

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Replying To RealSouthSligo:  "Agree that new management always bring "A bounce" but we should have beaten Westmeath and I think Laois was just one of those "Flat" performances. In fairness, a lot of new lads getting game time that previous management did not do - Tommy Ross, Luke Casserly, Gavin Gorman, Jack Lavin, Lee & Shane Deignan, Luke Gilmartin, James Donelon, Kyle Cawley, Conor Sheridan, Michael Lavin & Dara O Boyle.
It is great to see these new players get some game time and it shows to other players not in current squad or in under 20 know that they will get game time if they prove they deserve it. I know some of the lads above got some game time under previous management but not much game time. Under previous management, you could nearly guess the team every week.
What pleased me most about the Limerick win was that a number of players that started against Laois were pushed to the bench and some new starters. No players starting position should be guaranteed.

We made hard work of the Limerick game and thought Canice was our best player, closely following by Gavin Gorman. Murphy and Lally were good inside and agree with the comments that McLoughlin is coming back to himself.
Our subs made an impact as well which is encouraging - 2 points in Wexford would be great."
The spine of the team is basically the same as last year. The Deignans were never guaranteed starters last year and it's the same this year. Daire O Boyle got 2 mins as a blood sub on Sunday. Gilmartin about 10. MC Namera, MC Guinness, Mullen and Kilcoyne all defenders, are all presently injured. Will the new lads in the backs hold them off when they get fit ? The return of Cawley is good. Sheridan didn't commit last year because he was in the states . We still have the same keeper and he has been ok. We all expected Keaney, Marren, Johnson,Walsh who were on the good U20 teams to be involved. There not. They were all tried out with the previous that and obviously this years mgt don't fancy them. Last year we were unhappy that we only got 7 points in the league. This year we would be thrilled to get 7. The mgt are doing their best, like last years mgt but the pool of players fit for co football is limited.

Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 240 - 24/02/2026 08:32:51    2658292

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Replying To Taypot:  "The spine of the team is basically the same as last year. The Deignans were never guaranteed starters last year and it's the same this year. Daire O Boyle got 2 mins as a blood sub on Sunday. Gilmartin about 10. MC Namera, MC Guinness, Mullen and Kilcoyne all defenders, are all presently injured. Will the new lads in the backs hold them off when they get fit ? The return of Cawley is good. Sheridan didn't commit last year because he was in the states . We still have the same keeper and he has been ok. We all expected Keaney, Marren, Johnson,Walsh who were on the good U20 teams to be involved. There not. They were all tried out with the previous that and obviously this years mgt don't fancy them. Last year we were unhappy that we only got 7 points in the league. This year we would be thrilled to get 7. The mgt are doing their best, like last years mgt but the pool of players fit for co football is limited."
Last years league was easier than this years to be fair so 7 points would be good at this point. Offaly not near able for Div 2 this year and Leitrim were the whipping boys for everyone. What came up from Div 4 this league are more than able to hold their own.

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 644 - 24/02/2026 14:22:37    2658366

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