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Henry is a good coach but needs more experience. We didn't have a good U20 team this year. We beat Galway who were hopeless and lost to Roscommon twice. Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 174 - 11/07/2025 17:41:15 2625006 Link 0 |
Forgot to post predictions for last night but no major surprises bar Shamrock Gaels and Harps being closer than I expected. Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 562 - 12/07/2025 11:29:17 2625050 Link 0 |
That's a glass half empty way of looking at it. The Leitrim game was a shoot out. We lost our corner back to a serious injury in that game but it was very open. Leitrim were much stronger in attack with Jack Kelly, Honeyman and Cox etc, so maybe the gameplan was to outscore them as their defence proved very weak. Our defensive shape against Galway was very good only conceding 2-8. We weren't really able to replicate that but I think Management played to our strengths. Roscommon in the semi final was undone by errors rather than management. The team was set up to win that imo and had a go. Also with underage you don't have the same spread of cover as a senior set up would have and this was exposed defensively. We were carrying a few injuries the whole year too into these games and missing Conor Walsh. Do you honestly think Henry is a one trick pony and can't change system? I couldn't disagree more, the transition from the Roscommon loss to Galway clearly refutes that. Just for me I believe Henry/Mitchell could not have got more out of the underage teams every year and that's not a bad starting point for any Senior intercounty manager. They adapted just fine to me to the new rules. Again not much was expected from Sligo u20s this year and they did very well. Mayo and Roscommon were very good. I know you are not against Henry and I can see your point a bit but again you are overstating my point. I am not stating the second coming of McGuinness but for me they would be a huge upgrade on previous Management. In fact I would be this positive about most of our internal managements options this year. I have no issue if Henry is the preferred candidate but the interviews should reveal a lot. I would be asking very specific questions on the current squad. Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1883 - 12/07/2025 20:35:32 2625148 Link 0 |
Congratulations to Tubber on winning the Div 2 Final. I'm a little intrigued that all Div 1 and 2 games were played at the same time on the same day which was fair, but this didn't happen with Div 3. As Mary's surprisingly beat Farnans this evening it leaves the door open for Harp's to leapfrog Farnans and take second place. It will be a difficult game for Harp's playing Castleconnor away but Castleconnor are safely promoted and Harp's will probably be able to include a few lads from their first team. They will have 48 hours rest since their game on Friday. How was that allowed happen? eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2170 - 12/07/2025 23:09:21 2625190 Link 0 |
Does anybody know is this is it just the two management teams going for it? Look I'm just providing an alternative view to your previous post. I think you'll admit you can have strong views on things so I just wanted to provide a different side to it. I stated previously that the other ticket would be my choice so I'm slightly biased for them. They were the ones to break the glass ceiling at U20 level. They have great experience at club and Intercounty level. I don't think they can be looked past to be honest. Does anybody know did Henry get involved with a club post the U20 championship? All the other guys are involved and seeing how the rules are evolving and can see what works and doesn't at club level. Granted it's a different standard but it's something. BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 131 - 13/07/2025 10:12:34 2625219 Link 0 |
A fair point. I didn't think Farnans would lose and certainly the game didn't appear close judging by Twitter updates. Harps game should have been on at same time as Castleconnor if they wanted could make an easier league final for themselves by losing today. How it happened I don't know but I always think look at the composition of committees who decide these things and you'll usually find something! Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 562 - 13/07/2025 12:25:20 2625238 Link 0 |
Were Farnans asleep at boardroom level to allow the Div 3 fixtures go ahead the way they did. They will have the whole winter to conduct a post mortem. Elsewhere Johns slip to Div 4 and Calry go down to Div 3 which is fairly damning . Delighted to see Cloonacool hold on to their Division 2 status. eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2170 - 13/07/2025 17:22:39 2625297 Link 0 |
Were Farnans asleep at boardroom level to allow the Div 3 fixtures go ahead the way they did. They will have the whole winter to conduct a post mortem. Elsewhere Johns slip to Div 4 and Calry go down to Div 3 which is fairly damning . Delighted to see Cloonacool hold on to their Division 2 status. eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2170 - 13/07/2025 17:49:10 2625311 Link 0 |
So that's is for the league for 2025 and an exciting enough weekend of action. Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 562 - 13/07/2025 19:56:32 2625358 Link 0 |
Fair enough, do you know who is part of Sloyan's backroom team? To my knowledge Sloyan has managed Easkey to a Connacht Junior club and AI Final. He was involved with Longford briefly with Christie and isn't he involved with Knockmore now with Brolly and Dempsey? I am pretty sure he was on the backroom team of Dempsey that went for the Mayo job too. The Easkey success doesn't blow me away as they are above Junior standard. Longford have been very poor and Knockmore haven't won a Mayo club title since 2021 although they did get to the final last year and beaten well by Ballina. It looks like he hasn't been manager in a few years, just a selector. Didn't Sligo CB overlook him for the u20 job after winning Connacht to give it to Henry? It was a strange situation but usually managers who make that sort of breakthrough get to stay on. People always forget the Roscommon game on the way to that Connacht title, they were in the AI final the year before and had 11 starters against us. The Mayo game was smash and grab and with a man down was some achievement. I personally would have Johnson, McGowan and Henry ahead of him.
Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1883 - 13/07/2025 20:28:53 2625373 Link 0 |
I don't think farnans can have many complaints, fair enough losing to castleconnor but Johns and the shape they are in really cost them promotion. They have no one to blame but themselves.
westvoice (Sligo) - Posts: 77 - 14/07/2025 09:09:14 2625499 Link 0 |
Was at the Div 2 league final and good win for Tubber. Famous saying, "Goals win games". Was a big win for Tubber without Eddie McGuinness and Josh Flynn. Was a solid performance from Brian Curran and Dermot Walsh, Luke Gilmartin and Arraon Perry , saying that I was impressed with Ballymote and they at times they played very well. Some fall from Calry in two years and not sure if they have any strong underage coming up. Was shocked to hear Farnan's allowed their game to be played the before the Castconnor V Harps. I would say Harps after playing Div one game on Friday would have seen the result for Farnan's and decided to bring a strong team up as it helps them to have their second team in Div 2. How the county board let this happen is a mystery but club exec wont be feeling great this morning. RealSouthSligo (Sligo) - Posts: 127 - 14/07/2025 11:16:53 2625540 Link 0 |
Extremely worrying times for some clubs in Sligo. johncreilly (Sligo) - Posts: 169 - 14/07/2025 13:11:46 2625606 Link 0 |
I was just thinking the same myself in terms of second teams. Molaise Gaels now have a very competitive second team. Eastern Harps as well. You could see Shamrock Gaels, Mary's and Curry follow suit with first teams from rural areas struggling. If you look at trends and underage you could have predicted the relegations from Division 2. There's probably a couple of first teams on that trajectory. Clubs are doing their best but these hugely populated super clubs are going to take over. I have said it since i started posting on this thread. How can the county board help. The CDO program is good but is there a club liaison/coach from the county's coaching pool attached to each division (East, South, West, North). I presume they are in the schools. At every opportunity they should be organising camps divisionally. There is good work done in Scarden but bring West stuff to enniscrone (fantastic all year round facilities). Bring the East to Gurteen. South to Tubber. Make GAA the done thing for kids. Pro has a huge role in it. Clips of Sligo games, highlights, try and get club highlights that clubs will be happy releasing. YouTube, every kid watches YouTube. Could we get cameras at more games not to be streamed but for highlights purposes for club championships. Might cost money but it might mean the promotion and accessibility of our game. Long run could benefit. Kids free into club championship games (I presume this is already the case). GAA is a numbers games, the clubs with small numbers have to be helped to maximise the retention of players. Unfortunately the government want everybody living in towns and on their periphery so this problem will only get worse. Any other ideas to help?
BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 131 - 14/07/2025 15:19:11 2625648 Link 0 |
Division 1 Final in Tubber which is ok. Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 174 - 14/07/2025 18:54:51 2625711 Link 0 |