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So we have the line up for the Intermediate and Junior sorted last night (assuming Ballymote get points over DRP). Enniscrone must feel they lost out big time given that it was the team who finished last in their group Pats that scuppered their progress in the championship.

Looking at semi final line up of Harps v Geevagh and Owenmore v Mullinabreena you'd still fancy Harps and Mullinabreena to progress. The hammering Owenmore gave Geevagh was impressive but maybe more a reflection of how poor that group was seeing as Geevagh hammered Bunninadden but Owenmore couldn't get over St John's. In relegation you'll have Johns and Castleconnor facing off I think in the final and it's a toss of a coin as to who'll go down.

In Junior it's Ballymote v Michael's and Mary's v Cloonacool. Cloonacool will win as should Ballymote but the stay of execution for Michael's from last years relegation could come to bite Ballymote in the backside and not having a game this weekend won't help their cause or confidence after a shaky game with Harps two weeks ago.

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 424 - 29/09/2024 10:15:18    2572314

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eoinog starts to come good at the business end and the newcomer Anto with a big week.

eoinog 18
Anto 18
johncreilly 18
Sligoman1234 16
xwave8000 16
Taypot 14
SligoD 14

johncreilly (Sligo) - Posts: 105 - 30/09/2024 11:52:32    2572503

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An interesting weekend. A slight surprise on the outside the Shams got the better of Coolera but with injuries mounting up and qualification guaranteed, but might not be as big of a shock as one would think. Fair play to Gaels who have recovered well from looking like they could well end up in a relegation battle. Tubber unsuprisingly avoided the same feat by thumping Calry who won't get over Tourlestrane and will need to find something that hasn't been there for them in 2024. Easkey will be disappointed to be in a battle but one would think there will be little between the two sides when they meet Curry in the relegation semi. I was in Keash to see Marys respond well to their defeat to put DRP out of it and a semi against Coolera in two weeks is an exciting one. Molaise not playing would help Shamrock Gaels one would think but you'd still fancy them. I'd still expect a tight game. I can't really call it as I think it's wide open but I'll go with Marys at this stage to clinch Owen B.
Perhaps the other shock was Owenmore Gaels beating Geevagh by the margin they did. Again, Geevagh might have took their eye off a bit as they were already in a semi final. Fair play to Owenmore Gaels, it's been a positive 13 or 14 months for them and like Shams/Molaise, Coolaney not playing might play into their hands now that their tails are up. Bunninadden avoided a relegation battle by beating Castleconnor who have to find a win that they haven't managed yet. Probably favourites to go at the moment. Enniscrone didn't do enough to reach a semi final but they've had a good year and seem to be making strides as a club. St. Farnans will be disappointed to be in relegation but I can't see them losing twice. Pats likewise should have enough to stay up after their loss to Harps who I'm still backing to win Intermediate but it's more open than I initially thought.
In Junior, presuming Ballymote beat DRP B next week, it'll be them against Michaels and Cloonacool against Marys B. Ballymote will be very disappointed if they don't get up.
Interesting that there are two relegation games next week, 1 senior and 1 intermediate. The others are not fixed which I can only presume is down to the hurling semi finals which should be over. Realistically there are two teams of any note in the hurling championship presently. one result in particular caught the eye. I am certainly not anti hurling in any way but it might be time for a rethink to avoid scorelines like that.

johncreilly (Sligo) - Posts: 105 - 30/09/2024 12:16:18    2572508

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Replying To johncreilly:  "An interesting weekend. A slight surprise on the outside the Shams got the better of Coolera but with injuries mounting up and qualification guaranteed, but might not be as big of a shock as one would think. Fair play to Gaels who have recovered well from looking like they could well end up in a relegation battle. Tubber unsuprisingly avoided the same feat by thumping Calry who won't get over Tourlestrane and will need to find something that hasn't been there for them in 2024. Easkey will be disappointed to be in a battle but one would think there will be little between the two sides when they meet Curry in the relegation semi. I was in Keash to see Marys respond well to their defeat to put DRP out of it and a semi against Coolera in two weeks is an exciting one. Molaise not playing would help Shamrock Gaels one would think but you'd still fancy them. I'd still expect a tight game. I can't really call it as I think it's wide open but I'll go with Marys at this stage to clinch Owen B.
Perhaps the other shock was Owenmore Gaels beating Geevagh by the margin they did. Again, Geevagh might have took their eye off a bit as they were already in a semi final. Fair play to Owenmore Gaels, it's been a positive 13 or 14 months for them and like Shams/Molaise, Coolaney not playing might play into their hands now that their tails are up. Bunninadden avoided a relegation battle by beating Castleconnor who have to find a win that they haven't managed yet. Probably favourites to go at the moment. Enniscrone didn't do enough to reach a semi final but they've had a good year and seem to be making strides as a club. St. Farnans will be disappointed to be in relegation but I can't see them losing twice. Pats likewise should have enough to stay up after their loss to Harps who I'm still backing to win Intermediate but it's more open than I initially thought.
In Junior, presuming Ballymote beat DRP B next week, it'll be them against Michaels and Cloonacool against Marys B. Ballymote will be very disappointed if they don't get up.
Interesting that there are two relegation games next week, 1 senior and 1 intermediate. The others are not fixed which I can only presume is down to the hurling semi finals which should be over. Realistically there are two teams of any note in the hurling championship presently. one result in particular caught the eye. I am certainly not anti hurling in any way but it might be time for a rethink to avoid scorelines like that."
Realistically there was only one team n football for 6 r7 years ,but I didn't ear any1 say football should be played off earlier

Timmy86 (Sligo) - Posts: 297 - 30/09/2024 12:44:42    2572518

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Replying To Timmy86:  "Realistically there was only one team n football for 6 r7 years ,but I didn't ear any1 say football should be played off earlier"
Like I said previously, I am not anti hurling in any way shape or form. My own young lads play a bit and enjoy it. I enjoy watching it but what's the point of it clashing with football with pointless games and dragging out the year. Not fair on the dual players either.
However, Easkey won their games by 55 points against Molaise Gaels, 21 points against Western Gaels and Tourelstrane by 24 points. Naomh Eoin finished with a Score Difference of plus 41 after their 2 games in their group. Safe to say who will be playing in the final. I'm not sure hammerings like that are good for the winners or losers of them.

Surely, two separate competitions running concurrently would be of more benefit with relegation and promotion. A senior competition with 4 teams and an intermediate/junior competition with 3/4 teams. No point in these games at this stage of the year. Surely it should be at semi final stage at least.

johncreilly (Sligo) - Posts: 105 - 30/09/2024 14:36:01    2572556

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Replying To johncreilly:  "eoinog starts to come good at the business end and the newcomer Anto with a big week.

eoinog 18
Anto 18
johncreilly 18
Sligoman1234 16
xwave8000 16
Taypot 14
SligoD 14"
Once you mentioned that the winner gets an automatic seat on the CCCC I really concentrated on the predictions. I even remembered to do the juniors. I didn't know that Drumcliffe B are still involved. If they beat Ballymote then they will knock out Cloonacool.
I took a spin to Keash also and I enjoyed the game even though there was a terrible wind. Mary's were fortunate to get the benefit of an own goal and Drumcliffe then had to chase a lead which they don't like doing. This made the game very open as they shook off the shackles and played football. The final score was flattering to Mary's but they look good. Good to see Kyle Cawley back from his injuries and Cian Breheny seems to have finally matured. I have seen them a few times this year and they are improving steadily. It's a pity Teape went off playing another sport as they don't have a recognized keeper now. A converted keeper is ok for league but it's risky when you are at the business end of the championship. I wasn't surprised that Gaels won. I figured they had something to play for while Coolera were safe. The championship is now wide open with all 4 teams having lost a game . If you include the 4 Intermediate semi finalists as well,then no team in either grade in the knockout has 100% record. Owenmore Gaels didn't lose any game but drew once.
Intermediate is also very difficult to predict. I think teams would have preferred a break now as they head into the cut throat business rather than the break they got there recently. Panels will be tested now as injuries start to mount up. Bring on the business end of the championship.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1944 - 30/09/2024 15:16:54    2572566

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Replying To johncreilly:  "An interesting weekend. A slight surprise on the outside the Shams got the better of Coolera but with injuries mounting up and qualification guaranteed, but might not be as big of a shock as one would think. Fair play to Gaels who have recovered well from looking like they could well end up in a relegation battle. Tubber unsuprisingly avoided the same feat by thumping Calry who won't get over Tourlestrane and will need to find something that hasn't been there for them in 2024. Easkey will be disappointed to be in a battle but one would think there will be little between the two sides when they meet Curry in the relegation semi. I was in Keash to see Marys respond well to their defeat to put DRP out of it and a semi against Coolera in two weeks is an exciting one. Molaise not playing would help Shamrock Gaels one would think but you'd still fancy them. I'd still expect a tight game. I can't really call it as I think it's wide open but I'll go with Marys at this stage to clinch Owen B.
Perhaps the other shock was Owenmore Gaels beating Geevagh by the margin they did. Again, Geevagh might have took their eye off a bit as they were already in a semi final. Fair play to Owenmore Gaels, it's been a positive 13 or 14 months for them and like Shams/Molaise, Coolaney not playing might play into their hands now that their tails are up. Bunninadden avoided a relegation battle by beating Castleconnor who have to find a win that they haven't managed yet. Probably favourites to go at the moment. Enniscrone didn't do enough to reach a semi final but they've had a good year and seem to be making strides as a club. St. Farnans will be disappointed to be in relegation but I can't see them losing twice. Pats likewise should have enough to stay up after their loss to Harps who I'm still backing to win Intermediate but it's more open than I initially thought.
In Junior, presuming Ballymote beat DRP B next week, it'll be them against Michaels and Cloonacool against Marys B. Ballymote will be very disappointed if they don't get up.
Interesting that there are two relegation games next week, 1 senior and 1 intermediate. The others are not fixed which I can only presume is down to the hurling semi finals which should be over. Realistically there are two teams of any note in the hurling championship presently. one result in particular caught the eye. I am certainly not anti hurling in any way but it might be time for a rethink to avoid scorelines like that."
That game vs DRP B won't be next week, only one team showed up in Tubber for the refixture Saturday evening after the initial cancellation and it wasn't Drumcliffe. Not sure why it's taking so long for county board to resolve. Presumably formalities. Likely CCC have to meet to award the game? I don't know.

xwave8000 (Sligo) - Posts: 20 - 30/09/2024 16:32:54    2572588

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Replying To johncreilly:  "Like I said previously, I am not anti hurling in any way shape or form. My own young lads play a bit and enjoy it. I enjoy watching it but what's the point of it clashing with football with pointless games and dragging out the year. Not fair on the dual players either.
However, Easkey won their games by 55 points against Molaise Gaels, 21 points against Western Gaels and Tourelstrane by 24 points. Naomh Eoin finished with a Score Difference of plus 41 after their 2 games in their group. Safe to say who will be playing in the final. I'm not sure hammerings like that are good for the winners or losers of them.

Surely, two separate competitions running concurrently would be of more benefit with relegation and promotion. A senior competition with 4 teams and an intermediate/junior competition with 3/4 teams. No point in these games at this stage of the year. Surely it should be at semi final stage at least."
Fair enough but it is at semi stage now and final n two weeks ,fair beatings but wg are dominat at underage so ud "expect them to b coming soon ,but yes 2 separate maybe a way forward

Timmy86 (Sligo) - Posts: 297 - 30/09/2024 17:32:45    2572595

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Replying To Timmy86:  "Fair enough but it is at semi stage now and final n two weeks ,fair beatings but wg are dominat at underage so ud "expect them to b coming soon ,but yes 2 separate maybe a way forward"
If you had Naomh Eoin, Easkey, Coolera and Western Gaels in your top championship (Let's call it senior) in 2025 in a group of 4. Top 2 straight into final with bottom side relegated. Then in your Intermediate/Junior, you could have Tourlestrane, Calry and Molaise with winners getting promoted. It might even encourage another adult club to form someday without the fear of getting beaten by 50+ points. Wouldn't that be great for hurling in Sligo?
Surely a format like that with plenty on the line for all involved would be much more beneficial because at the moment, I'm not sure anyone is taking it too seriously. I attended a couple of intercounty games over the past couple of years and it seems to have dropped off again for us. The club game certainly isn't healthy at adult level. Players being asked to play two games in 24 hours instead of taking advantage of the Friday night fixtures and encouraging player participation in both codes. As you say, underage is coming up and my lads get a kick out of playing but they need something to encourage them to play into adult level. If it stays like this, they'll probably stop by 15 or 16.
As I said, I am pro dual players at club level and promoting the game of hurling in Sligo is important in my opinion. We can blame clubs, football managers, parents, etc. But for hurling to grow and participation to increase, trying to pit them off against one another is never going to work and more often the football will win out by adult level. It starts by promotion, competitive fixtures and a workable calendar.

johncreilly (Sligo) - Posts: 105 - 01/10/2024 11:01:50    2572678

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For this weekend in the relegation
Tourlestrane by 8
Pats by 2
Intermediate
Harps by 3
Owenmore by 2

Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 49 - 02/10/2024 10:01:27    2572764

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St Johns v St Pats.....Pats by 4
Eastern Harps v Geevagh......Harps by 1
Owenmore Gaels v Coolaney/Mullinabreena.....Mullinabreena by 2

Senior Relegation
Calry v Tourlestrane....Tourlestrane by 7

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 424 - 02/10/2024 10:45:18    2572766

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Replying To Sligoman1234:  "St Johns v St Pats.....Pats by 4
Eastern Harps v Geevagh......Harps by 1
Owenmore Gaels v Coolaney/Mullinabreena.....Mullinabreena by 2

Senior Relegation
Calry v Tourlestrane....Tourlestrane by 7"
I would expect Tourlestrane to beat Calry by 9 points to finish off a truly disappointing year.
I will go for Pats to beat Johns by 2 points. Johns are marginally better than last year while Pats are a lot worse than last year.

Owenmore Gaels haven't been beaten in the championship yet and I think the big pitch of Markievicz will suit them. I think they will take Coolaney by 3.

Harps v Geevagh.
I'm going for Geevagh by 3.
Injuries are mounting up for Harps.
They had a lot of walking wounded after last weekend. They are not near full strength.
Geevagh are a tough hardened team. Not huge skills but very very dogged.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1944 - 03/10/2024 12:23:30    2572892

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Replying To Sligoman1234:  "St Johns v St Pats.....Pats by 4
Eastern Harps v Geevagh......Harps by 1
Owenmore Gaels v Coolaney/Mullinabreena.....Mullinabreena by 2

Senior Relegation
Calry v Tourlestrane....Tourlestrane by 7"
I would expect Tourlestrane to beat Calry by 9 points to finish off a truly disappointing year.
I will go for Pats to beat Johns by 2 points. Johns are marginally better than last year while Pats are a lot worse than last year.

Owenmore Gaels haven't been beaten in the championship yet and I think the big pitch of Markievicz will suit them. I think they will take Coolaney by 3.

Harps v Geevagh.
I'm going for Geevagh by 3.
Injuries are mounting up for Harps.
They had a lot of walking wounded after last weekend. They are not near full strength.
Geevagh are a tough hardened team. Not huge skills but very very dogged.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1944 - 03/10/2024 12:55:30    2572897

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Replying To eoinog:  "I would expect Tourlestrane to beat Calry by 9 points to finish off a truly disappointing year.
I will go for Pats to beat Johns by 2 points. Johns are marginally better than last year while Pats are a lot worse than last year.

Owenmore Gaels haven't been beaten in the championship yet and I think the big pitch of Markievicz will suit them. I think they will take Coolaney by 3.

Harps v Geevagh.
I'm going for Geevagh by 3.
Injuries are mounting up for Harps.
They had a lot of walking wounded after last weekend. They are not near full strength.
Geevagh are a tough hardened team. Not huge skills but very very dogged."
I would agree with all of your selections except for Geevagh, they might be dogged but a big pitch like Markeivicz will not suit them and it will suit Harps who have plenty of pace even with the injuries

muscles (Sligo) - Posts: 459 - 03/10/2024 14:52:40    2572909

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Replying To Sligoman1234:  "St Johns v St Pats.....Pats by 4
Eastern Harps v Geevagh......Harps by 1
Owenmore Gaels v Coolaney/Mullinabreena.....Mullinabreena by 2

Senior Relegation
Calry v Tourlestrane....Tourlestrane by 7"
Harps by 1 even though this weather will suit geevagh strong physical team.
Coolaney just by 1 just nudging them with their experience of going to the final last year. But wide open pitch will suit owenmore gaels
Pats to nudge and John's to meet castleconnor in the relegation final like I predicted earlier in the year.

Westside14 (Sligo) - Posts: 18 - 05/10/2024 15:42:08    2573149

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Tourlestrane to comfortably beat Calry by 10 +
Harps to win a close low scoring game
CM to use theor experience to win by 4
Pats to win

Anto (Sligo) - Posts: 356 - 05/10/2024 17:30:55    2573163

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St Johns v St Pats.....Pats by 8
Eastern Harps v Geevagh......Harps by 5
Owenmore Gaels v Coolaney/Mullinabreena.....Mullinabreena by 3

Senior Relegation
Calry v Tourlestrane....Tourlestrane by 11

SligoD (Sligo) - Posts: 13 - 06/10/2024 12:37:18    2573235

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Congratulations to Owenmore Gaels on reaching the Intermediate football final. They beat Coolaney by 1 . The turning point was just before half time when Coolaney were reduced to 14 players after their defender picked up his second yellow card. The second yellow was stupid. However credit to Coolaney they battled hard against the 15 Owenmore Gaels team and also the wind for the second half. Peter Wynne was very good and he got great help from Dillon and Mark Walsh plus their no 10 whose name escapes me. Raymond Connolly tried very hard as did Conor Johnson plus Barry Gorman kicked lovely points off both feet for Coolaney. It was a very enjoyable game and in sharp contrast to the second game which was fairly poor.Pat Hughes was immense and scored 1.05. Harps shot a huge amount of wides but even still they should have won in normal time. In extra time Geevagh were the best team and far more clinical and Harps were lucky to draw the game. Matt Henry was missing for Harps due to injury and he was a massive loss. With him missing a lot of pressure fell to Caelan Hunt and he didn't disappoint and was the main threat in front of the goals. As I said last week Harps have a lot of injured players and even though Dylan Walsh is playing he is only at about 50% of what he is capable of. I will reserve predicting the winner of this until I hear the venue, referee and forecast. Geevagh will take great heart from this performance and over the 80 mins were the fitter team.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1944 - 06/10/2024 20:24:00    2573333

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Replying To eoinog:  "Congratulations to Owenmore Gaels on reaching the Intermediate football final. They beat Coolaney by 1 . The turning point was just before half time when Coolaney were reduced to 14 players after their defender picked up his second yellow card. The second yellow was stupid. However credit to Coolaney they battled hard against the 15 Owenmore Gaels team and also the wind for the second half. Peter Wynne was very good and he got great help from Dillon and Mark Walsh plus their no 10 whose name escapes me. Raymond Connolly tried very hard as did Conor Johnson plus Barry Gorman kicked lovely points off both feet for Coolaney. It was a very enjoyable game and in sharp contrast to the second game which was fairly poor.Pat Hughes was immense and scored 1.05. Harps shot a huge amount of wides but even still they should have won in normal time. In extra time Geevagh were the best team and far more clinical and Harps were lucky to draw the game. Matt Henry was missing for Harps due to injury and he was a massive loss. With him missing a lot of pressure fell to Caelan Hunt and he didn't disappoint and was the main threat in front of the goals. As I said last week Harps have a lot of injured players and even though Dylan Walsh is playing he is only at about 50% of what he is capable of. I will reserve predicting the winner of this until I hear the venue, referee and forecast. Geevagh will take great heart from this performance and over the 80 mins were the fitter team."
I didn't make the games as was away for the weekend but Owenmore Gaels deserve a lot of credit. A team that was commencing their junior championship following relegation to division three only 14 months ago. A strong team from Collooney/Ballysadare would be good for Sligo football and encourage youngsters in that area to stick at it. Gaels result should give any side going through a bit of a struggle at the moment some hope and I'd expect them to push Eastern Harps all the way.
No surprise in Tourlestrane getting past Calry and St. Pats decimating St. Johns.

johncreilly (Sligo) - Posts: 105 - 07/10/2024 09:18:51    2573398

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Replying To johncreilly:  "I didn't make the games as was away for the weekend but Owenmore Gaels deserve a lot of credit. A team that was commencing their junior championship following relegation to division three only 14 months ago. A strong team from Collooney/Ballysadare would be good for Sligo football and encourage youngsters in that area to stick at it. Gaels result should give any side going through a bit of a struggle at the moment some hope and I'd expect them to push Eastern Harps all the way.
No surprise in Tourlestrane getting past Calry and St. Pats decimating St. Johns."
Did Eastern Harps not draw with Geevagh? You seem to have ruled them out already

Bumblebee123 (Sligo) - Posts: 48 - 07/10/2024 09:48:51    2573405

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