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Replying To BreakingBall123:  "They beat Ballymun who would've had Dean Rock, James McCarthy, Paddy Small and John Small on the pitch…4 all Ireland winners, what exactly is the point your trying to make about having two all Ireland is winners on the pitch?? The depth of quality at the upper end in Dublin is massive…the playing pool is huge…"
Those are their star players and as I stated already they wouldn't be near the level of great teams that has come out of Dublin in the past.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3531 - 14/01/2025 15:51:43    2585887

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Replying To Gaa_lover:  "Those are their star players and as I stated already they wouldn't be near the level of great teams that has come out of Dublin in the past."
Everything tasted better back in the day. If Cuala go on and win it, you'll be here saying the next team wasn't as good as the mighty Cuala team in 2025. Though I agree with the 47% conversion rate. That was what cost them. Cuala are a right good side though and will have a good battle with Errigal.

Bumblebee123 (Sligo) - Posts: 73 - 14/01/2025 16:50:43    2585904

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Replying To BreakingBall123:  "How'd the Cavan champions do this year? Do any of us go on other threads and ridicule teams we know nothing about? Maybe we do, I certainly don't."
It's not ridiculing the team it's just pure facts… there was absolutely no way that they could win if they refused to go up the field… no good having a shed load of possession in your own half… the scoring zone was at the other end of the field… to be loosing 6-2 at HT after having 75% possession is embarrassing and a black mark against whoever coached the team…. He gave them no chance of winning… might as well have stayed at home..!

ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 3456 - 14/01/2025 17:46:19    2585908

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Replying To ForeverBlue2:  "It's not ridiculing the team it's just pure facts… there was absolutely no way that they could win if they refused to go up the field… no good having a shed load of possession in your own half… the scoring zone was at the other end of the field… to be loosing 6-2 at HT after having 75% possession is embarrassing and a black mark against whoever coached the team…. He gave them no chance of winning… might as well have stayed at home..!"
Shed load of possession was mainly due to the Cuala tactics of parking the bus and then counter attacking with any turn over both teams had the same amount of shots on goal in the 1st half but Coolera/Strandhill only scoring twice proved costly.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 311 - 14/01/2025 18:16:22    2585911

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Replying To ForeverBlue2:  "It's not ridiculing the team it's just pure facts… there was absolutely no way that they could win if they refused to go up the field… no good having a shed load of possession in your own half… the scoring zone was at the other end of the field… to be loosing 6-2 at HT after having 75% possession is embarrassing and a black mark against whoever coached the team…. He gave them no chance of winning… might as well have stayed at home..!"
Those were the tactics that the used all year and they managed to win the county final and beat the Mayo & Roscommon champions. They were hardly going to change a winning formula. They were just too pnderous with the ball on the first half and the inside line were obviously nullified with Cuala having bodies back.

Anto (Sligo) - Posts: 373 - 14/01/2025 19:32:16    2585919

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Replying To Bumblebee123:  "We'll soon need a separate thread for Molaise Gaels. Joe Keaney would be there if he really really wanted to be. I'm convinced of that. It's not the Dublin panel. Either way, unless you know exactly why he's not and willing to quote your sources, it's only idle speculation. He looked a good player in 2023. Didn't see much of him in 2024 but this isn't Con O'Callaghan we are talking about either. Let the lad develop and do his own thing and quit your waffling."
Agree, it's unfair on the lad himself. He played all the league with Molaise last year as he left the panel so I don't see why some posters keep kicking him when he is down. He needs to knuckle down have a really good year and see what happens. He is a good player. Incidentally our players on the Sigerson teams aren't doing well. Sigerson competition is brilliant because it's completely different management so it's interesting to see team selection etc.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2018 - 14/01/2025 22:39:19    2585936

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Replying To Anto:  "Fair play to Coolera on a very good performance. I think Cuala decided to go ultra defensive because of the Coolera tactic of holding onto the ball for long periods and trying to use the keeper as a spare man. Coolera were very tentative and cautious with this tactic though rather than running at pace and breaking the line their seemed content to retain the ball.
Cuala tactic of breaking at pace when they turned over the ball was where they got the majority of their score so their tactics although negative worked.
In fairness i think Tourlestrane did raise the profile in Sligo club football during their reign as champions without making a meaningful breakthrough as Connacht champions.
With regard to Keaney, i have to admit i too was disappointed in him not making the panel last year givn his exploits with the u20s. However i watched him on a number of occasions for the club in 2024 and he didn't stand out like a potential county player should. However there is still time for him to evolve his game and the new kick-out rules should suit him also."
Sorry, Tourlestrane didn't raise the profile on football one bit

Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 90 - 15/01/2025 01:24:05    2585940

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Replying To Taypot:  "Sorry, Tourlestrane didn't raise the profile on football one bit"
Whatever you think mate. Tourlestrane didn't have the benefit of 3/4 transfers either.

Anto (Sligo) - Posts: 373 - 15/01/2025 09:59:31    2585954

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Replying To Bumblebee123:  "We'll soon need a separate thread for Molaise Gaels. Joe Keaney would be there if he really really wanted to be. I'm convinced of that. It's not the Dublin panel. Either way, unless you know exactly why he's not and willing to quote your sources, it's only idle speculation. He looked a good player in 2023. Didn't see much of him in 2024 but this isn't Con O'Callaghan we are talking about either. Let the lad develop and do his own thing and quit your waffling."
I'm not sure if it's deliberate or not but Sligonian is not doing that lad any favours. If he's good enough he'll be good enough.

johncreilly (Sligo) - Posts: 142 - 15/01/2025 12:56:15    2585961

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Replying To Anto:  "Whatever you think mate. Tourlestrane didn't have the benefit of 3/4 transfers either."
They had the benefit of one…so they still availed of the transfer system

BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 89 - 15/01/2025 14:51:02    2585981

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It all comes down to player evaluation and what you measure it by. Clearly the current management do not rate the Sligo club championship or underage. You basically have to prove yourself again which isn't the worst thing but should count for something. They seem to regard their training or challenges as more of a barometer which is a mistake. They have to see it themselves I guess as they don't go to underage or rarely club. I have always had the concern over quieter players who can handle the pressure of big games and rise up won't necessarily show it in winter training sessions in Scarden. If you have a personality clash with McEntee or Keane you are done. Some of our main guaranteed starters under McEntee had awful club championships last year. Sligo football has lost a lot of talented footballers during McEntee's reign and I feel it is costing us. Not sure how mentioning it on here would effect any player chances.

I listened to McEntee interview on Off the ball, he gave a good insight into the new rules. He did talk about Div2 was the goal last year and is again this year which I got crucified for saying a few weeks ago. The rule issues were around the discipline, Sligo were done 7 times in 1 challenge game, so the ball brought forward to the 15 meter line. The kickout routine has changed dramatically, massive impact with outside the 40 rather than 20. Sligo are mainly working on the kickouts with the new rules. McEntee made a lot of excuses but every team is in same position. I wouldn't be optimistic on the start to league and last 2 showed very little learning or momentum being carried over. McEntee talked about new managements are at a disadvantage because the new rules along with getting to know players is tough. Leitrim, Kildare, Clare all have new managers. Offaly have Harte added and Bree as coach. McEntee is the longest serving manager in our division so not sure if was putting pressure on himself. Wouldn't be like him. McEntee is well liked in the media

One of the most ignored measures on McEntee tenure is the lack of support for the seniors by the Sligo public, the county board have been bought into this management for a few years now and way too easily imo but the Sligo public are harder to please it seems. It will be interesting to see if there is much support in the early rounds of the league.

Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1774 - 15/01/2025 21:06:23    2586028

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Replying To Taypot:  "Sorry, Tourlestrane didn't raise the profile on football one bit"
They did, they created a gap & standard that all clubs worked hard to close over recent years, anyone involved in club coaching will know this. I believe we now have several clubs that can be competitive in Connacht

MrUnderhill (Sligo) - Posts: 80 - 15/01/2025 21:29:38    2586029

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Replying To Sligonian:  "It all comes down to player evaluation and what you measure it by. Clearly the current management do not rate the Sligo club championship or underage. You basically have to prove yourself again which isn't the worst thing but should count for something. They seem to regard their training or challenges as more of a barometer which is a mistake. They have to see it themselves I guess as they don't go to underage or rarely club. I have always had the concern over quieter players who can handle the pressure of big games and rise up won't necessarily show it in winter training sessions in Scarden. If you have a personality clash with McEntee or Keane you are done. Some of our main guaranteed starters under McEntee had awful club championships last year. Sligo football has lost a lot of talented footballers during McEntee's reign and I feel it is costing us. Not sure how mentioning it on here would effect any player chances.

I listened to McEntee interview on Off the ball, he gave a good insight into the new rules. He did talk about Div2 was the goal last year and is again this year which I got crucified for saying a few weeks ago. The rule issues were around the discipline, Sligo were done 7 times in 1 challenge game, so the ball brought forward to the 15 meter line. The kickout routine has changed dramatically, massive impact with outside the 40 rather than 20. Sligo are mainly working on the kickouts with the new rules. McEntee made a lot of excuses but every team is in same position. I wouldn't be optimistic on the start to league and last 2 showed very little learning or momentum being carried over. McEntee talked about new managements are at a disadvantage because the new rules along with getting to know players is tough. Leitrim, Kildare, Clare all have new managers. Offaly have Harte added and Bree as coach. McEntee is the longest serving manager in our division so not sure if was putting pressure on himself. Wouldn't be like him. McEntee is well liked in the media

One of the most ignored measures on McEntee tenure is the lack of support for the seniors by the Sligo public, the county board have been bought into this management for a few years now and way too easily imo but the Sligo public are harder to please it seems. It will be interesting to see if there is much support in the early rounds of the league."
Such waffle again, what do you want Mcentee to do? Bring in all the u20s and throw them in the deep end as starters? As for your point on not rating the club champ I saw your man Keaney a few times and he didn't stand out so I don't know what more you want. I don't know of any player playing at a high level for their club who isn't involved with the county at the moment because of Mcentee.

For the league every county is in the same boat with the new rules so any comparison with previous years are out the window. I'd love us to get out of div 3 but the new rules could completely change the landscape and there will be strange results in the league in all divisions.

On your point on sligo support all you have to do is look at club attendances in the county and you'd see that it's not just the county team. The underage got a great support as people love a bandwagon but to say mcentee is the cause of people not going to games is farcical. Country wide football attendances are down, hopefully the new rules will create a bounce with people wanting to see how it fares ourlt.

westvoice (Sligo) - Posts: 69 - 16/01/2025 10:46:07    2586054

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Replying To Sligonian:  "It all comes down to player evaluation and what you measure it by. Clearly the current management do not rate the Sligo club championship or underage. You basically have to prove yourself again which isn't the worst thing but should count for something. They seem to regard their training or challenges as more of a barometer which is a mistake. They have to see it themselves I guess as they don't go to underage or rarely club. I have always had the concern over quieter players who can handle the pressure of big games and rise up won't necessarily show it in winter training sessions in Scarden. If you have a personality clash with McEntee or Keane you are done. Some of our main guaranteed starters under McEntee had awful club championships last year. Sligo football has lost a lot of talented footballers during McEntee's reign and I feel it is costing us. Not sure how mentioning it on here would effect any player chances.

I listened to McEntee interview on Off the ball, he gave a good insight into the new rules. He did talk about Div2 was the goal last year and is again this year which I got crucified for saying a few weeks ago. The rule issues were around the discipline, Sligo were done 7 times in 1 challenge game, so the ball brought forward to the 15 meter line. The kickout routine has changed dramatically, massive impact with outside the 40 rather than 20. Sligo are mainly working on the kickouts with the new rules. McEntee made a lot of excuses but every team is in same position. I wouldn't be optimistic on the start to league and last 2 showed very little learning or momentum being carried over. McEntee talked about new managements are at a disadvantage because the new rules along with getting to know players is tough. Leitrim, Kildare, Clare all have new managers. Offaly have Harte added and Bree as coach. McEntee is the longest serving manager in our division so not sure if was putting pressure on himself. Wouldn't be like him. McEntee is well liked in the media

One of the most ignored measures on McEntee tenure is the lack of support for the seniors by the Sligo public, the county board have been bought into this management for a few years now and way too easily imo but the Sligo public are harder to please it seems. It will be interesting to see if there is much support in the early rounds of the league."
I don't know what to say to any of this and don't even know why I'm bothering to reply. I wouldn't rate the club championship or underage near to the level of intercounty football. I mean, anyone who's ever played intercounty will tell you it's a huge step up. Anyone who's taken an interest in club football in Mayo, Galway, Sligo, etc. will see some really really good club players who couldn't do it at intercounty level. And for the record, I'm not suggesting that the player you keep talking about isn't good enough. I honestly don't know and time will tell. I thought he looked really good with U20s and would still hope he pushes on. I wonder do you know him personally? If you do, I think he'd be emabarassed to know you're doing talking about him like this. If you don't, where do you get the neck to be talking so strongly about something you clearly don't have a clue about.
Who gets on with who, or who doesn't, I've no idea. And there may have been players at the start of the McEntee tenure who weren't happy with what was expected of them. I know we lost a couple because McEntee didn't want dual players. In my opinion, and in the opinion of most, the right decision. Some may have left because standards and demands increased. Some may have fell out of love with it. And yes, maybe a couple didn't love McEntee but since when does every player in a panel love a manager? That's not why you play for your county or a reason to stop trying.
I think you need to come off Football Manager or whatever you're at because this is the real world. Maybe do a bit of work and forget about McEntee for awhile. And I'll state again, I don't love McEntee. I don't particularly like him even. I just think he's done a fairly decent job and I don't know enough from the outside, only that the majority of players really like the setup. if they didn't, I'd want him out too.
The only thing that I AM sure of, is that you've never coached a team in your life, hardly played or couldn't, and haven't a clue about football. I'm certain of that. Every club has a couple of guys like yourself and one is as tiresome as the next.

Bumblebee123 (Sligo) - Posts: 73 - 16/01/2025 11:44:45    2586061

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Replying To Sligonian:  "It all comes down to player evaluation and what you measure it by. Clearly the current management do not rate the Sligo club championship or underage. You basically have to prove yourself again which isn't the worst thing but should count for something. They seem to regard their training or challenges as more of a barometer which is a mistake. They have to see it themselves I guess as they don't go to underage or rarely club. I have always had the concern over quieter players who can handle the pressure of big games and rise up won't necessarily show it in winter training sessions in Scarden. If you have a personality clash with McEntee or Keane you are done. Some of our main guaranteed starters under McEntee had awful club championships last year. Sligo football has lost a lot of talented footballers during McEntee's reign and I feel it is costing us. Not sure how mentioning it on here would effect any player chances.

I listened to McEntee interview on Off the ball, he gave a good insight into the new rules. He did talk about Div2 was the goal last year and is again this year which I got crucified for saying a few weeks ago. The rule issues were around the discipline, Sligo were done 7 times in 1 challenge game, so the ball brought forward to the 15 meter line. The kickout routine has changed dramatically, massive impact with outside the 40 rather than 20. Sligo are mainly working on the kickouts with the new rules. McEntee made a lot of excuses but every team is in same position. I wouldn't be optimistic on the start to league and last 2 showed very little learning or momentum being carried over. McEntee talked about new managements are at a disadvantage because the new rules along with getting to know players is tough. Leitrim, Kildare, Clare all have new managers. Offaly have Harte added and Bree as coach. McEntee is the longest serving manager in our division so not sure if was putting pressure on himself. Wouldn't be like him. McEntee is well liked in the media

One of the most ignored measures on McEntee tenure is the lack of support for the seniors by the Sligo public, the county board have been bought into this management for a few years now and way too easily imo but the Sligo public are harder to please it seems. It will be interesting to see if there is much support in the early rounds of the league."
"It all comes down to player evaluation and what you measure it by. Clearly the current management do not rate the Sligo club championship or underage." I stopped reading after that and the two posters above have said enough. This isn't about Joe Keaney, Tony McEntee or anyone else. As I said before, and in the grand words of a former Taoiseach, you're a waffler!

johncreilly (Sligo) - Posts: 142 - 16/01/2025 13:28:59    2586081

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Replying To johncreilly:  ""It all comes down to player evaluation and what you measure it by. Clearly the current management do not rate the Sligo club championship or underage." I stopped reading after that and the two posters above have said enough. This isn't about Joe Keaney, Tony McEntee or anyone else. As I said before, and in the grand words of a former Taoiseach, you're a waffler!"
If rumours are to be believed, Molaise have a high profile transfer coming in. They must be looking to bolster their midfield options

westvoice (Sligo) - Posts: 69 - 16/01/2025 16:22:47    2586105

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Replying To westvoice:  "If rumours are to be believed, Molaise have a high profile transfer coming in. They must be looking to bolster their midfield options"
I'm sure Sligonian will have the scoop.

Bumblebee123 (Sligo) - Posts: 73 - 16/01/2025 21:43:58    2586145

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Replying To Bumblebee123:  "I'm sure Sligonian will have the scoop."
Pat Spillane is the rumours. As he doesn't reside or work in the area he would not be eligible. However they are minor issues and can be easily accommodated,

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2018 - 16/01/2025 23:21:28    2586151

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Some of the Sligo lads involved with Sigerson below

Luke Marren scored 1-4 for DCU in the sigerson.

Canice Mulligan was no11 for NUIG.
Dara Foy no7 for Queens.

ATU Sligo players in squad that I seen on twitter-
Joe Keaney
Conor Johnston
Dylan McLaughlin
Daire O Boyle
Dylan Walsh
James Donlon
Ross Doherty
Jack Davitt
Cian kilcoyne gk
Mark McDaniel
Rhys henry gk
Jack Lavin
Dillon walsh
Mark Walsh

Some of the games are live streamed on youtube and available to watch after. Old rules.

ATU Sligo did not show well against UU losing 2-17 to 1-7 but had a decent win over ATU Galway 1-14 to 1-13.

Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1774 - 17/01/2025 06:17:20    2586154

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Replying To Sligonian:  "Some of the Sligo lads involved with Sigerson below

Luke Marren scored 1-4 for DCU in the sigerson.

Canice Mulligan was no11 for NUIG.
Dara Foy no7 for Queens.

ATU Sligo players in squad that I seen on twitter-
Joe Keaney
Conor Johnston
Dylan McLaughlin
Daire O Boyle
Dylan Walsh
James Donlon
Ross Doherty
Jack Davitt
Cian kilcoyne gk
Mark McDaniel
Rhys henry gk
Jack Lavin
Dillon walsh
Mark Walsh

Some of the games are live streamed on youtube and available to watch after. Old rules.

ATU Sligo did not show well against UU losing 2-17 to 1-7 but had a decent win over ATU Galway 1-14 to 1-13."
Moving swiftly on……

BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 89 - 17/01/2025 07:49:27    2586158

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