Replying To Sligoman1234: "So as expected Tourlestrane survive the drop and Ballymote and Tubber play for fun for the next two weeks. I marked a while ago that Mary's would probably make league final and with Ballymote to come they can afford to lose to Molaise and still be safe. Curry must get two wins to join them but one wonders, is a league final appearance so close to championship appealing to some clubs? I think Harps will probably get they're as they have Tubber in last round so a draw would see them sound against Curry, but I think Harps will win it.
Division 2, relegation was done after about 3/4 weeks and as has been said good to see top 20 teams in top two leagues next year. I think Mullinabreena will beat Owenmore this weekend and Castleconnor will do same against Molaise so that'll leave it down to the last week...in theory. Owenmore on paper should account for Cloonacool on the final round but they've fluffed up things before...even so that one point win over Castleconnor is their big safety net as CC need full points.
Overall assessment given the emphasis some teams have on league and impact of county players....very good leagues for Harps, Curry Marys, Geevagh, OMG, Cloonacool and of course the two div 3 promoted. Concerning times for Enniscrone, St Pats, Tubber and the league champions Shamrock Gaels who didn't put up much of a defense of their title...will it continue into the championship is the question? The rest will be content enough."
When Curry wiped Ballymote in the first league game I asked what happened , was the score incorrect on the website. I was told the boys went drinking after a soccer game so I chalked them down to get relegated with that attitude.
The comments on here concerning the horrendous season the Sligo senior team had are honestly a joke.
Why had we no defensive plan? Why we didn't kick ball long? To many injuries?
I said this long ago, our lads are missing the key attributes to compete at this level I.e 1). Extreme fitness -- we need to be fitter than our opponent 2). Physicality -- we need to be able to hold up players coming through and also we need fellas who are able to break tackles 3 ). Aggression -- we need guys like raging bulls in the middle third who'll go through anything to win the ball.
Go back to 2002 in Croke Park, when the great Tyrone led us 9pts to 3pt if I'm correct. It wasn't a gameplan that got us back into the game, it was a mentality and leadership with aggression that won us that game.
Look at Tyrone when they won the All Ireland against Kerry, they were likes wasps all over them.
We need guys who are strong mentally and physically and after that you can introducing gameplay