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Hard luck St Mary's.Bridgets are favourites for the All Ireland. Why the drop in stsndards in Sligo this year? joeman123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 693 - 08/11/2026 20:08:45 2699782 Link 0 |
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Its very difficult to pinpoint the exact reason for the drop off in standards. When the 2 championship groups were revealed 99% of the supporters immediately were able to pick who would make the knockout stage. The exception was Tourlestrane beating harps. There were a lot of one-sided games. Molaise hammered Tourlestrane in the quarter final who subsequently got hammered by Shamrock Gaels. 2 groups of 4 team's would eliminate a lot of these one sided games The Co team did poorly this year and those vibes seem to continue into the club championship. Poor venues for games definitely affected the attendance. St. Brigids have a number of players playing or on the fringes of the Roscommon team. Marys don't have that luxury, Niland is injured, Eli is still struggling with fitness after his injury. Paul Kilcoyne fell out of favour with the Sligo management last year and Kyle Cawley isn't guaranteed his place either. So I can't put my finger on the exact problem but the lack of a competitor group stage would be up there datswrong (Sligo) - Posts: 24 - 10/11/2026 19:37:55 2699997 Link 0 |
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Agree with too many mis matches in the championship being a factor. I really think we should be dropping to 8 teams in senior and intermediate championships it reduces risk of having a lopsided championship group with all strong teams in one group and weaker in the other. Also removes the safety of perhaps winning only one game and drawing another to get a QF place if results went your way elsewhere….clubs will never go for it though. There's easily 2/3 clubs in each championship that would have a better chance of winning the lotto than winning the championship but sounds good outside the county to say you're senior for whatever amount of years and only final ya ever will see is a relegation one.
Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 742 - 10/11/2026 21:15:10 2700000 Link 0 |
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Would It have a little to do also with teams been able to qualify for a,quarter finals with losing 3 games and winning just 1....ridiculous just doesn't seem to cover it ,...hopefully clubs will see since and put it back to top two semis Timmy86 (Sligo) - Posts: 390 - 10/11/2026 21:25:29 2700001 Link 0 |
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This was a populist change which had been rightly resisted but eventually got forced through. It made a farce of the group stages. Senior league has gone that way a while now too, not taken seriously. Sadly - like resistance to dropping to 8 teams in each championship - it betrays the mentality in the county. We aren't really serious about improving. But we talk a great game!
Lovesmefootball (Sligo) - Posts: 6 - 11/11/2026 10:14:23 2700035 Link 0 |