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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: 173 - 11/07/2025 17:41:15    2625006

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Forgot to post predictions for last night but no major surprises bar Shamrock Gaels and Harps being closer than I expected.

Div 2: I expect Tubber to win with a bit to spare maybe 5 points plus. Bunnies to beat and relegate Cloonacool, Easkey, Geevagh, Owenmore wins so that'll see Pats out.

Div 3: Farnan's will join Castleconnor on the return to Div 2 but at the other end I'm going to back DRP to beat Johns causing another headache for the CCC on what to do with them in league 2026.

Sligoman1234 (Sligo) - Posts: 558 - 12/07/2025 11:29:17    2625050

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Replying To BreakingBall123:  "Is there also a case to be made that Henry's and Mitchell's gameplan was shown up with new rules defensively. Under the old rules we were rock solid winning that Connacht title and beating Kerry in arm wrestles. Under the new rules we conceded huge scores, the Leitrim game was particularly alarming as well as a bit of a pasting to Mayo. Do you think we'd beat a Galway or mayo at senior level with these systems. I'm not against Henry I'm just offering an alternative view to your glowing report there which would make anybody who wouldn't know any better think he's the second coming and the Sligo Jimmy McGuinness."
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: 1881 - 12/07/2025 20:35:32    2625148

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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: 2168 - 12/07/2025 23:09:21    2625190

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Replying To Sligonian:  "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."
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: 130 - 13/07/2025 10:12:34    2625219

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