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A lot of times teams struggle at underage hence the amalgamation of so many clubs for underage. It's strange that John's are the opposite, good at underage and weak at senior. If John's were to fall to Div 4 there would be very little incentive for young lads coming through. They would be mixing with lads playing Div 1 and 2 football and it would be embarrassing for them to be in Div 4. A lot of clubs have second teams that are much better than John's. I saw John's play this year and it was disheartening to see them unfit, poor discipline with very little knowledge of either the old or new rules. However in the past they have had some fine players that played for club and county so you would hope that a bit of pride would kick in . In years gone by they provided a valuable outlet for a lot of kids that didn't have much else to do. I hope that the Co Board offer assistance eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2171 - 07/07/2025 15:28:24 2624172 Link 0 |
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Tough result for us given Spillane made his debut. Most thought he was only available for championship but glad he is getting a chance to integrate earlier. It was a well below par performance for us but I rate Curry. Marren was always going to thrive with these rules especially if given good supply and Reilly was very good second half. The other championship group may not be a foregone conclusion if Curry and Harps bring their league form into championship. We need to improve and find more consistency. Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1884 - 07/07/2025 16:33:44 2624195 Link 0 |
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Johns doing well at underage so it would appear that they have went back to basics and are creating a conveyor of young talent with the hope it comes through at senior. No guarantees but focusing on developing young players has to be commended. MrUnderhill (Sligo) - Posts: 103 - 07/07/2025 17:00:40 2624208 Link 0 |
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Johns doing well at underage so it would appear that they have went back to basics and are creating a conveyor of young talent with the hope it comes through at senior. No guarantees but focusing on developing young players has to be commended. MrUnderhill (Sligo) - Posts: 103 - 07/07/2025 23:47:16 2624274 Link 0 |
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Have we heard of nominations for senior football job? I see Harte and Bree have committed to Offaly Sligonian. BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 131 - 09/07/2025 12:07:57 2624587 Link 0 |
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All very quiet at the moment. I presume our former under 20's managers in Dessie S and Paul H will have applied. With the work they have put in, one of them deserve a shot at it.
RealSouthSligo (Sligo) - Posts: 128 - 09/07/2025 13:53:09 2624625 Link 0 |
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Harte and Bree were never coming this way.
Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 174 - 09/07/2025 15:53:51 2624655 Link 0 |
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Yes looks that way, BB. Plenty of other high quality candidates available so it doesn't affect my optimism as I seen them all as upgrades. With so many vacancies that will affect the number of outside options interested anyway. I'd imagine McGowan, Henry and Sloyan will have all applied. I'm not as sure on Johnson but I hope so. It could come down to all Sligonian's which is more than fine by me. There is not much between them as managers but backroom team and coaches would come into the evaluation process. I know it happens a lot but I would never give a manager the job without knowing their committed backroom team. Timeline important too, where the CB are rightly targeting having someone in place by August. Who is your preferred candidate? I guess my other thought would be could you get a McGowan/Johnson joint management or something like that. I could see O Hara being involved with McGowan but he was selector with Sloyan too. The options will all be leaked I'd say as the interview process gets up and running. Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1884 - 09/07/2025 20:53:24 2624718 Link 0 |
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I'll say that the sources I have are not trustworthy but I've heard murmurings that the existing U20 management are the preferred option. I know there is certainly another management ticket involving several names mentioned above that are in the hunt also.
johncreilly (Sligo) - Posts: 171 - 10/07/2025 10:59:30 2624776 Link 0 |
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I think the other managerial ticket would be my preferred option. A vast wealth of experience between them. Has a bit of everything in my opinion.
BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 131 - 10/07/2025 11:47:01 2624788 Link 0 |
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Who is doing the interview/selection process? I am assuming they have an expert on it as in, someone who knows what's required? Mayo for example, have announced that an all Ireland winner will be on committee to appoint new manager. I know this is obvious but.....
onthefortyfive (Sligo) - Posts: 45 - 10/07/2025 14:34:19 2624823 Link 0 |
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Who is doing the interview/selection process? I am assuming they have an expert on it as in, someone who knows what's required? Mayo for example, have announced that an all Ireland winner will be on committee to appoint new manager. I know this is obvious but.....
onthefortyfive (Sligo) - Posts: 45 - 10/07/2025 14:42:17 2624829 Link 0 |
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Gentlemen, is the powers to be trying to ruin our game I ask?? sillymoocow (Sligo) - Posts: 5 - 10/07/2025 15:03:21 2624833 Link 0 |
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Jesus when I read that first I thought you were saying that we should have a Mayo person on the cttee that has an All Ireland medal. I nearly choked on my sandwich I wouldn't think a chap with a medal would make any difference. Loads of good people that are trained in the profession of conducting interviews Taypot (Sligo) - Posts: 174 - 10/07/2025 15:42:13 2624843 Link 0 |
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What the u20 Management did with this years team to me was one of the most impressive pieces of management I have seen in a long time. Huge amount of challenge games then you have bye first and go into the lions den of Hyde and get beaten well although you could see much more in us. To one week later 4/5 positional switches and few new starters resulted in us beating Galway a week later. This was a Galway team that hammered us twice at u17 with the same group. That level of learning from a loss and the speed is not something I seen within Sligo often. Also the performance in the semi final was outstanding against Roscommon, I felt we were the better team. Its not like Henry/Mitchell don't have credit in the bank either, with u17 Connacht championship and u-20 Connacht championship. Winning the u-20 all away from home as well. That's not ordinary if you look at our history. I know some say they should manage club first but I don't think they do. Management is about getting teams to peak at the right time and sustaining it and also maximising what potential you have got. They achieved this consistently over a very long period. They know how to get the best out of our younger players. Henry/Mitchell are very strong candidates for the Senior job rightly so. Sligonian (Sligo) - Posts: 1884 - 10/07/2025 20:11:39 2624892 Link 0 |
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Agreed. I don't see Henry getting it. He's done a good job but I think it's a completely different thing to manage a senior side. And you absolutely need experience at club level dealing with adult men and egos. That man management is all part of it.
Bumblebee123 (Sligo) - Posts: 97 - 11/07/2025 08:50:58 2624922 Link 0 |
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Sligonian, the younger people can hardly watch a video longer than 10 seconds without flicking over so it's not for them. I see quite a bit of buzz about it but life revolves further than RTE nowadays. But I'd agree with you that semi final should warrant a replay if draw game. Bumblebee123 (Sligo) - Posts: 97 - 11/07/2025 08:54:19 2624923 Link 0 |
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On the other side of that was last years U20 campaign a let down after winning Connacht at minor level. I was at a good few of those games and was disappointed. Ultimately limped out to Galway in a semi final. I think there needs to be balance here as well. This years campaign was a roller coaster and mixed the excellent with the ordinary, granted they had some injuries as well that didn't help.
BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 131 - 11/07/2025 10:43:21 2624938 Link 0 |
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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.
BreakingBall123 (Sligo) - Posts: 131 - 11/07/2025 10:58:00 2624942 Link 0 |
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The various leagues are winding down this evening with only one game of note in Div 1 and that's between the Gaels and Harp's. Im going for a draw which will be enough for the Gaels. Curry who are probably the form team in this division will beat Coolaney. Once Coolaney only got a point against Enniscrone they were doomed for Div 2. That means no team from the west division will be playing in Div 1 next year. I think Tubber will take the Div 2 title and I expect the 2 west team's of Farnans and Castleconnor to get promoted from Div 3. The relegation I think from Div 2 will be Cloonacool and Pats eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2171 - 11/07/2025 15:00:07 2624976 Link 0 |