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Disappointing end scoreline but when you are being fouled all the time on the run not much you can expect. We made some good forward situations and looked a goal threat at times but were never going to be allowed to win today. Missing Eli rooney and Conor walsh are huge blows in attack too but I am sure Roscommon were missing players too.

I have always said at underage we have to be about 10pts better than the opposition to win in Connacht.

Roscommon's first point about 3 foot inside the arc given as 2pts, then every Roscommon forward allowed to take 10 steps and then every time we run through pulled dragged by Roscommon defenders and no free.

It was strange league for us, after an horrendous start we got going and we look to be in form. Hard to take anything from beating Leitrim yesterday. In the early rounds many felt management let us down as they seem to not have us prepared to take advantage of the new rules being too loyal to players that aren't suited to them. We haven't really unearthed anyone new or looked to so its pretty similar team with subs made at the same times in most games. Not sure what we have up our sleeve but there is a lot of the u20s not getting any gametime so for me to justify that you should be progressing further. We will see how we do against Mayo in 2 weeks. Id have concerns how we handle Hession coming out of defence, Ruane in Midfield and Donoghue up front. O Shea has always caused us a lot of problems. We have plenty of players to cause them issues too but we need to get on top in middle third.

Next years Division 3 looks a bit stronger, with Down and Westmeath coming down and Wexford and Limerick going up.

Fair play to Antrim, hope they put it up to Armagh now.

We got some hammering tonight from Roscommon. Very poor display

It was awful to watch from a Sligo perspective, so frustrating and disappointing. The basic skill level was shocking. So many players running into trouble, zero spatial awareness. Roscommon won coasting. When were on top at the end of the half and beginning of second we never even looked like threatening them. Easy scores missed at times. We looked like we had no plan for when we hit there 45, it was over and back with no intent, very few even attempted to break the gainline. So many basic errors. Conditions weren't easy.

Good win for us yesterday. We played some great football in 1st half but let Antrim back into it second half. It was such an important win given our underage success to maintain the slow progress. That should see us stay up unless Leitrim spring a huge shock and Antrim catch Kildare which is unlikely. Kildare are falling over the line.

Mickey Harte has had some impact at Offaly along with our own Luke Bree to get them all but promoted.

It is sad to see what it happening at Leitrim. Graham obviously seen what was coming. But I don't know why all those players who didn't commit went to all that effort last few years under Moran to get promoted and then leave the set up. Just bizarre. They prioritise the u20s which is fair enough and the injuries are unpredictable. I think they should have enlisted a few club players just to fulfill the fixture at all costs. They ran Offaly close the week before which makes it even more strange. They should have planned for the u20s leaving the set up.

Well lads, first of, fully support you in playing Armagh in Corrigan, hopefully you get home advantage and hopefully can get the win.

Huge winner takes all game on Sunday. How are ye fixed for it? Not sure ye would be in this position had ye not got men sent off against Offaly and Laois? Are they suspended or all back? I think we are starting to improve but away from home is always tougher and we have been inconsistent this year. No lead is safe for us. I'm sure Antrim management were at the game yesterday to give us a watch.

I'm very surprised you've been struggling.  Was very impressed with a lot of your players in Croke Park last year.  Thought Sligo would be table toppers to be honest.

We did too with the players we have available but looks like we very poorly prepared for the start of the season. The management have finally cottoned on to a few of the weaker players in the team. Its been a pattern to start badly for a few years now so hopefully out trajectory is the same and we keep improving as the year goes on. Going down would be a disaster but it looks like its between us and yourselves. We have Mayo away in Connacht so tough draw their too.

Well lads, first of, fully support you in playing Armagh in Corrigan, hopefully you get home advantage and hopefully can get the win.

Huge winner takes all game on Sunday. How are ye fixed for it? Not sure ye would be in this position had ye not got men sent off against Offaly and Laois? Are they suspended or all back? I think we are starting to improve but away from home is always tougher and we have been inconsistent this year. No lead is safe for us. I'm sure Antrim management were at the game yesterday to give us a watch.

It was a good win and we are starting to score where it needs to be. A few issues is closing out games remains an issue, 7 pts up the week before 6 pts up in injury time today and Clare missed a chance by foot to equalise. We don't seem to be learning fast at all this year. Our record at home remains very good across all teams but thanks to incompetence we will be closing Markievicz Park fairly soon for all our minor and u20 matches and county matches due to the state of the pitch which will need to get redone again.

Anyways while that gets looked at, all eyes are on Corrigan park for the winner takes all showdown with Antrim. We should have plenty of belief and confidence but under huge pressure so hard to know how it will go. Are Antrim missing any players from all the sendings off?

A poor league for Sligo. McEntee in his 5th year as manager and never got beyond division 3.

It is disappointing. Saturday was a kick in teeth 19-12 up. By most accounts McEntee disrupted our rhythm with the changes 2nd half which looked preplanned but you got to adapt to the game. McEntee is not a good manager. He hasn't developed the panel and its largely the same players year on year. This has stagnated the development of the underage players coming through which his greatest flaw. He is far too loyal to low ceiling players and is getting found out this year.

Kildare have given gametime to 13 players of the U20 All Ireland final, Sligo in contrast are at 4 with 1 only a regular. He allegedly concentrate's on finding flaws in the younger players. The county board continue to believe in this management which is a mistake.

Saturday was a beacon of hope but Management found a way to mess it up.

Loads of posts getting taken down on Hoganstand of Sligo posters criticising the state of Markievicz park pitch which is telling. County Board look to have a lot of influence on there. You can't really criticise McEntee on there either.

None of what is happening within Sligo and on the pitch is surprising to those who have watched Sligo over the last few years.

Still if we beat Antrim away and Leitrim home we will stay up which I believe we can do (that's if Kildare beat Antrim). Clare at home is a free hit too but they look very impressive against Kildare.

Even if you evaluate from the outside, the last 5 years our underage has been winning at A level standard in schools and minor and u20 and our club had its breakthrough this year. Our u20s haven't lost to Mayo in 3 years which is unheard of. The only lagging factor is our County Seniors and I believe management are a big problem here. They way we were prepared this year was nothing short of a disaster and it showed but the CB continue to give them support and a free pass.

Leitrim were expected to be out of their depth with many lads not committing etc.
Sligo are the biggest disappointment in D3 to date anyway.
Another manager not suited to the 3 up/back scene?

Certainly appears that way, Sligo greatly underachieving to not at least be in the mix for promotion and now a fight on their hands to avoid relegation.

McEntee was always going to struggle with the new rules because he such a slow learner. Even before they came in I thought we would struggle this year because I know the expectation was to get promoted but this management are not capable of pushing us on to the next level. They spent far too much time being loyal to low ceiling players and they are so poor at evaluating players and managing talent. Now we have to beat Clare and Antrim to stay up which wont be easy. If we can beat Clare, it will make the Antrim game a winner takes all on the head to head.

Its hard to see it, most reports from Laois was the score line flattered us. We were very flat but I am not waving the white flag just yet. It has been a very disappointing start but a fair few of us are not surprised given what we think of the management. I know outside the county McEntee is highly rated but within the county outside of the CB he isn't rated. If you look at our underage and club results only one area is lagging.

Massive win tonight. Didn't play great, lot of overplaying I thought. Once they got the ball in the box Sunderland were all over the place. Even bigger one next Monday.

That was a great win. Rothwells quality made the difference. MOT.

Goal from play from the Offaly goalkeeper yesterday.

https://x.com/Offaly_GAA/status/1886180208924889113

absolute joke that a goal keeper is now a goal scorer. Laois had no chance there, 12 vs 11 so they have to split somebody leaving space for the keeper to just walk straight through. The rules have to change there's no way that should be happening!

Laois had no chance there? pure rubbish defending by them.

what do you expect them to do? They are outnumbered. Aye Laois are pure dung but that's the point, they have even less of a chance now that teams can attack with a free man.

Not allow the goalkeeper to run into that amount of space with four Laois players trailing behind behind him.

Goal from play from the Offaly goalkeeper yesterday.

https://x.com/Offaly_GAA/status/1886180208924889113

absolute joke that a goal keeper is now a goal scorer. Laois had no chance there, 12 vs 11 so they have to split somebody leaving space for the keeper to just walk straight through. The rules have to change there's no way that should be happening!

Laois had no chance there? pure rubbish defending by them.

what do you expect them to do? They are outnumbered. Aye Laois are pure dung but that's the point, they have even less of a chance now that teams can attack with a free man.

Not allow the goalkeeper to run into that amount of space with four Laois players trailing behind behind him.

cheers captain obvious👍 think that's easier said than done. There's 4 Laois players all marking 4 Offaly forwards. They shouldn't have an extra one to deal with. Yes maybe there was a bit of miscommunication and 1 had an unfortunate slip taking him out of the game, but they shouldn't have to worry about the goalkeeper being a threat because he shouldn't be there in the first place.

If you watch no10 for Laois its mainly his fault, he follows his man out the wing. His body position is all wrong and he should have cut the GK off. He runs out of the picture to the right and creates a running lane.

Very disappointing start again for us in the league. Kildare at home next doesn't look great for us. I have never been a fan of McEntee having watched the lack of chance's and development of our u20s are getting but more importantly the regression of them within the set up is even more alarming. The county board are in complete denial.

We were 9-6 up today before HT and went 1-15 to 10 pts down so it was some collapse. McEntee is slow to see things in game so not surprised momentum continued in their favor. The kickout strategy which is the main thing we worked on all pre season totally collapsed 2nd half, again not surprising at all.

The only hope is the last few seasons we have performed terribly the 1st day out we react and go on a winning run. Usually its because opposition are poor more than anything but I doubt Kildare are in that category with Calaghan in charge. Markievicz is a fortress for our teams so you'd hope that counts for something the next day but the pressure is on for this year and this management. 

Boyle is close enough to Sligo 

I think its a great opportunity for him. Boyle never won a Roscommon championship and if the Smiths and Cregg stay fit they must have a great chance?