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Is McNamara not playing tonight. I heard in Sligo today that he was on holidays

Surely he wouldn't go on holidays during the knockout stages of the championship

They are not missing him at the half way mark anyway. Looks like Egan could be brought on at half time

Arsenal v Wigan 5-0
Aston Villa v Portsmouth 3-0
Bolton v Stoke 1-1
Burnley v Sunderland 0-1
Hull v Birmingham 1-0
West Ham v Liverpool 1-2
Chelsea v Tottenham 2-0
Everton v Blackburn 2-1
Man Utd v Man City 1-0
Wolverhampton v Fulham 0-2

Saturday, 29 August 2009

Blackburn 1 v West Ham 0
Bolton 1 v Liverpool 2
Chelsea 4 v Burnley 0
Man Utd 1 v Arsenal 0
Stoke 1 v Sunderland 1
Tottenham 2 v Birmingham 1
Wolverhampton 2 v Hull 1

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Sunday, 30 August 2009

Aston Villa 0 v Fulham 0
Everton 2 v Wigan 0
Portsmouth 0 v Man City 1

Watched our Seniors on saturday night against Ballymote, a thoroughly enjoyable game. Both teams kicked beautiful points from all angles. I got the feeling that Ballymote were caught a bit on the hop. We hit the ground running and pulled a few points away early on. Ballymote pulled it back to two points going into the closing stages however we tagged on two late points to give us a four point win. Liam Kennedy for me was our man of the match. The lad has some stamina and serious strength for his frame size and age. He hit a shoulder on Clancy late on when he was moved into FF when Ballymote were looking for a goal and sent him flying! No mean feat. He also could have been played in for a goal after breaking the length of the pitch to support an attack late on.
Mark Leonard got through a ridiculous amount of work at CHF and won lots of dirty breaks. His man was taken off in the first half, conor mcgowan was moved to CHB with Feargal Sexton going in FB. He kept Mcgowan quiet and chipped in with a point late on. Thats two players with county experience he has played well on in the last two games. James Brennan also played well as did Quinny. We struggled in the LHF position where the Ballymote wing back played puck throughout the game.
All in all a very enjoyable game. Best for Ballymote were that RHB - did nt get his name , could be that stagg lad. Lyons was very energetic also and played well, Wilson being switched onto him early in the first half.  Two Gilsenans will strengthen the team for the Q Finals.
On the attendance - I noticed the usual suspects at the game. Take away the junior players, ex players and the usual stalwarts (J Watters, Sligonians Dad etc) very few attended from our club. Dont know what the solution is - they missed a very entertaining game.

Played in our junior match today, just about hung on for a won point win. Our team was meant up of older more seasoned players shall we say! The average age is nearer 35 than 30 with the master Jimmy Currid still managing to be one of our better players at the ripe old age of 47( i think). We raced into an early lead, 1-3 to 1 after about ten minutes, kicked 14 wides in the first half. Lets just say, i dont think Tourlestrane will have any problems with topping the group!

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Frank Casey 1-13 WB Yeats 2-12

Great stuff though,

Should that be yeats 19-13?? You hope!!!!!!

Poem is very good - not my own work though - came on a chain mail circulating amongst fellow Kindgom exiles - author unknown.

Got to be realistic 

Just got the Sligo team text from Club Sligo,

Greene, McGovern, McGuire, Ewing, McNamara, Donovan, J Davey, Mullen, Taylor, Breheny, Costello, Marren, Kelly, EOH, Coen...... no suprises, we cant afford any passengers against Kerry so if that the team that starts we wont win might get lucky and draw . JOC is no fool, i read his book and he'll know they are. KW has been picking them all yr so not suprised there still there. Doubt theyll start in those postions, id swap mcgovern with donovan to mark cooper.

The team is probably as expected. Walsh seems to have been fairly consistent in his selections all year. I would really worry about Neil Ewing. He looked to be caught for pace a few times down in thurles even early on when fresh. He will probably have to follow sean o sullivan (who I doubt will play corner forward)I would expect Kerry to play walsh and gooch in ff line and bring osullivan out to run from deep. This could cause Ewing problems ( Harrison would be the ideal man for this role if fit ).
I would worry about our midfields ability to win primary possesion. Kerry definitely have the edge on us in the middle third when it comes to strength. Our half backs and half forwards will have to win way more breaking ball than we did in Thurles where Ohara was the only man claiming breaks. Breheny wont find it as easy to dispossess men with the ball as in tipp where he performed this brilliantly at least seven times in the first half. I think T Ose and Omahony could do damage rampaging forward as we dont have much pace in the wing forward positions. I would say most people would expect MCarthy to switch to FB and Griffin to move to CHB. Is Coen a bit naive for this game? I know he got a peach of a goal and showed good movement but he was slow to bend his back on several occasions in the second half preferring instead to try and flick it around his man soccer style which resulted in us losing possession.
For us to have any chance of winning on saturday we are going to have to eliminate all unforced errors from our game play to 100% of our potential and hope Kerry play below par. The first twenty minutes against Galway was blighted with these. Four that stood out for me in Thurles were:
1: McGuire doing excellently to win the ball back - then booting the ball up the field to two Tipp players who were free because we had funneled all our forwards bar two back into defence.
2: McNamara receiving a pass with no-one around him and letting it fall between his legs.
3 and 4: Sean Davey kicking two balls straight into the keepers hands from 30 metres when men were overlapping in better positions to kick scores. One of these resulted in a tipp score.
Ah jaysus you could just analyse the teams and tactics to death. Disappointed that no place could be found in the team for Johnny Mc. I think he would be a great man at CHF to get in a few hits. He might not last the full game but he would surely soften up his marker ( I remember a mate of Kieran McGeeney telling me after the first Armagh game in 2002 that McGeeney was never as sore coming off a pitch as he was that day) He also can take good long range scores (one from 50 metres against Westmeath in the park in 2006).

Il stop now cause I'm starting to rave a bit.

Important Notice re: Tickets for Kerry V Sligo

Saturday 18th July 5pm in Austin Stack Park, Tralee

Please note that Tickets for Stand Only will go on sale on Thursday 16th July from 8 to 9pm in Markievicz Park, Sligo to Club's and the General Public.

Tickets are priced at €25 for adults and €5 for Children.

It is important that anyone looking for Stand tickets purchase them in advance as there is no guarantee Stand Tickets will be available on Saturday in Tralee.

Clubs can purchase Stand Tickets on Thursday Night by paying with a Cheque as with other fixtures.

No return of tickets will be allowed so Clubs are asked to buy only Tickets they require.



Terrace admission will be €15 for adults and Free for Children which will be available on the day.

For further details e-mail assistantsecretary.sligo@gaa.ie

Anyone know where you can download good quality images of county crests (250x250 pixels minimum).
It's easy to find them for some counties, but not for others. I'm struggling for good quality ones for Tipp and Monaghan in particular.

Any help much appreciated.

As most county GAA crests are the same as the County Crest I suggest trying county council websites. Although I know in recent years Sligos GAA has changed due to a copyright issue.

Same as that think it will be a night out job. Il keep an eye out for the ya Seanie drinking orange juice in the corner

[Dad recounts one of the Sligo backs marking out an area on the pitch for Spillane NOT TO ENTER,]

Why do kerry have home advantage? Someone earlier said it was neutral venues but obviously thats not the case.

My Dad wont chance the astra, he got lift yday, also Dad recounts one of the Sligo backs marking out an area on the pitch for Spillane NOT TO ENTER, he didnt go near it but then again he didnt need to. Kerins missed a peno and free in the first 5 mins which killed us and also did we train for that match.

Ya my auld boy told me that story also. I believe the man in question was john brennan.
One of the players said to me today he wanted to get Kerry at home, well at least he got one half of his wish granted!!
I think its great for the players. A chance to go  out and play against some of the best players in the country in a championship game. If the lads cant get up for this one its time for the viagra. Dont care where it is or when. Hope we bring a big crowd. Thought the crowd got behind them in Thurles when they were under a bit of pressure.
Really looking forward to it!!

[revor]

Nigel   Clancy Was na fianna now Balymote

Trevor   Kilgannon was St pats Think he plays for Leixlip now or some kildare club
Padraic   Doohan Bunninaden

David   Durkin Tourlestrane

M   McGuire

Rory   Brennan Tubbercurry

Con   O'Meara Tourlestrane and Coolera

Ken   Killeen Tubber curry

Dara   McGarty ST Johns

Tommy   Brennan Tubbercurry

Paul   Taylor Eastern Harps

Eamon   O'Hara Tourlestrane

Neil   Carew Coolera

Sean   Davey Curry

James   Curran Coolera

Mark   Cosgrove Harps

Phillip   Gallagher Drumcliffe

Patrick   Naughton Castleconnor

Dessie   Sloyan Easkey

Karl   O'Neill Coolera

John   McPartland Coolera

Gerry   McGowan Tourlestrane

Ronan   Keane Drumcliffe

Brendan   Phillips Harps

Noel   McGuire Easkey

Peter   Walsh Harps

Paul   Durcan Curry

Michael   Langan Castleconnor

Keiran   Quinn Coolera

Niall    Walsh ST Johns

Peter   Mullan St Marys
Eamonn   Cawley Farnans

Mark   Brehony St Marys

Philip   Neary Tubbercurry, if was fit in 97 we'd have another connacht title

Johnny   Davey St Marys

Darren   Kearns Geevagh

Eddie   Brennan Drumcliffe and st eunans

Brian   Walsh Tubber

Michael   McNamara St Johns

James   Rolston Easkey i think

John Paul   Henry shmrock gaels

Kevin   Cooney Coolera

Philip   Greene St johns

Donal    Carroll St Marys

Paul   McGovern Harps

Eugene   Mullen Easkey

Brendan   Egan Tourlestrane

Keith   Carty Eastern harps

Gary   Maye Curry

Johnny   Martyn St Marys

Philip   Greene St Johns

Brian   Curran Tubber

Stephen   Marren Curry

Adrian   Marren Curry

David   Colleary Curry

Colin   Neary Tourlestrane
Charles   Harrison St Johns

Sean   Flannery Drumcliffe

Tony   Taylor Harps

Ross   Donovan Harps

Fergus   Roche Calry st joesph

Michael   Munds Balymote

Dermot   McTernan Balymote

Kenneth   Sweeney Geevagh

John   Feeney Not sure, St Farnans I thinkKarl   Tuffy Castleconnor

Shane   Stenson St Johns

David   Kelly Tubber

R   O'Donovan

Barry   Kivlehan Coolaney/Mull

Benny   O'Reilly Calry

R   Donavan

Stephen   McHugh Was this the small lad who played corner forward for Bunninaden. Dont know is he still at the club

Ferghus   Horan St Johns

Eoin   McHugh St Molaise Gaels

Kevin   Byrne Geevagh

Peter   Wilson St Molaise Gaels

Daniel   Davey Coolaney

C   Quinn  Shamrock Gaels??
Gary   Gaughan Tour

Stephen   Gilmartin Tubber

Jason   Farrell Owenmore Gaels

Tom   Colleary Curry

Keith   Raymond Calry

John   Scanlon St Johns

Alan   Costello Coolera

Neil   Ewing Drumclifee

I missed a few so im sure the other lads on here will add to it.


Thats all i can add anyway. Some possibly wrong!! Im sure the big guns will confirm all mistakes for you.

Has he been lining out at Midfield for ye of late Seanie?? Would he have much of an impact around the half forward line or what is his fitness levels like?
I heard that Marrens knee is in poor shape. I dont think he is a likely starter. I think Coen will start when push comes to shove.

Sligo's Fifteen to take on Tipperary on Saturday July 11th. in Semple Stadium, Thurles at 3pm

P Greene

P McGovern
N McGuire
N Ewing

M McNamara
R Donavan
J Davey

E Mullen
T Taylor

M Breheny
A Costello
S Davey

D Kelly
E O'Hara
A Marren


Dont know how Mcnamara holds his place. Marren must have recovered from his injury. Suspect that the team wont line out in these actual positions come throw in.

[P.s.]

I would go with:

Greene
Ewing McGuire Donavan
McGovern Phillips Davey
Mullen Taylor
O'Hara Costello Gaughan
Coen Brehony Kelly.

I would not have picked Davey for the last game ahead of Gaughan. I don't get this talk before the Galway game of his great workrate. He does tend to go soloing forward which makes him stand out, however, I think Gaughan tracks back more and generally works harder. I don't know whether Davey will be out to prove selectors wrong in taking him off last day, maybe he will be wounded as Sligonian says. This remains to be seen.
I must say I also cannot see the reasons for dropping Costello.I know he made a few bad errors in the first half when running blind into tackles and losing the ball. I thought he worked very hard for breaking ball and got through a lot of work in the middle third. Many of our best moves in the second half were started by his possessions. He is the best man we have in the position for delivering quality ball to our full forward line. I am sure that if he had taken the free near the end that O'Hara managed to bomb up in the air over the end line that he would have looked for a shorter pass and tried to retain possession.
P.s. --I am only making judgement from the video of the game as I was away
Brehony is a good footballer but does not have the physical strength to play at centre half forward IMO. We are not blessed with individuals who are natural to this position and for me Costello is the best candidate.
For me McNamara cannot be near the pitch after his performance last time out. Misplaced passes with foot and hand added to a lack of intensity cannot be rewarded with a place for this game.
When will there be word on the venue? Hopefully it wont be somewhere way down near Waterford.

DONEGAL
ARMAGH
MEATH
FERMANAGH
WEXFORD
LOUTH
DOWN
LONGFORD

that's it then

f*CK, ANOTHER MORAL VICTORY