Everyone is well aware of Kieran O'Leary, my question related to a player who is a half back and played there all year was placed in the corner.
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Show posts MenuQuote from: saffronandblue on August 22, 2011, 10:57:05 PMQuote from: Bomber2312 on August 22, 2011, 10:39:22 PMQuote from: saffronandblue on August 22, 2011, 10:28:22 PMQuote from: Bomber2312 on August 22, 2011, 10:11:14 PM
Ah come off it, gettin a text message is grand, what do u expect, him to travel down to each lads house and hold them in his arms while he breaks the bad news? This i imagine would have been the policy all year so i dont think we should be complaining just because it we lost. I did question why Gibbons was named, dont know if he was really gonna offer anything, however which players did you think aside from him werent gonna get onto the pitch?
We lost because we are not good enough, thats the simple answer. Picking up the phone to talk to a player is not driving all around the county. The following subs were never going to save the day IMO and in managements opinion.....
17) Alan Feeney - Castlebar Mitchels
18) Dermot Geraghty - Shrule-Glencorrib
19) Chris Barrett - Belmullet
21) James Kilcullen - Ballaghaderreen
23) Jason Gibbons
26) Mark Ronaldson - Shrule-Glencorrib
I might as well have included Keegan and Campbell in this as well. I believe that Ronaldson was out of the picture some months ago but was brought back for what?? He was never going to be played by Horan for some reason. I also believe that managment had lost faith in Alan Feeney. The rest are just not good enough IMO, and in managment opinion I believe.
So essentially we had no one on the bench that was gonna play a positive role? out of interest who would have been on your bench?
I believe that Moysider has expressed my view of the subs a lot better than I could have done myself.
Quote from: saffronandblue on August 22, 2011, 10:28:22 PMQuote from: Bomber2312 on August 22, 2011, 10:11:14 PM
Ah come off it, gettin a text message is grand, what do u expect, him to travel down to each lads house and hold them in his arms while he breaks the bad news? This i imagine would have been the policy all year so i dont think we should be complaining just because it we lost. I did question why Gibbons was named, dont know if he was really gonna offer anything, however which players did you think aside from him werent gonna get onto the pitch?
We lost because we are not good enough, thats the simple answer. Picking up the phone to talk to a player is not driving all around the county. The following subs were never going to save the day IMO and in managements opinion.....
17) Alan Feeney - Castlebar Mitchels
18) Dermot Geraghty - Shrule-Glencorrib
19) Chris Barrett - Belmullet
21) James Kilcullen - Ballaghaderreen
23) Jason Gibbons
26) Mark Ronaldson - Shrule-Glencorrib
I might as well have included Keegan and Campbell in this as well. I believe that Ronaldson was out of the picture some months ago but was brought back for what?? He was never going to be played by Horan for some reason. I also believe that managment had lost faith in Alan Feeney. The rest are just not good enough IMO, and in managment opinion I believe.
Quote from: SLIGONIAN on October 27, 2009, 04:38:38 AM
I am not sayin that sligo is unable to produce quality players but the standard of football played in mayo at senior and more revelantly underage is higher. do you think that playing at a higer standard improves a player?
Also not saying that sligo dont have underage aet ups, i think every county is the same but the point i was making is he came through the mayo system, he could have been better commin thru the leitrim system we cant say but the point is, charlestown people/mayo coaches showed him the skills of the game, coached and helped hime! as someone said earlier if 7 of 15 players are from bellaghy area why arent you going daft to get those players. is it because tom parsons is inter couty standard. Would you care about tom parsons if he wasnt county standard?
Listing off a few players that came thru, and a couple of successful underage teams makes your point any more valiid. ggreat players can cme from anywhere and get to top, dec browne, but the odds say that if dec brown was from kerry he'd have been a better player