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Review of Round 2: 2026 Sligo Club Championships · On The Edge Sports Podcast

0:15
SPEAKER_01: Hello and welcome back to the On the Edge Sports Podcast, the Sligoat Club Championship Special.
0:19
SPEAKER_01: As you can see, we have a slightly different setup.
0:21
SPEAKER_01: We had a few technical difficulties, so we had to rearrange.
0:23
SPEAKER_01: But I think we're looking okay, Darren.
0:25
SPEAKER_01: I think so.
0:26
SPEAKER_01: Well, as we always say on this show, no big music, no intros, we're nobody telling what we're up to for the weekend.
0:31
SPEAKER_01: Straight in, we have to say firstly, congrats to Mona McSharry.
0:34
SPEAKER_01: At the time of recording, she has won her silver medal, so well done, and she's still got more heat to go.
0:38
SPEAKER_01: And also Danielle Farrell from Sligo, who also was performing at the European Aquatic Championships.
0:42
SPEAKER_01: So we are recording later in the week because I was away in the European Championships, but straight in.
0:45
SPEAKER_01: Sligo Senior Championship, okay?
0:47
SPEAKER_01: Group one, here are the results for anyone that hadn't seen hadn't heard them.
0:49
SPEAKER_01: Tour de Stran 112, Shamrock Gales.
0:52
SPEAKER_01: For the second week in a row, uh a draw 2.9, and Tupper Curry 113, St.
0:56
SPEAKER_01: Mary's 214.
0:57
SPEAKER_01: Again, another close two and fro in battle there.
0:59
SPEAKER_01: And the group two results in Kalani Mullerbrina 17 points.
1:02
SPEAKER_01: St.
1:02
SPEAKER_01: Milash Gales 116.
1:04
SPEAKER_01: Maybe a game that maybe wasn't expected to be as close as that.
1:06
SPEAKER_01: We'll delve into them all in a moment.
1:07
SPEAKER_01: And then Eisky six points, Drumcliffs a point 116.
1:11
SPEAKER_01: So let's just let's just get into them.
1:13
SPEAKER_01: We'll go through them here one by one.
1:14
SPEAKER_01: Stern Shamrock Gales, um, again, you know, last year's champions.
1:18
SPEAKER_01: We were at the first game against Eastern Harps, which ended in a draw.
1:21
SPEAKER_01: It could have gone either way.
1:22
SPEAKER_01: And then Turlestran, again, again, I'm learning lots about the club championship from you know different people.
1:27
SPEAKER_01: And maybe everyone wouldn't have thought Turlestran would be getting it up to or putting it up to Shamrock Gales as close to D.
1:31
SPEAKER_01: But another ding-dong match.
1:33
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, no, look at um, I was at the game, uh Shammar Gales rescued it at the end again.
1:38
SPEAKER_02: It was David Quinn.
1:39
SPEAKER_02: David Quinn, yeah, but they got a goal just before that.
1:41
SPEAKER_02: Sean Carl look at a high ball into the box.
1:43
SPEAKER_02: Sean Carl ends up getting a hand to it and put it into the net, and then straight from that, then or maybe a minute later, uh Torres Strand breach, and Shamark Gales had uh tap over free to get the draw.
1:56
SPEAKER_02: Now they had the decision to make whether it was going to be brought back out for a two-pointer and go for the win.
2:01
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
2:02
SPEAKER_02: Um now look at uh we've mentioned a few times Jeopardy.
2:05
SPEAKER_02: It was like if they were to miss that two-point effort and lose the game, like of course, then you have egg in your face and say, Why did you go for it?
2:14
SPEAKER_02: But yeah, they tapped it over and they got for the second week in a row, they got another point on the board with a draw.
2:18
SPEAKER_02: Now, look at uh Tor Lestran probably should have won the game.
2:22
SPEAKER_02: It's not bad, and like they had a big game, wasn't it?
2:24
SPEAKER_02: Mary's the first week.
2:25
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, Mary's the first week.
2:25
SPEAKER_01: They really put up the Mary's game.
2:26
SPEAKER_01: They really did, yeah.
2:27
SPEAKER_02: And look, we said it, we said it before that you know you don't have seven consecutive county championships, and I know they've come back to the pack in the last couple of years, but they still have a lot of pride in themselves, and they're still look at to have some very good players throughout the team, and some of their elder states on the likes of Johnny Kelly and Adrian McIntyre, you know, they really drove the game on Barry Walsh there at six, and of course, Carl Henry inside, then was a real handful all day long.
2:53
SPEAKER_02: So, look at the they really did, they really put it up to Sherman Gales, and they probably would be kicking themselves if they didn't come away with the two points.
2:59
SPEAKER_01: Because there were four points up uh the 59th minute until that goal.
3:02
SPEAKER_01: So, I mean, you know, you're thinking you're thinking, well, then again, look at it in in the new rules like that.
3:07
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, of course, yeah, there's nothing to it, but and also look at Shermack Gales probably deserve a small bit of credit as well for coming back and you know, grinding it out.
3:15
SPEAKER_01: Are these the results of champions in one sense?
3:17
SPEAKER_01: You know, Eastern Harps had them a little bit on the rack for a while.
3:19
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, they did, of course.
3:20
SPEAKER_01: So, yeah, so I I love we're trying to feel out where's everyone landing, you know.
3:24
SPEAKER_01: And I mean, look at two draws, they haven't won yet, but yeah, they're still there.
3:28
SPEAKER_02: And look at they're probably going to be looking at you know, if we pick up another win, we're gonna be into the quarterfinals.
3:34
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, um, we'll touch on the fixtures in in a few minutes, you know, what's happening for the weekend and the coming weeks, but we said it before that Sharma Gale's a four in the bounce.
3:42
SPEAKER_02: So they have two done, yeah, they have two points got, they have another one coming up this week and another one the week after.
3:49
SPEAKER_02: So like it's tough going, and they are carrying a few injuries throughout the panel.
3:53
SPEAKER_02: There's a lot of fellas missing off last year's county winning team.
3:56
SPEAKER_02: So, you know, whether them boys are going to be back for this weekend or for the following weekend, you know, only time will tell on that.
4:01
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and it's it's kind of maybe a second season syndrome because they hadn't won it in a few years before.
4:05
SPEAKER_01: So that could be you know new territory for a team, of course.
4:08
SPEAKER_02: And like it was it was tough conditions in Kent Park last Sunday, like the really, really slippery underfoot conditions because there's not a huge amount of grass on the playing surface up there, and there was a huge amount of rain on Sunday morning, and even for the first 10-15 minutes there was an awful downpour.
4:25
SPEAKER_02: So it just met it like there's lots of fellas slipping and sliding all over the place.
4:28
SPEAKER_01: And was it that game there was a bit of a wind as well?
4:30
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, there was yeah, there was a bit of a breeze going into the in in into the near goals, but again, didn't really play a huge part in it, I would say.
4:36
SPEAKER_02: Like, you know, but again, look at it, it's it's you you harp back to it, two games that they could have lost, and they ended up drawing both of them, you know.
4:43
SPEAKER_01: So they they they pulled it the right way they wanted to go.
4:46
SPEAKER_01: And in the other team in their group then uh was uh Truber Curry and St.
4:49
SPEAKER_01: Mary's.
4:50
SPEAKER_01: Now I went out to this game as well, and again, you know, I'd be talking to people to know more than me about it, and they were saying, look, it you would have to fancy St.
4:57
SPEAKER_01: Mary's, and this was Trubber Curry's first game, yeah.
4:59
SPEAKER_01: And again, it ended up with four points only in the end, and it was you know, unfortunately, the goalie short kick out to the wrong man, and Nathan Rooney then who racked up one seven in total.
5:08
SPEAKER_01: Um you know, he did excellently, but like there was another game in the balance, there's an awful lot of excitement.
5:14
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and and look at like I suppose Tuber have been coming off a very, very bad league campaign.
5:19
SPEAKER_02: You know, they lost all their games in the league, right?
5:21
SPEAKER_02: Nine from nine, and you know, it's tough coming into championship then.
5:25
SPEAKER_02: But like I said it before that they're getting a couple of players back, like the likes of Eddie McGuinness is a huge player for them, uh Josh Flynn there inside, you know.
5:34
SPEAKER_02: Oh, I was really impressed with him.
5:35
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, he's he is a series four rocket ability, yeah, you know, little pocket rocket there, like you know, and you had Luke and Martin there of like he ended up with three or four points.
5:44
SPEAKER_02: A lot of them in second half, you know, and uh young Perry there as well, you know, and then they have big men throughout the field, and then they had a uh wing back, Connor McDonough, who I didn't really know an awful lot of, and he kicked two two-pointers, uh you know, massive scores.
5:57
SPEAKER_02: But look at it's it's one of these things, championship football is an awful lot different to league football.
6:02
SPEAKER_02: You know, you're going out there, you're putting your best foot forward, you have your best players playing, you know, most of the time, obviously, if they're carrying long-term injuries, they're not going to be there.
6:10
SPEAKER_02: But again, look at Toba really put it up to Sam Mary's, and Sam Mary's were tested.
6:15
SPEAKER_02: Um, probably didn't think they were going to be as tested as much.
6:18
SPEAKER_01: And that could they were losing by five five points to one at once, and both teams into the wind could nearly play better again to the window.
6:25
SPEAKER_02: And and and but not as funny like that.
6:27
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, um, it it plays a little bit funny, it plays like because it's a smaller pitch, it plays nearly that you know, if you're against the wind, you the team that's against the wind usually plays a little bit better.
6:36
SPEAKER_02: And I don't know why it is a gambler.
6:38
SPEAKER_02: No rhyme or reason it just happens, it's just just the way it is.
6:41
SPEAKER_02: But yeah, look at um Javon McGovern in midfield won from what I heard some real dirty ball and you know breaking ball from you know that because like there's big men in the Tupper team there as well, like you know, and Murphy and McCann at midfield, they're going to be breaking ball and spoiling it.
6:56
SPEAKER_02: And then, of course, you have Nathan Rooney that clipped over 1-7 on the night.
7:01
SPEAKER_02: You had Eli back playing, you had Muggsy, of course, coming up with a few scores there.
7:06
SPEAKER_01: By the way, I was again I said I was added, I thought Muggsy was the real quarterback for lots that game, yeah.
7:11
SPEAKER_01: Slowed it down at times, you know, was a real linchpin in the passing.
7:14
SPEAKER_01: Uh like yeah, you know what I mean?
7:16
SPEAKER_01: The the the experience brand there was.
7:18
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, and he got his own three points as you said, Dick.
7:20
SPEAKER_02: He did, yeah.
7:20
SPEAKER_02: And Kyle Cawley got the goal just before halftime, which was a crucial goal to get because uh Tubbra, after getting a goal down the far side themselves, it was almost almost instant.
7:29
SPEAKER_02: You know, and then they went up the field and got the goal just before halftime.
7:32
SPEAKER_02: So, like it's a different mindset.
7:33
SPEAKER_02: You're going into the half-time team talk then, and you're not all of a sudden three or four or five down, because that's where they were nearly finding themselves, and then they come out in the second half and they're running a point down at that stage, and they can really ramp it up for the second half then.
7:46
SPEAKER_02: And I know Kyle went off with an injury at halftime, so you know, hopefully, hopefully he's going to be back for them because they need like, yeah, they have lots of players and they have they have lots of good young fellas coming on, like Connor Davy came on.
8:00
SPEAKER_02: Oh, by the way, yeah.
8:01
SPEAKER_01: Connor Davy.
8:01
SPEAKER_01: Someone was telling me about him when he was coming on, and like that lad just looks like an absolute, yeah.
8:06
SPEAKER_01: Oh, like, but just so calm on the ball.
8:08
SPEAKER_01: He's only like nine, eight.
8:10
SPEAKER_01: Minor, minor eighteen, yeah.
8:12
SPEAKER_01: And they went on to win the minor one min the following Tuesday.
8:14
SPEAKER_01: So they had three minors.
8:15
SPEAKER_01: But yeah, young mee, obviously he's a bit of pedigree there with the golden means his dad end uh, yeah.
8:19
SPEAKER_01: Uh so like yeah, again, and they both come on and got a point of it.
8:21
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, like and you when you have them young fellas coming on, it's giving you that lift that you really need in them tight games because them young fellas coming on no more than when we mentioned the young fellas with me oh, they have no baggage, they have no, you know, they're not carrying anything, they're just going out and playing football and expressing themselves.
8:35
SPEAKER_02: Whereas another guy might be overthinking it a little bit, you know.
8:38
SPEAKER_02: But again, look at Samaris got the win, they're two from two.
8:42
SPEAKER_02: You know, it's all you can ask for, and you're building this this is it, and these games are all about winning at this stage of the year, they're about winning and they're about getting points on the board and they're about getting to the knockout stages.
8:51
SPEAKER_02: So they'd be happy with where they're at.
8:53
SPEAKER_02: Yes, they probably have lots of work to do.
8:55
SPEAKER_02: Tubber on the flip side of that, you know, again, they'll probably be a little bit happier than where they were a couple of weeks ago because they didn't know where they were.
9:02
SPEAKER_02: And again, if they can keep all them players fit and on the field and get one or two others coming into the fray, you just don't know where that could bring them.
9:09
SPEAKER_01: Like you know, and it was uh Josh Flynn, you said, wasn't it?
9:12
SPEAKER_01: And Aaron Perry.
9:13
SPEAKER_01: They're very similar build and speed.
9:14
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
9:15
SPEAKER_01: And I think they'll give a lot of full uh backs in fairness to Mayo or the Mayo's eye, the Mary's full back line kind of started to get the handle on Josh Flynn.
9:21
SPEAKER_01: And the first half he was winning loads of balls.
9:22
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I think Young O'Hara and himself had it had a great battle.
9:24
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, a battle.
9:25
SPEAKER_01: And it was it was a bit like the Eastern Harps game where Matt Henry was kind of running right and then it got kind of came down against the bigger.
9:30
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and of course, look at you, you're always going to have a defender that's going to if you if the forward is getting the better of him, he's going to really knuckle down on him, or else we switched.
9:37
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, exactly, or else be something like that.
9:39
SPEAKER_02: But yeah, look at it's uh and again of similar stature, so it kind of suited him.
9:58
SPEAKER_02: But yeah, Josh Flynn is a little pocket rocket, great ball winning ability inside.
10:02
SPEAKER_02: So look at Tuber would be okay where they were at, be disappointed with their league form.
10:07
SPEAKER_02: But look at, I said championship is a completely different ballgame then.
10:09
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah.
10:10
SPEAKER_01: And moving on to the other group's interim, Cliff Ross points, another impressive victory.
10:13
SPEAKER_01: 116 to Easky, six points again, one-sided affair here, and they did it without our player of the week, which we'll be getting to in a few minutes after this the senior section.
10:21
SPEAKER_01: We'll have our player of the week and our top score of the week.
10:23
SPEAKER_01: Uh, we'll tell you all about our sponsors and other sections now.
10:26
SPEAKER_01: Uh, but without Keane Lally, yeah.
10:28
SPEAKER_02: And look at we I I mentioned it last week, I thought it'd be a long day at the office for Esky, you know.
10:33
SPEAKER_02: Um, they're just not at the at the level of where John Cliff are at.
10:36
SPEAKER_02: Like John Cliff are really you know, they're flexing their muscles again.
10:39
SPEAKER_02: Um, I think it was nine or ten points to one at halftime.
10:42
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that was uh I had it there, yeah.
10:44
SPEAKER_01: 13 oh decided, they stretched it up, but yeah, they only got one score in the first half.
10:47
SPEAKER_01: Easy, so it's like eight in a two.
10:48
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, that's tough.
10:49
SPEAKER_02: And then of course you had Michael Carroll there, like what Keane Lally was missing, who kicked 10 the week before.
10:53
SPEAKER_02: Michael Carroll comes up to the plate and kicks nine the last day.
10:56
SPEAKER_02: And you know, I was involved with the Sigerson team this year, and Michael was there.
11:00
SPEAKER_02: Then he ended up having to go for uh I think it was a Herney operation he had, so he missed a few weeks, but you know, a right good young fella.
11:06
SPEAKER_02: He was playing centre forward for a slide going to the 20s this year, and he's not afraid to shoot.
11:10
SPEAKER_02: And he kicked a couple of two-pointers the last day, and you know, they have they look at they have a really strong panel, like they have like the likes of James Donlin is there who was on the county panel this year.
11:20
SPEAKER_02: You know, you have Aiden Ryan came back for them again who didn't talk the first week he played, he came on the last day, and obviously we mentioned that Keen Laddie didn't play.
11:28
SPEAKER_02: So look at like Drumcliffe are you know they're very, very strong at the moment, and just EC just they're not at that level at the moment, and they're getting players back week on week, but whether them players are going to be enough to help them in the long run remains to be seen.
11:41
SPEAKER_02: Like, you know, but very impressive Drumcliff again.
11:43
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, no, again, they look again.
11:44
SPEAKER_01: I didn't see that game, but again, the day I did see them, they did just look really well drilled, and as I said, without Keen Lally.
11:49
SPEAKER_01: So if you're playing lining them up next week now, you know what I mean?
11:52
SPEAKER_01: You're like of course Okay, what if he plays what he does?
11:55
SPEAKER_01: And he's had his protein pack, which we'll get to in it.
11:57
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, uh the last of the games in Kalani Mulderbrina 17 points, uh St.
12:00
SPEAKER_01: Meloch scales 116.
12:02
SPEAKER_01: And again, I mean Malosh still missing a couple of players.
12:05
SPEAKER_01: Um where did I was reading it?
12:06
SPEAKER_01: They were still missing a couple of players, and Alan McLaughlin came on, though.
12:09
SPEAKER_02: Alan McLaughlin came on, but Luke Castle, the two Luke's are missing, Luke Castle and Luke Taui.
12:13
SPEAKER_02: Yes, um so but but look at um we didn't really know what Kalani Mullenbrina were going to bring to the table, you know, intermediate championship last year, you know, their first game at senior championship in a couple of years, and they gave him a lost their fill of it.
12:27
SPEAKER_02: And again, look at it's it's one of these things like we we said they have good players throughout the team, they really do.
12:32
SPEAKER_02: And this is without Nathan Mullen, who is you know they're one of their strongest players, county player for the last number of years, excellent athletes for long.
12:39
SPEAKER_02: I'm not I'm not 100% sure on that, but again, look at the they have they have you know the two Gormans are playing there, you have the Barthes are playing there, you know, they're they're a right good team throughout, you know, like they're strong lads.
12:52
SPEAKER_02: But Malosh, I suppose, they're probably you know they're missing obviously the two Luke's and Alan McLaughlin had to come off the bench.
13:00
SPEAKER_02: Alan McLaughlin kicked two points, but again, they're missing a couple of fellas that have been there and done it over the last couple of years, the likes of Jack Davan, the likes of you know Col Hearn there, who are you know they're they're they're out for the foreseeable future, like you know, which are big losses.
13:12
SPEAKER_02: But then you have the younger fellas who have been playing count tuner 21, the likes of Keenan Nicholson, the likes of Paul Flynn, and then of course Aaron Langs.
13:19
SPEAKER_01: Key Nicholson got three, I see there as well.
13:20
SPEAKER_01: And and it was Aaron Lang actually got uh two.
13:23
SPEAKER_01: Two pointer in injury time, which which won the game.
13:25
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, so yeah, he's putting up big, big scores, and you know, he's kind of you know taken over from where others have have have departed, like you know, yeah.
13:34
SPEAKER_02: And you need that, and like he is a sharp shooter.
13:36
SPEAKER_02: I was watching him with county under 20s, and he is not afraid to shoot, and he knows where the posts are.
13:41
SPEAKER_02: Now we had a couple of wides as well, but uh in in that instance, aren't you?
13:45
SPEAKER_02: It's just as well to keep at it.
13:46
SPEAKER_01: Like, this is well only we see that with me.
13:47
SPEAKER_01: Oh, keep keep going, just keep going and don't say and I see your John Gilson and Save was crucial against the case.
13:51
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, John Gilson is playing a goal to them nine McLaughlin, who has been their keeper for years, uh which is Alan's brother Alan's brother.
13:57
SPEAKER_02: I taught the two of them to drive.
13:59
SPEAKER_02: Did you hear that?
13:59
SPEAKER_02: There you go.
14:00
SPEAKER_02: That's that's a non-football factor.
14:01
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, there you go.
14:02
SPEAKER_02: Well, he he's he's not playing um the last couple of games.
14:05
SPEAKER_02: Uh I'm not, and I presume it can only be an injury.
14:08
SPEAKER_01: Okay.
14:08
SPEAKER_02: Um so he's missing, but John Gilson pulled off a save late on as well, and he's gone in there.
14:14
SPEAKER_02: But again, look at it's Malosh got the win.
14:17
SPEAKER_02: And Muller Brina, you know, that could it could suck the life out of them, or it could give them a bit of small belief ahead of the fixtures coming up, like you know.
14:25
SPEAKER_02: So that's where we're at at the moment with Malash.
14:27
SPEAKER_01: And you're just going to the table here, and again, if you're watching, we'll hopefully get these up in front of you.
14:30
SPEAKER_01: If not, they'll be on our social media.
14:31
SPEAKER_01: Mary's there in um group one on four points.
14:34
SPEAKER_01: Shamrack Gales run two Eastern Harps on one, Trullestran on one, and Trubber Curry uh on no points yet.
14:40
SPEAKER_01: Uh like that that group is all all to play for there.
14:44
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, what it is, yeah.
14:45
SPEAKER_01: Like we would, I suppose a lot of people might have fancied Shamrack Gales would have maybe have kind of got their two wins by now.
14:49
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, so like like this weekend's fixtures are going to tell a lot.
14:51
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, like I suppose we'll just call them out actually.
14:53
SPEAKER_01: So Eastern Harps played Trubber Curry.
14:55
SPEAKER_01: So well, the one thing I've learned about this senior championship is because you couldn't confidently call maybe there's one or two games ago.
15:00
SPEAKER_01: Okay, that team is just not out yet.
15:02
SPEAKER_01: Uh, Marys play Shamrock Gales, and that is half seven in a scroll.
15:05
SPEAKER_01: Sorry, the Eastern Harps and Trubber Curry is in Conley Park and Caluny at half six on Saturday.
15:10
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, both both games Saturday, half six and half seven.
15:12
SPEAKER_01: And Mary's and Shamrock Gales is on a live stream on Sliba GATV.e.
15:16
SPEAKER_01: Let me just double check if that's right now because I probably got it wrong.
15:19
SPEAKER_02: No, it is.
15:19
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's on uh live stream, and then the other live stream game at the weekend is Kalera and Kalani, which we'll get back to in a moment.
15:24
SPEAKER_02: Um, but yeah, so Mary's against Shamrack Gale, that'll be our and that's where you're gonna find out where Shamrock Gales are at, really.
15:33
SPEAKER_02: Because like and for Mary's?
15:34
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah, of course.
15:36
SPEAKER_02: But Marys have two from two, yeah.
15:37
SPEAKER_02: That's what I mean.
15:38
SPEAKER_02: Like they're they're they're sitting pretty at the top of the table, so they know that a win at the weekend is more than likely gonna see them into a semi-final.
15:44
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, you'd have to think.
15:45
SPEAKER_02: Okay, so then you're looking at Shamrack Gales, and they're gonna be thinking, well, if we didn't get the point last week and if we had lose to Mary's this weekend, then that could be a sin serious bother of ending up on the bottom two.
15:56
SPEAKER_02: So they're gonna be looking at okay, let's put our best foot forward, let's see if we get the likes of Shane Degnan back on the pitch, who didn't play their last two games, which is a huge loss.
16:04
SPEAKER_02: So, like you know, that's an inter-county forward that you're missing off your starting team.
16:07
SPEAKER_02: They have a couple of younger guys that are missing out of their backline, you know, Ashin Connlin and you know Daniel King.
16:14
SPEAKER_02: Like, I I'm not 100% sure what their injury situation is, but uh to be really getting to the pitch of things, they need a lot of them guys playing, like you know.
16:24
SPEAKER_02: And from the last couple of games you're watching, see Mary's be good in a full of confidence at the weekend, but again, look at Shamrack Gales are country champions, yeah.
16:32
SPEAKER_02: Okay, and both teams going over to Nascron on Saturday night.
16:35
SPEAKER_02: Long spin, it's a long spin, and it's a huge game.
16:38
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, it's it's it's a huge game.
16:39
SPEAKER_01: Maybe maybe it'll reinvigorate Shamrack Gales.
16:41
SPEAKER_01: That's what they've had their momentous last year.
16:43
SPEAKER_01: That's exactly it.
16:44
SPEAKER_02: So look at time will tell on that, but again, it's you know, Mary's are just seem to be clicking and getting players back at the right time.
16:50
SPEAKER_02: Like Ronan Island is coming back into the mix as well.
16:53
SPEAKER_01: So, like you I heard a man tell me great things about Ronan Island today now.
16:56
SPEAKER_01: Man, there's no more than me about it.
16:57
SPEAKER_02: So you know now this weekend might come a little bit too soon for him, but again, it's if Marys were to win this weekend, it puts them probably in a semi-final.
17:05
SPEAKER_02: Shamrack Gales win this weekend, it's all to play for coming into the last group games, which of course is what we mentioned.
17:10
SPEAKER_02: When you get to quarter finals, that's what you want.
17:13
SPEAKER_02: Whereas it finishing third over the last few years just meant that the last games were none of void for an awful lot of teams, which made it you know, it made a mockery of it, really, you know.
17:21
SPEAKER_02: And then you go to Harps and Tubber.
17:24
SPEAKER_02: As we said, Tubber would be happy with the performance.
17:26
SPEAKER_01: Very much so.
17:27
SPEAKER_01: But yeah, and again, I mean I don't mean to bring it up, but it was the goalie mistake you could say what's the turner point, and then they did get a man sent off very late on as well.
17:33
SPEAKER_01: So little small things at the end of the go, well, we're gonna go.
17:36
SPEAKER_02: If you tidy that up as well, yeah.
17:38
SPEAKER_02: Now, Harps, of course, we mentioned it the night that we were out in Tubber when they were playing Chairman Gilles and the drew with Chairman Gales, they had a week off in between that.
17:45
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, okay.
17:46
SPEAKER_02: So I think that week off could be huge for Eastern Harps because you know they have a young fellow there, Alex Lilly, who's counting under 20 as well, but is a real you know good, strong young fella, but like will make a lot a big difference to that.
17:58
SPEAKER_02: That Calen Hunt who didn't play, I know he was in the tell me about him, yeah.
18:01
SPEAKER_02: I know he's in a space boot now.
18:03
SPEAKER_02: I don't know how serious the injury is, them space boots can't be more precautionary a lot of the times.
18:07
SPEAKER_02: Um but like if they will get them back on the field after a week's rest, you know, I think that they might just their pace might just have it too much for Tupper Curry on Saturday evening.
18:17
SPEAKER_02: Now, again, look at don't get me wrong, like the them forwards that we mentioned, the likes of Luca Martin, the likes of Aaron Perry, and the likes of Josh Rlyn will take serious market.
18:24
SPEAKER_02: That's for sure.
18:25
SPEAKER_02: And they have big boys in the middle of the field, and then you have the likes of Eddie McGuinness and young McDonough in the back line who popped up with two two pointers.
18:31
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, I know.
18:32
SPEAKER_01: So they're that like that's good players all over the field.
18:34
SPEAKER_01: One thing we keep mentioning, so it's there's two things we keep mentioning.
18:37
SPEAKER_01: There's so many of the county lads injured, and the so many of these under 20s absolutely lighting up the championship.
18:41
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's true.
18:42
SPEAKER_01: Young lads, like you know, probably about 18, 20, 18, 90 to 10.
18:44
SPEAKER_02: That's all that's all there, like you know, but it's like it's it's just the freedom, isn't it?
18:48
SPEAKER_02: You know, like just go out and play ball, like you know.
18:50
SPEAKER_02: So I think.
18:51
SPEAKER_02: Could you could you see they're too young to be brought into the senior setup?
18:55
SPEAKER_02: Oh, I don't think so.
18:56
SPEAKER_02: I'd say after what's happening last year, I'd say.
18:58
SPEAKER_01: Okay, so they'll be willing to throw a bit of push into the wind.
19:00
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
19:01
SPEAKER_01: Well I mean just to go back to uh to group two here.
19:04
SPEAKER_01: So Malosh Gales are sitting pretty with Drumcliff, uh, four points apiece.
19:07
SPEAKER_01: Uh Melash at ten points, better off uh points difference.
19:10
SPEAKER_01: And then Kalira, no points, yeah, but they've only played once, of course.
19:12
SPEAKER_01: Kalani one game.
19:13
SPEAKER_01: Again, a close game, but obviously they didn't get their points out, and Eiskey on no points.
19:17
SPEAKER_01: No, they're obviously not looking well, they've minus 36 points difference.
19:20
SPEAKER_01: So again, this weekend then Melosh Gales versus Drumcliff.
19:23
SPEAKER_01: Uh this will be a cracker.
19:24
SPEAKER_01: There's going to be two fellas commentating on this in Ocean FM if you're tuning in.
19:27
SPEAKER_01: It'll be on Oceanfm.e and Ocean FM uh on the radio as well.
19:30
SPEAKER_01: Uh out in Ballymoat.
19:32
SPEAKER_01: I'm looking forward to seeing this one.
19:33
SPEAKER_01: I've seen Drumcliffe in the Flesh this year.
19:34
SPEAKER_01: I haven't seen Malosh Gales.
19:36
SPEAKER_01: And as you said, you know, it it's it's it's kind of nicely poised.
19:41
SPEAKER_01: That's the rivalry neighbours.
19:42
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah, North of the River there.
19:44
SPEAKER_01: And and I someone said am I right that maybe only once has this uh northern uh now North of the River has won the the uh the county the county final.
19:52
SPEAKER_01: Someone sends this to me now, and I was talking to fellas was actually in St.
19:55
SPEAKER_01: Mary's after the Mary's game the last time.
19:56
SPEAKER_01: And someone said Melash Gales won it once, maybe in the 70s.
19:59
SPEAKER_01: Someone will please comment and tell us we're wrong.
20:00
SPEAKER_01: Right.
20:01
SPEAKER_01: So again, you know, there's a bit of a drought out the north there.
20:04
SPEAKER_02: But yeah, so as you said, you know, Melash Gales, you said, do you think those um Castle and Taui, is there any inclination to I think I think Taui not so much, but I like from what I hear, I think Castle has come back from the States this week.
20:15
SPEAKER_02: Oh okay, okay.
20:16
SPEAKER_02: Um it's a case that you know this game fella after being away in America.
20:21
SPEAKER_02: You put him straight into the team.
20:22
SPEAKER_02: This is your county player, you know, you put him straight in there, and it'll be interesting to see if he goes goes straight in, would he pick up Lally?
20:30
SPEAKER_02: If he played, you know, county teammates.
20:32
SPEAKER_02: They'll have to rest Lally for this idea.
20:33
SPEAKER_02: No, definitely not.
20:34
SPEAKER_02: No, it'll be it'll be putting their their strongest 15 out, I guarantee you that.
20:38
SPEAKER_02: Yeah um, but again, look at that is you know, that is set up for top of the table clash.
20:44
SPEAKER_02: You know, the winner takes all, like it's it's like again, drum cliff would be looking at we win this, we're nailed on for a semi-final situation, you know, and then that's when you get your your week's break at the end of the championship or your two weeks' break, then the championship to regroup and yeah, so they don't have a game the last one, so that's that's like if the king that's used.
21:01
SPEAKER_01: That's the carrot, isn't it?
21:01
SPEAKER_01: It is a cool car.
21:02
SPEAKER_02: Seal that semi-final and then and then you're just you know you can sit back and relax and watch whatever unfolds then after that.
21:08
SPEAKER_02: But again, look at Milash, like when you go into this rivalry of you know the neighbours playing each other, yeah.
21:13
SPEAKER_01: Is is there a fierce rival out there?
21:15
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and I wouldn't I wouldn't understand why.
21:17
SPEAKER_02: Of course there would, yeah, there would, of course.
21:18
SPEAKER_02: And like I think it was even a few years ago that they were in a relegation playoff between the two of them, and I think it went to the third or fourth game and it was like Dublin and Mead in the 90s.
21:26
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, yeah, but you know what I mean?
21:28
SPEAKER_02: And uh, but so like that's you there's no way that you could say, well, Trump Cliff will win this, or Malash should be winning this, you know.
21:35
SPEAKER_02: Like uh could this be our could this be the big draw of the weekend?
21:38
SPEAKER_02: Well, there's always one draw in the commentating on it, so yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
21:42
SPEAKER_01: We we put the jinx in it, maybe.
21:43
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, uh, but yeah, I know that's that's a cracking.
21:45
SPEAKER_01: I'm looking forward to seeing them in the flesh now.
21:47
SPEAKER_01: And as I said, uh I haven't gone to any bad game yet.
21:49
SPEAKER_01: Any game I go to seems to be great, you know.
21:51
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and then the other team, Kalira again back after their you know, the first weekend disappointment against Drumcliff.
21:56
SPEAKER_01: A lot of talk still, no one knows if the Murphys, Sean and Niall are going to be back.
22:01
SPEAKER_01: Um you know, but like they'll be looking straight away.
22:03
SPEAKER_01: And but Kalani, you know, maybe Boyd after weekend.
22:07
SPEAKER_02: Like that that that game for Kulani Mulabrina will you know will bring them on because like championship football is a completely different mindset to league football, completely different setup between from what your management is doing, what the players are doing, and you need to be playing championship football to get up to the pitch of playing championship football.
22:23
SPEAKER_02: Like you can't just turn it on.
22:24
SPEAKER_02: They got close last week, as long as they didn't pick up any injuries, you know, they'll be Looking at Kaleur the last day, who or the next day, who on their first day out got bet by Drumcliff.
22:35
SPEAKER_02: They were ten or eleven points down in the second half.
22:37
SPEAKER_02: You know, it doesn't happen too often.
22:39
SPEAKER_02: Now they came back and they ended up losing by two in the end.
22:42
SPEAKER_02: Right?
22:42
SPEAKER_02: But Kaler be needing to get some of them players that you mentioned that were injured and hopefully they didn't pick up any injuries between now and then and get a couple of good weeks training under the belt.
22:52
SPEAKER_02: Again, it could be a potential banana skin.
22:55
SPEAKER_02: Because you know, you're playing this team that you're expected to beat, that people are going to be saying, Oh, but sure, you know, Kaler lost Strumcliffe but they're going to be.
23:06
SPEAKER_02: So I mean those three key players, and you know, maybe it just breaks up that flow in the team.
23:10
SPEAKER_02: So yeah, it does, it does definitely, but it it's everybody's going to be saying that, oh, well, Kaler should be winning this.
23:16
SPEAKER_02: And that's the time that you might get caught in that out.
23:19
SPEAKER_02: Now look at again, if they have their mindset right, if they have, you know, if they get a good strong 15 on the pitch, whether Murphy's going to be playing or not, you know, remains to be seen.
23:28
SPEAKER_02: Um they probably could do with him.
23:30
SPEAKER_02: If they don't have him, you know, it brings it back to a level playing field as well.
23:33
SPEAKER_02: Like, you know, because there's a lot of forwards there for Kalani Mullerbrino that need a bit of watching and need a bit of marking.
23:38
SPEAKER_02: So look at it's it's it's a game that'll be, I would expect Kuler to win it, but I think it might be a lot tighter than other people might think.
23:44
SPEAKER_01: Like, you know, that's uh Bun and Adam Community Park at two o'clock on Sunday.
23:47
SPEAKER_01: Am I right?
23:48
SPEAKER_01: You say that's the only Sunday game in the senior streams.
23:51
SPEAKER_01: Uh that's live on Sligo G A T V Sligo GATV.e, and that's on OceanFM as well.
23:56
SPEAKER_01: Sorry, now we have to be checking back over everything here and make sure we tell you the right detail.
23:59
SPEAKER_01: Everything is on Sligo GA's website, anyways, if you're not sure.
24:01
SPEAKER_01: Uh so yeah, so another cracking weekend in store.
24:03
SPEAKER_01: I'm looking forward to the two of us going out to Bellymo to comment in.
24:05
SPEAKER_01: That one should be a great ding-dong battle.
24:07
SPEAKER_01: And we'd probably be thrown in the middle of the stand amongst the crowd.
24:09
SPEAKER_01: So we won't be just getting too rude, uh, so like last week, you might have seen our social media.
24:13
SPEAKER_01: We um very kindly Brian O'Reilly there in uh Sherlock's Butcher's Imbalastad Air had kind of offered to come in and do some sponsorships.
24:20
SPEAKER_01: So we said, well, let's pick something that he can sponsor.
24:21
SPEAKER_01: So it was player of the week.
24:22
SPEAKER_01: We gave it to Keen Lally, and he got his uh protein pack.
24:25
SPEAKER_01: They do a 20 euro protein pack, all your pack of meat you need for the week, and especially ye high-end athletes out there, of course, you need your protein.
24:31
SPEAKER_01: So call out to Brian in Sherlock's Imbalast.
24:33
SPEAKER_01: If you give him a message, 400, he can even have it ready for you.
24:35
SPEAKER_01: But yeah, Keene was delighted with his.
24:37
SPEAKER_01: And so we have uh we have a panel of five or six people.
24:40
SPEAKER_01: We kind of asked their opinions on these, so it's not just us picking them, and it is a bit of fun, really.
24:45
SPEAKER_01: But this week's player of the week, Darren, who did we go for?
24:47
SPEAKER_02: Look, there was uh there was a few in the mix, it really was, you know, but at the end of it, uh Carl Henry from Tour de Strand got the nod this week.
24:56
SPEAKER_02: What was he scored again in one?
24:57
SPEAKER_02: He got one six, yes.
24:58
SPEAKER_02: You know, um Tour de Strand were expected to be beaten on Sunday, you know, by Shamark Gates and beaten comprehensively by Buckies and by everybody else, you know, and maybe not so much by the Tour de Strand players themselves.
25:10
SPEAKER_02: And he stood up to the mark on Sunday and you know he brought the fight to them like he got a super score in the first half, and then the second half he got his goal, um, he got a two-pointer, he had he was unlucky with another three.
25:22
SPEAKER_02: You know, he was just he was just very, very strong and physical all day long.
25:26
SPEAKER_02: And you know, there wouldn't be anywhere next or near getting a draw out of the game without him.
25:31
SPEAKER_01: Um that that kind of lent more like I know there was other high scores in senior, like we had uh Infernus Nathan Rooney was unreal as well, he said he's one seven.
25:39
SPEAKER_01: But just the context of the situation, yeah.
25:42
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, the underdogs and he kept them in it like complete underdogs and you know kept them in it and ends ends up with one six.
25:48
SPEAKER_02: One six against the county champions is not bad going at all.
25:51
SPEAKER_01: So Kahla will be having the dinner free for this week, anyways.
25:53
SPEAKER_01: Uh we'll get you on social media and you can just call out to to Ballastare to Brian and Sherlock to collect it.
25:58
SPEAKER_01: And we're also each week, um uh Brian Curran, aka Snake himself.
26:03
SPEAKER_01: I'm sure more people know about that than the real name.
26:05
SPEAKER_01: So he also very kindly, and we're very grateful for anyone to come in because this is a hobby.
26:08
SPEAKER_01: We don't get paid to do this.
26:10
SPEAKER_01: Uh, we will be starting a Patreon, so hopefully make because a lot of hours goes into this, entire nose, and if only just the WhatsApps have to send each other, that takes a lot of time.
26:17
SPEAKER_01: But um Brian, did only not only recently this year they set up the uh Sweat Happens Reset and Recover like studio facility out in Trupper Curry.
26:25
SPEAKER_01: So you have everything from your coal plunge to your sauna steam room I'm not gonna sauna, yeah.
26:30
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, and then your the big leg bags, recovery boots, that's the technical name bags.
26:36
SPEAKER_01: But uh so they're out there in in Tupper Curry and they said look, we'd love to get involved as well and support you.
26:41
SPEAKER_01: So we've now come up, we're gonna give the top score of the week each week.
26:45
SPEAKER_01: We'll get a free session as well.
26:46
SPEAKER_01: In fairness to the guys that come in, the sponsor show, and they're giving you a free session.
26:50
SPEAKER_02: And this week's top scorer was Ryan Phillips from Omer Gale.
26:53
SPEAKER_02: So, like we said that we were gonna do it across all the gridships and just just see where it ended up.
26:58
SPEAKER_02: And if it's a case that people end up on equal, you know, might have to be uh going to get the draw.
27:04
SPEAKER_02: Both into the draw.
27:05
SPEAKER_02: But Ryan Phillips from Omer Gales, who uh played Kolera Strandhill in the junior championship at the weekend, it was it was a crazy game because yeah, don't you know need from Kolera Strand Hill, you know, who racked up 3-5 himself, but Ryan Phillips kicked 2-9.
27:20
SPEAKER_01: Okay.
27:20
SPEAKER_01: Right.
27:21
SPEAKER_02: And that was before he knew there was a prize.
27:22
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and uh, which is serious clipping, you know.
27:25
SPEAKER_02: Could we be influencing games now where lads won't be passing the ball?
27:27
SPEAKER_02: Won't be passing the ball.
27:28
SPEAKER_02: But no, that's serious clipping, and Ryan Phillips is a is a is a top player.
27:32
SPEAKER_02: He I'm I'm not sure if he captained the team this year.
27:34
SPEAKER_02: He might be I think he is captain the team because Omer Gales bet given the division two final, and he he kicked the win on two-pointer right at the end of the game after extra time.
27:42
SPEAKER_02: He's a real top player who's had some injuries down through the years, but it's good to see him fly in at the top end like and kicking 2-9 in a championship game.
27:51
SPEAKER_02: You know, I'm sure he's looking for a bit of recovery, so get out to Snake's place and get the boots on.
27:56
SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
27:56
SPEAKER_01: Uh so yeah, so again, thanks again to uh Brian out both two Brian's all very generous.
28:01
SPEAKER_01: Sherlock's Butchers for the uh player of the week and then Sweat Happens Reset and Recovery Studio out in Tubbercury there with Brian Curran.
28:07
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28:08
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28:10
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28:14
SPEAKER_01: So we'll just quickly run through the uh intermediate and junior A.
28:17
SPEAKER_01: I mean, we could we we we couldn't possibly cover everything out down to junior B and Junior C.
28:21
SPEAKER_01: I can give you one update on the junior B.
28:22
SPEAKER_01: Uh, but anyway, Sago Intermediate Championship.
28:24
SPEAKER_01: Let's just quickly go through the results in group one.
28:26
SPEAKER_01: Uh Giva with a comprehensive win 118 to 1.8 against Clunacool, and then also on Saturday, Castle Connor 211, Curry 119.
28:34
SPEAKER_01: So the group one table at the moment, Curry's on four, Castle Connor and Giva on two, and Ballymote and Clunacool no points.
28:40
SPEAKER_01: So I'm going to guess you might have been at the Giva game as well.
28:44
SPEAKER_01: Any little insights, or did you hear anything from the Castle Connor Curry game?
28:47
SPEAKER_02: No, I yeah, look, Castle Connor and Curry, as I as I mentioned last week, I thought it would be that little bit tight.
28:53
SPEAKER_02: Yeah.
28:53
SPEAKER_02: Um again, Curry are, you know, odds on favourites to win the championship, you know, and based on their league form and based on the players that they have at the moment, rightly so.
29:02
SPEAKER_02: But Castle Connor are no bad team.
29:04
SPEAKER_02: And obviously with Caribine, Sean Caribine back and pulling the strings there, and great to see him back playing football.
29:10
SPEAKER_02: And they have a couple of other good footballers there, you know, Stephen Rogan on the inside, they've big Michael Sheridan at midfield who played counter under 20 a couple of years ago.
29:17
SPEAKER_02: And they put it up to Curry.
29:18
SPEAKER_02: Now, by all accounts, I think Curry missed a few goal chances throughout the game, and but they had a spread of scores instead of relying on Mr.
29:25
SPEAKER_02: Mary and Mary and the I think he got six uh six on uh Saturday evening.
29:32
SPEAKER_02: But again, look at it's what we said is this time of the year, them games are for winning, and Casconnor would be happy with the performance.
29:38
SPEAKER_02: Curry would be just happy to get out there at the W, you know.
29:41
SPEAKER_02: Um, in relation to my own club, Giva against Clunakul, good strong performance.
29:46
SPEAKER_02: I had mentioned that the difference between junior and intermediate on paper doesn't look like a huge lot, but on Sunday in the game, it just looked like that there was a golfing class.
29:55
SPEAKER_02: Clunacool have lost Owen Carty, who I think he was in America for a few weeks, then he came back, and now he's gone to London, so he's a huge loss to them because he is their best player.
30:04
SPEAKER_02: He was a player of the championship last year when they won it.
30:06
SPEAKER_02: So he's a big loss and a big void to fill.
30:09
SPEAKER_02: But you know, gave it to their credit, done well, they were strong, they were physical, and they put up a big score 118.
30:14
SPEAKER_02: It's good clipping.
30:16
SPEAKER_02: Um, again, working off a small panel and small numbers, it is what it is.
30:20
SPEAKER_02: But again, at this time of the year, you just got to win them games and you've got to face off what's in front of you, you know?
30:25
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
30:25
SPEAKER_01: And then uh this weekend's fixtures in group one, Clule Cool play curry in Kilcoin Park and Trouble Curry at five o'clock on Saturday evening, and then Sunday Ballymote round towers against Giva.
30:35
SPEAKER_01: That's it for the Kevin Breheny Park at five o'clock also.
30:37
SPEAKER_01: So two games, five at oh, sorry, that's on Sunday, my apologies.
30:40
SPEAKER_01: So five o'clock both days, uh, Saturday, Sunday.
30:42
SPEAKER_01: So are you how again you've you've got the inside track on Giva.
30:46
SPEAKER_01: Are you feeling confident against Ballymote?
30:47
SPEAKER_01: Uh uh Ballymote, look at they're coming down.
30:49
SPEAKER_01: I'm just I'm just looking up something there while you're talking about.
30:51
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, like they're they they're they're kind of swapping places from division one to division two this year.
30:54
SPEAKER_02: Ballymote got relegated.
30:56
SPEAKER_02: Okay.
30:56
SPEAKER_02: Um, you know, it's but Ballymot have a strong panel, they have lots of players, and Liam Mokorney is there for a long few years now managing them, you know.
31:04
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and when you have the same manager in place for an awful lot of years and you're getting all your players playing, you know, like they have the three Lavins playing there together now, three brothers, okay?
31:13
SPEAKER_02: They have Zacco Dowd there in the full forward line, and you know, but they're strong, they're they're physically strong.
31:20
SPEAKER_02: But again, you know, Geever physically strong, okay.
31:23
SPEAKER_02: Um I expect it to be a battle.
31:25
SPEAKER_02: You know, Ballimo probably, you know, will be looking at slightly favourites for the game, but again, I think it's a bit of a toss-up.
31:32
SPEAKER_02: Ballymo are probably in a habit of losing, which is a bad place to be, whether it's league or championship, because they only won one game in the league and got relegated, and that game that they won was against Tuber Curry, who were also relegated, who lost all their games, you know.
31:46
SPEAKER_02: So, and then they lost their first opening round of the championship against Curry.
31:49
SPEAKER_02: So it can be a funny place to be.
31:51
SPEAKER_02: So, look at it, I I'd expect it to be a battle, uh, you know, hard point or two here or there, wouldn't rule out a draw either, to be honest.
31:58
SPEAKER_02: And then on the other game with Curry and Clunacool, after what I've seen at Clunacool the last day, and what I know of Curry, they've got Tommy Ross on the last day, another county player who was injured, as you mentioned, yeah, but he came on the last day, so like he's probably going to be knocking down the door Jimmy Langan this weekend to start because you need to be playing, you need to be getting into these teams, and they're just strong, you know, they've lots of players, they've loads of numbers, and again, Ado Flying up there in the forward line.
32:23
SPEAKER_02: I'd expect that Curry would have a lot in store for Clue and Cool, unfortunately.
32:28
SPEAKER_01: And uh, group two then uh in a scroll killed glass 212 to St.
32:33
SPEAKER_01: Farnans 15.
32:34
SPEAKER_01: Uh Collery St.
32:35
SPEAKER_01: Joseph's their first outing of the championship.
32:36
SPEAKER_01: Uh they lost by two points, the 13 points to Cauery, Bon and Adden 15 points.
32:40
SPEAKER_01: And Bon and Adden topped the table on four, and a scroll on two, so are Farnans, and Collery and St.
32:44
SPEAKER_01: Pat's on no points at the moment.
32:46
SPEAKER_01: So again, no, you're more in the nose of all this world than me, and I suppose Collery probably a bit disappointed.
32:50
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, call him in the league.
32:52
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, there will be what the one Division Three League.
32:54
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so it's a different step up.
32:56
SPEAKER_01: And Bon and Adden have won two games.
32:57
SPEAKER_02: Yes, they have right, and it's the what I'd say about it being a step up is that you're not again, it's not a huge, you know, yeah, not a huge, huge step up, but it's you're playing different teams.
33:07
SPEAKER_02: You're playing an intermediate team or uh, you know, a real strong physical team in Budden Adden.
33:12
SPEAKER_02: Okay, so you might need there was a lot of games that Caldery were winning by double figures in that division three.
33:16
SPEAKER_02: No disrespect of the teams, and that's where they ended up after a few years, you know.
33:21
SPEAKER_02: So it was probably an eye-opener for Caldery at the weekend.
33:24
SPEAKER_02: Um because we s we mentioned, you know, they have they have great players from their keeper right down to the full forward line, they have top quality players.
33:31
SPEAKER_02: But again, Bud Nadden, I think, kicked uh a couple of two-pointers late on.
33:35
SPEAKER_02: Bud Nadden are a big strong team and they didn't really manage them.
33:38
SPEAKER_02: He'll have them well set up.
33:39
SPEAKER_02: They're sitting pretty at the top of the table with two from two.
33:42
SPEAKER_02: Again, they'll be looking at one more win, more than likely, with the way that the results are going in that.
33:46
SPEAKER_01: So there was only a two-point loss for Collery in their first game.
33:48
SPEAKER_02: Of course, their first game in championship.
33:50
SPEAKER_02: On the flip side of that, in a scroll and fairness, we had mentioned that that's the West Derby over there, you know.
33:55
SPEAKER_02: And like again, just the way that that lines up, like in a scroll and Farnans toss of a coin, really, because in a scroll coming off a bad loss, Farns are after winning the week before.
34:05
SPEAKER_02: Again, any of them teams could be beating each other on any given day.
34:08
SPEAKER_02: Like the fixtures this weekend.
34:09
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, well, St.
34:10
SPEAKER_01: Patrick's are playing Collery St.
34:11
SPEAKER_01: Joseph's at St.
34:12
SPEAKER_01: Kent Park on Saturday at five o'clock, and then Sunday at five o'clock as well, Bunning Aden versus St.
34:17
SPEAKER_01: Farnens in Torestran.
34:19
SPEAKER_01: So again, Collery looking to redeem themselves, and again, it's called up St.
34:22
SPEAKER_01: Pat's haven't got a point.
34:22
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so like Patterson.
34:23
SPEAKER_02: So Pat's are struggling.
34:24
SPEAKER_02: I said that that uh a tough enough time in league football and they've lost a lot of players.
34:28
SPEAKER_02: Caller would be looking to get back on the horse in a big way at the weekend and looking, and I'd expect them to do so.
34:33
SPEAKER_02: On the flip side of that, Bud Nad and Farnans, again, um it's one of these games that you put Nadern are expected to win.
34:40
SPEAKER_02: Okay, because of the way that the form guide is going, etc.
34:44
SPEAKER_02: etc.
34:44
SPEAKER_02: But Farnans on their day could produce a performance.
34:47
SPEAKER_02: But if Bud Nad have all their ducks in order and they have all their players on the pitch, like Luke Marin is you know, top scorer up there, and then they have big boys like Big Frayne and Clavin in the middle of the field, and then they have Key and Brett there at half back length breaking lines, you know, they're uh they're a they're a strong team, like you know, they really are.
35:02
SPEAKER_02: So I'd expect them to win over Farnans.
35:06
SPEAKER_01: And we'll just quickly run through the Sligo Junior A championship.
35:08
SPEAKER_01: Uh the results in group one, uh Torestran 213, St.
35:11
SPEAKER_01: Michaels 218, Owen Moore Gale 221, comprehensive winners over Kalera 3-6.
35:16
SPEAKER_01: Um Owen Moore are top of the table there on four Mary's and St.
35:19
SPEAKER_01: Michael's on two, and Torestran and Calera and uh no points for them yet.
35:23
SPEAKER_01: And this weekend on Saturday at 5 o'clock in Shamrock Gales Park, you have St.
35:26
SPEAKER_01: Michael's playing Kalira Strand Hill.
35:28
SPEAKER_01: And on Sunday at 2 o'clock, you have St.
35:30
SPEAKER_01: Mary's playing Touristran, and that is in the CA Centre of Excellence.
35:33
SPEAKER_01: And then in group two, St.
35:35
SPEAKER_01: John's had a win, and again, we'll have a quick chat about it in a second, but I heard there was breaches, there was, you know, there was tension.
35:41
SPEAKER_01: They uh just narrowly beat Drumcliffe 3.12 to 2.14.
35:44
SPEAKER_01: Eastern Harps 3-9, Shamrock Gales 11.
35:47
SPEAKER_01: And in that group, Johns are top two games, two wins, and again, I suppose the favour are starting to rise to the top.
35:52
SPEAKER_01: They're all more Gales on four at the top of one group and St.
35:54
SPEAKER_01: Johns top of the other.
35:55
SPEAKER_01: Uh Meloch Gales and Eastern Harps on two points each, and Shamrock Gales and Drumcliff yet to get off the mark.
35:59
SPEAKER_01: This weekend then you see Shamrock Gales play Drumcliff, Ross's point.
36:02
SPEAKER_01: That is on Sunday at 2 o'clock in Stenson Park, and then on Sunday also St.
36:06
SPEAKER_01: Meloch Gales play Eastern Harps, and that's two o'clock in Clunacool Community Park.
36:10
SPEAKER_01: Again, hopefully we've all our results and fixtures that everything right.
36:12
SPEAKER_01: If not, go to SlidewithGa.e.
36:14
SPEAKER_01: But again, I know John's uh it was a real ding-dong battle there, and I someone said I might be wrong with like three or four breaches from Drumcliffe.
36:21
SPEAKER_01: And like, you know, these little lapses in discipline, and that swings the game, you know.
36:24
SPEAKER_02: It can, of course.
36:25
SPEAKER_02: Okay, it's a and and you you probably in them games like the one by a point, you're relying on that to get across the line.
36:31
SPEAKER_02: Drumcliffe, as we mentioned, are a very strong senior team, which I guarantee you some of them guys are are training with the senior team and they're getting game time with the juniors, which is helping them along.
36:41
SPEAKER_02: And it's no more in the in in group one with St.
36:43
SPEAKER_02: Mary's, like they have like they have loads of players there that are involved with the senior setup that are training with the senior setup, and then they get to play in a junior match.
36:51
SPEAKER_02: So they're very strong.
36:53
SPEAKER_02: Do you know what I mean?
36:53
SPEAKER_02: But again, like we mentioned at the very start of doing this that Omer Gales and St.
36:57
SPEAKER_02: John's, if they avoid each other, they should be meeting each other regardless in in the final, you know, because you just they're you know two first teams there, and that's where they're at.
37:07
SPEAKER_02: Again, but uh there there could be a surprise along the way, like like Tor Lastrand beating St.
37:10
SPEAKER_02: Michaels there, or losing to St.
37:12
SPEAKER_02: Michaels at the weekend.
37:13
SPEAKER_02: Um St.
37:14
SPEAKER_02: Michaels, you know, part McGoldrick there, uh elder statesman kicking eight or nine points again for St.
37:19
SPEAKER_02: Michaels.
37:20
SPEAKER_02: Like, you know, he's around for donkeys years as well.
37:22
SPEAKER_02: But again, look at that's that's junior football, and you just don't know where anybody would be because you don't know who's going to be around at a weekend, you don't know what teams are going to lose players to their first team.
37:31
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, that's the constant conundrum, isn't it?
37:32
SPEAKER_01: Of course it is who's now available or not.
37:35
SPEAKER_02: Like because some manager could say, Well, I want this guy today, or you know, I'm I'm I'm down a body, so I want him talking out to me.
37:41
SPEAKER_01: I suppose Owen Moore and Johns have the advantage then of gone.
37:43
SPEAKER_01: Well, we won't lose anyone to a higher up team.
37:45
SPEAKER_01: Whereas you've as you said there, you've Kalira, you have Touristrania.
37:48
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, and as we mentioned with Ryan Phillips kicking 2-9 for Omer Gales and Dina Walsh, their you know, county player Mark Walsh didn't play at the weekend.
37:56
SPEAKER_02: I think he's carrying a knock from the league final.
37:58
SPEAKER_02: But you know, they're they're a real strong team from back to front, like you know.
38:02
SPEAKER_02: But again, there'll be ups and downs in that junior championship that you don't see coming, you know.
38:06
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, yeah.
38:06
SPEAKER_01: And again, as I said, the junior B and junior C has taken off.
38:09
SPEAKER_01: Uh, I I did uh I can tell you that St.
38:11
SPEAKER_01: John's beat St.
38:12
SPEAKER_01: Mary's because I came on for a few minutes uh at the end.
38:15
SPEAKER_01: But uh I tell you one thing, St.
38:16
SPEAKER_01: Mary's is a big pitch.
38:17
SPEAKER_01: Uh you don't realise it till you're on it.
38:19
SPEAKER_01: But uh I and again, I I did I'd be honest, I mean all the all the fixtures are out there on Sigo GA like we literally couldn't be covering everything here, but again, uh yeah, no, it's been a great few weeks, and I'm looking forward to now seeing um Malosh and sorry I have to get myself right here of this weekend, Malosh and Drumcliff out in Ballymote, which we'll be commentating on an Ocean FM.
38:36
SPEAKER_01: Again, for anyone, there's still the weekend pass tickets for uh it's 15 euro for a weekend pass.
38:42
SPEAKER_01: Sligo GATV.ie if you want to watch any of the streamed games this weekend, an Ocean FM, of course, with all the updates and some live broadcasting commentary as well.
38:49
SPEAKER_01: So Darren, we're we're getting it's getting to the business then after this weekend.
38:52
SPEAKER_01: So um and do you dare to do a little prediction?
38:56
SPEAKER_02: Like it's uh it's it's too soon to come.
38:59
SPEAKER_01: And again, and I'm coming in like a fresh face here, kind of seeing it all.
39:02
SPEAKER_01: Yeah, so yeah, you couldn't confidently.
39:04
SPEAKER_02: No, like on the on the form lines, just the way that things are going at the moment, you're probably going to be saying that Drumcliff are ticking all the boxes at the right time.
39:10
SPEAKER_02: Like, you know, they're just they're just there where they need to be.
39:13
SPEAKER_02: If they were to win this weekend, semi-final awaits them, and you're in the last four there, and again, you get the couple of weeks to recover, like like and having you know, like even last weekend with Key and Lally there, like not having to play against Easy because you know, having you know, being able to rest and another man stepping up then, like you know what I mean.
39:31
SPEAKER_02: Yeah, you know, Michael Carroll clipping in there with nine points, and again, look at it's it's there'll be twos and froze in this championship, but it's it's heating up now, and the jeopardy starts coming into play now.
39:42
SPEAKER_02: That you know, you get them teams into the top position that are in the semi-final, then the second and third end up gonna play in second and third in the other group, and that's when it's gonna heat up, really.
39:52
SPEAKER_02: Like you know.
39:53
SPEAKER_01: Well, look, uh, we will be back next week.
39:54
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39:55
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39:58
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40:00
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40:05
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40:24
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40:26
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