Aaron Kernan Echoes 'Not Good Enough' Critique After Sunday Game's Sligo Gaffes

Sligo selector Aaron Kernan has taken aim at The Sunday Game's analysis of Leitrim v Sligo saying that it didn’t “have a great look to it” after analysts made a number of mistakes following the showing of match highlights.

Last Sunday’s Tailteann Cup match, which Sligo won by four points, was streamed live on GAA+ with highlights also shown on The Sunday Game programme with former Dublin star Paul Flynn along with ex-Westmeath manager and player Dessie Dolan casting their eye over it in the studio.

Paul Flynn mistakenly referred to Sligo goalkeeper Aidan Devaney as “Lyons” when referencing an impressive save he had made to deny Leitrim, while Dessie Dolan mixed Sligo manager Tony McEntee up with his twin brother John and also name-checked a “Nathan Murphy” when, it would appear it was Sligo captain Niall Murphy that he meant to highlight.

The gaffes were flagged by Sligo PRO Padraig McKeon over Twitter where said it was 'not good enough'

Ex-Armagh and Crossmaglen star and BoyleSports ambassador Aaron Kernan was drafted into the Sligo set-up in a coaching role last winter and is a former club and county teammate of the McEntees.

He was speaking to Pat Nolan in the Irish Mirror about it:

I would say their main focus in terms of what analysis they would show on the night would have been based off the Sam Maguire games and then you're only watching clips.

I know they're twins and they're identical twins but Tony's been operating between Mayo and Sligo for a considerable period of time. He got a bit of slagging over it alright now within the Sligo management with WhatsApp chat.

But yeah, there was a few names that were incorrectly thrown in there in terms of even goalkeepers and that there.

Kernan did have some sympathy for Flynn and Dolan given the timing of the highlights show.

I thought the length of coverage it got was very good. The length of time that they chatted about it was very good. Whenever you're getting names mixed up and names wrong, it doesn't have a great look to it. But, at that stage, it was nearly after 11 o'clock on a Sunday night. It's been a long day.

Sligo's win over Leitrim leaves them undefeated after two games with a big match against Kildare looming next.