Roscommon GAA Discussion Thread

ProudDUB · 02-05-2016 12:26pm

They have already received 3 reality checks from Mayo, Dublin & Kerry. How many more do they need?

nice_guy80 · 02-05-2016 2:15pm

5 championship debutants with a lot of injured players.
Only flew over on Thursday.

Job done

PressRun · 02-05-2016 3:28pm

It's a surprising result, but at the end of the day, they won and that's all that really matters. A tight game might not be the worst thing in the world for them.

ebbsy · 02-05-2016 3:31pm

Ye got the win lads move on.

Just be thankful you are not from Wicklow then you would have something to complain about.

theoneeyedman · 02-05-2016 4:21pm

Boom__Boom wrote: »

New York's results in the championship the last 20 years

The fact that New York scored 0-17 is pretty damming for the Roscommon defence when you look at the totals they have scored over those 20 years.

AFAIK the game in 2010 was a draw, and Galway won in et.
No need for hyperbole here, a win is a win. Onwards to Carrick-on-Shannon in 3 weeks:it's perfect. The Laytrum crowd now have hope in their hearts:let's snatch that away in 3 weeks

rossie1977 · 02-05-2016 6:16pm

ebbsy wrote: »

Ye got the win lads move on.

Just be thankful you are not from Wicklow then you would have something to complain about.

To be fair its mostly non Roscommon fans having a go. Boom_boom is from Kerry, tod is from mayo and prouddub is obviously from dublin

Regardless its still a shocking display but at least we won't have anyone creating fake Roscommon gaa twitter and facebook accounts this year. we won't have anymore fake Roscommon posters on here attempting to rile up rival fans and getting many to bite. we won't have the likes of James Horan, john Casey, john maughan or tommy carr on national radio building us up for months only to ask what all the hype was about when we lose..despite the fact it was them who were creating most of that hype

Fr Tod Umptious · 02-05-2016 6:44pm

theoneeyedman wrote: »

AFAIK the game in 2010 was a draw, and Galway won in et.
No need for hyperbole here, a win is a win. Onwards to Carrick-on-Shannon in 3 weeks:it's perfect. The Laytrum crowd now have hope in their hearts:let's snatch that away in 3 weeks

Galway was not a AET win, they won it in 70mins but some were surprised by their performance.

A Div 1 team beating NY by a point has to be a worry, especially after their poor performances v Mayo, Dublin and Kerry.

A win is a win is just a cliché that hides reality.
These guys are a nothing team and may not even be good enough to get to a QF as provincial loser on the easy A side of the draw.

yabadabado · 02-05-2016 6:59pm

I love the way certain posters always make an appearance after Ros have a poor result.
Similar to the sad bastards who were making fake social media accounts last year, got to wonder what kinda person gets a kick out of that.

squiredanaher · 02-05-2016 7:42pm

Tools.

Fr Tod Umptious · 02-05-2016 7:44pm

yabadabado wrote: »

I love the way certain posters always make an appearance after Ros have a poor result.
Similar to the sad bastards who were making fake social media accounts last year, got to wonder what kinda person gets a kick out of that.

Most of it is only continuing the discussion that has been going on around this Roscommon outfit since early last year.

There was a lot of talk about their promotion to Div 1, possible Connacht champs, then their losses to Sligo and Fermanagh, then came the high profile managerial appointments, then their great start to the league and their poor finish.

NY was their chance to regroup and kick start their champaign, but they scraped past with a record low winning margin for this fixture.

You hardly expect us to sit idly by and not comment, we would be doing the form a disservice.

ProudDUB · 02-05-2016 8:09pm

I wasn't having a go. I was making the point that a county that lost its last 3 games, can hardly be in need of a reality check. It is perfectly valid point and I stand by it.

Fr Tod Umptious · 02-05-2016 8:38pm

ProudDUB wrote: »

I wasn't having a go. I was making the point that a county that lost its last 3 games, can hardly be in need of a reality check. It is perfectly valid point and I stand by it.

But the Roscommon fans are in such a bad place right now anything as everything will be construed as "having a go".

As I said this was the game to kick start the campaign, but it was a mess.

Maybe in a few weeks they will roll over Leitrim and the chins will be up again, but for now they a questioning this team and management, and rightly so.

naughto · 02-05-2016 8:49pm

It's n tg4 now

blowitupref · 02-05-2016 10:33pm

theoneeyedman wrote: »

AFAIK the game in 2010 was a draw, and Galway won in et.
No need for hyperbole here, a win is a win. Onwards to Carrick-on-Shannon in 3 weeks:it's perfect. The Laytrum crowd now have hope in their hearts:let's snatch that away in 3 weeks

2003 Leitrim is the one New York game that went to extra time. 2010 New York might have pulled off a shock but they got two men sent off in the 2nd half.

ProudDUB wrote: »

I wasn't having a go. I was making the point that a county that lost its last 3 games, can hardly be in need of a reality check. It is perfectly valid point and I stand by it.

Same could be said of Mayo after the reality check against London in 2011. Mayo had lost to Sligo div 3 and Longford div 4 in 2010 in the championship and only won 2 of their 7 Div one NFL games Mayo really should have went into that game against winless London more focused but they were lucky to bring that game into extra time. As they say the rest is history since.

Roscommons championship season will be judged after its over. The writing is either on the wall after that New York game yesterday or it could be a blessing in disguise and turning point to brighter days ahead.

Comic Book Guy · 02-05-2016 10:38pm

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

But the Roscommon fans are in such a bad place right now anything as everything will be construed as "having a go".

As I said this was the game to kick start the campaign, but it was a mess.

Maybe in a few weeks they will roll over Leitrim and the chins will be up again, but for now they a questioning this team and management, and rightly so.

Where are these Roscommon fans on here that are questioning the team and management?
The vast majority of Roscommon fans can see the progress that is being made but are fully aware that the road ahead is still a very long one. Yourself and like minded posters point out the poor end to our league campaign, fair enough but a bit of perspective please, this is still a very young side and it's only fair 5 years since we were being comfortably beaten in a division 4 league final so I don't think ya will see any Roscommon fan throwing out the baby with the bath water.

From written reports it was a poor performance but these things can happen and I still have every confidence in the management team for the coming season and ore importantly the next few years.

On the weekend that your own county won its 5th All Ireland U21 title it's pretty sad that you have to concern yourself with a side you previously stated were barely a team.

megadodge · 02-05-2016 10:45pm

Just heard Cian Connolly has a fractured jaw.

And I wouldn't mind but he absolutely roasted Mulloolly in a club game last weekend with a brilliant display.

nice_guy80 · 02-05-2016 11:03pm

Just on this.

From talking to a friend who was in NY, he reckoned there should have been 5 black cards dished out to NY players including the keeper for a blatant trip for the penalty.the referee was very lenient on NY.
Ros missed a bucket load of goal chances through ploy finishing.
There were a lot of distractions for Ros players from once their got to NY with functions and fans 'meet and greets'.

Fr Tod Umptious · 03-05-2016 12:13am

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Just on this.

From talking to a friend who was in NY, he reckoned there should have been 5 black cards dished out to NY players including the keeper for a blatant trip for the penalty.the referee was very lenient on NY.
Ros missed a bucket load of goal chances through ploy finishing.
There were a lot of distractions for Ros players from once their got to NY with functions and fans 'meet and greets'.

No more than every other Connacht team that plays this fixture.

Fr Tod Umptious · 03-05-2016 12:16am

Comic Book Guy wrote: »

Where are these Roscommon fans on here that are questioning the team and management?
The vast majority of Roscommon fans can see the progress that is being made but are fully aware that the road ahead is still a very long one. Yourself and like minded posters point out the poor end to our league campaign, fair enough but a bit of perspective please, this is still a very young side and it's only fair 5 years since we were being comfortably beaten in a division 4 league final so I don't think ya will see any Roscommon fan throwing out the baby with the bath water.

From written reports it was a poor performance but these things can happen and I still have every confidence in the management team for the coming season and ore importantly the next few years.

On the weekend that your own county won its 5th All Ireland U21 title it's pretty sad that you have to concern yourself with a side you previously stated were barely a team.

I'm still enjoying the U 21 win thank you very much.

Topcat32 · 03-05-2016 12:26am

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Galway was not a AET win, they won it in 70mins but some were surprised by their performance.

A Div 1 team beating NY by a point has to be a worry, especially after their poor performances v Mayo, Dublin and Kerry.

A win is a win is just a cliché that hides reality.
These guys are a nothing team and may not even be good enough to get to a QF as provincial loser on the easy A side of the draw.

Correct me if I'm wrong but didnt Mayo have a reasonably good year after London should have beaten them a few years ago.

PressRun · 03-05-2016 12:46am

The circumstances around the Mayo/London match a few years ago were a bit different, to be fair. Mayo were at a low ebb after coming out of the awful O'Mahony era, and that match was just the very beginning of James Horan building them back up again.

On Roscommon, I still fully expect them to be in the CF.

TimRiggins · 03-05-2016 5:55am

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

I'm still enjoying the U 21 win thank you very much.

By coming onto a Roscommon thread. Wow your life must be sad.

Fr Tod Umptious · 03-05-2016 9:53am

TimRiggins wrote: »

By coming onto a Roscommon thread. Wow your life must be sad.

Roscommon v NY was the first game of the championship.
And instead of it being the challenge match that it usually is it turn out to be a very close run thing.

Now I personally think that is worthy of discussion.
Fair enough it was not on TV so its hard to analyse but it seems that a lot of folks here just don't want to talk about the poor recent form of their team full stop.

I'd expect Roscommon to recover from it and deal with Leitrim without much fuss, but then again I expected them to deal with NY without any fuss.

Maybe the discussion will get going when any posters that might have been there get back home and start to writing about it.

nice_guy80 · 03-05-2016 10:39am

Trolling
Go off and enjoy the win

Fr Tod Umptious · 03-05-2016 10:56am

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Trolling
Go off and enjoy the win

No, not trolling.

I'll leave it until after Leitrim, ye might be more engaging then regardless of outcome.

RoscommonTom · 03-05-2016 11:16am

theres a lot of talk about fellas being out in pubs the night before the game and plenty of Porter getting drunk, I hope its not true

yabadabado · 03-05-2016 11:26am

For a lad who thinks Ros are "a nothing team" "barely a team" he sure likes coming in here and showing great concern for us.

fullstop · 03-05-2016 12:27pm

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

There was a lot of talk about their promotion to Div 1, possible Connacht champs, then their losses to Sligo and Fermanagh, then came the high profile managerial appointments, then their great start to the league and their poor finish.

Just like all your talk of Mayo winning the All Ireland every year and they should expect to be in the final...

Fr Tod Umptious · 03-05-2016 12:39pm

fullstop wrote: »

Just like all your talk of Mayo winning the All Ireland every year and they should expect to be in the final...

If you took the time to research you would see the following.

I was convinced they would get to the final in 2013.
I was worried for them in 2014 and 2015 based on improvements in Connacht and the losses of the previous years, added to by the continuing ageing and lack of new blood in the squad.

I'm confident they can make the final this year based primiarly on the draw but also because players needing to prove something, and the continuing maturation of players like Dirumaid O Connor and Evan Regan.

ProudDUB · 03-05-2016 4:27pm

TimRiggins wrote: »

By coming onto a Roscommon thread. Wow your life must be sad.

Oh for goodness sake !

It is the first week of May. The first championship game of the year has just been played & it didn't go exactly as expected. People are going to be interested in that, & want to talk about it, regardless of where they are from. It doesn't make them, or their lives, sad. Lighten up.

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