Roscommon GAA Discussion Thread

Eyes Down Field

Roscommon should have as much self belief as any other provincial champion. If they view Kerry or Dublin like it's a privilege to just be on the pitch with them, to just 'have a day out in Croke Park' Then they will get steamrolled.

Roscommon are 3 wins away from an All Ireland title. Fck the holidays in Ibiza, Now is not the time to take your eyes off the prize

yabadabado

Eyes Down Field wrote: »

Roscommon should have as much self belief as any other provincial champion. If they view Kerry or Dublin like it's a privilege to just be on the pitch with them, to just 'have a day out in Croke Park' Then they will get steamrolled.

Roscommon are 3 wins away from an All Ireland title. Fck the holidays in Ibiza, Now is not the time to take your eyes off the prize

Its gone completely over your head ,hasnt it

blazermel

nice_guy80 wrote: »

don't want to be too positive as we've no chance the next day out...
but, Murtagh and Compton have returned to training

We do have an awful fear factor of coming across any ways positive...in case we end up with egg on our face. Great news on Murtagh and Compton, any update on ultan's injury?

Syferus

blazermel wrote: »

We do have an awful fear factor of coming across any ways positive...in case we end up with egg on our face. Great news on Murtagh and Compton, any update on ultan's injury?

Harney won't be playing any more IC football this season. Anyone expecting him back doesn't know how much the injury has effected his ability to do basic things like kick the ball.

He had two options with the back injury, surgery or rest. He's chosen resting it, and resting it means no miracle comebacks at county or club in the near future. If rest doesn't solve it surgery will be the only option and that brings with it even longer on the blocks and a very tricky rehab.

Eyes Down Field

So that's it. Roscommon are playing Mayo. Out of the 3 teams that they could have met. Mayo was the one I didn't want for Roscommon. Their Experience, and more specifically experience in Croke Park will stand to them and make them hot favourites.

blazermel

Well sure by all accounts Mayo supporters have themselves already in the semi final with getting Roscommon in the quarter, if you're to read their disregard for Roscommon on here and other forums. Agreed I didn't want them either given our record against them in recent years but sure maybe it's about time we stand up and break the poor record and affirm ourselves as the competitive team we want to be.

blazermel

Well sure by all accounts Mayo supporters have themselves already in the semi final with getting Roscommon in the quarter, if you're to read their disregard for Roscommon on here and other forums. Agreed I didn't want them either given our record against them in recent years but sure maybe it's about time we stand up and break the poor record and affirm ourselves as the competitive team we want to be.

nice_guy80

mayo to win this by 5+

good day out for the west anyway next Sunday

rossie1977

nice_guy80 wrote: »

mayo to win this by 5+

good day out for the west anyway next Sunday

Looks like Connachts the strongest province right now

Not sure how to read this game. Mayo have all the experience and an Indian sign over us for nigh on 25 years. They comfortably beat us in the league in second gear yet haven't really impressed in any championship game this year but still they will come in battle hardened while we haven't been tested at all.

RoscommonTom

I dont see anything with the Mayo's this year to be scared of, there cat at the back k so our foewards will get plenty of chances. I hope the talk of them being out foreign is not true, crazy if it is, the Galways giving Donegal a big beating makes us look even better, mayo will be tired after playing the extra time too, time to beat these bastards

rossie1977

Kerry in 2009 struggled through the qualifiers and yet blitzed Dublin in the quarters so you can't always go on qualifier form especially the top teams. Remember Mayo haven't lost a quarter final since 2009 either while Roscommon have never won one.

Bookies have us as massive underdogs, Boyle have Roscommon at 4/1. I wonder what the odds would be had Mayo beat Galway in Galway by 9 points in Connacht final and we had come through the qualifiers... probably 25/1 lol

franklyon

blazermel wrote: »

Well sure by all accounts Mayo supporters have themselves already in the semi final with getting Roscommon in the quarter, if you're to read their disregard for Roscommon on here and other forums.

On here? Where exactly do you read that? No real Mayo fan have themselves in any quarter final :rolleyes:

DDC1990

franklyon wrote:

On here? Where exactly do you read that? No real Mayo fan have themselves in any quarter final

I think you'll find that every Mayo fan has themselves in the QF's :P

The semi's on the other hand...

franklyon

Hah, you know what I meant coffee hasn't started working yet.

blazermel

Roscommon Team to play Mayo named up on the website.

Jul 23,2017
Kevin Mc Stay tonight named his team to face Mayo in the All-Ireland Quarter Final to be played in Croke Park on Sunday next at a time yet to be confirmed by the CCCC. Kevin has retained faith with the team that overcame Galway in the Connacht Final on July 9th in Pearse Stadium Salthill.





1 Colm Lavin (Éire Óg)

2 Sean McDermott (Western Gaels)

3 John McManus (Roscommon Gaels)

4 David Murray (Padraig Pearses)

5 Niall McInerney (St. Brigid’s)

6 Sean Mullooly (Strokestown)

7 Brian Stack (St Brigid’s)

8 Fintan Cregg (Elphin)

9 Enda Smith (Boyle)

10 Tadgh O’Rourke (Tulsk)

11 Cian Connolly (Roscommon Gaels)

12 Conor Devaney (Kilbride)

13 Ciaráin Murtagh (Captain) (St Faithleach’s)

14 Diarmuid Murtagh (St. Faithleach’s)

15 Niall Kilroy (Fuerty)

ProudDUB

A week in advance? WTF?

Comic Book Guy

ProudDUB wrote: »

A week in advance? WTF?

The same thing was done for last 2 games, don't see what the big deal is.

nice_guy80

they did the same the week of connacht final - nobody noticed...
means there's no media around roscommon all week
allows players get on with preparation
allows starting 15 to train as a unit all week

ProudDUB

What if someone gets injured in training?

rossie1977

ProudDUB wrote: »

What if someone gets injured in training?

Someone else will take his place..

Always_Running

ProudDUB wrote: »

What if someone gets injured in training?

Cathal Compton was named on the team a week before Connacht final and got injured in training. He was replaced by Cian Connolly the scorer on that first goal.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMcXqxM6c5U

nice_guy80

ProudDUB wrote: »

What if someone gets injured in training?

what if someone catches a cold?

Farmer_3650

Mayo will more than likely win the game by 2 or 3 points in the last few minutes just like the rest of their championship games this year.

ProudDUB

nice_guy80 wrote: »

what if someone catches a cold?

Or has to pass a late fitness test?

franglan

Kevin was on Off The Ball over the weekend (it's on podcast too if you're that way inclined) really playing down our chances. Essentially this run has come too early and is just hoping to compete. I would hope the spiel in training the last week or so is somewhat different!

Comic Book Guy

We are the second game on Sunday, 4pm throw in.

Syferus

Comic Book Guy wrote: »

We are the second game on Sunday, 4pm throw in.

It doesn't get much bigger than this. What an occasion.

nice_guy80

Syferus wrote: »

It doesn't get much bigger than this. What an occasion.

wait till the semi and final!

EICVD

Best of luck at the weekend, please be the cause of the second best thing in the Championship for me :-) ;-)

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

Good move on management's part naming the team early again IMO.

All about the performance on Sunday. If we tear into the game like we did in the CF, we'll give ourselves a chance. Mayo haven't exactly set the world alight and I have a feeling they've got one eye on a semi final against Kerry. We haven't performed in Croker in a long time (bar a couple of league finals), so time to set that right.