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Roscommon GAA Discussion Thread

Syferus

There seems to be a few Rossies on the forum and even though the seniors are done for this year there's still plenty going on, not least the minors great run and the county championship likely to restart very soon.

So. A thread for it all!

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yabadabado

Always_Running wrote: »

I would have to be paid to listen to the Joe Brolly gibberish.

He is annoying but the other two are a few levels worse and I find it astonishing any club in Roscommon would have Prenty involved with them.

Always_Running

yabadabado wrote: »

A really good cause but imagine paying to listen to Carney and Prenty.

I would have to be paid to listen to the Joe Brolly gibberish.

Syferus

Amazing the only Roscommon man on show is Cake. I'd be more interested to hear what Sean Purcell or FOD had to say about this year, but I'd say they couldn't afford their travel expenses..

yabadabado

A really good cause but imagine paying to listen to Carney and Prenty.

Addle

Great fundraising event in Boyle on Friday night.
Tickets only €10.
https://www.joe.ie/sport/roscommon-gaa-593043

yabadabado

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote: »

The terracing is fine IMO. The terrace doesn't need covering really, that'd be a luxury we don't require nor can we afford. As has been said already, leveling that half-baked stand and the concrete seating below it (jesus I hate that concrete seating!) and putting in one big proper stand like Tullamore would be ideal.

It'll never happen though, not unless Roscommon get into the big time and we start getting crowds of 15,000+ at our home matches regularly.

If we are depending on crowds then it will never happen .Offaly CB had a plan in place and got the job done(not with out problems) our board should be capable of doing similar .
Ideal world level all stand and surrounding crap and start again but that is never gonna happen imo.More realistic is rip out the concrete seating and upgrade that along with new toilet facilities and a general cleaning up of entrances etc if about as much as will happen.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

The terracing is fine IMO. The terrace doesn't need covering really, that'd be a luxury we don't require nor can we afford. As has been said already, leveling that half-baked stand and the concrete seating below it (jesus I hate that concrete seating!) and putting in one big proper stand like Tullamore would be ideal.

It'll never happen though, not unless Roscommon get into the big time and we start getting crowds of 15,000+ at our home matches regularly.

megadodge

yabadabado wrote: »

Walkways and toilets should be done asap.Not a huge cost .

Its not a huge job to put down concrete/paving/tarmacadm .Is there any need to be walking thorough gutter going to a game ?

When you said "walkways" I thought you meant the walkways within the terracing itself. Misunderstood.

megadodge

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Ennis
Parnell Park
Longford
Nowlan Park

maybe more fans would turn up to games if they knew they weren't going to get drenched?
you only need to cover the back half of the terrace.

None of the first three have terracing the size of the Hyde. Not even close.

I can't speak for Nowlan Park.

It's no small job to cover terracing that size and as we all agree the money would be better spent on the other side. If that was looked after then you could start looking at the less important things.

nice_guy80

megadodge wrote: »

What stadium in Ireland provides covering for terraces that size?

Ennis
Parnell Park
Longford
Nowlan Park

maybe more fans would turn up to games if they knew they weren't going to get drenched?
you only need to cover the back half of the terrace.

yabadabado

Syferus wrote: »

By certain man you mean a management team more than half made up of Roscommon men.

Not a single Roscommon man or woman I knew would have looked forward to returning to the Wind Tunnel the next weekend given how poor a venue it is for sport, both in terms of the conditions and the wall-to-wall traffic. McHale was the brave, positive choice for a team whose goal was to win and not line John Prenty's pockets. That the team didn't deliver on the day is completely matterless.

No Ros management wanted to go back to Salthill but werent granted that.

Diabhal Beag

It's actually gotten colder, wetter & winder since last year too.

Syferus

yabadabado wrote: »

The Hyde was picked as the provincial ground back in the 90s .Voted on at CC but it didnt suit a few .
We are playing in Salthill this year again because a certain man wanted Castlebar to get the reply last summer when we were happy for Salthill to the reply.

By certain man you mean a management team more than half made up of Roscommon men.

Not a single Roscommon man or woman I knew would have looked forward to returning to the Wind Tunnel the next weekend given how poor a venue it is for sport, both in terms of the conditions and the wall-to-wall traffic. McHale was the brave, positive choice for a team whose goal was to win and not line John Prenty's pockets. That the team didn't deliver on the day is completely matterless.

yabadabado

The Hyde was picked as the provincial ground back in the 90s .Voted on at CC but it didnt suit a few .
We are playing in Salthill this year again because a certain man wanted Castlebar to get the reply last summer when we were happy for Salthill to the reply.

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Since they relayed it the pitch in the Hyde is very good.

The rest of the ground is not as bad as places like Ennis but not great either.

The problem is if you do major development, new stand, covered terrace etc, you are spending millions on another underutilized ground, just like you have in Castlebar and Salthill.

Back in the early 90s there was this talk of a single ground for Connacht finals, and Hyde Park was very much in the conversation, pity it was never followed up though.

Redsoxfan

megadodge wrote:

It's become a kind of national pastime to belittle the Hyde. You'd swear you were taking your life in your hands attending a match there listening to some comments over the years.

Only a certain faction as far as I have seen...

yabadabado

megadodge wrote: »

What stadium in Ireland provides covering for terraces that size? It was regarded as an added bonus when it was built. It's an unnecessary luxury in my eyes. Fine if the money was there, but seriously?

What's wrong with the walkways?

The rest I already mentioned.

Walkways and toilets should be done asap.Not a huge cost .

Its not a huge job to put down concrete/paving/tarmacadm .Is there any need to be walking thorough gutter going to a game ?

Syferus

megadodge wrote: »

Thank you.

It's become a kind of national pastime to belittle the Hyde. You'd swear you were taking your life in your hands attending a match there listening to some comments over the years.

Best pitch in the country. Bottom five in facilities. Lots of work needs to be done to bring it to even a decent standard.

We're like a child in class getting a gold star for colouring inside the lines celebrating laying a pitch successfully.

megadodge

Redsoxfan wrote: »

Was in the Hyde for a League game this year. Fine ground.

Thank you.

It's become a kind of national pastime to belittle the Hyde. You'd swear you were taking your life in your hands attending a match there listening to some comments over the years.

Redsoxfan

Was in the Hyde for a League game this year. Fine ground.

megadodge

What stadium in Ireland provides covering for terraces that size? It was regarded as an added bonus when it was built. It's an unnecessary luxury in my eyes. Fine if the money was there, but seriously?

What's wrong with the walkways?

The rest I already mentioned.

yabadabado

Nice guy beat me to it.

yabadabado

megadodge wrote: »

The terraces don't need upgrading. They're fine.

It's the stand side. Ideally, the stand (or replacement) should extend the full length with covering all the way down to the sideline. Underneath the stand would also need to be developed.

Ideally if the money was available then the whole stand ,dressing rooms and concrete seats would be ripped up and replaced by something like Tullamore..Terraces could do with better cover from the element's .New walk ways and tiolets etc.
All those jobs are a pipe dream imo afaik very minimal wirk is planned .

nice_guy80

megadodge wrote: »

The terraces don't need upgrading. They're fine.

It's the stand side. Ideally, the stand (or replacement) should extend the full length with covering all the way down to the sideline. Underneath the stand would also need to be developed.

extending the roof on the terrace would make a huge difference
ideally they would just level the new stand and concrete seating and build a new stand like in Portlaoise or Tullamore. That won't happen though

what will be done is take out the concrete seating and replace with bucket seating on a concrete steps bed

megadodge

yabadabado wrote: »

Good to see .Hopefully at some stage there is money available to upgrade terraces and spectator facilities.

The terraces don't need upgrading. They're fine.

It's the stand side. Ideally, the stand (or replacement) should extend the full length with covering all the way down to the sideline. Underneath the stand would also need to be developed.

yabadabado

Good to see .Hopefully at some stage there is money available to upgrade terraces and spectator facilities.

megadodge

I see the Hyde has been short-listed for the GAA pitch of the year.

http://www.gaa.ie/news/gaa-announces-shortlist-stadia-for-the-2017-gaa-pitch-award/

What a difference a year makes!

megadodge

theoneeyedman wrote: »

Corruption mentioned here....

And I stand by that!

yabadabado

theoneeyedman wrote: »

Corruption mentioned here....

Why did you quote my post ?

theoneeyedman

megadodge wrote: »

Everybody agrees about the corrupt price paid for the Oran site, .

Corruption mentioned here....