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Roscommon GAA Discussion Thread

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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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franglan

Anyone hear when the Connacht final tickets are out?

Tomjim

Are there tickets available for the connaught final does anyone know

theoneeyedman

yabadabado wrote: »

The new dressing rooms are afaik second dressing rooms if its a double header .They currently use the one in the centre if needed and they are fairly small and need of work.The main dressing rooms are fine.

The other works needed aren't particularly expensive additions.

The main dressing rooms are far from fine. They are too small, are dark and dingy, and the couple of times I've been in them at games the showers flooded the dressing rooms. That whole development back around the turn of the century was an absolute scandal, and...... look I won't say any more, but we are still paying for it and it isn't and never was fit for purpose.

I'll leave it to the experts to decide what they want re:turnstiles, but the likes of toilets, walkways, etc are far from the level required.

yabadabado

The county board wouldn't need to spend anything close to 2m to get the ground upto the standard required to hold a Connacht final and word is the works will be done in the very near future. They have no real choice now but to sort it out .

nice_guy80

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

As a Galway supporter, I am delighted it is in Roscommon. A great town for a match. And it is always better to play in a home / away venue than a neutral one in my experience.

I have to wonder about the Roscommon County board though. They had 2 years to sort out Hyde Park - 2 years! Yet according to that RTE article, it is some way off meeting the required standards for a provincial final. 2 years should have been enough to sort that out. In saying that, I cannot wait for a capacity crowd of close to 19000 - should make for a great occasion!

Roscommon cannot take on the 2 million plus debt that the likes of Galway had for Salthill

or the 8 million plus debt that McHale Park placed on Mayo GAA

there is no money in the county for expensive upgrade works

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

The ground definitely needs an upgrade to the toilet facilities. The ones on the stand side are particularly badly set up. Getting into them even at a league game is a right pain.

yabadabado

rn wrote: »

A new stand doesn't make the minimum requirement list give to county board.
New dressing rooms
Extensive tar macadam areas
More toilets
New turnstiles
Are the major parts of the list.

Expensive enough updates in their own right.

The new dressing rooms are afaik second dressing rooms if its a double header .They currently use the one in the centre if needed and they are fairly small and need of work.The main dressing rooms are fine.

The other works needed aren't particularly expensive additions.

TheRiverman wrote: »

New stand badly needed to replace the poor existing one that is not fit for purpose and is too far from the play.

A new stand doesn't make the minimum requirement list give to county board.
New dressing rooms
Extensive tar macadam areas
More toilets
New turnstiles
Are the major parts of the list.

Expensive enough updates in their own right.

C__MC

I love the GAA.

They give Roscommon a requirement to match health and safety in the future yet pitch invasions are left right and Centre every weekend across the country

TheRiverman

New stand badly needed to replace the poor existing one that is not fit for purpose and is too far from the play.

TCDStudent1

A little more information here:

http://connachtgaa.ie/news/connacht-council-press-release-regarding-connacht-final/

TCDStudent1

As a Galway supporter, I am delighted it is in Roscommon. A great town for a match. And it is always better to play in a home / away venue than a neutral one in my experience.

I have to wonder about the Roscommon County board though. They had 2 years to sort out Hyde Park - 2 years! Yet according to that RTE article, it is some way off meeting the required standards for a provincial final. 2 years should have been enough to sort that out. In saying that, I cannot wait for a capacity crowd of close to 19000 - should make for a great occasion!

yabadabado

Connacht Council have made it clear there will be no more finals in the Hyde after this until all works are completed.
It's great to get this game and hopefully County Board will sort it out once the game is over,be same problem if we make Super 8.
Not major work needed either.

Addle

Exterior already freshly painted in preparation.

megadodge

Green Peter wrote: »

I hope the Hyde will be safe and able to cater for the crowd, the powers that be were obviously concerned but it seems Mcstay can put everyones safety aside for his own good! Hope it doesn't come back to haunt the GAA.

Very obvious troll attempt.

yabadabado

Green Peter wrote: »

I hope the Hyde will be safe and able to cater for the crowd, the powers that be were obviously concerned but it seems Mcstay can put everyones safety aside for his own good! Hope it doesn't come back to haunt the GAA.

It's set at 18k only 8 years ago it was allowed hold 33k so there is no issue with H&S at 18k .
Your remark about McStay is stupid,he had zero say in it,just gave his opinion and what all Ros supporters tjought.

Green Peter wrote: »

I hope the Hyde will be safe and able to cater for the crowd, the powers that be were obviously concerned but it seems Mcstay can put everyones safety aside for his own good! Hope it doesn't come back to haunt the GAA.

The Hyde is safe. This has 0 to do with Mcstay. It's the right call.

Incidents can and do happen, but hopefully there'll be none of note on Connacht final Sunday in Roscommon.

At least a crowd can disperse relatively quickly on numerous routes out of roscommon, unlike the gridlock that surrounds incident free salthill.

yabadabado

A full house in Roscommon or 15k if They were lucky in McHale.
It was always going to be in Ros.

Sensible decision and be intesting to hear what the capacity is set at.should be no problem having 25k .

Gray to see Ros back in a Connacht final in the Hyde.

ProudDUB

Excellent decision. Fair play to McStay for going on the PR offensive so early. The Connaught Council wouldn't have come out of this well at all, if they moved it.

yabadabado

The Hyde confirmed for 17th June .4pm

megadodge

The U20s had a win that's hard to define in terms of how good the team are.

The final scoreline was 3-10 to 3-5, with Sligo scoring a goal on the final whistle, but to be honest at half-time Sligo must have been scratching their heads as to how they were actually one point down. They should have been at the very least 6-7 points up.

Red Og Murphy looked very dangerous and got two early goals to put them 2-1 to 0-2 up, but he hit the post three more times in the first half (one a goal attempt) and some of the other Sligo players' shooting was poor to say the least. Roscommon were ripped open defensively in the first 20 minutes, but began to tighten up and once they got the ball to Cian McKeon he caused all sorts of problems for their full-back line. He ended up with two excellent goals and a few points and looks the real deal as a lot of people have thought for the last year.

Once Roscommon scored early in the second half the writing was on the wall and with a combination of Roscommon playing themselves into it and Sligo losing heart the game was over long before the finish.

megadodge

flandabieduzie wrote: »

Does anyone know what time the U20 match is on tomorrow in the Hyde?

Be careful though!

You could be taking your life in your hands by attending the Hyde.

I heard it's situated on a volcano that's just about to explode with fire-breathing dragons who are bred purely to kill Connacht people. Even if it doesn't, the air there is scientifically proven to shorten your lifespan by 30 years. No game should ever be played there again.

Signed Health & Safety employee on a leash.

yabadabado

7pm

flandabieduzie

Does anyone know what time the U20 match is on tomorrow in the Hyde?

yabadabado

The problem shouldn't be one that stops the final being played in the Hyde but its known for 2 years that GAA wanted a few things sorted in the Hyde and our CB didn't do it .
If They ignore the issue then its always likely to bite them in the arse at some stage,shouldn't be giving any excuses to question the playing of the game in Roscommon.

Before the Slattery report the attendance was 32k ,crazy to think 7 years later we are fighting for 23k.

megadodge

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

Colm Keys mentioned egress in an article a couple of days ago in the independent:
https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/roscommon-satisfied-hyde-safety-issues-can-be-addressed-for-connacht-final-36956155.html

Yes, he's just mentioning it as we are, he's not making the ludicrous claims that egress is an actual problem. Further down the article just proves that when he states "When Dr Hyde Park hosted the 2015 Connacht final between Mayo and Sligo the attendance was 23,147 and there is much confusion now as to why there are issues just three years on.".

The truth is there aren't any safety issues, there's a 'do what you're told Roscommon County Board' issue.

TCDStudent1

megadodge wrote: »

At this stage it sounds like they're just making it up as they go along. Seriously!

Anybody stating egress in the Hyde is an issue is an idiot!

I guess what I posted here a few days ago must be true....

Colm Keys mentioned egress in an article a couple of days ago in the independent:
https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/roscommon-satisfied-hyde-safety-issues-can-be-addressed-for-connacht-final-36956155.html

yabadabado

megadodge wrote: »

At this stage it sounds like they're just making it up as they go along. Seriously!

Anybody stating egress in the Hyde is an issue is an idiot!

I guess what I posted here a few days ago must be true....

Without a doubt the County Board have pissed off the powers that be.

From what Im told 30/40K would sort out the turnstile issue.

megadodge

At this stage it sounds like they're just making it up as they go along. Seriously!

Anybody stating egress in the Hyde is an issue is an idiot!

I guess what I posted here a few days ago must be true....

I heard (not 100% reliable) the reason for the doubts over the Hyde hosting the Connacht final is because when Croke Park allocated the County Board the money for doing up the pitch there was c. 50k left over. Croke Park told the CB to hold onto it and finish off various other things like turnstiles with the money. Instead the CB put the money into the new Centre of Excellence site in Runnabrackan - and now Croke Park are very angry.

yabadabado

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

What exactly is the issue with Hyde Park? I read that there is an issue with scanners but surely Galway (if they beat Sligo) and Roscommon don't have a huge amount of season ticket holders???? "Egress" was the other issue I read about which also seems strange as Hyde Park was slated so badly by the Slattery report you would assume that those type of issues would have been sorted......Do they need to put in another exit to ensure people can get out of there quicker??

Croke Park told the county board 2 years ago there needed to be a permanent structure built for turnstiles/scanneres/segragation.Thats the main problem at present .

Egress/Leaving shouldnt be an issue at all,there are 2 large gates that will be opened on the athlone road exit(20ft+ wide) along with about 8 smaller gates they could use and there are the 3 massive gates in the middle(60ft +) if needed they could use .

The other exit from the stand is much narrower with about a 10/15 walk way out but the vaste majority use the other side.I suppose they could widen that area but I have never heard of it being an issue.