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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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spiralism

yabadabado wrote: »

I wonder why it was changed or maybe Saturday at 7 wasn't confirmed just some sites guessing.

Switching it to orange day wasnt the smartest thing I've ever heard to be honest.

yabadabado

Syferus wrote: »

Up for 3:30pm on Sunday now.

Anyone thinking this is straight-forward hasn't been paying attention to our meetings with Fermanagh in recent years.

I wonder why it was changed or maybe Saturday at 7 wasn't confirmed just some sites guessing.

spiralism

Another potential banana skin here, and with our injury list im a bit nervous. Full strength imo we'd handle them but we're far from that. Also our consistency and complacency problems are always a worry

Also less than delighted about a trip up to the north on July 12th.

Syferus

yabadabado wrote: »

We got Fermanagh away in the draw.Saturday evening at 7.
Tough place to go but we should have enough to win the game.

Up for 3:30pm on Sunday now.

Anyone thinking this is straight-forward hasn't been paying attention to our meetings with Fermanagh in recent years.

padd b1975

RoscommonTom wrote: »

tough draw, never easy playing the nordies up there

You should have more than enough fire-power for Fermanagh realistically speaking, as long as the old failings of inconsistency and complacency don't come back to haunt....

Get through this and you're staring into the whites of the eyes of Croke Park:p

RoscommonTom

tough draw, never easy playing the nordies up there

yabadabado

We got Fermanagh away in the draw.Saturday evening at 7.
Tough place to go but we should have enough to win the game.

Syferus

megadodge wrote: »

Anybody know what happened Cathal Shine?

Nobody around me had a clue why.

Shoulder injury.

megadodge

rebel girl 15 wrote: »

"The rumour mill has been swirling with tales of hobbled Rossies but we won’t know just how bad the damage is until the teams line out. If it’s true Senan Kilbride, Cathal Shine, Diarmuid Murtagh and Niall Carty all miss out" Injuries supposedly?

From the RTE preview: However, Roscommon are hopeful that recent injury absentees Ultan Harney, Donie Shine, Mark Healy, Kevin Higgins and Conor Daly will be able to feature on Sunday

Have no idea what sort of injuries

Thanks for that, I knew about the other three, just hadn't heard anything about Shine, nor had anybody that I asked about it.

rebel girl 15

"The rumour mill has been swirling with tales of hobbled Rossies but we won’t know just how bad the damage is until the teams line out. If it’s true Senan Kilbride, Cathal Shine, Diarmuid Murtagh and Niall Carty all miss out" Injuries supposedly?

From the RTE preview: However, Roscommon are hopeful that recent injury absentees Ultan Harney, Donie Shine, Mark Healy, Kevin Higgins and Conor Daly will be able to feature on Sunday

Have no idea what sort of injuries

megadodge

Anybody know what happened Cathal Shine?

Nobody around me had a clue why.

Syferus

Comic Book Guy wrote: »

Ah right thanks. Will any of the lads out yesterday be back for next weekend?

Haven't a clue. Heard Cregg might have picked up an injury and D. Murtagh was a bit nicked near the end again yesterday. Hopefully nothing too serious.

Given Cathal Shine, Senan K and Niall Carty didn't even make the bench yesterday I'd be surprised if any are ready to start a week later, though. If we're lucky we might get one or two of them onto the subs bench. Beating whoever we get in R3 will give us an extra two weeks to heal up a bit which makes it even bigger for us.

Comic Book Guy

Syferus wrote: »

One week. We're out next Saturday or Sunday. Win then and we get two weeks for the next game.

Ah right thanks. Will any of the lads out yesterday be back for next weekend?

Syferus

Comic Book Guy wrote: »

Yeah have to admit when the goal went in I really feared for us but great response by the team.
Thought Keenan made a massive difference holding the centre and Donie's kick passing was exceptional throughout. Still stuff to work on like the amount of sloppy turnovers we gave up but great to be in the next round and have 2 weeks to get these things right.

What's the story with injuries lads?

One week. We're out next Saturday or Sunday. Win then and we get two weeks for the next game.

Comic Book Guy

Syferus wrote: »

There was a hell of a lot of yap about the team after the Sligo game and with the injuries and the early goal conceded it was all set up for the team to cave in up in Breffni.

Some wonderful spurts of play and a much better performance than the last day. Not close to complete though but getting that game over us is a huge boost. Hopefully unlike last year we back up a good showing against Cavan with a win in Round 3.

Yeah have to admit when the goal went in I really feared for us but great response by the team.
Thought Keenan made a massive difference holding the centre and Donie's kick passing was exceptional throughout. Still stuff to work on like the amount of sloppy turnovers we gave up but great to be in the next round and have 2 weeks to get these things right.

What's the story with injuries lads?

SureYWouldntYa

Syferus wrote: »

There was a hell of a lot of yap about the team after the Sligo game and with the injuries and the early goal conceded it was all set up for the team to cave in up in Breffni.

Some wonderful spurts of play and a much better performance than the last day. Not close to complete though but getting that game over us is a huge boost. Hopefully unlike last year we back up a good showing against Cavan with a win in Round 3.

it'll be one of Kildare, Longford, Fermanagh/Antrim in round 3, if the team is going anywhere there should be a round 4

Syferus

There was a hell of a lot of yap about the team after the Sligo game and with the injuries and the early goal conceded it was all set up for the team to cave in up in Breffni.

Some wonderful spurts of play and a much better performance than the last day. Not close to complete though but getting that game over us is a huge boost. Hopefully unlike last year we back up a good showing against Cavan with a win in Round 3.

yabadabado

Didnt take the CC long to throw their rules out the window,I presume Sligo refused point black to play the game in McHale so The Hyde was the other option or a half empty Salthill.
Would have been interested to see what the CC would have done if Ros Mayo played this years final in McHale and then met again in the final 2016.

Addle

naughto wrote: »

Was there any work done on the Hyde so it could take the Connacht final ??

http://connachtgaa.ie/venue-decided-for-championship-finals/?utm_content=buffer23480&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

SureYWouldntYa

Game against Cavan is on rte, 5pm throw in

http://www.the42.ie/cork-wexford-hurling-qualifier-2176157-Jun2015/?utm_source=twitter_self

nice_guy80

therambler wrote: »

A few reasons why I think Roscommon lost against Sligo:

1) Poor tackling. If you look back at the game, although we had enough players back, the Roscommon defense was too stretched. Look at the Sligo defense in comparison and you'll see how tightly packed they were, forcing Roscommon out wide and forcing us to take shots that weren't on.

2) Not mobile enough in midfield. I thought Cathal Shine and Ian Kilbride did well in midfield, the middle third in midfield were completely over ran. There wasn't enough pressure on the Sligo kickers so the could easily kick accurate ball into their midfielders

3) Ball watching on the sideline. Curran's remarks were way over the top but I felt John Evans was too slow to react to what was happening in front of him.. Carty and Collins should have been switched early on, Kilbride was left on for too long.. No apparent plan going forwward.. No plan B...

4) Non-existant wing forwards. There's enough forwards in Roscommon without playing half-backs there. They were too defensive and slow to push forward when we were on the attack.

5 Playing injured players. There is a long list of injured players, mainly from county training.

6 Ward playing centre back for the first time all year. Wtf was that about?

therambler

A few reasons why I think Roscommon lost against Sligo:

1) Poor tackling. If you look back at the game, although we had enough players back, the Roscommon defense was too stretched. Look at the Sligo defense in comparison and you'll see how tightly packed they were, forcing Roscommon out wide and forcing us to take shots that weren't on.

2) Not mobile enough in midfield. I thought Cathal Shine and Ian Kilbride did well in midfield, the middle third in midfield were completely over ran. There wasn't enough pressure on the Sligo kickers so the could easily kick accurate ball into their midfielders

3) Ball watching on the sideline. Curran's remarks were way over the top but I felt John Evans was too slow to react to what was happening in front of him.. Carty and Collins should have been switched early on, Kilbride was left on for too long.. No apparent plan going forwward.. No plan B...

4) Non-existant wing forwards. There's enough forwards in Roscommon without playing half-backs there. They were too defensive and slow to push forward when we were on the attack.

TCDStudent1

megadodge wrote: »

Anybody thinking this is a gimme for Roscommon is being doubly foolish, considering what just happened at the weekend. This is a tough match for Roscommon, especially in Breffni.

I know there's more in the team than what they showed at the weekend, but so many played poorly you'd have to wonder why. Even playing well, it will be tough, the league match was a draw, but in all honesty Cavan were the better side and Ros were lucky to finish level.

A big improvement is required.

I didnt see any of that match. But I wouldnt read too much into league matches to judge where your team is at right now. I certainly wouldn't look back at Galway's matches in the league to evaluate where they are in the championship now.

While Roscommon got promoted to division 1, there is very very little between all the teams in division 2 (& probably the bottom 2 teams of division 1). Above that, there is a very obvious jump in standard. So while Roscommon should be happy that they got promoted to division 1, it does not suddenly make them as good as Dublin, Kerry, Mayo etc. Although in fairness, I think most supporters know that.

Stoner

jesuisros wrote:

That's Michael Finneran, he's 6' 5"

So a small Sligo man!

jesuisros

Stoner wrote: »

Also who was the number 26 for roscommon yesterday. I don't know if it was the angle or a very small sligo player he was standing bedside at the end of the game, but he looked like a giant on the highlights

That's Michael Finneran, he's 6' 5"

Stoner

I think Cavan would be rated higher than Sligo.

Also who was the number 26 for roscommon yesterday. I don't know if it was the angle or a very small sligo player he was standing bedside at the end of the game, but he looked like a giant on the highlights

It might have been a Dougal near far away moment. But he looks very tall.

manofwisdom

50/50 game i would say normally but hard to know how Roscommon will approach this game and what will the mindset be like after losing a Connacht semi final they were expected to win. Cavan pushed Monaghan all the way in Ulster and were far more impressive against London than Roscommon was.

megadodge

Anybody thinking this is a gimme for Roscommon is being doubly foolish, considering what just happened at the weekend. This is a tough match for Roscommon, especially in Breffni.

I know there's more in the team than what they showed at the weekend, but so many played poorly you'd have to wonder why. Even playing well, it will be tough, the league match was a draw, but in all honesty Cavan were the better side and Ros were lucky to finish level.

A big improvement is required.

nice_guy80

Can see Cavan winning this.

Roscommon might just have peaked for the end of the league

pjmn

After Saturday evening hard to see us winning in Cavan - Evans has a job of work to do to re-energise them....