Roscommon GAA Discussion Thread

yabadabado

nice_guy80 wrote: »

we've played most early league games in Kiltoom the last few years
you do realise the county board doesn't have a dime?

think of all the money wasted on buying land out in Oran.
and the debacle with the Kilbride pitches

Im fully aware of the CB's financial troubles but a proper playing surface should be a priority.We have played plenty of games in Kiltoom and its fine for games when we were in Div 3 and some Div 2 games but we should be able to play games in our home pitch especially when we can expect large crowds and need a ground that will be allowed hold more than 3k.

I'm sure the pitch in the Hyde would have been upgraded years ago but for the problems with ownership/rights of the ground.The cost of a new pitch compared to the mess that went on in Oran and subsequent costs resolving that would be low.

Duckworth_Luas

Roscommon destroying Cork

3-14 to 1-7

Just 3 minutes into second half

Duckworth_Luas

4-21 to 2-7

Mad stuff after only 53 minutes

davegrohl48

Dare I say "We are Ros" is being belted out Leeside.

zetecescort

4-25 is incredible scoring in football. conceding 3-10 a worry but its something to work on.

Duckworth_Luas

4-25 to 3-10

12 different scorers, with 4-22 from play.

Cork commentators stood and applauded Roscommon off at the end.

ProudDUB

So just the mere 17 point win then? What happened when ye went 20 pts up, did ye take the foot off the gas or what? :P

Syferus

18 points actually!

Stunning stuff. 19 points conceded is a concern, mainly being cut open for the goals as well as a few scuffed chances by Cork, but how can you focus not on the overall performance after that. The spread of scorers and the movement and effort was something else.

Some people in the county thought it was too soon to be going into D1 and we'd get a chastening experience. Been nothing but a boon to the development of this team so far.

We've put ourselves in an excellent position to stay up now with three of our four remaining games at home - not that I'd say having to play at the Hyde is much advantage to a team that seems to thrive on good pitches where they can really make their pace tell.

crusier

This roscommon team will dominate football for years to come!

nice_guy80

Don't have a county pitch

Don't have a centre of excellence

Who cares.

Syferus

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Don't have a county pitch

Don't have a centre of excellence

Who cares.

We have a team.

Maybe we can forget about doing up the Hyde and play all our games away from home?

naughto

crusier wrote: »

This roscommon team will dominate football for years to come!

I'll hold u to that come sept

nice_guy80

We should put in a motion to move the championship to February every year

pajero12

crusier wrote: »

This roscommon team will dominate football for years to come!

Not taking away from an amazing victory, But don't get too ahead of yourself there, It's only February,

rossie1977

naughto wrote: »

I'll hold u to that come sept

pajero12 wrote: »

Not taking away from an amazing victory, But don't get too ahead of yourself there, It's only February,

That guy is a hardcore galway fan and hates roscommon..ie he is being sarcastic/trolling

davegrohl48

nice_guy80 wrote: »

Don't have a county pitch

Don't have a centre of excellence

Who cares.

I think the fallacy of these "Build it and we will win" centres of excellence is being found out. The brilliant Kerry and Tryone teams of 00's didn't have them.

nice_guy80

davegrohl48 wrote: »

I think the fallacy of these "Build it and we will win" centres of excellence is being found out. The brilliant Kerry and Tryone teams of 00's didn't have them.

every county needs one in some shape or form

if only to play underage blitzes
and for use when club pitches are unplayable

padd b1975

Credit where it's due, 4-25 is brilliant shooting all day long.

I feel an interesting summer ahead....

Fr Tod Umptious

February, its February.

Syferus

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

February, its February.

Some head on you. See you in a few weeks.

davegrohl48

Leicester in England and now Roscommon.
"Tis happenin"
I think this Roscommon team is here to stay at this level for several years.

TimRiggins

When I saw Cork's team on Friday I feared the worst for our lads and thought we'd lose by about 5. How wrong was I. Two great performances down in Killarney and Cork have completely blew expectations out of the water. Need to get the 2 points against Down at home and show a consistency that was lacking in last years campaign.

One big thing though, the performances are getting better every game. The lads are getting more confident and especially our forwards who really are treating us to some fabulous displays of long range scores from play. Can't be understated that we're playing without Diarmuid Murtagh and Cathal Shine also, two big players for us.

I'm really looking forward to watching us play Dublin. Should be a great game of football.

nice_guy80

TimRiggins wrote: »

When I saw Cork's team on Friday I feared the worst for our lads and thought we'd lose by about 5. How wrong was I. Two great performances down in Killarney and Cork have completely blew expectations out of the water. Need to get the 2 points against Down at home and show a consistency that was lacking in last years campaign.

One big thing though, the performances are getting better every game. The lads are getting more confident and especially our forwards who really are treating us to some fabulous displays of long range scores from play. Can't be understated that we're playing without Diarmuid Murtagh and Cathal Shine also, two big players for us.

I'm really looking forward to watching us play Dublin. Should be a great game of football.

There'll be a huge crowd at that, if the Hyde is playable.

ProudDUB

Be careful what you wish for.

TimRiggins

ProudDUB wrote: »

Be careful what you wish for.

Not going in expecting a win really. Should be good game hopefully if we can build on our last two games.

ProudDUB

We'll make you an offer you can't refuse. We'll look the other way, while you score a last minute goal to win the game and relegate Mayo. Deal?

megadodge

ProudDUB wrote: »

We'll make you an offer you can't refuse. We'll look the other way, while you score a last minute goal to win the game and relegate Mayo. Deal?

I like.

Syferus

megadodge wrote: »

I like.

We're not aiming to be talking about relegation come the last day. If we beat Down we have three shots to make the semi-final.

megadodge

Syferus wrote: »

We're not aiming to be talking about relegation come the last day. If we beat Down we have three shots to make the semi-final.

I only saw the "Mayo being relegated" bit.

Which I like.

ProudDUB

Down is a banker for another 2 points. Realistically, how do feel about taking any points from Mayo, Donegal or Dublin? Even if the worst comes to the worst, 6 pts should be enough to stay up at the bare minimum, especially as you'll have a great pts scored to pts conceded ratio after today. You also won the head to head battles with two other possible relegation counties - Kerry and Cork.