Roscommon GAA Discussion Thread

Well, they held them to 12, but only scored 11 themselves. Tight game, hon Brigid's!

Bridgets had 10 players yesterday who were 23 or younger in the starting line up and Eddie Nolan is 25 while Brian Stack is 26. It's some conveyor belt of talent that one small rural club produces. 12 county titles since 2005 is an incredible achievement.

Heartbreak for Boyle and the Smith brothers again. They deserve a county title before they retire.

Incredible day for football yesterday it must be said. Hard to believe it was late October with the sun shining and not a breeze.

10km from Athlone and Clann probably have most of the pick from the Roscommon side of Athlone anyway and they haven't produced anything like what Bridgets have the past 20 years.

im not saying they have everything put on a plate for them... they have worked hard to get the success they have had but i think they probably are in in the top 5 population picks in the county... clann have had loads of success in the county over the last 20 yrs...not as much as bridgits at senior but underage and senior they are still one of the top teams in the county... i think both of them have benefited from the population in the area... but like any team or sport the numbers arent enough they need to make the most of that....

Delighted to see Enda get the All-Star.

Had an excellent year and absolutely deserved the award. I just wasn't sure the normal bias towards the last four would be overlooked.

That would be hugely disappointing news. As megadodge said there was a massive improvement in the defensive structure this year after many years of defensive naivety.

Would also be disappointing to lose the 2 lads for the year but can't blame them given that opportunity and the massive sacrifices players make to play inter county. It just feels for a few years now that we haven't got our strongest panel all together, bigger counties can absorb it but it does have an effect on counties like ourselves in terms of panel depth.

Belated congrats to Enda, a gent on and off the pitch, thoroughly deserved recognition.

Micheal's really letting the side down 😂.

Fair play, well deserved, the two goals kept Corofin alive but in truth a convincing win. We'll balanced team, with a few outstanding players (Stack and Ben O in particular.)

id fancy them to go all the way on todays performance , it was almost an arms length lead for most of the game , some of the main scorers i have never heard of , would the likes of bobby nugent and ciaran sugure be up and coming or good enough for the rossies

Well done Brigids, great result.

While I fancied them beforehand, the long bad patch at the start of the second half worried me a bit.

Brigids were outstanding in the first half but it kind of looked liked they didn't realise the opposition were going to come out flying after a half-time bollocking - which they did. At least they finished strong, which is always a good sign, but the concentration will have to be at 100% for the entire match the next day.

I expect Glen to be favourites and have no problem with that, but if Brigids can break even at midfield and prevent their half-backs from breaking through to score (not easy), I think Glen's scoring threat would be seriously diminished. Their forwards don't look overly impressive. Brigids on the other hand have scoring threats in all six forwards. No doubt about it that the final is a winable game for Brigids, but only without the mental lapse of today.

Brigids by 4

heard yesterday that Glen are missing the centre and full back on Sunday.. the man that told me was from up their and said the confidence has took a right hit with them missing... they would have been a lot happier if there 2 injuries were from any other area in the field then backs because of Bridgets forwards... if true.... 3/1 for Bridgets is a great price..

I don't know what to say after that.

Talk about grabbing defeat from the jaws of victory.

I don't begrudge Glen, but Brigid's absolutely blew that. They were much the better team throughout. Far more composed and played some superb football. They held their own in midfield, which was key, but I honestly felt both goals were very preventable - and that's where it was lost.

Really disappointed for them.

A draw was probably a fair result. Neither side showed much and I think on that performance both will struggle to stay up.

Roscommon took a long time to get into the match and looked in big trouble before a decent finish to the first half gave them a 3 point lead. But that didn't look enough. Luckily Galway's second half was similar to Roscommon's first.

Eoin McCormack was Roscommon's standout player. Played superbly throughout. Defended tenaciously and showed a very impressive burst of speed when carrying the ball. He has really blossomed.

Brian Stack was brought on when things were looking bleak towards the end of the first half and he was played in the half-forward line. While this seems strange, it means he's in the middle of the action, exactly where you want your best player to be. I've been saying it for some time that I would prefer to see him released from full-back, as he can contribute more to the team from further out the field.

Finally, I don't like to criticise, but Donie's idiotic red card deserves special mention. It was a definite red card and came straight after he was awarded a soft free and with Conroy pulling him up for 'diving' chances are Conroy was going to get a yellow (which he did), so what the F*CK was the point?

You get nowhere being nice amaceen…

the Rosie’s must have been shocked at such treatment..

#prayforpaul, hope he makes a full recovery.

It was a clear tactic by Galway, at least 3 times Conroy got involved in afters after conceding a free, and he wasn't the only one. We can call them on it, but it's up to the ref to calm these fouls. Unfortunately, Lane wasn't interested in stopping Galway's BS at all, like look at the comical antics of the goalkeeper in the first half.

We weren't good enough on the day, simple as that. Donie was silly, but we weren't good enough or sharp enough. Galway may be happy with PJ and his brave band of warriors and their antics, I don't really care. He's not got much longer in the job anyway. We have to get up to the levels of last year and higher, in terms of pace and sharpness, and fairly lively too or D2 here we come.

That performance v Dublin was very disappointing.

Despite not playing particularly well in the first half, only being a point down and with improvements expected to be made during the break, the second half was a big letdown.

Possession was given away far too cheaply, far too often. Especially short hand-passes being dropped or not hitting the target. That's very basic stuff for this level of football.

While Diarmuid Murtagh's finishing was top-notch, his defending is very poor. If I was an opposition manager I would encourage anyone in possession near him to take him on as there is a high possiblility you will get past. It happened a number of times yesterday. He also doesn't work remotely hard enough in looking for the ball. Fair play to both Daire Cregg and James Fitzpatrick. They were constantly showing for the ball. Constantly! Ben O'Carroll is the same. But all forwards should be the same. And young Higgins showed much the same appetite to run hard at the defense without the ball, taking defenders away from the Roscommon ball-carrier. There simply has to be more of that selfless running off the ball and support play if this team want to step up to the next level.

The kickout strategy from Roscommon was puzzling. I believe Dublin only had to go long once in the entire match. Conceding possessiong so easily is just not on. Early on, Carroll simply didn't seem confident in pinning his kickout to available players. He improved as the match went on, but I don't know why he was so hesitant earlier. Roscommon lost most of his long kickouts.

Anyway, it's must-win territory next weekend. Here's hoping.

There are probably several contributing factors, but we're well off where we were last spring. Performance levels seem very pedestrian for the most part, except for a few bursts of action albeit early and late in games when the result is not up for grabs. All 3 games followed similar patterns otlf pedestrian defending, passive, slow attacks, and struggling around the middle on kick outs and breaks.

Be interesting to see how we can right the ship. The whole backroom have to be under pressure at this stage, Davy along with the 2 main coaches. Was the influence of McGowan and McHugh that important last year? At this point, it would seem so.

I don't think we every had the depth to go into the weaker team league game with a second string and expect to win.