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Replying To Megane98: "Considering clann rate themselves so highly I thought they would have dispatched an average intermediate team with mostly soccer players playing in key roles like castlerea! Yes McManus did a good job on cregg. Most of the big players were poor this weekend I'd put it down to the men that marked them tho, David O'Gara played well yday on Higgins which prevented him from getting into the game, Donie shine was on fire for clann and without him playing so well I felt clann would have suffered as a result!" Clann lost to Castlerea in Section A of the championship last year so least a win was improvement for them this year and its a while since Castlerea were intermediate championship team and they always have their teams filled with soccer players. Donie Shine played as Donie Shines plays in league or championship, he nearly always scores 9 to 12 points for his team and by the distance the top scoring forward in the county. Have to say i expected better from in form Western Gaels team. Roscommon Gaels controlled that game throughout the four late points gave the final scoreline a false look. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3762 - 22/08/2017 16:01:58 2036446 Link
Wouldn't agree that western gaels have not the bottle donal ward will be a huge addition coming back to them.. after winning the first two there was no immense pressure on them to win last weekend they will prob be banking on last game against faithleachs and hoping to peak for quarter or semi final depending on this weekend results. Any reason why niall mc wasn't togged against boyle is he injured or away. Clann will play better against the bigger teams later on imo RealRossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 332 - 22/08/2017 17:50:15 2036497 Link
Replying To RealRossie: "Wouldn't agree that western gaels have not the bottle donal ward will be a huge addition coming back to them.. after winning the first two there was no immense pressure on them to win last weekend they will prob be banking on last game against faithleachs and hoping to peak for quarter or semi final depending on this weekend results. Any reason why niall mc wasn't togged against boyle is he injured or away. Clann will play better against the bigger teams later on imo" Fair point and fully agree with you there! Megane98 (Roscommon) - Posts: 67 - 22/08/2017 21:36:18 2036563 Link
I hope to see 3 games tomorrow. Western Gaels v Brigids at 1pm and the double header in Hyde park at 5:30pm. The game Frenchpark is interesting one because both sides will be looking to quickly bounce back from their defeats and disappointing performance last week. Clann will have to perform better than they did against Castlerea to beat Strokestown. Croans and Castlerea game could go either way. ispeakwisdom (Roscommon) - Posts: 2487 - 25/08/2017 17:46:47 2037676 Link
A great game in frenchpark today. Westrn gaels fully deserved their win. Thought Peter Dominican had some good moments for brigids. Cathal and finbarr cregg played very well for the gaels. They have been missed all year by the county. Hope some of these lads are brought back because they are badly missed at County level rossam (Roscommon) - Posts: 65 - 26/08/2017 21:02:29 2038276 Link
Replying To rossam: "A great game in frenchpark today. Westrn gaels fully deserved their win. Thought Peter Dominican had some good moments for brigids. Cathal and finbarr cregg played very well for the gaels. They have been missed all year by the county. Hope some of these lads are brought back because they are badly missed at County level" Was at that game didn't think they ran the show by any stretch of the imagination.was a solid team performance but wasn't much county quality on show. A poor Brigids team could have won it don't forget cannyfixit (Roscommon) - Posts: 220 - 26/08/2017 22:44:07 2038351 Link
What i seen today was Western Gaels Brigids a high quality game of football could have went either way if they avoid each other i wouldn't be surprised if meet each other in the county final. Croans with a goal fest against a poor Castlerea side who will be lucky to survive now and two well match sides in Clann and Strokestown. Was at it but Pearses getting relegated to Section B is probably the main talking point of the weekend. Like their neighbours Clann they will have no choice but to wait for a year to recover from that fall back. ispeakwisdom (Roscommon) - Posts: 2487 - 26/08/2017 23:11:06 2038372 Link
No county quality? Kevin higgins and the two creggs were absolutely outstanding and senan Kilbride extremely effective for brigids.. for the second time this year young cregg took the county's best defender for a spin RealRossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 332 - 27/08/2017 09:54:22 2038477 Link
Replying To RealRossie: "No county quality? Kevin higgins and the two creggs were absolutely outstanding and senan Kilbride extremely effective for brigids.. for the second time this year young cregg took the county's best defender for a spin" No they weren't outstanding against as weak a Brigids side as I've ever seen. If the perform at a high standard in a semi and perform enough to win it out then maybe but yesterday was not the benchmark cannyfixit (Roscommon) - Posts: 220 - 27/08/2017 12:21:54 2038533 Link
Higgins dominated the aerial game against Ian Kilbride and Garvan dolan hardly a weak midfield. When he had caught 5 or 6 they resorted to fouling him. Any report from boyle faithleachs game or clann strokestown anyou big performances RealRossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 332 - 27/08/2017 13:09:50 2038564 Link
Replying To RealRossie: "Higgins dominated the aerial game against Ian Kilbride and Garvan dolan hardly a weak midfield. When he had caught 5 or 6 they resorted to fouling him. Any report from boyle faithleachs game or clann strokestown anyou big performances" Well there ya go he wasn't marking either Ian kilbride or garvan Dolan.he kicked a couple of lovely scores but there were also a number of erratic shots that have always been a part of his game. cannyfixit (Roscommon) - Posts: 220 - 27/08/2017 14:22:27 2038601 Link
Was at the double header in the Hyde yesterday but only got the 2nd half of the Castlerea and Croans games. Only 3 points in it at half time but Croans kicked on and took advantage of some sloppy defending to win comprehensively. Strokestown started extremely well in the 2nd game, they were 6 points to no score up after about 15 minutes. Donie Shine's frees kept Clann in it. Very exciting 2nd half all be it a low scoring one. Both teams should be looking to win their games next week which would see the two of them progress. I thought Kevin Finn had a very good game for Strokestown scoring 4 points from play while Darra Pettit was brilliant for Clann, keeping Colin Compton to just the one point. Donie Shine's placed balls were what kept Clann in the game, I think he got 10 of their 13 points. Clann will need to step it up but they were missing a lot of players through injuries (Harney, Lennon, Connaughton, McManus, Flynn, Gavin, McNamara), with all of those bar one or two normally starting. Also, does anyone know does it go down to head to head or points difference if two teams are level? Could happen with Boyle and Brigids. Ros13 (Roscommon) - Posts: 109 - 27/08/2017 14:35:38 2038611 Link
Replying To cannyfixit: "Well there ya go he wasn't marking either Ian kilbride or garvan Dolan.he kicked a couple of lovely scores but there were also a number of erratic shots that have always been a part of his game." Owen sheehy picked up Higgins at the start of the game which was a complete mid match in my eyes, Higgins fielded ball over him on every kick out, they switched garvin Dolan on him then which lasted 10 mins and ian Kilbride picked him up then for the remainder of the game where Kilbride had no hold over him, he kicked one ball wide in that game he hadn't erratic shooting to be fair on him, his tackling was savage and workrate helped the Gaels over the line! Finbar cregg played a good game dispite having limited ball kicked into him made niall mc look very ordinary player! His brother cathal cregg also played one of his better games which was good to see also! Megane98 (Roscommon) - Posts: 67 - 27/08/2017 17:53:20 2038757 Link
Replying To Megane98: "Owen sheehy picked up Higgins at the start of the game which was a complete mid match in my eyes, Higgins fielded ball over him on every kick out, they switched garvin Dolan on him then which lasted 10 mins and ian Kilbride picked him up then for the remainder of the game where Kilbride had no hold over him, he kicked one ball wide in that game he hadn't erratic shooting to be fair on him, his tackling was savage and workrate helped the Gaels over the line! Finbar cregg played a good game dispite having limited ball kicked into him made niall mc look very ordinary player! His brother cathal cregg also played one of his better games which was good to see also!" That's not what happened.time will tell what they do.any other Brigids team who drew level and were on the attack for the winner wouldn't have done what they did.players on there that wouldn't even be considered as subs in the last few years never mind starters. They beat pearses. Look where they're at. They pipped faithleachs in the last seconds-look what they've managed, Boyle beat them comfortably and West Gaels fell across the line. My point is yesterday's win against poor opposition is not the benchmark for West Gaels nor is it a benchmark for those looking for quality footballers. Young cregg looked decent, didn't raise an eyebrow over cathal however cannyfixit (Roscommon) - Posts: 220 - 27/08/2017 18:42:52 2038807 Link
Darragh donned ly was substituted off cathal cregg at half time cregg scored 5 points from play and set up the goal.. not bad for a man that was nursing an injury .. Brian stack was very effective when moved to wing forward in last 10 but got no return before that.. brigids will still be the team to best in knockout football though RealRossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 332 - 27/08/2017 19:25:28 2038835 Link
Replying To RealRossie: "Darragh donned ly was substituted off cathal cregg at half time cregg scored 5 points from play and set up the goal.. not bad for a man that was nursing an injury .. Brian stack was very effective when moved to wing forward in last 10 but got no return before that.. brigids will still be the team to best in knockout football though" Was in frenchpark. Western gaels much better team. Brigids have declined but there were some mitigating factors . I believe 3 players only back from USA on thurs.Also I heard Niall mc I only arrived back from 2 week holiday on sat morning & he got bad head injury early in game which required hospital treatment after game. Unless brigids improve greatly they will not win title this year Couchexpert (Roscommon) - Posts: 1 - 27/08/2017 19:55:21 2038856 Link
Was at two championship games over the weekend one senior one intermediate Gaels and Pearses was a poor quality affair with discipline been a real issue. Davy Murray and Cian Connolly both sent off for the same incident. The Dalys came back into the side and all they did was argue with eachother. Good to see Niall Carty part of the management for pearses future rossie manager I think so. The second game I was at oran ran out comprehensive winners over championship favourites glaveys. Jack Earley, and Michael gunning impressed for oran. NUmber 11 for glaveys cathal heneghan looks like a real player. Man of the match on the nigh was Thomas Featherston absolutely dominated midfield making Fitzmaurice look very very average. Featherston fielded over him ran through glaveys and all they could do was haul him down. Still think Glaveys will win it out though. Tarismelting22 (Roscommon) - Posts: 760 - 28/08/2017 13:50:21 2039331 Link
It will only start after last round Brigids will be team to beat lads passing heed in the round robin are at nothing it starts at quarters. OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1764 - 28/08/2017 20:38:09 2039598 Link
Couldn't agree more ohtobearossie however I do think being in tip 2 will favour the two gaels especially as they have been going strong in league and have had a long year but can now time their run.. donal ward coming back for them will be an enormous boost .. they are the best attacking force left in it RealRossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 332 - 28/08/2017 21:01:25 2039610 Link
Replying To Tarismelting22: "Was at two championship games over the weekend one senior one intermediate Gaels and Pearses was a poor quality affair with discipline been a real issue. Davy Murray and Cian Connolly both sent off for the same incident. The Dalys came back into the side and all they did was argue with eachother. Good to see Niall Carty part of the management for pearses future rossie manager I think so. The second game I was at oran ran out comprehensive winners over championship favourites glaveys. Jack Earley, and Michael gunning impressed for oran. NUmber 11 for glaveys cathal heneghan looks like a real player. Man of the match on the nigh was Thomas Featherston absolutely dominated midfield making Fitzmaurice look very very average. Featherston fielded over him ran through glaveys and all they could do was haul him down. Still think Glaveys will win it out though." McStay tried Thomas Fetherston in the League but didn't seem to fancy him in the championship. endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2171 - 28/08/2017 21:04:40 2039613 Link