Former Roscommon star Frankie Dolan says it's difficult for him to see where his native county will pick up sufficient points to stay in Division One of the National League.

Last Sunday saw the Rossies fall apart in the last 10 minutes of their league opener against Monaghan in Kiltoom, where Conor McManus' late goal consigned them to a four-point defeat, and with a trip to Killarney scheduled for this weekend Dolan isn't anticipating things getting easier for the side jointly managed by Kevin McStay and Fergal O'Donnell.

"Monaghan set them back and now they have a tough game against Kerry on Sunday and then it's Cork, two of those away," the St Brigid's man told RTE Sport.

"It's going to be hard to see Roscommon getting a couple of points. Staying up would be massive but where are we going to pick up points?

"Mayo have a lot of injuries and they got a bit of a hockeying against Cork, Down came up from Division 2 and they got a bit of a trimming as well.

"What I'd be looking at is Roscommon, Mayo and Down - can these teams compete with Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Kerry and Monaghan, who finished third in Division One last year and are an established team?

"But Roscommon can take a couple of positives - Monaghan are Ulster champions and Fintan Cregg blazed a chance over the bar.

"We could have won the game - we had the chance and competed fairly well despite not having our strongest team out."

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