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Roscommon GAA thread - 9 Like(s)
Sad to near the news about Mick McCormack, the match day experience will be darker now without him, wonderful character and die rossie and talented photographer he was. Thoughts with family.
The_analyser (National) - 21/08/2023 15:56:47
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Leitrim GAA thread - 8 Like(s)
Replying To kentuckytucky: "Can you reply to yourself on your own thread please and leave this one to the Leitrim folk, thanks." Everyone is free to post on whatever thread they want so long as they don't play the wum with many usernames like you.
The_analyser (National) - 30/03/2022 16:49:34
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Galway V Kerry All Ireland Final 2022 - 8 Like(s)
Replying To Belclare: "Galway to win and bring Sam West." Beclare some change in your confidence levels from before the Connacht final when you coming onto our thread and were tipping Roscommon to win.
As for Sunday and is for every AI final I've watched the team that defends best will win and on Sunday curbing the influence of Sean O'Shea and David Clifford will be key in order for Galway to win. All the best to our neighbours on Sunday
The_analyser (National) - 20/07/2022 16:46:23
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Roscommon GAA thread - 6 Like(s)
Brigids back as the best in Connacht once again. Led from pillar to post and in truth never looked like losing. Might be disappointed about the goals conceded especially the one before half time but it was a solid defensive display and much the better attacking team.
Both Stacks, Fallon, Frost, Nolan and Ben O'Carroll among the stand outs in a fine team performance.
Pearses, Faithleachs, Castlerea and Brigids had now won 4 Connacht titles since 2021. Roscommon club football is very strong without a doubt.
The_analyser (National) - 03/12/2023 16:04:31
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Roscommon GAA thread - 6 Like(s)
Replying To spion7: "Firstly there was no queue to get rid of Anthony Cunningham .. people weren't happy with the Clare collapse but in the end he stepped away..
For the first time in many years we were competitive in every game ..we comfortably stayed in division one discarding the yo-yo tag..Roscommon have conceded big scores (4-24 x2,2-29 etc) at the top level under tryhe two previous managers ..we were 1-3 to zero down v Kerry,in previous years that would have been a minimum 10 point defeat but we nearly snatched a draw..same v Mayo when 7-0 down..he set about improving the defensive structure and largely succeeded although the lack of quality in certain positions cost us later on..we went to Croke park and low and behold didn't collapse at the sight of a blue jersey and left a win behind us.
Maybe we ran out of steam later on but fought to the end v cork and were the victim of a poor ref call when looking like winners.
Regular match going supporters see that they're is a plan in place and a team that will give everything for the manager.No body will be more disappointed than Davy with how it ended but this year he'll get a look at the club championship and I believe he'll improve us even more next year and hopefully turn those narrow defeats our way." Well summed up for our curious Sligo friend whom choose to stop attending matches in the fear of getting stuck in Tulsk.
Also I might add last year was Cunninghams 4th year and it was off the back of two straight tame knock out championship exits.
Davy Burkes first year who's hand was dealt without three starters in Ronan Daly,Ultan Harney and Cathal Heneghan. Eddie Nolan unable to play in the league, Cian McKeon not starting a game until the championship and lost Tadhg O'Rourke on round 7 of the league when we were already light on midfield options.
Clear structure to the team has been seen and able to mix it up on depending on opposition we played. 3rd in Div 1 and competitive in every game exceeded all league expectations when we were odds on for relegation.
Championship was inconsistent when able to beat Mayo in Castlebar by a bit to spare, Drawing with Dublin and losing by 1 point with basically the last play of the game v Kildare and Cork but it was fine margins for example a long range free and we would have beaten Dublin topped the group and straight into the All-Ireland Quarter final. Had that happened it would have been our best league and championship season since 2001.
The_analyser (National) - 05/07/2023 13:46:21
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Roscommon GAA thread - 6 Like(s)
Replying To rosco7: "Irish Independent Sport:
"Jack Duggan to follow father Derek's footsteps in move to Roscommon"
A sad day for Longford Development to lose a player that developed right through their underage structure.
Almost half the Roscommon hurling team are from other counties - looks like Roscommon football is following suit.
Not a great news story for Roscommon Development either if players are just going to be transferred in from other counties." Half? your maths aren't the best. As for the footballers not from Roscommon all three have strong Roscommon blood. We have Conor Carroll who's dad and our County board chairman are rossies. Conor Cox who's dad is a Eire og and why he's playing for them and Jack who always had the option of switching with Derek as dad. Nothing sad about it, transfers via parentage have been part of the gaa for decades.
Main Roscommon news story today is Ciarain Murtagh talking about the season ahead. He was undecided on what he was doing with a trip to Kenya and a marriage coming up but that gives the biggest suggestion yet that he'll be part of the panel for 2024.
The_analyser (National) - 27/10/2023 15:57:32
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Roscommon GAA thread - 6 Like(s)
Posted this up last night and for some reason the mods didn't publish it.
RIP to Adrian O'Sullivan one of the finest players to ever play for Roscommon footballers. Minor Captain in 1967, U21 captain in 1969 and Senior captain in 1972 a record that few if any has. Represented Connacht in the railway cup won many club titles with his club Castlerea including a Connacht title in the late 60s.
The_analyser (National) - 18/10/2024 15:26:05
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Roscommon GAA thread - 6 Like(s)
Going to post in mainly positives with this latest post as enough negative views spoken about already on here and elsewhere.
Firstly we reached the last eight of the championship for the first time since 2019 and did so by beating a Div 1 team we had a terrible record against and beat them in their home venue. That's progress from not reaching the last 8 with defeats to Clare and Cork in 2022,2023 who weren't good enough to get out of Div 2. I also feel that win in Tyrone tells me would have avoided relegation from Div 1 by having a stronger hand to choose from for the opening rounds against Tyrone,Galway. (Games we lost by 1 score and drew)
Seven players was given their championship debuts and one of them Niall Higgins played every minute of the championship, got a harsh lesson when turned over for the 2nd goal on Saturday but it was a solid debut championship year for him. Shane Cunnane,Robbie Dolan, Ruaidhrí Fallon brigids trio really held their own with the opportunities given to them. Adam McDermott got his first few championship minutes and first score I'm looking forward to see how that talented 21 year old develops in the years ahead.
Conor Cox had arguably his best year since his first year with us in 2019 and he ended up scoring in all competitions 1-41. Diarmuid Murtagh had one of his best years in a Roscommon jersey scoring 1-54, during the league he moved into 2nd place in the all time top scorers for Roscommon the late great Dermot Earley is 1st.
Daire Cregg in his 2nd season at senior level has established himself at this level and I don't expect us to lose him to the AFL. Conor Carroll another in his 2nd championship season and probably the most consistent keeper we have had since Gay Sheerin. McCormack a little while longer around has to be one of most consistent performers and what more can be said about Brian Stack outstanding footballer and leader hopefully we have someone else to play at full back next year to allow him play further up the field more often and where he can influence the game more. Stack,Murtagh I would expect to be nominated for All Stars but will be none won this year.
Plenty of good young players still waiting for their chance and try to become established seniors in Sean Lambe,Paddy Gavin,Declan Kenny,Caelim Keogh,Luke Glennon,Shane McGinley etc so we are in decent place. 2025 is the last year of Davy Burkes agreed term and if it happens to be his final year with us before moving on to something else and leaves us in Div 1 and we reach the last 8 of the championship for the 2nd year in a row it will be a job well done.
Finally I want to offer my thanks to the players for the huge commitment and effort have given since the winter and our first challenge in mid December against Donegal. Already looking forward to seeing all players in action for their clubs in next months championship and it should be good quality and competitive club championship another positive point that a lot counties don't have.
P.S @Seanfanbocht I'd certainly wouldn't say no to that but doubtful if he'll leave them yet.
The_analyser (National) - 01/07/2024 21:41:07
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Connacht Championship 2019 - 6 Like(s)
Replying To dave1988: "Did you say we were going to go out and beat cavan easy in the league?? we aren't a top class team. We have so many weaknesses in our team. I think Leitrim are coming into this game confident and will be well organised. It's going to be tougher than the last few years. I think we will win but I'll always give any team we play Respect." I wouldn't be paying much attention to tashy he's Leitrim man pretending to be a rossie and seeking a reaction. You are correct Leitrim will be coming into this game confident and if they are as well organised as London was against Galway last Sunday it will be difficult encounter for us. They certainly deserve respect and should not be taken granted.
The_analyser (National) - 07/05/2019 14:31:16
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Roscommon GAA thread - 6 Like(s)
Replying To MachaireConnacht: "He's deliberately sped up the footage to make it look worse. They must have been half a minute trying to get the ball out from under Ruane. Ruane did not react like a man that was stamped on. I'm sure if he was he would have stood up to Enda. It's not something Mayo management has complained about either." Anyone that watches the full clip (still up on the TG4 player) will know there is nothing in that incident. The reaction of Matthew Ruane tells its own tale.
What we have today is modern day "supporters" who sit at home instead of attending matches and go onto to twitter complaining during and after matches. Trying to get Enda Smith suspended calling him a thug etc for doing nothing wrong those "supporters" need to have a good long look at themselves they simply give the many thousands of good Mayo supporters a bad name.
The_analyser (National) - 07/03/2023 14:56:08
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Roscommon GAA thread - 6 Like(s)
Replying To dave1988: "Why isn't Pearce Frost in the panel this year he was the best defender along with stack this year. Also Sennan lambe brought in this year and heard he's not allowed play u20s?" Pearse Frost I believe was asked in but declined due to injury. Was told Senan Lambe played for U20s in a challenge.
Mods do your job and remove that wum hopballref (Galway) from this thread.
The_analyser (National) - 05/03/2024 15:59:41
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Roscommon GAA thread - 6 Like(s)
I suppose the two FBD games has served it's purpose with loads of newbies getting game time and two competitive displays.
We should have been more than 1 point in front at half time and Galway should have won that 2nd half by more than 3 points so the two point margin at the end probably about right.
Two weeks to prepare for the important Cork game hopefully a few of our injured players are available for selection then.
The very best of luck to St Faithleachs in the intermediate Connacht final tomorrow.
The_analyser (National) - 14/01/2022 19:46:27
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The Next Senior Football Manager - 5 Like(s)
One can lose the run of themselves over that one result at the weekend if they want or look at what has happened since the turn of this decade, as since 2010 between senior,intermediate,Junior we had more than a dozen club sides that has reached Connacht club finals and 5 of those teams went on to reach All Ireland club finals with Brigids going on to win the All Ireland and the latest is Fuerty as they aim to become Connacht champions this Sunday and the very best of luck to them.
Furthermore Roscommon played in 9 Connacht U21 finals between 2007 and 2016 and played in 2 All Ireland finals in that time (Mayo and Galway reached four Connacht final each in same period) A lot of those players went on to either win titles or perform well on their college teams. So this theory that Cunningham will struggle to find enough county players is very much a flawed one as far as i am concerned. I'd agree its tough challenging year ahead but the players are there and its up to this new management team to get the very best out of them.
The_analyser (Roscommon) - 13/11/2018 21:02:59
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Roscommon GAA thread - 5 Like(s)
Replying To letsgetgoing: "On-line journalists Mark Donlon and Gary Connaughton also need to take a long hard look at themselves and decide if their recent articles and twitter attachments are biased, unfair and did not give a full and accurate account of what actually happened. In fairness to Enda Smith, Matthew Ruane, the linesman who was in very close proximity to the incidence and the referee, the camera angle gives a false impression of what actually happened. The evidence that I saw sitting close to the event in the stand and at a different angle to the TV camera was;
* Matthew Ruane held on to the ball for a prolonged period of time on the ground, with Enda Smith using his hands trying to dislodge it.
* With the ball lying between Matthew's his legs, Enda used his right foot trying to dislodge it. Most of the pressure of Enda's right foot came in contact with the ball and very little if any pressure came on to Matthew Ruane leg.
* Matthew Ruane face did not grimace from any pain and he did not feel his leg. If a full stamp had occurred this would not be the case. In fairness to Matthew Ruane he did not confront Enda Smith or complain to the linesman who was right beside him at that time. He just got up and ran back into position. (Not the typical action of an injured player)
* The linesman who saw all the action from very close up (Not from the angle of the TV camera) did not take any action.
I would like to know why Mark Donlon could attach the full prolonged action of Enda Smith scoring the goal in his article but could not attach the full showing of the event he was mainly writing about in his article. He just attached a very biased and unfair twitter link, which was a distorted account of what actually happened.
Gary Connaughton's article also attached the same twitter feed.
Lads, you more of the evidence, why did you not use it?
This is lazy, unprofessional and biased journalism who have blacked the name of one of our best and sporting players.
At least have the decency to show the full account of what happened in your articles, and let all the GAA supporters decide for themselves!
Not good enough.
Fair play to all the Mayo supporters in the stand who were also close to the action. At least like Matthew Ruane, they did not make a big deal of it either." Well said.
Those on-line journalists work for Balls.ie,Extra.Ie two sites that don't care about accuracy of what they publish but all about click bait. Real gutter stuff. Extra is a parent of the tabloid awful of Daily Mail news rag.
The_analyser (National) - 08/03/2023 15:45:37
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Roscommon GAA thread - 5 Like(s)
Team for tomorrow's Connacht U20 final.
Sean Allen (Kilbride)
Eden Kerins (Boyle)
Daniel Casey (Boyle)
Eoghan Carthy (Roscommon Gaels)
Daniel Hagney (Michael Glaveys)
Conor Harley (Padraig Pearses)
James McGreal (Eire OG)
Conor Ryan (Padraig Pearses)
Senan Lambe (Roscommon Gaels)
Robert Heneghan (Michael Glaveys)
Ryan Conlon (Roscommon Gaels)
Rory Hester (Western Gaels)
Shane McGinley (Strokestown)
Niall O'Donnell (Boyle)
Bobby Nugent (St Brigids)
Subs - Conor Morris,Ethan O'Reilly,Cillian Campbell,James Connolly,Oisin O'Flaherty,Shane Walsh,David Flanagan,Rory Carthy,Ryan Dowling
Best of luck to young rossies tomorrow in Castlebar. Tonight I'll be Hyde Park to view our U17s against Sligo best of luck to them also.
The_analyser (National) - 03/05/2024 15:31:45
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Roscommon GAA thread - 5 Like(s)
Replying To dave1988: "Haven't heard anything in terms of training. Just that two lads walked heard one could be Doyle or Fallon but that might be untrue. But it's not a good sign when lads walk and players having a meeting about a couple of issues" Out of respect for the players I'm not going to name them on here but one was dropped on disciplinary issue and other one released due to injury. Neither was Doyle,Fallon. Meetings are regular and was pre-arranged before any of that happened. Useful A v B challenge was had this this weekend with a few of the players that missed the Kerry game back in action and showing well.
The_analyser (National) - 25/05/2025 23:56:36
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Roscommon GAA thread - 5 Like(s)
The gamble of resting so many starters and giving other a chance paid off as Roscommon U17s pull off a hard earned and deserved 2 point win away to Leitrim this evening. Four week break now until the Connacht Final I can imagine one or two hard challenges will be played before them. Mayo winner against Sligo tonight so it will be them or Galway we'll face in the final. Well done to all the players and management.
The_analyser (National) - 11/04/2025 20:21:00
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Connacht Championship - 5 Like(s)
Lads have the sense not give trolls such as spiritofeslin and tashy any attention. All the best to Leitrim in qualifiers and Div 3 next year the latter will be more important to you as that is where the most improvement will come from.
The_analyser (Leitrim) - 12/05/2019 21:55:57
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NFL 2020 - 5 Like(s)
Replying To moros: "How and where do you get all your info? Do you follow the panel around at training? You seem well informed..just wondering." Some of the info was given out by Anthony Cunningham on Sunday. As for the rest, I played and coached at various levels in this county and plenty of connections are picked up along the way.
The_analyser (Roscommon) - 11/02/2020 20:44:45
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NFL 2020 - 5 Like(s)
Jack L stop using WE. You aren't from Roscommon. You are a long time troll on here and take that style of posting elsewhere.
The_analyser (Roscommon) - 03/02/2020 14:12:35
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