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Replying To Tarismelting22:  "Pearses got the job done as expected brigids made harder work of Clann than i thought they would. Watched fuerty against strokestown by god they gave it a good rattle game of the weekend.

I think we are in for a serious senior and intermiediate the final the most excited i have been in a good while. Croans have the junior sown up the must have won all their games by 15plus"
Agree Strokestown v Fuerty was the clear match of the weekend

On Croans their margin of victories was 24,6,6,22,25. The six point wins against Boyie B and Kilglass Gaels

Ballinameen have won all of their five games on route to the final and won their matches by 5,2,2,3,1 biggest win by 5 was against Kilglass Gaels.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4174 - 06/10/2025 13:29:03    2638656

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Replying To letsgetgoing:  "It is not true to say there was zero issues with the Bridgets v Clan stream. The score on screen was not kept up to date as previously mentioned. Very poor effort by whoever was responsible for that simple job."
When I say zero issues I was talking about the actual stream whereby it wasn't buffering or losing signal as happened with the Intermediate game.

Can understand your minor annoyance about them not updating the score but personally I'm not overly bothered about that as have attended many matches without any scoreboards

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 576 - 06/10/2025 13:56:50    2638669

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Senior final should be very interesting. Pearses looked very good but Faithleachs defense were very poor. Wont get that space in the final in 3 weeks.

Clann gave Brigid's everything for 40 minutes but then ran out of steam. They lacked the real firepower upfront to stay in the game.

Paddy power has the odds at 1/4 for Brigid's and 3/1 for Pearse's. Not sure it's that much of a certainty

RossieFan1980 (Roscommon) - Posts: 4 - 06/10/2025 14:18:37    2638683

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Replying To RossieFan1980:  "Senior final should be very interesting. Pearses looked very good but Faithleachs defense were very poor. Wont get that space in the final in 3 weeks.

Clann gave Brigid's everything for 40 minutes but then ran out of steam. They lacked the real firepower upfront to stay in the game.

Paddy power has the odds at 1/4 for Brigid's and 3/1 for Pearse's. Not sure it's that much of a certainty"
Those odds are a bit mad especially after the performance levels in the two semi finals. Pearses who are defending champions should use those odds as a motivator.

Glaveys already showed Brigids are beatable and Clann na nGael was only 3 points behind yesterday with 56 minutes played having held Brigids to 0-14. Pearses are a lot better than Clann, Glaveys and will be confident of retaining their title.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3768 - 06/10/2025 16:35:51    2638707

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Trying to make sense of the odds myself. They are starting odds by the bookmarkers and perhaps a ploy to get people to lump on Pearses before are odds are shortened?

Bookmakers might be looking at how both Boyle,Oran was in winning positions against Pearses or Brigids winning Connacht and reaching the All-Ireland final recently gives them a better rating than Pearses who messed up not winning Connacht final last year when big favorites to do so.

On the flip side Pearses won the county title last year beating Brigids along the way and beat the best in Galway Corofin by a few points to spare after that. I've seen teams countless times in team sports whereby they should have been knocked out yet survived and then went on to win the title and Pearses will certainly look back at the Oran,Boyle games as name on the trophy type wins should they go on to win the final in a couple of weeks.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4174 - 06/10/2025 17:34:13    2638717

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Has the date for the senior football final been fixed yet? Don't want to miss it.

letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 806 - 06/10/2025 17:47:09    2638718

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Replying To letsgetgoing:  "Has the date for the senior football final been fixed yet? Don't want to miss it."
It's fixed for Sunday the 26th

RossieFan1980 (Roscommon) - Posts: 4 - 06/10/2025 20:55:25    2638749

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Replying To FullOfPorter:  "I think you have a combination of a higher calibre of team coming down from senior in Galway plus a once in a generation Tooreen team coming to the end of the road."
My apologies I thought the discussion was on football. Absolutely that type of restructure in Galway will mean Galway hurling clubs will win 99% of Connacht intermediate championships.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11784 - 06/10/2025 21:03:00    2638751

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1/4 is about a 5 point handicap
Faitleachs defence was a shambles couldn't read anything into it.
In fact pearses have met the 3 of the worst defences in the senior championship in a row oran Boyle faitleachs I think I'm right in that not 1 of them have had a county defender in 3 or so years and it's no exaggeration to say they won't have one next year either
I think myself pearses defence may struggle v brigids whereas there forwards are good I think there going to meet by far the best prepared defence in Ros and they'll struggle.

Michaelbeag (Roscommon) - Posts: 29 - 07/10/2025 11:25:09    2638810

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Replying To yew_tree:  "My apologies I thought the discussion was on football. Absolutely that type of restructure in Galway will mean Galway hurling clubs will win 99% of Connacht intermediate championships."
No worries!

FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 390 - 07/10/2025 12:05:22    2638815

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Replying To Michaelbeag:  "1/4 is about a 5 point handicap
Faitleachs defence was a shambles couldn't read anything into it.
In fact pearses have met the 3 of the worst defences in the senior championship in a row oran Boyle faitleachs I think I'm right in that not 1 of them have had a county defender in 3 or so years and it's no exaggeration to say they won't have one next year either
I think myself pearses defence may struggle v brigids whereas there forwards are good I think there going to meet by far the best prepared defence in Ros and they'll struggle."
You could say the Gaels were a bit of a shambles when Brigids met them and I've heard since that all wasn't good in the Gaels camp. Coming through a dogged performance from Clann will do Brigids the world of good though. You could be right there on the defences. But you would think Pearses will match Clanns workrate while they also have more quality in the forward line.

FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 390 - 07/10/2025 12:30:04    2638819

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Senior

Sunday October 26th in Dr Hyde Park at 2pm

St Brigids v Padraig Pearses

Intermediate

Sunday October 19th in Kiltoom 2pm

Strokestown v Éire Og

Junior A

Saturday October 18th in Strokestown 4pm

St Croans v Ballinameen

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4174 - 07/10/2025 13:02:11    2638823

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Replying To Michaelbeag:  "1/4 is about a 5 point handicap
Faitleachs defence was a shambles couldn't read anything into it.
In fact pearses have met the 3 of the worst defences in the senior championship in a row oran Boyle faitleachs I think I'm right in that not 1 of them have had a county defender in 3 or so years and it's no exaggeration to say they won't have one next year either
I think myself pearses defence may struggle v brigids whereas there forwards are good I think there going to meet by far the best prepared defence in Ros and they'll struggle."
Handicap should be no more than a point of two.

Boyle for 45 minutes couldnt have defended much better as they held Pearses to 0-7, then Pearses used the new rules to good effect with three two pointers in a row to grab extra time.

In 60 minutes Pearses held Boyle to 0-14 who have arguably the best forward line in the Roscommon championship.

Shambles Faithleachs defence it was but one can't ignore a score of 5-20 in 60 minutes of a county semi final. It's shows they have really clicked since the previous games.

Roscommon Gaels defending was a bit of shambles itself against Brigids with their two main forwards allowed to score 1-14 of the 1-18 between them, Pearses mark those two better and you'll get a fine margin contest and perhaps extra time to separate the two as happened last year when the two met.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3768 - 07/10/2025 13:23:50    2638829

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Replying To Gaa_lover:  "Handicap should be no more than a point of two.

Boyle for 45 minutes couldnt have defended much better as they held Pearses to 0-7, then Pearses used the new rules to good effect with three two pointers in a row to grab extra time.

In 60 minutes Pearses held Boyle to 0-14 who have arguably the best forward line in the Roscommon championship.

Shambles Faithleachs defence it was but one can't ignore a score of 5-20 in 60 minutes of a county semi final. It's shows they have really clicked since the previous games.

Roscommon Gaels defending was a bit of shambles itself against Brigids with their two main forwards allowed to score 1-14 of the 1-18 between them, Pearses mark those two better and you'll get a fine margin contest and perhaps extra time to separate the two as happened last year when the two met."
U know nothing about gambling if u think a 1/4 shot is going to be a point or 2 handicap.

Michaelbeag (Roscommon) - Posts: 29 - 07/10/2025 15:38:40    2638852

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Replying To Michaelbeag:  "U know nothing about gambling if u think a 1/4 shot is going to be a point or 2 handicap."
Point I've made has flown way over your head.

The handicap for this final should be no more than a point or two then obviously the starting odds would not be 1/4.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3768 - 07/10/2025 16:55:57    2638864

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Replying To Gaa_lover:  "Point I've made has flown way over your head.

The handicap for this final should be no more than a point or two then obviously the starting odds would not be 1/4."
Agreed. Can't see much more than a few points in it either way.

RossieFan1980 (Roscommon) - Posts: 4 - 08/10/2025 13:52:11    2638948

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