Itoldyouso (Roscommon) - Posts: 40 - 10/03/2023 11:49:45    2463157

Good to see a number of senior panelist, extended panelists and county U20s lining out for their clubs in the first round of the league. Cian Connolly, Cian McKeon are moving well after returning from injury.

In Division 1 Boyle fought back to be beat Pearses. Roscommon Gaels with impressive win against Tulsk. Western Gaels won narrowly against Elphin and Faithleachs four points to spare on Fuerty.

In Division 2 Castlerea 10 point winners against Brigids B, Glaveys, Strokestown with straight forward wins both probably too good for Div 2 while Éire Óg won by 1 against Creggs

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3744 - 11/03/2023 21:40:25    2463449

Surprising to hear of talk of Ultan Harney transferring from Clann Na Ngael to Wolfe Tones in Chicago, he is in Dubai at the moment so wouldn't be resident in Chicago for a moth prior to March 31 to qualify for a transfer and thought it was always his plan to be back playing for Clann at end of summer after his travels which isn't possible if he gets an inter county transfer.

louthspeaker (Louth) - Posts: 41 - 12/03/2023 13:36:46    2463493

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3744 - 12/03/2023 18:43:10    2463572

louthspeaker (Louth) - Posts: 41 - 15/03/2023 10:05:45    2463975

Tarismelting22 (Roscommon) - Posts: 760 - 15/03/2023 17:42:20    2464095

What do we think the starting team will be for Saturday against Kerry?
I think it'll be
1. Conor Carroll
2. Conor Hussey
3. Conor Daly
4. Davy Murray
5. Dylan Ruane
6. Brian Stack
7. Niall Daly
8. Tadgh O'Rourke
9. Keith Doyle or Ruaidhri Fallon
10. Robbie Dolan
11. Enda Smith
12. Ciarán Lennon
13. Ben O'Carroll
14. Diarmuid Murtagh
15. Ciarán Murtagh

Not 100% certain on the forwards. Donie and Cox could be used as impact subs along with Cregg, Walsh and Hughes

Rossie20 (Roscommon) - Posts: 8 - 15/03/2023 21:08:20    2464123

A whale of a game coming on Saturday in Tralee. Any chance we can do the unthinkable?

SpanishRossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 19 - 15/03/2023 21:43:45    2464124

sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1144 - 16/03/2023 13:08:35    2464194

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3338 - 16/03/2023 16:07:56    2464255

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1404 - 16/03/2023 19:50:41    2464291

Conor Daly out with ankle ligaments injury so is unlikely to feature against Mayo in the championship either.


Conor Carroll - Oranmore/Maree
Conor Hussey - Michael Glaveys
Brian Stack - St Brigids
David Murray - Padraig Pearses
Niall Daly - Padraig Pearses
Eoin McCormack - St Dominics
Robbie Dolan - St Brigids
Tadgh O'Rourke - Tulsk
Keith Doyle - St Dominics
Ciarain Murtagh - St Faithleachs
Ciaran Lennon - Clann na nGael
Enda Smith - Boyle
Ben O'Carroll - St Brigids
Diarmuid Murtagh - St Faithleachs
Conor Cox - Eire Og
Subs
Colm Lavin (Eire Og) Colin Walsh (Oran) Fergal Lennon (Clann na nGael) Dylan Ruane (Micheal Glaveys) Nial Kilroy (Fuerty) Ruaidhri Fallon (St Brigids) Daire Cregg (Boyle) Donie Smith (Boyle) Paul Carey (Padraig Pearses) Cian McKeon (Boyle) Richard Hughes (Roscommon Gaels)


Remains to be seen if we start as selected. Best of luck to Roscommon tomorrow evening.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3744 - 17/03/2023 12:25:57    2464343

letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 495 - 17/03/2023 13:31:57    2464353

Narrow defeat after competitive performance. Mixed feelings about it TBH, another slow start 1-3 to no score and looked like we were in for a heavy defeat but fought our way back into and were within a kick of ball to grab a draw. I thought McKeon should have won a penalty with that last attack and number of other strange calls went Kerry's way.

6 games 3 wins and 3 defeats and in those defeats we have showing we are much harder to beat than in past Div 1 campaigns. Hopefully we finish off this good campaign off with a win against Donegal next weekend. Conor Cox,Daire Cregg,Ruane,Hussey was among our best players tonight. Doyle was decent when he came on (should have started iMO)

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3744 - 18/03/2023 21:50:34    2464619

endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2156 - 19/03/2023 09:17:16    2464638

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1404 - 19/03/2023 11:33:46    2464660

550km round trip, nice day out with the family. Came away from the game with mixed feelings. After the first 15mins I thought we were in for a hiding but to be fair the lads found a way back in to the game. The age old problem of a lack of midfield was brutally exposed again, especially in the first half. Kerry sat off and allowed us get a few quick ones away, especially after their first black card. Doesn't matter who is in goals, when a team pushes up for our kickout we are in real bother. Enda was once again a real leader when things were going against us, he carried the fight to Kerry. He was victim of a terrible call for charging and ended up with a yellow card for his frustration. Ciaran Murtagh tried his best but faded after half time. Coz looked like he was getting back to old self at times, looked sharp and took some nice scores. Hopefully we see more of that and it wasn't just the opposition motivating him. Ciaran Lennon tries hard everyday but in front of goal he looks like he has no confidence, different player for his club. Stack done as well as could be expected given the job he had. Great to see Cian McKeon getting minutes.
On a side note, I thought a lot of decisions went against us. Bar the penalty, i will watch it back later, but for their first black card, we had won possession and were on the attack and ref stopped play to issue the card. Surely he should have allowed us play on and deal with it after. We had just gotten momentum at that time and another point would have lifted us further. As I said, Enda needed up with a yellow for reacting to a terrible call against him.
Onto next week and if we show the fight and character we have shown for 50 mins of the last 2 games we will be ok but we need to show it from minute 1. If Donegal lose today they will be a fragile bunch, we can't give them any encouragement and need to put them to the sword early. Up the Ros

D.Hyde (Roscommon) - Posts: 144 - 19/03/2023 12:24:44    2464673

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3338 - 19/03/2023 12:52:16    2464680

I can't get my head around the brutal starts, which seem to be getting worse or else Mayo and Kerry were more unforgiving than the Ulster teams.

I agree with the above. We got crucified at times in midfield. Not using it as an excuse but some of the refereeing decisions were cat and the Enda Smith yellow was mind boggling. Robbie Dolan is a grafter and has great potential but he just lacks physicality when playing the big teams but I'm sure that will come. Great to see Cian McKeon back.

Aside from the goal we did well defensively and kept battling until the end. If we could just put in a performance from the start we can be very competitive. Kerry got their scores from a good spread of player's, I'd like to see more lads on our side pitching in with scores.

MachaireConnacht (Roscommon) - Posts: 773 - 19/03/2023 13:43:45    2464709

Not sure what the problem is, as we now have a habit of starting very slow and giving the opposition a huge advantage. Is it a mental thing, warm up issues ? It needs to be sorted as soon as possible.
Good to see several of our players back in form, Enda Smith, Conor Cox etc. A fit Cian McKeon will also make a big difference as his runs at defenders with pace and power, similar to Enda and can draw frees and cards.
For the second week running, I feel sorry for our keeper. In the first half Kerry got 7/7 (100%) as we did not contest them while we only retained position 5/14 (36%) which is not acceptable. When our own keeper is kicking out the ball, it should never go below 50% at the very worst, as he is deciding where to kick the ball.
Things improved somewhat in the second half and I feel that we should have pressed their kickout even more when they had a black card.
While the referee got the Enda Smith's free very badly wrong, (no doubt about that) we did score nine points from frees but only 3 points from play. Kerry scored 1-9 from play. This is also an issue as some of our team seem afraid to have a go at the posts at times. At lest the Murtagh's, Smith's, Daly's, Cox, Cregg, O'Carroll, McKeon will normally have a go if they think the shot is on.
There is no doubt that the players are putting in a huge effort, and I would be very hopeful that we can retain our division 1 status. This would be a great achievement as we are missing both our starting mid-fielders from last year.

letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 495 - 19/03/2023 15:19:07    2464744