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Any word on any friendly's played, play injurys etc. will be interesting to know where the Kildare will be played

hontherossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 99 - 16/05/2023 12:21:55    2478940

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Replying To hontherossie:  "Any word on any friendly's played, play injurys etc. will be interesting to know where the Kildare will be played"
We seem to be coming in quietly under tge radar for the AI series.
Kildare game probably Tullamore while Dublin game seems to be set for 4pm Sunday 28th per ticketmaster.

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1403 - 16/05/2023 13:02:05    2478952

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Dublin game confirmed for Sunday the 28th 4pm in Croke Park.

We played the likes of Cavan,Cork and neighbours Westmeath in challenges.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3744 - 16/05/2023 14:00:50    2478975

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Tickets have gone on sale for Sunday 28th May.

letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 494 - 16/05/2023 14:25:33    2478985

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Replying To Seanfanbocht:  "We seem to be coming in quietly under tge radar for the AI series.
Kildare game probably Tullamore while Dublin game seems to be set for 4pm Sunday 28th per ticketmaster."
A good way to be. Loads of time now to have got work done on the training ground. Lads should be raring to go.

MachaireConnacht (Roscommon) - Posts: 773 - 16/05/2023 14:59:13    2478999

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A one point defeat for our U17 footballers in the Connacht semi final tonight with the Mayo winner coming from the last attack of the game deep into injury time. Huge improvement from the 12 point beating to Mayo in round 1 and to be honest we had the winning of that game tonight but gave away two soft goals in a 5 minute period half time time. In a match you lose by 1 point you are also left wondering what if our top scorer Niall Heneghan was playing, suspension upheld by the Mayo ref.

Hard luck anyway to our U17s plenty of talented players on show during this Connacht championship just a pity we don't have a Connacht final and Quarter final to look forward to.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3744 - 19/05/2023 20:38:18    2479711

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Heartbreaking 1 point defeat tonight for the minors against Mayo tonight. (2-12 R to 2-13 M) The game was a triller with the majority of scores from play and could have gone either way. The Roscommon team played very well, tried their hearts out and put in a very fine performance.
The game was won over a short period of time in the second half when Mayo scored 2-2 without reply, to go from 2 points down (1-7 R to 0- 8 M) to 5 points up (1-7 R to 2-9 M)
In fairness, the Roscommon then came back from 5 points down in the second half to level terms and things were looking good. However Mayo scored the winning point with just seconds to go. The Roscommon team can feel very proud of themselves to turn a 12 point defeat to Mayo a few weeks ago into a very competitive game tonight. 16 year old Sean McDonnell (13) from Strokestown is a stunning prospect and certainly one for the future. I personally thought that Ryan Hanly (4), Eoghan Carthy (6) and David Higgins (9) were the best of a very fine team that were a little unlucky on the night.
I did not think that the referee had a particularly good game. (I will leave it at that)
Mayo had some very fine players, were a sporting team and I wish them the best in the Connacht final and in the All Ireland Championship. To the Roscommon minor players, "keep the heads up and be proud of yourselves". There is still lots to play for in the years ahead for many of you in a Roscommon jersey. This is just the starting line.

letsgetgoing (Roscommon) - Posts: 494 - 19/05/2023 20:57:49    2479712

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Replying To The_analyser:  "A one point defeat for our U17 footballers in the Connacht semi final tonight with the Mayo winner coming from the last attack of the game deep into injury time. Huge improvement from the 12 point beating to Mayo in round 1 and to be honest we had the winning of that game tonight but gave away two soft goals in a 5 minute period half time time. In a match you lose by 1 point you are also left wondering what if our top scorer Niall Heneghan was playing, suspension upheld by the Mayo ref.

Hard luck anyway to our U17s plenty of talented players on show during this Connacht championship just a pity we don't have a Connacht final and Quarter final to look forward to."
That's an improving Roscommon team who could have gone a long way in the championship if we won in Castlebar. Very tough to lose it by a single point. Still heartbreaking defeats can be the making of young players as the Offaly hurlers showed this week. I just would have a query about the Heneghan suspension because that probably was the difference between winning and losing last night. Many of those suspensions are overturned on appeal but not this one. Who heard that appeal.? No Mayo official should have been on that appeal committee because there would have been a clear conflict. Maybe there wasn't but just wondering. Roscommon are out now and the Connacht Final is a repeat of last year's All Ireland Final.

endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2156 - 20/05/2023 07:02:15    2479734

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Replying To endgame:  "That's an improving Roscommon team who could have gone a long way in the championship if we won in Castlebar. Very tough to lose it by a single point. Still heartbreaking defeats can be the making of young players as the Offaly hurlers showed this week. I just would have a query about the Heneghan suspension because that probably was the difference between winning and losing last night. Many of those suspensions are overturned on appeal but not this one. Who heard that appeal.? No Mayo official should have been on that appeal committee because there would have been a clear conflict. Maybe there wasn't but just wondering. Roscommon are out now and the Connacht Final is a repeat of last year's All Ireland Final."
Hard luck to the gallant Minors.
Greatly improved ream at the end of the Round Robin series and hopefully will give us decent u20 teams in the next few years.
As for the Connacht Council....most feel that's just an extension of the Mayo CB!

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1403 - 20/05/2023 10:32:48    2479748

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Sligo's hard earned and deserved draw makes things a little bit more interesting in our group now. After we play Dublin next Sunday it's Sligo 5 or 6 days later in the Hyde and Sligo have 2 weeks to prepare for that game, far from ideal situation there but hopefully we can firstly produce competitive performance against Dublin.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3744 - 21/05/2023 16:30:07    2479999

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Replying To The_analyser:  "Sligo's hard earned and deserved draw makes things a little bit more interesting in our group now. After we play Dublin next Sunday it's Sligo 5 or 6 days later in the Hyde and Sligo have 2 weeks to prepare for that game, far from ideal situation there but hopefully we can firstly produce competitive performance against Dublin."
6 or 16 days we should be beating this year's Sligo.
Still we need our CB to insist on no earlier than Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday if at all possible.
First though it's Dublin in Croke Park.
Hopefully we banish memories of the last few games against them there, we must have lost the last 2 by over 30 points combined.

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1403 - 21/05/2023 18:55:58    2480124

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Well done to Kevin McStay and his team for their marvellous performance against Kerry.
Remember the days when he had Roscommon playing good attacking football??
Some people kept moaning about the fact that we couldn't defend, which was probably true but maybe if he had stayed around a little longer we would have got that right too.
Hope Roscommon were watching and have a right good crack at Dublin next Sunday.

Rossieforever (Roscommon) - Posts: 84 - 21/05/2023 19:51:40    2480152

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Replying To Rossieforever:  "Well done to Kevin McStay and his team for their marvellous performance against Kerry.
Remember the days when he had Roscommon playing good attacking football??
Some people kept moaning about the fact that we couldn't defend, which was probably true but maybe if he had stayed around a little longer we would have got that right too.
Hope Roscommon were watching and have a right good crack at Dublin next Sunday."
Yes let's get back to conceding 4-24 again.......

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1403 - 21/05/2023 20:58:46    2480181

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Replying To Rossieforever:  "Well done to Kevin McStay and his team for their marvellous performance against Kerry.
Remember the days when he had Roscommon playing good attacking football??
Some people kept moaning about the fact that we couldn't defend, which was probably true but maybe if he had stayed around a little longer we would have got that right too.
Hope Roscommon were watching and have a right good crack at Dublin next Sunday."
Mayo supporters would be doing plenty of moaning also if they conceded any of the cricket scores that Roscommon conceded under McStay. To be fair to McStay the two jobs aren't comparable, Now at Mayo he has probably the most stocked and expensive management team I think 16 in total? including the highly rated Donie Buckley and Stephen Rochford who led Mayo to All Ireland finals in 2016/17 only losing them narrowly to Dublin at their peak. Who was on the management team for McStay in 2017,18 when with Roscommon, McHale and who else?

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3338 - 21/05/2023 21:28:24    2480193

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Replying To Rossieforever:  "Well done to Kevin McStay and his team for their marvellous performance against Kerry.
Remember the days when he had Roscommon playing good attacking football??
Some people kept moaning about the fact that we couldn't defend, which was probably true but maybe if he had stayed around a little longer we would have got that right too.
Hope Roscommon were watching and have a right good crack at Dublin next Sunday."
Jesus Christ stop will ya. Can you tell me a time where you saw a team give so much space to any team. Kerry were blood shocking defensively and O'Shea motm was a joke. Clifford was a joy to watch. The dubs would have hammered both teams on Saturday. Mayo are a good team but the likes of Derry and Galway will beat them

dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1046 - 21/05/2023 21:35:30    2480198

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Replying To Rossieforever:  "Well done to Kevin McStay and his team for their marvellous performance against Kerry.
Remember the days when he had Roscommon playing good attacking football??
Some people kept moaning about the fact that we couldn't defend, which was probably true but maybe if he had stayed around a little longer we would have got that right too.
Hope Roscommon were watching and have a right good crack at Dublin next Sunday."
Great win for them and always good for morale to beat Kerry but in a lot of ways Mayo will have learned very little from that game. Their problem is when they come up against a very organised defence and Kerry just weren't that on Saturday. Will they get that test they need from a defensive outfit in their remaining two games? They'll need it before they play a Derry or Galway as already said.

MachaireConnacht (Roscommon) - Posts: 773 - 22/05/2023 09:03:15    2480297

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Replying To The_analyser:  "Sligo's hard earned and deserved draw makes things a little bit more interesting in our group now. After we play Dublin next Sunday it's Sligo 5 or 6 days later in the Hyde and Sligo have 2 weeks to prepare for that game, far from ideal situation there but hopefully we can firstly produce competitive performance against Dublin."
It certainly has added an extra bit of spice to this group. If Kildare lose to Dublin they will be fighting for their lives in the final game. Sligo will have the tails up as well. What is the situation when teams end up level on points? Is it head to head or score difference?

MachaireConnacht (Roscommon) - Posts: 773 - 22/05/2023 09:08:32    2480301

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Replying To MachaireConnacht:  "It certainly has added an extra bit of spice to this group. If Kildare lose to Dublin they will be fighting for their lives in the final game. Sligo will have the tails up as well. What is the situation when teams end up level on points? Is it head to head or score difference?"
Head to head but obviously as Kildare and Sligo drew it has to be score difference if they finish level on points.
They will both park the bus v Ros and Dublin.

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1403 - 22/05/2023 10:45:07    2480371

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Replying To Seanfanbocht:  "Head to head but obviously as Kildare and Sligo drew it has to be score difference if they finish level on points.
They will both park the bus v Ros and Dublin."
Do we know if second from Group 1 plays 3rd from Group 2 and so on or is it semi open draw of second v thirds?

If the latter, Kerry looking likely to come second in their group means it will be very important to finish second in the group...or even better win it :D

MachaireConnacht (Roscommon) - Posts: 773 - 22/05/2023 11:21:39    2480408

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Replying To MachaireConnacht:  "Do we know if second from Group 1 plays 3rd from Group 2 and so on or is it semi open draw of second v thirds?

If the latter, Kerry looking likely to come second in their group means it will be very important to finish second in the group...or even better win it :D"
There will be a draw, can't have 2 teams from same group meeting, can't have repeats of Provincial Finals.
2nds will be Kerry, probably Ros, Tyrone/Armagh and Monaghan/Donegal.
3rds Cork/Louth, Armagh/Tyrone, Donegal/Monaghan and Sligo/Kildare.

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1403 - 22/05/2023 11:44:59    2480424

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