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I see Castlerea St Kevin's minor team was well beaten by Glencar Manorhamilton minors in the Connacht A Q/F. Any reports of the game and is this an exceptional Manor team or was the minor championship in Ros very weak this year? No disrespect to Manor as they are a big club and no doubt have plenty of very talented footballers but you'd always fancy the Roscommon champions to be competitive at the very least

ComainRos (Roscommon) - Posts: 125 - 25/10/2024 20:38:29    2576946

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Replying To ComainRos:  "I see Castlerea St Kevin's minor team was well beaten by Glencar Manorhamilton minors in the Connacht A Q/F. Any reports of the game and is this an exceptional Manor team or was the minor championship in Ros very weak this year? No disrespect to Manor as they are a big club and no doubt have plenty of very talented footballers but you'd always fancy the Roscommon champions to be competitive at the very least"
Could the Leitrim team actually be u18? And castlerea u17?

Ros2020 (Roscommon) - Posts: 10 - 25/10/2024 22:28:47    2576954

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Replying To ComainRos:  "I see Castlerea St Kevin's minor team was well beaten by Glencar Manorhamilton minors in the Connacht A Q/F. Any reports of the game and is this an exceptional Manor team or was the minor championship in Ros very weak this year? No disrespect to Manor as they are a big club and no doubt have plenty of very talented footballers but you'd always fancy the Roscommon champions to be competitive at the very least"
Castlerea U17 team. Their minor team contained the likes of John Curran, Cormac Beatty who are over age for U17. Should still be a lot more competitive than that but strange results can happen at underage level.

Leitrim people will be very optimistic that their U17s county team can challenge for the Connacht title in 2025 off the back of two strong U16 teams and those teams was well represented by Glencar Manor players.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3898 - 25/10/2024 22:29:00    2576955

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Replying To ComainRos:  "I see Castlerea St Kevin's minor team was well beaten by Glencar Manorhamilton minors in the Connacht A Q/F. Any reports of the game and is this an exceptional Manor team or was the minor championship in Ros very weak this year? No disrespect to Manor as they are a big club and no doubt have plenty of very talented footballers but you'd always fancy the Roscommon champions to be competitive at the very least"
The castlerea boys severely underestimated the leitrim opposition that they faced, and once they went 6 down after 10 mins dropped the head.

This Manor team has only lost one underage game in their tenure from u13 though, they are no slouches. Beating st Mary's in the semi final by 18 pts and winning the final by 9 vs Annaduff while taking their foot off the gas towards the end.

Ross1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 3 - 26/10/2024 00:15:41    2576966

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Replying To ComainRos:  "I see Castlerea St Kevin's minor team was well beaten by Glencar Manorhamilton minors in the Connacht A Q/F. Any reports of the game and is this an exceptional Manor team or was the minor championship in Ros very weak this year? No disrespect to Manor as they are a big club and no doubt have plenty of very talented footballers but you'd always fancy the Roscommon champions to be competitive at the very least"
Ya

Ross1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 3 - 26/10/2024 00:19:27    2576968

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Replying To ComainRos:  "I see Castlerea St Kevin's minor team was well beaten by Glencar Manorhamilton minors in the Connacht A Q/F. Any reports of the game and is this an exceptional Manor team or was the minor championship in Ros very weak this year? No disrespect to Manor as they are a big club and no doubt have plenty of very talented footballers but you'd always fancy the Roscommon champions to be competitive at the very least"
Glencar/Manor were an exceptional team, as good a underage team as I've seen. Brilliantly coached by the Roscommon Gaels coach Glancy. Moved the ball through the foot, players working as a unit, by far the better team. The best player on the pitch was Jack Kelly who was unmarkable on the night, some brilliant scores from all the Glencar/Manor players. It will a very good team to beat them.
You couldn't judge the standard of the Roscommon minor Championship on this game. There's 6 very even minor teams in contention next year with no real favourite.
Well done to Elphin/Ballinameen in the D2 Championship on a one point win, the Caseys playing a leading role in the victory. Distasteful scenes after the game between coaches and parents from both sides, people should have more sense.

imformed (Roscommon) - Posts: 183 - 26/10/2024 08:04:22    2576974

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Replying To Ros2020:  "Could the Leitrim team actually be u18? And castlerea u17?"
Glencar/Manor were exceptionally well coached and couldn't miss on the night. Castlerea are better that the way they performed and looked a tired team, and probably did underestimate the opposition. Whereas Glencar/Manor looked like they trained hard for it.

imformed (Roscommon) - Posts: 183 - 26/10/2024 08:56:30    2576982

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Replying To imformed:  "Glencar/Manor were an exceptional team, as good a underage team as I've seen. Brilliantly coached by the Roscommon Gaels coach Glancy. Moved the ball through the foot, players working as a unit, by far the better team. The best player on the pitch was Jack Kelly who was unmarkable on the night, some brilliant scores from all the Glencar/Manor players. It will a very good team to beat them.
You couldn't judge the standard of the Roscommon minor Championship on this game. There's 6 very even minor teams in contention next year with no real favourite.
Well done to Elphin/Ballinameen in the D2 Championship on a one point win, the Caseys playing a leading role in the victory. Distasteful scenes after the game between coaches and parents from both sides, people should have more sense."
Thanks for the updates. For Leitrim it is good to see a well coached team coming through with lovely plaudits from a member of the Castlerea /St Kevin's management.

This positivity is good as spirits in Leitrim have taken a hit with the Mickey Graham debacle.

joeman123 (Leitrim) - Posts: 504 - 26/10/2024 11:19:33    2576993

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Replying To imformed:  "Glencar/Manor were exceptionally well coached and couldn't miss on the night. Castlerea are better that the way they performed and looked a tired team, and probably did underestimate the opposition. Whereas Glencar/Manor looked like they trained hard for it."
Wasn't this u17?.
Ros Minor Club is u18 so Castlerea'd be a last minute out together group.

Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1899 - 26/10/2024 12:46:08    2577009

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Replying To Ros2020:  "Could the Leitrim team actually be u18? And castlerea u17?"
Connacht championship is U17 and Leitrim had a proper U17 championship with Glencar Manor winning it a couple of weeks ago. Our minor championship is U18 and the county board put together a morning blitz to have a teams represent Roscommon in Connacht.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3898 - 26/10/2024 13:50:39    2577016

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Four roads beaten by 10 points in the Connacht quarter final in a wet Dr Hyde Park. Led by 6 points at half time and Tooreen showed 2nd half why they have won the last four Connacht titles. Four Roads cause not helped with playing 40 minutes of the contest with 14 men, man of the match in the county final Conor Morris getting a straight red card.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3898 - 26/10/2024 15:24:21    2577030

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Replying To The_analyser:  "Four roads beaten by 10 points in the Connacht quarter final in a wet Dr Hyde Park. Led by 6 points at half time and Tooreen showed 2nd half why they have won the last four Connacht titles. Four Roads cause not helped with playing 40 minutes of the contest with 14 men, man of the match in the county final Conor Morris getting a straight red card."
You'd have to wonder if the outcome might have been different had Conor Morris been justifiably left on the field of play. The red card was an outrageous decision & to be fair, for the rest of the First Half Four Roads responded well. To be numerically disadvantaged for over 40 minutes & to be the fall guys for other questionable officiating meant that Toureen were always going to find a way to get back to winning ways. Somehow a 15 v 15 defeat is acceptable as it's a fair fight but when unfortunate decisions are made it's just that bit harder to accept.

2020Vision2020 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1 - 26/10/2024 19:12:35    2577062

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Congratulations to Elphin without a doubt the best team on the day. Solid defensively all campaign and at the other end of the field Killoran and Fintan Cregg superb scoring 2-6 of their 2-9 total. Going to take a good team to beat them in Connacht.

As for Strokestown they join a long list of teams unable to bounce straight back to senior level highlighting once more how competitive our intermediate championship is. Today the last five minutes of the first half and 1st 12 minutes of the 2nd half was the only decent spell they had in the game and fell away badly in the final quarter. McGann, Compton and McGinley weren't allowed to influence the game.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3898 - 27/10/2024 17:06:11    2577195

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