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He said he was confident that they'll beat Sligo.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7373 - 23/04/2022 18:33:08 2412544 Link 0 |
The best team in Roscommons history(1944) couldn't beat Sligo in their first championship game of the year even though they were the reigning AI champions. worple (Roscommon) - Posts: 340 - 24/04/2022 09:35:10 2412656 Link 0 |
They beat them in the replay though and went on to beat Kerry in the All Ireland Final. Sligo had a good team then. Both draw and replay were played in Boyle.
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2182 - 24/04/2022 13:07:31 2412714 Link 0 |
From.a roscommon point of view its all about Sligo next Saturday and given the status of both teams its hard to see anything other than a Roscommon victory by at least 6-9 pts. In 2015 Roscommon were only after getting promoted to Div 1 for the first time in ages and Sligo had still a string seasoned spine to their team. Even in 2016 in Hyde Park, Sligo really pushed Ross to the pin of their collar and a few big moments went roscommons way that day. 1981 was arguably the biggest shock result. Next week were it to happen would be equally as big. SmokieRoss (Roscommon) - Posts: 273 - 24/04/2022 20:35:16 2412879 Link 0 |
It's a tough game Saturday. We had a good league campaign but that's over now and in championship football anything can happen . Was it 2015 we were division 2 champions and went to Markievicz Park park and lost to sligo by 4 points I think. Also in 2010 we were relegated to division 4 and we beat Sligo as massive underdogs after they beat Galway and mayo. Markievicz park is a tough place to go . We need to be at our best Saturday evening to win this game. dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1061 - 25/04/2022 08:10:43 2412916 Link 2 |
It will be a trip to salthill last Sunday in May for the primrose and blue. Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3357 - 25/04/2022 14:39:02 2413115 Link 0 |
Full focus needs to be on Sligo and nothing else. Better Roscommon teams than our current one has traveled to Markievicz Park and went home with their tails between their legs. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3767 - 25/04/2022 16:30:15 2413164 Link 1 |
Clare would beat Sligo by 7 or 8 but ild agree with everything else.
OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1764 - 25/04/2022 18:13:24 2413198 Link 0 |
Surely Roscommon v Sligo will be televised this weekend, a provincial semi-final? SpanishRossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 20 - 26/04/2022 08:23:54 2413237 Link 0 |
TV games were picked ages ago by Sky and RTÉ. Ros v Sligo not picked. Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1450 - 26/04/2022 10:27:21 2413263 Link 0 |
Wrong province for it to be on tele
sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1149 - 26/04/2022 10:31:02 2413266 Link 0 |
More than likely this will be our team for Saturday. dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1061 - 27/04/2022 21:00:11 2413743 Link 1 |
Would agree with all that but i would love to see conor daly come in at full back if richard hughes was out and brian stack go to wing or centre back?
Tarismelting22 (Roscommon) - Posts: 760 - 28/04/2022 14:41:04 2413892 Link 0 |
Sligo set to spring a win by 5 points. You heard it here first thedreamer (Sligo) - Posts: 52 - 28/04/2022 17:24:34 2413935 Link 2 |
You are living up to your name. Best of luck Saturday hopefully its a right good game now that a connacht semi final has been snubbed by all broadcasters
Tarismelting22 (Roscommon) - Posts: 760 - 28/04/2022 18:17:12 2413946 Link 0 |
I really don't see stack being moved. If Conor is going well in training and Hughes is still out we could see an all Daly half back line. Hard to know. Hopefully heads are right going into this game and everyone is fully focused on Sligo. Sligo have some very good forwards that can do damage.
dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1061 - 28/04/2022 19:30:12 2413956 Link 0 |
Total humbug of a game really for both counties. A rout of Sligo, which is going to be the outcome is no good to us or them. Leitrim, despite their so/so league are the best team by far in D4, and have 2 class players and a potential All star in Keith. They can test the Galway back line at least for 50 minutes but are likely to fold in the end. I expect Cunningham will play an FBD selection and not risk injury which is the big danger in these non-event match ups. Surely now that the shield championship is in place for lower tiers counties should be seeded for provincial championships in 2023. Keephimthere (Roscommon) - Posts: 97 - 28/04/2022 19:33:10 2413959 Link 2 |
To be fair, only Offaly was a real upset. The other teams were reasonably the same level - being in either the same division or will be in the same division next year. This is a division 1 team vs a team that struggled in division 4. systematic (Galway) - Posts: 69 - 29/04/2022 08:30:15 2413975 Link 0 |
Hopefully work has been done on defensive structure/tackling and kick outs since the league final. It looks like Galway definitely got their defense well organised since then. The break in games was probably badly needed for Faithleach's and Pearses players as well. That final was weeks ago now and we can't take Sligo for granted. Best of luck to the team and management tomorrow. MachaireConnacht (Roscommon) - Posts: 800 - 29/04/2022 08:50:30 2413980 Link 0 |
And last
cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5020 - 29/04/2022 08:53:48 2413982 Link 0 |