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Great personal tally from Daire Cregg. To hit 3-4 against Clann is no mean feat. Brigids and Boyle look strongest at this stage. Can Boyle get over that semi final hump.? The championship is showing we have plenty of good young footballers in Roscommon. Hope we can get the right man in to manage them.
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2090 - 17/09/2022 20:11:29 2440986 Link 0 |
Great performance from Boyle full forward line. Enda isn't anywhere near match fit yet but delighted to see him back. As for clann they were very poor and the injured are really hurting them.
dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 984 - 18/09/2022 11:52:59 2441016 Link 0 |
Cregg is some talent - as good as anything we have had coming through in the last few years. Hopefully he will be given time by the new manager in the spring to adapt to county senior level and not be rushed in too quickly. Boyle have a great set of forwards and on their day are capable of racking up massive scores. Pearses are probably the one non seeded team they would like to avoid as they have the defenders to match up. Good win for Ros Gaels and a big boost for them to have Connolly and Gillooly back scoring heavily having struggled up front in the first two rounds. I don't think they will be a team that anyone will particularly want to draw. Pearses did enough against Strokestown but I'd expect them to hit their stride from now on. It's set up for interesting play offs and quarter finals from here on. Current form would suggest Brigids and Boyle are favourites but Pearses will improve and the likes of Ros Gaels, Clann, Oran are all capable of taking a scalp in the quarters. Primrose_and_blue (Roscommon) - Posts: 67 - 18/09/2022 13:46:01 2441029 Link 0 |
After watching a few intermediate games today I must say that Dominic's are miles ahead of the rest. Fuerty will probably be there closest rivals but the only thing that seems to be able beat Dominic's are themselves. Creggs were very disappointing today and fuerty despite winning well weren't all too impressive either. Ros4sam1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 9 - 18/09/2022 21:47:12 2441105 Link 0 |
Some good games to look forward too this weekend. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3635 - 20/09/2022 17:43:20 2441345 Link 0 |
With the Westmeath post filled, it is only Monaghan and Galway who are left with vacant positions. Two D1 teams. It's a disgrace that this is dragging on so long. The new man with have no time to assess his squad with club championships coming to the business end. Unless Flanagan is earmarked for the position, he knows all the players and they are most likely waiting until his club commitments are at an end. Jack L (None) - Posts: 3067 - 22/09/2022 14:26:05 2441554 Link 0 |
Padraig Joyce has stayed on so no vacancy in Galway. We await news on an appointment in Roscommon.
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2090 - 22/09/2022 15:24:49 2441561 Link 0 |
Donegal along with Roscommon and Monaghan are the current football management vacancies. BigSur (Westmeath) - Posts: 1091 - 22/09/2022 15:44:59 2441563 Link 0 |
And Limerick.
Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3245 - 22/09/2022 17:09:21 2441574 Link 0 |
Vinny Corey said to be the new Monaghan manager. Leaves ourselves and Donegal. Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 1144 - 22/09/2022 19:08:50 2441582 Link 0 |
Monaghan have their vacancy filled.Like Westmeath, they employed from within, former greats now stepping up to management.
Jack L (None) - Posts: 3067 - 22/09/2022 19:38:35 2441584 Link 0 |
Westmeath did no search at all and just appointed Dessie that was on Jack Cooney management this year while it took Monaghan 12 week to appoint Banty's selector as manager, 4th,5th or last choice pick?
Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3245 - 22/09/2022 22:00:17 2441598 Link 0 |
That is actually inaccurate as Westmeath actively pursued a number of managers including Anthony Cunningham tonsee if they were interested. John Keane a sad Dessie Dolan were interested in staying on as selectors with a new manager originally. It was only when it proved difficult to attract someone similar situation to ourselves dis they go the inside route as a last resort. Personally I think Roscommon should do the same. The obvious one is Nigel Dineen but inactive for a few seasons and would have had a lot of the players at underage so both would be negatives in my opinion. Fergal O Donnell mentioned and again a backward step as it ended badly with him with a lot of players in 2016. It was a split camp so again a lot of the same players remaining and in their prime. Would like to see a combination of John Rogers, Wally Burke, Frankie Dolan, Billy Donnelly, Thomas Gilleran, Basil Manion etc all who are involved with current teams in Roscommon and would know the club scene inside out. The main reason I am hearing that managers are not attracted to the position is the lack of county board support and a permanent base for training that is suitable for an inter County team. It is startling that we are miles behind other counties in terms of facilities after all these years with the same issues. SmokieRoss (Roscommon) - Posts: 269 - 23/09/2022 14:32:45 2441652 Link 0 |
Other than some speculation from a journalist have you got a link or solid info that Westmeath actively pursued Anthony Cunningham? i'd say if he was approached he'd take the job. Westmeath would seen the way Monaghan,Donegal and your county struggled to appoint a new manager and simply appointed lads already there this year.
Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3245 - 23/09/2022 21:44:55 2441682 Link 0 |
Well done to Pearses on winning the U20 Div 1 title tonight. I said beforehand it could take extra time to separate the two and that almost happened here as Pearses won 2-13 to 2-12 with the last kick of the game a free in the 7th minute of injury time. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3635 - 23/09/2022 21:52:23 2441683 Link 1 |
As the weeks pass by and we are still in the same position. Every other county management teams are already getting ready for 2023 and we are still looking for a manager. We have loads of talent in the team and 6/7 players from the last couple of under age teams will be pushing a few older lads for a position. If we get the right management team in now and sort out defensive problems and our extremely weak mentality we can be a very competitive team. dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 984 - 24/09/2022 08:56:01 2441686 Link 1 |
The major issue a new manager and all underage managers have is the lack of facilities. In comparison to all the counties, we compete with we are way behind and are getting worse. It's crazy that the county board are considering improving Hyde Park before we have an adequate home for training. imformed (Roscommon) - Posts: 161 - 24/09/2022 09:11:08 2441687 Link 0 |
I totally agree that a center of excellence should be number 1 priority but are you surprised we are in the situation we are in with the county board we have. Of course they will come out and try give reasons why we don't have proper training facilities but it's just not good enough when you see teams in division 4 with better facilities than we do.
dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 984 - 24/09/2022 12:21:10 2441699 Link 0 |
Some of the Rossies supporters are getting a little hot and bothered because you don't have a manager. To say it's a disgrace is a little OTT. I have no doubt that the Co Boards are exhausting every avenue to get the correct man but the pool of managers is quite small. Who wants a job where immediately some supporters will take a dislike to you before a ball is kicked and those supporters will grow in numbers the longer the manager stays on. A lot of Roscommon supporters couldn't wait to see Cunningham getting the door and the names mentioned to replace him at the moment would have nothing on their CV to match his Interesting times ahead !! eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 1504 - 24/09/2022 13:07:19 2441702 Link 0 |
It's been asked many times at county board meetings and the same answer of hoping to start projects soon. Money hasn't gone anywhere its in the bank but still awaiting further funding. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3635 - 24/09/2022 13:23:02 2441703 Link 0 |