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14 points is a brutal score in the new rules and really shows you are not winning ball at all. Doyle and Ryan are no Kilpatrick and Kennedy but they've done well up until now. You can still win possession even against better individual ball winners through stopping the opposition catching cleanly, winning a good share of the breaks and some smart kick outs from your own goalie. Monaghan have a great keeper but their midfield is not better than Tyrones or Galways.
I agree with sourmilk, thought we did well when Cunnane came on as a blood sub. Found it strange he wasn't the first man brought in when there was a midfield change. O'Hanlon got far too many handy kicks from Beggan as well without anyone tracking him. We didn't look like a team switched on at all. Three weeks was an ideal break too. Maybe enough homework wasn't done on Monaghan. I'm sure management will analyse that game apart. Don't think we need to throw the baby out with the bath water either. Meath, Louth, Mayo, Cork all had very bad defeats and melt downs this championship yet recovered and 3 of those 4 will make a quarter final at least. It's just a pity ours came in a knock out game and next year seems to far away.

FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 523 - 15/06/2026 18:09:39    2680019

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Replying To The_analyser:  "The manner of the exit is the main thing and trying to understand it and how to not repeat it next year will be the main thing now.

@moros we lost but didn't go out to Kildare. All previous exits before the quarter-final stage for the last decade was fine margin competitive contests and it's the very least I expected from on Saturday yet we had no spark to get going at all and once Monaghan took the lead it was manner of what the margin was going to be so was no same drama in Clones unfortunately."
Look it. We got a home day in R1 and couldn't make it count. We never turned up last Saturday. Can talk about been unfortunate to draw 2 Ulster sides
Tyrone didn't get out of D2 while Monaghan were relegated to D2
Mayo went to Clones and eon in the first round
. No easy way of glossing over a disappointing AI campaign. Connacht title foes not hold much water now

Jack L (None) - Posts: 3219 - 15/06/2026 20:45:57    2680040

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@Jack L ten years if not longer posting on here and saying we when referring to Roscommon a well worn out routine at this stage.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4406 - 15/06/2026 23:43:15    2680059

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Replying To Jack L:  "Look it. We got a home day in R1 and couldn't make it count. We never turned up last Saturday. Can talk about been unfortunate to draw 2 Ulster sides
Tyrone didn't get out of D2 while Monaghan were relegated to D2
Mayo went to Clones and eon in the first round
. No easy way of glossing over a disappointing AI campaign. Connacht title foes not hold much water now"
Connacht title is grand.
Last Saturday was a disaster.

Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 653 - 15/06/2026 23:43:46    2680060

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Replying To Seanfan:  "It meant we finished 3rd in the group. Then away to Cork, Cawley etc"
The double bounce
It's coming back to me now, sadly there's been so many bad days it's hard recall the order.

Michaelbeag (Roscommon) - Posts: 73 - 16/06/2026 08:01:12    2680071

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Replying To Seanfan:  "Connacht title is grand.
Last Saturday was a disaster."
That sums it up alright. A Connacht title is lovely but the shocking performance last Saturday has us gone before the business end of the All Ireland series. Monaghan v Westmeath in Clones will be interesting. The Lakemen will give it a better go than Roscommon did I'd say.

endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2710 - 16/06/2026 16:32:13    2680205

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Replying To endgame:  "That sums it up alright. A Connacht title is lovely but the shocking performance last Saturday has us gone before the business end of the All Ireland series. Monaghan v Westmeath in Clones will be interesting. The Lakemen will give it a better go than Roscommon did I'd say."
You could live with losing but the manner of last Saturdays defeat is just shocking.
All the more so because we'd done so well up to that.
The Tyrone defeat was a close call which should have shaken off Connacht Final cobwebs.

Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 653 - 16/06/2026 17:03:51    2680210

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Replying To Seanfan:  "You could live with losing but the manner of last Saturdays defeat is just shocking.
All the more so because we'd done so well up to that.
The Tyrone defeat was a close call which should have shaken off Connacht Final cobwebs."
I'd say even Tyrone people was left very surprised by than limp display by Roscommon.

One journalist online has posted up all Beggans kick outs from last Saturday, the majority of them kicked to totally unmarked Monaghan players with loads of space to run into. You'd see that over here with J1 students in run about matches but very strange to see it happen in a knock out inter county match.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 4005 - 16/06/2026 20:32:26    2680241

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Replying To Gaa_lover:  "I'd say even Tyrone people was left very surprised by than limp display by Roscommon.

One journalist online has posted up all Beggans kick outs from last Saturday, the majority of them kicked to totally unmarked Monaghan players with loads of space to run into. You'd see that over here with J1 students in run about matches but very strange to see it happen in a knock out inter county match."
Tell us something we don't already know.

moros (Roscommon) - Posts: 1434 - 17/06/2026 10:09:22    2680265

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Replying To endgame:  "That sums it up alright. A Connacht title is lovely but the shocking performance last Saturday has us gone before the business end of the All Ireland series. Monaghan v Westmeath in Clones will be interesting. The Lakemen will give it a better go than Roscommon did I'd say."
Westmeath seem to have that never say die attitude and that bit between their teeth. Monaghan won't get it as easy this weekend but you can tell by Mark McHughs interviews that he's a very intense in your face lad who you would go to war for on the pitch.

dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1420 - 17/06/2026 11:46:44    2680286

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Replying To dave1988:  "Westmeath seem to have that never say die attitude and that bit between their teeth. Monaghan won't get it as easy this weekend but you can tell by Mark McHughs interviews that he's a very intense in your face lad who you would go to war for on the pitch."
Yes and I think we saw that influence on Roscommon the one year he was with us. He's doing a good job with Westmeath who win or lose, will give it a real go in Clones.

endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2710 - 17/06/2026 17:42:34    2680360

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