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Disappointing the ladies semi final is on the same time as Kerry Dublin at 4 on the 12th of July in Cavan Gavlar (Roscommon) - Posts: 25 - 30/06/2026 17:35:56 2683250 Link 1 |
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Tommy Rooney said it? Joyce himself said it, agreement in place last September to stay on until 2028.
Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 4022 - 30/06/2026 18:31:22 2683263 Link 0 |
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In fairness Roscommon had a lot of championship starters this season .Players like Daire Cregg and the Heneghans are only going to get better. Despite the disappointment of Clones, the future for Roscommon is bright. We need to build on this season by getting to Croke Park next Summer and hopefully winning a championship match there.
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2730 - 30/06/2026 18:53:55 2683267 Link 0 |
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Feckin Breffni is our 2nd home at this stage!!
Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 704 - 30/06/2026 19:13:25 2683269 Link 1 |
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He will never win one with any team
clutch (Louth) - Posts: 33 - 30/06/2026 19:38:30 2683276 Link 0 |
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The likes of cregg needs to do better. He had a good start to the year but very inconsistent. Cregg and Henaghan must be 24/25 now they are no longer young players. Cregg has years of experience and yes Henaghan will learn from this year definitely but cregg needs improve a lot of what he does because he has the potential.
dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1422 - 01/07/2026 11:36:25 2683403 Link 0 |
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Roscommon forwards are nearly all inconsistent, first seen at underage and brought through to senior. I've lost count to the amount of games we have lost at all grades due to our shooting efficiency not up to the requred level. Jason Sherlock was brought in to help out in that regard, the Dublin management team he was previously with was pretty flawless on their shooting efficiency. One year was never going to enough time but we seen green shoots in our shooting in wins v Galway,Armagh,Donegal and Mayo matches this year. Daire Cregg turns 24 this month he made his championship debut in 2023. Darragh Heneghan a year older and made his championship debut this year, his club form got him a recall to the county panel and hopefully a few more do the same in the upcoming club championships. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4426 - 01/07/2026 14:11:08 2683451 Link 0 |
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What do you do about that? One thing I have noticed is our forwards don't like a tough physical defense and we seen that against Monaghan. They are brilliant when given time and space to show off their abilities. I think it's hard to take this year when you see the likes of Monaghan cork louth mayo go so far and take out some good teams. For Mark dowd it will be look around the county and see who's up to that level. You will probably see cox and harney call it a day
dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1422 - 01/07/2026 18:30:18 2683508 Link 0 |
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I agree that Daire Cregg was overall disappointing this season. I still think that the best is yet to come from him and the Heneghans. I wonder will any of this year's U 20 team make the senior breakthrough next year. Carthy is a great prospect. There has been doom and gloom since Clones bur we won Connacht at all three grades this year. The footballers are there in Roscommon. It's up to Mark Dowd to develop and improve his players. I'm really hopeful for next year.
endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2730 - 01/07/2026 20:36:56 2683521 Link 0 |
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Let this sink in on our forwards and our forward play versus Monaghan in that game in clones we scored 14 points versus them. Michaelbeag (Roscommon) - Posts: 77 - 01/07/2026 21:48:06 2683538 Link 1 |
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Doom and gloom over 1 game, albeit a very important one. Totally overshadowing all the good games and the triple crown in Connacht. Be positive!! Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 704 - 01/07/2026 23:22:52 2683559 Link 0 |
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Continue to do what worked in previous wins. We were playing in Division 1 and played Division 1 opposition in Connacht. Not the level that teams generally gives you lots of time and room to score. I was in Clones and watched the full game back a few days later, I didn't believe at the time Monaghan was overly great, tough or physical defensively. The Monaghan defensive performance against Westmeath,Louth and how much they conceded that followed pretty much tells me it said more about us on the day than Monaghan which was lacking the intensity and spark to getting going. As Enda Smith pointed out the other day every team including the last four had flat/off days, Kerry v Donegal. Mayo v us, Louth v Dublin and Dublin v Westmeath while ours happened against Monaghan The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4426 - 01/07/2026 23:50:16 2683562 Link 0 |
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Championship only a month away! Round up of the leagues below. Strokestown's win last night secures their survival and gives us a very tasty promotion/relegation playoff between Pearses and Glaveys! Ros13 (Roscommon) - Posts: 130 - 02/07/2026 09:40:11 2683585 Link 0 |
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Historically Roscommon don't have a pick (population) of natural physical players (ie before they are put on s+c programs) A team can carry a few natural light players but the majority of our panel simply can't compete against teams physically when it comes to championship football, yes they are nice skillful footballers (i am basing this on panels over the last 10 years and outside of football in connacht) Yes 3 connacht titles have been won, but we can't take it to the next level even do we reached u21 finals in 2012/2014/ 2021 hontherossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 176 - 02/07/2026 10:41:21 2683601 Link 0 |
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The fortunate thing for those teams was they were all able to learn from those bad days and push on. I still think without that red Kerry don't lose that game or it at least goes down to the wire. But regardless, probably learned not to let emotions get the better of them in a heated battle. Monaghan definitely don't have some sort of impenetrable defence when you also add that Cavan scored 2-14, Derry 3-16 (in normal time), Armagh 1-21 (in normal time). Conceding an average of 25 points in 70 minutes outside of our game. You're a tougher man than me, I still couldn't face watching it back! We managed just 8 shots in the first half. Not sure how it looked when watching back but felt we lack urgency and speed in our attacks, and can't remember us getting many frees, we seemed very easy to defend against. General skill execution seemed to be off. Everyone will have a different take on team selection and I generally think management got it right, it was always going to be hard to meddle with a winning team but R Fallon is too good of a player to have on the bench. I don't think he's an impact sub sort of player like Conor Hand either. He has serious physicality, can score and the sort of lad you need around the middle third in the modern game. FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 533 - 02/07/2026 11:11:42 2683613 Link 0 |
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Bar Kerry, no county who peaked in April/May has survived into July. They don't have to peak as the have won their province before they start because the other counties are afraid of them. For Roscommon, their flaws were not exposed fully by Tyrone - but Monaghan saw enough there to make hay. For Mayo, Louth and Dublin - they got properly exposed early in the championship and were able to make changes to fix their problems. The best thing to happen to Mayo was getting beaten by Roscommon as it ended a lot of things they were doing that were obviously not working - playing a non scoring full forward, midfielder in full back, 2 midfielders at half forward, managers mate in goal etc. Had Mayo only lost to Roscommon by a point or two - they wouldn't have made the drastic and badly need changes they have made. Roscommon's clipping by Monaghan will teach the coaches a lot and they will be the better for it. They will also learn to peak in Mid June - as anything that happens before that is irrelevent if you want to challenge for an All Ireland. Roscommon have had better teams than Mayo and Galway at underage for the past 5-10 years, so there is no reason that they cant out perform them at senior level if the set up is good. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1966 - 02/07/2026 12:52:27 2683653 Link 0 |
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Where did posters expect the scores to come from with the 15 named to face Monaghan sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1300 - 02/07/2026 12:53:21 2683654 Link 0 |
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Maybe not but Kerry was five points down before the sending off and had similar if not worse flat performance v Donegal in the league final. We ended up with 25 shots, for a start that's not enough 35 to 40 you should be getting and not getting enough hands on ball would be one of the reasons for that. Of the 50 Kickouts we won 44% of them and Monaghan/Beggan kicking to totally unmarked players was the most frustrating thing, along with Carroll adjusting his kick outs where he still appeared spooked after his short kick out that gifted a goal to Tyrone. 2 points behind 5 minutes into the 2nd half was the opportunity to spark into life but for whatever reason it never came. The main take from watching it a 2nd time was the quality of the game was low quality stuff a big dip even from Roscommon v Tyrone match. In hindsight now we know Tyrone went on to push Kerry all the way and unlucky with late calls to win while Monaghan couldn't overcome a 14 man Louth for 64 minutes. Maybe they would if Beggan and their midfielder Gallagher was available selection? A very poor ending to the year by us and big learnings for the players and management. Looking at things overall. Our the league and championship season produced 8 competitive performances in 11 games an improvement on previous years. Our previous Connacht title success 2010,2017,2019 came off the back of league relegation so we broke that trend by staying up in Division 1 with a game to spare. Winning back to back minor Connacht titles for the first time since 2011/12. And winning a 2nd U20 Connacht title in 3 years, (could have been 3 in a row) shows the future is bright The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4426 - 02/07/2026 13:07:28 2683659 Link 0 |
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After 7 hard months of training/S&C, a,D1 League campaign, a glorious Connacht Championship followed by a tough game vs 2025 All Ireland semi finalists....did the 3 week break just cause everyone to relax a little and couldn't get the bodies or minds to regain the required level??
Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 704 - 02/07/2026 13:36:17 2683668 Link 0 |
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Maybe not but Kerry was five points down before the sending off and were given a similar if not worse beating v Donegal in the league final. We ended up with 25 shots, for a start that's not enough 35 to 40 you should be getting and not getting enough hands on ball would be one of the reasons for that. Of the 50 Kickouts we won 44% of them and Monaghan/Beggan kicking to totally unmarked players was the most frustrating thing, along with Carroll adjusting his kick outs where he still appeared spooked after his short kick out that gifted a goal to Tyrone. 2 points behind 5 minutes into the 2nd half was the opportunity to spark into life but for whatever reason it never came. The main take from watching it a 2nd time was the standard of the game, it was low quality stuff a big dip even from Roscommon v Tyrone match. In hindsight now we know Tyrone went on to push Kerry all the way and unlucky with late calls to win while Monaghan couldn't overcome a 14 man Louth for 64 minutes. Maybe they would if Beggan and their midfielder Gallagher was available selection? A very poor ending to the year by us and big learnings for the players and management. Looking at things overall. Our the league and championship season produced 8 competitive performances in 11 games an improvement on previous years. Our previous Connacht title success 2010,2017,2019 came off the back of league relegation so we broke that trend by staying up in Division 1 with a game to spare. Winning back to back minor Connacht titles for the first time since 2011/12. And winning a 2nd U20 Connacht title in 3 years, (could have been 3 in a row) and as Seanfan says above it shows its not all doom and gloom. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4426 - 02/07/2026 13:57:29 2683673 Link 0 |