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Mc inerney hadn't much to do Gaels seldom kicked it in He looked fit and actually moved well when getting forward Stack was fantastic clubs actually will need to play a defender on him and he centre back Conor hand was excellent first half did most damage with his pace Cunnane mark daly and Nolan dominated midfield hands down Daly taken off at ht I presume because he was floating close to a black or red In fact there was more hard hits in the first half between the 2 sides than I seen ros seniors do all year. Brigids are flying played really good sharp football won't be beaten if they stay in this condition in connacht never mind county Best for gaels by a mile john mc next senan lambe who if he settles on producing final pass will be a proper player O reilly did well on hand second half there pace battle was like watching 2 sprinters going at it Grogan did well too when lots of gaels lads didn't The gaels keeper saved 3 at least 1 on 1s as well or it would have been far worse OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1812 - 12/07/2025 15:01:08 2625077 Link 0 |
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Coached Marist College to Hogan. Coached Garrycastle to intermediate title last year.
kerry4sam25 (Kerry) - Posts: 116 - 12/07/2025 15:23:33 2625081 Link 1 |
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Being a doctor and his work schudle has taken up most of his time. Has played with Brigids B team in recent years. He turned 31 last week, has got himself in top shape, He did well last night or be it little was asked of him last night, might have been different if Rory Carthy, Peter Gillooly had played
The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4124 - 12/07/2025 15:24:45 2625082 Link 0 |
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Good laugh lad..jog on.
moros (Roscommon) - Posts: 1158 - 12/07/2025 15:49:00 2625086 Link 0 |
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I don't think it would have made a huge difference if Gaels had the lads mentioned playing. Brigids could have scored five goals last night. There's obviously a big chasm between the teams. Too many average defenders for the Gaels there last night. On last nights evidence it might be Pearses that are best placed for Brigids. It's Kiltooms to lose this year.
moros (Roscommon) - Posts: 1158 - 12/07/2025 15:54:44 2625087 Link 0 |
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On the evidence of the O'Rourke Cup final last year it was Brigids championship to lose after they scored 4 goals against Roscommon Gaels in the final and beat them by a bigger margin than yesterday, Yet Brigids didn't reach the semi final while Roscommon Gaels improved to reach and give a competitive showing in the county final.
The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4124 - 12/07/2025 17:22:13 2625096 Link 0 |
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We were saying this last night in the bar afterwards. Stronger squad this year with players fitter and playing well compared to bigger final win last year. League has been good preparation with lots of players getting to play. Championship is different. Niall Mc was good. Frees up Brian Stack to go forward from center back. Attacked well last night and kept things tight at the back. Hoping for another trophy in October. It is in our lads to win it.
BrigidsToom (Roscommon) - Posts: 30 - 12/07/2025 20:45:10 2625150 Link 0 |
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What have you won?
kerry4sam25 (Kerry) - Posts: 116 - 12/07/2025 21:54:17 2625167 Link 2 |
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He is supposed to be an up and coming name in the gaa. Maybe to soon for a manager roll but I'm sure some managers will be contacting him about coaching rolls.
dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1294 - 13/07/2025 10:57:27 2625225 Link 0 |
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Ridiculous
moros (Roscommon) - Posts: 1158 - 13/07/2025 13:03:02 2625248 Link 0 |
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Is Richard Hughes back?
FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 248 - 13/07/2025 14:47:44 2625265 Link 0 |
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No he's still living and working in Australia.
The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4124 - 13/07/2025 17:04:12 2625285 Link 0 |
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Michaelbeag (Roscommon) - Posts: 4 - 13/07/2025 20:05:23 2625363 Link 0 |
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That's how far behind we are. A long way unfortunately. Roscommon well beaten by a Galway team beaten by a Meath team hammered by 20 points today in an All Ireland semi final. The County Board need to have a very serious look around over the next few weeks. They need to get the next Managerial appointment right. The two best teams are in the All Ireland Final. Outside of them , the standard is poor. Tyrone not good yesterday. Dublin are a pale version of their great team. Roscommon , with the players we have, should have been at least in the quarter finals this year. endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2525 - 13/07/2025 20:17:26 2625370 Link 0 |
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While I agree we are under achieving and definitely need to be getting this appointment right, you cannot judge teams too much by who bet who this year. Mayo should have drawn with Donegal and could have beaten them. Mayo lost to Cavan yet beat Tyrone. Kerry lost to Meath but now are transformed. Kerry swat Tyrone away with ease while Tyrone managed to beat Donegal in Ballybofey. Both teams that are in the final have put in their best performances when they needed them most, in knock out. A good management team and a motivated young squad can take big learnings from that defeat there today. Be interesting to see how Meath get on next year. I think of that heavy QF replay defeat to Mayo in 2017 and Roscommon should have been using that to drive them on in terms of fitness, conditioning and defensive strategy. Don't know if it was management or a case of management not getting the buy in from the county board to bring them to the next level but we stagnated instead of getting things in place to get to the next level of a semi final. FullOfPorter (Roscommon) - Posts: 248 - 13/07/2025 20:57:19 2625393 Link 6 |
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Knockout games are a different story. If Meath v Kerry in Tullamore had been knockout, not a chance that Kerry would have lost it. Don't think you can compare form lines with games that are not knockout. Meath beat Kerry but Donegal hammered Meath so Donegal will beat Kerry. That doesn't follow at all. Similarly, Tyrone beat Donegal and Kerry beat Tyrone easily so Kerry will beat Donegal doesn't follow. The two best teams are in the Final. The other teams are well off it and Roscommon didn't even make a quarter final. My point is that Roscommon had a poor Summer in a championship where the standard wasn't good bar the two teams who are deservedly in the Final. endgame (Roscommon) - Posts: 2525 - 14/07/2025 03:47:32 2625478 Link 0 |
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Besides stack we haven't a player good enough make the kerry donegal teams The players we have a bizarre statement. Michaelbeag (Roscommon) - Posts: 4 - 14/07/2025 07:13:57 2625480 Link 0 |
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McStay in fairness gave the county board and players a blueprint of what it would take to get to the next level with a focus on s and c in particular. Resources weren't available and emphasis was put on the new centre of excellence and improvements on The Hyde. The lack of a centre of excellence is a major block towards getting a top coach as you have difficulty getting a base for training pitches and clubs are sick of entertaining the plethora of the so called background team who take over your ground during the week or a Saturday morning.
Ros2013 (Roscommon) - Posts: 547 - 14/07/2025 09:33:24 2625509 Link 1 |
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Couldn't agree more with all of that. We need to start looking into why we haven't progressed in any areas over the last 6/7 years and why we seem to be a very soft team with no consistency for years. I think everyone involved needs to look at that and that includes the players. Why aren't we as fit and well conditioned as the top 8/10 teams? Why can't we put a few wins together in championship football. We seem to celebrate beating a decent team to much. All I know is a lot needs to change and just listening to off the ball there and tommy Rooney said anyone without a manager would want to be on the hunt for one straight away because if you leave it to late you are going to fall even further behind. I hope our county board pull the finger out and get the best we can
dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1294 - 14/07/2025 10:30:35 2625529 Link 0 |
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2 teams well ahead of the rest and sadly about 12 of the rest ahead of us. Leaving aside the 2 Covid years, it's 2015 since we didn't make the last 12 at least. We had a good group of under age lads came on the panel then. Are our current coming of age crew capable of regular Quarter Final appearances ? Seanfanbocht (Roscommon) - Posts: 2539 - 14/07/2025 11:22:45 2625544 Link 0 |