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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

Insane how the gaa cramp stuff especially minor lgfa and the tealtenn and putting it on the same time as the sam Maguire games

Gavlar (Roscommon) - Posts: 25 - 30/06/2026 17:35:56    2683250

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Replying To Gavlar:  "6 years and Tommy Rooney saying he's staying for two more"
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

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Replying To FullOfPorter:  "He is really, Diarmuid and Enda are the only ones around for years. Debut season for Darragh Heneghan, had a wobble at the end but a very good first year for the lad. O Hanlon has been playing inter county for the best part of 10 years, a ridiculous comparison. Daire Cregg has only been an established starter since 2024. Still has to find more consistency but ends the year scoring 2-46. Mooney scored 2-8. First year for Robert Heneghan as well."
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

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Replying To Gavlar:  "Disappointing the ladies semi final is on the same time as Kerry Dublin at 4 on the 12th of July in Cavan

Insane how the gaa cramp stuff especially minor lgfa and the tealtenn and putting it on the same time as the sam Maguire games"
Feckin Breffni is our 2nd home at this stage!!

Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 701 - 30/06/2026 19:13:25    2683269

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Replying To moros:  "Joyce won't be leaving Galway any time soon if say. That man has an All Ireland on his agenda. Will he get them to eventually do it is the question."
He will never win one with any team

clutch (Louth) - Posts: 33 - 30/06/2026 19:38:30    2683276

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Replying To endgame:  "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."
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

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Replying To dave1988:  "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."
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: 4424 - 01/07/2026 14:11:08    2683451

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Replying To The_analyser:  "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."
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

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Replying To dave1988:  "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."
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

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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.
Louth who played for 64 minutes with 14 men scored 27 points
Westmeath in there defeat scored 2-18.
Mayo scored 1-24

So besides our knockout game where we scored is a embarrassing 14 points when looked at in reflection to the other 3 knockout games Monaghan were involved in were they conceded 24 points in 1 game and 27 in the other 2.

Its actually numbing because it happens year after year to us in knockout games our forward play is totally nullified.

Jayo needs to perform a miracle for the trend to stop

Michaelbeag (Roscommon) - Posts: 77 - 01/07/2026 21:48:06    2683538

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Replying To endgame:  "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."
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: 701 - 01/07/2026 23:22:52    2683559

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Replying To dave1988:  "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"
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: 4424 - 01/07/2026 23:50:16    2683562

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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!

Division 1
1. Boyle - 20
2. Brigids - 18
3. Oran - 14
4. Clann - 13
5. Tulsk - 13
6. Castlerea - 11
7. Western Gaels - 11
8. Roscommon Gaels - 10
9. Strokestown - 8
10. Pearses - 8
11. Dominics - 4
12. Eire Og - 2

Final
Boyle vs Brigids - Saturday 04 July - 7pm - Abbey Park

Relegated
Eire Og
Dominics

Relegation/Promotion Playoff
Pearses vs Glaveys - Time/Venue TBC

Division 2
1. Elphin - 20
2. Faithleachs - 18
3. Glaveys - 17
4. Shannon Gaels - 14
5. Ballinameen - 12
6. Michaels - 11
7. Brigids B - 10
8. Creggs - 10
9. Croans - 9
10. Fuerty - 8
11. Pearses B - 2
12. Strokestown B - -11

Final
Elphin vs Faithleachs - Friday 03 July - 8pm - Orchard Park

Relegated
Pearses B
Strokestown B

Relegation/Promotion Playoff
Fuerty vs Barrys - Time/Venue TBC

Division 3
1. Clann B - 22
2. Aidans - 19
3. Barrys - 17
4. Kilbride - 17
5. Kilmore - 14
6. Kilglass - 13
7. Dominics B - 8
8. Elphin B - 7
9. Castlerea B - 4
10. Western Gaels B - 4
11. Ronans - 3
12. Josephs - 1

Final
Clann B vs Aidans - Wednesday 08 July - 8.15pm - Johnstown

Relegated
Castlerea B
Western Gaels B

Who do we see as contenders for each of the Championship's?

Ros13 (Roscommon) - Posts: 130 - 02/07/2026 09:40:11    2683585

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Replying To dave1988:  "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"
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

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Replying To The_analyser:  "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 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

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