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The Cavan game will show whether Saturday was a once off of preparing for the Connacht final and taking Sligo for granted
or
a sign that there are bigger problems with the panel and/or management.

Because each Province can do what they like.
Connacht fixtures drawn up by first class in Ballyhaunis school.

Once again we've failed miserably in Championship football against a team playing a bit of clued in focused intense football.
We seem to be stuck in League mindset and type of loose less intense stuff.
Met Strokestown man Saturday. "Never does anything in Summer" was his view on certain player(s).

As Willie would sat it's full duck or no dinner time.
No soft rehab draw for us.
Two teams in or around the same place in recent years - improved, decent underage teams but no sign of making the next step up.
Whoever is most tuned in and has appetite will win this one.
If we haven't and can't raise from the Markypark debacle then we're as well out of it.
Major reappraisal time in that event.
Sham Shore has obviously forgotten the great Cavan/Ros games of 43/44/47/62 and 2014.

Whatever we all think of our lads and/or management they were all together in the Hyde early enough this morning so we're obviously "regrouping for the Qualifiers" already.
Those of us who were at all the League games saw us deliver plenty of sh1te stuff with occasional bursts of good football (Down/Kildare/Westmeath) and silliness from opposition ( Paddy O'Rourke) which somehow got us promoted.
Most of the realists among us would have been happy with avoiding relegation and beating Sligo.

Our lack of defenders who actually know how to defend came home to roost yesterday. Also the old failings of people standing around looking at the man with the ball trying the oul' Junior head down solo try to run through 5 men was much in vogue. Whatever happened to the standard run in to space to give the man with the ball an option?

Our much maligned midfield were ok yesterday ( major concern for Sligo here??) thankfully or we'd have leaked a hurling score.
Another concern for Sligo perhaps is that only for a wrongly disallowed point and a questionable penalty it could have ended 14 each. That would have been some travesty !
We have two defenders - Collins and Murray and one of them doesn't even get picked to start or come off the bench.
As for O'Hara - why would he stop being an objectionable bolx now?

Heard as "fact" from  a few " in the know" people that Senan wouldn't be playing.

Well that's Sam on hold for another 25 years then.
Out thought out fought and outplayed in every facet of the game by a third division team.
Playing Oul slow watery mopey dopey football might be grand in the League but Summer Championship is about intensity pace hunger game plans etc etc.
Hard to see any point in the Qualifiers after that.
Well done Sligo on a hungry intense intelligent performance and be lovely to see them stop the 5 in a row.
I expect they will assert their right to a neutral venue and opt for Salt hill.

A lot of optimism emanating g from across the Curlieu and Lough Gara.
A lot of cautious optimism and a bit of fear from God's own County.
We need to hit the ground running and don't let Sligo get any early foothold. We should do the business then.
Hoping for a stern test and see what our lads are now made of.
Great to be at long last having a real Championship game. 

So in other words the native Meath stock are useless!!

21 years now.
R.I.P.

Was told this Roscommon team to play Sligo....Darren O Malley,...Seanie mc Dermott, Niall Carty, Neil Collins,...Ronan Stack, Niall Daly, Ciaran Cafferky.., Ian Kilbride, Cathal Shine... Conor Daly, Cathal Cregg, Enda Smith,... Diarmuid Murtagh, Senan Kilbride, Ciaran Murtagh.....Didn't hear that team officially confirmed.

I'm told that is the announced "official " team.
Cregg lucky to be starting after his last 4 or 5 games. I'd prefer David Murray to Stack but expect to see him, Donie Smith and Donie Shine appearing at some stage.
Best of luck lads.

 Is this the daftest title to a thread ever?

Maurice Deegan.

[being shot in the back as you carried out your work]

I would imagine that your average Constable on the ground would have known f**k all about it.  Many would have been trying to get on with the job of being a Police Officer, which is difficult enough without the fear of being shot in the back as you carried out your work.

Which of course wasn't happening in a vacuum but was the awful inevitable consequence of what was visited on 1 Community from 1922 onwards.

I doubt we will agree on this.  In my mind, however, I find it difficult to see how you could justify shooting fellow Irishmen in this way.

Never said I justified it. Simply pointing out that it was the inevitable consequences of the type of set up that existed in the 6 Cos from 1922 onwards.

[being shot in the back as you carried out your work]

I would imagine that your average Constable on the ground would have known f**k all about it.  Many would have been trying to get on with the job of being a Police Officer, which is difficult enough without the fear of being shot in the back as you carried out your work.

Which of course wasn't happening in a vacuum but was the awful inevitable consequence of what was visited on 1 Community from 1922 onwards.