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It's clear to see what players are the ones doing the scummy actions.

That ref needs a kick in the hole for sending McGuigan off for that.

That wasn't even close to his worst decision of the day. Not given Heneghan advantage was one of the worst calls i ever seen. He was clean through before he decided to blow the whistle. Didnt give a free in for Daly near the end. Booked Cox for getting hit off the ball. Derry will do well to ever get such a favourable ref again,

No angels on either side yesterday oakleaf..both sides gave and took it..that's why a good ref was needed not the amateur (aren't they all😊)with the whistle yesterday ..bad calls both ways ..dalys two yellows were a joke as were mcguigans..the heneghan incident was crucial but rte ignored it..fair result in the end and both teams will learn from it..Galway still have their two hardest games with their star player out of form according to his manager  so let's see where the cards fall in two weeks time ..

The black card to Cian McKeon on 40 mins seem to be one of the games biggest turning points. 11-5 at the stage, what was it for was it the correct call?

I would say third man in after the Derry player dump tackled Heneghan to the ground. McKeon went in a pulled the Derry player off Henghan. Laughable really.
Conor Cox got hit off the ball and somehow got a yellow for it. Ref was just a joke all round.

Thuggish behaviour in as what?

Shane McGuigan constantly dragged down and pinned to the ground and the Rossie fans cheering away when he got the 2nd yellow. They'd want to look at themselves before pointing any fingers.

It was an ironic cheer from the Rossie supporters, we got nothing off the ref bar the first 10mins & that incident involving McGuigan, he cost us the game. As regards looking at yourselves, Joe public will soon see Derry for what they are.

I just watched a video from the stand of the last 5 mins again there on Facebook[b][/b]. Embarrassing from a Rossie perspective. Joe public will soon see Roscommon for what they are.

5 minutes on bookface would ya stopp like a good ladeen

Doesn't negate from the point whatsoever. Embarrassing as I said.

Ros would have won by 6+ points only for a disgrace of a referee. Derry players were nothing short of thugs and your manager a sc**bag. chrissy mckaigue was an embarrassment and its an awful pity someone didnt take the clowns head off. . I expected more from Derry giving all the talk about them. They can thank the ref and the wanna be celebrity linesman for the point they got yesterday.

Clan na nGael looking for a new GPO. 

https://hoganstand.com/Article/Index/322331

Wasn't really a surprise he stepped down, It was a surprise he was reappointed. When he heard a few of the panel were going travelling and another half dozen wouldn't play under him he had no choice but to step down

Spurs vs Arsenal postponed... will the same crazies who got outraged over Liverpool have the same outrage over this ??

I'm quite annoyed at this one.

Arsenal have one positive covid case. But the EPL have decided to factor in injuries, suspensions and AFCON commitments to postpone a match, and at 26 hours notice. It's a disgusting and dangerous precedent and the EPL will end up regretting it.

Bull the precedent was set early in December when united and spurs got multiple games off. Since loads of teams have taken advantage of the rules.
Liverpool faked a covid outbreak last week and not a word about it. No game should ever have been postponed and Arsenal well within their rights to request game postponement. Can't be one rule for everyone else and different for Arsenal

Where Ultan Harney disappear to, good player at u-21 level? Cathal Compton play no more either?

Ultan has had multiple hamstring injuries,  osteitis pubis , stress fracture in his back,  cruciate injury and bulged disks in his neck in recent years.
Compton pulls his hamstring every couple of months. Don't think his hamstring are able for it

McShane gonna be nowhere near ready for an ulster championship game. OK he had one great season at full forward (don't forget about the couple of poor seasons before that) but the man hasn't kicked a competitive ball in almost 2 years. If he is the FF starter Tyrone are in even bigger trouble than it appears.

We(Roscommon) played Tyrone in Roslea on Sunday and McShane was playing. The lads i spoke to said he was miles off it and extremely rusty as you would expect. Will take him a while to reach near his level after such a lay off. Niall Morgan i hear had another shocker and we got around 1-4 off him losing the ball or bad kickouts.

Is it just me or is Stephen Coen a bit slow/cumbersome for intercounty football?
I thought he was easily turned when he lined out as fullback and moving him out to chb could leave him more exposed.
Other than that, I think the team is as good as it gets.......Conor Loftus?
I think Horan/ McDonald see  something there that''s not immediately obvious to me but he certainly has come in as a footballer compared to what he was before this year.
Finally, one big plus is the return to form of Cillian.
I felt he had lost his way in recent years where he seemed to spend far too much time handbagging and swapping petty insults with whoever came his way. Right now, I feel he'll make the difference tomorrow.

I'm probably in a minority here but I like Coen despite him being slow as you say and a disaster when it comes to shooting. I think a holding 6 is his best position

Yeah, there seems to be more to Coen than meets the eye. He has been captain of Minor, Under 20 and Sigerson national titles.  He seems to be a leader.  Because of the standard of players available to Mayo in the past he has often ended up playing unorthodox roles.

I dont really rate him myself but he had some CV as you have pointed out so obviously has something  to not only make those successful teams but to captain them. He probably put in a man of the match performance against us tomorrow after me saying I dont really rate him. But managers seem to trust him for Mayo he has been played in numerous positions to do a job. I dont think he has a brilliant skill level to nail down a certain position for Mayo but he makes up for what he lacks skills wise with work rate. Similar in a way to O'Rourke for us who will never win you a game by kicking scores or doing a run but will do the basics right and rarely makes mistakes.

Terribly unfortunate for the players involved and hope they make a full recovery.

I thought the following sentence from the Sligo board statement a bit curious:

Due to the unforeseen circumstances of players testing positive for Covid-19 and other players deemed as close contacts, makes it impossible for Sligo to fulfil the fixture.

Are they saying that players testing positive was unforeseen or that other players being deemed close contacts was unforeseen.
The former can't really be unforeseen, is somebody external to the panel telling them that other players must be deemed close contacts? I didn't think that was the case.

Of course, I could be reading too much into this and maybe they meant the unfortunate circumstances, rather than unforeseen.

Its the HSE who decide who are close contacts and who has to self isolate. Well that is who made the call when Roscommon panel had the case

I am skeptical no other counties are affected, Sligo is in the bottom 5 number of cases compared to others. Leitrim is the lowest yet the only 3 counties affected by covid along with Fermanagh.

I'd say a fair few cover-ups happening within county setups. Before you comment look at what the Dodgers did in the world series final game.

Privately I did say I would be surprised if they get to finish the championship. Imagine if covid had hit Mayo, Roscommon and Galway would Sligo be Connacht champions by default? It's farcical.

For me I am disappointed in part because you always think you have a chance but also know we likely avoided a hammering. I just care about the wellbeing of everyone affected tbh and their families. Wishing all a speedy recovery.

What are you on about? Plenty of more counties have been effected by covid. Antrim and Offaly hurlers. Wexford had four cases on their football team and two on their hurling team. Tyrone had a confirmed case on their football team as had Donegal a bit before the league. We ourselves were down 14 players and our manager for the league game against Cavan, We missed all those for two weeks training and only had them back last Saturday.

The Hyde has the best surface of the county grounds in Connacht.

Which doesn't say a lot for any of the grounds in Connacht. Given the weather we've been having for the last few weeks and given the forecast for the coming week, the Hyde will be no better than Pairc Sean was today. Also, next Sunday will be Mayo's fourth game on the trot on heavy underfoot pitches and will have to be leg weary. Ross will have the benefit of a free weekend.
Janey Mac, I'm getting worried already!

Roscommon have hardly had ideal preparation for this game, We hadn't the manager or half the squad at training for the last two weeks.

Just saw the news on Graham Geraghty.

Hope he pulls through and makes a full recovery.
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Shocking news. hopefully he makes a full recovery

The cavan free taker is as bad as I have ever seen

Yeah two buses and some players drove. Think there was 13 players and a few of the management on the bus with the player who has now tested positive. Few big names self isolating we will be well weakened

Rossies gone from 8/13 favs to 13/8 outsiders to beat Cavan in the last hour, looks like they will be missing a good lot of players. Doesn't look great for the overall shape of the championship.

Can see why Cavan are suddenly favourites with the reports tonight.

One Roscommon player tested positive for covid and number of other players have to self isolate as deemed as close contacts.

Wow, that would be quite a tning

a player caught it in college .Travelled on one of the two buses to Armagh last weekend. All on bus which includes 13 players and management to self isolate. One selector didnt travel so I presume he will be in charge come the weekend