Roscommon v Armagh

[Solo_run]

Neither team had a defence and Armagh offered very little to the tackling. All Armagh seemed to do was track the player back and do nothing.

Congratulations to Rosscommon can't have any complaints about the result

[GalwayBayBoy]

Mikey is quite good as a pundit. Very fair. Hopefully he gets more opportunities.

[armaghniac]

Armagh had enough left for a storming finish last week, but not today.
Armagh tackling skills have been noted often enough

Good luck to the Rossies in the Super 8.

[Syferus]

High octane stuff, if only all games were played in that spirit.

Enda Smith was unbelievable. Such a classy footballer. The Super 8s are the perfect stage for this team to develop on.

That cheer after the final goal, though. Something else.

[Westside]

Serious performance from the Rossies. Much happier to see them in the super 8s than Armagh. They're a credit.

[regal]

Well done to Roscommon, well deserved. Armagh ran out of bodies.

[Jinxy]

Well deserved win for the Rossies.
Made me nervous though when they started fannying around in their own half when there was only a couple in it with normal time almost up.

[Syferus]

Well deserved win for the Rossies.
Made me nervous though when they started fannying around in their own half when there was only a couple in it with normal time almost up.

There's no fun if you win a game early.

[bennydorano]

Honourable defeat was probably the best result for Armagh if we're brutally honest, the S8 would have been a slaughtering session. Roscommon are better and further along in their development, they're ready for a cut at it. We're once again in perma-rebuilding mode with a chink of light ahead.

[Oraisteach]

Roscommon forwards were lethal. We could have conceded 5 goals today. Rossies were worthy winners, but couldn't help thinking that Jamie Clarke would have torn up that defense as opposed to the typical blanket formation he has faced in the past.

[Syferus]

Roscommon forwards were lethal. We could have conceded 5 goals today. Rossies were worthy winners, but couldn't help thinking that Jamie Clarke would have torn up that defense as opposed to the typical blanket formation he has faced in the past.

Jamie had bother dealing with Leitrim backs in the New York game, in fairness. We showed in the last two CFs we can play more defensively but we always fancy ourselves to win a free-flowing open game of football like that.

Armagh play a lovely style of football too, I hope they don't see this as a failure of their style because if football has a future it's this type of football and not the dull, dour stuff than the likes of Tyrone and Fermanagh typify. People just don't care to watch or support that.

[yellowcard]

Excellent game of football from 2 sides who came to play positive stuff. Armagh were excellent in the first 20 minutes but truth be told they were second best for much of rest of the game. Nobody could fault the performance though, yes they missed a penalty and a few other chances but Roscommon equally missed about 4 clear goal chances of their own.

Murnin was brilliant in the first half but faded whilst Forker also started like a house on fire but died out of the game also. I thought Vernon and Grugan were very good whilst Hall has improved a lot over the last few matches and has shown enough to suggest he has a future at this level. Our half back line got cleaned out by a very impressive Roscommon three quarter line who must have scored about 2-12 between them. Physically Armagh are not as well developed as other top counties players and the substitutes reflected this. Overall with the players McGeeney has at his disposal he done a good job to get promotion and reach the last 12. The one disappointment again was the Ulster championship match.

Roscommon have a very good side and I was impressed with them today, they can be competitive in the super 8s and could be a dark horse to make a semi final if they can tighten up defensively.

[Captain Obvious]

Armagh ran out of road in the end but can take some consolation on playing their part in one of the games of years. About re-grouping now and aiming for division one football. Well done to Roscommon the best team on day but Tyrone next won't leave themselves wide open in defence like Armagh did today.

[Cunny Funt]

Congrats to Roscommon deserving winners and if they weren't so wasteful on the many other goal chances created they could have won by 10+ points. Can't see them with such a loose defence winning any of their last 8 games but for them it's about getting there a testing themselves against top 8 teams so job done there.

[Hound]

Credit to both teams really. Lots of positives for Armagh to build on next season.

The game was there for the Rossies to throw away in the last few minutes, if they were that type of team, but they absolutely weren't and were super in the crucial dying minutes. Well done to the Rossies!