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It wasn't a Roscommon poster who brought up Roscommon. But don't let reality stop your rant.

You've been the one soildering on with the discussion however, talking with certainty about facing Galway/Mayo in a Connacht final. perhaps you're afraid to dicuss Roscommon in a relevant thread after being the forum equivalent of bent over a table by Sligoman last week.

Talk of Galway playing throngs behind the ball against Mayo last year is delusional. Who exactly out of a forward line of Lundy, Shane Walsh, Comer spent their time camped in their own half? I wish Mulholland had the sense to to shore things up a bit, but he had already fallen out with Sice at that stage. None of the aforementioned 3 were going to, or did do it anyway

Once again Roscommon talk invades a topic that has little to do with them. I usually dont mind counties looking well ahead at all, but quite where a county like Roscommon are getting the courage to presume with certainty that they'll be in Connacht final is unknown. They'll be no more than 75% shots to come out of Sligo with a win.

Not quite sure what nonsense Shane Ward is on about. If anything Galway were their usually selves from a defensive point of view, as in almost niavely attacking. Leitrim forwards were left 1 on 1 with the cb's on a few occasions, while a couple of their early scores came form players in oceans of space 30-40 yards out. Galway were quite uninspiring on Sunday. Talk of trouble in the Mayo camp is more encouraging than anything we seen on the pitch from Galway, with its usual mix of bright sparks being ruined by sloppy mistakes. 

Can Sligo meet Galway again in the next round of the qualifiers?

[they'll be playing Cork or Kerry likely.]

Big job for Mulholland in the next couple of weeks. There should be as little pressure as possible on the Galway players shoulders heading into Castlebar. While a Connacht title would be amazing, real progress for this side is getting to an AI QF in Croker. Their most likely rote to that position by far is through the qualifiers, where at the very worst they'll be small outsiders against the toughest opposition they can get - Laois.

For this reason, the game in 2 weeks should be viewed as bonus territory. Give everything to win no question, but in the event of a loss (likely) there should be no player downbeat. Their biggest game of the year will still be ahead of them. Worst case scenario is a heartbraking loss to Mayo (Hammering or 1 point), and they go into the qualifier on a low ebb. This is where Mulholland must show his worth. Two cracks at the cherry

Yip. Both teams have a safety net here. Like we d like to do 4 in a row but lose it and we d might get a more sympathetic game after?

I'd be big into my betting/pricing etc and if Mayo we're beaten by Galway in 2 weeks, I certainly wouldnt be pushing out their AI price by much. It could serve as a wake up call, and the extra game (where mayo would be hot favs) could serve up a bit of momentum goin into the QF's. Either way, if both these sides make the QF, they'll be playing Cork or Kerry likely. Connacht winners vs Munster losers and visa versa. So provided the loser can get through the qualifier, winning the Connacht final mighnt serve any advatage at all, bar a Nestor cup at home

Is the Qf draw not an open one? Four winners on one side, qualifiers on the other?

Nah, structured. Even the semi's are structured so that ye're meeting the winners of the other Munster vs Connacht QF.Potentially there could be a repeat of the connacht final in the semis!! Much more likely is a Mayo vs Kerry QF, and a Mayo/Kerry vs Cork Semi. No matter what happens, Mayo or even Galway for that matter cant meet Dublin or Donegal before the final

Big job for Mulholland in the next couple of weeks. There should be as little pressure as possible on the Galway players shoulders heading into Castlebar. While a Connacht title would be amazing, real progress for this side is getting to an AI QF in Croker. Their most likely rote to that position by far is through the qualifiers, where at the very worst they'll be small outsiders against the toughest opposition they can get - Laois.

For this reason, the game in 2 weeks should be viewed as bonus territory. Give everything to win no question, but in the event of a loss (likely) there should be no player downbeat. Their biggest game of the year will still be ahead of them. Worst case scenario is a heartbraking loss to Mayo (Hammering or 1 point), and they go into the qualifier on a low ebb. This is where Mulholland must show his worth. Two cracks at the cherry

Yip. Both teams have a safety net here. Like we d like to do 4 in a row but lose it and we d might get a more sympathetic game after?

I'd be big into my betting/pricing etc and if Mayo we're beaten by Galway in 2 weeks, I certainly wouldnt be pushing out their AI price by much. It could serve as a wake up call, and the extra game (where mayo would be hot favs) could serve up a bit of momentum goin into the QF's. Either way, if both these sides make the QF, they'll be playing Cork or Kerry likely. Connacht winners vs Munster losers and visa versa. So provided the loser can get through the qualifier, winning the Connacht final mighnt serve any advatage at all, bar a Nestor cup at home

Big job for Mulholland in the next couple of weeks. There should be as little pressure as possible on the Galway players shoulders heading into Castlebar. While a Connacht title would be amazing, real progress for this side is getting to an AI QF in Croker. Their most likely rote to that position by far is through the qualifiers, where at the very worst they'll be small outsiders against the toughest opposition they can get - Laois.

For this reason, the game in 2 weeks should be viewed as bonus territory. Give everything to win no question, but in the event of a loss (likely) there should be no player downbeat. Their biggest game of the year will still be ahead of them. Worst case scenario is a heartbraking loss to Mayo (Hammering or 1 point), and they go into the qualifier on a low ebb. This is where Mulholland must show his worth. Two cracks at the cherry

Last year the game was lost from Galway in the first half, partly because they were being beaten around the field, but mainly because of an absolute mess up in the full back line, gifting two goals away that effectively killed the game as a contest. The line consisted of 3 kids just barely out of u21, none of whom will be playing this year. There was no organisation and Mayo were tearing them to shreads even without the gifts. Out the field we were doing ok and even started the second half brightly, before Coleman and Bradshaw stupidly got sent off, killing the game completely, and Mayo ran up the score from there. While Mayo were obviously much superior last year in all areas, the least id hope this time is that with Hanley back there organising things and two compentent corner backs, the game isnt handed to Mayo within 20 mins.

There's no way Galway will set up like Roscommon. While we wont want to get hammered, while we're in a Connacht final we at least want to give winning it a go. While Roscommon made it hard for Mayo, if Mayo hadnt had an atrocious shooting display in the first half, they'd have won relatively comfortably, if not by a wide margin. Sure, Galway could set up defensively, hope again that the Mayo forwards are completely off colour, hope for lucky breaks and hope to sneak a low scoring one by a point. Fairly far fetched that all will happen. I think most of Galway would prefer to play a proper game, and hope on an off chance we can beat them. A lot has to go for you in either scenario, and for the future of this team id much prefer the latter.

Mayo's half back line is key. Lundy is a very average footballer but is a workhorse and might be best to track Keegan coming forward. Hopefully they put Boyle in an CB too rather than at wing. I see Vaughan as the only weak link in the Mayo defence and am praying they'll place him on either Walsh or Conroy. Have a feeling Horan will be too cute for that, but then again he's persisted with vaughan for this long despite better options. Beyond that it's hard to see us getting much change. Cummins may be lively up front. Im going more in hope than expectation for our young midfield, but they can only improve by playing players in the caliber of the O'Shea's.