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If Ros and Kerry play in Limerick, then Dublin v Donegal should be played
at a neutral venue too....and as luck would have it, I believe that Hyde Park is available 

True.
I'd say some Dubs saw more of the country last weekend than in their entire lives

After the shenanigans today?

Surely this will be played in Limerick?

Is it not head to head?

Cork beat Monaghan, so Monaghan go down

Never did back to back All Irelands

sign of a great football county

The tide is with Roscommon.

the tide is sweeping Armagh down to Division 3

This match thread has become a weather thread. Omagh had more puddles of water on it Saturday night than Hyde park.

Not sure this is as relevant as the Roscommon County Board think it is, but from watching on TV, I thought Omagh seemed bad, but Hyde seemed a lot worse

The more I think about it the better it would be to force Dublun to play at the Hyde. The contrast of how the other half lives will be too obvious to ignore.

If played on a good surface this could be quite an enjoyable match but honestly with nothing at stake getting the money from the gate is more important.

I agree it's a foregone conclusion if played on a good pitch. It needs to be on a mudbath to make it competitive and give you a chance.

We've technically in breach of a Corporate Social Responsibility Footprint thus far to allow one minnow to beat us in the league. So Santa Claus may arrive for Rsocommon this weekend.

You do realise this game is a dead rubber for both teams?

This would be the biggest win in Roscommon's history in fairness. We've nothing to play for.

Yep, would make their two All Ireland wins in front of 80000+ people back in the day pale into insignificance.

This match thread has become a weather thread. Omagh had more puddles of water on it Saturday night than Hyde park.

You'd think with all the queen's money that has been spent, they could have done something with the pitch and drainage up there.
Disgraceful.

We can send ye over a load of sand from PT if that'll help.

I would hate to think what ye might have buried under that!

Few Mayo bodies from 1996 maybe

I don't think a huge crowd will turn up for this.
Carrick would hold the crowd.

By moving the game from the Hyde it's a €50,000 hit at least for county board and then local businesses losses.

I think Ros would give any team a good game on a decent pitch, and unlike Derry in the league afew years ago, it's not based on shutting up.shop and wearing teams down.

Mayo posters aren't being very generous to their neighbours in acknowledging their away wins v Kerry, Cork and Donegal. If Mayo had won those they'd be talking about All Irelands in March.

Let's see how the rest of the league pans out

Only for Mayowestros' forwards were as wild as ever we'd have been embarrassed today. Seldom saw such a one sided game.
At least 5 people proved today why they are fringe players and when the relevant u21 players step up those bucks will be  sent back to club football where they belong.
Big reality check as thebig boys start to play when the clocks go forward.
Still we survived in D 1 with 2 games to go so a good League all told.

P s when did Congress pass that new Rule that exempts Rhubarbs from the 4 steps obligation??!?

He was well able to blow Smith up in the first half for a few steps, the blind backstard

I think Ros will be happy enough there today. They know they are not a big team and the drier sod suits them better. Mayo scored most from frees, the goal should have been pulled up for overcarrying.
Mayo more or less showed their full team. AOS and Parsons carried Mayo today. Mayo are very good at identifying when a player gets the ball in a bad position on their wrong foot or hand and they crowd the space to force a turnover. They also carry the ball much more direct than Roscommon.

Ros missing N Daly, D Shine, C Shine, K Higgins, N Carty, D Smith, S Kilbride, C Connolly, D Keenan, U Harney to name a few.

Ros didn't start two big physical players in Daly and Senan Kilbride

I think the soft pitch suited the bigger Mayo players. They uaed direct running and handpaasing whereas Ros tried to footpass into the forwards - silly. Ros had too many light players on eg Kilroy and didn't really have anyone to bring in instead.

Fair play to Mayo, know how to dominate physically, win a handy free and move the ball through the hands. They are a top 4 team for a reason

Naughty Dubs

First proper home game for Ros in Division 1, and we're second, and it's vs Mayo and it's a crunch game for them.
There'll be a very large crowd