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What sort of time frame are you looking at for these underage lads to become stars of their senior team.

I look at likes of K.Higgans , he was on senior team in 06 when he won u-21 title.

I know it has taken some of them longer to establish themselves as top seniors but not all that much longer, AOS  is 22 and an established top midfielder , some would say one of the finest in the country.

Cillian o Connor was u-21 this year and he also is a recognised top player.

My point is i think the Ross are waiting for something to happen automatically , that might not happen imo for lots of reasons, main one being ye have no players there to blend them with or bring them on.

Really tough times ahead for Roscommon.

Mayo look really really good, quality all over the park, i believe we will win the all  Ireland.

Lot of talk about Ballagh in here. I had a couple of pints in there last night, it was pure dead, there was more people in brosna than the whole town pubs .

Ballagh looks well this morning though, in Mattie toweys gettin the papers , the flags are in full swing, both counties and it looks great tbh.

Weather is fairly cloudy , i can't see us escaping rain all day.

The predictions of 10/18 point wins , will soon be justified. Maigheo abu.

Not getting this at all?  What am i supposed to be, an undercover Rossie pretending to be a Mayo man?

The internet is gas.

Good on ya Highhorlow.

The excitement is starting to really kick in now, no reason for a fook up here at all. Get into them Mayo, let them know who they're up against, no prisoners.

Im going to stick my neck out and go for fermanagh-1 @ 13/8. I just think home advantage, greater experience and the way Fermanagh are set up will frustrate cavan. Keating and dunne done very well against Armagh but Owens and McCluskey will have Fermanagh a lot more organised. McGrath in Midfield and McCabe on the forty will see Fermanagh over the line. One thing that would concern me is I dont see a lot of goals in the Fermanagh team but hopefully one would be enough. I also heard Cavan got an almighty beating of Mayo in a challenge game but I wouldnt read a whole lot into that.

Wouldn't read into that challenge game at all, Cavan were two points up at h/t and had exposed Mayo a couple of times for one on ones that were saved. Then at the interval , Cavan changed the whole team and sent out a b team of sorts, the game was spun on its head then and Mayo romped to victory with lots of goals.

Andy can't start because he's lining up a dramatic match-day switch to Ros. Your Da will be estatic, Andy!!

Nearly 2am in the morning post, you just land in from Creatons?

Not sure who the gripe is with here as regards this decision on hyde park, you say it's prenty then in the same breath you say it's a motivating factor for Sunday, ffs lol.

McHale park is the best ground in the west, it should be used for all finals, it's a better town in fairness too.

Some lovely posts there from the Rossies, the poetry ones are lovely, it had the hair on my arms standing to attention reading them, such a massive footballing county and it has such iconic people who have hailed from a truly wonderful county. 

God bless Roscommon.

Pearse is easily a better stadium than McHale. The only problem is it's built in Salthill.

Hyde4Connacht.

Pearse stadium is the only stadium i hear Mayo people saying, ''ahh fook i'm not going, it's a nightmare to get out of''

Not sure who the gripe is with here as regards this decision on hyde park, you say it's prenty then in the same breath you say it's a motivating factor for Sunday, ffs lol.

McHale park is the best ground in the west, it should be used for all finals, it's a better town in fairness too.

Some lovely posts there from the Rossies, the poetry ones are lovely, it had the hair on my arms standing to attention reading them, such a massive footballing county and it has such iconic people who have hailed from a truly wonderful county. 

God bless Roscommon.

Fair enough cara, just a bit of jest tbh, no harm meant.

A little respect from the new guysfor the fine tradition
and football ability of Ros wouldnt hurt

Ok. Don't mean to hurt anyones feelings.

Just asking genuine questions, just simply tell me when did Roscommon become a good side? Like i have alluded to earlier , i can't fathom where this is all coming from?

I'm looking at a side who couldnt make promotion from div 3, couldn't beat Wwicklow in the hyde park, got a drubbing off an average Galway side in the championship 12 months ago.

Has Evans got a masterplan to topple Mayo, have they improved significantly  since the brigids players came back for the latter part of the league, is it because they beat Cavan,? You must understand where i'm coming from, i don't get it, fill me in.

Do you think because maybe Dunie Shine will start , that this will put some fear into Mayo?

''BTW have Mayo chosen the Dublin hotel for the Croker games yet? Horan will want a upgrade from the Regency hotel''


He'll get his upgrade, Belmullet for training camp has the cb rollin in it.


Do people think Mayo have improved greatly since Hyde park 2011? I do.

Do people think Roscommon have suddenly became a great side, why didn't they gain promotion, what happened in Galway and Tyrone games last year?

I'm a little bit baffled at why people are just pulling these mad notions out of the sky, maybe i'm missing something but i maintain there is no chance of an upset on Sunday and furthermore i see a comfortable win.

Is there evidence to suggest Roscommon are at the same or even near the same intensity levels Mayo are capable of. Did ye see the way Galway were honest to jasus bouncing off Mayo?

The western Gaels maneen they have in the middle, i fear for his safety, he will be brused aside like a ball boy thats entered the field by mistake.

Like i say i find it all very bafflling, the cautious approach by some Mayo posters and the optimism of the Rossies, where as nobody can back it up .

cool d'owl drawers there larry/PSTG or whoever

They are just genuine questions, i'm interested as to where people on the internet are coming from with all these wild notions that the Rossies have suddenly became a formidable side as opposed to my food of thought which says they are  a ridiculously poor side.

''BTW have Mayo chosen the Dublin hotel for the Croker games yet? Horan will want a upgrade from the Regency hotel''


He'll get his upgrade, Belmullet for training camp has the cb rollin in it.


Do people think Mayo have improved greatly since Hyde park 2011? I do.

Do people think Roscommon have suddenly became a great side, why didn't they gain promotion, what happened in Galway and Tyrone games last year?

I'm a little bit baffled at why people are just pulling these mad notions out of the sky, maybe i'm missing something but i maintain there is no chance of an upset on Sunday and furthermore i see a comfortable win.

Is there evidence to suggest Roscommon are at the same or even near the same intensity levels Mayo are capable of. Did ye see the way Galway were honest to jasus bouncing off Mayo?

The western Gaels maneen they have in the middle, i fear for his safety, he will be brused aside like a ball boy thats entered the field by mistake.

Like i say i find it all very bafflling, the cautious approach by some Mayo posters and the optimism of the Rossies, where as nobody can back it up .

Donnie Shine, givin it socks, ''we're well able to beat Mayo''.

Fair play to him , he also says ''we've beaten Mayo before'', not sure what he means by this , he certainly wasn't playing in 2001 nor any of the team playing sunday, he must mean in history like, found that a bit of an obvious one, as i'm sure everyone knows Ross have beaten Mayo numerous occasions through history. I reckon he was bangin the counter when he was giving this interview , foamin at the mouth, maybe even a drink taken, full of the rossie bravado, its probably edited all the references he made to the seventies.

Would of preferred to see Andy in ff instead of Alan Freeman but maybe thats the plan anyway.

Ros SF Team v Mayo: O'Malley;Collins,Carty,McDermott;Keenan,N Daly,C Daly;Higgins,Finneran;Devaney,Mannion,Cregg;D Smith,Kilbride,O'Gara

Is higgans the usual partner for Finneran, did he play the league campaign there?