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Brolly on the Sunday game last night talking

Stopped reading after that. Nobody with any sense pays any attention to Brolly. I didn't watch the Sunday game last night but i bet he didn't talk about the games and how they were won and lost like he is paid to do.

Lovely manners, not surprising given your moniker! Nice to see you have such an open mind.

I get it - you don't like Joe Brolly.  What difference does it make whether my post was prompted by something said by Joe Brolly or Joe Bloggs.  My first line could have been that John Horan is going to look at a tiered championship.  Would that have made my post any more valid?

My manners are better than Joe Brolly, i have a far more open mind than him also and can do it without seeking attention.  No more valid as John Horan is a figure head with no power, he's there to cut ribbons and present cups.

Losing isn't the problem.
Fans can handle losing.
When it goes beyond that, however, it takes all the good out of the thing.

Most knowledgeable Roscommon supporters knew with the way they are so poorly organized in defence that they had little or no chance to be competitive in any of their super 8 games.  It shouldn't be too much for supporters to expect Roscommon to be more organized and that way they will then be more competitive in games against the better teams. They are a side that has taken enough hammerings and will get another year experience in Div one to live and learn at this stage if not then McStay is clearly not the right manager to bring this group of Roscommon players forward.

Brolly on the Sunday game last night talking

Stopped reading after that. Nobody with any sense pays any attention to Brolly. I didn't watch the Sunday game last night but i bet he didn't talk about the games and how they were won and lost like he is paid to do.

If we had Mayo instead of Roscommon in the Super 8s there would have been some craic.

Would have been Mayo instead of Kildare though. If Galway had lost the Connacht final would they have reached the last 4 with a game to spare if they were in a group with Donegal,Tyrone and Dublin?

More games should be done before the last eight not during it. Last eight should be an old fashion knock out championship football.

Ger Canning is dreadful i'll have to watch this 2nd half with the sound down.

One point game again. If Kildare lose narrowly they will be cursing that sending off.

0-4 to 0-2 in this 2nd half with few highlights. Sending off a turning point but Flynn was stupid.

He doesn't look up to it as Inter county manager. Mayo hammered Roscommon last year in the replay quarter final ,and they had no defense plan this year. Then kicking in ball today to one player on 3 backs.

He needs help on his management someone better than Liam McHale and stop his stubbornness of thinking he can be competitive against top 8 teams without having any structure or system to his defence.

Last 3 games the Rossies have started well before completely losing their way.

Lack of fitness almost as bad their loose marking defence. I'd say its a long time since Murphy was given the time and room to play ball as he was allowed in Hyde Park today. 

For all the bellyaching about the youth and inexperience of the Kerry lads after last week, that is actually a very young Galway side now that Conroy is off it due to his injury. Bradshaw is the only remaining old head really. 4 of last year's U-21's in there.

Average age of that Galway team would be 24 what was the average age of the Galway team in 1998? if i recall they had plenty of players that came from the AI minor finalists and Hogan cup winning team from the mid 90s.

Brendan Guickan stepped down as Leitrim manager.

[RTE GAA pundits warned personal attacks on players and managers will 'not be tolerated']

RTE GAA pundits warned personal attacks on players and managers will 'not be tolerated'

In a wide-ranging interview with Gaelic Life, new Head of Sport at RTE Declan McBennett said that the message has been conveyed to all its analysts.

"I Think there is an onus on RTE to be critical but to be conscious of what is being played out in front of you," said McBennett.

"The message that has gone out to all analysts is that there are no personal attacks allowed.

"They can be critical of formats, structures, tactics and systems but they can not be critical in a personalised way of individuals. I have no time for, nor will I tolerate, personal attacks on individuals."

McBennett also emphasised the importance of bringing in younger pundits to reflect their audience.

"If you look at the last couple of weeks, we've had Michael Quinlivan, Cora Staunton, Shane McGrath, Derek McGrath, Michael Meehan in analysing.

"I think the game now is fundamentally different to the game that some of the analysts played."

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/rte-gaa-pundits-warned-personal-attacks-on-players-and-managers-will-not-be-tolerated-37139059.html

Not before time.

+1 goes to show the old new Head of Sport at RTE didn't give a shite to what was going on.

The main problem for Tyrone last year in this fixture was they were more worried about Dublin and how to stop them than playing to their own strengths and looking to rattle Dublin. Look at Mayo time and time again over the last few years Dublin have fallen over the line in games against them why? because Mayo stood up to them showed them little respect and got in their faces from the get go

This is hugely important game for Tyrone to show where they really are. Playing at home with last years defeat still fresh in the memories should produce a big reaction. A win for Tyrone will prove they are true contenders for the All Ireland for the first time in a number of years but another defeat with Dublin winning by a bit to spare will prove that Tyrone have repeated the same mistakes and aren't going to learn from them.

Odds on Tyrone/Dublin final?

3/1

[We lost a heap of ball cheaply]

Connolly was absolutely key to winning the All Ireland last year. Gavin didn't want to bring him on but was big enough to realise we weren't going to win without him (and we wouldn't have). The question is whether there is anyone this year as good as Mayo were last year in that final.

While Howard and Scully deservedly got a lot of praise for their performances last week, what has been lost among all the nonsense about the 10 last minutes of the Donegal game, is how below par Dublin were overall. Con's worst game in a Dublin jersey. Probably Kilkenny's worst game too (scored 1 point from 6 shots). Mannion didnt get a kick. They were the 3 guys supposed to get all our scores from play, but got one between them.

Fenton was very good in the second half, but he had a poor first half. O'Sullivan played like someone who hadnt started a game in a long time. We lost a heap of ball cheaply. We weren't good. But Donegal were worse. Unable to capitalise on our performance. I'd say partly due to no McBrearty, partly due to us not allowing McHugh free reign, and partly due to them not having a positive enough approach. 

So for Dublin, it'll be whether that will be a kick up the backside we need, or whether there is the start of a slow downward spiral. We do have Costello to come in for one of the 3 misfiring lads and he seems to be hot. Kev Mac dependable to make an impact too. Please jaysus we won't see O'Gara, but Gavin sometimes seems to think he's suited to Tyrone.

Playing without an orthodox full back since O'Carroll left has never caught us out. But if other teams can get us 2-on-2 the way Donegal did (thankfully Murphy was never one of those 2), we will eventually pay as we've no defender particularly good under a high ball.

I was listening to Parkinson's podcast and he mentioned a stat that fits the highlighted bits very well. Dublin were turned over 15 times on Saturday and only turned Donegal on half as many occasions. This indicates that Donegal should be kicking themselves that they didn't get something from the game, especially considering the form of Kilkenny et al.

I still think Dublin will win this but my only morsel of hope is the Dubs will have a below par performance and give up possession like they did on Saturday. Donegal have a better attack than us (when McBrearty is there), however, we are a better team at turning ball over, and more importantly hurting teams on the break.

Should be a good game. My thoughts on team are along these lines:

Morgan
Hampsey
McNamee
McKernan
McCann
Burns
Harte
Colm
McShane
Donnelly
Sludden
Meyler
Bradley
Ritchy D
McAliskey

17-11 according to this