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Has anybody got any good tips on how to prepare for the bleep test? I wouldn't be too fit at the minute but have been out jog for 30 mins twice a week for about a month now. Looking to get 9.0/10 on test, its about a montb away

One of the Itv boys, cant remember which but was creaming himself. "I don't wanna get carried away but this kid has all the attributes to be a top international striker"      Really? I would have to disagree.

What attributes is he missing? This anti England stuff is boring as f**k. If Liverpool or United or whoever your favourite club is bought him you would praise him to the rooftop! Hevis a class player, end of.

larryin89 to answer your question what if the ros bandwagon blows up well heres the thing, this team is a work in progress and those people who know ros football are aware that there are several more young players about to make the big breaktru in the neat couple of seasons, these are players of the highest quality and yes some of them might not make it for one reason or another but we have a deep pool of young talent and more will come to replace them, I was in croke park in 2002 when that great Tyrone team then in its infancy got completely hockeyed by Sligo in a qualifier , looked all over the place and we all know what happened after that, now im not saying ros will have that level of success but we will reach the top level, we will survive at the top level and if our cb continue to develop our young players then we will stay at the top table and if you are there you have a chance, that said for the forst time in years our minors seem to be weak, havent got to see them yet but will go to kiltoom tomorrow night. Onwards and upwards COME ON THE ROSSIES.

Your mad in the head!

On a quick rewatch I thought Daithi Burke was excellent in midfield for Corofin today (lad with the curly black hair). Seemed to pick up a mountain of breaking ball and must have had some amount of possessions. Will definitely be involved with Galway this Summer. Although more likely with the hurlers rather than the footballers.

I thought he was excellent too. His father was Man Of The Match in the final when Corofin last won it the commentator was saying

A fantastic achievement, well done to St. Pat's. Does anybody know who they will play in the next game or when it is?

That's deadly. I think they are going to do it tomorrow, its a savage team.

I didnt know that now. Thats good news for St.Pats then so. I thought they were going to lose a few lads if the won tomorrow. I tried to google it there but I cant find a thing about the age limit! The Ulster colleges GAA website doesnt mention it either.

McRory is u18.5 and Hogan is u-18 i thought. Extra six months in McRory to suit the northern teams

I owe herself a lot of Brownie points after making the trip to Salthill on Mothers day! However, it was worth it as this was a massive result for us. Although we were well behind at half time we probably should not have been. We had just as much possession if not more than Galway but the wind was strong and we needed to work the ball in close to get the shots away. We did this reasonably well at times (if a little too laboured/slow) but I thought a few lads lacking confidence didn't take the shot on unfortunately. Gunner was subbed for Dunne after about 20 mins, a tactical change I would say as Gunner was our spare man and was getting on a lot of ball which is not his strength. Dunne hit a fine point within a few minutes of his introduction. The peno came from a really strong run from McEnroe who was excellent. The peno wasn't great, lacked power and was at the height keepers like. That sparked Galway into action and they hit a few points to leave it 7-2 at HT.

I had a feeling with the same possession in the 2nd half we could do some damage and so it proved. Niall McD moved out onto the 40. Mackey sat in that area too. Martin Reilly went half back. Mossy Corr really put the squeeze in the middle, Galway were opting for short kick outs all the time. Martin Dunne hit some stunning points out on the left with his left foot, Gearoid hit a nice point, McEnroe and McVitty scored two beauties. Score of the match was Mossy Corr steam rolling through 3 tackles before smashing one over from 45m out.

Galway were getting desperate and seemed totally out of ideas on how to break the mass defense. In fact they were terrible. Basically they ran up the the 45, passed over and back, eventually gave up and took mad shots that ended up as Garryowens dropping randomly inside our 20m line. Maurice Deegan kept them in it with some soft enough frees. In defense Galway left Dunne and later Bud Fitz inside, man to man, and that suited us down to the ground. Bud Fitz showed really well. We nearly capped it with a brilliant counter attack goal in the last minute which incredibly ended with 4 Cavan players breaking at high speed to outnumber Galways defence 5 to 2, McVitty got in one on one but instead of burying it he tried a handpass around the keeper to Bud and over hit it. Next kick Mackey won a free 45m out and Martin Reilly stuck it over and that was that.

I thought it was a great effort but not without mistakes. I'm afraid Conor Moynagh may not be ready for senior football. He is too casual and I think he cost us 3 or 4 points being turned over doing silly hand passes or bringing the ball into contact when there was no need. It will take him some time to get used to the faster, stronger senior football. Conor is still one with huge potential and we should be patient as he develops. He wasn't alone making mistakes though, a lot of Galway scores came from really poor decisions or passes with little or no pressure on. Martin Reilly was also quite wasteful. Mackey on the other hand was sublime with his passing, didn't give a bad one. He makes such a difference. Was also impressed with Bud, out in front of his man and ball sticking. Niall McD a different player in the half forward line running onto ball. McEnroe, R Dunne and McLoughlin also excellent as was Martin Dunne when he came on. A big well done to Martin Dunne by showing how a player should react to being dropped, a lad that has definitely matured.

A win next day has to keep us up in what is an extremely competitive division and that would be a fine achievement with some big players to come in again.

Great report Myles. I'd agree with most of what you said there. I have been very disappointed with Moynagh's form also. I thought he would be one of the lads to really come on and make a big impact on the senior team. He seemed so assured on the ball last year, and his passing was fantastic. I'm sure he will get used to the pace of senior with more game-time, but its going to be hard to come by with his form at the minute. It is a pity not to have him well settled into the team for the championship.
This win couldn't have come at a better time for the team and management in particular. Another loss would have put Terry under a fair bit of pressure. Instead, the management made some good decisions that ultimately won the game for Cavan, so well done to them on that. Last week I was beginning to wonder if the laois and Ros games were flukes, and if the Down and Kildare performances were the real Cavan. I think its fair to say now that we can compete with any team and we are well fit for this division. I would be hoping, like Westside, that we don't get promoted this year to be honest. It's a hell of a jump from Div 2 to Div 1 and I think another year in this tier would do us the world of good.
I didn't think Gearoid really dominated as someone said before, thought he was quiet enough to be honest. Caught a couple of kick outs at important times though.

Fantastic result in Galway. We are looking up the table now instead of down. Roscommon have done us a favour by beating Kildare too. Martin Dunne answered a lot of his critics with that performance today, I thought he was fantastic. A good team performance to come back from 5 down at half time, even though I dont think we should've been down by so much at half time. Jack Brady got on the score board too, should've known a shock was on the cards!

What a win!!! 😀😀😀😀😀😀 Fantastic second half! Emmet Bolton was one lucky boy today.

What did he do?

Cavan beating Galway today just shows how tight the division is. Almost any team could go down, and yet if you win your remaining games promotion would be a real prospect.

Unreal, best one yet!

Kildare
Galway
Meath
Down

[Teary eyed here after reading that.]

A powerful and poignant piece from Joe.

http://gaeliclife.com/2015/03/joe-brolly-my-god-my-god-why-have-you-forsaken-me/

Very few journalists can put something like that together

Teary eyed here after reading that.

Just to add to that, travelling down to the game with my 12 year old son and I gave it to him to read , I told  him it was sad before I gave it to him. " that was sad , did Joe brolly write that, he's very good at writing, I could visualise that all the way through from start to finish"

Thats good to know