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[I don't think Horan or the Mayo players will take the foot of the pedal at all regardless of the opposition in this final. They didnt against Galway or Roscommon despite being out of sight early on]

I don't think Horan or the Mayo players will take the foot of the pedal at all regardless of the opposition in this final. They didnt against Galway or Roscommon despite being out of sight early on. They have to mantain intensity in order to compensate for the easy run they're getting to the AI quarterfinals and also with such a strong panel players are playing for their places. Beat Galway by 16/17 points.... Ross by 12...... they could easily win this by in excess of 20 points. Fair play to London on their achievements this season but they stand to get a serious drubbing I'm afraid.

I think the opposite. Mayo took the foot off the pedal in both games. If you look at the Galway game they won the second half (if you looked at it on its own) by only a couple of points. Only when Andy Moran came on did they push for another goal (for Andy!). In the second half of the Roscommon game, Mayo became sloppy and careless.

I dunno Bunker.... maybe their intensity dropped at stages but their attitude and focus always looked spot on to me. No glory hunting. Total ruthlessness. Think they'll be looking for improvement and progress again the next day.

I don't think Horan or the Mayo players will take the foot of the pedal at all regardless of the opposition in this final. They didnt against Galway or Roscommon despite being out of sight early on. They have to mantain intensity in order to compensate for the easy run they're getting to the AI quarterfinals and also with such a strong panel players are playing for their places. Beat Galway by 16/17 points.... Ross by 12...... they could easily win this by in excess of 20 points. Fair play to London on their achievements this season but they stand to get a serious drubbing I'm afraid. 

On current form Armagh should beat Galway well. But (as has often been said) the tribesmen have alot of successful underage footballers in their panel. They've also a successful underage manager as their senior manager. I know they've been poor for a decade now but sooner or later their form has to improve in the qualifiers and all that talent has to kick in.

Versus Tipperary they were on the back of a humiliating defeat by their greatest rivals at home. They were obviously nervous and it reflected in their performance. Versus Waterford they were poor but there was huge pressure on them again at home to easily despatch (with the greatest of respect to Waterford) a very weak football county.

The next day they will be underdogs and have nothing to lose. For once they can throw caution to the winds. I know Armagh hammered Leitrim but Leitrim were suffering from injuries, indisciplined players & defeat to London. The one sided nature of the victory wont have done Armagh any good either.

Roscommon last year (after a hammering by Galway) beat Armagh in the hyde. Galway have them in Pearse stadium. I think this match will be close.... maybe a narrow victory to the orchard men but Galway are a good outside bet in my opinion.

Donie is more suited to playing midfield if he can pick up the fitness enough to play the position, as for not making the donegal panel, thats a bit of a joke, after no.18 donegal bench is very weak

Neither of the 2 boys have the intensity or competitiveness levels or work rate needed for serious top level Senior inter County Championship football or for Jimmy McGuinness' panel.
2 grand lads but such is life.
They can still do a job for us in D3 though.

I would agree with most of that Rossfan. The last time I saw both of them do well together on a big day was against Tyrone in Croker 2 years ago. But then there was long high ball played in and lots of space to turn and shoot. The game has moved on alot from that in the last 2 years though.

It's hard to see where what's the correct way to go from here for Roscommon. The blanket defence worked well the last day but it's limited and ugly to watch and eventually you have to push up and try winning the match. When we did so we weren't able to take the numerous chances that presented themselves. Shine and Kilbride are our most natural scoring forwards but as you point out it's unlikely they can ever be developed enough in terms of fitness and intensity to play this type of game. I think alot of people talking about the Donegal system fail to realise how well conditioned Murphy, McFadden & McBrearty are  apart from obviously being elite scoring forwards.

Division 3 is not going to help us much unless we really push hard and get our of it. Mayo are light years ahead of us now and Galway surely cant stay this poor for much longer. Time is running out for Roscommon's underage talent to kick in at senior level. This autumn & winter is vital for Evans in terms of having one last proper run at bringing it through for next season. 

D2 here we come.

Are ye off to Leeson Street for the night or something?

Hardly a day for Herron chokers to be slagging off Rossies or any other team for that matter is it GBB? Fair play to ye. Ye caught the Waterford footballers with a late goal. Always knew this fixture was a potential banana skin for waterford....Anyway enjoy the celebrations..... big scalp!

I doubt if Roscommon will pose any more opposition than We got on Saturday past. Tyrone by at least 10 points. Yawn...

Well sleepy head any after match views?

Tyrone reserves did the first team proud! Hopefully we will have more of our best starting 15 available for the next day.

Pathetic response from a pathetic poster.

Fergie left us after losing to Mayo-Tyrone too, and an 11 point loss to an inferior Tyrone team than the one we played today. We're at the same level again but the worst thing we could do is sit back and be glad with a moral victory, we need the lads to be hungry to make the next step after today.

Evans looks he has ideas so hopefully the county board support him properly in terms of his training programs for the off-season.

That game was never 11 point match in million years and inferior Tyrone? not sure about that as they were able to call upon the likes McMenamin,Hughes,McGuigan,Mulligan,O'Neill,Dooher etc back then. We got within two points of Mayo who knocked out the defending All Ireland championship in the following game.

6 month break now & huge work to be done. The longer we stay in div 3 the more bad habits we will develop. Evans said himself he won't be hanging around if he doesn't see improvement so 2014 is a huge year for him and the players to make the step up.

+1 Syferus stop trying to defend/gloss over Newton disasterous set back 2012 season. As Ross4life rightly points out Fergie had us within 2 points of a fine Mayo side and playing excellent football in Croker against a much better resourced Tyrone side than today's. Agree with you re Evans having a plan and on the right track  but if Fergie had stayed on we would never have fallen this far back.

Out of jail. Had Ros shown a little more composure in the dying minutes they could easily have sneaked it, and deservedly so.

Re the refereeing: don't want to say too much, save to say that someone who's patently learning the craft at this level shouldn't be let out on his own!

+1 Not often if ever I agree with you but have to make an exception this time. Rossies definitely could have won it but ref definitely favoured us in the 1st half. Donie Shine and Conor Daly should have walked for 2nd/3rd/4th yellow offences. Best of luck to Tyrone going forward.

Great effort. Could have won it. Once we pushed up we had our chances but lack of composure meant we were unable to take them.

It's live on Newstalk also. Not sure if Roscommon can maintain work rate.

Bit of heart for a change thankfully but needed to have scored those early missed chances I fear.

Mickey Linden came on for our thirds on Sunday (50 years of age) at half time in the Down reserve championship. We were getting beaten by three points at the time but the legend lifted the team and scored four outrageous points and set up a goal to lead us to a six point victory. He has to be one of the oldest club player in the country? The word Legend is used loosely these days but there is no doubt Mickey is "the Legend"

Thanks for posting that T. O'Hare. Loved watching Mickey as a player and so inspiring to see him still doing the business at 50.

[But the likes of J70 swallow the shit that he's some sort of People's Poet for the oppressed.]

Galls man nothing wrong with that and is the reason why I've been to numerous concerts of his.

But the likes of J70 swallow the shit that he's some sort of People's Poet for the oppressed.

Nope, I don't know the man but I don't think he does. Like the rest of us on here he likes the music, he knows what inspired it and was merely responding to your bullsh*t comments that have all been thoroughly refuted.

We all know that he has become a multimillionaire through the success of his talent and all know he inhabits a wealth and a lifestyle we can only imagine.

However we also appreciate where the music comes from; the influences that shaped his songwriting and acknowledge that there has been a consistent theme for over 40 years.

You have ignored all the posts that have refuted all your baseless statements and have taken the track of trying to imply fans of his music are naive, gullible and misinformed in a sad attempt to put your point across.

+1. That pretty much nails it.

[RAISE UP THE STANDARD HIGHWAVE BANNERS TO THE SKYFOLLOW THE LADS IN SUNSHINE OR RAINTHEN WITH A MIGHTY ROARLET TYRONIES KNOW ONCE MOREMEN OF ROSCOMMON ARE MARCHING AGAIN]

Worst possible draw for Roscommon. Cant imagine confidence is very high after Mayo game and news of this draw wont improve it. However hopefully they'll show a bit of heart and leadership in this match.

+ 1 Matt. I wonder how many changes from the Mayowr disaster?

Realistically we'll do well to keep the margin to single figures

Still it's time to

RAISE UP THE STANDARD HIGH
WAVE BANNERS TO THE SKY
FOLLOW THE LADS IN SUNSHINE OR RAIN
THEN WITH A MIGHTY ROAR
LET TYRONIES KNOW ONCE MORE
MEN OF ROSCOMMON ARE MARCHING AGAIN.

Dunno Rossfan. The problem v Mayo wasn't selection.... more like attitude and leadership. Maybe if Shine and Kilbride play to their potential we could make a game of it.

Worst possible draw for Roscommon. Cant imagine confidence is very high after Mayo game and news of this draw wont improve it. However hopefully they'll show a bit of heart and leadership in this match.