Roper retires

[lynchbhoy]

a great little player who has goten better in the past few years with exp. A hardy wee fecker and in one of my last club games (tournament), I tried to mark the wee fecker but couldnt even catch him to hit him.
Great servant to Donegal and I wish him well !

I remember an interview he gave years back, and he said that the biggest difference between playing club and county wasn't necessarily fitness or skill, but speed of thought - basically you'd much less time at county level to decide what you were going to do and by the time you got the ball, you had to be ready to make your next move or you'd lose the ball/get hit instantly. You had to be able to collect the ball/evade a tackle and consider your options all at the same time.

I'm sure he had to draw on all his experience gained from the highest level in order to show Lynchbhoy a clean pair of heels.

you might laugh but if I had not have been half inj and also not have been on the tear all night before (no sleep) then I might have had a chance to mark him - I migh have had a chance of at least stalling him a bit - but the wee dynamo was up and down the field like a super charged ion and I hadnt a chance of getting near him.
It was an eye opener on how a small man can play top level football though - he was superb and the best on the park.
Id say he will be back in football at some stage - could be a v good coach if he can communicate how he knows how to play football to others

[saffron sam2]

I agree with hardstation.

[longrunsthefox]

I agree with hardstation.

ffs! do you expect us to trawl back and see wat Hardstation said. Press 'Quote' first 

[saffron sam2]

I agree with hardstation.

ffs! do you expect us to trawl back and see wat Hardstation said. Press 'Quote' first 

Would have required a lot of trawling.