Roscommon vs. Mayo - Connacht SFC Semi-final (Dr. Hyde Park, June 8th 2014)

[neilthemac]

I prefer this game

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Wq2fnCGUE
Best final 10 minutes I've ever seen to a game.

Martin Carney gets the players mixed up in commentary, yet again

[highorlow]

Mayo 4-15
Ros    0-11

[Crete Boom]

 I was behind the graveyard end goals crushed up against the chicken wire ( my first Connacht final) for Jimmy Burke's wonder goal in 89 and I was behind the town end goals when the Rossies waltzed through us for their own wonder goal in 2001 .
I remember looking at the Rossies around me in 2001 going ape and thought to myself yep I know that feeling .

[Rossfan]

MayowestRos(+ bit of Sligo) 3 -17 Ros (with a piece missing) 2 -7 
Mind you we could beat them in Syfín's skill competition

[weareros]

Roscommon 2-12 Mayo 0-16. That's what the tayleaves say.

[Rossfan]

Roscommon 2-12 Mayo 0-16. That's what the tayleaves say.

Ahhh fcuk the pessimism - that's more like it 

Stand Tall you Brave Roscommon lads
The County's proud of you
As you go to face the Rhubarb's might
In the lovely Gold and Blue.
Right proudly high over the Park of Hyde
We'll fling out the flag of war
Better to die neath a Rossie Sky
Than in Salthill or Castlebar
The world will gaze in deep amaze
when the final score comes through
As the Rossies take the Rhubarb's Crown
In their lovely gold and Blue[/color]

[moysider]

Jaysus you re no rhymer Rossfan

[PadraicHenryPearse]

Some posts on facebook from a friend of mine last year. Worth a read.....

Day 1:

ROSCOMMON is the 44507th most popular name in USA, One in every 702,203 Americans is named ROSCOMMON and popularity of name ROSCOMMON is 1.42 people per million.

Lough Key has 32 islands, some of the more famous names include bullock island and Ros for Sam

Nostradamus came to fame, not after predicting the French revolution, but after predicting Roscommon would win back to back all-Irelands in 43 and 44, this prediction was disbelieved by millions, as many thought roscommon would have won the finals in 40,41 and 42 before this...but the wily old Nostradamus knew best.

Roscommon doesn't have a coast line...just great footballers

The entire population of the world could fit in Roscommon standing up... if this were to happen tho, they would lose a football game of rossies against the rest..

The popular song "Guns don't kill people, rappers do", was plagiarised from the inscription found on the Castlestrange Stone, found outside Athleague dated 200BC..which when translated stats "Guns don't kill people, Rossies do" and lead to Oliver Cromwell's fear of entering Connaught during his invasion of Ireland.

The 43 and 44 teams were all pioneering bakers, and invented sliced bread, the saying "the greatest thing since sliced bread" is a tip of the cap to that magnificent Roscommon team.

Donald Trump draws the dole in Roscommon

Black beauty is the ugliest and whitest horse in Roscommon

It was the Roscommon full back line that stopped the gulf war in '91, not the yanks

Day 2:

I have logged onto Facebook today, and have been shocked at what I found!! Please, can any faint-hearted people or those who have not got their turf cut during the dry spell (You have enough on your plate) do not read on, but what I found was this.... people are updating profiles, tagging pictures, posting posts, etc....literally millions of people, MILLIONS! Carrying out these normal routines, these everyday Facebook activities, as if in denial, as if by not acknowledging the elephant in the room and completely ignoring the fact that the Rossies are taking part in the Connaught semi-final on Sunday, it might simply.....just not happen...I realise people take comfort from not thinking about us in the championship, that a clearer path to victory presents itself for their county, if they just don't think about Roscommon and the "great bunch of lads" playing for them as a stumbling block...But people, the sooner you face up to us the better, we are a reality, we are remarkable, we are ready, WE ARE ROS....

Day 3:

OK Folks, a recent survey on who neutrals are going for on Sunday, has shown 3 people in China and a further 2 in Trinidad and Tobago are "undecided", everyone else is on the Rossies! To those Five I say, look at the facts below and see what Roscommon has contributed to the world and culture as they know it and then tell me they are still undecided!!

The river Shannon, is a man-made river, it was constructed by the other 31 counties in a last ditch effort to stop Roscommon getting to Croke Park on the 3rd Sunday in September....all efforts on the football pitch had failed....Roscommon then invented boats and bridges and brought Sam Maguire home...

New grange was built to let the dead inside know when Roscommon had begun pre-season training.

The great barrier reef was created when Jimmy Murray took a pee in the sea...before this, it was just a sandy bottom to the ocean.

The Wachowski brothers made "The Matrix" to try and capture the transformation that happens an ordinary man, when he puts on a Roscommon jersey on Championship day.......James Cameron also tried to represent this phenomenon, with the recent Avatar movie, however, he went more literal in his approach with the colour of the avatar, but ultimately missed the mark.

After watching Roscommon beat Mayo, Bill Gates was inspired that the world could be a better place and he created windows to try and help....as a throw back to his inspiration he put the Roscommon and Mayo colours on his logo and pays image rights to Roscommon every year.

Bruce Willis based his character John McClain on Roscommon.

Lance Armstrong has admitted he was on drugs...what he hasn't admitted is, his drugs was supporting the Rossie's, and the high one
gets from it.

TG4 is paid a fortune every year to release propaganda against Roscommon, to curtail our popularity....luckily no-one can understand it

Bill Clinton asked Monica to hang around late to watch the Rossie's take on Wicklow in the national league....after a great Roscommon victory they both got caught up in in the moment.....

MacGyver's knife was made in Kiltoom.

Neil Armstrong landed on the moon after winning a raffle prise in the Castlecoote drama production to visit the Roscommon lunar training camp. However, he was sent home early after trying to place an American flag on the pitch during a "one play only" practice game for the squad.

Chuck Norris is defenceless against any Roscommon person...

The movie 300 was originally called 30 in honour of the 43 & 44 teams, but it was thought no audience would believe a mere 30 men could perform such heroics.

Einstein's theory of relativity was disproved by Seamie O'Neill

If a Roscommon man wears sex panther it works 100% of the time all the time

Day 4:

After years of deliberation I have finally decided what I want to spend my confirmation money on...backing the Rossies to win on Sunday! However, before I made such a huge commitment, I said I'd do some research and look at the head to head's between the two teams. here's how it went.....Very quickly, thanks to Chris O'Dowd I found Beyoncé is behind the Rossies, but Jay-Z is going for Mayo (Bono, filling him with shite)

So I had to look further and tried a classic football talent indicator

Number of train lines servicing Dublin = Roscommon 2 - Mayo 2

As you can see, still nothing separating the two teams, so a more detailed look was required and I found the below stat's very useful

Scrabble score = Roscommon 15 - Mayo 9
Hollywood actors = Roscommon 2 - Mayo 0
Sads of turf brought home last year per head of capita = Roscommon 1,653 - Mayo 439
A chicken in Roscommon lays an average of 6.2 eggs per week, it's at 4.7 for a chicken in Mayo
Roscommon towns have won 3 Mayo county titles ....Mayo towns have won 0 county titles in Roscommon.
Proximity to the elusive source of Wexford strawberries = Roscommon 249km - Mayo 332km (Closest wins)
Number of counties that border Roscommon 7 - Mayo 3 (And we give them 1)
All-Ireland titles = Roscommon 10 - 4 Mayo ....Including handball
How many kinds of everything remind Dana of each county = Roscommon 13 - Mayo 6
National League points this year = Roscommon 9 - Mayo 6
Length of time a custard cream holds it's structure after being dipped in tea = in Roscommon 7 seconds - in Mayo 4 seconds
% of people who know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em = Roscommon 86% - Mayo 34%
Number of Flash Gordon's enemies residing in each County = Roscommon 1 - Mayo 0
Average number of levels in box footings over the last 50 years = Roscommon 7 - Mayo 4
So after my detailed analysis of both teams, I think it's obvious they'll be only one winner on Sunday.... The Mighty Roscommon

Day 5:

Some people have been questioning the wisdom of my bet yesterday. At first I was confused, but then I realised people like that aren't from Roscommon and don't have the insider info that we do and not everyone is privy to the below facts....

Roscommon is taking the horse to France!

After fears that Roscommon's dominance of all thing's GAA would lead to lost interest in the game, the GAA instructed all match officials to be biased against Roscommon to help other teams win...The A-team umpired a match that Roscommon won, they umpired it fairly, and this was the crime they didn't commit!

Muhammad Ali, got beat up by a girl before joining the Loughlynn boxing club...the rest is history

Weather man Ger Fleming's winks were for Roscommon people only....he knew, and wanted us to know he knew

Leonardo Dicaprio's movie "the beach" was filmed in Roscommon

Santa Clause's first stop is Roscommon, he just can't wait any longer every year!

The Guy from the Guinness add had just heard Roscommon had beaten Antrim in the National League

The leaning tower of Pisa is just trying to get closer to Roscommon

In order to create the actual field, for the movie "The field", Roscommon soil had to be transported to less fertile filming locations to provide the contrast between it and neighbouring fields. Negotiations were lengthy and every gram of soil was returned to Roscommon once relevant scenes were filmed....it's been a contentious issue in Roscommon ever since

Lee Harvey Oswald was aiming for a Rossie sitting on the grassy knoll, the bullet bounced off him and hit some fella not from Roscommon

Roscommon has always been an axe in Mayo's side, so the county boundary was drawn up to represent this, before this is was the entire Island of Ireland.

A Roscommon player has never been injured, any absentees are due to a GAA imposed quota of first teamers we can play, in an effort to make the competition more even and give other teams a chance.

Roscommon shot JR

The Six Million dollars man got called up for trials before the FBD league one year, but failed to make the provisional Roscommon panel after finishing last in all the strength, speed and endurance tests.

Tir Na Nog is in Roscommon

It wasn't Fargo Boyle....It was Roscommon

Theresa Lowe's "Where in the world" got cancelled after contestants found out the correct answer to every question was Roscommon

The universe wasn't formed by the big bang, it was when Enon Gavins ancestors pulled down the very first crossbar

So when you know these things, you can easily see, Sunday will be a stroll in the park for Roscommon

[Syferus]

Excellent.

[Rossfan]

"TG4 is paid a fortune every year to release propaganda against Roscommon"

Aye Seán Bán Bolreathnach

Jasus Pearsheen yer some man for wan man 

[Mayo Mick]

Roscommon 2-12 Mayo 0-16. That's what the tayleaves say.

Ahhh fcuk the pessimism - that's more like it 

Stand Tall you Brave Roscommon lads
The County's proud of you
As you go to face the Rhubarb's might
In the lovely Gold and Blue.
Right proudly high over the Park of Hyde
We'll fling out the flag of war
Better to die neath a Rossie Sky
Than in Salthill or Castlebar
The world will gaze in deep amaze
when the final score comes through
As the Rossies take the Rhubarb's Crown
In their lovely gold and Blue[/color]

Douglas Hyde and Percy French must be turning in their graves!!!

[moysider]

Excellent.

Ball o' shite!

[moysider]

Roscommon 2-12 Mayo 0-16. That's what the tayleaves say.

Ahhh fcuk the pessimism - that's more like it 

Stand Tall you Brave Roscommon lads
The County's proud of you
As you go to face the Rhubarb's might
In the lovely Gold and Blue.
Right proudly high over the Park of Hyde
We'll fling out the flag of war
Better to die neath a Rossie Sky
Than in Salthill or Castlebar
The world will gaze in deep amaze
when the final score comes through
As the Rossies take the Rhubarb's Crown
In their lovely gold and Blue[/color]

Douglas Hyde and Percy French must be turning in their graves!!!

And the state of the colour of it. Reminds me of the time I mistakenly eat some dodgy mushrooms.

[Don Corleone]

The best value of the weekend is Roscommon - 9/2 currently with Powers. 'Twill be a dour struggle, but the prediction is:

Rossie's 0-14
Rhubarbs 0-12.

Boom!!!!

[moysider]

The best value of the weekend is Roscommon - 9/2 currently with Powers. 'Twill be a dour struggle, but the prediction is:

Rossie's 0-14
Rhubarbs 0-12.

Boom!!!!

Savage odds. Fill your boots Don.