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No talk about this famous old competition which starts on Saturday.
London v Rhubarbs
NY v Ros
Sligo v Leitrim.

Semis - Galway v Sligo/Leitrim,
Winners of the overseas games.

Barring a major upset Galway in the Final v more than likely Rhubarbs.

Get your votes in.

Date should be known by end of the week, 29th November, the favourite.
Latest opinion poll onvtge big 3:-
FG 26%
FF 20%
SF 18%.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1103/1478784-general-election/

Time to move on.
Time to improve on our awful Championship record v Galway in the Hyde.
We won't want to start slowly here as Galways forwards could wreak havoc.

Now that the Leagues are done and dusted thoughts turn to Championship.
This was a foregone conclusion in most minds up to yesterday.
However oul dogs and hard roads ...I wouldn't dismiss the Rhubarbs yet.
We should be getting to the Final anyway.

Couldn't find a thread on this so I thought why not start one?

https://www.gaa.ie/football/connacht-gaa-football-senior-championship/fixtures

We thought it wouldn't happen.....
Of course it still mightn't .
Mayowestros and Galway will no doubt beat Letirim and Sligo respectively.
The other 2 games will be 50/50.

A step too far Leo!
https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/taoiseach-defends-ric-commemoration-as-corks-lord-mayor-latest-to-boycott-event-38837971.html

What next?  Commemorating Kevin Barry and the hangman in the one ceremony

https://winahomeinlondon.com

Just to get this started.
Semi Finals in all 3 Championships in Ros next weekend.
Senior
Ros Gaels v Strokestown
Boyle v Padraig Pearses
Inter
Oran v Castlerea
St Dominic's v Tulsk

Junior A
Ballinameen v Ros Gaels B
Clann na nGael B v Brigids B.
Ballinameen will be the Roscommon reps in the Connacht JFC.

Sure we'd better turn up and fulfil the fixture anyway.

This Committee was announced in the midst if all the action yesterday.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/gaa/cork-and-dublin-gaa-chiefs-on-new-fixtures-task-force-929688.html

4th year in a row ... hope it's not getting too boring for the rest if Connacht.
Ros are outsiders with bookies/punters at 9/4.
We were bigger outsiders last week .
I see it as 50/50 all depending on who gets more things right on the day, not to mention the bounce of the ball or indeed Ref/Umpiring decisions.
We certainly didn't get the latter Saturday.

5/5/19 NY v Mayowestros  and London v Galway
12/5/19 Ros v Laythrum in the Hyde
19/5/19 Sligo v Galway or London
25/5/19 Mayowestros or NY v Rest of Roscommon.
16/6/19 Final.

After Sligo's atrocious League campaign and with our lads fading so badly at the business end it looks like the 2 big Counties to make the Final sadly.

A Qualifier campaign for us then starting in Round 2 and probably ending in Round 3.

Our lads conceded 2-18 to Kildare in a challenge last week so it seems our defensive frailties are going to remain with us.

Surprised this hasn't been mentioned....
Then again it's "Only a third world place"

RIP to all the victims.
Will any Billionaires offer aid???

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2019/0421/1044809-sri-lanka/

So far I've heard of Ódhran Mac Néilís and 4 lads from Longford.
Ros already without Ciaráin Murtagh, Cathal Compton and No all McInerney since start of the season.
It used to be that some lads gave the NFL a miss but the Championship.....

I suspect we won't see any more evictions in Co Roscommon.
"Security personnel" - bucks with Northern accents saying they're  "British"

30th October 1993.
Remember Karen Thompson,  Stephen Mullen, Moray Diddy,  Joseph McDermott, James Moore,  John Moyne, John Burns and Victor Montgomery.
R.I.P.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/1025/1006580-school-buildings-wbs/

A Tyrone Company!!

With the all new condensed Inter County Championship calendar I wonder how many, if any of those Counties eliminated in June have started their SFC and/or IFCS during July?