Roscommon v Mayo Connacht final 2011

[Rossie11]

Any word on David OGara, is he fit enough for the bench? If he were starting it would be a better balanced team as
he a natural creater of chances
When you have the likes of Shine and Kilbride inside you need a playmaker to ensure they get quality ball.
The quality of ball to them in Carrick was woeful at times. The assist for Shines goal was a miskick at best.
Its something they need to get right on Sunday as been the underdog a high percentage of possession needs to be converted into scores

[highorlow]

Prediction time:

I probably won't get a chance to post so here is my guess at the score and how the match will go. The forecast is for showery weather. Hopefully there won't be any wind.

With both sets of inside forwards doing well and both mid-fields doing well this game will come down to who has the best defense. I think Mayo will win this area. It's going to be a high scoring game with plenty of goals.

Mayo to sneak it 4 - 12 to 3 - 8.

[Blowitupref]

Poor weather would suggest a low scoring game with plenty of mistakes. i think Mayo 1-11 Roscommon 0-9

[Rossfan]

Mayowestros 4 -15 rest of Ros 0-5 .
Mwr to beat Wexford in Qtr  final by 12 or 13 points and.................................................. will meet Kerry in all Ireland Semi Final  and no further comment necessary. 

[Farrandeelin]

Mayowestros 4 -15 rest of Ros 0-5 .
Mwr to beat Wexford in Qtr  final by 12 or 13 points and.................................................. will meet Kerry in all Ireland Semi Final  and no further comment necessary. 

1996 repeated I guess with all your winkyfaces.

[stephenite]

not to mention current sports journalist of the year David Brady repeatedly punching an 18 year old seamie o'neill in the head.

Poor auld Seamie, only out of nappies so he couldn't have deserved it - if he kept his mouth shut and his fists away from Brady's ribs that day he might have been left alone

And true to form here comes David Brady's no 1 fan!!!!!!!!!!

Not quite, the original post was an attempt to portray one as the aggressor, when in fact the both of them have well documented history's of being tramps on the field when necessary, nothing wrong with that I might add.

Just trying to add a bit of balance

[Lar Naparka]

Mayowestros 4 -15 rest of Ros 0-5 .
Mwr to beat Wexford in Qtr  final by 12 or 13 points and.................................................. will meet Kerry in all Ireland Semi Final  and no further comment necessary. 

1996 repeated I guess with all your winkyfaces.

Them is his sheep's faces, my friend.
They'll have pusses like these on them when we go home. 

[spectator]

not to mention current sports journalist of the year David Brady repeatedly punching an 18 year old seamie o'neill in the head.

Poor auld Seamie, only out of nappies so he couldn't have deserved it - if he kept his mouth shut and his fists away from Brady's ribs that day he might have been left alone

And true to form here comes David Brady's no 1 fan!!!!!!!!!!

Not quite, the original post was an attempt to portray one as the aggressor, when in fact the both of them have well documented history's of being tramps on the field when necessary, nothing wrong with that I might add.

Just trying to add a bit of balance

Quite right Stephenite. A lesser man than DB could have gone down clutching his face and gotten Seamie wrongly sent off, after receiving a dig in the ribs.

[moysider]

Gone a bit quiet on here. Time to rattle a few more cages.

Seriously though a couple of things.

Barry Moran back in panel - but not listed in subs. No matter, he may still feature. If his form is good he could be the joker in the pack. He would be some handful to throw in against a smallish enough fb line and could dig out in midfield too. I for one welcome his return.

Over on stealers you get the impression that the Rossie think they may be on the cusp of something very good. Reminds me a bit of the herring chokers attitude coming into Castlebar in 98 and we all know what happened then. I hope I m bloody wrong but they might sense something. Uncanny sometimes how these things happen. Galway couldn t rent a crowd for 20 years and then in 98, 20,000 of them turn up like some sort of telepathy - a kind of Field Of Dreams thing. 'Build it and they will come'. I hope I m bloody wrong.

Somebody mentioned matchups earlier. My greatest concern would be how to deal with their ff line. To be honest I don t know if Ros play the 3 inside or not? While all the talk will be about Senan Kilbride and Donie Shine I believe Devaney could be a handful. A few years ago in U21 in Charlestown we had to put Kevin Mcloughlin back on him to quieten him. We don t have as good a man marker in the fb line as Mcl. Feeney should do ok with Kilbride and taking size into consideration you would expect Cunniffe on Shine but I suspect Higgins will pick up Shine and be in his face. That would leave Devaney v Cunniffe. While Tom has pace he can play fast and loose and Devaney runs into great positions. It s a worry.

It would be unforgivable if we lost this game on freetaking. Everybody knows that we cannot score our own but equally concerning we give them away - literally - without a thought. A few conceded to Galway in first half ( and kicked by Bane) were so lazy and unnecessary it was maddening. There we were dominating the game and Galway stay in it with frees from one attack to our 3/4. Crazy stuff.

[ross4life]

Midnight, not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory, she is smiling alone
In the lamplight, the withered leaves, collected my fee
And the wind begins to moan
Memory, all alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days, it was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life, and I mustn't give in
When the dawn comes, tonight will be a memory, too
And a new day will begin
Burnt out ends of smoky days, the stale cold smell of morning
The street lamp dies, another night is over, another day is dawning
Touch me, it's so easy to leave me, all alone with the memory of my day in the sun
If you touch me, you'll understand what happiness is
Look a new day, has begun
Memory, all alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days, it was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Let The Memory Live Again - WE ARE ROS.

[moysider]

Midnight, not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory, she is smiling alone
In the lamplight, the withered leaves, collected my fee
And the wind begins to moan
Memory, all alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days, it was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life, and I mustn't give in
When the dawn comes, tonight will be a memory, too
And a new day will begin
Burnt out ends of smoky days, the stale cold smell of morning
The street lamp dies, another night is over, another day is dawning
Touch me, it's so easy to leave me, all alone with the memory of my day in the sun
If you touch me, you'll understand what happiness is
Look a new day, has begun
Memory, all alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days, it was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again

Let The Memory Live Again - WE ARE ROS.

Ah ffs, that s just cat altogether.

[ross4life]

You know your musicals moysider  We don't play 3 inside Devaney plays a roaming role, speaking of that U21 game Conor didn't come on until the 2nd half & caused your back line all types of problems but ultimately it was his mistake at the end that led to the lucky goal ye got to level the game.

[ballinaman]

Will the Athlone road by the Hyde be open to traffic coming from the circular road on Sunday lads? Hitting for Dublin after the match. Arriving about 1pm-ish...depending on the level of ale consumed on Saturday night

[AbbeySider]

Gone a bit quiet on here. Time to rattle a few more cages.

Seriously though a couple of things.

Barry Moran back in panel - but not listed in subs. No matter, he may still feature. If his form is good he could be the joker in the pack. He would be some handful to throw in against a smallish enough fb line and could dig out in midfield too. I for one welcome his return.

Joker in the pack? I dont know Moy. When I heard Barry Moran was back at training I thought it could have been to get our full back line ready for big men like they will be facing against Roscommon in the form of Shine and Kilbride. A shrewd move I thought.
But long term, I cant imagine Moran being much of an improvement on anything we have seen from him in the years that he has being involved at senior level. Whatever his recent club form is like, what sticks out in my mind is that he failed to score in the county final last year playing at full forward which is not a nice stat. Best of luck to him and I hope he proves me wrong.
But, does this mean that now there is 6 Castlebar Mitchels players on the county panel at the minute? The same team Ballintubber walloped in the league by 11 or 12 points? I cant really fathom that, if true. 3 of that 6 would be good enough and are starting the next day, I wouldnt be convinced about the rest at all, but 6 seems a lot from Mitchels.

Somebody mentioned matchups earlier. My greatest concern would be how to deal with their ff line. To be honest I don t know if Ros play the 3 inside or not? While all the talk will be about Senan Kilbride and Donie Shine I believe Devaney could be a handful. A few years ago in U21 in Charlestown we had to put Kevin Mcloughlin back on him to quieten him. We don t have as good a man marker in the fb line as Mcl. Feeney should do ok with Kilbride and taking size into consideration you would expect Cunniffe on Shine but I suspect Higgins will pick up Shine and be in his face. That would leave Devaney v Cunniffe. While Tom has pace he can play fast and loose and Devaney runs into great positions. It s a worry.

It would be unforgivable if we lost this game on freetaking. Everybody knows that we cannot score our own but equally concerning we give them away - literally - without a thought. A few conceded to Galway in first half ( and kicked by Bane) were so lazy and unnecessary it was maddening. There we were dominating the game and Galway stay in it with frees from one attack to our 3/4. Crazy stuff.

Not to mention Cathal Cregg Moy who is very highly rated. Our defence will have its work cut out in keeping Kilbride, Shine, Devaney and Cregg quiet. A lot will depend on the day.

I wouldnt be as worried about the frees as thats something that should have been worked on and worked on since the Galway game. It could have been down to confidence since the London game that things went so bad but hopefully we will see an improvement the next day.

[Rossfan]

Mayowestros 4 -15 rest of Ros 0-5 .
Mwr to beat Wexford in Qtr  final by 12 or 13 points and.................................................. will meet Kerry in all Ireland Semi Final  and no further comment necessary. 

1996 repeated I guess with all your winkyfaces.

Not even I would dare to remind ye of 1996 the year of the absolute double fcuk up ye made against Meath. 
It's one thing slaggin ye about 04 and 06 but 96 .... now there's a step too far