Roscommon v Tyrone AI Round 2 Qualifier

[Pharoch Phantom]

Am I hearing that Dr Hyde Park might not be available on Saturday due to the weather and the Connacht final which is fixed for the following day?  Is there a plan B?

Omagh

We'll get back to you after a week-long consultation with the Connacht Council. Then a careful study of the capacity of possible grounds. Then maybe a decision, but we'll get some good expenses out of it at least.

What's the craic with other venues in Roscommon?

[From the Bunker]

Am I hearing that Dr Hyde Park might not be available on Saturday due to the weather and the Connacht final which is fixed for the following day?  Is there a plan B?

Omagh

McHale Park, Castlebar 

[Syferus]

Am I hearing that Dr Hyde Park might not be available on Saturday due to the weather and the Connacht final which is fixed for the following day?  Is there a plan B?

Omagh

McHale Park, Castlebar 

Ah, the famous Mayo4Debt plan, much more successful than the Mayo4Sam one. 

[moysider]

Am I hearing that Dr Hyde Park might not be available on Saturday due to the weather and the Connacht final which is fixed for the following day?  Is there a plan B?

Omagh

McHale Park, Castlebar 

Ah, the famous Mayo4Debt plan, much more successful than the Mayo4Sam one. 

Tee, Hee, Hee. If this constant rain continues they may well need a Plan B. Fields are already showing condition you d expect in September than early July and not much better weather expected. I d expect Markievicz Park most likely option if Kiltoom can t take the masses Thankfully McHale Park not a runner for this one.

[ONeill]

Roscommon should be thrown out.

[moysider]

Roscommon should be thrown out.

Should never be let in. A mongrel county in a province that it is ill-suited too. It doesn t have a proper beach, mountain or island. There are people on here that want to revamp the  championship. Create a new province I say. Make all those middle- earth midland counties piss each other off. A nice group of Ros, Westmeath, Longfor, and Laois and Offaly for good measure. Kildare probable could do with being in there as well and there is a case for Cavan and Monaghan to be included as well. The proper counties in the provinces would be well rid of them.

Longford though are probably too classy now to be included in that lot

[Rossfan]

Am I hearing that Dr Hyde Park might not be available on Saturday due to the weather and the Connacht final which is fixed for the following day?  Is there a plan B?

No and No.

Despite reports elsewhere we can confirm that there are currently no plans to move Saturdays Roscommon v Tyrone game from Dr. Hyde Park. As usual, for all the latest (and official) Roscommon GAA news stay tuned to this page, check out our website www.gaaroscommon.ie or follow us on twitter.com/gaaroscommon

[Syferus]

FROM THE TYRONE TIMES

The key to success for Tyrone at Dr.Hyde Park next Saturday is to play with the same swagger they demonstrated so effectively in the Athletic Grounds last month, suggests a man with a respected pedigree as a player, manager and analyst at the top level of the sport, writes Kevin Hughes.


Brian Canavan, who witnessed at first hand how the Connacht team bounced back from their provincial horror show to stun Orchard county supporters with a shock win over an Armagh team which had looked to have done enough in Hyde Park last weekend, give a very firm thumbs-up to the Red Hands.

The former Armagh player, who jointly managed the Orchard county team along with Brian McAlinden and led them to an Ulster title, doesn't believe it would be in Tyrone's interest to adopt the same tactics as against Donegal last time out - and he's convinced that it won't happen because the semi-final performance was a one-off horses-for-courses necessity.

"Tyrone will win in Hyde Park, I don't have much doubt about that. I don't know whether Roscommon were very good or Armagh were pretty poor or it was somewhere in between, but I don't believe it matters much. Tyrone are a much more accomplished team," said the man from Poyntzpass.

"In the first half Armagh were five points clear and apparently coasting. Indeed, they probably should have been nine or ten points up at halftime. On reflection, perhaps a bit of complacency had crept into their play.

"But Roscommon came out with all guns blazing and stuck the ball in the net within twenty seconds of the throw-in and it was then obviously a completely new ball-game. And Armagh couldn't get back into their rhythm and paid a big price.

"Roscommon have one very good forward, Sean Kilbride is his name. He looks an exceptionally good player and is a bit of a playmaker as well as a scoretaker. I believe he could be a threat next Saturday.

"I would say the other main man to worry about up front would be Donie Shine, who can do damage if he's not closely watched.

"Playing at home is unqestionably an advantage for the Connacht team but the big difference between this game and the Armagh match, apart from the fact that Tyrone are stronger and better opposition, is that they are now exposed.

"The element of surprise is not a factor but, as well as that, the home support will now be expecting a win, or at least a huge performance, against Tyrone and that puts additional pressure on the players and management.

"But, if Tyrone go back to the style of football they played in the Athletic Grounds and play as well as they did that day, I can only see one result.

"The one little reservation I have is that they are not as sharp up front as I imagine they'd like to be, with Stephen O'Neill and Owen Mulligan in particular not up to their usual high standards," added Canavan.

The way some Armagh luminaries have reacted to getting beat off the field has been anything but classy, but I'm glad that the lads up north are all the rage about the 60-something Sean Kilbride playing, they'll get a hell of a shock when Senan pulls on the 13 jersey. 

How anyone watched that game and didn't think to mention Cathal Cregg is totally beyond me. More motivation for Saturday, if it was even needed.

[Rossfan]

The way some Armagh luminaries have reacted to getting beat off the field

Steady on buck - the score was 1-11 to 1-9.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

The way some Armagh luminaries have reacted to getting beat off the field

Steady on buck - the score was 1-11 to 1-9.

Ah sure we only narrowly scraped past you last year, dar leis! 

[Captain Obvious]

Even if Tyrone play bad on Saturday they will still score 14-17 points which will be more than Roscommon will score.

[Syferus]

The way some Armagh luminaries have reacted to getting beat off the field

Steady on buck - the score was 1-11 to 1-9.

Which would have been about seven points more had we even approached good shooting. It ranks one of the most lop-sided second-halves I've seen in terms of midfield, procession and passes in a long time. They were beat off the field, at times literally, in the second half. Obviously the first half was Armagh's but few could argue their loss wasn't more comprehensive than the scoreline would suggest.

A 2 point win can be more comprehensive than it appears in print, just as an 11 point win can be alot less comprehensive than it first looks.

[ONeill]

Was it Gormley Donie Shine tortured in the first half last year?

[Captain Obvious]

Was it Gormley Donie Shine tortured in the first half last year?

Think it was Joe McMahon and he couldn't handle Diarmuid Connolly in the quarter final either.

[rrhf]

b]"Tyrone will win in Hyde Park, I don't have much doubt about that. I don't know whether Roscommon were very good or Armagh were pretty poor or it was somewhere in between, but I don't believe it matters much. Tyrone are a much more accomplished team[/b]," said the man from Poyntzpass.

"In the first half Armagh were five points clear and apparently coasting. Indeed, they probably should have been nine or ten points up at halftime. On reflection, perhaps a bit of complacency had crept into their play.

"But Roscommon came out with all guns blazing and stuck the ball in the net within twenty seconds of the throw-in and it was then obviously a completely new ball-game. And Armagh couldn't get back into their rhythm and paid a big price.

"Roscommon have one very good forward, Sean Kilbride is his name. He looks an exceptionally good player and is a bit of a playmaker as well as a scoretaker. I believe he could be a threat next Saturday.

"I would say the other main man to worry about up front would be Donie Shine, who can do damage if he's not closely watched.

"Playing at home is unqestionably an advantage for the Connacht team but the big difference between this game and the Armagh match, apart from the fact that Tyrone are stronger and better opposition, is that they are now exposed.

"The element of surprise is not a factor but, as well as that, the home support will now be expecting a win, or at least a huge performance, against Tyrone and that puts additional pressure on the players and management.

"But, if Tyrone go back to the style of football they played in the Athletic Grounds and play as well as they did that day, I can only see one result.

Thanks tony