NFL Division 3 2014

[Itchy]

Cavan should win by a few if those are the starting teams but rumour is Keating won't start for us. Nice to see big leddy and Conroy get a run. Conroy was brilliant for last years u21s. Leddy was a bit slow in pre season but maybe his fitness might be back up by now.

Ross4life- what difference does it make to two teams if bookies accept bets on them?

[Syferus]

Well one 0 is gone - Senan Kilbride has scored the first goal against Cavan in this year's league.

Ros 1-03 Cavan 0-04 after 15 minutes.

[Syferus]

Ros 1-03 Cavan 0-08 HT.

Ian K sent off after accidental striking the head of a Cavan player who was trying to obstruct a free, Cavan had been preventing him from playing quick frees all game with little protection from the referee.

That might be all she wrote for the game as a competition but I guess we'll see.

[Syferus]

Ros 1-08 Cavan 0-14 FT.

Satisfied enough that with poor free-taking (missed penalty among them), down to 14 men for the second half and so many changes that we were still in the game at the end. We would have collapsed in other years in this sort of situation. Total shadow-boxing and neither side can draw too much from the game. See ye in Croker.

[Westside]

Dogged stuff in the second half. Roscommon surprisingly playing very defensively. Poor night for Shine on the frees. Kilbride with a deserved red for swinging back the elbow into the Cavan player's face. Cavan were comfortable in the second half after the penalty miss and took the foot off the gas, Rossies controlled the last ten minutes. Two interceptions by Mickey Lyng were important going into the last few minutes. Keating was poor enough but bottled up well. Was really impressed by Martin Dunne who won some ball he had no right to win and made the most of limited possession. Workmanlike from Cavan but the Rossies didn't look to interested although Evans looked close to a coronary on the sideline at one stage.

Hopefully we will see better fare in Croker. 

[Itchy]

Best team win. Red card deserved even if syphillis tries to defend it. Well done to Roscommon for scoring a goal against us.

[Syferus]

Dogged stuff in the second half. Roscommon surprisingly playing very defensively. Poor night for Shine on the frees. Kilbride with a deserved red for swinging back the elbow into the Cavan player's face. Cavan were comfortable in the second half after the penalty miss and took the foot off the gas, Rossies controlled the last ten minutes. Two interceptions by Mickey Lyng were important going into the last few minutes. Keating was poor enough but bottled up well. Was really impressed by Martin Dunne who won some ball he had no right to win and made the most of limited possession. Workmanlike from Cavan but the Rossies didn't look to interested although Evans looked close to a coronary on the sideline at one stage.

Hopefully we will see better fare in Croker.

He always does.

No way we couldn't be very defensive after being reduced to 14. Wouldn't expect much different next month, maybe both teams will be more clinical but it could easily be another dour struggle.

Best team win. Red card deserved even if syphillis tries to defend it. Well done to Roscommon for scoring a goal against us.

You spelt my name wrong.

Ian deserved the red but the Cavan player deserved at least a yellow if not a black card for cynically trying to impede the free-taker. Too many times referees tick the person who responds and not the person who initiates.

[ross4life]

Error ridden display from us. Cavan's average score going into this game was 14 points per game so they kept that going tonight. Shame we had to play all of 2nd half with with 14 men but Ian Kilbride can have little complaints. We missed at least six scorable frees Senan in front of the posts around 20 yards out the worst miss. Would have been interesting finish if Donie Shine didn't miss that penalty but the best side on the night won.

I'm expecting no classic in Croker however if we sort out free taking we might have a decent chance to win it.

[Westside]

Roscommon had a wall of defence set up from the start and not just when they went down to 14.

Keating kicked some poor wides from Cavan, thought Conroy struggled a bit with the physicality. Both teams missing key players and I suppose it will depend on how the U21s for either team get on before we'll see if they'll have a full hand to pick from for the League Final. Nice to have a great chance of finishing the league unbeaten.

[Syferus]

Roscommon had a wall of defence set up from the start and not just when they went down to 14.

Keating kicked some poor wides from Cavan, thought Conroy struggled a bit with the physicality. Both teams missing key players and I suppose it will depend on how the U21s for either team get on before we'll see if they'll have a full hand to pick from for the League Final. Nice to have a great chance of finishing the league unbeaten.

We'll be picking our U21s regardless.

[Westside]

Even if it's the week before an All Ireland Final?

[Syferus]

Even if it's the week before an All Ireland Final?

You don't seem to be aware of how we use our U21s, Westside. It wouldn't surprise me.

[Westside]

Even if it's the week before an All Ireland Final?

You don't seem to be aware of how we use our U21s, Westside. It wouldn't surprise me.

I was aware that they were used before the first game of the U21 Championship but that was when promotion was still uncertain and was presumably the county's number 1 priority. Winning the League Final would be nice but in reality it means very little given that Roscommon are promoted regardless, I can't see Roscommon risking U21 players if they got that far in the U21 Championship.

[Rossfan]

No nor me either as our next 2 games are in effect sructured challenges. Winning a D3 cupeen might be nice but who really gives a toss as the only important thing for us and Cavan was escaping upwards from that Division.
We sent out our "B" squad and to make sure we wouldn't win we had Shine and Kilbride missing frees galore and Donie skying a penalty over the bar   We still had problems from 2-9 and the absence of Enda,Cathal and Diarmuid from the forwards division brought home their value to the team.
If we were really mad about winning that game they'd have seen action at some stage - Cathal came on in the last few minutes alright.
Cavan are a well organised outfit who attack like a rugby league team, hit the corners regularly and get back to defend in numbers. We continue to struggle against those 3 tactics.

[Blowitupref]

FT Sligo 0-15 Longford 2-8,Offaly 1-12 1-13 Limerick,  Fermanagh 1-16 Wexford 0-6 latest.

Wexford v Longford next weekend and i think the loser will go down. A draw would also good enough for Longford to stay up.