Connacht senior football final Galway v Roscommon July 10th

[joemamas]

Q on Diarmuid Murtagh.

I have to say I always thought that he had the potential to be one of the Rossies better forwards.
Was he the one who came on as a sub V Mayo a few years ago and scored a few points. Has he been injured or has he just not progressed to senior level. Maybe I am mixing him up with someone else.

[Mclf]

On the Ros team how many 06 minors & St Brigids players ?

One Brigids, Niall Mc. Two 06 minors, Fintan Cregg and Dev. Neither of whom were on the panel last year.

Is that all? I thought there would be more

Keenan also, was captain of the 06 minors.

In what year?
David Flynn was captain of minors in 2006

Also there are four members of 2006 minor panel starting, Not surprised Sfy hasn't a clue but O'malley  was on 06 panel and Keenan started.

Darren was the back-up keeper. You'd want to be a bit more respectful, to say the least.

Yeah he was back up keeper a poster asked how many of the 06 minors playing and there are four(O'Malley,Keenan,Devanney and Cregg) not two like you taught. Don't answer stuff about Roscommon football when you haven't a clue

Spot on Oliver but when Mayo is his first county it's hard to keep up to speed with what is going on with other counties.

[Rossfan]

Syfín and Oliver could do with shutting down for a few days.
Maybe GAA board could have a moratorium like the media have to for elections?

Diarmuid has had a lot of injuries. Like Ultan Harney not helped by year round football on a plethora of teams for the last 5 years.

[seafoid]

13 pages is pathetic but it reflects the lack of needle between Ros and Galway. Galway just don't care about Ros.

Ros v Mayo can go up to 100 pages
http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=12254.370;wap2

[Maroon Manc]

Only the one championship match between the two in the last 7 years is odd considering the size of the province whilst Galway and Mayo have met 5 times during that period.

[cornetto]

From the roscommon people newspaper
"I am not convinced that this is a super Galway team and they caught Mayo on a very bad day in the semi-final. They have good players all over their team, but I have a doubt about their defence, and, on the basis that Roscommon are capable of putting up a big score, I am going for a narrow win for the Rossies"
It's a fair point,if the ross forwards can get ball,I think galway could be in trouble.

[Rossfan]

And if Galway forwards get ball we'll be in bother as defending is not our strong point to say the least.

[Rudi]

From the roscommon people newspaper
"I am not convinced that this is a super Galway team and they caught Mayo on a very bad day in the semi-final. They have good players all over their team, but I have a doubt about their defence, and, on the basis that Roscommon are capable of putting up a big score, I am going for a narrow win for the Rossies"
It's a fair point,if the ross forwards can get ball,I think galway could be in trouble.

I agree, they caught Mayo cold. If they were any good they would be in division 1. Problem is nobody knows what Roscommon can do. Put up 4.25 down in Cork or scrape past NY.

[weareros]

Q on Diarmuid Murtagh.

I have to say I always thought that he had the potential to be one of the Rossies better forwards.
Was he the one who came on as a sub V Mayo a few years ago and scored a few points. Has he been injured or has he just not progressed to senior level. Maybe I am mixing him up with someone else.

Our best forward but recovering from injury. Was still U21 this year and came on in league against Mayo and scored 1-1 in a few minutes. As I said, more than any other forward from play that day. Right call by management not to risk him. He's been overplayed and played while injured in the past.

[Rudi]

13 pages is pathetic but it reflects the lack of needle between Ros and Galway. Galway just don't care about Ros.

Ros v Mayo can go up to 100 pages
http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=12254.370;wap2
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Galway don't care about anything unless their winning, look at their fancy dan hurlers ffs. Oysters and hoors is all you will get in Galway

[GalwayBayBoy]

Needless to say whatever team can impose their style of play on the game will put themselves in a good position to win the game. Whenever I've seen Roscommon recently they very much look like a running team when they are at their best. With players making runs from deep, runs off the shoulder and trying to punch holes in the opposition defence to create overlaps. Galway will certainly play it short out of defence and into midfield but they still try and kick ball into the forwards more often than not. Listening to Liam McHale on the radio there the last night it certainly sounded like they planned on keeping it tight at the back during the opening 15/20 minutes of the game. They seem very wary of the threat of Damien Comer as he's scored something like 3 goals in the past 2 games against Roscommon and generally been a nuisance to them at the back. I'd certainly expect they will maybe try and drop someone in front of him to try and negate him. At least to start off the game.

And of course the weather may have an affect on the game as well. Looks like it's going to be wet and windy on Sunday so unfortunately it may not be the best spectacle. And when the ground is 500 odd yards away from the Atlantic ocean, windy usually means very windy.

[Rossfan]

Both teams will feel ,with justification that they can win.
However that windy good of a place can feck up the best laid plans and could turn what might have been a feast of attractive Connacht adventurous football into a tight pukey game.
Either way it's anyone's game a D all to play for.

[seafoid]

3 teams on a similar level is good for the province

[Farrandeelin]

Feel free to list the Roscommon subs someone?

I'm right in thinking once the 26 is named it can't be changed? Although the 26 names released are not necessarily the same 26 names that are sent to HQ.

Geoffrey Claffey, Cian Connolly, Donie Shine, Donie Smith, Fergal Lennon, James McDermott, Niall Carty, Niall Kilroy, Senan Kilbride, Thomas Corcoran, Ultan Harney.

Not sure what the official rule is but I can confirm this is the 26 that will tog Sunday.

Is Ultan Harney injured, or recovering? He'd start on any team if he was fully fit I'd imagine. Or has his form dropped? Which can happen young players.

[Rossfan]

Injuries and over use for 5 years.