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Tyrone
4-24
–
2-12
Roscommon
By Paul Keane
The lights went out during Kevin McStay's post-game press conference on Saturday at Croke Park, forcing Roscommon's manager to perform his tasks in near-darkness. 19659006] As a metaphor for what will follow his path and that of Roscommon this winter, it is about the point where a major shift is underway and all concerned will grope in the dark for a while . the second time in less than a year, the Roscommon manager acknowledged that their attractive and offensive style was outdated and had to be replaced
"Unfortunately, it's the world we live in, I do not I am not judged "I am judged by the results," said McStay.
He said that they only beat Armagh to make the Super 8 as Kieran McGeeney said in the same way: "Okay, let's go play here, "but noted that" the majority of the teams will not engage more "on these terms.
Tyrone played at They punished Roscommon on the break tirelessly, scoring points from all angles, with 13 different scorers
He leaves Tyrone ready to play Dublin at Omagh on Saturday night, the most anticipated match of the year.Toway, although the Roscommon race may already be conducted with intimidating links against Donegal and Dublin to come.
According to McStay, the situation in its entirety The, with Division 1 football leading in 2019, provides a system that will prevent sorts of humiliating defeats.
"It's a debate we will have to have at the beginning of the winter," McStay said. "Because that's our way of playing, but it's easy to play against. [Defensive football] is a type of football that I'm not sure that Roscommon's fans would look at, if we changed dramatically of style and whether we were starting to look at a Galway model, or something like that.
I do not know if our supporters would like it, or if our players would like this type of game. It's a discussion that we will have to because we have two years to try to develop ourselves, trying to get out of the lower division in division 1, and try to get a title en route, what we have luckily done, but Now, moving to the next level, this level of elite, it will take major strategic decisions in terms of style and personnel, etc., etc.
"This is what what is a day like this, you have to stop and say, "This is not good enough, we do not e are not able to compete with a Tyrone ". In a few weeks we will be back at Croke Park for the ultimate kingpins (Dublin), so it's pretty discouraging.
Roscommon lived with Tyrone for about 20 minutes, trailing 1-4 to 0-6 at this point, and briefly rallied at the start of the second half, bringing back the arrears to four points. they were annihilated by being confronted with the reality of championship football.
"There were game patches that were so hard to look at, there were three or four minute spells where life was just sucked from the party (by Tyrone), hand pbading and returning, "says McStay
" This is not a style I particularly like, but one must also be realistic. I have to give my teams the best chance of winning the matches. We were lucky last weekend that Armagh said: "Okay, let's go play here." and we both had a chance. But the majority of teams will not commit to it. "
In what is a warning in Dublin before Saturday's game at Omagh, McStay said the red hands have mastered the general defense strategy – the fastest team to reconfigure, very, very fast We would have thought all week: "We're going to move the ball quickly and we'll get through before they get reset." With guys like Compton and Smith, we thought we'd have a lot of primary possession and we would have a reasonable amount but Jaysus, their half-attackers are back like bullets, and they can continue to do so because of their conditioning.We found it very hard.You look up and see you 10 guys in front of you and you're a half-fronted solo the ball, you're going to pull the hand brake enough when you see that amount of jerseys in front of you. "
McStay has conceded that his players' basic efforts # 3 9 were not good enough, saying that they did not fit Tyrone's willingness to do "donkey work".
He said that there was also a huge gap in the physical fitness of teams. "They are at the elite level and we are not," he said. "There are four or five strong riders coming in all the time – Harte, Donnelly, those guys who are going from the front, Colm Cavanagh at times, they are strong, strong runners." It's just a level at which we are not yet, but we hope to get there.Then the natural athleticism of some of their players, Tyrone has a lot compared to us.Once you are behind Tyrone, it is a hard to reach. "
Scorers for Tyrone: R. Donnelly (1-4); P. Harte (1-3, 1 pen, 3 free); N. Sludden (1-2); C. Meyler (1-1); C. McAliskey (0-4, 3 free); C. McShane and M. Bradley (0-2 each); T. McCann, C. Meyler, M. McKernan, R. McNamee, D. McClure, M. Donnelly and R. Brennan (0-1 each).
Scorers for Roscommon: C. Murtagh (1-3, 2 releases); D. Murtagh (0-5, 3 toll-free); E. Smith (1-0); F. Cregg, C. Devaney, P. Kelly, and C. Daly (0-1 each)
TYRONE: N. Morgan; Mr. McKernan, R. McNamee, C. McCarron; T. McCann, M. Donnelly (c), F. Burns; C. Cavanagh, P. Hampsey; P. Harte, N. Sludden, C. Meyler; C. McShane, R. Donnelly, C. McAliskey.
Subs .: H.P. McGeary for McCarron (19); K. McGeary for Meyler (50); D. McClure for Cavanagh (51); Bradley for McAliskey (55); R. Brennan 0-1 for McKernan (58); R. O'Neill for Sludden (59).
ROSCOMMON: C. Lavin; D. Murray, N. McInerney, N. Daly; J. McManus, C. Devaney (c), Fintan Cregg; T. O. Rourke, E. Smith; C. Murtagh, C. Compton, N. Kilroy; D. Murtagh, C. Cregg, D. Smith.
Subs .: B. Stack for C. Cregg and Finbarr Cregg for D. Smith (h / t); G. Patterson for Daly (46); C. Daly for Fintan Cregg (53); S. Killoran for C Murtagh (62); P. Kelly for E. Smith (65).
Ref: D. Gough (Meath).
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