Cagey Roscommon leave rivals trailing in economics field

ROSCOMMON have dispelled the theory that expensive outside bosses are required for success after it emerged at the weekend the county — who won the Connacht senior and U-21 titles — spent less than €17,000 on managers in 2010.

Indeed, the remarkably low cost of the expenses of all their county managers — just €16,435 for the year — represents a drop of over 30% of what was spent in 2009.

Senior manager Fergal O’Donnell delivered Roscommon’s first Connacht SFC in almost a decade, while U21 boss Jimmy Gacquin saw his side captured the county’s first provincial crown in that grade since 1999.