Expect Rossies to rise to the challenge

LET’S say it as it is.

What would a Mayo win tomorrow say for Connacht football if James Horan was able to claim this title with a team that is still in an embryonic state, one that has stuttered for most of the season and that will field half a dozen players playing their first decider? Not much, basically.

With Galway football in such a state of disrepair and Sligo still reeling from their loss in this same fixture 12 months ago, Roscommon’s ambitions should stretch far beyond this weekend and towards what is an attainable era of rare dominance out west.