Davy Burke hailed the class of his finishers and the quality of his side’s defending on a glorious day foron their own turf at O’Neills Healy Park to book their ticket to Croke Park for next weekend’s All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals.
Speculation was sparked over the future of joint managers Brian Dooher and Feargal Logan after they left the ground without speaking to the media, but Roscommon boss Burke felt his side had not been given the recognition they deserved for the quality of their performances this season. “Once we kept the goals out we thought we’d always clip a score. In fairness to the boys up top they just kept tagging scores, whatever Tyrone did we always got one, and we felt that’d be enough.
“It’s Kerry, Donegal or Armagh are our three potential oppositions next weekend, and sure we’ll get nothing easy there.After Seanie O’Donnell shot the home side in front, they were held scoreless for 13 minutes as Roscommon reeled off five points on the spin, including two each from Donie Smith and Conor Cox.