The Roscommon manager Davy Burke was speaking to the media yesterday and said the following quote by balls.ieÂ
Tullamore, Parnell Park, I’m sure both sides would have been happy to play it anywhere, we wouldn’t have minded.
This isn’t a day out for us. We stayed in Castleknock Hotel last night, it probably cost us half an arm and a leg.
This isn’t a day out for us, we’re not the culchies coming up the road, you know that kind of way? We’re here to win football games, we’ll play it anywhere.
Coming out here, why is this place open today, like? It doesn’t need to be open today. It could have been packed into Tullamore, packed into Parnell, packed in anywhere, you know that kind of way? There would have been a better atmosphere.
We want to be here for quarter-finals, semi-finals, we don’t want to be here for dead rubbers or whatever these are, you know that kind of way?
It’s a fair point from the 36 year old Roscommon manager, the GAA really have to think twice about where they place some of these fixtures ..