“I’m not sure Dublin like other teams controlling the play,” he said. “I think Kildare gave everyone a little template here a few weeks ago on how to frustrate them a little bit. I thought we might be able to take that on a little bit and we did for a while. We’re just disappointed we didn’t see it out.”
To their credit, his side attacked the day. They doggedly went about their business, taking an early lead through back-to-back points from midfielder Ciarán Lennon and building from there. Though Dublin had the benefit of a strong breeze in the opening half, they lacked the sort of vim and thrust to make best use of it.
And so Roscommon took full advantage. The Murtagh brothers were exceptional, splitting the posts from play and frees. Enda Smith whipped one over on the run 20 minutes in to push them 0-5 to 0-2 clear and when Diarmuid Murtagh pushed the gap out to four son after, Dublin had gone 18 minutes without a score
“We definitely struggled in the first half,"said Farrell afterwards. “At this level a black card is always going to be a difficult proposition, particularly when you play a team like Roscommon who are a possession-based team. They like to control the tempo of the game. They get a lot of bodies back and look to hit you on the counter-attack. It can be very frustrating. We were a little bit more front-foot, a little bit more aggressive in the second half.
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