Davy Burke conceded defeat in Roscommon's bid for promotion to Division One after their disappointing loss to Cavan last weekend.
The Kildare man gave up on their ambition of finishing in the top two, admitting 'we've no business being in the league final after that type of stuff (the performance against Cavan)."
"I’d say that’s our league campaign over. We’ll go to Westmeath next week to fill the numbers,' he said.
Despite the deflating nature of the 0-22 to 0-20 loss to Cavan, Roscommon retain a big chance of securing promotion, however.
If a Down side in dire need of a victory defeat a Monaghan team who are as good as certain of promotion, then the door opens for the Rossies.
Providing they beat Westmeath in TEG Cusack Park, then Roscommon (+19) are in pole position to reach the league final because of their score difference advantage over Meath (+10) and Cavan (-4).
If Meath lost to Louth and Cavan lost to Cork, then Roscommon would be through regardless of whether they beat Westmeath.
It wouldn't take a miracle for them to qualify and Mayo legend Lee Keegan was deeply unimpressed with what he described as 'baffling' management by Burke.
The 2016 footballer of the year says it's not the type of message he'd like to hear ahead of the final round of fixtures in the league.
"Perhaps we can put it down to disgust with the performance and a desire to send a message to his players that the performance wasn't acceptable."
"Though, as a player, I'm not sure it's the type of message I'd like to hear towards the end of a league where promotion is still a major possibility," wrote the Westport man in his RTÉ column.
Keegan also said that if Galway are to succeed this year, then they will need 'the best version of Shane Walsh' towards the business end of the season.
He described Walsh's performance against Dublin as 'abject' and says the forward is 'capable of throwing in a stinker, sometimes when Galway are in their moment of greatest need.'
Keegan feels he needs to develop a killer mentality like Con O'Callaghan and David Clifford, though he worries if it's too late for Walsh to be transforming into a different player, given that he is 31 years of age.
