Mayo GAA Discussion Thread

ColeTrain · 25-04-2012 5:23pm

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

Guys.

I'm a bit worried about Andy Moran. Judging by the pic in this article he mustn't have worn any sun-cream in Portugal at all.

He looks dog rough. That's what all the booze and sun can do to a man.

Syferus · 25-04-2012 5:31pm

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

Guys.

I'm a bit worried about Andy Moran. Judging by the pic in this article he mustn't have worn any sun-cream in Portugal at all.

Us Rossies just tan a little differently, it comes out after a good bath.

padd b1975 · 25-04-2012 8:30pm

Syferus wrote: »

Us Rossies just tan a little differently, it comes out after a good bath.

I think its fair to say ye do more than tanning a little differently.;-)

naughto · 25-04-2012 8:39pm

if ye did as much tanning as training ye would not be a

:D:Dbad team

blinding · 25-04-2012 9:54pm

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

Guys.

I'm a bit worried about Andy Moran. Judging by the pic in this article he mustn't have worn any sun-cream in Portugal at all.

Thats what the pressure of being Mayo captain for the championship can do for ya (look at the picture)

mayo.mick · 27-04-2012 12:18pm

Mayo team just named,

1. David Clarke - Ballina Stephenites
2. Kevin Keane - Westport
3. Ger Cafferkey - Ballina Stephenites
... 4. Keith Higgins - Ballyhaunis
5. Lee Keegan - Westport
6. Donal Vaughan - Ballinrobe
7. Colm Boyle - Davitts
8. Barry Moran - Castlebar Mitchels
9. Jason Gibbons - Ballintubber
10. Kevin McLoughlin - Knockmore
11. Andy Moran - Ballaghaderreen (Capt.)
12. Alan Dillon - Ballintubber
13. Conor Mortimer - Parnells
14. Cillian O'Connor - Ballintubber
15. Michael Conroy - Davitts

16. Robert Hennelly - Breaffy
17. Michael Walsh - Ardnaree
18. Shane McHale - Knockmore
19. Peadar Gardiner - Crossmolina
20. Richie Feeney - Castlebar Mitchels
21. Danny Geraghty - Ballintubber
22. Seamus O'Shea - Breaffy
23. Patrick Harte - Ballina Stephenites
24. Alan Freeman - Aghamore
25. Enda Varley - Garrymore
26. Jason Doherty - Burrishoole

keane2097 · 27-04-2012 12:27pm

Midfield will be under all sorts of pressure.

blowitupref · 27-04-2012 5:36pm

Apart from AOS whom will be back for the championship that's a near full strength Mayo line up. In Clarke,Cafferkey,Higgins,Vaughan,Mortimer,Dillion & the Moran's that's plenty of mileage,experience for a so called young guns team.

patrickn · 28-04-2012 12:17pm

Looking through the subs list what position does Michael Walsh play in.

Cosmo Kramer · 29-04-2012 12:21am

patrickn wrote: »

Looking through the subs list what position does Michael Walsh play in.

Corner back.

ColeTrain · 29-04-2012 12:45am

Let me the first to put this out there..

C'Mon Mayo

patrickn · 29-04-2012 12:09pm

Great to have two big competitive matches at HQ in preparation for championship. Good luck Mayo.

cgpg5 · 29-04-2012 12:20pm

patrickn wrote: »

Looking through the subs list what position does Michael Walsh play in.

Was corner back on under 21 this year

patrickn · 29-04-2012 12:32pm

A long while since an Ardnaree man appeared on a Mayo Senior Panel. Good luck to him.

Seans_Username · 29-04-2012 12:48pm

Have to get a bus back to Dublin today at 4 with no radio whatsoever and unless there's wi-fi on the bus I'll miss the whole game, devastated!

I'd hate to just hear the result if they do manage to beat cork.
really hope they win it today, myself and my dad have been through enough heartache when it comes to mayo and finals!

Syferus · 29-04-2012 2:30pm

Seans_Username wrote: »

Have to get a bus back to Dublin today at 4 with no radio whatsoever and unless there's wi-fi on the bus I'll miss the whole game, devastated!

I'd hate to just hear the result if they do manage to beat cork.
really hope they win it today, myself and my dad have been through enough heartache when it comes to mayo and finals!

Why didn't you just go back a few hours earlier and go to the game itself, then?

Seans_Username · 29-04-2012 2:50pm

Syferus wrote: »

Why didn't you just go back a few hours earlier and go to the game itself, then?

I've an exam tomorrow morning, also the bus times are ****e so there's no chance of me going to the game... there's lots of other reasons that are irrelevant to this thread and i dont want to go off topic so let's just leave it at that...

so yeah i'm fairly sickened i cant see the game

supersean1999 · 29-04-2012 4:09pm

damn foreign commentary , tv muted radio on

ShamoBuc · 29-04-2012 4:12pm

supersean1999 wrote: »

damn foreign commentary , tv muted radio on

caesar · 29-04-2012 4:21pm

I posted this in the other thread but if people dont see it I thought Id put it here. Mayo v Cork being streamed here: http://tykestv.eu/channel1.php#schedule

supersean1999 · 29-04-2012 4:43pm

mayo playing decent stuff so far ,

Stinicker · 29-04-2012 4:52pm

supersean1999 wrote: »

mayo playing decent stuff so far ,

The keeper is well dodgy

padd b1975 · 29-04-2012 5:12pm

Att. 22,827.
Poor enough, very poor Cork turnout.

DDC1990 · 29-04-2012 5:19pm

I'd hope Horan knows what he is doing.

Barry Moran has offered very little over the last 2 games, and Gibbons has been brilliant.

To take Gibbons off seems a bit odd.

ShamoBuc · 29-04-2012 5:23pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

Att. 22,827.
Poor enough, very poor Cork turnout.

There was never going to be a big Cork crowd travel for this match.

I reckon there will be a far larger crowd travel for the hurling final next week.
Mayo fans can have a week off for that;)

ShamoBuc · 29-04-2012 5:55pm

Having won 4 league titles in a row ( 1 div 2 then 3 div 1) that Cork team have an abundance of experience and I think they used it well today, particularly in the second half and that was the difference.
Mayo needed to be more than 4 up at ht. The conditions didn't really help either team I think. I fully expect to see Mayo back in Croker though and be very competitve aswell.

padd b1975 · 29-04-2012 6:49pm

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Having won 4 league titles in a row ( 1 div 2 then 3 div 1) that Cork team have an abundance of experience and I think they used it well today, particularly in the second half and that was the difference.
Mayo needed to be more than 4 up at ht. The conditions didn't really help either team I think. I fully expect to see Mayo back in Croker though and be very competitve aswell.

No real complaints from Mayo, Cork serious contenders this year.
Would their at times poor kicking be a concern down there?

Stinicker · 29-04-2012 7:09pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

No real complaints from Mayo, Cork serious contenders this year.
Would their at times poor kicking be a concern down there?

Contenders yes, but still far off the mark.

TomKat · 29-04-2012 7:19pm

The Mayo fans were brilliant today. Cork had no one. Tyrone had a few down too and of course the other crowd out the road were well represented!

Feel sorry for those who have travelled up so many times over the years returning with very little, takes a lot coming from a Tribesman! Surely a lot of it has to be mental. They played well first half then capitulated...

teednab-el · 29-04-2012 7:30pm

TomKat wrote: »

The Mayo fans were brilliant today. Cork had no one. Tyrone had a few down too and of course the other crowd out the road were well represented!

Feel sorry for those who have travelled up so many times over the years returning with very little, takes a lot coming from a Tribesman! Surely a lot of it has to be mental. They played well first half then capitulated...

In fairness they were playing one of the best teams in the country. It's debatable too saying that Kerry are the team to beat. Since 2010, Kerry have no major silverware bar munster medals. Cork have 3 leagues won and an all Ireland in 2010 so for now Cork are the team to beat but saying that Kerry would beat Cork if we met in the championship for sure, must be a physiological thing or something.

padd b1975 · 29-04-2012 7:47pm

teednab-el wrote: »

In fairness they were playing one of the best teams in the country. It's debatable too saying that Kerry are the team to beat. Since 2010, Kerry have no major silverware bar munster medals. Cork have 3 leagues won and an all Ireland in 2010 so for now Cork are the team to beat but saying that Kerry would beat Cork if we met in the championship for sure, must be a physiological thing or something.

I would not be so sure.
Having played Cork and Kerry twice recently, I would have to say Cork are in much better shape right now.

TomKat · 29-04-2012 7:50pm

teednab-el wrote: »

In fairness they were playing one of the best teams in the country. It's debatable too saying that Kerry are the team to beat. Since 2010, Kerry have no major silverware bar munster medals. Cork have 3 leagues won and an all Ireland in 2010 so for now Cork are the team to beat but saying that Kerry would beat Cork if we met in the championship for sure, must be a physiological thing or something.

Never mentioned Kerry... I mean a mental thing for Mayo...

TomKat · 29-04-2012 7:52pm

padd b1975 wrote: »

I would not be so sure.
Having played Cork and Kerry twice recently, I would have to say Cork are in much better shape right now.

I agree 100% but Kerry won't be far off come Championship time. Feel its certainly between the two of them. Still can't get over Dublin and the ref winning last year...

padd b1975 · 29-04-2012 7:59pm

TomKat wrote: »

I agree 100% but Kerry won't be far off come Championship time. Feel its certainly between the two of them. Still can't get over Dublin and the ref winning last year...

Munster Championship match is going to be huge for Kerry, would they have the hunger for the "chicken and chips" circuit?

Stinicker · 29-04-2012 8:20pm

teednab-el wrote: »

In fairness they were playing one of the best teams in the country. It's debatable too saying that Kerry are the team to beat. Since 2010, Kerry have no major silverware bar munster medals. Cork have 3 leagues won and an all Ireland in 2010 so for now Cork are the team to beat but saying that Kerry would beat Cork if we met in the championship for sure, must be a physiological thing or something.

Cork haven't beaten Kerry in 3 years in Championship football and have not knocked Kerry out of the Championship in 13 years. Kerry are the team to beat with 7 All-Ireland final appearances in 8 years and 4 AI titles in the same time. Kerry lost last years All-Ireland by one point thanks to some hard luck. I will however give Cork this they are a far superior team to Dublin and will beat anything put in front of them with the exception of Kerry.

TomKat · 29-04-2012 8:24pm

Stinicker wrote: »

Cork haven't beaten Kerry in 3 years in Championship football and have not knocked Kerry out of the Championship in 13 years. Kerry are the team to beat with 7 All-Ireland final appearances in 8 years and 4 AI titles in the same time. Kerry lost last years All-Ireland by one point thanks to some hard luck. I will however give Cork this they are a far superior team to Dublin and will beat anything put in front of them with the exception of Kerry.

Marry me!

teednab-el · 29-04-2012 8:59pm

Stinicker wrote: »

teednab-el wrote: »

In fairness they were playing one of the best teams in the country. It's debatable too saying that Kerry are the team to beat. Since 2010, Kerry have no major silverware bar munster medals. Cork have 3 leagues won and an all Ireland in 2010 so for now Cork are the team to beat but saying that Kerry would beat Cork if we met in the championship for sure, must be a physiological thing or something.

Cork haven't beaten Kerry in 3 years in Championship football and have not knocked Kerry out of the Championship in 13 years. Kerry are the team to beat with 7 All-Ireland final appearances in 8 years and 4 AI titles in the same time. Kerry lost last years All-Ireland by one point thanks to some hard luck. I will however give Cork this they are a far superior team to Dublin and will beat anything put in front of them with the exception of Kerry.

Every team has a bogey team. For Cork its Kerry. For Kerry its Tyrone or Down. That doesn't hide the fact that Cork have more won this decade than Kerry so far.

Fowler87 · 29-04-2012 11:34pm

Good effort yet lacklustre at times by Mayo today against a very good Cork team. Alot of improvements especially in midfield and attack to be made but its better to realise that now..

DDC1990 · 29-04-2012 11:51pm

Mayo were nearly there.
Im afraid Horan made a mistake in taking Gibbons off instead of Moran.
Don't think it lost the game for them, but it certainly didn't help.
Cork's experience over the last 4 years certainly stood to them, as well as a superior Subs bench.

Mayo were unlucky in not getting a free when Keegan burst through and was fouled by Pierce O'Neill (who was also on a yellow card). Cork wen't straight down and put the ball in the net, which effectivly ended the game.

Cork were the better team and deserved it, but Mayo certainly didn't lose any respect out there. They are still a little short in all areas of the field, and need to figure out their best Full Forward line. They need to get Cillian O'Connor into the game, as he is one of the most talented young footballers in the game. Michael Shields shut him down today in the second half, after he was productive in the first.

A Semi Final spot is a strong possiblility again for this Mayo team, maybe more. Horan is a very good manager, and has some great players to work with.
O'Connor, McLoughlin, Boyle, Cafferkey, Vaughan, Moran, Dillon, Keegan.
Lovely footballers. Fit, Pacey, Strong and hungry.

My advice is to cancel any holidays for August. A couple of big days in Croker beckon.

Blackjack · 30-04-2012 12:00am

DDC1990 wrote: »

Mayo were nearly there.
Im afraid Horan made a mistake in taking Gibbons off instead of Moran.
Don't think it lost the game for them, but it certainly didn't help.
Cork's experience over the last 4 years certainly stood to them, as well as a superior Subs bench.

Mayo were unlucky in not getting a free when Keegan burst through and was fouled by Pierce O'Neill (who was also on a yellow card). Cork wen't straight down and put the ball in the net, which effectivly ended the game.

Cork were the better team and deserved it, but Mayo certainly didn't lose any respect out there. They are still a little short in all areas of the field, and need to figure out their best Full Forward line. They need to get Cillian O'Connor into the game, as he is one of the most talented young footballers in the game. Michael Shields shut him down today in the second half, after he was productive in the first.

A Semi Final spot is a strong possiblility again for this Mayo team, maybe more. Horan is a very good manager, and has some great players to work with.
O'Connor, McLoughlin, Boyle, Cafferkey, Vaughan, Moran, Dillon, Keegan.
Lovely footballers. Fit, Pacey, Strong and hungry.

My advice is to cancel any holidays for August. A couple of big days in Croker beckon.

Agree with the above. Cork deserved the win, were the better team overall, but lots for Mayo to draw from and learn from today. Conditions for both teams atrocious so that did have an impact and probably took a lot away from what could have been a more entertaining game.

km79 · 30-04-2012 12:01am

Rte's and Joe Brolly's analysis of the game was a disrgrace. Ya would swear Cork strolled to victory from the first whistle. No mention of the foul on Keegan leading up to Cork goal. And Mayo gamesmanship ? I don't think there was enough of it from us to be honest ! Cork were very cute all day. Too cute for us and too cute for the man in black . I had assumed they might have highlighted Noel O Leary shaking Donie Vaughan by the shoulders while he was lying on the ground with a head injury but I was wrong. Anyway rant over

TomKat · 30-04-2012 12:16am

DDC1990 wrote: »

Mayo were nearly there.
Im afraid Horan made a mistake in taking Gibbons off instead of Moran.
Don't think it lost the game for them, but it certainly didn't help.
Cork's experience over the last 4 years certainly stood to them, as well as a superior Subs bench.

Mayo were unlucky in not getting a free when Keegan burst through and was fouled by Pierce O'Neill (who was also on a yellow card). Cork wen't straight down and put the ball in the net, which effectivly ended the game.

Cork were the better team and deserved it, but Mayo certainly didn't lose any respect out there. They are still a little short in all areas of the field, and need to figure out their best Full Forward line. They need to get Cillian O'Connor into the game, as he is one of the most talented young footballers in the game. Michael Shields shut him down today in the second half, after he was productive in the first.

A Semi Final spot is a strong possiblility again for this Mayo team, maybe more. Horan is a very good manager, and has some great players to work with.
O'Connor, McLoughlin, Boyle, Cafferkey, Vaughan, Moran, Dillon, Keegan.
Lovely footballers. Fit, Pacey, Strong and hungry.

My advice is to cancel any holidays for August. A couple of big days in Croker beckon.

I think you're getting a little carried away there bud.... You'll piss Connacht but after that depends who ye meet

DDC1990 · 30-04-2012 12:55am

TomKat wrote: »

I think you're getting a little carried away there bud.... You'll piss Connacht but after that depends who ye meet

Seeing as Im a Kerryman I doubt "we'll piss connacht" :P

Im looking at this from a neutral standpoint. A lot for Mayo to be hopeful for.

Mayo can beat any team on their day, they showed that against Kerry a fortnight ago, and against the Dubs in Castlebar.

Is it a certainty that they will get to the Semis? No.
Is it a strong possibility if they get their act together, combined with a bit of luck? Of course it is.

Not getting carried away. Just have great admiration for this Mayo side and James Horan.

TomKat · 30-04-2012 1:12am

DDC1990 wrote: »

Seeing as Im a Kerryman I doubt "we'll piss connacht" :P

Im looking at this from a neutral standpoint. A lot for Mayo to be hopeful for.

Mayo can beat any team on their day, they showed that against Kerry a fortnight ago, and against the Dubs in Castlebar.

Is it a certainty that they will get to the Semis? No.
Is it a strong possibility if they get their act together, combined with a bit of luck? Of course it is.

Not getting carried away. Just have great admiration for this Mayo side and James Horan.

Need to sort out their mental issues. Predicted a rubbish day for Alan Dillon before the game. Him and certain other players have bottled it time and time again on the big stage. I wish them well however but I think hyping them up will do more harm than good. Being from Galway I may change my tune on that last point though...

Syferus · 30-04-2012 2:17am

The knives will be out in Connacht for Mayo, save Leitrim up-ending them the other three will be fancying Mayo in the final, and all three will have realistic ambitions of beating them. Mayo should have a good, long summer but if anyone thinks they'll win Connacht easy doesn't know very much about the other teams in the province.

GBXI · 30-04-2012 9:56am

@TomKat I have to pull you up on the Dillon comment there. Well done on your prediction on Dillon, as he did have a pretty poor day. My reason for that would be that he was a forward on a team that were losing MF so he was always up against it, no Mayo forward played well by the way. Also, the guy always seems to struggle in wet weather for some reason or another.

But what are you on about re bottling?? When did he "bottle" it even once on the big stage? He has been one of Mayo's best players on the big and small stage over the last 10 years, that's not even up for debate.

TomKat · 30-04-2012 10:01am

GBXI wrote: »

@TomKat I have to pull you up on the Dillon comment there. Well done on your prediction on Dillon, as he did have a pretty poor day. My reason for that would be that he was a forward on a team that were losing MF so he was always up against it, no Mayo forward played well by the way. Also, the guy always seems to struggle in wet weather for some reason or another.

But what are you on about re bottling?? When did he "bottle" it even once on the big stage? He has been one of Mayo's best players on the big and small stage over the last 10 years, that's not even up for debate.

He's a wonderful footballer, but for me lacks consistency

Defiler Of The Coffin · 30-04-2012 12:12pm

TomKat wrote: »

He's a wonderful footballer, but for me lacks consistency

I think you're being unfair on Dillon, he didn't 'bottle' it any more than the rest of the team. His performances are generally above average, it's rare he has a bad game.

Very disappointing day yesterday, the second half was drab from a Mayo point of view. Given how we performed against Kerry I thought we would get by without Aidan O'Shea but this wasn't the case at all, it was obvious midfield needed surgery from the first 10 minutes onwards, Barry Moran had an off-day and should have been brought off far sooner than he was.

Looks like Mayo can compete at the top-level but we haven't seen anything yet that suggests they can go the full way. Hard questions were asked at the beginning of the 2nd half and they weren't answered at all.

theoneeyedman · 30-04-2012 3:20pm

Syferus wrote: »

The knives will be out in Connacht for Mayo, save Leitrim up-ending them the other three will be fancying Mayo in the final, and all three will have realistic ambitions of beating them. Mayo should have a good, long summer but if anyone thinks they'll win Connacht easy doesn't know very much about the other teams in the province.

Leitrim are very weak this year.....the word on the ground is that they are fearful enough going to Ruislip but even getting over that they simply will not compete with Mayo in a Conn semi IMO. The winner of a Ros/galway semi will test Mayo i'd say, but win or lose connacht they will be a good bet for a semi final place come august depending on the draw.

re:yesterday's game, i think they struggled physically v a Cork team that played mr deegan very well. He allowed late/early hits and a lot of head high/shoulder high tackling which appeared to wear down mayo, which suprised me a little tbh. it was clear to me as a neutral that vaughan in particular was singled out for a lot of special treatment both on and off the ball, and as often happens high profile players like Canty/o'Niell et al were carrying their get out of jail free cards for all to see and good uld maurice hadn't the testicular fortitude to stand up to them. however, Mayo's insistance in carrying the ball into the tackle through the whole gme certainly didn't help. The difference in being where thay are now (prob top 6 IMO) to being AI winners will be to either adapt to change their style mid game in games like yesterday or else to dictate their exsting style on teams like Cork Kerry Dublin etc. They hadn't the power to outmuscle cork yesterday, and the inability to adapt midstream will have to be learned to get to the next level.

Paracore · 30-04-2012 6:24pm

Will Mayo be sending any of their divers over to compete in the Olympics in London? Pretty embarrassing stuff from their players yesterday tbh

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