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Mayo GAA Discussion Thread

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  • #8602
    seligehgit
    Registered Users Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    Anybody else getting that championship buzz now that we know that we have Galway waiting in the long grass as long anticipated and a trip to Salthill??:)


  • #8603
    eastmayo
    Registered Users Posts: 684 ✭✭✭eastmayo


    seligehgit wrote: »
    Anybody else getting that championship buzz now that we know that we have Galway waiting in the long grass as long anticipated and a trip to Salthill??:)

    Yes can't wait but is c o Connor likely to miss the game In salthill,hearing different reports


  • #8604
    seligehgit
    Registered Users Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    eastmayo wrote: »
    Yes can't wait but is c o Connor likely to miss the game In salthill,hearing different reports

    Checked with my source who had previously advised me he'd be back in 3 weeks at the time of talking.I had to call same individual on it!:pac:

    Stated it is now very unlikely he'll be back for it,gone very quiet/hush hush.Injury appears to be quite bad,sounding ominous.:(


  • #8605
    boosabum
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭boosabum


    Cillian has had two shoulder injuries and a bad knee injury. He's still a pretty young guy so should have good healing power. Unfortuantely, rumours abound that these injuries have affected him in the sense that he is now fearful of getting injuried again and is playing within himself, unable to go 100%. It may come to pass but the mental side may be an issue considering this is an articulate smart young man who definitely sees beyond the 4 lines of a playing field


  • #8606
    Panrich
    Registered Users Posts: 3,842 ✭✭✭Panrich


    The mood music is not good at the minute for whatever reason. Rumours seem to be persistent and negative and the injury news does not seem to be improving. I'd be worried that the changes in the backroom teams like medical etc. have not been for the better.


  • #8607
    boosabum
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭boosabum


    And Moffat as physico ?


  • #8608
    seligehgit
    Registered Users Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    I believe Cillian lined out for Ballintubber today against Ballinrobe and even got a black card for his troubles! Good news obviously, anybody at the the game?


  • #8609
    boosabum
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭boosabum


    He came on as a sub in that game, lasted 20 minutes ithink before been black carded. Ballintubber won the game fairly handily


  • #8610
    Rawhead
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭Rawhead


    Came on and scored 2 points before the black card. Conor Loftus continues his upward trajectory. Galway the dark horses and the Rossies for Connacht, Mayo a busted flush.


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  • #8611
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    Rawhead wrote: »
    Came on and scored 2 points before the black card. Conor Loftus continues his upward trajectory. Galway the dark horses and the Rossies for Connacht, Mayo a busted flush.

    :D


  • #8612
    davegrohl48
    Registered Users Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭davegrohl48


    In some ways it is lucky we have had a big break as most of our tall and physically strong attacking players have had niggly injuries. I think one advantage we could have looking towards the other teams is the amount of height we can tog out. You can't manufacture height in the gym as they say.
    - AOS/Freeman/Kirby/Cillian/Conor Loftus
    - SOS/Tom Parsons/Barry Moran
    That's eight attacking players comfortably six foot or more. A long time since I'v seen a Mayo panel with that being available. Donegal create a lot of problems for other teams by creating these mismatches. Bar the two McHughs they are all tall in the front eight.


  • #8613
    WallyGUFC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭WallyGUFC


    Rawhead wrote: »
    Came on and scored 2 points before the black card. Conor Loftus continues his upward trajectory. Galway the dark horses and the Rossies for Connacht, Mayo a busted flush.
    Rubbish. Mayo are still comfortably the best team in the province and while ourselves and Roscommon are looking like being on an upward curve, Mayo have 4 good years of conditioning behind them. Obviously the fact that we're at home against ye gives some hope but the games against NY and Leitrim were absolute Mickey Mouse contests. Yeer still heavy favourites in most people's eyes I'd say.


  • #8614
    MayoAreMagic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,946 ✭✭✭MayoAreMagic


    WallyGUFC wrote: »
    Rubbish. Mayo are still comfortably the best team in the province and while ourselves and Roscommon are looking like being on an upward curve, Mayo have 4 good years of conditioning behind them. Obviously the fact that we're at home against ye gives some hope but the games against NY and Leitrim were absolute Mickey Mouse contests. Yeer still heavy favourites in most people's eyes I'd say.

    Ha, you have to smile at the Galway contingent talking us up at every turn. Their players were at it, now the fans are at it too. It isn't a surprise if you see it coming a mile away lads. How is that blanket defence coming along by the way? We fully expect to have a lot of frees in our own half in this game too. Ye aren't fooling us.


  • #8615
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭blinding


    MayoAreMagic wrote: »
    Ha, you have to smile at the Galway contingent talking us up at every turn. Their players were at it, now the fans are at it too. It isn't a surprise if you see it coming a mile away lads. How is that blanket defence coming along by the way? We fully expect to have a lot of frees in our own half in this game too. Ye aren't fooling us.
    Even if we know something is coming we still have to deal with it. Its tough to keep winning these type of games. They might get enough things right on the day and we may have an off day.

    Galway still gets the blood up though so I hope for a good competitive game with Mayo emerging as winners:)


  • #8616
    MayoAreMagic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,946 ✭✭✭MayoAreMagic


    I never claimed we wouldn't have to deal with it. My point was we aren't buying this 'talk mayo up' spiel.


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  • #8617
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭blinding


    MayoAreMagic wrote: »
    I never claimed we wouldn't have to deal with it. My point was we aren't buying this 'talk mayo up' spiel.
    Fair enough.


  • #8618
    WallyGUFC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭WallyGUFC


    MayoAreMagic wrote: »
    Ha, you have to smile at the Galway contingent talking us up at every turn. Their players were at it, now the fans are at it too. It isn't a surprise if you see it coming a mile away lads. How is that blanket defence coming along by the way? We fully expect to have a lot of frees in our own half in this game too. Ye aren't fooling us.
    Another nonsense post. We finished mid table in Division 2. If ye had scored 1 more point against Donegal ye were in the Division 1 semifinals. Yeer basically still the 4th best team in the country while we're probably somewhere between 10th and 13th best. Obviously I'd be hopeful of pulling off a shock at home but ye've coasted the last 4 Connacht's and still have a far better squad than anything else in Connacht. I fully expect our half back line to be totally found out.


  • #8619
    MayoAreMagic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,946 ✭✭✭MayoAreMagic


    WallyGUFC wrote: »
    Another nonsense post :
    We finished mid table in Division 2. If ye had scored 1 more point against Donegal ye were in the Division 1 semifinals. Yeer basically still the 4th best team in the country while we're probably somewhere between 10th and 13th best. Obviously I'd be hopeful of pulling off a shock at home but ye've coasted the last 4 Connacht's and still have a far better squad than anything else in Connacht. I fully expect our half back line to be totally found out.


    Fixed that for you...


  • #8620
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,784 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    MayoAreMagic wrote: »
    Fixed that for you...

    What exactly did you fix?


  • #8621
    Defiler Of The Coffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    What exactly did you fix?

    He adjusted the punctuation to imply that the entire post was nonsense.


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  • #8622
    WallyGUFC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭WallyGUFC


    Sad when it comes to that 2 and a half weeks out from the match. Guess I'll wait for a match thread.


  • #8623
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭blinding


    This thread is crying out for Mayo to have a match.

    The GAA need to get their act together. Its ridiculous that some teams have to wait so long to get going !


  • #8624
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    blinding wrote: »
    This thread is crying out for Mayo to have a match.

    The GAA need to get their act together. Its ridiculous that some teams have to wait so long to get going !

    Just the way it is. You get into the league after a few games and then it just stops.

    You get excited with the Championship and after a couple of months ( hopefully ) it stops for for about six months.

    Give us 40 games a year dammit.


  • #8625
    seligehgit
    Registered Users Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    ColeTrain wrote: »
    Just the way it is. You get into the league after a few games and then it just stops.

    You get excited with the Championship and after a couple of months ( hopefully ) it stops for for about six months.

    Give us 40 games a year dammit.

    Definitely need to have many more games,nothing sets the pulses racing as much.Having said that I am not sure the heart could deal with 40 games a year as a fully paid up Mayo supporter given the range of emotions we tend to experience!:)

    Here's hoping it ends on a high note on September 20th!:D Eternal Optimists club membership renewed.


  • #8626
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭blinding


    ColeTrain wrote: »
    Just the way it is. You get into the league after a few games and then it just stops.

    You get excited with the Championship and after a couple of months ( hopefully ) it stops for for about six months.

    Give us 40 games a year dammit.
    It is just too stop start but how can we get a more constant flow with some break of two/three months just to whet our appetite for when it starts again:)


  • #8627
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    blinding wrote: »
    It is just too stop start but how can we get a more constant flow with some break of two/three months just to whet our appetite for when it starts again:)

    It is definitely too 'stop start'.

    It has been said before but combining the League and Championship would be a good idea and let it run for six months.


  • #8628
    HighKing33
    Closed Accounts Posts: 155 ✭✭HighKing33


    ColeTrain wrote: »
    It is definitely too 'stop start'.

    It has been said before but combining the League and Championship would be a good idea and let it run for six months.

    Absolutely, and with a fixed calendar so many of the fixture headaches dogging clubs would be eliminated. It makes no sense to train so intensely for a summer competition that could be over in a couple of games, meanwhile the years best ties have been played off in wintry conditions in front of small crowds.

    Really, if they go down this road then I think it will be the making of the GAA as a serious sports organisation.


  • #8629
    Audioslaven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭Audioslaven


    I know he has his critics but when I read this, it made me admire him more and what he gave us over the last four years:


    If James Horan returns to inter-county management in the future, it won’t be with anyone other than Mayo.

    The new Newstalk pundit was strongly linked to the Donegal post after stepping down as Mayo manager last autumn, but he insisted yesterday that he has no ambitions to manage outside his native county.

    "I probably see myself (getting back into management) at some stage. I had four great years with Mayo, very enjoyable years but sometimes you just need to recharge and go and do a few different things, learn and get new experiences," he told the Irish Independent.

    "And then depending on how things go you never know what's in the future.

    "I couldn't see (myself managing someone else) at the moment. I'm happy painting the house and that. I just couldn't see it, no.

    "It's not something I've considered or would consider."


  • #8630
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,419 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    Audioslaven wrote: »
    I know he has his critics but when I read this, it made me admire him more and what he gave us over the last four years:


    If James Horan returns to inter-county management in the future, it won’t be with anyone other than Mayo.

    The new Newstalk pundit was strongly linked to the Donegal post after stepping down as Mayo manager last autumn, but he insisted yesterday that he has no ambitions to manage outside his native county.

    "I probably see myself (getting back into management) at some stage. I had four great years with Mayo, very enjoyable years but sometimes you just need to recharge and go and do a few different things, learn and get new experiences," he told the Irish Independent.

    "And then depending on how things go you never know what's in the future.

    "I couldn't see (myself managing someone else) at the moment. I'm happy painting the house and that. I just couldn't see it, no.

    "It's not something I've considered or would consider."


    Well he certainly brought Mayo forward in huge way.
    And he is still young
    He was dead right to go when he did and he word be a very good man to have back in the future.


  • #8631
    Audioslaven
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,403 ✭✭✭Audioslaven


    Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »
    Well he certainly brought Mayo forward in huge way.
    And he is still young
    He was dead right to go when he did and he word be a very good man to have back in the future.

    Ya agree 100%, I would welcome him back no problem and I love this attitude that there is only one love for him and that is the Green & Red. You just can't beat that.


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  • #8632
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,784 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    I honestly can't see us playing September football until he does come back...


  • #8633
    km79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,255 ✭✭✭✭km79


    Shane Walsh out for galway after breaking hand in that tragic car accident outside tuam


  • #8634
    Defiler Of The Coffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    Terrible news. Puts it all in perspective. Condolences to the deceased's family and all the best to Shane Walsh who must have suffered some shock


  • #8635
    seligehgit
    Registered Users Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    I did'nt hear anything about the accident,just had a look on MWR news.:( RIP that poor man.Without doubt the last thing on Shane Walsh's mind is an inconsequential championship match when looks at the wider scheme of things.

    Hopefully he'll see some championship action later in the year after his hand makes a normal recovery.Condolences again.


  • #8636
    cocoman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,105 ✭✭✭cocoman


    Condolences to the family of the man that passed away. RIP. Hope everyone else recovers ok.


  • #8637
    blinding
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,466 ✭✭✭blinding


    Condolences to the bereaved family and I hope everyone recovers well.

    Sport takes a back seat when this kind of thing happens.


  • #8638
    MaroonAndGreen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭MaroonAndGreen


    Outrage on the comments under the Irish Independent's article about the accident as it focuses on Shane Walsh's injuries and doesn't mention the deceased as much. In the Independent's defence, he is a sports star in the country and its news that people would be interested in, of course its going to focus on Shane Walsh when he is well known, that's the nature of the world and I dont believe they should be criticised for it.


  • #8639
    seligehgit
    Registered Users Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    Speaking of which there was mention in the Mayo Advertiser of a challenge game against Cork last weekend,anybody got the low-down?


  • #8640
    MaroonAndGreen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭MaroonAndGreen


    All the bookies have also shortened Mayo's odds from 4/7 to either 1/2 or 4/9.


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  • #8641
    km79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,255 ✭✭✭✭km79


    MaroonAndGreen wrote: »
    Outrage on the comments under the Irish Independent's article about the accident as it focuses on Shane Walsh's injuries and doesn't mention the deceased as much. In the Independent's defence, he is a sports star in the country and its news that people would be interested in, of course its going to focus on Shane Walsh when he is well known, that's the nature of the world and I dont believe they should be criticised for it.

    people like to act high and mighty on those comments sections !
    very sad loss of life in real terms
    in Mayo football terms a big boost
    just seen the odds you posted above !


  • #8642
    Oldtree
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,104 ✭✭✭Oldtree


    looks like no pre-booked stand seat tickets for the galway match for season ticket holders :mad:

    noticed stand tickets were on general online sale a few weeks back.


  • #8643
    yop
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Oldtree wrote: »
    looks like no pre-booked stand seat tickets for the galway match for season ticket holders :mad:

    noticed stand tickets were on general online sale a few weeks back.

    So we will have to get a seat where ever there is one available? Thats horseSh8te in fairness. They had allocated seating the last time we were there.


  • #8644
    boosabum
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭boosabum


    Simple solution, get there as early is possible. The seating allocation last time wasn't great with the Chairde Mayo tickets, general sale tickets were much closer to the half way line.


  • #8645
    naughto
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,354 ✭✭✭naughto


    With the hurling on before hand as well u would want to be there early


  • #8646
    boosabum
    Registered Users Posts: 472 ✭✭boosabum


    is the hurling a definite ?
    have to do like the germans and leave a towel on the seat when walking the prom :)


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  • #8647
    irishgeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,529 ✭✭✭irishgeo


    any stand tickets in supervalu/centra?

    any good parking spots around pearse stadium.


  • #8648
    MaroonAndGreen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,249 ✭✭✭MaroonAndGreen


    Very excited for Sunday, the closer it gets to the game, the more confident i'm getting


  • #8649
    km79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,255 ✭✭✭✭km79


    MaroonAndGreen wrote: »
    Very excited for Sunday, the closer it gets to the game, the more confident i'm getting

    as a shrule man listening to the Mayo news podcast I'm very excited ! great stories


  • #8650
    seligehgit
    Registered Users Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    km79 wrote: »
    as a shrule man listening to the Mayo news podcast I'm very excited ! great stories

    Any link for same km79?:-)


  • #8651
    Blackjack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,620 ✭✭✭Blackjack


    seligehgit wrote: »
    Any link for same km79?:-)

    http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=22124:audio-football-podcast-2015-2-connacht-semi-final-preview&catid=87:sport-football-podcast&Itemid=100166


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