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Mayo GAA Discussion Thread

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    #512
    seligehgit
    Registered Users Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    Croke Park does tend to bring the best out in Down teams.:(


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    #513
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users Posts: 15,009 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    seligehgit wrote: »
    Croke Park does tend to bring the best out in Down teams.:(


    Well if Mayo are going to improve and be a real All Ireland candidate in the next few years then they should be dispatching average teams like down when it comes to the quarter-finals.

    Wither Croke Park brings out the best in Down or not should not even be in the equation.


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    #514
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    I've done a little preview of the match here if anybody is interested:

    http://www.livegaelic.com/news/mayo-vs-down-all-ireland-preview/

    Criticisms/comments appreciated.


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    #515
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »
    Well if Mayo are going to improve and be a real All Ireland candidate in the next few years then they should be dispatching average teams like down when it comes to the quarter-finals.

    Wither Croke Park brings out the best in Down or not should not even be in the equation.

    I've news for you but mayo are a distinctly average side aswell, this is a tight game for both teams and I wouldn't be surprised to see down win by a couple of points here.


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    #516
    Defiler Of The Coffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    Jaysoose wrote: »
    I've news for you but mayo are a distinctly average side aswell, this is a tight game for both teams and I wouldn't be surprised to see down win by a couple of points here.

    Yes, an average team that are ranked in the top 5 :rolleyes:


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    #517
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »
    Yes, an average team that are ranked in the top 5 :rolleyes:




    http://www.gaainfo.com/rankings/index.php


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    #518
    Defiler Of The Coffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    Jaysoose wrote: »
    http://www.gaainfo.com/rankings/index.php

    http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=174452


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    #519
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    Mayo are probably the fifth best team around, but dear god that Hoganstand ranking is awful!


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    #520
    Jaysoose
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    Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »
    http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=174452

    Whatever you cook it the gulf between the top four and teams like mayo and down is large enough that it all boils down to which team performs on the day.

    Just hope its a good match.


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    #521
    Defiler Of The Coffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    keane2097 wrote: »
    Mayo are probably the fifth best team around, but dear god that Hoganstand ranking is awful!

    You couldn't call it definitive but it has its uses :D
    Jaysoose wrote: »
    Whatever you cook it the gulf between the top four and teams like mayo and down is large enough that it all boils down to which team performs on the day.

    Just hope its a good match.

    I wouldn't say the gulf is as large as you make it out to be. Mayo have beaten Dublin and Kerry this year and should have beaten Cork in the league (not in the final though). I wouldn't put Donegal ahead of us yet either. Mayo will not be an easy proposition for any team.

    Indeed let's hope for a good game!


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    #522
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »
    You couldn't call it definitive but it has its uses :D



    I wouldn't say the gulf is as large as you make it out to be. Mayo have beaten Dublin and Kerry this year and should have beaten Cork in the league (not in the final though). I wouldn't put Donegal ahead of us yet either. Mayo will not be an easy proposition for any team.

    Indeed let's hope for a good game!

    I admire your loyalty and optimism.


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    #523
    Defiler Of The Coffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    Jaysoose wrote: »
    I admire your loyalty and optimism.

    I'm not saying we're the best team around, far from it. However I don't think I'm being overly-optimistic when I say we are a decent outfit.

    Anyway we've proven the naysayers wrong before and we'll do it again. There's plenty of precedent for it.


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    #524
    SomethingElse
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    Jaysoose wrote: »
    http://www.gaainfo.com/rankings/index.php

    /waits for someone to walk him by the hand, through 2011, and into 2012


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    #525
    Jaysoose
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    Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »
    I'm not saying we're the best team around, far from it. However I don't think I'm being overly-optimistic when I say we are a decent outfit.

    Anyway we've proven the naysayers wrong before and we'll do it again. There's plenty of precedent for it.

    Fair points and mayo are definitely a decent unit, best of luck on saturday. I know what side im shouting for but at this stage its possibly the last winnable game for both mayo and down and i hope we get a good one.


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    #526
    Fr Tod Umptious
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    Jaysoose wrote: »
    I've news for you but mayo are a distinctly average side aswell, this is a tight game for both teams and I wouldn't be surprised to see down win by a couple of points here.

    You are mistaking my expectations for some sort of arrogance or cockyness

    Mayo are a youngish team with a young manager in his second year.
    They are rebuilding from the debacle of Longford 2010 and the fairly barren years between 2006 and 2011
    Their win over Cork last year was a surprise and may have been helped by a very depleted Cork squad, but winning Connaught was a good first year achievement.

    This year they won Connaught again and the natural progression would be to have another QF win and put up a good SF showing and better still win that.

    Now on the road to that progression lie Down, a team that will not win the All Ireland but at the same time are a team that one would expect to be in a QF.

    So if Mayo are to show me and others that they are on the up they have to beat Down, and no amount of intangibles like 'Down bring out their best in CP' should matter a hoot


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    #527
    Blackjack
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    Jaysoose wrote: »
    http://www.gaainfo.com/rankings/index.php

    Data from September 2010?. Anything more recent?.


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    #528
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Blackjack wrote: »
    Data from September 2010?. Anything more recent?.


    here you go jack :cool:

    http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=174452


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    #529
    Syferus
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    Jaysoose wrote: »
    here you go jack :cool:

    http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=174452

    You'd be best advised to stop digging the hole now.


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    #530
    Blackjack
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    Jaysoose wrote: »
    here you go jack :cool:

    http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=174452

    You didn't check that either then?


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    #531
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Syferus wrote: »
    You'd be best advised to stop digging the hole now.

    Calm down your dragging this up for no reason you did see this post below. Its been done and put to bed so you'd be best not bothering.


    "Fair points and mayo are definitely a decent unit, best of luck on saturday. I know what side im shouting for but at this stage its possibly the last winnable game for both mayo and down and i hope we get a good one."


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    #532
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Blackjack wrote: »
    You didn't check that either then?


    You did see what i done there didnt you?

    Best of luck tommorow.


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    #533
    Blackjack
    Registered Users Posts: 3,592 ✭✭✭Blackjack


    Jaysoose wrote: »
    You did see what i done there didnt you?

    Best of luck tommorow.

    Not sure I get what your point is in providing something from 2010 to try to make a point initially and then backtrack by bringing in some more recent ranking that contradict your original point, no.

    Best of luck also.


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    #534
    Jaysoose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,212 ✭✭✭Jaysoose


    Blackjack wrote: »
    Jaysoose wrote: »
    You did see what i done there didnt you?

    Best of luck tommorow.

    Not sure I get what your point is in providing something from 2010 to try to make a point initially and then backtrack by bringing in some more recent ranking that contradict your original point, no.

    Best of luck also.
    when did i backtrack?


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    #535
    Blackjack
    Registered Users Posts: 3,592 ✭✭✭Blackjack


    Jaysoose wrote: »
    when did i backtrack?

    First ranking
    Jaysoose wrote: »
    http://www.gaainfo.com/rankings/index.php

    Second ranking
    Jaysoose wrote: »
    here you go jack :cool:

    http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=174452


    What would you call that if it's not backtracking?


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    #536
    seligehgit
    Registered Users Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    See you all in Croker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D


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    #537
    keane2097
    Registered Users Posts: 17,770 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    Blackjack wrote: »
    First ranking


    Second ranking




    What would you call that if it's not backtracking?

    I've never seen backtracking defined as "providing additional, more up to date information that agrees less with your point" before.


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    #538
    Blackjack
    Registered Users Posts: 3,592 ✭✭✭Blackjack


    keane2097 wrote: »
    I've never seen backtracking defined as "providing additional, more up to date information that agrees less with your point" before.

    Nevermind....


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    #539
    [Deleted User]
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    Best team won today in the minor no doubt about it. Well done and best of luck in the rest of the championship :)


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    #540
    Syferus
    Registered Users Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭Syferus


    Great work by the Mayo minors, they looked a good team having a hard time finding scores in the Connacht final but boy did they find the scores today! Hopefully we'll join you in the semis tomorrow and continue Connacht's consistency at underage.


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    #541
    Jaysoose
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    Well done mayo, beat what was in front of them ..down were woeful from start to finish.


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