Mayo GAA Discussion Part 2

kala85

yop wrote: »

Agree, it was a sly move by Irish Life to glean some free advertising via the various media outlets and the reaction to it is probably what they hoped for.
There are a few Sam McGuires doing the rounds, so they will have one of those.

So breath in easy and see behind the free marketing ploy!

Maybe Philly McMahon has this in mind if Dublin lose

http://www.hirethesam.com/

Kalyke

kilns wrote: »

It is in a general context, as there have been many post reflecting this

But this is Mayo forum, not point clogging it up with Dublin stuff

No....Only Connolly stuff:rolleyes:

Kalyke

An excellent piece. Very, very balanced. http://www.mayonews.ie/sports/28658-keegan-and-connolly-a-battle-for-the-ages

naughto

yop wrote: »

Agree, but you put a keyboard in front of a chimp they'd eventually type words.
The level of hatred on social media is embarrassing, driven by the like of Hill16 and some idiot of a Mayo Gaa "Fan" page. As long as the idiots are too pissed to even get to the game then we should be fine.

At end of the day no one is dying and we all have to get up for work next Monday.

**PS Stone is still a Scu*bag! When we meeting for that pint

Mayo4Sam

Work next Monday not a chance withthe homecoming with Sam Sunday night there will be pints galore to be drank

Squatman

kilns wrote: »

I know I should not respond but I will. He goes beyond the rule book and everyone agree he gets away with it and fair play to him for it and its up to the referee to manage that. He has never outplayed Connolly however, the whole point of what Clarke was saying is that he is a very good footballer but contributes nothing on that side of things when Connolly is on the pitch. Connolly incessant fouling of Keegan? if thats the case you would have to apply the same rule to Keegan no?

#Eh no, Statistics show, that keegan has outscored Connolly in all 5 previous games combined. Terms like dominated, and b1tchwhipped should be used more to describe this....

eastmayo

What have dublin and England fans got in common....they will both be saying goodbye to big sam this week.ha.

superbluedub

no harm in dreaming mate

Dyr

Sure wasn't leeroy blaggarding Sean Cavanagh the entire quarter final.

The Talking Bread

Bambi wrote: »

Sure wasn't leeroy blaggarding Sean Cavanagh the entire quarter final.

and didn't he do a fine bloody job!! 9 touches for SC the whole game before he got so frustrated he got sent off!

kilns

Peist2007 wrote: »

kilns wrote: »

Yes I have played alot of football and you should read what I said, they both get dragged down to a certain level but who instigates it, the less talented of the two as the other will have a bigger impact on the game and that is fair game if they can get away with it

Are you honestly saying Keegan is a better footballer than Connolly? If both were let play football in normal circumstances we both know who would have a bigger influence on the game.

Nobody is rattled, it is the media getting bored now with the build up until the teams are annoubnced and trying to create stories. I dont think I have heard from either camp, so you have to think everything which has been in the media with a pinch of salt

But why do you assume that Keegan is the sole instigator? Connolly seems to be giving as good as he gets. In fact, Connolly is the common denominator here. Unless you can point me to Keegan in other games doing the same to other players then i think you may need to start looking closer to home.

Keegan has cleaned Connolly out 4 games in a row now. Keegan will go down as one of Mayo's greatest ever players. "If both were let play in normal circumstances" is a real cop out and a childish argument.

You dont get it do you. I know your biased opinion will never change and thats ok. I have always said that Connolly has the temperment that gets dragged into this kind of thing, Keegan knows that and therefore drags him down and distracts him from his game, when concentrating on his game he is without question the most talented footballer in Ireland and would have a huge influence on the match.

Good luck for Saturday and I hope you can be gracious in either victory or defeat

Menoetius

kilns wrote: »

I hope you can be gracious in either victory or defeat

I get the feeling this place will be best avoided next week whichever side wins :eek:

Kalyke

Menoetius wrote: »

I get the feeling this place will be best avoided next week whichever side wins :eek:

Next week.? Maybe this week too.

Menoetius

Kalyke wrote: »

Next week.? Maybe this week too.

Yep, time to hibernate till the league starts

Blud

kilns wrote: »

You dont get it do you. I know your biased opinion will never change and thats ok. I have always said that Connolly has the temperment that gets dragged into this kind of thing, Keegan knows that and therefore drags him down and distracts him from his game, when concentrating on his game he is without question the most talented footballer in Ireland and would have a huge influence on the match.

Good luck for Saturday and I hope you can be gracious in either victory or defeat

Connolly doesn't need to be 'dragged into' anything.

In that O'Byrne Cup game against Kildare, who dragged Dermo into sliding knee first into the Kildare lad's head? A Westmeath lad this year rubbed his hair - is that sufficient excuse for how Dermo reacted? Or was that Keegan's fault too? What about the sending off against Donegal a couple of years ago, that someone else's fault too?

Can you point me to any similar instances from Lee Keegan?

You keep blaming Keegan, and keep on ignoring the one major flaw in Dermo's game as if it's someone else's fault.

kilns

Blud wrote: »

kilns wrote: »

You dont get it do you. I know your biased opinion will never change and thats ok. I have always said that Connolly has the temperment that gets dragged into this kind of thing, Keegan knows that and therefore drags him down and distracts him from his game, when concentrating on his game he is without question the most talented footballer in Ireland and would have a huge influence on the match.

Good luck for Saturday and I hope you can be gracious in either victory or defeat

Connolly doesn't need to be 'dragged into' anything.

In that O'Byrne Cup game against Kildare, who dragged Dermo into sliding knee first into the Kildare lad's head? A Westmeath lad this year rubbed his hair - is that sufficient excuse for how Dermo reacted? Or was that Keegan's fault too? What about the sending off against Donegal a couple of years ago, that someone else's fault too?

Can you point me to any similar instances from Lee Keegan?

You keep blaming Keegan, and keep on ignoring the one major flaw in Dermo's game as if it's someone else's fault.

This is getting tiring, nobody denies Connollys bad streak

But ok because this is a Mayo forum, I will agree that Keegan goes out with no intent but only to play football and big bad Dermot wants to stop Lee playing his innocent brand of football

As i said I hope Saturday is a good clean game and may the best team win and the players get to show their football skills and not grappling skills

Peist2007

kilns wrote: »

You dont get it do you. I know your biased opinion will never change and thats ok. I have always said that Connolly has the temperment that gets dragged into this kind of thing, Keegan knows that and therefore drags him down and distracts him from his game, when concentrating on his game he is without question the most talented footballer in Ireland and would have a huge influence on the match.

Good luck for Saturday and I hope you can be gracious in either victory or defeat

Good ladeen. You'll be back in here Monday completely ignoring Connolly inevitably using his fists again. Trust me, i get it and you loud and clear. Go dry your eyes.

Looks like a dry cold day on Saturday

http://www.rte.ie/weather/

Peist2007

kilns wrote: »

Good luck for Saturday and I hope you can be gracious in either victory or defeat

All you have to do is look at my comments after the 2013 final on this site to get the answer to that. I wont be offering anything to one-eyed eejits such as yourself though

Peist2007

Blud wrote: »

Connolly doesn't need to be 'dragged into' anything.

In that O'Byrne Cup game against Kildare, who dragged Dermo into sliding knee first into the Kildare lad's head? A Westmeath lad this year rubbed his hair - is that sufficient excuse for how Dermo reacted? Or was that Keegan's fault too? What about the sending off against Donegal a couple of years ago, that someone else's fault too?

Can you point me to any similar instances from Lee Keegan?

You keep blaming Keegan, and keep on ignoring the one major flaw in Dermo's game as if it's someone else's fault.

None of it is Dermo's fault. We need to let Dermo play in a vacuum so he doesnt get vexed and performs to his absolute maximum. That also extends to excessive ruffling of Dermo's hair - he will simply not stand for any hair ruffling. If we could extend the vacuum to include wobbly Dean Rock's freetaking that would be most appreciated also.

Menoetius

There's two of them in it simple as that.

Mayo fans will defend their own, and us Dubs will do the same.

This whole Keegan v Connolly thing has been done to death at this stage, no matter how clever the insult, nobody will make a point about them that hasn't been made already.

kilns

Peist2007 wrote: »

kilns wrote: »

Good luck for Saturday and I hope you can be gracious in either victory or defeat

All you have to do is look at my comments after the 2013 final on this site to get the answer to that. I wont be offering anything to one-eyed eejits such as yourself though

Grow up

Peist2007

Menoetius wrote: »

There's two of them in it simple as that.

Mayo fans will defend their own, and us Dubs will do the same.

This whole Keegan v Connolly thing has been done to death at this stage, no matter how clever the insult, nobody will make a point about them that hasn't been made already.

No one in Mayo trying to influence the referee before the weekend though. To think of the cheek of Ciaran Whelan moaning about dirty play when his assault on the unwitting McGarrity in 2006 was one of the most cowardly hits i have ever seen on a pitch.

Peist2007

kilns wrote: »

Grow up

Talk seems to have left you since you were asked to point out examples of Keegan pulling and dragging against other teams. Wouldnt be hard to find a medley of Connolly using his fists against opposing players from other counties. Care to provide some examples as requested?

km79

Can we just leave the Connolly Keegan stuff now
It's beyond boring
2 yellows early on guaranteed
Are we expecting any changes for mayo ?

Menoetius

Peist2007 wrote: »

No one in Mayo trying to influence the referee before the weekend though. To think of the cheek of Ciaran Whelan moaning about dirty play when his assault on the unwitting McGarrity in 2006 was one of the most cowardly hits i have ever seen on a pitch.

One mans "opinion" is another mans "trying to influence the referee".

Deegan is a good ref and I'm sure he is above doing what the papers tell him to do either way.

As I said, there's two of them in it, there probably will be again on Saturday, you will blame Connolly and we will blame Keegan.

That won't change so let's move on

kilns

Peist2007 wrote: »

kilns wrote: »

Grow up

Talk seems to have left you since you were asked to point out examples of Keegan pulling and dragging against other teams. Wouldnt be hard to find a medley of Connolly using his fists against opposing players from other counties. Care to provide some examples as requested?

No, because there is no point responding to someone like you and your childish views

Peist2007

Menoetius wrote: »

One mans "opinion" is another mans "trying to influence the referee".

Deegan is a good ref and I'm sure he is above doing what the papers tell him to do either way.

As I said, there's two of them in it, there probably will be again on Saturday, you will blame Connolly and we will blame Keegan.

That won't change so let's move on

Agreed.

Peist2007

kilns wrote: »

No, because there is no point responding to someone like you and your childish views

Childish in asking you to back up your crap? Pick up the ball and go home if you like, the refuge of a man with no answers.

km79

Please make it stop
Mayo team
Any predicted changes ?

Fr Tod Umptious

So what are people’s thoughts on Mayo’s chances in the game itself?

The closer we get to it the more nervous I get.

Even though Mayo did not leave it behind as such on the day I still get the feeling that it may have been a missed chance.

Look at least year’s SF, I was confident going into that and Dublin just opened up on them in the end, the fear is that we will have the same again.

I think a lot of Dublin’s bad play was a result of Mayo’s good defending and intensity, but can Mayo reproduce that good defending and intensity.

Mayo only had one half of a goal chance in the first game, but Dublin produced at least 3 or 4 good ones and scored 2.

The flip side is that Dublin could be just not as good as people make them out to be, as I have said before they look more like the lethargic 2012 team that ones that came since. Donegal gave them a bit of a game but were never good enough to beat them, Kerry gave them more of a game but did not have the legs to beat them, then Mayo gave them a really tough game and forced them to play another.

Do Dublin have it in them for another tough game, winning 4 national titles in a row and 7 out of the last 8 is a huge task, maybe these guys just don’t have it in them to pull it off.

Dublin are not playing with the same flair as they once did, is it because they are tired or is it because they have been told not to.

I just hope that Mayo are as primed and as focused as they can be, that everyone knows their job and does it to the highest level they can, and that the side-line are ready for every scenario that Dublin may throw out
That’s all we can ask for I suppose