Mayo GAA Discussion Part 2

seligehgit

Mayo at home to Derry.

km79

Home To Derry

spurscormac

Meath v Sligo
Mayo v Derry
Laois v Clare
Donegal v Longford

km79

Best possible draw imo
Home against a team that will require focus

seligehgit

Dangerous opponents but if we're going to going to go anyhow this year as Father Tod oft mentions we should be too good for Derry.

naughto

O'Shea was playing for breaffy yesterday was playing midfield then moved in to full forward got cleaned there as well he is way over weight or the head is gone, iam thinking the excuse of him being injured for not starting is a load of sh1te.
He's not starting cos he's not doing it in training

yop

naughto wrote: »

O'Shea was playing for breaffy yesterday was playing midfield then moved in to full forward got cleaned there as well he is way over weight or the head is gone, iam thinking the excuse of him being injured for not starting is a load of sh1te.
He's not starting cos he's not doing it in training

Something does seem to be up with him. Comparing Michael Murphy and Sean Cavanagh yesterday and I'm afraid he couldn't lace their shoes.
Bags of potential but the other side of me thinks that Rochford hasn't utilised that either and he is flip flopping from one position to another.

jeffred

spurscormac wrote: »

Meath v Sligo
Mayo v Derry
Laois v Clare
Donegal v Longford

Is home or away decided - seems strange that all the losing semi-finalists have home advantage. Was home/away not decided by a separate draw. Both rte.ie and gaa.ie are saying we are at home so it could be correct.

km79

jeffred wrote: »

Is home or away decided - seems strange that all the losing semi-finalists have home advantage. Was home/away not decided by a separate draw. Both rte.ie and gaa.ie are saying we are at home so it could be correct.

It was drawn this morning live

jeffred

From the gaa website http://www.gaa.ie/football/news/gaa-football-all-ireland-senior-championship-qualifiers/

A separate draw shall be made for home advantage. Where two teams who have already met in a provincial championship of the current year are drawn to meet, the winner of the provincial championship game shall have home advantage.

statto25

jeffred wrote: »

From the gaa website http://www.gaa.ie/football/news/gaa-football-all-ireland-senior-championship-qualifiers/

A separate draw shall be made for home advantage. Where two teams who have already met in a provincial championship of the current year are drawn to meet, the winner of the provincial championship game shall have home advantage.

That was also done this morning. Laois were knocked out before Semis in Leinster so not all beaten semi-finalists got home draws

irishgeo

statto25 wrote: »

That was also done this morning. Laois were knocked out before Semis in Leinster so not all beaten semi-finalists got home draws

i thought they made a mistake too. they said the first drawn team would have home advantage. buy if you have 2 pots , how is that fair.

spurscormac

jeffred wrote: »

Is home or away decided - seems strange that all the losing semi-finalists have home advantage. Was home/away not decided by a separate draw. Both rte.ie and gaa.ie are saying we are at home so it could be correct.

They drew a ball from each bowl to get the pairings, then prior to opening them, put them in another bowl, after which they mixed and drew first out at home.

Would be much easier to have a live stream of it so people can follow, but that's how i understood it.

statto25

spurscormac wrote: »

They drew a ball from each bowl to get the pairings, then prior to opening them, put them in another bowl, after which they mixed and drew first out at home.

Would be much easier to have a live stream of it so people can follow, but that's how i understood it.

They did mention they had a live stream of it but cant recall where you could watch it.

mosstin

spurscormac wrote: »

They drew a ball from each bowl to get the pairings, then prior to opening them, put them in another bowl, after which they mixed and drew first out at home.

Would be much easier to have a live stream of it so people can follow, but that's how i understood it.

Were people honestly expecting something straightforward from the GAA?

km79

irishgeo wrote: »

i thought they made a mistake too. they said the first drawn team would have home advantage. buy if you have 2 pots , how is that fair.

They had 3 bowls
1 containing round 1 winners
1 containing beaten semi finalists

1 from each bowl was placed in 3rd bowl unopened
First team drawn from bowl 3 had home advantage


Thought it was fairly straightforward myself

yop

km79 wrote: »

They had 3 bowls
1 containing round 1 winners
1 containing beaten semi finalists

1 from each bowl was placed in 3rd bowl unopened
First team drawn from bowl 3 had home advantage


Thought it was fairly straightforward myself

It does seem clear, but it has to be said its odd... we are only the conspiracy boys!


Good tough draw, though playing at home scares the bayjaysus out of me. We seem v seem very poor there at the moment.

PressRun

Hmmm. Could be a tricky enough match, tbh. Home advantage doesn't even inspire confidence, given recent form there.

statto25

Fixed for Sat 1st according to Mayo snapchat account. No time yet

naughto

statto25 wrote: »

Fixed for Sat 1st according to Mayo snapchat account. No time yet

Last yr they there @5 and 7 if I remember correctly

mayo.mick

I'm hearing match is at 7 and will be live on sky (sports 5 I presume?)

PARlance

Neil Douglas and Liam Irwin flying off today to play in New York.

I don't think Douglas was ever going to break into a starting team but I do think he was worth one last chance over a summer and with a full team alongside him. He's not the type to shine in the muck of the FBD.

yop

PARlance wrote: »

Neil Douglas and Liam Irwin flying off today to play in New York.

I don't think Douglas was ever going to break into a starting team but I do think he was worth one last chance over a summer and with a full team alongside him. He's not the type to shine in the muck of the FBD.

Douglas should have been kept on the full panel, I'm all for sentimentality but Alan Dillion isn't going to improve with age and is only taking up a spot for a younger player.

Looking at Donegal and Cork yesterday and then looking at our reluctance to bring in youth. Cork won minor and U21 AI and now they are the basis of the team. Donegal got handed their arses but at least them players will have learnt.
We have a serious fear of introducing youth and giving them their heads. Akram is only one who comes to mind, has to be given game time.

PressRun

The top scorer in the club championship and he never really got a look in. I think Neil probably deserved to get a better chance than he got, but so be it.

Liam Irwin is a different situation, imo.

cocoman

yop wrote: »

Douglas should have been kept on the full panel, I'm all for sentimentality but Alan Dillion isn't going to improve with age and is only taking up a spot for a younger player.

Looking at Donegal and Cork yesterday and then looking at our reluctance to bring in youth. Cork won minor and U21 AI and now they are the basis of the team. Donegal got handed their arses but at least them players will have learnt.
We have a serious fear of introducing youth and giving them their heads. Akram is only one who comes to mind, has to be given game time.

Is Akram on the senior panel?

yop

cocoman wrote: »

Is Akram on the senior panel?

I THINK he is on the extended panel, but I don't see him on the full panel.
Looking at Cork yesterday with a 19 yr old in the centre and then Coleman at left half having a stunning game, also 19.

Maybe we dont have them, but if we have won AI minor and U21 with the same bunch of players then they have to be good enough to get a proper run.

PARlance

yop wrote: »

Douglas should have been kept on the full panel, I'm all for sentimentality but Alan Dillion isn't going to improve with age and is only taking up a spot for a younger player.

Looking at Donegal and Cork yesterday and then looking at our reluctance to bring in youth. Cork won minor and U21 AI and now they are the basis of the team. Donegal got handed their arses but at least them players will have learnt.
We have a serious fear of introducing youth and giving them their heads. Akram is only one who comes to mind, has to be given game time.

I think we've done ok from that U21 team. O'Connor, Coen, Boland & Loftus isn't a bad return. Hall had all last year in the Senior Panel (also gone to NY I think). Ruane has been hampered by injury, still think he has something to offer if he keeps with it. I think O'Donoghue is on the development panel?

Akram is one that I thought was ready for a step-up but doesn't seem to have been given a good look.

Irwin was probably the big hope in terms of being a scoring forward but I think it's common knowledge that the head wasn't where it needed to be.

Cork and Donegal weren't a few points away from an All Ireland last year. Sometimes youth is the best option but I don't think it would have been wise to throw 5-6 of them into the starting 15. Not this year anyway.

I think the main disappointment with the U21's is that there hasn't been a player that has come in and really added something special / difference from last year. That's a big ask though.

mayo.mick

Looking like Sligo will have to replay their match with Antrim, extra sub used

PressRun

Akram is still quite young. Only 19 or 20 I think, so there's still plenty of time for him to come on.

The Talking Bread

mayo.mick wrote: »

Looking like Sligo will have to replay their match with Antrim, extra sub used

Was recorded as a blood sub and you can use any amount of same as well as your max 6 standard subs