do you believe in the curse on the mayo football team

techno_radio

personally not religious or superstitious but i do believe in the curse,

imo all the energy from people makes it real

Kristopherus

Are you just in from the pub ???

Noveight

Not cursed. At this stage losing in Croker in September is habitual to them.

techno_radio

Noveight wrote: »

Not cursed. At this stage losing in Croker in September is habitual to them.

not this year, sam maguire i coming homr to mayo

The Golden Miller

Don't believe in the curse, Mayo folk are just soft. No backbone to grind it out when push comes to shove. Bottlers. Benfica are their footballing equivalent

techno_radio

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Don't believe in the curse, Mayo folk are just soft. No backbone to grind it out when push comes to shove. Bottlers. Benfica are their footballing equivalent

so basically your saying the-yr too nice :pac:

manual_man

techno_radio wrote: »

personally not religious or superstitious but i do believe in the curse,

imo all the energy from people makes it real

The curse is very real

























Stemming from an ancient curse initiated by the Healy-Rae's in the fairy forts of Kerry

mickdw

I believe it will take a collapse of opponent in a final for mayo to make the break through.
I don't believe in curse but they have managed to lose finals in ever more inventive ways as they improved.

jimmycrackcorm

Mayo win in Connaught as a dominant team. But it's Connaught.

For them to win is the same as expecting an Irish soccer team to win champions league

Mr. Incognito

I didnt until the two freak own goals last year

kupus

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Don't believe in the curse, Mayo folk are just soft. No backbone to grind it out when push comes to shove. Bottlers. Benfica are their footballing equivalent

Less of the old bottler sh1tetalk, if they were bottlers then 7 semifinals in a row is what?

Between freakish goals conceded in finals and balls that normally never bounce that friggen high to go over for a point ( i still remember the silence after that point meath scored to level the match, nobody could believe what happened in front of their eyes)
Another game that maurice fitzgerald was on fire for (one of the finest players ever in the history of gaa)

After all that, and yet here mayo are again in a semi.

But bottlers you say.

KungPao

Up the Dubliners!

They are my favourite Gaelic sports team. They are the best at scoring top marks.

The Golden Miller

kupus wrote: »

Less of the old bottler sh1tetalk, if they were bottlers then 7 semifinals in a row is what?

Between freakish goals conceded in finals and balls that normally never bounce that friggen high to go over for a point ( i still remember the silence after that point meath scored to level the match, nobody could believe what happened in front of their eyes)
Another game that maurice fitzgerald was on fire for (one of the finest players ever in the history of gaa)

After all that, and yet here mayo are again in a semi.

But bottlers you say.

Yes bottlers. Always nearly getting there but never having the stomach to see it out is exactly what bottling is. The more semi's and finals they get to without winning, the bigger the chokers they become. And Meath you say? Mayo could certainly take a leaf out of their book in terms of standing up when it counts and grinding it out (well the Meath teams of old, not the rubbish they churn out today)

endacl

techno_radio wrote: »

personally not religious or superstitious but i do believe in the curse,

imo all the energy from people makes it real

What energy?

Describe the mechanism.

Junkyard Tom

Are DEATH Cap mushrooms safe to eat?

techno_radio

endacl wrote: »

What energy?

Describe the mechanism.

basically all the superstition is converted into kinetic energy, then thats converted into fm radio-waves, and the football becomes the fm receiver, so the football is like a radio and the curse is broadcast in fm waves

r93kaey5p2izun

That must be one boring Dutch disco and some sh1t Special K.

I don't believe in any curse beyond the everyday casual references to "luck" or being "unlucky". Mayo sure have been unlucky. I wish they'd win so they could just get over it. I doubt any amount gloating in the event of a win would be as painful to listen to as the bitter moaning brought on by repeated defeat.

diomed

Kerry have lost 22 finals;
Cork have lost 16 finals;
Galway have lost 13 finals;
Dublin have lost 13 finals.

Antrim, Carlow, Clare, Fermanagh, Loais, Leitrim, LOndon, Longford, Monaghan, New York, Sligo, Waterford, Westmeath,Wicklow have never won a GAA football final.

Kildare, Roscommon, Wexford are waiting longer than Mayo for another win.

Omackeral

Simply put, if you believe in curses, karma, fortune tellers or any of that sh*te then you yourself are a bit simple.

tupenny

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Mayo win in Connaught as a dominant team. But it's Connaught.

For them to win is the same as expecting an Irish soccer team to win champions league

Well they didn't even do that this year..
As for the curse, placebo effect maybe??

Hastentoadd

i believe you go into a game with an attitude of you can't win then you wont win. I believe you go into an all ireland phase having being beaten every year, it plays on your brain. But you have a coach who tells you that is bollox! Now that is the guy you need. My home team had a great coach. We simply put everything on the line for him. We were just an ordinary team but we punched well enough for our weight. I hope Mayo take a lot of heart from what Connacht rugby did last year. It is very possible. You just go out there and kick ass and things will land as they will land.

the_syco

No. They're just sh|t.

Hastentoadd

the_syco wrote: »

No. They're just sh|t.

Dublin are just ****? I thought we were talking about Mayo

Dirty Dingus McGee

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Don't believe in the curse, Mayo folk are just soft. No backbone to grind it out when push comes to shove. Bottlers. Benfica are their footballing equivalent

It's the exact opposite for Mayo.

Very few teams have as much heart as they have if they didn't they wouldn't keep on coming back year after year they wouldn't be getting to these finals and nobody would be accusing them of being bottlers.

They just happen to be unlucky that every single year they get to the final there is a team better than them in it.They're unlucky that when they have the best team they've ever had (this decade) Dublin also happen to have their best ever team who are just that bit better than them.

Hastentoadd

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

It's the exact opposite for Mayo.

Very few teams have as much heart as they have if they didn't they wouldn't keep on coming back year after year they wouldn't be getting to these finals and nobody would be accusing them of being bottlers.

They just happen to be unlucky that every single year they get to the final there is a team better than them in it.They're unlucky that when they have the best team they've ever had (this decade) Dublin also happen to have their best ever team who are just that bit better than them.

It is not unlucky. You get used to losing, its become doubly hard to win

Donal55

I love this time of year.
Mayo 4 Sam.









LOL.

Sebastian Dangerfield

Its nonsense. Aidan O'Shea did a documentary for RTE and visited one of the surviving members of the 51 team in America. He said that not only was there no interruption of a funeral by the bus, there was no bus. All of the team travelled seperately in cars

lazybones32

No. Mayo are not good enough.

HalloweenJack

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Benfica are their footballing equivalent

Pats had a bad run in the cup for years. Lost seven finals before winning it again 43 years later. That was a curse.

veryangryman

HalloweenJack wrote: »

Pats had a bad run in the cup for years. Lost seven finals before winning it again 43 years later. That was a curse.

And Athlone haven't made a final since they won it without conceding a goal in '24. Dinny Hannon and all that.

seamus

Fun fact: Dublin have won every AI final they've played in since 1995.

topper75

Passing a funeral. What WERE they thinking?!

Pure tashte

The Golden Miller wrote: »

Don't believe in the curse, Mayo folk are just soft. No backbone to grind it out when push comes to shove. Bottlers. Benfica are their footballing equivalent

I don't really understand the Benfica reference, is it cos Benfica are the most successful team in a smaller competition in the west (Portuguese Primeira Liga/Connacht Championship) but haven't done it on the bigger stage (Champions League/All Ireland) in years ? If so, it's a pretty terrible analogy. Benfica haven't been in a final in years and if they did get to one and lose, it still would be a serious achievement. Is it cos they both have red and green on their crest?

OldMrBrennan83

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Hastentoadd

Patww79 wrote: »

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I thought that was Game of Thrones where Aidan is no longer considered King of the West. Seemingly that is John Muldoon these days

Big Pussy Bonpensiero

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Mayo win in Connaught as a dominant team. But it's Connaught.

For them to win is the same as expecting an Irish soccer team to win champions league

As opposed to the depths of talent in Leinster and Munster..:rolleyes:

mattser

kupus wrote: »

Less of the old bottler sh1tetalk, if they were bottlers then 7 semifinals in a row is what?

Between freakish goals conceded in finals and balls that normally never bounce that friggen high to go over for a point ( i still remember the silence after that point meath scored to level the match, nobody could believe what happened in front of their eyes)
Another game that maurice fitzgerald was on fire for (one of the finest players ever in the history of gaa)

After all that, and yet here mayo are again in a semi.

But bottlers you say.

Really ?. Never mind the fact that they were about six points up and cruising. No, it was the bounce of a ball that did it.
Then in the replay they started a row, and got whipped. Went ahead again, and couldn't see it out.

Danjamin1

Nothing to do with a curse, they're just not consistent enough. Mayo are a fantastic team on their day but they could be dire to watch the following week. Just look at the results against Roscommon, how do you draw against that team one week and annihilate the same team the following week?

They have been in and around the finals the last few years but they have lost every one of them. Look at how many teams they couldn't beat in normal time over the last number of years throughout the championship. They don't have the edge to win it in my opinion and it has nothing to do with a curse.

Noveight

seamus wrote: »

Fun fact: Dublin have won every AI final they've played in since 1995.

They'll probably have another one in the next few weeks too.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Nobody talked about this curse until the 90s. Mayo were just ****e for several decades and have either failed to turn up or faced stronger opponents in the finals. Most the finals we played, we weren't expected to win.

seachto7

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Mayo win in Connaught as a dominant team. But it's Connaught.

WTF is "Connaught"? Who uses "Connaught" to describe Connacht?

I notice in the complex where I live, "Mayo 4 Sam" broadband connections coming up when I'm looking for wireless. Surely there's more to life in Mayo!

OldMrBrennan83

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Bret Hart

There's a AI in that Mayo team yet .

Dirty Dingus McGee

Patww79 wrote: »

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Not anymore.

buck65

Kerry will beat them in the semi, Tyrone may well beat the Dubs too.

OldMrBrennan83

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Dirty Dingus McGee

Patww79 wrote: »

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It's got nothing to do with with the rugby team.

State bodies use Connacht as the spelling for the province.

NIMAN

No.

Because I am a grown adult who has a brain.

Adamocovic

I believe it's a good excuse for bottling it.

OldMrBrennan83

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The Golden Miller

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

It's the exact opposite for Mayo.

Very few teams have as much heart as they have if they didn't they wouldn't keep on coming back year after year they wouldn't be getting to these finals and nobody would be accusing them of being bottlers.

They just happen to be unlucky that every single year they get to the final there is a team better than them in it.They're unlucky that when they have the best team they've ever had (this decade) Dublin also happen to have their best ever team who are just that bit better than them.

But that's what bottling is. Always nearly being there but constantly choking. Had they not got themselves that far in the tournament on a regular basis, they wouldn't be bottlers, just crap

Pure tashte wrote: »

I don't really understand the Benfica reference, is it cos Benfica are the most successful team in a smaller competition in the west (Portuguese Primeira Liga/Connacht Championship) but haven't done it on the bigger stage (Champions League/All Ireland) in years ? If so, it's a pretty terrible analogy. Benfica haven't been in a final in years and if they did get to one and lose, it still would be a serious achievement. Is it cos they both have red and green on their crest?

Benfica had a similar "curse" placed on them as far as I know. Have lost 7 or 8 European finals in the meantime