Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 4

Strumms

That wasn’t a free, justice. Congrats ��

happyoutscan

Should have left it to Loftus.

Kristopherus

Strumms wrote: »

That wasn’t a free, justice. Congrats ��

There were lots more that he let go. Well done Rossies.

Doctors room ghost

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

Its counting a few chickens but I was looking at the train for the Connacht final. Last train fron Galway to Dublin is 6pm which is tight. Does anyone know from experience if they might put on a later one for the match?

Oooooh has to hurt.

Mantis Toboggan

Kristopherus wrote: »

Doherty not much better.

Poor from mayo to not have anyone to score a free, came back to bite them in the end. Still fancy them to get to the super 8s.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer

Dire stuff.

Blackjack

Can’t argue with that result. Too many wides again, but a number of our lads just not at it today.
Well done to Roscommon, they took their chances when they got them.

Diabhal Beag

Ye'll get a soft draw in qualifiers but that was a fierce poor effort. I still reckon ye get Super 8.

franklyon

Bring back David Clarke. Yet again Hennelly costs us the game between the goal mess up and missed 45's.
Darren coen and AoS good game. Too many others having an off day.

TCM

Up the Rossies.

km79

Im ready for the keeper debate and those who think Cillian doesn’t walk into this team

Best keeper in the country ON THE BENCH
Horan is too smart for his own good and too slow doing his job on the line

charlie14

franklyon wrote: »

Bring back David Clarke. Yet again Hennelly costs us the game between the goal mess up and missed 45's.
Darren coen and AoS good game. Too many others having an off day.

There is a case for blaming him for one of the goals ok, but with 6 forwards on a GAA team then there should be at least one forward who can kick a 45 other than a keeper who hasn`t kicked a ball off the ground without a tee all day.

Panrich

The best team won and Mayo can have no complaints. Naive defending and poor decision making up front were evident all night.

PressRun

km79 wrote: »

Im ready for the keeper debate and those who think Cillian doesn’t walk into this team

Best keeper in the country ON THE BENCH
Horan is too smart for his own good and too slow doing his job on the line

To be fair, Hennelly had a good game in the league final and probably earned his place on that showing.
Our attack has serious problems and is really nothing without a reliable free taker. Every team needs one if they want to go anywhere. The fact that there doesn't seem to be any sign of Cillian returning has been a concern of mine and we will continue to struggle without him. Thought we were very aimless in attack and the wides are just energy sapping. Absolutely atrocious decision making at times.

We didn't deserve to win and I genuinely think we will struggle in the qualifiers on the basis of that performance.

charlie14

Have to say. Very gracious comments from Mayo posters on here in defeat.

Barlett

Ah the better team won, much more accurate up front , the mistakes we made were inexcusable. The decision to swap McLoughlin in for the free was baffling & he did what always happens, missed on his near side. For a team that talks a lot about game management, we’re not very good at it

km79

PressRun wrote: »

To be fair, Hennelly had a good game in the league final and probably earned his place on that showing.

Clarke has been the best/one of the best keepers in the country for the past 5 years
I’m not having this debate again . It shouldn’t be a debate
It’s madness

km79

Barlett wrote: »

Ah the better team won, much more accurate up front , the mistakes we made were inexcusable. The decision to swap McLoughlin in for the free was baffling & he did what always happens, missed on his near side. For a team that talks a lot about game management, we’re not very good at it

Horan in game management is non existent

charlie14

Barlett wrote: »

Ah the better team won, much more accurate up front , the mistakes we made were inexcusable. The decision to swap McLoughlin in for the free was baffling & he did what always happens, missed on his near side. For a team that talks a lot about game management, we’re not very good at it

If there is one thing that drives me nuts it is missing free on the takers near side. Totally inexcusable at under 12s let alone county senior.

PressRun

km79 wrote: »

Clarke has been the best/one of the best keepers in the country for the past 5 years
I’m not having this debate again . It shouldn’t be a debate
It’s madness

You just said you were ready for the debate :pac:

Anyway, I'm not saying that Clarke isn't a great keeper, but I see the reasoning for picking Hennelly based on the last game played before this.

The main problem is still the forward line, imo. The wide count was silly once again. Awful decision making. Even worse free taking. It was a shambles up front.

seligehgit

Agree with all,pretty crushing defeat

Roscommon deserved their win and played very well. Kerry's loss is Roscommon's gain.Conor Cox was very good.

Robert Hennelly's error for the goal was crucial and I can't fathom out why he is still taking the frees.

Surely Conor Loftus should have taken the final free.Kevin Mc abhorrence of taking frees and weakness at same has been obvious for time eternal.

Speaking of which, how on earth did those umpires wave a perfectly good Roscommon score wide?

km79

charlie14 wrote: »

If there is one thing that drives me nuts it is missing free on the takers near side. Totally inexcusable at under 12s let alone county senior.

If there is one thing that drives me mad it is Kevin McLoughlin being forced to take them just because he is left footed
He didn’t want to take it
He didn’t believe he would score
We didn’t believe he would score it

Manager has to make that call
Maybe he did
And that’s worse again

Andy had his biggest impact as an impact sub too
Abysmal

PressRun

The persistence with Kevin McLoughlin on the frees is amazing really.

crusier

There are no words .....

charlie14

km79 wrote: »

If there is one thing that drives me mad it is Kevin McLoughlin being forced to take them just because he is left footed
He didn’t want to take it
He didn’t believe he would score
We didn’t believe he would score it

Manager has to make that call
Maybe he did
And that’s worse again

Andy had his biggest impact as an impact sub too
Abysmal

McLoughlin has never looked as if he is comfortable taking them, so It must be a management decision as I doubt he has voluntarily put his hand up.

PressRun

charlie14 wrote: »

McLoughlin has never looked as if he is comfortable taking them, so It must be a management decision as I doubt he has voluntarily put his hand up.

Thought it was strange myself...there seemed to be some exchanging of responsibility at the end there to put Kevin on the free?

martyos121

Kevin Mc didn’t even look like he wanted to take the free at the death, that’s the most annoying thing about it.

Darren Coen was a big plus today, could do well with a run of games if we advance through the qualifiers. He didn’t do anything exceptional other than score (didn’t need to with his tally), but he was a sniper when he had the ball to be fair.

Very disappointing to lose that, but the Rossies earned their victory today and were a bit unfortunate not to win by a couple more, couple of ref decisions went against them when they really shouldn’t have.

Still hopeful of a place in the Super 8s but I can’t see us doing any better than an AI semi this year (not counting any chickens, it’s just my prediction) if our defence is as fragile as that. Giving up quality goal chances is something that will always happen under Horan, it seems. Locking up that area was something Rochford and co. did so well and you can only truly appreciate it in hindsight, not that I’m unhappy with our current management team. It’s always a give and take, the aggressive running game from our back line does often make up for it.

Sure they’ll go again in a few weeks time, but no team in the qualifiers should be taken lightly this year. Newbridge should be enough evidence of that.

And for god sake, when is Cillian back?!

charlie14

PressRun wrote: »

Thought it was strange myself...there seemed to be some exchanging of responsibility at the end there to put Kevin on the free?

Difficult to know if it was others not wanting to take it, or instructions coming in for him to take it. Madness either way as this type of scenario should be worked out long before crossing the white line. There is enough pressure in a situation like that for a kicker without the shenanigans that seemed to go on.

padd b1975

Just not the team they once were.

Simple as that folks.

Barlett

charlie14 wrote: »

Difficult to know if it was others not wanting to take it, or instructions coming in for him to take it. Madness either way as this type of scenario should be worked out long before crossing the white line. There is enough pressure in a situation like that for a kicker without the shenanigans that seemed to go on.

I was in front of it , Loftus wanted to take it , but DOC as captain decided McLoughlin should take it & it was the wrong call - but look you won’t win many games without designated free takers