Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 4

Gerianam

Newry, I believe.

PressRun

Another tight pitch.
Could see it being low scoring and a bit cagey...would be in two minds about how it will go...I just dont feel like these kinds of games suit us

yop

PressRun wrote: »

Another tight pitch.
Could see it being low scoring and a bit cagey...would be in two minds about how it will go...I just dont feel like these kinds of games suit us

And it will be tighter if Down cop on how much we hate tight pitches

Could be like any of the qualifiers 2 years ago, extra time etc. He needs to put the young lads in now and stop fupping around. They showed what they can do at U20 and in the league.

Down will be delighted to get us at home.

Kalyke

PressRun wrote: »

His was one of the great GAA stories. A great picture of the emigration situation in Ireland at the time too.

Hopefully there will be no disrespectful posts/ "jokes" referring to the "curse".

blowitupref

yop wrote: »

And it will be tighter if Down cop on how much we hate tight pitches

Could be like any of the qualifiers 2 years ago, extra time etc. He needs to put the young lads in now and stop fupping around. They showed what they can do at U20 and in the league.

Down will be delighted to get us at home.

Its a short draw for Down. Delighted would be drawing Sligo,Limerick i can imagine.

Call me Al

yop wrote: »

And it will be tighter if Down cop on how much we hate tight pitches

Could be like any of the qualifiers 2 years ago, extra time etc. He needs to put the young lads in now and stop fupping around. They showed what they can do at U20 and in the league.

Down will be delighted to get us at home.

I really don't think they'll be happy at all about drawing us. You just never know what team we will bring. It could a long hard slog against us, where they wrangle a winning point on us, or we could walk it. It definitely won't be easy for them.

There were far more straightforward counties in that pot.

padd b1975

We should have more than enough for Down with the right attitude throughout the team and the correct decisions made in front of the posts.

We'll only get what we deserve up there.

What news of Cillian?

PARlance

RobbieRuns wrote: »

Kerry have never beaten Down in the Championship. They are never easy.

A fairly misleading stat given the Championship today. They would have previously only been beaten by Ulster champions Down? I.e played them fairly infrequently when it was the old system and when Down were strong, not today's Division 3 Down.

But that said, we'll probably make it very hard as that's what we do...

muddle84

RobbieRuns wrote: »

Kerry have never beaten Down in the Championship. They are never easy.

Kerry haven't been able to beat Mayo in Championship in 5 years either don't forget.

jr86

Have seen very little of Down over the past few years but would have liked to avoid a trip to Ulster if possible

Our Back Door record performance-wise is way below standard even if we do generally eke out wins

Can't see this Down team being any worse than Derry in 2017 who we drew with, or Tipp last year who we needed a complete fluke goal to put away, so performance levels are going to have to increase considerably

I'm feeling very 'meh' about another back door campaign overall tbh.

jr86

Call me Al wrote: »

I really don't think they'll be happy at all about drawing us. You just never know what team we will bring. It could a long hard slog against us, where they wrangle a winning point on us, or we could walk it. It definitely won't be easy for them.

There were far more straightforward counties in that pot.

I'd doubt they've any realistic ambitions of going too far this year

Welcoming a top side like Mayo on a (probably) saturday night that will attract a big crowd, and an opportunity to take a huge scalp, may well whet their appetite a lot more than a match against a lower team that may only serve to extend their championship by a week or two

yop

Call me Al wrote: »

I really don't think they'll be happy at all about drawing us. You just never know what team we will bring. It could a long hard slog against us, where they wrangle a winning point on us, or we could walk it. It definitely won't be easy for them.

There were far more straightforward counties in that pot.

Sorry I meant having us at home, not playing us really.

Itssoeasy

Just saw that mayo are playing down in newry in the qualifiers and they showed clips from downs win over tipp and it's not a big ground.

Blackjack

jr86 wrote: »

Have seen very little of Down over the past few years but would have liked to avoid a trip to Ulster if possible

Our Back Door record performance-wise is way below standard even if we do generally eke out wins

Can't see this Down team being any worse than Derry in 2017 who we drew with, or Tipp last year who we needed a complete fluke goal to put away, so performance levels are going to have to increase considerably

I'm feeling very 'meh' about another back door campaign overall tbh.

That was the best fluke goal ever as we managed another 8 points without reply to win the game by 8 whole points. Must be the highest scoring single score in the history of the GAA.

jr86

Blackjack wrote: »

That was the best fluke goal ever as we managed another 8 points without reply to win the game by 8 whole points. Must be the highest scoring single score in the history of the GAA.

Well it quite clearly changed the course of the game

Tipp were 3 points up at that stage if I remember correctly and we were creating basically nothing, and being bet up a stick at midfield and winning no breaks

The goal quite clearly knocked the stuffing out of them, and allowed us build up a head of steam that created an extremely flattering final scoreline. It was an incredibly harsh way for them to surrender their lead, given it was a poor effort at a point that somehow ended up in the net

I thought on the day a late burst really papered over the cracks of a game we were second best in for the guts of an hour. As it transpired we went out to Kildare the week after

We need to take all these matches by the scruff of the neck this year.

Blackjack

jr86 wrote: »

Well it quite clearly changed the course of the game

Tipp were 3 points up at that stage if I remember correctly and we were creating basically nothing, and being bet up a stick at midfield and winning no breaks

The goal quite clearly knocked the stuffing out of them, and allowed us build up a head of steam that created an extremely flattering final scoreline. It was an incredibly harsh way for them to surrender their lead, given it was a poor effort at a point that somehow ended up in the net

I thought on the day a late burst really papered over the cracks of a game we were second best in for the guts of an hour. As it transpired we went out to Kildare the week after

We need to take all these matches by the scruff of the neck this year.

Tipp were burst at that stage and it was clear they were out on their feet when we started to reel them in. They also lacked any depth in their squad so any replacements were not going to be of the same caliber as to what was on the field. This lucky goal theory never ceases to amaze me.

jr86

But why did we need to 'reel them in' in the first place? There's no way we should ever have been struggling in a game like that, with all due respect to Tipp

Kerry routinely beat them comfortably in Munster every time they play them, and the likes of Tyrone, Donegal (in champ i mean!!) and obviously Dublin would never have any trouble with them

It just continued the pattern of us completely under-performing in the back door and in all honesty that Kildare result was always liable to happen at some stage

Blackjack

jr86 wrote: »

But why did we need to 'reel them in' in the first place? There's no way we should ever have been struggling in a game like that, with all due respect to Tipp

Kerry routinely beat them comfortably in Munster every time they play them, and the likes of Tyrone, Donegal (in champ i mean!!) and obviously Dublin would never have any trouble with them

It just continued the pattern of us completely under-performing in the back door and in all honesty that Kildare result was always liable to happen at some stage

They beat Galway and played in a semi final the previous year. It’s not that surprising that they would have posed a challenge.

jr86

Blackjack wrote: »

They beat Galway and played in a semi final the previous year. It’s not that surprising that they would have posed a challenge.

That was two years previous.

lost to Cork & Armagh in 2017

Well beaten by Cork in 2018 in game previous to ours

Blackjack

jr86 wrote: »

That was two years previous.

lost to Cork & Armagh in 2017

Well beaten by Cork in 2018 in game previous to ours

Still not that surprising that they would have posed a challenge for a while and we beat them well in the end. If we hadn't beaten them by 8 we would have beat them by 5. It’s that simple. They got a fortuitous enough goal from a mix up in our back line that gave them a bit of confidence and we had to employ a makeshift midfield on the day as Seamie went off injured. Losing both Tom Parsons and Seamie meant Kildare would always be a bigger challenge and so it turned out to be.

PressRun

padd b1975 wrote: »

What news of Cillian?

Last word from Horan was after the Roscommon game where he said that everyone was coming back into the fold apart from Tom Parsons.

muddle84

PressRun wrote: »

Last word from Horan was after the Roscommon game where he said that everyone was coming back into the fold apart from Tom Parsons.

I presume that means Seamie O'Shea and Cian Hanley also?

PressRun

muddle84 wrote: »

I presume that means Seamie O'Shea and Cian Hanley also?

Yes, I believe so.

wirelessdude01

yop wrote:

rumors of a bit of infighting already,.

Tell us more.

Coillte_Bhoy

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

Tell us more.

Ya,first ive heard of this

km79

The egos

yop

senior player threw the toys out of the pram in the dressing room after not been introduced against Roscommon.

blinding

yop wrote: »

senior player threw the toys out of the pram in the dressing room after not been introduced against Roscommon.

Why have toys in the dressing room . Not worth it !

yop

blinding wrote: »

Why have toys in the dressing room . Not worth it !

Seemingly 15 dildos on a tactics board that Horan uses to move around. Most of them ran out of battery against Rossie though.

km79

yop wrote: »

senior player threw the toys out of the pram in the dressing room after not been introduced against Roscommon.

Doesn’t take a detective to work our who that is ........