Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 4

MayoAreMagic

C__MC wrote: »

Alot of people tipping mayo
I wonder will game 4 in 4 weeks begin to hurt them or play to their advantage?

There is definitely more questions around Kerry then may o

Same guys tipping galway all last week. Kerry will be ready for this game. They knew it was going to be a big game for them long before we knew we were going to be in it. Ruane is a big loss for us, he really hurt them in the league final. Do we have someone to stick with barry? Thankless task for coen

PARlance

C__MC wrote: »

Alot of people tipping mayo
I wonder will game 4 in 4 weeks begin to hurt them or play to their advantage?

There is definitely more questions around Kerry then may o

It'll all depend on the result. Mayo win and we were battle hardened, lose and Kerry were well rested/too many games for us.

I would much prefer to be in our position going into the Super 8's. Injuries seem to be clearing up nicely and in a way, those injuries have given us more options.

charolais0153

PARlance wrote: »

It'll all depend on the result. Mayo win and we were battle hardened, lose and Kerry were well rested/too many games for us.

I would much prefer to be in our position going into the Super 8's. Injuries seem to be clearing up nicely and in a way, those injuries have given us more options.

Ya definitely, if we get no more injuries and diarmuid and Duane return before end of super 8's I think it'll stand to us,

km79

charolais0153 wrote: »

Ya definitely, if we get no more injuries and diarmuid and Duane return before end of super 8's I think it'll stand to us,

We would be in great shape then with our extra forward and midfield options ..............

Such a big game Sunday really

Cartman78

Tickets sorted at last :-)

It's only an hour and a bit for me down to Killarney so no excuse really.

Zeek12

Really exciting game ahead next week.
But the Donegal game is probably the more worrying one tbh.

Have an awful feeling Rochford will arrive with a few tricks up his sleeve to ruin the day!
Our performances at home have been pretty flaky. Scraped past Roscommon in the league. Then loose to them in the championship. Came close to throwing it away vs Armagh too.

I don't think we won a single league or championship game at home last year.
I'd much prefer to play the Donegal game in Croker.

A win in Killarney really would be massive.

Euphoriasean

Lads saying on the other thread that Killarney is limited to 30k if its only a single game. A double header and they can have 40k.Should be a full house so.

spakman

Euphoriasean wrote: »

Lads saying on the other thread that Killarney is limited to 30k if its only a single game. A double header and they can have 40k.Should be a full house so.

That makes no sense. How would the number of games change the capacity!?

Call me Al

spakman wrote: »

That makes no sense. How would the number of games change the capacity!?

Different times for kick off with a double header means the whole 40k aren't arriving at once.

PressRun

Midfield the key battle ground for this game. We've lost Ruane since the league final and they've gained Moran. Playing field has been evened out somewhat there. I don't think we have the same upper hand there that we had in the league final.

RedDevil55

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Wow, would be great, when or where did he say this?

He was asked in one of the interviews after the game what the chances are of Diarmuid/Mattie playing in super 8s. His response was definitely Diarmuid and Mattie will be close.

PARlance

PressRun wrote: »

Midfield the key battle ground for this game. We've lost Ruane since the league final and they've gained Moran. Playing field has been evened out somewhat there. I don't think we have the same upper hand there that we had in the league final.

It'll be interesting, thought S Coen did a solid job on Saturday. Midfield may prove less important than the league final with Clarke / short kick-outs in operation though. There has been a definite switch to favour the shorter kick-out since his return, which makes sense.

I can see Kerry really applying pressure to that however. Any good team will be making sure to make us go long.

NabyLadistheman

Any word on Durcan’s injury? Hopefully was more cramp than a groin strain

MayoAreMagic

PARlance wrote: »

It'll be interesting, thought S Coen did a solid job on Saturday. Midfield may prove less important than the league final with Clarke / short kick-outs in operation though. There has been a definite switch to favour the shorter kick-out since his return, which makes sense.

I can see Kerry really applying pressure to that however. Any good team will be making sure to make us go long.

True but with kerrys defence and the form of our ff line, they may well go with a sweeper, which means short kickouts are an option.

Audioslaven

PARlance wrote: »

It'll be interesting, thought S Coen did a solid job on Saturday. Midfield may prove less important than the league final with Clarke / short kick-outs in operation though. There has been a definite switch to favour the shorter kick-out since his return, which makes sense.

I can see Kerry really applying pressure to that however. Any good team will be making sure to make us go long.

We need the option to go short and long at different times. We really need to mix it up like we did the last day. I would be a bit concerned about our middle as seemed to back off a bit mid way in the second half. I would expect Vaughan to replace Coen with Keegan back. I think the game last week will bring Vaughan on alot.

Kerry have serious forwards so keeping these in check is the first line to defeating them. We have been loose in our marking and there was a significant improvement against Galway, but we need to up it again if we are to win as they have more direct running forwards than Galway.

Stoner

PressRun wrote:

Midfield the key battle ground for this game. We've lost Ruane since the league final and they've gained Moran. Playing field has been evened out somewhat there. I don't think we have the same upper hand there that we had in the league final.

IMO this is a simple enough game plan for mayo.

Knock seven shades of sh1t out of Kerry from 2 to 15 within the rules of the game.

I think that if it is a physical as possible that Mayo have an excellent chance coming into the last 10 minutes to hold off and win by 2 or 3 points.

Anything short of treating Kerry like a Donegal or Tyrone is more likely to come up short IMO. I'd play to my strengths and win it get that half back line wound up and the forwards lashing into the kerry backs and don't let up.

There's too much focus on midfield, I'd focus on Kerry's halfbackine.

And don't moan when you get a black card or two, because you will and you'll deserve them, it will be worth it!!

Anyway that's my thoughts on it one way or the other. It's very possible that kerry will get it together, however there is a weakness with Kerry and I'd say it's in their heads too. Their loss in the backline is a bigger hole than most of Mayos. Maybe Mayo can capitalise on it.

I'm looking forward to it anyway.

PressRun

I think they will try and force us long on the kickouts and create a battle there in the middle between Aidan and David Moran. Don't know if they will or can keep it up for the full game, but I can see it becoming crucial. They will target it especially because Mattie Ruane is not there this time and he caused them a lot of trouble in the league.
But I do agree that we need to use our physicality too. Big games required from Jason Doherty, Donal Vaughan and Lee Keegan in that regard.
And I truly do not care if we get a black card so long as we win. And I don't care about the whinging about cynicism either. It's absolutely rich stuff coming from Eamonn Fitzmaurice or anyone down in Kerry tbh. Kerry are well versed in what it takes to get over the line and can dish out their fair share of gamesmanship.

It seems they're annoyed about James Horan's comments about the league final too?

NabyLadistheman

PressRun wrote: »

I think they will try and force us long on the kickouts and create a battle there in the middle between Aidan and David Moran. Don't know if they will or can keep it up for the full game, but I can see it becoming crucial. They will target it especially because Mattie Ruane is not there this time and he caused them a lot of trouble in the league.
But I do agree that we need to use our physicality too. Big games required from Jason Doherty, Donal Vaughan and Lee Keegan in that regard.
And I truly do not care if we get a black card so long as we win. And I don't care about the whinging about cynicism either. It's absolutely rich stuff coming from Eamonn Fitzmaurice or anyone down in Kerry tbh. Kerry are well versed in what it takes to get over the line and can dish out their fair share of gamesmanship.

It seems they're annoyed about James Horan's comments about the league final too?

My abiding memory of limerick in 2014 was Donnacha Walsh (one of the most cynical players ever) standing in front of every free slowing the play down. Despite what Fitzmauruce & all the other band of former Kerry players say, they are experts in the dark arts and expect to see plenty of them on Sunday

Since he was ran out of the job Fitzmauice has had two cuts in his articles the Irish Examiner. One at Referree's. I s*** you not. After what happened in Limerick he had the audacity to pen an article on how he was wronged by referees?!! And secondly at Mayo being cynical. If ever pot kettle & black came to mind this was it

RedDevil55

If Kerry are a few points ahead in the 2nd half this weekend they will pull, drag, feign injury, send their maor uisce onto the field or whatever it takes to get over the line. It won't be cynical though. Just young Kerry players standing up for themselves and laying down a marker.

Blackjack

RedDevil55 wrote: »

If Kerry are a few points ahead in the 2nd half this weekend they will pull, drag, feign injury, send their maor uisce onto the field or whatever it takes to get over the line. It won't be cynical though. Just young Kerry players standing up for themselves and laying down a marker.

I think the narrative is “closing out a tight game” when some counties do this. When others do it, the definition is “cynicism”. Both are the same but it depends on which colour Jersey your preference is for on the day.

charolais0153

Are any of our players liable to get a suspension similar to Peter harte for Tyrone?
There's no queues for tickets now, either, maybe there isn't as much demand as anticipated?

Coillte_Bhoy

Capacity in Killarney cut from 38,000 to 31,900. Id imagine should easily be enough

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/gaa/fitzgerald-stadium-capacity-reduced-for-kerry-v-mayo-clash-935703.html

The inability of the main stand at Fitzgerald Stadium to cater for all Kerry and Mayo season ticket holders has seen the capacity of the Killarney venue reduced by over 6,000 for this Sunday's Super 8 fixture.

Kerry County Board chairman Tim Murphy confirmed this morning the capacity of Fitzgerald Stadium has been lowered from 38,000 to 31,900 for this weekend's All-Ireland quarter-final round-robin game.

But despite this 16% reduction, the Kerry official is confident demand for tickets will not outstrip supply and that no supporter will be left empty-handed.

The main stand at Fitzgerald Stadium can hold in and around 7,500 people, according to the county board chairman, but this figure is reduced when the portion of seats allocated to the respective teams and members of Ard Comhairle are factored in, while the front row will not be in use because of the obstructed view it offers.

The remaining number of seats would not be enough to accommodate the almost 7,000 season ticket holders from the two counties and so all tickets for the game state general admission, rather than specifying entry to the main stand or any particular terrace.

The main stand will be filled on a first come, first served basis. And once all seats have been taken, the turnstiles leading into the main stand will be shut, with queuing supporters directed to the terrace.

Because of the number of season ticket holders, primarily the Mayo season ticket holders, I think they have around 4,500 season ticket holders and we’d have in between 2,000-2,500, you couldn’t guarantee every season ticket holder a seat in the stand. So for that reason, entry has been made general admission

"Basically, it will be first come, first gets into the stand. But because of that, the health and safety people reduced the capacity by around 6,000. To allow for the free movement of people on the day, there has to be a lesser number of people within the stadium on health and safety grounds."

Murphy added: "I think the capacity of 31,900 will be adequate. We are expecting a crowd of somewhere around 30,000."

Call me Al

So am I right in thinking that the stand is a free for all until filled? Season ticket holders don't get preference? That's how it reads to me, as everyone will be General Admission.

Fr Tod Umptious

Call me Al wrote: »

So am I right in thinking that the stand is a free for all until filled? Season ticket holders don't get preference? That's how it reads to me, as everyone will be General Admission.

That too is my understanding.

The stand in Killarney is just a load of long wooden benches, I don't think they even have backs.

The benches are divided into individual "seats" with faded paint.

PARlance

Stoner wrote: »

I'm looking forward to it anyway.

Looking forward to it... sounds like you want to tog out for it

Blackjack

charolais0153 wrote: »

Are any of our players liable to get a suspension similar to Peter harte for Tyrone?
There's no queues for tickets now, either, maybe there isn't as much demand as anticipated?

Don’t believe any of ours have accumulated many cards, yet at least.

Fann Linn

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

That too is my understanding.

The stand in Killarney is just a load of long wooden benches, I don't think they even have backs.

The benches are divided into individual "seats" with faded paint.

And some ar$es are more equal than others so be careful down there or you could end up sitting on someone's lap!!

PARlance

https://twitter.com/officialgaa/status/1147569228075208704?s=19

James Carr goal has 8 million views, gone viral worldwide even featuring on ESPN Argentina...

Can imagine the conversation over in Buenos Aires...."look at this team called Mayo, look at the scoring forwards they develop"

Blackjack

PARlance wrote: »

https://twitter.com/officialgaa/status/1147569228075208704?s=19

James Carr goal has 8 million views, gone viral worldwide even featuring on ESPN Argentina...

Can imagine the conversation over in Buenos Aires...."look at this team called Mayo, look at the scoring forwards they develop"

This will totally trigger a huge number of begrudgers and trolls.

blinding

PARlance wrote: »

https://twitter.com/officialgaa/status/1147569228075208704?s=19

James Carr goal has 8 million views, gone viral worldwide even featuring on ESPN Argentina...

Can imagine the conversation over in Buenos Aires...."look at this team called Mayo, look at the scoring forwards they develop"

Maradona-esque even with hand ball !;)