Mayo GAA Discussion

PARlance · 26-09-2022 10:44AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119665375#Comment_119665375

Have always enjoyed / thought there's a good atmosphere at the double headers. Would have thought that this one should be busier than average given the teams playing, even despite the TV coverage... but the weather might play a big factor in that.

MacDanger · 28-09-2022 06:16PM

Was at the Knockmore game in Charlestown and while we won, it was harder than it should have been. We were 6 or 7 up with ~15 to go and let Ballagh back into it with some sloppy play, loads of fellas overplaying the ball instead of keeping it simple.

Massive improvement needed to beat Castlebar on Sunday, Orme, Kevin Mc, Dempsey and to a lesser extent Peter Naughton need to improve a lot if we're going to progress. Darren McHale was probably the only one you could say played really well on Sunday, maybe P Ruttledge also.

Castlebar @ 2/1 is huge odds considering they're playing at home 😉

PARlance · 30-09-2022 09:35AM

New jersey released

https://twitter.com/Elverys/status/1575764887674011649?t=fQuqGG0XiTiSiK7rG5oA3A&s=19

HBC08 · 30-09-2022 09:51AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119683518#Comment_119683518

I like it!

PARlance · 30-09-2022 09:56AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119683607#Comment_119683607

Definitely an improvement on the last one imo

muddle84 · 30-09-2022 12:40PM

Yeah its a big improvement !

Green&Red · 30-09-2022 01:44PM

Big weekend

Should be a tight game between us and Castlebar. Fancy Breaffy, Ballina and Westport in the other three

interlocked · 30-09-2022 11:11PM

Jason Doc is getting married tomorrow. Congrats to both of them. Hopefully, he'll still be around next year.

I think if you picked the two most unappreciated Mayo footballers, it would be the Doc and Kevin McLoughlin. Not to Mayo supporters, though. They epitomise every thing good about that team. Pure unselfishness. Andy emphasised in his book , that he would never have lasted or made player of the year, without those lads doing the donkey work, covering back and breaking with the ball. Making him look good by supplying the ball so he could finish it off.

All the best Doc, don't even think of retiring.......

(Good job, Parke bet them last week, though😬)

Cartman78 · 02-10-2022 02:28PM

The McHale Park pitch looks in great condition for this time of year.

Heading out to hurling (!) now with the kids so will catch up with these games later on

thesultan · 02-10-2022 03:55PM

First game a borefeast

PARlance · 03-10-2022 09:31AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119692710#Comment_119692710

Second game never got going either, really subdued atmosphere at the games.

From a Breaffy point of view, a very disappointing performance. No real game plan other than Aidan in at full forward and that didn't work at all. No real surprise tbh, there was a sense that it worked for the group games but that better teams would be able to deal with it.

Great to see Cillian back from a Mayo perspective, he was the best player on the pitch imo. So good and so intelligent.

Fair play to Castlebar, I thought their youth might be found out a bit but I was wrong. I think you would have to say that Knockmore had the look of a tired team, maybe the hunger wasn't there, maybe the focus wasn't there with all that went on with the Mayo job. Great champions all the same, it'll be hard call the next winners.

MacDanger · 03-10-2022 09:53AM

Castlebar deserved winners, we could have sneaked a draw but it wasn't to be. Tough on Orme to miss that last one when he had probably been our best player yesterday imo. Two great years and hopefully there's a couple more in this team.

Castlebar have a very well defined defensive system, they don't contest kickouts and everyone drops back to about the 65 immediately and it's very hard to break down. They scored some cracking points yesterday from distance but I wonder if they'll struggle on a day when those don't go over, there was hardly anyone inside as an option for the kicker. Alternatively, if they're chasing a game, that defensive system won't be as effective as you have to push more men forward so I think they'll need a plan B.

V small crowd in Castlebar yesterday, I think those games would have been better played elsewhere although castlebar obviously suits for the TV. Pitch was in great condition though.

Still very hard to call, Ballintubber probably a bit behind the other 3 but they're the only ones who have the experience of winning it.

Was at the knockmore V Carnacon game yesterday too, very exciting match and great to eek out the win against a great club

PARlance · 03-10-2022 11:28AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119694880#Comment_119694880

Thought the crowd was dire yesterday. You had called it before but I genuinely thought there would be a decent crowd / atmosphere given the teams involved.

Would agree re worrying about Castlebar to some extent, but I've been thinking they might be a bit short so far and I've been wrong on that as well.

Thought Orme was very good, I might have expected too much from him for Mayo last year but he looks like a guy who is getting there in terms of his strength. Could be a very important player under McStay if he can keep up his progress.

naughto · 03-10-2022 09:08PM

https://www.con-telegraph.ie/2022/10/03/roscommon-set-to-unveil-new-gaa-boss/

naughto · 03-10-2022 09:48PM

Looks like another f1uck up by the connaught

HBC08 · 03-10-2022 10:01PM

The Connaught and one man in particular have been embarrassing themselves for a long time now.It looks like they're looking to do it on a national stage now.

WhiteWalls · 03-10-2022 11:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119697552#Comment_119697552

Are the Connacht for real here, whatever about making a mistake but to then leave up an incorrect headline is criminal.

maximus15 · 04-10-2022 03:07AM

Hennelly was poor again from a long high ball for the first goal . Cillian took full advantage of playing with him for years and knew he is slow off his line and barely left the ground, to try and jump . Need more goalkeeper options tried out in league next year . Great servant but that goal was embarrassing for a county standard keeper

Green&Red · 04-10-2022 09:54AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119698320#Comment_119698320

I only saw it in real time but I'm not sure it was Hennellys fault, theres a lot of Breaffy lads between him and the ball that should have taken care of that

Disappointing result for us on Sunday, Castlebar deserved it, very well set defensively. They'll probably need to score more to beat Westport. Very impressed with Ethan Gibbons and Gavin Durcan. Knockmore looked like a tired team, the good thing is we probably won't lose anyone from that team and its very young.

It'll be a f**king nightmare if Ballina win it

Green&Red · 04-10-2022 09:56AM

Ladies had a great win against Carnacon, destroyed them in the first half and then Carnacon took over and looked like they'd go on to win until we saved a penalty. Held on after that. Some very questionable tactics on the kickouts

HBC08 · 04-10-2022 10:54AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119698320#Comment_119698320

That goal was the defenders fault more than the goalie,you can't blame Hennelly for defenders letting the ball bounce out there.

Blackjack · 05-10-2022 11:59AM

There will be some that will look to pin global warming on the man, never understood the lengths some people will go to in order to blame Hennelly 100% for every goal scored, while ignoring the flaws of others.

PARlance · 05-10-2022 01:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119703820#Comment_119703820

Well Clarke didn't cause global warming... so by a matter of deduction, Hennelly has to have caused it!

A joke obviously, but the truth isn't a million miles away from that. It all goes back to the Clarke/Hennelly divide/debate/debacle imo. Views entrenched from that time continue to this day.

For a county that prides ourselves on supporting our players, it's a shame Hennelly is subject to some real nonsense at times.

That ball on Sunday was never a keepers ball, it bounced outside the square, we had a county midfielder and a former county player make a real mess of dealing with it. It was then a case of Hennelly with a standing start over Cillian who had the run on him. No contest.