Mayo GAA Discussion

Euphoriasean

thats last free was absolutely ridiculous. A clear free out. You can't jump on someone and then pull them by the head. Nonsense decision.

Cartman78

Some odd decisions by the ref all match in fairness.

Seems like we had the winning of that match at several stages but didn't put them to the sword

km79

Nobody to blame but ourselves

When your centre forward doesn’t touch the ball for 50 minutes and one of your wing backs has absolutely zero footballing ability
But you keep turning them and expect anything else

I don’t know what to say anymore

Westernview

Only a point difference but slightly better forwards the difference. Mayo had no defender to compete with Comer in the air. Needed a sweeper in front of him?

Could really have done with Paddy Durcan.

PressRun

We needed to close out the game and kept playing the ball backwards and laterally. We had a full deck except Durcan and Galway had rakes of lads fresh off injury. We have no one to blame but ourselves. You'll always have ref decisions go against you. It's neither here nor there. We had opportunities to win and didn't. End of story.

km79

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122100664#Comment_122100664

100%
we lost it on and off the pitch

Cowardly

Where will the 3rd game in the round robin against the Dubs be played? Croke Pk?

PressRun

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122100681#Comment_122100681

I hope this is the end of the brainless optimism I've seen from some people. The current team is lacking and that is a simple fact. The general standard of player isn't there. There are several starters on this team that wouldn't have gotten near Horan's team.

Robson99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122100586#Comment_122100586

Ye can't blame Gough after that....

naughto

The rossies in the hyde will be interesting

Avon8

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122100713#Comment_122100713

Especially considering what happened between minute 60 and 70. Terrible performance by him all round

WesternZulu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122100713#Comment_122100713

The free before that too looked for all the world soft as well

Euphoriasean

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122100713#Comment_122100713

Please reread and comment on what I actually said.

Panrich

The referee wasn't great but he did as much to hurt Galway as he did to hurt us. I've never seen a 45 brought forward before, and I'm watching football for over 50 years. Also the throw up he gave before we went 2 up was very soft.

We were not good enough. That's the bottom line. Nobody to contain their danger men effectively and at the other end, we carry no goal threat and are still too lateral trying to work it into Ryan O'Donaghue.

Westernview

No Way did we lose because of the ref. Galway had awful decisions against them too.

Only 2 top level forwards Tommie and Ryan. Aidan played well but again can't score. That would be OK if Flynn, Carney and Boland were able to take advantage of his layoffs.

II had doubts all along about Bolands physicality and it was borne out again today against a tight championship defence.

I'm sticking with my view that a semi final spot would be acceptable this year. The last 2 games a reality check for those who thought that was being negative. No just realistic.

Carol25

I see a lot of positives from that game and a lot of negative comments on here. The Mayo midfield has been berated on here time and again. I thought they did great today and won a lot of ball and breaking ball, fair play also to Matthew Ruane, really drove at the defence and got some great scores too. Colm Reape had a great game as did the defence in general bar some goal chances coughed up. Thought it was great to see Tommy Conroy back to himself and offer another attacking option to the forwards.
Mayo should have won that game but didn’t for one reason I could see - 100% instance of overusing the lateral pass going nowhere and not converting enough scores. They were the better team overall on the day. Thought Gough gifting Galway the victory over a few strange free calls from a midfield position earlier was ridiculous and puts the game into disrepute. Either it’s a foul or it isn’t as Joanne Cantwell said. Have to hand it to RTÉ though, they did their best to make out poor Galway had bad calls against them in midfield so that somehow justified Gough giving clear Galway fouls on Mayo as frees into Galway from kickable positions. (Sour grapes I know)
Cillian O’Connor took a great point too when he came on. Thought Boland was very quiet today. They’re a young team and they did great working themselves into good positions to disrupt Gleeson’s kickout. Biggest problem that needs to be sorted is converting more scores.

irishgeo

Overcarrying in the first half was desperate as was the ones dropping short.

PressRun

Matthew Ruane scored but we are still struggling so much on long kickouts because our midfield can't win their own ball. So they still aren't actually doing their primary job.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122100721#Comment_122100721

Historically the rossies have never turned up after Connaught

Robson99

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122100752#Comment_122100752

I did

happyoutscan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122100810#Comment_122100810

Gough didn't gift Galway that, Mayo did. He ref was awful for both sides, in no way can he be blamed, not in a million years. Comer bullied the feck out of our defense and Walsh when he came on showed what can happen when you have intelligent footballers.

Tommy is not the player he was, doesn't add enough to the score board.

We have a few supremely athletic footballers who have no in-game football intelligence whatsoever.

Plus, why are lads so terrified to go for a point instead of recyling when the point is on?

Young team yes, but nowhere near as good as we think we are.

Sideline in dream land as well.

MfMan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122096282#Comment_122096282

Never a truer word….

km79

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122101106#Comment_122101106

This

Avon8

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122100810#Comment_122100810

Your middle paragraphs there are absolutely hilarious 😂. Dya want to watch back the RTE coverage and see the ball over the line for a Galway goal that inexplicably ended up in a free out? Or the free brought in from a 45 that was originally a wide ball? Or the hop ball given for zero reason that Tommy Conroy scored directly from? Or the Comer one on one called back for again no reason?

The fact that it was Lee Keegan on the coverage, making the point that Galway got rode, should tell you all you need to know about what happened

Carol25

The posters here and Mayo fans in general love to catastrophize everything from big to small. Probably as a result of losing so many close finals. It’s the same reaction whether it’s a one point loss or a 10 point loss. The Mayo player who makes the dreaded mistake is lambasted along with management. It’s become a mindset. I don’t see other supporters from other counties behaving this way to the same extent.
I wonder does this mindset then feed into the team sometimes. Mayo’s major weak link is their attack and lateral predictable passing going nowhere. They’re not the team of the 2010’s but they did a lot right today.
I won’t bother answering the clearly Galway biased post re ref, he gifted Galway the win at the end in my book. Mayo should have been further ahead prior to that from their dominance but couldn’t push on.

Barlett

Ah whatever about decisions from the ref, the ball was never over the line, I don’t know how you can think it was .

Avon8

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122101313#Comment_122101313

Have you watched the slow motion RTE produced straight after full time? What did Lee say about it?

WesternZulu

You’re embarrassing yourself now.

Whatever about the other decisions that ball was never 100% over the line.

Enjoy the win and stop focusing on conspiracy

Sebastian Dangerfield

The amount of times a Mayo player had a point on and took an extra touch or turned back inside. So frustrating.

I just dont get playing o'shea in the postion he is played. I think theres value to be had in leaving him in the square and actually kicking the ball into him. Playing him as a corner forward, way out wide and dropping out the field, is pointless

km79

We have nobody to blame but ourselves

Making the same mistakes over and over again on and off the pitch .

What’s the definition of insanity?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122101452#Comment_122101452

Mayo were 3 up when O’Shea was substituted, imo he should have been left on another while, as usual his grafting and impact is not appreciated.

His replacement o”Connor offered absolutely nothing other than his handy point. It just shows how overrated oconnor was when you take the frees away from him. I heard he caused ructions when he wasn’t handed back that role after another one of his injuries. Fair play to rod for standing his ground on that one. Time coc retired, team is stronger without him

MacDanger

Well done to Galway but fairly sickening to be 2 up with a few mins left and somehow manage to lose it. Bad enough to lose but it's embarrassing to lose it to a Galway team that are as poor as they were today.

Three woeful turnovers in the last few mins, Brick over on the tce side, Loftus in the middle and Ruane under the stand, absolutely kamikaze. Without the benefit of a replay, it's hard to know if it was the fault of the player in possession or the support players.

Looking at the bigger picture though, our forward play is brutal - running the same lines over and over without any real plan to get the ball to ROD/Tommy/Boland for a shot. Mgmt largely to blame for that imo.

On a positive note, at least we improved at MF, won 14/18 of our own kickouts and 7/24 of theirs

WesternZulu

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122101651#Comment_122101651

I agree that COC’s time for Mayo is probably up. He hasn’t been the same since that injury he picked up in the league against Clare a few years ago.

However, to say that he was always overrated is madness. He had a lot more in this locker than just frees. He would never have gotten near the top scorer in the championship if he hadn’t.

C__MC

Still think mayo could be dangerous in All Ireland series,

irishgeo

The last free was a joke. I have seen a picture of the mayo lad being tackled around the neck.

threeball

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122101452#Comment_122101452

I thought ye completely lost your shape when ye took him off. He was a fulcrum around which the attack was working to a degree. When he left it didn't really work at all. He's so powerful he takes minding and creates space for others. Out the field he slows play too much but inside he can retain possession and wait for runners which is Mayos main way of getting scores. In front of goal he's not a finisher so having him as a roaming corner forward makes sense.

Barlett

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122101382#Comment_122101382

Yeah I have & it clearly wasn’t, if you can show me the shot where it shows the ball completely over the line , I’ll hold my hands up .

LetticebCivil

Too many players that can run all day but with little football IQ. Lads handing off passes for 25 yards out with an easy point on. Inexplicable. Mayo are not the only team like this.

MacDanger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122101907#Comment_122101907

https://twitter.com/TheSundayGame/status/1787151445415874912

No way it's over the line. Dunno how Silke doesn't manage to score the follow up though

Avon8

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122101927#Comment_122101927

Wonderful cherry picking of the images that didn't show the ball crossing the line. It was shown on RTE in the coverage after the game. Lee had plenty to say about it. Elementary anyway, it didn't affect the result

windy shepard henderson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122101182#Comment_122101182

there two posts ….. brian stafford … know your history cathy , i actually agree with 95% of that post despite the rant

Claremorris must have been hard to listen to tonight

MacDanger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122102007#Comment_122102007

Eh, that is the RTE footage 😂😂

Avon8

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122102033#Comment_122102033

Alright bud, whatever you think. We'll forget about the two hand throw straight after this pic that would've meant a penalty to Galway also

Whatever helps the cope anyway. I don't think Wexford are in contention for Sam next year so there's every chance you might join them on 4 All Ireland football titles yet

MacDanger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122102055#Comment_122102055

Ah jesus 😂😂 it's a video, not a photo

Westernview

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122101452#Comment_122101452

I agree with the first part of that. The default setting for a lot of Mayo players is take a solo or 2 before looking up. Jack Carney, McLaughlin, Mattie and Aidan are often guilty of delaying when the ball could be moved on quicker. Comer in contrast was trying to move the ball on immediately when he received it. A few times in the first half mayo forwards had a chance to shoot for goal but took an extra solo and were closed down.

Regarding Aidan he has repeated the pattern of drifting out the field under almost every manager at club and county level so it's reasonable to conclude that he is deciding to do that himself. He's not going to change at this stage. Billy Joe padden still mentions regularly that Aidan should be playing midfield all the time. 🙄

Westernview

Screenshot of Tommie well ahead of Maher in getting to the ball that led to a Galway point. All academic now but referee was in close attendance.

Be-Jaysus

Another self inflicted implosion, a common theme now.

This Mayo team clearly isn't at the level of it predecessor, i can handle that, but i cant shake off the feeling that Kevin & his management team should be getting more out of this current squad.

Westernview

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122102648#Comment_122102648

Unlikely a different management would improve things much. The main issue is an underage system that isn't producing players of the required standard. Poor decision making at various times reflects that.

LetticebCivil

No killer instinct in a lot of the players. Several times Mayo could have kicked on and gone 4 or 5 up. It never materialized and Galway snatched a win . These lads give up so much of their time and their selves to play Inter county football. I will always respect any player on any inter county team for doing o.

Audioslaven

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122102750#Comment_122102750

I think it is a management issue as well. We don’t have players of real quality to challenge for SAM but there is a clear tactic to run the ball into the D before you shoot. The players are afraid to shoot from distance. It is happening time and again and as mcstqy would say get the ball to the inside shooters. Carney did it yesterday when a shot was on but was too afraid to pull the trigger. The football is being coached out of them imo with this lateral **** play with no directness.

Mayo actually played close to their potential yesterday in my opinion and that is the level we are at.