Mayo GAA Discussion

MacDanger

https://twitter.com/MayoGAA/status/1758898788637278466

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MacDanger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121781165#Comment_121781165

Depends on where in the city you are tbh. Ryans on Camden Street might be decent if you're around there

muddle84

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121781232#Comment_121781232

Anything on the north side? Im on parnell street

MacDanger

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121781261#Comment_121781261

Wouldn't be too familiar with that area but you could try Briodys or the Celt. Might be worth asking on the Dublin thread

Cartman78

Good luck to all travelling....had to give it a miss in the end... accomodation was proving tricky anyway and then the young fella picked up a cold so that put an end to a family trip to Tralee.

Had planned to pop in to the training session in Mungret yesterday evening but got stuck at work so was destined not to see Mayo in action it seems

RedDevil55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121781261#Comment_121781261

The Woolshed on Parnell Street is good for soccer games anyway. Presume they'll be showing Mayo Kerry.

Be-Jaysus

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121781085#Comment_121781085

Kerry need to use the league as they have no competition in Munster.

Mayo on the other hand have a slog it out in Connacht just to get to the knockout stages of the All Ireland series ,and if they get there our players are burnt out & out of ideas when the main game plan is nullified at the business end of the season.

We as fans cannot continue showing ignorance when repeated mistakes are been repeated..

Cartman78

Poor enough game so far 😕

Callinan looking decent

Quiet Achiever

No roaming from Reape today. Well, you wouldn't with that forward line!

Cartman78

Disappointing result in the end but much better performance in the second half.

Brickenden kicking away that free in injury time was costly, hopefully he'll learn from it

Be-Jaysus

Club level mistake by Brickenden.

Could understand taking it on early doors but kicking it away with 1 minute to go was hard to fathom.

Maybe someone should have shown themselves for a pass.

Blackjack

I think that was a mark rather than a free, and I don’t think he’d be known for taking shots.

Disappointing not to get a point from that but there’s positives from that game. Kerry probably let us off the hook in the first half with the number of wides they had. Score line probably flattered us a little in the end, and once we were down to 14 it was always going to be a tall order. We did well to get back level at the end.

We still have Paddy, Mattie and a few others to add to the squad too.

happyoutscan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121782203#Comment_121782203

No one showed for the pass from what I could tell.

Sebastian Dangerfield

The inside forward line is a massive worry. O'Shea looks miles off, as does Conroy. Surely its time to mix it up to suss out options for summertime. We saw what this forward line had to offer last year.

That aside, Boland looks like a useful (re)addition. ROD sharp as always. I'm not sure McLaughlin is worth the squeeze as a starter, for the odd goal he has too many shortcomings. Never seen a man to miss at the near post like him, rather than look inside

RedDevil55

Callinan had an unbelievable start to the game, what a player he's going to be. Unfortunately he seemed to gas himself out after the 2nd point. Looked jaded for the rest of the game. Probably should have been subbed off before the second yellow for that reason.

Thought Brickenden had a really good game too, he seems to get a lot of stick whenever he makes a mistake.

A third clean sheet in a row is a big positive.

The form of Ryan and Fergal up front another plus.

Diarmuid looked in great shape for his first game of the year.

No harm done with the defeat.

We're in a decent place for the year ahead.

km79

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121782349#Comment_121782349

Pretty much my thoughts.

3 games in against Galway and last years two finalists 

2 wins and a one point away defeat

zero goal chances given up now that we have a centre half back and the Loftus experiment is over (surely)

Younger players getting more game time 

No harm done tonight bar McBrien injury. It looked a bad hamstring one to me. He was wearing cycling shorts from the get go too so have a feeling he was wary of such an injury

Westernview

Positives.

Callinan starting to take on Keegans mantle

Some nice moves in the second half against a packed defence

Defence solid

ROD and Boland good

Subs bench fairly strong

A lot of players seem to have scope to improve

Negatives

Midfield well beaten

Tommy C out of form

One of the scourges of Mayo football - too much unnecessary soloing is slowing down attacks too much and must be rooted out.

Every forward must be capable of scoring or else they shouldn't be there.

RedDevil55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121782457#Comment_121782457

Didn't see what happened McBrien. That's annoying if so.

C__MC

Mayo done OK tonight. They'll be happy and I'm sure they have one eye on the championship.

RedDevil55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121782569#Comment_121782569

Don't think midfield were beaten at all. Ropey enough start on our kickouts but we were well on top there in the 2nd half.

Westernview

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121782609#Comment_121782609

We improved in the second half but I didn't think we were well on top. I certainly don't think we have a midfield pairing to compete for primary posession at this stage. Last year we took so many short kickouts in an effort to avoid the issue and the problem persists.

PressRun

Should have done everything to stop Clifford getting the ball in the last minute and we might have nicked a point. Probably didn't deserve to eve get a draw tbh. However, he's too accurate and too slick even when not fully fit. Best player I've ever seen in the flesh tbh. But listen. Is what it is.

Westernview

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121782665#Comment_121782665

I thought it was naive alright to leave him 1 on 1. But who knows he might have scored even with 3 on him he's that good.

RedDevil55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121782652#Comment_121782652

We don't have a Conor Glass or Brian Fenton but not many teams do. If Flynn and Tuohy/Ruane are wing forward, with McBrien pushing up from the 6 position we've more than enough height there to compete for primary possession.

Westernview

I don't believe that compensates but we can agree to disagree.

manofwisdom

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121778928#Comment_121778928

wing half back as he played tonight is the best place to play him.

RedDevil55

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121782838#Comment_121782838

You're really arguing over petty semantics at this stage. Callinan was marking Sean O'Shea, so certainly wasn't playing wing back.

MfMan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121782203#Comment_121782203

Wouldn't blame him entirely. No. 11 was looking at him and pointing towards the posts, encouraging him to take on the shot. Should have recycled it and run down the clock, even a draw would have been a good result.

flasher0030

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121782949#Comment_121782949

Management should have been all over that. Managing the last 3 minutes. Carefully instructing the players how long left and instructing what to do. This scenario should all be played out several times in training. It would be by the better teams. Poor brickenden was looking around - hadn’t a clue what to do. Did the worst thing possible then. Poor form by the other players that no other players showed for the ball and demanded a pass from him. If that was Dublin, Ciaran Kilkenny would run through walls to shout for the ball from a fulll back trying to offload the ball from a mark. And Clifford would do same. But our guys went hiding.

Fr Tod Umptious

Not that worried about the result, Kerry needed that game, they had already lost one at home, and Mayo stuck with them.

Very impressed that once again they didn't allow much of a goal chance.

I'd expect Mayo to beat one of Tyrone, Monaghan or Roscommon which would be plenty to assure Div 1 for next year.

Can Mayo for the rest of the league try and start a front six that doesn't include Aiden O'Shea or Cillian O'Connor?

Do they have enough good or reasonable forwards to try that?

I'd like to see what it's like with O' Shea coming off the bench, what he could do, how opposition would deal with it.