Mayo GAA Discussion

Westernview · 01-06-2025 11:53AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123504846#Comment_123504846

Yeah he would be a great intact sub and the new rules would probably suit him. The performance of Durcan after a long layoff is encouraging for the others coming back.

flasher0030 · 01-06-2025 01:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123504980#Comment_123504980

Used to play with sligo. Bit too long in the tooth to be making a transfer to Mayo.

crusd · 01-06-2025 02:05PM

The leadership the likes of Paddy and AOS give is phenomenal. Paddy though example. But Aido has turned into a on field commander of sorts. As the hooter went ROD was hailing sideways to kick it dead. Aido glared at him and pointed at the goal to go for the extra score. Now, the most likely scenarios for us against Donegal is either win and top the group or lose and go out with wins for Donegal and Tyrone over Cavan , but there are scenarios where points difference could decide finishing positon in the group and it was great to see him recognise that and direct appropriately

Audioslaven · 01-06-2025 02:25PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123505320#Comment_123505320

Durcan is a serious plus… You just can't put a value on half backs getting scores and been an option. We have gone from zero to hero in the space of the two weeks. The Donegal game will be telling because if they can pull another decent performance and a result, who knows but I would worry that we are so up and down.

km79 · 01-06-2025 02:31PM

Cavan and Donegal is nip and tuck

Be-Jaysus · 01-06-2025 03:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123505417#Comment_123505417

then the flood-gates opened,

Fr Tod Umptious · 01-06-2025 07:12PM

So to top the group and get straight into the quarter finals and get a week off Mayo have to beat Donegal and hope Cavan doesn't beat Tyrone.

No bother.

Coillte_Bhoy · 01-06-2025 07:21PM

Ya but surely ROD realised thst himself. Its not as if we were hanging on to a one point lead, the game was won. These little things might matter, look at the two instances from Galway keeeper this year

SeanJ09 · 02-06-2025 12:02PM

I think the latter is guaranteed. The former will be tough going.

Cartman78 · 02-06-2025 07:33PM

So Croke Park is out of the picture for all the final round of games.

Is Hyde Park the only viable option?

I haven't been there in about 40 years (!) and it looks like it hasn't changed much in that time from what I saw on the highlights the other night 🙄

MacDanger · 02-06-2025 08:03PM

Breffni could be an option (2h 10 vs 1h 40) or Enniskillen (2h vs 1h). The Hyde is 1h 15 vs 1h 55

Any of those three are probably reasonable options from a travel point of view. Would Breffni have the biggest capacity?

Blackjack · 02-06-2025 08:05PM

The Hyde is much improved, it’s a really good venue for a match now. Pitch was in excellent condition last year for the matches.

TsuDhoNimh · 02-06-2025 08:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123509231#Comment_123509231

Breffni has an issue with staff/volunteers given the Cavan v Tyrone game would be throwing in at the same time in a different venue. A very viable option for other games, but not for ours.

Enniskillen has a Tailteann home QF on that weekend. Doesn't completely rule it out, but I'd be surprised if they'd have one venue going both Saturday and Sunday rather than mixing it around a bit more.

Hyde, Clones & Corrick (slight capacity concerns) the most likely options imho.

Hard to look past the Hyde & Corrick getting a game each given the recent work done to both (and more cynically the reps they have on the CCCC) & Clones you'd imagine might be used for Dublin/Derry. If Armagh/Galway was a battle for 1st I'd have assumed it'd be Corrick for us, but with our game a full-blooded do or die while Armagh are already safe in 1st I'd expect they'd see ours as the bigger draw - so Hyde for us and Corrick (again) for Armagh/Galway would be my guess.