Mayo GAA Discussion Part 2

Loafing Oaf · 21-08-2016 05:18PM

Same pattern as the qualifiers, underwhelming performance but never looked like losing. In the final and still don't know whether we're serious contenders...

TCDStudent1 · 21-08-2016 05:20PM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Same pattern as the qualifiers, underwhelming performance but never looked like losing. In the final and still don't know whether we're serious contenders...

Probably one of the most unusual runs to an all Ireland final.

km79 · 21-08-2016 05:21PM

Job done

Loafing Oaf · 21-08-2016 05:23PM

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

Probably one of the most unusual runs to an all Ireland final.

Maybe comparable to Down fluking their way to a final in 2010 and very nearly winning it...

windy shepard henderson · 21-08-2016 05:31PM

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Same pattern as the qualifiers, underwhelming performance but never looked like losing. In the final and still don't know whether we're serious contenders...

i still think that is no bad place to be in , on too many occasions in the past mayo have entered all ireland finals on the back of some impressive performances which carried a level of expectancy , all the pressure is now on the winner of next weeks game

people are also talking too much about tipperarys status of a division 3 team , the fact is they are a product of one of the best underage structures in the country and were on in a semi final today on merit and are probably every bit as good as any team from the bottom half of division 1 downwards , i think todays win is better then what ye will be credited for

from a mayo point of view it surely must be seen now as a no pressure situation heading into the all ireland with a point to prove rather then an expectancy tag applied

padd b1975 · 21-08-2016 05:44PM

km79 wrote: »

Job done

Exactly.
Semi finals are all about winning. End of.

We move on.

I must say I love the feeling when we're first in the final and get to watch the other two hopefully batter the hell out of each other.
An exciting month ahead no doubt.

km79 · 21-08-2016 06:35PM

Awaits the bleeding hearts "I've been to every game this year but can't get a ticket for the final " posts

A LOT of people jumped ship this year after the Galway game . I know quite a few. Theu can stay at home . Sure it's on rte for twin anyway

charlie14 · 21-08-2016 06:37PM

That was a strange performance, and I don`t just mean the ref.

wp_rathead · 21-08-2016 06:49PM

Fair play lads
Ye had 4 epic semis in last 2 years, drawing 2 and losing the other 2, I'd say ye more than deserve to stumble into a final
Good luck

Pidge. · 21-08-2016 07:21PM

km79 wrote: »

Awaits the bleeding hearts "I've been to every game this year but can't get a ticket for the final " posts
A LOT of people jumped ship this year after the Galway game . I know quite a few. Theu can stay at home . Sure it's on rte for twin anyway

I boarded ship after the Galway game (pac) not a hooooope of me getting a final ticket though!

BonnieSituation · 21-08-2016 07:23PM

km79 wrote: »

Awaits the bleeding hearts "I've been to every game this year but can't get a ticket for the final " posts
A LOT of people jumped ship this year after the Galway game . I know quite a few. Theu can stay at home . Sure it's on rte for twin anyway

"Jaysus Joe. It's not fair."

Can't wait for Liveline tomorrow*

*I will not be listening to Liveline tomorrow.

Stoner · 21-08-2016 07:24PM

ProudDUB wrote:

What the hell is wrong with you? The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

It was all I had. Young lads had other plans with his food. Ended up in standard gear.

Fr Tod Umptious · 21-08-2016 08:10PM

Good to get the expected win and look forward to the final.

This display was exactly like the Kildare and Westmeath ones.
10 mins blitz, game in the bag, take the foot off/lose focus/conserve energy(delete as required).

At no point did I think they would lose.

Dublin or Kerry will be a different story.
Personally I'd fancy our chances v Kerry, they have been as bad as Mayo all year.
Against Dublin though everything would have to go right, which is a big ask.

However the Tyrone game had shown us that this team can adapt and I'm sure they will put a lot of work in preparing for the final.

Great to be going to a final again, and let's not apologise for getting excited about it in the coming weeks.

Cartman78 · 21-08-2016 08:11PM

Cartman78 wrote: »

On the train from Limerick now...having a clear run at the day :-)

There's actually a surprising amount of Tipp fans on board....I may have to stay incognito until we get to Dublin.

Update :

On the way home on a Limerick bound via Thurles train ...Tipp fans not so cocky now...I'm tempted to start up a few lines of "Sam Maguire's coming home to Mayo" but not quite drunk enough or confident enough after our underwhelming win today.

Not sure what to make of our performance tbh...we're either playing within ourselves /peaking or simply not good enough.

seligehgit · 21-08-2016 08:52PM

Now sure what to make of that performance.Are we playing within ourselves or simply not good enough?

I'm as always going to enjoy the buildup to another All Ireland final irrespective of what the begrudgers would wish.

Yes we're fully aware we're going to be rank outsiders in said final but we will not put up the white flag just yet.No Mayo supporter believes that we are deserving of a sympathy All Ireland,just setting the record straight.If we finally end the famine in a month's time,it will be on merit and I will so happy for above all this bunch of lads who have been such a credit to the county.

Great credit to Tipp,great support and a great future lies ahead.Hope you win the hurling,the cats have won quite enough.

Very good win for Galway in the minors,pretty impressive.

More in depth post re the match tomorrow after enjoying a few celebratory drinks in the capital.

Westernyelp · 21-08-2016 10:53PM

There is a horrid amount of Sh!te being talked over on the match thread. A win is a win and we live to fight another day. Apologise to no one about how we got here. And celebrate any way you see fit.

km79 · 21-08-2016 11:01PM

Westernyelp wrote: »

There is a horrid amount of Sh!te being talked over on the match thread. A win is a win and we live to fight another day. Apologise to no one about how we got here. And celebrate any way you see fit.

I love that we aren't everyone's second team anymore
apologise to no one
UP MAYO

PARlance · 21-08-2016 11:07PM

Serious work needed but it's great to be in a final all the same. It's fairly worrying that we're still giving away soft frees. We were poor against Tryone and possibly worse today. It was a strenght in previous years but we just seem to have lost the art of it. I'm not sure you regain that in a few weeks, it has to be engrained throughout the year.

If I was wishful, I would say that we've turned it on in patches when needed. But I haven't been optimistic all year and I'm really not sure if we've got it in the locker to go toe to toe with Kerry or Dublin for 70-75 mins. It will be one hell of a step up. It's not that I don't think it's within them, it's just hard to imagine it's there with the way the year is gone.

I really hope it's the Dubs in the Final, even though they're massive favourites, I think going full throttle and hoping everything goes right is our best chance rather than a more tactical game vs Kerry.

One major positive from this year is that our strenght in depth has improved immensely. There are lads coming off the bench and making impacts. That is something both Dublin and Kerry have had over us for a while.

Stoner · 21-08-2016 11:22PM

Very flat second half, at the stage when there was 2 or 3 points in it I thought that Tipp might get a goal, a sloppy goal then Mayo got one and it was game over.
COC was off form today . Andy Moran was great, more or less what we'd been saying about him, linking up, support play etc.
I think the hard tackling from the experienced Mayo players took a lot out of Tipp. Some will need to develop that toughness that comes with age.

Barry Moran's positioning was very effective imo not exactly a sweeper but it really worked out well, he's done that job before, apart from contesting kickouts he was in a defensive position that he rarely left, much more defensive and solid than KMc in his attacking sweeper role IMO as kerry or Dublin will / would catch him out up the field.

BonnieSituation · 21-08-2016 11:33PM

I'm still a a loss as to how some Mayo people are thinking that playing us is preferable than playing Kerry as things stand.

Ignoring history for a second if I was Mayo I would be dying to play Kerry.

In one foul swoop you could kill the curse, kill the hoodoo and win an all Ireland. Be like us in 2011.

happyoutscan · 21-08-2016 11:39PM

A win is a win and today's performance will keep their feet on the ground. Thought Andy Moran was absolutely brilliant in the first half. He's very important to our chances of winning the big one. Fair play to Tipp and their great support too.

happyoutscan · 21-08-2016 11:40PM

BonnieSituation wrote: »

I'm still a a loss as to how some Mayo people are thinking that playing us is preferable than playing Kerry as things stand.

Ignoring history for a second if I was Mayo I would be dying to play Kerry.

In one foul swoop you could kill the curse, kill the hoodoo and win an all Ireland. Be like us in 2011.

I'd much prefer a cracking at Kerry, would love to get one over them.

km79 · 21-08-2016 11:41PM

BonnieSituation wrote: »

I'm still a a loss as to how some Mayo people are thinking that playing us is preferable than playing Kerry as things stand.

Ignoring history for a second if I was Mayo I would be dying to play Kerry.

In one foul swoop you could kill the curse, kill the hoodoo and win an all Ireland. Be like us in 2011.

I agree

BonnieSituation · 21-08-2016 11:48PM

happyoutscan wrote: »

I'd much prefer a cracking at Kerry, would love to get one over them.

The sweetest victory is a victory over that shower.

PARlance · 21-08-2016 11:53PM

BonnieSituation wrote: »

I'm still a a loss as to how some Mayo people are thinking that playing us is preferable than playing Kerry as things stand.

Ignoring history for a second if I was Mayo I would be dying to play Kerry.

In one foul swoop you could kill the curse, kill the hoodoo and win an all Ireland. Be like us in 2011.

I would glady carry some Kerry baggage if we had an AI in the bag.

I think we're better suited to playing Dublin, in what would on paper be an "all out" game. We don't really suit a slower, more tactical affair that on paper, a game with Kerry would bring imo.

(And then there's just the pure fear of losing to Kerry....when we might give ourselves a chance versus going into Dublin expecting very little.)

(And then there's the fact that my wife is from Kerry)

casscass4444 · 22-08-2016 12:04AM

Inexperience,youth,and a bad referee cost Tipperary the win today imo.to be honest I expected a lot more quality football out of a battle hardened experienced division 1 Mayo team as some of the posters on here call them.2 very bad referee decisions made against tipp not to mention several probable frees not given.keegan was hanging out of lads all day but got away with it.ref wouldn't let the game flow at any stage calling back all frees and not allowing anything fast and flowing.thought Andy Moran played a cracker to be fair pity he has the mileage on the clock.the rest of the Mayo team looked flat and half hearted.cant see any threat here for Dublin or Kerry.here comes the Mayo for Sam brigade now anyway.gotta go.ha

BonnieSituation · 22-08-2016 12:04AM

PARlance wrote: »

I would glady carry some Kerry baggage if we had an AI in the bag.

I think we're better suited to playing Dublin, in what would on paper be an "all out" game. We don't really suit a slower, more tactical affair that on paper, a game with Kerry would bring imo.

(And then there's just the pure fear of losing to Kerry....when we might give ourselves a chance versus going into Dublin expecting very little.)

(And then there's the fact that my wife is from Kerry)

Again, how would a game against Kerry be more "tactical"? If there's one thing that has been absent from Kerry this year it's tactics! They just don't seem to have any definitive plan.

Whereas we do.

There's a some serious delusion if you think we'll go "toe-to-toe" with anyone. The patience in our team is second-to-none. Did ya see the Donegal game?

seligehgit · 22-08-2016 12:06AM

BonnieSituation wrote: »

I'm still a a loss as to how some Mayo people are thinking that playing us is preferable than playing Kerry as things stand.

Ignoring history for a second if I was Mayo I would be dying to play Kerry.

In one foul swoop you could kill the curse, kill the hoodoo and win an all Ireland. Be like us in 2011.

The consensus is very much that we'd much prefer to face Kerry.

BonnieSituation · 22-08-2016 12:10AM

seligehgit wrote: »

The consensus is very much that we'd much prefer to face Kerry.

Perhaps. But there have been some odd posts from your cohort today expressing a preference for one-in-row Superteam Dublin.

windy shepard henderson · 22-08-2016 12:11AM

casscass4444 wrote: »

Inexperience,youth,and a bad referee cost Tipperary the win today imo.to be honest I expected a lot more quality football out of a battle hardened experienced division 1 Mayo team as some of the posters on here call them.2 very bad referee decisions made against tipp not to mention several probable frees not given.keegan was hanging out of lads all day but got away with it.ref wouldn't let the game flow at any stage calling back all frees and not allowing anything fast and flowing.thought Andy Moran played a cracker to be fair pity he has the mileage on the clock.the rest of the Mayo team looked flat and half hearted.cant see any threat here for Dublin or Kerry.here comes the Mayo for Sam brigade now anyway.gotta go.ha

sounds like you ordered a smokie backon burger from supermacs and expected a free bottle of champagne in the process

Tipp are a descent side, mayo were in a no win situation today and probably the same will apply the next day for diffrent reasons but they still have a great chance of unseating the odds

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