tacofries wrote: » Just back from Irish Tv's Mad for Sam. Really got the buzz going seeing everyone in the mayo gear. Cannot wait for the weekend, really believe that we will do it! UP MAYO
Bunny Colvin wrote: » Did you get Donaghy's autograph?!
tacofries wrote: » Hahaha was tempted but the poor fella had a queue of about 20 people around him! In fairness he came across as a sound lad and funny character. Have to echo what he said about the likes of Moran, Dillon, Higgins etc all deserving their moment in fame for hanging in for so long,, Of course the full team deserve it but for those lads in particular time is running out!
TCDStudent1 wrote: » Would you think this is the last year for all 3? Or will they be playing for Mayo next year? Or does that depend on the result?[/] Win or lose, I feel it could definitely be Dillons last year. Higgins has a few years left in him yet and I'd say Moran would hang on for another year as well especially since he has the gym now so that would help him keep the fitness up. Time is of the essence though,. These lads have given up their lives for a long long time so hard to see how they could go on much longer!
tacofries wrote: » Hahaha was tempted but the poor fella had a queue of about 20 people around him! ]b]In fairness he came across as a sound lad and funny character.[/b] Have to echo what he said about the likes of Moran, Dillon, Higgins etc all deserving their moment in fame for hanging in for so long,, Of course the full team deserve it but for those lads in particular time is running out!
Rainman16 wrote: » In my honest opinion. I think Mayo's chances of winning are slim to none. Dublin are a far superior team and should retain their title. I think we could see the highest winning margin of victory in an all Ireland final for 8 years. Kerry beat Cork by 10 points in 07, Since then 4 points has been the widest margin. I'll go for a 6/7 point win for Dublin.
Rainman16 wrote: In my honest opinion. I think Mayo's chances of winning are slim to none. Dublin are a far superior team and should retain their title. I think we could see the highest winning margin of victory in an all Ireland final for 8 years.
Rainman16 wrote: Kerry beat Cork by 10 points in 07, Since then 4 points has been the widest margin.
Rainman16 wrote: I'll go for a 6/7 point win for Dublin.
yop wrote: I'm going to sign off out of here as my passion could turn into a heart attack the closer we get. Hope ye all enjoy the game, I'm hoping not to be on here for a week.
Stoner wrote: » Getting there too Yop. Lots of fairweather lads on now churning out the same old stuff, I've become one too. It's always been close between the two teams nothing points at anything different. Good luck lads. That Mayo podcast last night summed up most things for me too. I still get annoyed when lads that should know better talk about Keegan's miss last time out, in fairness to him and McCarthy the ball was half blocked.
maximus15 wrote: » There is no doubting on form this year, Mayo should lose this by least 6 points!! But there is plenty of members of this squad who know that games are not won on past form. If that was the case we wouldn't have beat reigning all Ireland champions Cork in 2011 or the Dubs in the epic 2012 semi final so belief wont be lacking in our Boys. Add in the likes of diarmuid, Cohen, Hall and Loftus who have been in an All Ireland Final with minors in 2013 ( Conor Lane refereed that game!!) and came away that day with winners medal and same lads tasted success with under 21s this year so they know whats it is like to be winners in Croker on finals day and wont want the losing feeling anytime soon. Finally Rocheford brought a well drilled Corofin team to Croke Park on Paddys Day 2015 and on his first attempt in a final as manager, brought the cup down west. Mcentee of course a winner from his Armagh days. There is plenty of winners in this mayo squad and on the line, along with the experienced players who may have not won a final yet but know how to win games when very few have given them a chance in the past in some big days in Croker. This combination should be good enough to have us all leaving Croke Park on Sunday evening with a feeling we have waited all our lives to experience!! Bring it Home Lads!!!
Fr Tod Umptious wrote: » Probably going to keep away from it myself for the next few days and just observe from a distance. Enjoy the game all.
All-Ireland final: A Mayo win means all we know is wrong What will we do with ourselves if Mayo win on Sunday? Anybody thought of that? We can spend the week mulling over the various ifs and ands and wherefores but has anybody really allowed themselves a minute to consider the consequences of Cillian O’Connor lifting Sam? These are volatile times and serious men ought to give this some thought. Imagine living in a world where Mayo were All-Ireland champions. We would have to decommission the term marquee forward. Somebody call up the OED and tell them to get their Tipp-Ex out. From this point on, you only get to say “marquee forward” when you’re directing someone who is baloobas drunk around the Electric Picnic by the elbow. Mayo, God Help Us? That would have to go too. What would we do then? Roscommon, God Help Us doesn’t have the same ring. Galway, God Help Us sounds like a craft beer. One of those 6.3 per cent by volume ones that leaves you bent double over the bowl crying for your maker the following morning. The Saw Doctors would have a bit of tweaking to do as well. Some of the lyrics of The Green And Red Of Mayo are frankly unbecoming of All-Ireland champions. Soft and craggy bogland is the sort of put-upon, woe-is-us imagery that sits just about right with perennial nearly men. Fair to say it doesn’t scream champions. If that’s the first line you’re using to define the landscape, think about the message it sends. You’re basically saying, “Sure how can we ever hope to be anything – look where we grew up.” You think Diarmuid Connolly ever had to kick points off soft and craggy bogland? Or Stephen Cluxton run a kick-out drill? Think again, pal. Brown envelope If there was soft and/or craggy bogland anywhere in Dublin, the Corpo would have zoned it decades ago, some developer would have stuffed a brown envelope, some councillor would have had a word, some votes would have been cough-coughed through and some 400 families would be crying to Joe Duffy every winter when the floods come. Tell you what wouldn’t be happening – there wouldn’t be some soppy ballad raining down from the stands in Croker about it. So that would have to be given a quiet burial. And The Curse, obviously. We’d have to pull stumps on The Curse of ’51. The one apparently imposed by a priest giving a funeral in Foxford who took umbrage at the homecoming in 1951 and the team’s overly loud yahooing as they passed through town while he was conducting his business. Father Crankypants shook his fist and said as long as they all shall live, Mayo will never win another All-Ireland. All nonsense, of course. That said, they might just take the view though that you can’t be too careful. Put it this way – whoever was deciding the route home on Monday would want to be checking the local notices for any funerals in Foxford on the way back west. Tell the driver to steer well clear of any potentially grumpy priests. Like, Swinford clear. Imagine there happened to be one. Some poor soul who passed on over the weekend and didn’t even get to see them win the bloody thing. Lying in repose in Foxford on Monday when the local padre gets word that the cup is coming. What happens next? Who tempts fate in those circumstances? That was a long old 65 years, chaps – anyone feel like chancing 65 more? Thought not. Trappist monks at a silent disco would make more noise than you’d hear on the Mayo bus as it passed through the town. Somebody would have to sedate Lee Keegan with a tranquiliser gun. And they would, too. Mayo as All-Ireland champions. How will we cope? We won’t have Nixon to kick around anymore. No more jokes about the gang that couldn’t shoot straight. No more sad heroes. We’ll never hear Ciaran McDonald’s name again. Liam McHale can go back to being an ex-basketball star. Pat McEnaney can go to Westport on holiday. Dinner dance Will Galway bate Mayo? Doesn’t matter, Willie Joe or no. They’re All-Ireland champions and managed to throw Galway an oul’ win along the way just to get their hopes up. That will fairly take the legs out from under the end-of-year Galway GAA dinner dance. Maybe they’ll get Aidan O’Shea along to hand out the Connacht medals. Ah here, this is starting to get scary. Mayo as overlords. Mayo as the guy who gets the girl. Mayo played by George Clooney instead of Paul Giamatti. Everything we know will be wrong. Famine If Mayo win the All-Ireland, who will we cry about then? Whose famine do we adopt as our own? Cavan haven’t won since 1952, Roscommon since 1944, Kildare since 1928. Sure when will any of them be in a final again? Or anywhere close to one? Mayo are interesting because Mayo, like the poor, are always with us. But if they win the All-Ireland, will they even be Mayo anymore? These are questions of philosophy, of psychology, of theology almost. Nearly makes you hope for a Dublin win, just so we don’t have to delve too deep into them.
Bunny Colvin wrote: » Very sad to hear of the passing of Greg Maher after a long illness. Played for Mayo along with his brother Sean. Had the pleasure of having a pint with him after the drawn game with Dublin last year, absolute gentleman. R.I.P. Greg.
Fr Tod Umptious wrote: » Very sad Wasn't Sean a late call up to the team in the 1989 final or was it Greg ?
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