Mayo GAA Discussion Part 2

I hear Gavin is laying down the law with the dubs after the game. The players wanted to do the after match but he put a halt to it and had a go at some player at a session.

There is bound to be a reaction from them, but Mayo need to go at them again and expect an improvement from them. Mayo are well capable of wining this but the performance needs to be deliver and no goals conceded

Coillte_Bhoy

Audioslaven wrote: »

I hear Gavin is laying down the law with the dubs after the game. The players wanted to do the after match but he put a halt to it and had a go at some player at a session.

There is bound to be a reaction from them, but Mayo need to go at them again and expect an improvement from them. Mayo are well capable of wining this but the performance needs to be deliver and no goals conceded

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

interviews i assume.

corny

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

If McGee is talking about trips to Knock then the national media narrative has not changed in the last week.

Barry Cahill, I think that's who it was, was on Today FM the day of the match saying that he could not see anything other than a comfortable Dublin win.
Jackie Hurley on RTE the day before said that every Dublin person she meet was confident of an easy victory.
Now that's all fine but there has been a suggestion that the Dublin players may have been listening to too much of this type of talk.

Now this week the narrative is that they will never play as poorly again, if they listen to too much of that talk then its certainty to be Mayo's day.

But I think Dublin playing bad was not just as simple as them having a off day, Mayo's performance as a lot to do with it and as I have said here before, deep down this team do not seem to have the bite that everyone said they had.
This is three games on the trot now were they wete supposed to win easy but have been a bit off colour.
Hopefully it continues.

You might be right. Its hard to back up as champions.

Plenty of things to look forward to in the replay but seeing how the players react to Gavin calling them out in public is top of the list for me. First time its happened in nearly 4 years. I'd say he's asking the same questions of them that you are.

Just on the media bit. I'm adamant that stuff has no bearing on either team. The game will play out, just like the first game, exactly the same as if there were a moratorium in the media.

corny wrote: »

You might be right. Its hard to back up as champions.

Plenty of things to look forward to in the replay but seeing how the players react to Gavin calling them out in public is top of the list for me. First time its happened in nearly 4 years. I'd say he's asking the same questions of them that you are.

Just on the media bit. I'm adamant that stuff has no bearing on either team. The game will play out, just like the first game, exactly the same as if there were a moratorium in the media.

when did he call them out in public? Or did I miss something. Couldn't imagine Gavin of all people doing that

Audioslaven wrote: »

I hear Gavin is laying down the law with the dubs after the game. The players wanted to do the after match but he put a halt to it and had a go at some player at a session.

There is bound to be a reaction from them, but Mayo need to go at them again and expect an improvement from them. Mayo are well capable of wining this but the performance needs to be deliver and no goals conceded

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

The Talking Bread wrote: »

interviews i assume.

ProudDUB wrote: »

Aaaaaaaand Jim Gavin and the players, have been speaking about all this, where exactly? The links to the newspapers articles, radio shows, telly programs where they said all this, would be....

Hmmmmmm?

I have also heard that Aidan O'Shea likes to dance naked with unicorns and fairy sprites, on the beach at Keel, while slathered in baby oil, under a full moon at midnight, on mid Summers Eve. But you ain't gonna find me coming on here, to spread said rumours, unless I had verifiable links to back it up.

#Bull$hitDetectorOnHighAlert

#NoFliesOnProudDub

#PrayForThoseUnicorns

#HeavenHelpUs

:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

There you go. Happy.

ProudDUB

It's not nonsense at all. You presumed that the rumours came from interviews with Jim Gavin and/or the Dublin players. No interviews have been given by any of them, since the day of the game. If they had been, they would be all over the media and would be incredibly hard to miss. So no such verifiable quotes exist.

It's very easy to attribute non existent rumours (of the kind that takes on a life of their own) to non existent utterances by players and mgt, unless someone goes to the trouble of asking for verifiable links. I am taking that trouble. It's not nonsense at all.

ProudDUB wrote: »

It's not nonsense at all. You presumed that the rumours came from interviews with Jim Gavin and/or the Dublin players. No interviews have been given by any of them, since the day of the game. If they had been, they would be all over the media and would be incredibly hard to miss. So no such verifiable quotes exist.

It's very easy to attribute non existent rumours (of the kind that takes on a life of their own) to non existent utterances by players and mgt, unless someone goes to the trouble of asking for verifiable links. I am taking that trouble. It's not nonsense at all.

i didnt presume anything??????????/ I just presumed thats what the other poster was on about when he wrote his post. Is it that hard to understand my reply!

Maybe read my above quote where I quiet clearly rubbished the idea that Gavin would be giving any sort of public talk about the game, let alone his players.

Your issue is with the poster above who wrote the post (I havent a clue what he is on about either,) not me

Audioslaven wrote: »

I hear Gavin is laying down the law with the dubs after the game. The players wanted to do the after match but he put a halt to it and had a go at some player at a session.

There is bound to be a reaction from them, but Mayo need to go at them again and expect an improvement from them. Mayo are well capable of wining this but the performance needs to be deliver and no goals conceded

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Once again, to spell it out to you.

AS wrote this quote but the line in black wasnt coherent, hence CB questioned what he meant. I merely assumed AS meant something to do with "the players wanted to do after match" INTERVIEWS. Even though I hadn't a clue what AS actually was talking about.

I didnt write the bl99dy post!!

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corny wrote: »

You might be right. Its hard to back up as champions.

Plenty of things to look forward to in the replay but seeing how the players react to Gavin calling them out in public is top of the list for me. First time its happened in nearly 4 years. I'd say he's asking the same questions of them that you are.

Just on the media bit. I'm adamant that stuff has no bearing on either team. The game will play out, just like the first game, exactly the same as if there were a moratorium in the media.

I'd be very surprised too if either of these teams started to believe their own hype.

But going for 4 national titles in a row and 7 out of the last 8 under one manager is a huge ask.

Especially when you come up against as physical a team as Mayo at the last hurdle.

No team since '89/'90 has won back to back with the same manager and since then Armagh and Kerry (twice) have failed at the final hurdle.

Flange/Flanders

Something I was wondering about the last Day, has the player of the year award ever gone to someone from a losing county? The reason I ask is who would win player of the year if mayo win? Keegan? Zippy? If both of them play badly but mayo still win? Coc has been brilliant at times but maybe not as much as other years? Aos surely out of it after not playing quite so well the last day, tho did get through a mountain of work.

Obviously I nor the players will give a toss who wins the individual award, as long as they win the main one!!

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Flange/Flanders wrote: »

Something I was wondering about the last Day, has the player of the year award ever gone to someone from a losing county? The reason I ask is who would win player of the year if mayo win? Keegan? Zippy? If both of them play badly but mayo still win? Coc has been brilliant at times but maybe not as much as other years? Aos surely out of it after not playing quite so well the last day, tho did get through a mountain of work.

Obviously I nor the players will give a toss who wins the individual award, as long as they win the main one!!

Not sure about the team that lost the final getting POTY but most recently Alan Brogan got it in 2010, Dublin lost a quarter final that year I think

To be honest I don't think there are any stand out candidates for it this year.

PhoneMain

If Dublin wins and Fenton has another decent day then it could be him. Hopefully Seamie will have something to say about that!!! Any word on Regan yet?

Also, if they're looking for a mobile midfielder to change things up (tho I know he has played wing forward a lot), maybe Coen will get a decent amount of playing time the next day!

naughto wrote: »

No one asked you to post in here if u don't like it there's an unfollow button and bring your rooleyes with ya

No I think you will find I'm quite entitled to post on here, roll eyes and all.
I'm also quite entitled to point out when people are being overly nasty and displaying behaviour and language unbecoming of a true GAA fan.

I will at all times keep it civil and impersonal.

If you don't like that, then that doesn't really concern me, that's your own issue.

PhoneMain wrote: »

If Dublin wins and Fenton has another decent day then it could be him.

I'd agree with that, to date, if I were to pick Dublin's best player it would be him, but that all depends on whether they win or not.

From a Mayo fans point of view who would ye pick as your best so far?

PhoneMain wrote: »

If Dublin wins and Fenton has another decent day then it could be him. Hopefully Seamie will have something to say about that!!! Any word on Regan yet?

Also, if they're looking for a mobile midfielder to change things up (tho I know he has played wing forward a lot), maybe Coen will get a decent amount of playing time the next day!

I think Fenton ha it wrapped up, bar a shocker Saturday

Kalyke

One of Rochfords great achievements was getting the rain to fall on the Dublin side of the pitch and then for it to switch around to their side again for the 2nd half.....? Genius.:D:D:D

The Talking Bread wrote: »

I think Fenton ha it wrapped up, bar a shocker Saturday

Can't see them giving it to a Dub if Dublin lose to be honest.
I know Brogan got it in 2010 but he was head and shoulders above everyone that year, if there are no clear cut winners they normally pick from the winning team.

Kalyke wrote: »

One of Rochfords great achievements was getting the rain to fall on the Dublin side of the pitch and then for it to switch around to their side again for the 2nd half.....? Genius.:D:D:D

Giving rain again next Saturday, no point in us Dubs turning up

km79

The Talking Bread wrote: »

I think Fenton ha it wrapped up, bar a shocker Saturday

If mayo win CilLian will have had to have had a good game so he will get it IMO
I put my paddy power free bet back on mayo to win and was not even out of the shop when I regretted not putting it all on Cillian at 8/1 to be POTY

PhoneMain

While Keegan hasnt been as good as previous years, he's still had a pretty good year.

km79 wrote: »

If mayo win CilLian will have had to have had a good game so he will get it IMO
I put my paddy power free bet back on mayo to win and was not even out of the shop when I regretted not putting it all on Cillian at 8/1 to be POTY

If Mayo win Precipitation will surely be a good shout to get it? The real difference. Took every Dub out of it!

PARlance

Menoetius wrote: »

I'd agree with that, to date, if I were to pick Dublin's best player it would be him, but that all depends on whether they win or not.

From a Mayo fans point of view who would ye pick as your best so far?

I credit an awful lot of our turnaround in form to Andy Moran. I think it was mentioned that he's 20/1 for POTY which is massive odds imo. We would have to win and he would have to score something like 1-3 but stranger things have happened.

km79

PARlance wrote: »

I credit an awful lot of our turnaround in form to Andy Moran. I think it was mentioned that he's 20/1 for POTY which is massive odds imo. We would have to win and he would have to score something like 1-3 but stranger things have happened.

Yes if anyone of mayos big name players have a massive game and mayo they will win POTY

PhoneMain wrote: »

While Keegan hasnt been as good as previous years, he's still had a pretty good year.

100% with you on this. keegan is a top top player. He is the go to man in mayo to curb the threat and delivers. He doesn't get the limelight because he is not banging the ball over the bar. He is a 100% team player and will do whatever is required for the team. i think this guy is just super.

Who gives a bollox about POTY. Not worth a piece of piss if we don't win SAM.

km79

Audioslaven wrote: »

Who gives a bollox about POTY. Not worth a piece of piss if we don't win SAM.

if we don't win sam it won't be one of our lads
we will so that's why it's being discussed