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Mayo GAA Discussion Part 2

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finbarrk

Oldtree wrote: »

Any parking hints for Ennis please. And roughly where's the entrance, thank you

Ennis will be awkward on Saturday. It's a busy town of a normal Saturday without any match on, not to talk of a big one like this.
The Gardaí have recently taken a strict stance on illegal match day parking, issuing tickets at one of Clare's Hurling League matches earlier this year.
My advice for Mayo fans would be to continue to Exit 12 on the Motorway, and come in by the West County Hotel. Go left at the Traffic lights after St. Flannans College and find some street parking after that around the Turnpike area. It's a 15 min walk through the town then by O'Connell St.
https://www.google.ie/maps/dir/Cusack+Park,+Ennis/Turnpike+Rd,+Ennis,+Co.+Clare/@52.8425707,-8.9869629,16z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x485b6d3203eb2659:0x215b62880b797d9e!2m2!1d-8.9784634!2d52.8466271!1m5!1m1!1s0x485b12d4f0d04583:0xfd3af75630d3b441!2m2!1d-8.9850514!2d52.8385145!3e2
Most Mayo traffic will be coming in off Exits 13 and 14 and that will be congested.
Brogans Bar on O'Connell St. or the Old Ground Hotel would be options for food on that walk to the Park.
Ciarans Bar beside the Queens Hotel is a good spot for pre match pints. But it will be jammed after the game.

ureds

Oldtree wrote: »

Any parking hints for Ennis please. And roughly where's the entrance, thank you

Tesco and Aldi/Lidl (it's one of them) beside the ground with plenty of parking but get there early.
The entrance to the ground can't be missed from there.

Coillte_Bhoy

Oldtree wrote: »

Not a word of a lie in my post
Have a look here
http://www.clare.gaa.ie/cusak-park

Perhaps they have forgotten about the health and safety review which put capacity at under 15,000

MaroonAndGreen

Fr Tod Umptious wrote:

True it's worrying to see their inefficiency in fort of the posts, but they are making the chances and will continue to do so.

I'd like natural kickers like Loftus and Doherty in the half forward line before Coen

Oldtree

Any parking hints for Ennis please. And roughly where's the entrance, thank you

Oldtree

km79 wrote: »

LOL I'd say 28000 is closer to the population of Ennis than the stadiums capacity

Not a word of a lie in my post

Have a look here
http://www.clare.gaa.ie/cusak-park

[Deleted User]

MaroonAndGreen wrote: »

My take on Saturday:

Should have been a comfortable win. Wides kicked kept Derry in it. We are overreacting in here to be honest. Solid performances from Clarke, Barrett, Harrison, Keegan, Durcan (apart from red of course).

Aidan O'Shea is getting his own paragraph. Absolutely immense. I'd go as far as saying one of his best ever performances. The argument for putting him midfield is now better than ever. Parsons very good too.

Forwards worked scoring chances well and won their ball well. But shooting was disgraceful, especially second half. Can't defend it in any way. Doherty and Loftus have to start in Ennis. Anyway. Onwards and upwards. First qualifier was never gonna be easy.

That's the point, they created dozens of chances, fair enough they missed 17 or so, but they still created them.

They can do the exact same v Clare and even if they convert 10% more than they did v Derry they will have no problems.

True it's worrying to see their inefficiency in fort of the posts, but they are making the chances and will continue to do so.

MaroonAndGreen

My take on Saturday:

Should have been a comfortable win. Wides kicked kept Derry in it. We are overreacting in here to be honest. Solid performances from Clarke, Barrett, Harrison, Keegan, Durcan (apart from red of course).

Aidan O'Shea is getting his own paragraph. Absolutely immense. I'd go as far as saying one of his best ever performances. The argument for putting him midfield is now better than ever. Parsons very good too.

Forwards worked scoring chances well and won their ball well. But shooting was disgraceful, especially second half. Can't defend it in any way. Doherty and Loftus have to start in Ennis. Anyway. Onwards and upwards. First qualifier was never gonna be easy.

Mayo Club 51

Sean Hurson has been named to ref the match Saturday.

TommyDe

yop wrote:

Coen would be the only candidate I'd have for the FB position, height and strenght and instinct. Playing him where he is is only a waster. Like playing Boyle where he was Sat night and the Sunday Game pundits had the same thoughts that I had on that lunacy. We are making our own problems by idiotic tactics, playing lads out of position.

yop wrote:

That was Clarkes ball all day. It was a bad goal to give up

Agree with the first bit.
But if Cafferkey or coen play we need Kevin Mcloughlin to sweep in the absence of Higgins.

No way was that clarkes ball. it always favoured the forward the way it was beautifully floated in (such a ball too). It was a hard ball to judge until it started to dip. Look at Cafferkey 's position in the lead up, lynch was in front of him and just held him at arms length until Clarke was going to get between them. Very clever by lynch and a lovely goal from a great move.

naughto

Donal55 wrote: »

Nah. I'd say it was McStay/McHale who dodged the bullet!

They have done well so far with there fun bus
Loose sunday which I expect to happen
And they could both jack it in

Fowler87

I tend to agree with the argument that Cafferky isn't a very stable full back. Unfortunately we don't have many other options in the position, unless we try Coen or Vaughan maybe. However there is definitely a place for Caff in the side. The lad has the knack of being in the right place at the right time, fantastic reader in defence and he's a solid tackler. They are sort of the attributes required for the infamous sweeper role. Does lack the required pace to play there though

Coillte_Bhoy

Donal55 wrote: »

Nah. I'd say it was McStay/McHale who dodged the bullet!

Exactly, who wouldnt rather be losing Connacht finalists than losing AI finalists :rolleyes:

Coillte_Bhoy

Shurimgreat wrote: »

yep leave Cafferkey there and see how we fare in the championship.

The team that started against Derry was clearly not fit for purpose except in the eyes of blinkered supporters who never see anything wrong with Mayo.

Definition of insanity is to repeat the same things over and over and expect a different outcome.

We are as it stands and with the current selection on course for another failed campaign.

The cycle will continue again next year, same players, same selection, same result. But unfortunately there is no telling some people.

Can i ask what same players and what selection exactly is bothering you? You havent mentioned any specifics apart from vague bull**** generalisations, well apart from Cafferky obv and what your answer there?

Donal55

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

How long before someone suggests that we missed out on McStay/McHale ?

Nah. I'd say it was McStay/McHale who dodged the bullet!

[Deleted User]

km79 wrote: »

I stopped reading when I seen Seamie full back

How long before someone suggests that we missed out on McStay/McHale ?

happyoutscan

I would have more faith in Seamie, Caff just too soft back there.

SomethingElse

km79 wrote: »

I stopped reading when I seen Seamie full back

We could put Cillian in goals and bring him up to take the frees, that way we'd have space for an extra forward

homewardbound11

PARlance wrote: »

Any comment to go along with the image?

A long ball launched into the square is the goalkeepers responsibility all day long. He should have been up there with arms and legs flying, as he normally does so effectively. He was caught flat footed. The book starts and stops with Clarke on that for me.

I'd disagree. Cafferky should have being in Clarkes position . He should have prevented the full forward from getting a run . He should have protected the area outside of the 6 yard line .

what should have happened and I'm allowing for cafferky to be beaten , cafferky prevents the forward from getting a strong leap outside of the 6 yard lines and this would allow Clarke to clear and take both cafferky and the Derry forward out of it .

blowitupref

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Ennis is probably the biggest dump of a county ground in the whole country.

But it will have a great buzz to it.

A happy hunting ground for Cafferkey, Higgins, Seamus O' Shea, Barry Moran, Conor Loftus, Diarmuid O Connor in their youth.

Have I left anyone out ?

Four other lads. C Barrett, C Boyle; S Coen; F Boland.

Kerry with 14 men for all of the 2nd half outscored and beat Clare by 6 points in Ennis a few weeks ago. In the final NFL game where both had something to play for Meath beat Clare by 12 points in Ennis in April. Clare are conceding on average 1-14 per game this year. While Mayo only conceded 0-15 v Galway and 1-13 in 90 mins v Derry. All known logic points to a Mayo win and probably a more comfortably win than the one against Derry.

yop

Coen would be the only candidate I'd have for the FB position, height and strenght and instinct. Playing him where he is is only a waster. Like playing Boyle where he was Sat night and the Sunday Game pundits had the same thoughts that I had on that lunacy. We are making our own problems by idiotic tactics, playing lads out of position.

That was Clarkes ball all day. It was a bad goal to give up

MayoAreMagic

Shurimgreat wrote: »

Agreed. Although Cafferkey didn't even try to jump or check the run of Lynch. He was muscled out of the way. That should never happen to a full back, ever. The best full backs take man and ball and leave people trailing in their wake. That will never be Cafferkey. Nice footballer but too easily outmuscled.

Well in fairness, when his keeper was coming, the place for cafferkey to stay was on the deck and maybe get in lynch's way. If he jumped and the two of them collided people would be giving out about that too. (isnt that what we blame hennelly for doing in 2013?) It is easy talking after the fact.

The reality is Clarke probably called it, and with him usually being impervious in the air, the defence expected him to win it. The flight of the ball deceived him (it seemed to zip in quite quickly), he jumped a bit late and lynch beat him to it.

As for 'taking man ball etc etc', a nice sound bite but that simply doesn't happen in reality, mainly because it is too risky. A dropping ball inside the small square is the goalkeepers all day long.

Shurimgreat

km79 wrote: »

I stopped reading when I seen Seamie full back

yep leave Cafferkey there and see how we fare in the championship.

The team that started against Derry was clearly not fit for purpose except in the eyes of blinkered supporters who never see anything wrong with Mayo.

Definition of insanity is to repeat the same things over and over and expect a different outcome.

We are as it stands and with the current selection on course for another failed campaign.

The cycle will continue again next year, same players, same selection, same result. But unfortunately there is no telling some people.

km79

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

No Higgins ?

I stopped reading when I seen Seamie full back

yop

Unreserved seating again Saturday. 15 euro per ticket.

Shurimgreat

jasonroche123 wrote: »

I'd have mcloughlin in ahead of Boland all day

I'd prefer consistency myself and unfortunately Mcloughlin is not consistent as any long term Mayo fan knows.

Shurimgreat

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

No Higgins ?

Maybe Higgins for Barrett, although Higgins is not great at corner back. Feck it going to stay with Barrett with Higgins coming off the bench.

jasonroche123

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

No Higgins ?

I'd have mcloughlin in ahead of Boland all day

[Deleted User]

Shurimgreat wrote: »

My Mayo team for rest of championship:

Clarke
Harrison
Seamie O'Shea
Barrett
Boyle
Keegan
Durkan
Parsons
AOS
Boland
Doherty
Coen(Sweeper)
DOC
COC
Loftus

K Mcl is way too inconsistent to justify starting. He can go from being one of the best in the country to one of the worst within minutes. Andy Moran has only the legs for impact player at this stage.

No Higgins ?

Shurimgreat

My Mayo team for rest of championship:

Clarke
Harrison
Seamie O'Shea
Barrett
Boyle
Keegan
Durkan
Parsons
AOS
Boland
Doherty
Coen(Sweeper)
DOC
COC
Loftus

K Mcl is way too inconsistent to justify starting. He can go from being one of the best in the country to one of the worst within minutes. Andy Moran has only the legs for impact player at this stage.