Mayo GAA Discussion Part 2

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Looking safe for the Rossies now in Salthill. That means its Mayo v Cork doesn't it? No 4A draw needed?[/quote

No draw needed cork it is will it be on the 22nd?

Go Roscommon lovely

I hope to God it's Ennis as opposed to Limerick.I presume it's Saturday the 22nd?

seligehgit wrote: »

Why 7PM?

Sky have fixtures down as 5 and 7

seligehgit wrote: »

I hope to God it's Ennis as opposed to Limerick.I presume it's Saturday the 22nd?

Urgh probably will be Ennis again. Ah well bring on the Clarinbridge-Gort tailbacks

Can see why I was so underwhelmed after our loss v Galway looking at that today. Knew they were not that good. But fair play to the Ros though. Some very good stuff by them and fully deserved

An improvement on the Derry game. Against Derry, we were terrible in the first half and even worse in the second half, whereas yesterday, we were poor in the first half and then lit up in the second half. So there's gradual improvement.
Diarmuid seems to have found a bit of form, his goal was a bullet.
Cillian struggled to get into the game at times, but he was taking serious abuse off the ball from the Clare goalkeeper and the fullback, so I was delighted to see him get his goal.
Aidan had another great match. Good to see him back in his proper position.
Happy to see Evan Regan get some time and he showed well enough when he came on.
Good to see Lee being given a freer, more attacking role. He is at his best when he has freedom to get up the pitch. Keith as well was much better when going forward and making things happen.
Our tackling was better in the secoond half and we showed fight for every ball.

On the downside, there is still a serious problem with teams cutting through the middle. While I can see why having Kevin McLoughlin in the forwards is beneficial, I still think he's our best option as sweeper and we are weak at the back without him. We're very soft through the middle and I would still be concerned that we'll be badly carved open at some point.

The slow starts are not great either. We can't keep leaving it late. That being said, we warmed up quicker yesterday.

If the county board agrees to that everyone of them needs to resign

There will be a few little mutterings but past form suggests that they will be little lambs to the slaughter again.

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Where is that from? Does that mean playing Cork in Cork?

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/pairc-ui-chaoimh-set-for-weekend-of-quarter-finals-if-cork-involved-454084.html

mayo.mick wrote: »

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/pairc-ui-chaoimh-set-for-weekend-of-quarter-finals-if-cork-involved-454084.html

They can take a running jump if they think we'll give up a neutral venue and head down to Pairc ui Chaoimh or Semple Stadium as a neutral venue for that matter.

I thought they were all set to fix two of the hurling quarter finals in Pairc ui Chaoimh after the Munster football final was moved to Killarney.

homewardbound11 wrote: »

After limerick , the GAA can take a running jump all right . How about Hyde park . See how cork would like that .

Cork win hurling now anyway

On that though
Yes why should we agree to play a Munster team at a Munster venue AGAIN
Up to tullamore

Looking at last years neutral venues for the 2 qualifiers that were not in Croker
Clare Roscommon was in salthill
Derry Tipp was in Cavan

So limerick or Ennis is a near certainty and I'd guess limerick

km79 wrote: »

Looking at last years neutral venues for the 2 qualifiers that were not in Croker
Clare Roscommon was in salthill
Derry Tipp was in Cavan

So limerick or Ennis is a near certainty and I'd guess limerick

Do the GAA i wonder ever think about the optics of these games? Ennis would be a full house and a cracking atmosphere whereas Limerick would be played in at best a half full stadium. I know which venue Sky would prefer if they have any say

km79 wrote: »

Sky have fixtures down as 5 and 7

Are RTE not showing any of the games?