PARlance wrote: » You could be forgiven for forgetting that they were defending champions in 2011.
Shurimgreat wrote: » Clare and Derry put it up to Mayo for long stretches. Cork would probably be of similar quality to both these teams. So I can see them putting it up to us. We've been very inconsistent this year, so we could be great or we could have another stinker. I wouldn't write off Cork just yet. With some of the weaknesses we have in defence under the high ball and in attack, we could be caught out.
Bunny Colvin wrote: » What's this I hear about Limerick?
Mayo star Aidan O'Shea responds to Bernard Flynn's controversial 'selfie' criticism Mayo juggernaut Aidan O'Shea has admitted that he quit social media for a time after being criticised for taking selfies with young fans while his teammates warmed down after a challenge game earlier this year. Two-time All-Ireland winner with Meath Bernard Flynn suggested that O'Shea was more interested in “photographs and selfies” than the team. Current Mayo boss Stephen Rochford and former manager James Horan were among those who defended O'Shea from the claims but speaking on Off The Ball on Newstalk this evening, O'Shea finally had his say on the issue. "It is impossible to try and switch off totally. To be honest with you, a lot of the boys just pulled the p**s out of it to be honest," he said. "I did my best to switch off from it and to be honest, I stayed off social media for a long period of time. "It got to a stage where I didn't know what games were on the television from a sport point of view but usually I'm well clued into things but I completely zoned out. "My injury took up a lot of my time and that was totally my focus. You can't control things like that, there is no point trying to lose too much sleep over it or try to fight it. It is what it is." He continued: "The press is the press and the media have a job to do. I can't control a headline or anything like that. "I just know from being a player with Mayo and when I was a kid and a supporter, when I became a county footballer, I mad the conscious decision to be obedient to kids. I think it's an important part of what the GAA is about, I think it's an important part of what we're all about in the community. "Sometimes that gets lost. For me, first of all I'm a Breaffy footballer and Mayo footballer second of all and whether it's a club game in the top end of Mayo, or an inter-county game or some kid walking up the street and they are looking for a picture, I'll do what I asked when I was 10 or 11 years of age and I'll be obliging when I can and I'll always to that. "From that point of view it's disappointing. GAA players, not just me, the give very freely of their time and do a lot to promote the game." O'Shea has struggled with injury this year but has been very influential in the qualifier victories over Derry and Clare after Mayo exited the Connacht championship to rivals Galway. He will be a central figure for Mayo when they play Cork at the Gaelic Grounds on July 22.
seligehgit wrote: » Is Paddy Durcan back for the Cork game or did he get a one month ban for a straight red card for a strike?
keane2097 wrote: » Very gracious response to the hullabaloo by O'Shea.
yop wrote: » Don't expect anything else. If anyone actually met the lad they'd ignore the BS pushed out by the media. Paper doesn't refuse ink and all that, so easy for people to form opinions, most of them wrong, based on that. The abuse he takes on the pitch and never reacts and the rubbish from the media and wanna be pundits would nearly push a lot of lads out of the game, but fair play to him he has stuck it out and has put in 2 great performances so far this year. But I'm sure Bernadine Flynn and his other wannabes will be waiting in the wings for him to falter.
flasher0030 wrote: » I’ve never met him, but he seems a genuine good guy. He must have some level of patience. I don’t know how he doesn’t react to the holding and wrestling that is stowed upon him. I can’t understand why there is no onus for umpires to step up to the mark, and show some kind of pro-active nature in games. They only have a couple of things to think about in a match – wide or not, goal or point, 45 or not, square ball or not. There’s not much else for them to do. Off all of the officials, between the 4 umpires, they have the most time to view what is happening in games. They can see the illegal “tactics” used to quieten the O’SHea’s , Donaghys, Connolly’s of the game. When an umpire is about 5 yards away from Philly McMAhon having a hold of AOS’s jersey, waiting for a high ball to come in, he surely has some responsibility to make the defender aware that he sees what is going on, and if it happens again, he will bring to ref’s attention for a booking. But they just stand there like statues, bellys sticking out through the white coats. They may as well be white strait-jackets they’re wearing.
Kalyke wrote: » All this talk about Quarter Finals? How we not learnt from ours and others past? One game at a time. I for one would not take Cork as an absolute given. I hope Rochford and company feel the same!
Kalyke wrote: » I am speaking from bitter experience!
km79 wrote: There are games where teams can be caught Derry was one , Clare to a lesser extent This is not one of them Cork have shown nothing over the last few years to suggest it and they have gotten worse not better Clare are better than cork and had a bit momentum and we dealt with them
Westernyelp wrote: » Anyone who calls any game a certainty is very naive
Kalyke wrote: » Being cautious is not poor mouthing. Far from it.
