Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

TCDStudent1 · 07-08-2017 04:50PM

jr86 wrote: »

While o'shea played well Higgins would have been my motm all day really. Not as much glamour with his performances as others but he carried so well and won countless ball out in front. The complete performance really

A serious boost as he has had an up and down campaign

I'd have gone with Higgins too

jr86 · 07-08-2017 04:50PM

km79 wrote: »

I would have had one from Higgins , parsons and Vaughan
Also thought Seamie was monstrous
That's why he isn't dropped . You just don't know with him
Same in the replay last year

Yeah I actually thought seamie was better than aidan

I love aidan and while he played well it was a bit of a cliched man of the match award so to speak

Glad they didn't do similar in hurling yest

PARlance · 07-08-2017 04:55PM

blueser wrote: »

I hope neither of them are called Anthony (aka "Anto")!

Went with Dermo.

PressRun · 07-08-2017 04:57PM

I think Aidan's MOTM was deserved. He made a nuisance of himself and more than made up for a sub-par performance last week.
Keith had a great game too.
Very impressed with Donal too. Such a Croke Park player.
Thought we looked a lot more assured at the back without Cafferky, tbh. Harry held the it really well. Its mad to think he's a newer introduction. Feels like he's been there forever. He's been such a terrific find, honestly.

franklyon · 07-08-2017 05:00PM

One negative I thought was the introduction of Alan Dillon, did nothing when he came on apart from try a silly shot that didn't come off. would have been better one of the younger players who don't have much experience of Croke Park.Even though he has been a great servant to Mayo football it's time to blood the next generation instead of looking to the past.

maximus15 · 07-08-2017 05:27PM

franklyon wrote: »

One negative I thought was the introduction of Alan Dillon, did nothing when he came on apart from try a silly shot that didn't come off. would have been better one of the younger players who don't have much experience of Croke Park.Even though he has been a great servant to Mayo football it's time to blood the next generation instead of looking to the past.

Defo would have been more beneficial to give likes of regan and boland a few more mins in croker.

Stoner · 07-08-2017 05:31PM

PressRun wrote:

I think Aidan's MOTM was deserved. He made a nuisance of himself and more than made up for a sub-par performance last week. Keith had a great game too. Very impressed with Donal too. Such a Croke Park player. Thought we looked a lot more assured at the back without Cafferky, tbh. Harry held the it really well. Its mad to think he's a newer introduction. Feels like he's been there forever. He's been such a terrific find, honestly.

I'm just home from it. I wouldn't have given it to AOS the first two goals came when he dropped back and the runners joined in Higgins was my MOTM too.

Great day for Mayo. Played without Cafferky, 4 goals , 22 point win (I think) and Keegan to come back into that team.

I thought Mcloughlan was very good today too.

Great win

naughto · 07-08-2017 05:46PM

franklyon wrote: »

One negative I thought was the introduction of Alan Dillon, did nothing when he came on apart from try a silly shot that didn't come off. would have been better one of the younger players who don't have much experience of Croke Park.Even though he has been a great servant to Mayo football it's time to blood the next generation instead of looking to the past.

Thought that was strange myself there was no need to bring him on

blueser · 07-08-2017 05:47PM

https://twitter.com/kcshowcork/status/894576376300408832

Awww; poor little Joe!

PARlance · 07-08-2017 05:48PM

maximus15 wrote: »

Defo would have been more beneficial to give likes of regan and boland a few more mins in croker.

I think Regan's goose is cooked judging by Rochford's actions. His have-a-go hero cameo against Galway saw him dropped for Derry & Clare... and we needed a scoring forward vs Derry. He was given another chance vs Cork and continued in a similar fashion, I don't think he'll trust him again this year.

I don't think Boland fits the bill now that we're playing a running game.

Personally I thought it was a bit of a gesture bringing him on. Could very well be the last we see of him... unless an unlikely Final with Tyrone awaits.

PARlance · 07-08-2017 05:55PM

http://www.the42.ie/lee-keegan-mayo-2-3534364-Aug2017/

Rochford post game interview. Keegan with a foot injurt, would have been 100% by Wednesday.

happyoutscan · 07-08-2017 06:01PM

franklyon wrote: »

One negative I thought was the introduction of Alan Dillon, did nothing when he came on apart from try a silly shot that didn't come off. would have been better one of the younger players who don't have much experience of Croke Park.Even though he has been a great servant to Mayo football it's time to blood the next generation instead of looking to the past.

Id trust Dillon ahead of Regan, especially at this stage of the championship.

km79 · 07-08-2017 07:44PM

Train to Galway is something else
Had to leave one carriage as it was full of rossies
Many Topless
Celebrating a 22 point defeat
All the while singing about mayo

A special breed

Farmer_3650 · 07-08-2017 07:54PM

Just would like to wish Mayo the best of luck in the Semi Final. They were by far the better team on the day. If they perform anything like that against Kerry, they should beat them.

SomethingElse · 07-08-2017 07:55PM

Cillian O'Connor scored his 293rd championship point today, surpassing Mikey Sheehy's 292 points. At this rate he is set to become the top championship scorer of all time, with Cooper currently leading on 341.

It's just a pity he's not a "marquee" forward

martyos121 · 07-08-2017 08:02PM

km79 wrote: »

Train to Galway is something else
Had to leave one carriage as it was full of rossies
Many Topless
Celebrating a 22 point defeat
All the while singing about mayo

A special breed

Did they even know there was a match on?

I was delighted for Andy to come out today and silence every single one of them with that performance. The reception he got walking off the pitch was stunning and 110% deserved.

km79 · 07-08-2017 08:09PM

Good job Rochford didn't drop half the team based on last week

MaroonAndGreen · 07-08-2017 08:09PM

I don't often quote Joe Brolly... But as he said "that's what you get for booing Andy Moran". A 22 point defeat in Croke Park.

I LOVE IT.

PARlance · 07-08-2017 08:11PM

SomethingElse wrote: »

Cillian O'Connor scored his 293rd championship point today, surpassing Mikey Sheehy's 292 points. At this rate he is set to become the top championship scorer of all time, with Cooper currently leading on 341.

It's just a pity he's not a "marquee" forward

Not bad for a 25 year old.

km79 · 07-08-2017 08:20PM

km79 wrote: »

No that's not for another 2 weeks
First of all we are beating ye on Monday
Hope that clears it up for you
Enjoy the bank holiday weekend until Monday

Oldtree · 07-08-2017 08:22PM

km79 wrote: »

I love donie

So happy

Yes yes

What a game. Everyone's workrate was fantastic and all still running at the end. I'm still breathless.

Only worry now for the next day is the cunning cat is out of the bag

And Joe brolly can eat my..... Eejet

Audioslaven · 07-08-2017 09:04PM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Yep I totally agree with the hope that the next game is the one that they put in a performance, but unfortunately it never seems to happen this year.

I've written this team off, but that is as much to ease my own disappointment when they lose as anything else.

They are still capable of getting to a SF and beating an overrated Kerry, and possibly winning it all.

They just have to keep digging deeper.

Later today will tell a whole lot (or maybe it won't, as has been the case all summer).

Today is the first step towards hitting form. We have too much quality to just die away. Rochford made a big call with the change in Full back( he should have done this a week ago) and Parson's is so vital to this team. AOS is a different man to this time last year. I must admit Doherty is really putting in the shift as well.

Rochford really makes some strange decisions or the timing of his decisions. I just don't understand why he took till now to make a change in FB. I know Dillion is a great servant but I can't see why he has him there but maybe he sees something.

Anyway, we need to go for Kerry with the same attitude and drive like today. We have the skill and the ability so this is all in the head.

PressRun · 07-08-2017 09:08PM

I've been saying for a while that Doherty is one of our most important players and he put in another solid performance today. He brings serious physicality to the team and isn't afraid to get stuck in and do the dirty work. He goes unnoticed most of the time because of this, but I think we are a better team when he is there.

PressRun · 07-08-2017 09:10PM

Stoner wrote: »

I'm just home from it. I wouldn't have given it to AOS the first two goals came when he dropped back and the runners joined in Higgins was my MOTM too.

Great day for Mayo. Played without Cafferky, 4 goals , 22 point win (I think) and Keegan to come back into that team.

I thought Mcloughlan was very good today too.

Great win

I think it was a great win purely from a confidence point of view. Bearing in mind that Roscommon did not give the best account of themselves, but to have a comprehensive win and to see it out for a full 70 minutes rather than the fits and starts kind of play we've been seeing for the last year, I think will be good for the self-esteem of the team. I think we have been low on confidence lately and over-cautious. We really needed this. Possibly the best win we've had since Horan's era.

Oldtree · 07-08-2017 09:17PM

Has anyone got a link to watch match back please?

Kristopherus · 07-08-2017 09:24PM

Oldtree wrote: »

Has anyone got a link to watch match back please?

Rte Player??? Just checked. The full game is on it.

wirelessdude01 · 07-08-2017 09:57PM

Oldtree wrote:

Has anyone got a link to watch match back please?

Full match is on the RTE player.

yop · 07-08-2017 10:13PM

Farmer_3650 wrote: »

Just would like to wish Mayo the best of luck in the Semi Final. They were by far the better team on the day. If they perform anything like that against Kerry, they should beat them.

Fair play Farmer, we've had a few ding dongs over the weeks, didn't see that coming, but I think the fitness over the 70 minutes helped us!

wow, WTF was that. Keegan out, Caff out, finally a decision by Rochford to taking Caff out of that team.
Was a great performance, total speed, tempo, hassling, back to 2 years ago.
Negatives if I want to be a total beeutch is the amount of easy chances we missed, yes we won by 22 points but when the coffin is open your bury them and their kids in one go, we need to be 100% clinical.

Winning today seems to have been better than winning last Sunday when we had so many poor performances and it might give the team a boost.

Roscommon were beyond poor, long time since I've seen as bad a show, Galway against Kerry were shocking but Roscommon looked beaten from the 20th minute.

Going to be interesting to see how they setup for Kerry, it will take as big an effort again and every bounce to go for us.

But a win is a win, another semi final, you can't say anything but these guys give us great days out, regardless of the so called "bottlers" tag, these lads have more bottle to keep coming back game after game and year after year.

keane2097 · 07-08-2017 10:15PM

Great performance today - the ideal way to tee up the semi-final.

If Mayo bring that kind of performance the week after next we're in for a ripper. Looking forward to it.

TheBully · 07-08-2017 10:20PM

Have we seen the end of Ger Caffreky, he didn't start or come on when Chris Barrett went off for blood?

Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

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