Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

Squatman wrote: »

cool good choice. was nally listed on the squat vs kerry?

yes, but looking at the program there was an extended panel listed in the back pages

seligehgit wrote: »

A text would be bad form,hardly likely?

I heard o Shea's mother sent him a snap

PARlance wrote: »

Timing would make sense anyway, there seemed to have been a trail of sorts for the final panel on Tuesday and I believe a weekend away this weekend.

They are hardly going to drop a couple of players at this stage

https://twitter.com/sineadkissane/status/903288944900657152

None of the injured trio trained this week. Donie and Colm expected back this weekend. Diarmuid next week. All expected to be absolutely fine for Final.

Interview with Rochford on The Connaught's Fbook page

kupus wrote: »

ok how is this for a game plan. Donie and Tom midfield. Dublin are very athletic here so we need very mobile midfielders.
Seamus in center half forward and to help out with kickouts and Aiden in full forward. coc and am on both wings
Mcl and doc, then there is durcan and loftus to come in, ah here I give up.....makes me glad I'm not in roachfords shoes.

Can't see us changing too much from the Roscommon replay. Keegan in for somebody though.

another conundrum for the back line, what about Caf?

Dublin not as physical as Kerry with star, but with players like Con
(what a player a joy to watch, a new gooch is found!)
Kevin mac who can take a score from a nothing ball,
is Caf mobile enough to bring in to counter that.
Is he fit enough? Who to take off if he is?

At half time in the Clare game I was convinced that this teams goose was cooked. They did none of what they used to do, tackle hard, run hard, create turnovers etc.

I was at the Cork and first Roscommon games, and even though I left the Cork game with a feeling of relief the absolute dross that was the first Roscommon game convinced me again that this team were running on empty, a “stay of execution” seemed to be one term that was used after that game.

If there goose was not cooked then it was some bizarre cunning plan by Rochford to just do enough to get into the All Ireland series and build from there .

And since the Roscommon replay that seems to be the case.

The Roscommon replay looks like some sort of epiphany, the minute they turn on the switch that gets turned on by good teams when required.

Shurimgreat wrote: »

If Caf plays, we lose, big. Sorry its that simple. Nice guy, nice clean footballer, but nowhere near up to it. When he was dropped for the Roscommon replay, our championship took off. Bringing him back would be a huge mistake, akin to changing the goalie last year.

I wouldn't go that far. He is simply struggling to return to form from a serious injury which can take 18 months to return properly from (Andy Moran being a case in point), and people forget, he was carrying an injury the day donaghy went onto him too. By Donaghy's own admission, he comfortably got he better of Donaghy in the meeting between the two in the previous season.
He was the best full back in the country for a time so I wouldn't be writing him off in such a manner. He mightn't start against Dublin and Id agree with that, but I think he could play a part later in the game, and next season.

I suppose like Moran, if and when he plays a few good games, the same guys calling for him to be ran from the panel will be saying he is great, and someone else will be the butt of their ire.

Mayo ladies play Cork at 4.45 in the All Ireland semi final,contest is live on TG4.

Badly needed goal for Mayo courtesy of Aileen Gilroy.Cork are very dominant in the second half.

Cora has added another score off her ciotog at the start of the second half.

Mayo 2-9 Cork 0-14

If we can get one more point that could just do it

Cora has been superb today and proceeds to miss an easy free.

Justice.