Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

Fann Linn · 13-03-2018 10:17PM

seligehgit wrote: »

Maurice Deegan is the referee on Sunday.

Swap ye Deegan for Brannigan☺

finisklin · 14-03-2018 12:07AM

Squatman wrote: »

i love these old wives tales. who get the win if the snow comes back, or if we get saharan weather. heres hoping for a sunny day. we'll be able to rest a good few player:eek: lol

Yeah the high ball into Aidan on a wet, windy day should do the trick. That worked a treat 3 years ago against Tyrone in the league.

km79 · 14-03-2018 12:14AM

finisklin wrote: »

Squatman wrote: »

i love these old wives tales. who get the win if the snow comes back, or if we get saharan weather. heres hoping for a sunny day. we'll be able to rest a good few player:eek: lol

Yeah the high ball into Aidan on a wet, windy day should do the trick. That worked a treat 3 years ago against Tyrone in the league.

It’s going to be dry
Aidan will be midfield
We have beaten them very game since ?

Audioslaven · 14-03-2018 12:16AM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Looks like Bernard Flynn is playing "good cop" to last years "bad cop"

I'm sure he'll be first to cut them down when that time come too

Flynn: 'Steely' Mayo a different proposition in 2018

https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2018/0313/947045-flynn-steely-mayo-a-different-proposition-in-2018/

Typical - one week a hero the next god knows what. We beat a poor enough Kildare side who have been beaten by all so far and probably lacking confidence. I wouldn't be reading a lot into that game really

SeanJ09 · 14-03-2018 12:52AM

Stoner wrote: »

What a load of rubbish, there's no difference at all between Mayo this year and last, maybe Coen has more game time, that's about it.

Loads of those idiots following each other in a circle jerk of regurgitated secondhand stories every year. Pretty soon Mayo will have a rep for only coming good in August, and it will last for years.

The biggest one was in 2013 when Mayo were set up to play Dublin, the line to spin for the country pundit was

"If mayo had Andy Moran I'd go for them but since he's injured I'll have to say Dublin"
Easy answers generated from reading about the games and not observations.

You mean 2012 right? Andy missed that final v Donegal through injury though he played the 2013 final v Dublin. Scored a goal into the hill too.

jr86 · 14-03-2018 10:13AM

Stoner wrote: »

What a load of rubbish, there's no difference at all between Mayo this year and last, maybe Coen has more game time, that's about it.

Loads of those idiots following each other in a circle jerk of regurgitated secondhand stories every year. Pretty soon Mayo will have a rep for only coming good in August, and it will last for years.

The biggest one was in 2013 when Mayo were set up to play Dublin, the line to spin for the country pundit was

"If mayo had Andy Moran I'd go for them but since he's injured I'll have to say Dublin"
Easy answers generated from reading about the games and not observations.

2012 was what a big loss Moran was, 2013 was "Mayo haven't been tested" and "Mayo haven't a marquee forward".

Although in fairness the latter did sort of ring true at the time after seeing how the final played out in 2013

Stoner · 14-03-2018 11:01AM

SeanJ09 wrote:

You mean 2012 right? Andy missed that final v Donegal through injury though he played the 2013 final v Dublin. Scored a goal into the hill too.

Correct sorry, that was the easy verdict in 2012, if Mayo had Moran etc they don't so I'll have to go with Donegal, it was Donegal that were not flavour of the month that year.

jr86 · 14-03-2018 11:05AM

Stoner wrote: »

Correct sorry, that was the easy verdict in 2012, if Mayo had Moran etc they don't so I'll have to go with Donegal, it was Donegal that were not flavour of the month that year.

No it was definitely in advance of the Dublin semi alright.

When Conroy and Varley cut loose that game (finished Cian O'Sullivan as a corner back?), Moran was completely forgotten about in the build up to the final

That final in 2012 was when Mayo really struggled up front. The McGees bullied our FF line of it, and Dillon had a very passive game. never looked remotely like getting a goal and were reduced to hit and hopes from distance

Stoner · 14-03-2018 12:43PM

jr86 wrote:

When Conroy and Varley cut loose that game (finished Cian O'Sullivan as a corner back?), Moran was completely forgotten about in the build up to the final

Always liked Conroy, himself and J Cooper had some good match ups

flasher0030 · 14-03-2018 02:41PM

Stoner wrote: »

Always liked Conroy, himself and J Cooper had some good match ups

If only he had some degree of composure on the ball. Had a lot of skilful ability, enthusiasm and running ability, but seemed like he really lacked any guile and cleverness on the ball. Usually comes with experience as players get older. Didn't really happen for Mikey. I know that might sound a bit harsh.

jr86 · 14-03-2018 02:43PM

Stoner wrote: »

Always liked Conroy, himself and J Cooper had some good match ups

He was class in 2012. One of the top forwards in the country. He had very little around him in the final though with the McGee's completely subduing a very young pre-prime Cillian O'Connor and Lacey rendering Dillon anonymous.

He struggled with injuries in 2013 then. Was pitched into the final in completely bizarre circumstances - taking off the best forward till that point and then launching high balls into a FF line of himself, O'Connor, and Moran

I recall him playing a bit deeper in 2014 when he came on v Kerry and I always felt he could go on to become a very handy wing forward these last few years but injuries/work commitments put paid to that

jr86 · 14-03-2018 02:46PM

flasher0030 wrote: »

If only he had some degree of composure on the ball. Had a lot of skilful ability, enthusiasm and running ability, but seemed like he really lacked any guile and cleverness on the ball. Usually comes with experience as players get older. Didn't really happen for Mikey. I know that might sound a bit harsh.

Yeah he'd score a worldie point one minute and miss an open goal the next (literally - against Dublin in that semi)

He was probably the main reason Mayo won that day though. I seem to recall he didn't start in Connacht (that was the year of the Mortimer saga) and Mayo struggled past Sligo. Came into the side when Moran did the cruciate and was a super addition

Bunny Colvin · 15-03-2018 12:48AM

jr86 wrote: »

He was class in 2012. One of the top forwards in the country. He had very little around him in the final though with the McGee's completely subduing a very young pre-prime Cillian O'Connor and Lacey rendering Dillon anonymous.

He struggled with injuries in 2013 then. Was pitched into the final in completely bizarre circumstances - taking off the best forward till that point and then launching high balls into a FF line of himself, O'Connor, and Moran

I recall him playing a bit deeper in 2014 when he came on v Kerry and I always felt he could go on to become a very handy wing forward these last few years but injuries/work commitments put paid to that

Agreed. Always rated Conroy. Never really worked out for him but he had some stormers in a Mayo jersey.

PARlance · 15-03-2018 03:32AM

jr86 wrote: »

Yeah he'd score a worldie point one minute and miss an open goal the next (literally - against Dublin in that semi)

He was probably the main reason Mayo won that day though. I seem to recall he didn't start in Connacht (that was the year of the Mortimer saga) and Mayo struggled past Sligo. Came into the side when Moran did the cruciate and was a super addition

Far too late to be thinking... but didn't he go 2 or 3 years without a game in Connacht around then?

yop · 15-03-2018 09:23AM

PARlance wrote: »

Far too late to be thinking... but didn't he go 2 or 3 years without a game in Connacht around then?

Think so. Really intelligent player. When good unplayable.

jr86 · 15-03-2018 10:04AM

PARlance wrote: »

Far too late to be thinking... but didn't he go 2 or 3 years without a game in Connacht around then?

Indeed, when he did a piece recently in the paper there was definitely some bizarre stat which shocked me

I think it was that he has actually never started a Connacht match ever?

jr86 · 15-03-2018 10:25AM

"Edwin McGreal @edmcgreal

By my reckoning a win on Sunday over Tyrone does not fully ensure safety for Mayo. If Donegal beat Monaghan then it is quite conceivable that there could be five teams level on six points after the final round. Could be messy yet!

The results that will see this happen are: Mayo beat Tyrone, Donegal beat Monaghan, Kerry beat Kildare in round 6. And in round 7 Donegal beat Mayo, Tyrone beat Kerry and Dublin beat Monaghan. Mayo are safe though if they win and Donegal fail to beat Monaghan. #mayogaa"

From Ed McGreal this morning.

Personally if Mayo did win 3 and went down I wouldn't be overly disappointed. The losses would have come from a Galway team hitting form very early in the year, Dublin, kerry (early in league and missed plenty chances - not the worst loss) and Donegal away. far from disastrous. It's only if we went down without a whimper I'd be worried for the season ahead

charlie14 · 15-03-2018 08:09PM

jr86 wrote: »

He was class in 2012. One of the top forwards in the country. He had very little around him in the final though with the McGee's completely subduing a very young pre-prime Cillian O'Connor and Lacey rendering Dillon anonymous.

He struggled with injuries in 2013 then. Was pitched into the final in completely bizarre circumstances - taking off the best forward till that point and then launching high balls into a FF line of himself, O'Connor, and Moran

I recall him playing a bit deeper in 2014 when he came on v Kerry and I always felt he could go on to become a very handy wing forward these last few years but injuries/work commitments put paid to that

McGee`s really bossed that final in 2012, but they had been doing it all year. Against Tyrone, Kerry and Cork as well. Lacey did serious damage that day. played Dillion completely out of it, was all over the pitch and delivered the perfect ball to Murphy for the first Donegal goal.

PARlance · 16-03-2018 10:48AM

Interview with Zippy on the latest GAA hour.

km79 · 16-03-2018 12:42PM

PARlance wrote: »

Interview with Zippy on the latest GAA hour.

Is he coming back ?

Barlett · 16-03-2018 03:58PM

km79 wrote: »

Is he coming back ?

He'll be back for the championship it seems - he said obviously he'll have to sit down and talk with the manager and take it from there but he's waiting until the league is finished with the hurlers

jr86 · 16-03-2018 04:04PM

charlie14 wrote: »

McGee`s really bossed that final in 2012, but they had been doing it all year. Against Tyrone, Kerry and Cork as well. Lacey did serious damage that day. played Dillion completely out of it, was all over the pitch and delivered the perfect ball to Murphy for the first Donegal goal.

It's funny looking back at the game 6 years on. At the time I felt it was a "positive" loss in that it was a young, inexperienced Mayo side and they would learn a lot from the experience. Given Dublin's rise it now looks a bit more like a chance missed. There was no way back from that 2-1 Donegal start sadly

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 16-03-2018 06:28PM

I was as depressed as I've ever been coming out of that final to be honest.

km79 · 16-03-2018 07:04PM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

I was as depressed as I've ever been coming out of that final to be honest.

Me too
It's the one on recent times that got away
We just didn't turn up early doors

seligehgit · 16-03-2018 11:00PM

Interviews with Keith Higgins are rarer than a hen's teeth.

http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/4...ft-hurlers.mp3

Connaught Telegraph reported a couple of weeks ago that he was coming back after the finish of the hurlers league campaign.Reading between the lines that's what he seems to indicate in the interview.

Although he's a healthy interest in hurlers schedule in the Christy Ring cup.

Re the 2012 final loss I can't say I was overly disappointed as I was only hopeful we'd beat what was the outstanding team of the year.The start was gut wrenching,game over before it started.

The 2013 final loss was disappointing for many reasons,the drawn final in 2016 similar.

None remotely comparable to this year when I believed so late in the contest that we had a great chance of winning it.

Oldtree · 17-03-2018 02:30AM

seligehgit wrote: »

None remotely comparable to this year when I believed so late in the contest that we had a great chance of winning it.

This lament ^^^^
to the wire literally.

jr86 · 17-03-2018 11:44AM

2013 the worst for me. Blew them away in the first quarter but didn't do near enough damage on the scoreboard. Then to concede an atrociously soft goal to launch them right back into the contest

Wasn't as gutted in 2017, where if I'm honest I was probably more used to it

went up convinced we would win in 2013 whereas 2012, 16 and 17 deep down I felt we were up against it beforehand

km79 · 17-03-2018 11:49AM

[quote=
None remotely comparable to this year when I believed so late in the contest that we had a great chance of winning it.[/quote]

Actually yes
When we took the lead with about 10 to go myself and my friehd who goes to all the matches with me just looked at each other and nodded

Aaaaggggghhhhhhh

I still haven't seen Cillians missed free

seligehgit · 17-03-2018 12:01PM

jr86 wrote: »

2013 the worst for me. Blew them away in the first quarter but didn't do near enough damage on the scoreboard. Then to concede an atrociously soft goal to launch them right back into the contest

Wasn't as gutted in 2017, where if I'm honest I was probably more used to it went up convinced we would win in 2013 whereas 2012, 16 and 17 deep down I felt we were up against it beforehand

2013 was the year where we'd the greatest of expectations.We were simply awesome up to the final.We should have had a very healthy lead at half time but sadly didn't and had blown a gasket at that stage.

Yet the fact we were up against it in 2017 it was our best performance in recent times in a final and were truly in the mix going into the home stretch.

Anyhow lads no more ruminating about what might have been!:D

Here's to 2018,what's another year?!

Hopefully two wins against the Red Hand and Mourne counties this weekend.I really want to see the lads cope successfully with breaking down a Tyrone like defence.We can expect same on May 13th and it won't be pretty.

Where's the team?

jr86 · 17-03-2018 12:04PM

seligehgit wrote: »

Here's to 2018,what's another year?!

Hopefully two wins against the Red Hand and Mourne counties this weekend.I really want to see the lads cope successfully with breaking down a Tyrone like defence.We can expect same on May 13th and it won't be pretty.

Where's the team?

Hear hear!

Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

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