Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

He just ran into him...
And Galway were awarded a wide ball as a point

You can keep repeating it, but it still won’t make it true

Thats Parsons out for the season...

It's a long long way to the super 8s and that might be a bridge too far for the third back door journey in a row, as well as despite the fact that we would be battle hardened, we then come in against teams that would be much fresher.

Well done to Galway. They have now beaten Mayo for the last 3 years in a row in the Connacht Championship. I don’t think either team played well today. It wasn’t a great game. Mayo were very wasteful with their shooting and a major turning point in the game was O’Connor’s sending off. Again the lack of discipline from this Mayo team has cost them big-time. It was Higgins in this game last year, Vaughan in the All Ireland last year. They have to cut out that shyte.

Fann Linn wrote: »

No difference between Galway and 14 man Mayo except on the wide count.

And on the scoreboard.

Have been on my travels and have been really out of the loop the last number of months, but in a fortuitous turn of events, happened upon an Irish bar in sunny South east Asia that was showing the match!
It was an awful spectacle from start to finish really. Both teams very poor. I thought. Galway looked no great shakes and I don't think they'll go far in the championship, which is why it was quite concerning to see such a toothless display from Mayo. Even with 14 men and the unfortunate loss of Tom Parsons, the game was still there for the taking and they had ample opportunity to push on in the second half when Galway looked like they might sh*t the bed.. They were so unbelievably wasteful though. There was simply no drive up front. A poor showing from Conor Loftus and Jason Doherty disappointing too, imo.
Keith Higgins and Kevin McLoughlin did their bit to push us on, but not enough. Too much stalling and ponderous hand passing.
Diarmuid O'Connor's tackle was dirty and he can have no complaints. Another piece of stupidity a year on from Keith Higgins' routine last year. Very poor discipline.
It'll be a long way to the super 8s, but I still wouldn't write this team off. I think this year will be the toughest yet, but never say never!
Lastly, the very best wishes to Tom Parsons. It looked an awful injury, one of the worst I've seen, and he looked to be in a lot of pain. I suspect his season is over. A real shame. He will be hard to replace.

Zeek12 wrote: »

The loss of Parsons for rest of the season can't be underestimated.
We will have a serious mobility issue around middle of the park now.

Sadly the same old failings in the forward line were evident in the forward line again, some really poor wides and bad shot selection today.

Hopefully we can raise it for the next day and the extra games might bring sharpness....but its a very long road ahead from here

Agree Completely about Parsons mobility
Huge huge loss
Bigger than the game lost today

Up the tribes.
A speedy recovery to Tom parsons.hes a workhorse for that mayo team.

blinding wrote: »

Mayo indiscipline and the O’ Connors indiscipline in particular is costing Mayo too often .

Players making the same mistakes with regard to discipline over and over again is very disappointing  .
We could have won this game with 15 players against 15 .
Parsons injury looked bad unfortunately .

Higgins and Vaughan have also been culprits, it's unfair to single out the O'Connors.
It's a major problem, You can play physically without hard fouling. it comes down to self discipline, there is no excuse for it.

The 42 are reporting that it's a dislocated knee for Tom.

padd b1975 wrote: »

There's probably massive ligament damage as well.

I dislocated my knee some years ago.
The problem is once it goes its unfortunately never the same again.
Mine popped out a further 2 or 3 times.