Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

Thanks for the few good years Rochford. Got us the closest to winning an All-Ireland.

Thanks for the good times!

F^*k you county board. All they seemed to do was release undermining statements for the last 6 weeks.

Years of this crap from them.
When do they resign I wonder.

Feel very sorry for Stephen Rochford.

I thought he'd banked enough credit to be given another year but it appears to all intents and purposes a hatchet job was done.

DDC1990 wrote: »

Roman Abromovic may as well be Chairperson of the Mayo CB.

The turnover of management teams is hugely detrimental to a side that should have had an All Ireland in its peak.

I see a closer analogy to the current Man United situation, except I guess there's no incentive for Rochford to hang on and wait to be sacked because he wouldn't be due a multimillion payoff.:P Have we a Pogba in the playing ranks I wonder...

Thought Rochford was doing a great job with mayo ...hope the players won't stand idly by and allow this to happen.

padd b1975 wrote: »

Could a refreshed Horan be ready to finish what he started?

he is the westport manager.

what a total fook up ,, the relationship between them must be brutal after the CB statement today. Don't know what to think anymore.

4/7 in bookies for jim mcguinness

Audioslaven wrote: »

what a total fook up ,, the relationship between them must be brutal after the CB statement today. Don't know what to think anymore.

4/7 in bookies for jim mcguinness

The cb are red rotten they would want to be cleaned out. I no I called for rochford to go but not like this

The review wasn't till after the all Ireland semi finals which gave Rochford plenty of time. He was up against it getting selectors with only 12 months of a contract. Hardly inspiring for any mentor worth his salt.

The county board knew this and forced Rochford onto his own sword. To prolong this over the Summer was a shame and Rochford must have known he had his work cut out for him.

Front runner has to be Horan.

I'm not sure about Horan.

I'd like to see him back as manager but I think its far too early.

Give him a few years with Westport and the talent they have coming through and then have another crack with Mayo, hopefully with some of that new talent.

Horan as manager in 2019 would be kind of the last battle for him and the guys he made a name with in 2011.

Horan changed everything when he came in. He brought in a winning mentality and confidence that has waited with us over the last number of years.

I think as it stands he would be the person to go for if he wanted it

I'd say the players would love to have Horan back.

However, if I was Horan, I'd only go near the job now if I truly believed I could win an AI with Mayo. He has a great reputation from his earlier stint. If he took over the same team group of players again & things dont go as well, then it could hit his reputation. It is genuinely hard to see who they will go for though.

Rochford did a great job for the first two years, fantastic job. There are a few things to question, not beating galway in those three years, it really took its toll this year with injuries. Not bringing on any new players, we had a situation in Newbridge where we didn’t bring on subs until 60minutes on a scorching hot day, that’s down to the manager.
I have always been a supporter of Rochford, even his decision to bring in Hennelly.
IMO his race is run though

So who next? I’d be delighted to see McGuinness put his money where his big mouth is. It would be putrid to watch but it might be what we need.

More likely is McEntee, the word I got was that he was interested but wouldn’t stand against Rochford, I’d expect him to be the next manager