Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

Barlett · 02-09-2018 11:43AM

It'll will be 100% Horan if the County Board give him what he wants. You're not going to come out and say you're interested because that puts you at a disadvantage in negotiation. He wants the board to come to him.

Fr Tod Umptious · 02-09-2018 02:56PM

irishgeo wrote: »

Jack o Connor teaches in cahersiveen. 4hr drive to Castlebar. Can't see him doing that twice a week. He wouldn't be home till 2am and get up for his teaching job.

ON a good day it's 4 hours, but really closer to 5, and possibly more getting out of Kerry during the busy summer tourist season.

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Ah,but won’t he have the summer off!!!

Well now there is a bit of controversy there with him working in the secondary school in Cahirsiveen and being a senior manager

Back in 2006 he wrote a book, and in it he said that the only works the mornings and the rest of the day is dedicated to the Kerry team.

This caused a uproar about professional managers etc

Jack back tracked and said that was not what he meant, he was a full time teacher he said.

As few months later Liam Hayes wrote a pretty unflattering newspaper piece about Gooch

On Off The Ball Hayes was on with Jack and Jack was defending Gooch

Jack told Hayes to take back what he said about Gooch

Hayes struck back with a classic, he said "Jack, when I write something I mean it, not like yourself"

irishgeo · 02-09-2018 04:21PM

Mayo team getting some praise from Joe at half time

km79 · 02-09-2018 04:23PM

irishgeo wrote: »

Mayo team getting some praise from Joe at half time

He can stick his faux praise where the sun don't shine

SeanJ09 · 02-09-2018 06:30PM

Right lads, once we get our s**t together, its written in the stars for us to stop the drive for 5.

Crybabygeeks · 02-09-2018 06:58PM

James Horan not denying a return on Sky. Funny enough viewing... They made him squirm!!

km79 · 02-09-2018 07:03PM

Crybabygeeks wrote: »

James Horan not denying a return on Sky. Funny enough viewing... They made him squirm!!

Just get it done at this stage
Every week is a week wasted
Having said that if it is Horan he will know the club scene inside out so won’t matter as much

gigantic09 · 02-09-2018 07:09PM

SeanJ09 wrote: »

Right lads, once we get our s**t together, its written in the stars for us to stop the drive for 5.

More in our line to stop the 'none since 51'

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Speakerboxx · 02-09-2018 07:28PM

in fairness Mayo were the closest team to beat Dublin since 2015. The right manager like McGuiness would give the confidence Mayo need to win All Ireland. They weren't a million miles away from Dublin 2016-17.

MattressRick · 02-09-2018 07:52PM

Speakerboxx wrote: »

in fairness Mayo were the closest team to beat Dublin since 2015. The right manager like McGuiness would give the confidence Mayo need to win All Ireland. They weren't a million miles away from Dublin 2016-17.

Firstly he wouldn't let them play the way Mayo did when they ran Dublin close. They played similar to how Tyrone started today, but McGuiness was suggesting all out defense in his article during the week.
Secondly McGuiness doesn't want it, he's still hoping the soccer will work out.

crusier · 02-09-2018 07:52PM

Speakerboxx wrote:

in fairness Mayo were the closest team to beat Dublin since 2015. The right manager like McGuiness would give the confidence Mayo need to win All Ireland. They weren't a million miles away from Dublin 2016-17.

Different teams, different times, this Dublin team has got even better and mayo have gone backwards. Don't fool yourself!

Fr Tod Umptious · 02-09-2018 08:03PM

crusier wrote: »

Different teams, different times, this Dublin team has got even better and mayo have gone backwards. Don't fool yourself!

Ah yes
The Galway poster raises their head a full three weeks after their pathetic back to back championship humiliatings.

Bunny Colvin · 02-09-2018 08:06PM

crusier wrote: »

Different teams, different times, this Dublin team has got even better and mayo have gone backwards. Don't fool yourself!

Hard to know since they haven't been given a game since last year's final. The only way to beat them is to play them at their own game and go for it. Tyrone didn't have the players for that today.

BENDYBINN · 02-09-2018 08:16PM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Ah yes
The Galway poster raises their head a full three weeks after their pathetic back to back championship humiliatings.

As childish a post as we have ever seen on boards.God love you.

crusier · 02-09-2018 08:23PM

Maybe aim to beat Galway first and win Connacht. Mayo have an ageing team and no new worthwhile forwards which everyone knows they are short off and has been their downfall over the years. Mayo are nowhere near Dublin like every other county at the moment

Diabhal Beag · 02-09-2018 08:23PM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Ah yes
The Galway poster raises their head a full three weeks after their pathetic back to back championship humiliatings.

Can literally hear Aidan O'Shea and Cillian O'Connor crying along to Garth Brooks in the corner of a pub through this post

djPSB · 02-09-2018 10:50PM

Speakerboxx wrote: »

in fairness Mayo were the closest team to beat Dublin since 2015. The right manager like McGuiness would give the confidence Mayo need to win All Ireland. They weren't a million miles away from Dublin 2016-17.

And Jim would make lots of dollars.

Barlett · 02-09-2018 11:37PM

crusier wrote: »

Maybe aim to beat Galway first and win Connacht. Mayo have an ageing team and no new worthwhile forwards which everyone knows they are short off and has been their downfall over the years. Mayo are nowhere near Dublin like every other county at the moment[/quote

People say this every year & then act all surprised when Mayo & Dublin is close

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 03-09-2018 12:07AM

Barlett wrote: »

People say this every year & then act all surprised when Mayo & Dublin is close

Yeah, that is true. We've been written off for dead several times. Still, I can't see Mayo running them so close again.

yop · 03-09-2018 11:26AM

crusier wrote: »

Maybe aim to beat Galway first and win Connacht. Mayo have an ageing team and no new worthwhile forwards which everyone knows they are short off and has been their downfall over the years. Mayo are nowhere near Dublin like every other county at the moment

Stop trolling the mayo thread, your level of obsession with us on this thread and all over the GAA forum is just creepy at this stage. Thankfully there are lots of Galway fans on this forum who smoother ladeens like you and are knowledgeable and objective.

Add some proper discussion or just cruise away to the Galway forum and discuss the next poster you'll create when playing us.

yop · 03-09-2018 11:27AM

Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: »

Yeah, that is true. We've been written off for dead several times. Still, I can't see Mayo running them so close again.

Who knows. We need new blood in, and yup we could get hockeyed out the gate, but for some strange reason when it comes to championship we have always been able to live with them.

They are a top team in fairness, 10 mins aside yesterday they had Tyrone at arms length.

yop · 03-09-2018 11:32AM

Diabhal Beag wrote: »

Can literally hear Aidan O'Shea and Cillian O'Connor crying along to Garth Brooks in the corner of a pub through this post

Send Joe into them if you see him around

crusier · 03-09-2018 11:44AM

yop wrote:

Stop trolling the mayo thread, your level of obsession with us on this thread and all over the GAA forum is just creepy at this stage. Thankfully there are lots of Galway fans on this forum who smoother ladeens like you and are knowledgeable and objective.

yop wrote:

Add some proper discussion or just cruise away to the Galway forum and discuss the next poster you'll create when playing us.

I'm not trolling, I'm giving my opinion which I believe is reasonable but it clearly seems to be touching a nerve. The truth can sometimes hurt but until you face it you won't win an all Ireland. Plenty of Mayo people give their opinions in the galway forum and mods don't get all defensive. It's a discussion forum if my arguements are crap then counter them but don't try and censor discussion.

yop · 03-09-2018 12:23PM

crusier wrote: »

I'm not trolling, I'm giving my opinion which I believe is reasonable but it clearly seems to be touching a nerve. The truth can sometimes hurt but until you face it you won't win an all Ireland. Plenty of Mayo people give their opinions in the galway forum and mods don't get all defensive. It's a discussion forum if my arguements are crap then counter them but don't try and censor discussion.

I'm not a mod on the GAA forum.... its not censor

As I said, this post again proves it

km79 · 03-09-2018 01:11PM

It wouldn't be AI final evening without a few crawling out from under their bridges
They must have thought mayo were in it again . Pity we what to ruin their big day this year

In other news Tomas o se thinks Kerry are the only team capable of challenging Dublin
The same Kerry that lost to Galway this year........

Barlett · 03-09-2018 01:14PM

km79 wrote: »

It wouldn't be AI final evening without a few crawling out from under their bridges
They must have thought mayo were in it again . Pity we what to ruin their big day this year

In other news Tomas o se thinks Kerry are the only team capable of challenging Dublin
The same Kerry that lost to Galway this year........

Tomas O Se has been saying that every year and even though he is always wrong, he will continue saying it

charlie14 · 03-09-2018 01:24PM

Barlett wrote: »

It'll will be 100% Horan if the County Board give him what he wants. You're not going to come out and say you're interested because that puts you at a disadvantage in negotiation. He wants the board to come to him.

County Boards are a general mystery countrywide. Often with club members mystified as to the how and why of one of their own being there in the first place, and that is just the delegates. Progression to the executive committee very often involves practices that would have made Machiavelli blush.
Always best to be aware with them that while their mouths are whispering sweet nothings in your ear to take them out of a hole they dug for themselves, their eyes are focueds on your knees as to exactly where at a later date the cut will be administered for reasons often a conundrum for anyone other than themselves.

From Horan`s statement, for me anyway, he does not trust the present lot as far as he could throw them regardless of what they tell him. He would be insane imho to take the job at present when a bit of a team rebuild is needed in certain areas with no obvious standout candidates. Call it selfish if you will, but he has already put in the hard yards for Mayo and is doing nicely for himself right now, and good luck to him. He is involved with a very promising Westport team at the moment as well. He can afford to bide his time and go for the job again at a time of his own choosing rather than now to ease the embarrassment of a county board

charlie14 · 03-09-2018 01:37PM

km79 wrote: »

It wouldn't be AI final evening without a few crawling out from under their bridges
They must have thought mayo were in it again . Pity we what to ruin their big day this year

In other news Tomas o se thinks Kerry are the only team capable of challenging Dublin
The same Kerry that lost to Galway this year........

In fairness to Ó Sé when you see the players that Dublin have brought in this year like Howard and Munchun plus O Callaghan last year it is getting difficult to see who can oust them at present. Most of the teams that you would rate as being challengers to them over the past 7-8 years are either rebuilding or need to. Dublin are just seamlessly introducing players as good if not better than those they are replacing.
With 5 AI`s back to back and the performances of the few lads this year introduced to senior by Kerry, they probably have more grounds than most to believe

Speakerboxx · 03-09-2018 05:20PM

djPSB wrote: »

And Jim would make lots of dollars.

Well I believe he won win Mayo the title. It wouldn't be pretty but he would give it a good rattle I could bet.

Zeek12 · 03-09-2018 09:05PM

km79 wrote: »

In other news Tomas o se thinks Kerry are the only team capable of challenging Dublin
The same Kerry that lost to Galway this year........

He obviously changed his mind very quickly......heard him on the Last Word with Matt Cooper this evening - saying he can't see anyone stopping the Dubs next time.

As for next year. Who knows?
Dublin are a really special team and at times can make a mockery of the opposition. They have a fantastic squad.

But next year will bring a new kind of pressure.
The 5 in a row bandwagon will be immense and non stop.
Pretty much from the moment they kick their first ball of the Leinster championship.

And it will just crank up from there.

All the pressure is on Dublin next year.

Other counties will have nothing to lose.

It should be interesting

Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

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