Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

charlie14 · 25-11-2018 11:13PM

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

Galway Bay FM gave it to Molloy.

Molloy is still very young & Corofin have been very successful since he came on the scene. That has limited his chances to play for Galway during the league. He needs a league campaign for Galway to see if he can step up to that level & claim a spot on the team. Dylan Wall is another of the Corofin players in that category. Corofin's success in recent years has hindered Galway a lot in my opinion. Ian Burke is 25 and hadn't really played regularly for Galway before this year. He didn't make the bench v Mayo in 2017 and was just brought in as a shake-up to the team after they lost to Roscommon. Once he started playing regularly, he got an all star. Mike Farragher is another who had probably suffered at county level because of Corofin's success.

Hopefully next year, Galway & Corofin might come to some arrangement to allow these Corofin lads an opportunity during the league. They must be frustrated themselves with the situation.

Galway Bay got it right imo.
I was very impressed with Molloy last year. Even then he looked to me well able to step up.to county level even then. I`m not sure it was just club success that prevented some of the Corofin lads no playing county. Rumours were that the style of football Galway were playing before Kevin Walshtook over just didn`t appeal to them. Even the first year Walsh was in charge, that some of them turned down invitations to join up. That Dylan Ward does look to have serious potential alright.

jr86 · 25-11-2018 11:53PM

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

Galway Bay FM gave it to Molloy.

Molloy is still very young & Corofin have been very successful since he came on the scene. That has limited his chances to play for Galway during the league. He needs a league campaign for Galway to see if he can step up to that level & claim a spot on the team. Dylan Wall is another of the Corofin players in that category. Corofin's success in recent years has hindered Galway a lot in my opinion. Ian Burke is 25 and hadn't really played regularly for Galway before this year. He didn't make the bench v Mayo in 2017 and was just brought in as a shake-up to the team after they lost to Roscommon. Once he started playing regularly, he got an all star. Mike Farragher is another who had probably suffered at county level because of Corofin's success.

Hopefully next year, Galway & Corofin might come to some arrangement to allow these Corofin lads an opportunity during the league. They must be frustrated themselves with the situation.

I reckon Galway and Corofin will eventually come to a deal alright

Their dominance is showing zero signs of stopping so this could be a problem for a lot of years in the near future

They'll eventually have to give guys like Molloy some league game time

jr86 · 25-11-2018 11:56PM

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Yes but they are Mayo champions!
Showed far too much respect to Corofin today.

As I said Castlebar always find a way to go toe to toe with corofin and get under their skin. Tubber just don't have the depth to deal with them. Guys coming off the bench for Corofin would be key players for ballintubber it's just how it is

As Hulk Hands said it would be very interesting if they get caught in Galway some year to see how the new Galway Champions would get on. I'd say Mountbellew and Ballintubber would match up quite closely

yop · 26-11-2018 11:35AM

Well done to Ballintubber and Corofin, think 'Tubber will be disappointed with the final score, some dirty mistakes caused some of the Corofin scores but the bench and experience showed in the end.
Ian Burke brought a lot of calm and lovely movement when he came on. Molloy was the best player on the pitch, was like a man playing on a hard summer pitch with his energy up and down the pitch.
Hard slog on that pitch for both teams.

Jamsie Finnerty looks like a player with potential.

Lovely day for it!

seligehgit · 27-11-2018 06:26PM

GAA Master Fixtures 2019 revealed.

https://galwaybayfm.ie/sports/gaa-reveals-master-fixture-plan-for-2019/

Always_Running · 27-11-2018 08:43PM

seligehgit wrote: »

GAA Master Fixtures 2019 revealed.

https://galwaybayfm.ie/sports/gaa-reveals-master-fixture-plan-for-2019/

5 games in five weeks for any round 2 winner that reaches the last 8 and AI semi final on the week after round 3 of the super 8s where is the sense to repeat that schedule again?

irishgeo · 27-11-2018 08:48PM

seligehgit wrote: »

GAA Master Fixtures 2019 revealed.

https://galwaybayfm.ie/sports/gaa-reveals-master-fixture-plan-for-2019/

Isnt one important fixture missing.

seligehgit · 27-11-2018 08:56PM

irishgeo wrote: »

Isnt one important fixture missing.

Indeed.:)

On the same weekend as the Galway London quarter final.

Westernyelp · 27-11-2018 09:17PM

seligehgit wrote:

On the same weekend as the Galway London quarter final.

Feckin better be!!

Fr Tod Umptious · 28-11-2018 11:59AM

Andy Moran has committed to 2019, which is good news but the following line from the RTE piece did not exactly fill me with confidence, hopefully in reality it's a bit of an overstatement

The 2017 Footballer of the Year was one of the standout players in a trial match held by the new Mayo manager recently

jj72 · 28-11-2018 01:04PM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Andy Moran has committed to 2019, which is good news but the following line from the RTE piece did not exactly fill me with confidence, hopefully in reality it's a bit of an overstatement

Would you prefer he had a bad game?

Fr Tod Umptious · 28-11-2018 01:20PM

jj72 wrote: »

Would you prefer he had a bad game?

No it's just that when you hear that your veteran who has proved everything to everyone is one of the standout players at a trial then it might cause you to wonder about the guys playing in the forwards who want to stake a claim on a place.

As I said hopefully it's overstated.

wirelessdude01 · 28-11-2018 04:00PM

It was widely reported that weekend that he was the class act of the trials.

yop · 28-11-2018 05:21PM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

No it's just that when you hear that your veteran who has proved everything to everyone is one of the standout players at a trial then it might cause you to wonder about the guys playing in the forwards who want to stake a claim on a place.

As I said hopefully it's overstated.

Wouldn't worry about it tbh. You'll sometime find at trials that some lads freeze or end up not performing due to been on the same page as the likes of Andy. If they were to take Andy out and these didn't show then I'd be more concerned.

But I do get what you are saying, you'd nearly expect a 20-22 yr old to be shining not a 35 (right age?) yr old

BENDYBINN · 28-11-2018 05:23PM

yop wrote: »

Wouldn't worry about it tbh. You'll sometime find at trials that some lads freeze or end up not performing due to been on the same page as the likes of Andy. If they were to take Andy out and these didn't show then I'd be more concerned.

But I do get what you are saying, you'd nearly expect a 20-22 yr old to be shining not a 35 (right age?) yr old

Andy was footballer of the year in 2017...he got it for a reason!

Always_Running · 28-11-2018 06:15PM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

No it's just that when you hear that your veteran who has proved everything to everyone is one of the standout players at a trial then it might cause you to wonder about the guys playing in the forwards who want to stake a claim on a place.

As I said hopefully it's overstated.

He's talking today about wanting to win the FBD and how round 1 of the NFL is a "massive" game. Why would a 35 year old Andy Moran even need to play in those early season games and surely the FBD and early rounds of the NFL is the time for Horan to experiment with young and new players than going back to the old guard so soon?

RedDevil55 · 28-11-2018 06:40PM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

No it's just that when you hear that your veteran who has proved everything to everyone is one of the standout players at a trial then it might cause you to wonder about the guys playing in the forwards who want to stake a claim on a place.

As I said hopefully it's overstated.

My mate was at the trial game. Apparently Brendan Harrison dropped out last minute so Andy's team had an extra player.

That's a possible mitigating factor but it's not really surprising that Andy was the standout forward on show. Especially when Cillian, Diarmuid, Jason Doherty and Kevin McLoughlin weren't playing.

jr86 · 29-11-2018 09:55AM

Always_Running wrote: »

He's talking today about wanting to win the FBD and how round 1 of the NFL is a "massive" game. Why would a 35 year old Andy Moran even need to play in those early season games and surely the FBD and early rounds of the NFL is the time for Horan to experiment with young and new players than going back to the old guard so soon?

What else is he going to say though. Its just sound bites

I pay very little attention to what players/managers say publicly, it'll always be PR driven

Privately, i'd doubt Andy or any top player gives much consideration to the FBD League in competitive terms. Probably see it as a chance to get back playing again, work on their match fitness and not a whole lot more

I do agree though that these established players shouldn't really be considered for those competitions

ProudDUB · 29-11-2018 11:34AM

jr86 wrote: »

What else is he going to say though. Its just sound bites

I pay very little attention to what players/managers say publicly, it'll always be PR driven

Privately, i'd doubt Andy or any top player gives much consideration to the FBD League in competitive terms. Probably see it as a chance to get back playing again, work on their match fitness and not a whole lot more.

I do agree though that these established players shouldn't really be considered for those competitions

Were you living under a rock when he kissed the Mayo crest on his jersey after their glorious FBD triump over the Rossies 2 years ago?

I haven't seen such a $hit storm of outrage since the last time Donald Trump insulted a Hollywood A lister's acting. Yes, Robert de Niro, I'm looking at you !

glack · 29-11-2018 12:04PM

ProudDUB wrote: »

Were you living under a rock when he kissed the Mayo crest on his jersey after their glorious FBD triump over the Rossies 2 years ago?

Yes but that was the Rossies. And he's from Ballaghaderreen so he hates them even more than the rest of us!

Always_Running · 29-11-2018 04:08PM

jr86 wrote: »

What else is he going to say though. Its just sound bites

I pay very little attention to what players/managers say publicly, it'll always be PR driven

Privately, i'd doubt Andy or any top player gives much consideration to the FBD League in competitive terms. Probably see it as a chance to get back playing again, work on their match fitness and not a whole lot more

I do agree though that these established players shouldn't really be considered for those competitions

Whatever about the NFL which i think will be a mess this year with the new rules i see little sense as to why anyone would talk up the FBD to the media. He would be better off saying its a competition that will blow out the dirty diesel and a first opportunity to look at new players.

Glack, you know little about Andy Moran if you think he hates Roscommon. For one his dad who recently died was a big Roscommon supporter.

Hulk Hands · 29-11-2018 06:49PM

As was Andy himself until he got the minor call up. Some would say a huge one

crusier · 30-11-2018 04:19AM

BENDYBINN wrote:

Andy was footballer of the year in 2017...he got it for a reason!

Dublin had won everything else and the media hacks like to think they know best when everyone else knew it was a token to Mayo

ProudDUB · 30-11-2018 09:16AM

crusier wrote: »

Dublin had won everything else and the media hacks like to think they know best when everyone else knew it was a token to Mayo

You do know that it's the players themselves who vote on Footballer of The Year and not the Dublin hacks? You do, don't you? Of course you do !

yop · 30-11-2018 10:30AM

crusier wrote: »

Dublin had won everything else and the media hacks like to think they know best when everyone else knew it was a token to Mayo

Nice to see you are up to date with how these things work!

:o:eek:

westsidestory · 30-11-2018 11:53AM

Hulk Hands wrote: »

Some would say a huge one

Ger Canning?

Westernyelp · 30-11-2018 01:41PM

crusier wrote:

Dublin had won everything else and the media hacks like to think they know best when everyone else knew it was a token to Mayo

Shouldn't you be writing your letter to santa or getting ready for the toy show?

boosabum · 30-11-2018 02:21PM

crusier wrote: »

Dublin had won everything else and the media hacks like to think they know best when everyone else knew it was a token to Mayo

Like 2010 so

ProudDUB · 30-11-2018 02:38PM

It's December tomorrow.

The Toy Show is on tonight.

We Ye are squabbling about Andy Moran.

Again.

Winning awards.

Again.

Altogether now....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFGC_YgeQ5w

yop · 30-11-2018 03:21PM

ProudDUB wrote: »

It's December tomorrow.

The Toy Show is on tonight.

We Ye are squabbling about Andy Moran.

Again.

Winning awards.

Again.

Altogther now....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFGC_YgeQ5w

Baa humbug.
**Note to anyone from Roscommon, that does not meant I'm a sheep eating sweets.

Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

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