muddle84 wrote: » New mayo news podcast out this morning. Its worth a listen, some good audio in it from the usuals. Horan mentioning new faces for next year so looking forward to what the club championship will throw up!
Zeek12 wrote: » Very true. The talk of Mayo being finished, too old, too many miles etc. is totally exaggerated. Take our forward line for example. Assuming Andy decides to call it a day, we'd probably have the two O'Connors, McDonagh, Darren Coen, Doherty, James Carr next year. By my count that's an average age of less than 26 by start of next season. You could interchange a few others in there like McLoughlin, Loftus or Fergal Boland but it doesn't change the age profile much. Similar at the back. If Clarke and Higgins bow out, you'll have young guys like O'Donoghue and Stephen Coen who are ready to come into that defence. And the keeper situation needs to be looked at anyway, regardless of what David decides to do. Both keepers on the panel have weaknesses which have been magnified and exploited in games against the top teams.
Padkir wrote: » I must say that I think Stephen Coen really stepped up this year - I think he's been very good, especially the last few weeks. There was a good while where I wasn't sure how he was still getting game time, but credit to him, he's starting to come good. I guess there's a reason he's captained nearly every team he's ever played on, usually winning trophies. Will be a good man to have around over the coming years - nothing flash but a good honest player.
seligehgit wrote: » Got to concur with the general consensus,he's been very good in the more critical recent weeks.
km79 wrote: » He will be a leader in years to come imo Not many others from his vintage have broken through He wasn’t captain of 2 all Ireland teams for nothing
muddle84 wrote: » He captained a Sigerson winning team too as well as the minor and u21. In fairness, we have got himself, Eoin O'D, Ruane,DOC, Conor L, Boland and James Carr now consistently making the match 26 if not starting. Aswell as Hall and Plunkett on the fringes. Not bad return from one u21 team
Blackjack wrote: » Cain Hanley was on that minor team that Coen Captained. There are a few from that 2016 under 21 team that fell by the wayside. Fionan Duffy, Liam Irwin don’t feature much. David Kenny is playing only hurling I think. I always expected Eddie Doran from Achill and Matty Flanagan to likely feature, I think they’re playing juniors. We’ve probably had more than we could realistically expect from that team already at this stage.
Padkir wrote: » I must say that I think Stephen Coen really stepped up this year - I think he's been very good, especially the last few weeks.
Blackjack wrote: » Worth mentioning Akram too, he’s been knocking about too. I always rated him very highly at minor and under 21, I really do hope he can build on the promise he showed at those levels.
Martina1991 wrote: » Michael Hall is another one. He was on the 2013 minor and 2016 u21. I thought it was mentioned here a good while ago that Akram was in the States for the summer? Delighted Stephen Coen is growing into the senior team. An impressive athlete. I thought he got nosebleeds when he went passed midfield but he got a nice score Saturday too.
PressRun wrote: » Was involved in the development squad, not sure if he was still part of it this year. Likewise, I always thought he had potential.
lostcat wrote: » Players may come in and players may call it a day. However, the most concerning thing from a Mayo point of view on Saturday was, with all that experience on the pitch (and on the line), they didn't seem to be able to enact a plan to get through Dublins purple patch, or a plan to kill the game for a couple of minutes once Dublin got the first goal. There must have been some kind of a plan in place, so, either (i) it wasn't a great plan (couldn't be implemented either through bad design or the players not understanding it properly), or (ii) Dublin were just too good Instead they missed a handy-ish free, dropped a couple of balls short, skied a few more, and then decided to try to run in goals. Everything I thought we had seen the back of 8 or 9 years ago....its worrying stuff when a battle hardened team loses the plot to that extent. On the other hand, Dublin reminded me of nothing more than an NFL Team, the drill like precision of the premeditated plays, O'Callaghans wide-receiver like footwork to bamboozle Keegan...i'm reminded of the 'toughest trade' TV show a few years ago when Aiden O'Shea went to an NFL trial type thing in Cali and was some distance off the standard, and that retired NFL guy came to Breaffy and blew them away with his general athletic ability... the phrase 'welcome to the NFL' was going through my mind after Saturday, nobody is going to touch Dublin until they decide they have had enough...
Fann Linn wrote: » Nothing NFL at all about it. A ball was dropped into the Dublin box which should have gone over the bar or into the back of the net but instead Cluxton managed to get it away and which Dublin capitalised upon. This was immediately followed on by Hennelly having one of his customary mis kicks which O Callaghan caught and laid off to Mannion who duly slotted it over the bar from just outside the 20, which was then immediately followed up by Hennelly, for some reason deciding to kick a ball out to a Mayo player who was being marked by 3 Dubs if I recall correctly and goal number 2 followed from that. Hindsight is great but perhaps if Hennelly did stop for 30 to 40 secs after any of the above perhaps it may have been different.
blanch152 wrote: » You have to add in the simple free missed by Cillian O'Connor at 1-11 to 0-8. Soon after the kick-out, he committed a stupid foul that got him his first yellow card on his way to a red. Kilkenny kicked the free to O'Callaghan who turned Keegan inside out for the goal. A four-point turnaround and a needless yellow card all down to one player not being mentally able to deal with the pressure on the day.
Noccy_Mondy wrote: » Has anyone got a breakdown of every Mayo match played this year, from FBD through to Saturday last. Was at all bar 2 or 3 but forget how many exactly there was!
Rebelinho wrote: » Who would Mayo supporters prefer to lose the final?
MayoAreMagic wrote: » Take a breather man. It's not our fault your auld mot fancies o'connor. Your team is financially doped up to the eyeballs and were 1-5 on to win the game. They won the game.
Duffy the Vampire Slayer wrote: » It's like choosing which testicle I want to be stabbed in.
The high horse brigade wrote: » Garth Brooks
