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Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 4

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The comparison was silly. Walsh could be argued as the worst of those three and Mayo sacrificed their best player on Saturday to follow him everywhere. If Walsh jumped into the first row of concrete benches around the edge, Keegan would've hopped in beside him. Hardly conductive to getting easy space and ball

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seligehgit

Lovely evening and the pitch looks like it's held up well.

irishgeo

naughto wrote: »

Made some rain though pitch will be sh1ty come 7

its october, until they stop playing club finals in october its always going to be muddy.

cocoman

naughto wrote: »

Made some rain though pitch will be sh1ty come 7

Is it likely to suit one team over another or not make any difference?

naughto

Made some rain though pitch will be sh1ty come 7

seligehgit

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

May weather forecast app is telling me it'll be dry from round midday. Should be okay if it's not actually raining during the games?

Your app is better than the Oracle of Delphi.

Brightening up nicely with an end to the deluge of rain.

irishgeo

seligehgit wrote: »

I'd say there's a real danger the big games could be postponed.

It's been spilling rain all night with no sign of any respite.

the pitch is sanded to an inch of its life, should be ok.

Loafing Oaf

seligehgit wrote: »

I'd say there's a real danger the big games could be postponed.

It's been spilling rain all night with no sign of any respite.

May weather forecast app is telling me it'll be dry from round midday. Should be okay if it's not actually raining during the games?

eastmayo

seligehgit wrote: »

I'd say there's a real danger the big games could be postponed.

It's been spilling rain all night with no sign of any respite.

Should clear soon....pitch won't be great tho.

seligehgit

I'd say there's a real danger the big games could be postponed.

It's been spilling rain all night with no sign of any respite.

km79

mayo.mick wrote: »

Any word on the county board meeting Wednesday night? Been outta the loop last few weeks.

Connolly and Holmes were appointed as Joint chairmen, the o Connors father was appointed treasurer and the o sheas mother was appointed secretary according to my sources . Everybody from Ballina was barred from the meeting.

wirelessdude01

mayo.mick wrote: »

Any word on the county board meeting Wednesday night? Been outta the loop last few weeks.

Was postponed until next week and then postponed again until the following week. Has to be hard with all the moving sand to organise a meeting ðŸ˜

RedDevil55

mayo.mick wrote: »

Any word on the county board meeting Wednesday night? Been outta the loop last few weeks.

It was postponed until the 30th.

mayo.mick

Any word on the county board meeting Wednesday night? Been outta the loop last few weeks.

Lukekul

seligehgit wrote: »

TBF he was outstanding.

He's a very solid option with a good kickout and I've rarely seen him falter under the high ball.

Surprised he hasn't been seriously considered previously.

I'd have to disagree with that in a big way, without the Bird and since Danny Kirby seems to have gone off the boil his kickouts have been exposed I feel

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irishgeo wrote: »

We need to win Connacht full stop. We should be beating Galway and Roscommon and stop going through qualifiers and picking up injuries.

That's what made 2019 so disappointing after the league win.

They made a balls of the Roscommon game and that scuppered everything.

Kerry gave Dublin a run for their money in the first game, Mayo could have equally done that had they won Connacht and taken a different route.

irishgeo

We need to win Connacht full stop. We should be beating Galway and Roscommon and stop going through qualifiers and picking up injuries.

PressRun

Higgins will struggle to keep his place next year, imo. I thought he was exposed more than once this year.

charlie14

km79 wrote: »

True but the reality is that a lot of these players are still far superior to any possible replacements
Higgins oddly is prob the exception in that he has real competition for his spot and probably should be a squad player if he does come back
If he is told that though he may not come back

Clarke is still our best keeper option. I think that argument has firmly been put to bed now .
Barrett very good for the most part
Boyler was outstanding. Seamie sorely missed when he wasn’t there
Obviously Andy is gone but I don’t think there will be the mass exodus people were predicting.
And we added a few forwards last year so hopefully a few more break through in other sectors this year and we get some luck with injuries
We are due some

League draw has not been kind though
And championship not much better

I can fully understand why, especially county players,who have come so close so many times to the summit would want to give it another go. I can understand why a manager who took a team to that level would want to keep those players in his squad in that for him or her they have been tried and trusted.
I`m not necessarily the case in this instance but from what I have experienced there is a massive onus on the manager in cases like that to not just manage a team, but to manage the expectations of all the players in the squad, not just those that have been tried and trusted in the past. Get that wrong, and the short term result can have repercussions going well into the future.
It is probably a harsh term in the context, but in reality players who have soldiered together for years will develop bonds and will look out for each other. Especially when there is competition for individual places.

Again, while it may seem harsh, for me anyway the only and best way for a manager to deal with this is to inform all his intended squad at the outset that in reality old loyalties mean nothing, and that every position is up for grabs, no messing will be tolerated and then let the chips fall where they will.

seligehgit

spakman wrote: »

Did Rory Byrne not reopen the goalkeeping debate with his performance for Mitchels v Ballagh?

TBF he was outstanding.

He's a very solid option with a good kickout and I've rarely seen him falter under the high ball.

Surprised he hasn't been seriously considered previously.

NabyLadistheman

Lads Seamie is not that old and is an option for us in MF where we are struggling with numbers. I think James needs to invest in 2 young GK's through the winter. This is now a 3 years project so he needs to find a replacement for Clarke. Hopefully Clarkie stays on this year though. Drake Crowe & Regan are three that are definitely gone so along with Andy & Ger Caff some spaces are there for the taking. I'd agree that there is a role in the squad or Higgins, we cannot afford to loose him and Andy in the same off-season

Oisin Mullin was absolutely outstanding in the junior final. Playing in MF he scored 3 points. One off either foot and another directly from the throw-in at the start of the second half. I would expect him Tommy Conroy Ryan O'Donoghue Gary Boylan & Towey to all play a part in the FBD and hopefully the early part of the league as well.

spakman

km79 wrote: »

True but the reality is that a lot of these players are still far superior to any possible replacements
Higgins oddly is prob the exception in that he has real competition for his spot and probably should be a squad player if he does come back
If he is told that though he may not come back

Clarke is still our best keeper option. I think that argument has firmly been put to bed now .
Barrett very good for the most part
Boyler was outstanding. Seamie sorely missed when he wasn’t there
Obviously Andy is gone but I don’t think there will be the mass exodus people were predicting.
And we added a few forwards last year so hopefully a few more break through in other sectors this year and we get some luck with injuries
We are due some

League draw has not been kind though
And championship not much better

Did Rory Byrne not reopen the goalkeeping debate with his performance for Mitchels v Ballagh?

muddle84

km79 wrote: »

True but the reality is that a lot of these players are still far superior to any possible replacements
Higgins oddly is prob the exception in that he has real competition for his spot and probably should be a squad player if he does come back
If he is told that though he may not come back

Clarke is still our best keeper option. I think that argument has firmly been put to bed now .
Barrett very good for the most part
Boyler was outstanding. Seamie sorely missed when he wasn’t there
Obviously Andy is gone but I don’t think there will be the mass exodus people were predicting.
And we added a few forwards last year so hopefully a few more break through in other sectors this year and we get some luck with injuries
We are due some

League draw has not been kind though
And championship not much better

I wonder on the keeper, i think its time we had another option in goals....or maybe a new goalkeeping coach?

I also didn't think Seamie was missed, i thought Ruane was missed.

km79

charlie14 wrote: »

I can get where lads want to stay on and play with the same team mates they have played with for years, but that can cause problems not just short term but long term.
From my own experience I have seen the damage cliques can do in similar situations.

True but the reality is that a lot of these players are still far superior to any possible replacements
Higgins oddly is prob the exception in that he has real competition for his spot and probably should be a squad player if he does come back
If he is told that though he may not come back

Clarke is still our best keeper option. I think that argument has firmly been put to bed now .
Barrett very good for the most part
Boyler was outstanding. Seamie sorely missed when he wasn’t there
Obviously Andy is gone but I don’t think there will be the mass exodus people were predicting.
And we added a few forwards last year so hopefully a few more break through in other sectors this year and we get some luck with injuries
We are due some

League draw has not been kind though
And championship not much better

charlie14

km79 wrote: »

Sounds like he wants to stay on
Tbh I think most of them will now
One last push........

I can get where lads want to stay on and play with the same team mates they have played with for years, but that can cause problems not just short term but long term.
From my own experience I have seen the damage cliques can do in similar situations.

seligehgit

Senior Final Preview

https://themayonews.podomatic.com/enclosure/2019-10-16T01_36_59-07_00.mp3

km79

seligehgit wrote: »

League win was highlight for Higgins.

http://www.mayonews.ie/sports/34421-league-win-was-highlight-for-higgins

Sounds like he wants to stay on
Tbh I think most of them will now
One last push........

seligehgit

League win was highlight for Higgins.

http://www.mayonews.ie/sports/34421-league-win-was-highlight-for-higgins

Pineapple1

While I'm here aswell, finally got around to listening to Kevin McStay's interview with Mike Finnerty. Enjoyed it, such a shame he never got a shot at the Mayo job, we will never know though will we, he seems 110% certain he will never manage again, especially Mayo.

Pineapple1

Green&Red wrote:

He's looking to see how his money is being spent, its hardly an unreasonable request from what is apparently a very large sponsor. Governance is a massive issue and being able to show transparency should be a prerequisite. The county board need to be accountable for their spending, it shouldn't be a black hole. I would suggest giving him a say in how things are run but he should definitely know what his money is being spent on.

Totally agree with this. Perhaps I worded it the wrong way in my post and it came across as me slightly defending the county board (which I never do, lets just say it like that, I have zero grÃ¡ or time for them). Just wanted to clear that up. And yes O'Leary has every right to see where his money has gone to and no fan's passion should be exploited the way his has. I just thought it was bizzare, that the county board would entertain a man for sponsorship who dared question them about something he has a right to Q them on.

Fowler87

seligehgit wrote: »

http://gaa.tickets.ie/Listing/EventInformation/40528/tg4-underdogs-underdogs-v-maigh-eo-elverys-mchale-park-26-October-2019

Ah will miss this unfortunately as am doing a certain run around the Big Schmoke on the Monday. I thought it was the week after.

Should be an enjoyable day out though and 10e admission is reasonable enough too. Be curious what team will line out