Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 4

Sending off kind of took the bite out of it. Didn't think it was a red tbh.

It wasn't a red, don't think I've ever seen a red for that kind of tackle given how often it goes on.

But we still lost because of bad shooting, once again.

But spirited performances from our backs. O'Hora showed well once again.

PressRun wrote: »

Sending off kind of took the bite out of it. Didn't think it was a red tbh.

I thought the same at the time but watching a video of it back and it was more of a strike action than it looked in real time. He knew what he was doing - red card was fair enough!

glack wrote: »

Thought it was a red at the game and still think it’s a red now. He’d have had some hope if it wasn’t so ridiculously late. It was late and dangerous.

There were plenty of other reffing decisions I didn’t agree with but Flynn has no one to blame but himself. Unfortunately for the lad, he’ll likely pay the price. Has promise so I hope he plays again once his ban is over.

Hammered and the Dubs didn’t even try.

The three lads on Eir Sport all agreed it wasn't a red card and that's with all the slowmo replays. Over reaction from the ref.

The red card was extremely disappointing as it appeared like we could be very competitive in the contest up to that point.

Game over after same.I haven't watched the game back as yet but I thought the red card was harsh with Jordan Flynn more clumsy than anything else.I'm open to correction.

I thought defensively were quite good although we had a few close shaves.

O Hora and Mullin again performed admirably.Colm Boyle was a big loss.

Our achilles heel continues to be up front,Kevin MC's introduction as always bright us that bit of nous we lack in terms of penetration.

IMO Diarmuid should be taking the frees off the ground.The oft maligned Stephen Coen was very solid.

Tommy Conroy showed well on his introduction and got his reward.He will be a mainstay going forward.

James Horan will hopefully persist with the likes of Ryan O Donoghue,James Carr and the other new lads like Bryan Walsh.Hopefully Eoin O Donoghue gets some game time,ditto Ciaran Treacy.

Loads of experience still marked absent. Chris Barrett,Seamus O Shea,Donal Vaughan,Jason Doherty and Cillian O Connor plus young Matthew Ruane.

Meath is as we always anticipated a must win game.

I thought Carr did very well competing for ball up front and got his hands on lots of 50-50 passes.

Although I like the look of Conroy, he was not able to compete quite as well for awkward ball. It meant the we didn’t have the same option to go long in the second half.

Incidentally I thought Flynn had kicked a few lovely long passes in the short time he had.

Panrich wrote: »

I thought Carr did very well competing for ball up front and got his hands on lots of 50-50 passes.

Although I like the look of Conroy, he was not able to compete quite as well for awkward ball. It meant the we didn’t have the same option to go long in the second half.

Incidentally I thought Flynn had kicked a few lovely long passes in the short time he had.

Flynn is a great passer of the ball, his strength and distribution were sorely missed.

km79 wrote: »

There were a lot of positives for me last night so I’ll just focus on them .........

Full back line was excellent
Hard to believe Mullen is so young . O hora excellent . Can see him bench given man marking jobs in the summer . Great to see a full back line mark as they should . Touch tight . Do not want to see Higgins there again. Impact sub role for him now probably higher up the pitch .
Coen was good in his own unassuming way
Aido excellent but only had a half in him . We are in big trouble if anything happens him really.
Boland I can’t work out. He always come up with some good scores but not involved enough ?
Ryan O D is gonna be a serious playmaker but maybe not this year .
Conroy showed well again

We need to win the next two now though

i'm of the opinion that Fergal Boland is thus far our standout forward in the league,a good footpasser.

Very unlucky with that shot of the post if I recall correctly.

Indeed one suspects this year will be a year too early for Ryan O Donoghue.

The ref was terrible. The steps rule must have been removed from his rule book. Ruined the game.

Our shooting was terrible again. You cant miss simple frees and marks in front of the post. If you shout a mark you need to be scoring it.

Ciaran Mac has work cut out as shooting coach.

Irrespective of the result great to potentially a future full back in the making in Oisin Mullins. Lad has lightning pace too which is vital too for the way Mayo tend to play

Overall not too disheartened with the performance on Sat night, game was over once the red card was produced. Thought it was very harsh and something you see a lot in every game, if lads are getting sent off for that then expect 2 or 3 sending offs per game. Interesting to note that it was Cassidy on the whistle when Flynn had the meltdown in U20s final, may have influenced the decision slightly I feel.

Backs were outstanding I thought, Mullin and O’Hora in particular, Boyle was excellent for the time he was on and Plunkett solid enough too. Some great options and competition there now with O’Donoghue, Higgins and Barrett to add into the mix too. I’d expect Keegan and Durkan to be given more of a free role come the summer if Mullin and O’Hora keep producing the goods. Coen did well overall but still think full back is his position in the long run, DOC had his best game for a long time. In the forwards thought Carr was doing well, mystified as to how he was taken off, was often left isolated by himself too, needed another body inside full forward line with him. I like the cut of Ryan O’Donoghue, he has an eye for a pass, needs to build up his confidence though, couple times he had the opportunity to take on his man but didn’t do so, would persist with him, Boland excellent as per usual, a seriously underated player. Didn’t really happen for James Durkan but more suited to wing forward role. Find it interesting that we now have some real speedsters coming through in the forward line compared to the last few years in Carr, O’Donoghue, Treacy and Conroy in particular, shows the way the game is gone.

Meath and Monaghan games are huge now, need at least 3 points out of those to be honest and hopefully sneak a win against Tyrone.

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Assume Carr is also a doubt

km79 wrote: »

It is a shame Oisin Mullen has u20 match next weekend. Colm Boyle also likely to be out. Surely time for E O D to get a run......

Did oisin play a club game yesterday
Would that be normal with the league

mayo londoner wrote: »

Interesting to note that it was Cassidy on the whistle when Flynn had the meltdown in U20s final, may have influenced the decision slightly I feel.

Hate defending Cassidy, he had a poor game Saturday evening even aside from the red card, but wasn't the U20 game Niall Cullen?

Questionable decision, but not sure it was as malicious and calculated as suggested here.

Apparently boyler has done his cruciate