Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 4

muddle84 · 04-11-2020 02:50PM

seligehgit wrote: »

All comers I've had conversations with have the belief we could well exit the championship.

Most people are far from underestimating Roscommon.

I see Roscommon have come in from 2/1 to 15/8 with Mayo 8/15.

Insane odds.

50 50 game.

I agree, 50 50 game. The softer ground won't do us any favours. I haven't been following Roscommon at all so i don't know what to expect. Its so hard to really know where we are also

Coillte_Bhoy · 04-11-2020 07:45PM

seligehgit wrote: »

All comers I've had conversations with have the belief we could well exit the championship.

Most people are far from underestimating Roscommon.

I see Roscommon have come in from 2/1 to 15/8 with Mayo 8/15.

Insane odds.

50 50 game.

If i was a neutral i'd be having a fair bite of those odds on Ross

seligehgit · 04-11-2020 08:12PM

So anyone care to have a stab at naming a team?

Long since gone are the days when you could confidently name our first 15.

James Horan could hardly hide his displeasure at the obligation to name a 26 so early (by 9 AM on the Thursday mornings).

So likely to be chopping and changing to the named 15 going forward,keeps the opposition as well as ourselves guessing.

Paddy or Lee to pick up Enda Smith.

Lee Keegan picked him up in quarter final in 2017.

Blackjack · 04-11-2020 08:21PM

seligehgit wrote: »

So anyone care to have a stab at naming a team?

Long since gone are the days when you could confidently name our first 15.

James Horan could hardly hide his displeasure at the obligation to name a 26 so early (by 9 AM on the Thursday mornings).

So likely to be chopping and changing to the named 15 going forward,keeps the opposition as well as ourselves guessing.

Paddy or Lee to pick up Enda Smith.

Lee Keegan picked him up in quarter final in 2017.

to be honest it’s a bit daft to have to make your 26 so early particularly given how compressed the season is. It’s not like programmes are being sold so I don’t get why the deadline is that early.

wirelessdude01 · 04-11-2020 08:25PM

Realistically you should have a squad published with squad numbers. 26 are announced from that list about 2hrs beforehand.

Full squad is printed in the programme.

RedDevil55 · 04-11-2020 09:32PM

seligehgit wrote: »

So anyone care to have a stab at naming a team?

Long since gone are the days when you could confidently name our first 15.

James Horan could hardly hide his displeasure at the obligation to name a 26 so early (by 9 AM on the Thursday mornings).

So likely to be chopping and changing to the named 15 going forward,keeps the opposition as well as ourselves guessing.

Paddy or Lee to pick up Enda Smith.

Lee Keegan picked him up in quarter final in 2017.

Impossible to predict what our team will be 1-15. Clarke will start in goals and I reckon the FF line will be unchanged but every other line on the pitch is up in the air.

Hopefully management have some plan in place!

seligehgit · 04-11-2020 09:47PM

muddle84 wrote: »

I agree, 50 50 game. The softer ground won't do us any favours. I haven't been following Roscommon at all so i don't know what to expect. Its so hard to really know where we are also

Division 2 winners.Hence heading in a diametrically opposite direction to ourselves.

Impressive second half rally against an up and coming Armagh team.

Covid 19 affected squad ( 2nd string team ) brushed aside Cavan.

ballina1953 · 06-11-2020 12:09AM

why the blue jersies against leitrim
will it be the same against roscommon
are county board making a political statement
only used to use them against kerry because of clashing colours

wirelessdude01 · 06-11-2020 01:34AM

ballina1953 wrote: »

why the blue jersies against leitrim
will it be the same against roscommon
are county board making a political statement
only used to use them against kerry because of clashing colours

I'm guessing because the predominant colour for both Leitrim and ourselves is green, hence why we both changed.

I'd expect standard Jersey against the rossies.

blowitupref · 06-11-2020 02:46AM

flasher0030 wrote: »

Agreed. People aren't dismissing Roscommon. But this is a forum. For chats. People are not going to shut up about future potential matches just because someone might get offended that it might jinx our Roscommon match. Future games and match-ups are just topics of conversation. Nothing more.
Personally, I think Mayo will beat Roscommon. I think Roscommon will play a bit more open than Tyrone and it will be a bit easier for Mayo to get into a scoring rhythem. And having Cillian O'Connor back should be a huge boost.

Easier? Tyrone didn't exactly make themselves hard to score against in that recent league game.

Joe Don Dante · 06-11-2020 03:07AM

Mayo_fan wrote: »

Excellent news from sligo, this could be the break we need. Assuming we beat Roscommon on Sunday you would imagine rusty Galway who will come into the game off 2 defeats will be there for the taking.

Winning Connaught by beating the two top teams will leave us in a great place to push on but we need to banish the demons of of inconsistency and pressure game floppers. The big players need to park their egos and give us consistency which is something they refuse to do.

This could be our year, everything falling into place (Tyrone gone, Dublin spluttering, we are the few teams who have no fear of Kerry, Galway for the taking, we can match Donegal). Has any team been relegated from the league and won Sam in the same year?

deluded

Joe Don Dante · 06-11-2020 03:11AM

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

John Horan has suggestd that AI semis and finals will be postponed until later.

But imagine a scenario where the winner of Roscommon - Mayo get the virus like Sligo. Galway could potentially be in an AI semi without playing a match.

like the Galway Hurlers all those times years ago

seligehgit · 06-11-2020 08:00AM

Joe Don Dante wrote: »

deluded

I can't understand how posters are taking these musings seriously.

muddle84 · 06-11-2020 08:22AM

seligehgit wrote: »

I can't understand how posters are taking these musings seriously.

Fair point!

Fr Tod Umptious · 06-11-2020 09:42AM

ballina1953 wrote: »

why the blue jersies against leitrim
will it be the same against roscommon
are county board making a political statement
only used to use them against kerry because of clashing colours

What type of political statement would wearing the blue kit be ?

I really would like to know what you are thinking on this

Audioslaven · 06-11-2020 10:06AM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

What type of political statement would wearing the blue kit be ?

I really would like to know what you are thinking on this

Blue Shirts

TCDStudent1 · 06-11-2020 11:34AM

Joe Don Dante wrote: »

like the Galway Hurlers all those times years ago

Exactly and it didn't help the hurlers win All Irelands in most of those years!

PARlance · 06-11-2020 11:43AM

ballina1953 wrote: »

why the blue jersies against leitrim
will it be the same against roscommon
are county board making a political statement
only used to use them against kerry because of clashing colours

It can only be one of two things: George Soros is behind it OR that Leitrim play in green.

My money is on Soros. We all know the County Board is in bed with hedge fund managers.

naughto · 06-11-2020 12:21PM

When the team named

wirelessdude01 · 06-11-2020 01:17PM

naughto wrote: »

When the team named

I'd imagine about 9pm tonight it will be published on their social media.

The Supporter · 06-11-2020 01:18PM

Donegal named their Team for the Tyrone game on Saturday, Tyrone also named their Team for the Mayo Game on a Saturday, Mayo should also name their Team on a Saturday.

naughto · 06-11-2020 02:06PM

Team named

White lighting · 06-11-2020 02:07PM

Both teams named.

Barrett and Diarmuid O'Connor in for Mayo and Donie Smith in for Lennon for Roscommon from the team that played Mayo

flasher0030 · 06-11-2020 02:37PM

I wouldn't be massively confident of that full back line. Barrett has had little game time in the past year. Full back line requires sharpness and good positional sense. Not easy to just switch on after a period out of action.
And Lee hasn't been going well at all, from what I have seen anyway. Against Leitrim, Galway and Tyrone - he seemed to be continuously fouling. I'd have him out around the middle instead of Conor Loftus.

wirelessdude01 · 06-11-2020 02:42PM

Watched the Clontarf Dublin championship game that Chrisie played and he got destroyed. Also looked like he was carrying some timber. Can see him at CB and Corn at FB.

km79 · 06-11-2020 02:42PM

I’d be more worried about midfield and half forward line
We used to dominate most teams physically in the middle sector
I think it might be the other way around now

Joe Don Dante · 06-11-2020 05:07PM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

What type of political statement would wearing the blue kit be ?

I really would like to know what you are thinking on this

support of Biden because some random farmer lad said his great great Grandfather was 3rd cousins with Bidens great great grandmother in the 1800,s so hes a fully fledged mayo man now.

*Rolls eyes*

Blackjack · 06-11-2020 10:11PM

Recent influx of new posters. ðŸ€”

07-11-2020 08:52PM

Blackjack wrote: »

Recent influx of new posters. &#55356;&#56340;

Didn’t realise it was a closed club for a handful of posters to sit around in a circle and thank each other, I do now

Blackjack · 07-11-2020 08:58PM

Mayo_fan wrote: »

Didn’t realise it was a closed club for a handful of posters to sit around in a circle and thank each other, I do now

Oh it’s not, it just that when you have such a sudden influx of people that haven’t posted here before it seems to coincide with a lot of strange posts and a bit of mischief.

Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 4

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