HBC08 wrote: » I dont understand the narrative that Mayo have to make some kind of statement. There's a good few lads playing senior for the first in Croke park against a seasoned and talented bunch who have soldiered together for Tipp and won silverware. I'd be happy to fall over the line and start thinking about the next step then.
naughto wrote: » I think he could be done. Parsons to do what big bird the last time we meet??
HBC08 wrote: » Me too! Training must be ferocious. As the game gets nearer im getting more confident,have a feeling we'll be going through the full range of emotions today, the usual life of a Mayo fan.
threeball wrote: » You're only prolonging the period in which Mayo won't win an all ireland. Another Mayo Dublin final will be spun by Croke Park to hide the fact that Mayo like other teams start these games with at least one arm tied behind their backs.
seligehgit wrote: » I was near certain Colm Boyle would make the bench.
HBC08 wrote: » I wasn't specifically referring to your post. There are lots of examples, Kevin mcstay on the Mayo News podcast, a lot of the posters on the blog,a few on here. I think some people are taking their eye off the ball and looking too far ahead,that's fatal especially this year as we've seen. This Mayo team hasnt put in a 70 minute performance since Donegal 15 months ago. I just hope whatever we do today is enough.
HBC08 wrote: » Hennelly O Hora Plunkett Brickenden Higgins Parsons Flynn Boland Carr Coen Towey That's the full bench
wirelessdude01 wrote: » Must be some fierce competition in training. More changes to the subs again today.
seligehgit wrote: » You are misinterpreting my post. I'll be quite happy to simply get over the line. I'm taking zero for granted. Making a statement is simply the dream scenario for me like many others nothing more.
HBC08 wrote: » I'm aware of that,I said senior. I'm expecting Mayo to win but I'm worried.We are used to having a lot of possession and I think we might struggle with that today.This team is finding its feet and when they click fully will be a match for anyone.I hope they can do enough today and I would take a jammy 1 point win.Theres a lot of talk about blowing Tipp away,making statements and about what might happen in a final,that's dangerous talk.Semi finals are about winning and only winning.
irishgeo wrote: » Mayo won silverware this year and last year. Also some of the mayo team have all Ireland medals from the minor/u21 level just like some of the Tipp team. Mayo should have enough but it will be close if we can stop kicking a huge amount of wides.
threeball wrote: » Mayo would be better off losing this today as at least there would be a bit of history made with a repeat of the 1920 final. The reality is this Mayo team won't beat that Dublin team and ye could do without another final heartbreak. Mayo have been denied a couple of All Irelands over the last decade due to the inequality in the system and the starker that point is laid bare to the big wigs the better it will be for Mayo and for football in general.
Fr Tod Umptious wrote: » What a stupid post. An interloper from I think I know where. We can expect a lot of ye throughout the day I suppose.
Fr Tod Umptious wrote: » But they always do, they did in 2016 and 2017 certainly. And why should I care if the country needs convincing about Mayo's ability to beat Dublin ? As long as we as Mayo fans get to enjoy a win and the team themselves are convinced of their ability to beat Dublin (and Tipp first of course) what else really matters.
seligehgit wrote: » Some very valid points but I think context is everything. A very comprehensive victory would likely be a confidence fill up for a team given virtually zero chance against Dublin irrespective of the same margin of victory today. I know I seem to be contradicting myself but irrespective of Tod's very good points a large swathe of the country need a lot of convincing that Mayo can really put it up to Dublin in any sort of competitive fashion. Today will tell us a lot and I'm hopeful Croke Park is an environment in which this developing team can potentially flourish.
Loafing Oaf wrote: » I don't see the issue here. How would 'putting tipperary away early' enhance our chances against Dublin? We beat teams off the park all summer in 2013 and in the end we got exactly as close to Dublin in 2017, when it too multiple replays and extra times to get there.
Fr Tod Umptious wrote: » I think there might have been an expectation that seeing as it was Tipps first SF in decades decades that Mayo might in some way steam roll them. What transpired was that Tipp lead 6-3 after 24mins, then Mayo got a goal, were 6 up at HT and that was really that. Up to that Mayo goal Tipp had a black card and Mayo had six wides. Tipp did get it back to two in the second half but a Conor O'Shea goal put an end to it. Never during the match did I recall Mayo being vulnerable, but now 4 years on it has ended up with a narrative that Mayo were lucky, just because they did not do what they did to Donegal in 2013 or Roscommon in the 2017 replay. I notice the Connacht final is taking on the same narrative. Somehow Mayo were lucky to beat Galway even though there played very well and lead throughout. With any likeable underdog story people will use a very narrow set of evidence to find a way to affirm their support of the underdog, and a very broad set of evidence against the favorite. In this case the evidence for Tipp rests on a win against a shyte Cork team, and the evidence against Mayo includes everything form another alleged lucky win over Galway, relegation to Div 2, losing to Kildare, getting hammered by Dublin and Kerry last year etc etc. How dearly I'd love to see them make it another v Donegal 2013 or Roscommon 2017.
Blackjack wrote: » No. It’s an odd narrative that’s thrown out every now and again. It seems our lucky goals are worth a good 5 points or so any time we play what’s perceived to be weaker opposition - Fermanagh in 2016, Tipp in 16 and 18 etc.
irishgeo wrote: » Another troll.
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