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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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gourcuff

it was always meant to be a transition season for mayo with the amount of new players, think its bonus territory to be in a final tbh

Barlett

corny wrote: »

Don't know about that. In the 2016 replay it was nearly a case of spot the Dub in the audience. I'm guessing 75% of the crowd must have been from Mayo and the noise when Keegan scored was probably the loudest i've ever heard at a game.

Because there were more Mayo supporters does that mean they got the home advantage that time?

Agreed 2016 replay and the 2017 final Mayo fans had the numerical advantage, I could nearly feel the stadium shaking after both of Keegan's goals.

FullBack Jam

SqueakyKneecap wrote: »

I come in peace as a Galwegian. Wishing ye the very best of luck on Saturday, from the bottom of my heart.

I adore the summer trips to Castlebar and the Hyde as much as clashes with Tipp and the Cats in the small ball. It'd be a serious boost for Connacht football if Mayo made the breakthrough to stop the money juggernaut Dubs. It'd also be criminal if warriors like Keith Higgins and Colm Boyle never get a celtic cross.

Ye're the last hope of keeping the intercounty alive so I think even a few Rossies would begrudgingly wish ye while :pac:

Cheers Squeaky. Lovely gesture.

Cartman78

Well lads, Happy All-Ireland Final Eve to everyone :pac:

Have to admit that any green shoots of belief/hope have diminished with each passing day this week....the Mayo News podcast is like a shot of positivity but as soon as you listen/hear anything outside of that, things aren't as rosy unfortunately.

Despite that, I still think if we can bring our absolute best for 75/80 mins and if Dublin are slightly off it.....then we might have a chance. We need everything to go right though on the day.

Either way, I'll be tuned in from exile in Limerick with my two young fellas. Put the flag outside the house this morning and new retro jersey ready to go

Call me Al

spakman wrote: »

The match is still in Croke Park

But without the hill 16 fanboy presence.

muddle84

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Home advantage is a real thing, it's not a myth.
Look at any of the sporting leagues throughout the world.

On Saturday, for the first time in an all Ireland final, Dublin will play without that advantage.

The crowd is only a part of Home advantage!

muddle84

BandMember wrote: »

It's not a good state of affairs when Brady has lost the faith and is saying that he doesn't think Mayo will win... Normally, he'd be on every media outlet possible the week of a final telling anyone who would listen to him just how much Mayo were going win by....

https://www.independent.ie/sport/columnists/the-three-conditions-mayo-need-to-fulfil-to-overcome-the-greatest-team-of-all-time-39875783.html

YERRA I say!!!

corny

Deleted User wrote: »

Home advantage is a real thing, it's not a myth.
Look at any of the sporting leagues throughout the world.

On Saturday, for the first time in an all Ireland final, Dublin will play without that advantage.

Don't know about that. In the 2016 replay it was nearly a case of spot the Dub in the audience. I'm guessing 75% of the crowd must have been from Mayo and the noise when Keegan scored was probably the loudest i've ever heard at a game.

Because there were more Mayo supporters does that mean they got the home advantage that time?

spakman

Deleted User wrote: »

Home advantage is a real thing, it's not a myth.
Look at any of the sporting leagues throughout the world.

On Saturday, for the first time in an all Ireland final, Dublin will play without that advantage.

The match is still in Croke Park

PARlance

seligehgit wrote: »

Can't link the article but glad tidings for Parlance.:D

Breaffy/Breaghwy has now been renamed Ballintubber according to the Connacht Telegraph.

A case of a misplaced sign!

You only listed 2 of the 25 ways to spell it.

My money is in HornBall throwing up the sign, but then again, so many of them aspired to, and indeed made the move to Breaffy like him, it could be any of the Tubber blowins!

Seeing them cheer on the blue and white, albeit at U6 or U8.... a thing of beauty

[Deleted User]

EICVD wrote: »

Mayo won’t have that atmosphere either, there’s no doubt that on All Ireland final day the majority of the crowd is in Mayos favour. Dublin know exactly what to expect from Mayo, they’ll be ready & I doubt they’d be happy to lose that run to Mayo either, there’s no love lost between the two!

Home advantage is a real thing, it's not a myth.
Look at any of the sporting leagues throughout the world.

On Saturday, for the first time in an all Ireland final, Dublin will play without that advantage.

Big Back Clock

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I dunno other choices are those northern teams Donegal or Tyrone.

When you think of it if Mayo win it will be replayed for god knows how many years. Plus because of that people will start look up 'that dublin team' they beat to see if they are any good.
Kind of like when Kerry were beaten by Offaly in 82.
Only difference is Dublin will already have the record.

If Mayo did beat Dublin, in a way it would add to this Dublin teams 'folklore'. If that makes any sense. More than a six in row would in my opinion!

“Those northern teams”

gormdubhgorm

EICVD wrote: »

Can’t agree, Mayo are the last team I want to see Dublin beaten by.

I dunno other choices are those northern teams Donegal or Tyrone.

When you think of it if Mayo win it will be replayed for god knows how many years. Plus because of that people will start look up 'that dublin team' they beat to see if they are any good.
Kind of like when Kerry were beaten by Offaly in 82.
Only difference is Dublin will already have the record.

If Mayo did beat Dublin, in a way it would add to this Dublin teams 'folklore'. If that makes any sense. More than a six in row would in my opinion!

seligehgit

Can't link the article but glad tidings for Parlance.:D

Breaffy/Breaghwy has now been renamed Ballintubber according to the Connacht Telegraph.

A case of a misplaced sign!

EICVD

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

Agreed 100% as long as it not Kerry or Meath!

Can’t agree, Mayo are the last team I want to see Dublin beaten by.

EICVD

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think Dublin will get a sharp shock on Saturday. Mayo will hit them hard and the Dubs won't have the Croke park atmosphere to fire them back up.
I think the Sunday post mortem will belong to Dublin.
If the Dublin players are going to give up their long winning streak, they would rather to lose it to Mayo than any other county.

Mayo won’t have that atmosphere either, there’s no doubt that on All Ireland final day the majority of the crowd is in Mayos favour. Dublin know exactly what to expect from Mayo, they’ll be ready & I doubt they’d be happy to lose that run to Mayo either, there’s no love lost between the two!

seligehgit

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charolais0153

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I think Dublin will get a sharp shock on Saturday. Mayo will hit them hard and the Dubs won't have the Croke park atmosphere to fire them back up.
I think the Sunday post mortem will belong to Dublin.
If the Dublin players are going to give up their long winning streak, they would rather to lose it to Mayo than any other county.

They don't want to lose it fullstip, they're not gonna try less cos they're playing mayo

gormdubhgorm

Deleted User wrote: »

If the Dublin players are going to give up their long winning streak, they would rather to lose it to Mayo than any other county.

Agreed 100% as long as it not Kerry or Meath!

[Deleted User]

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I think it will be Dublin by about 8 maybe, unless Mayo play out of their skins and Dublin have an off day. Stranger things have happened in sport though.

I think Dublin will get a sharp shock on Saturday. Mayo will hit them hard and the Dubs won't have the Croke park atmosphere to fire them back up.
I think the Sunday post mortem will belong to Dublin.
If the Dublin players are going to give up their long winning streak, they would rather to lose it to Mayo than any other county.

seligehgit

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[Deleted User]

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Not your typical Mayo GAA song, :pac: love this. Anyone able to embed it for me?

https://youtu.be/ukg3xv9r4Ko

The songs and tales of four rambunctious boys from Mayo currently residing in Galway.

STRAIGHTPOUR
Four noisy boys from the west of Ireland
Punk/Grunge with a Guinness head

That's very good. Thanks for sharing it. Never mind the negative comments. If they listened to the chorus of the fckn 'Green and red of Mayo' for 10 years they can put up with this for a few weeks.

gormdubhgorm

wirelessdude01 wrote: »

As I said at school today, we need the average for rating for Mayo players to be 9+ and Dublin to be 8. Also the smile from lady luck needs to shine brightly on us as well.

If any county deserves a bit of luck by the law of averages it has to be Mayo.
Constantly knocking on the door. Overall they have to be one of the most consistent teams in the country over the last 15-20 years.

I remember further back watching the 1996 final Mayo v Meath. And shouting for Mayo. Roaring at the telly when the ball bounced and went over for Meath to get the replay. I mean what were the odds of that happening?

wirelessdude01

As I said at school today, we need the average for rating for Mayo players to be 9+ and Dublin to be 8. Also the smile from lady luck needs to shine brightly on us as well.

PressRun

Irish Examiner podcast is an interesting listen. They were trying to come up with scenarios that could benefit Mayo, though none of them really give us a chance. Eamon Fitz picked us for the win in the end, but I think that was just to mix it up a bit as everyone else was going for Dublin haha

irishgeo

my thinking everything has to go right for mayo and we need that bit of luck and even then it still might not be enough.

Be interesting to see how dessie Farrell reacts on the sidelines if he has decisions to make.

gormdubhgorm

The Supporter wrote: »

Dublin are on a 40 match unbeaten run in the Championship. Mayo have not beaten Dublin in 15 games (last win for Mayo was in 2012). Mayo have a young inexperienced team. No wonder Dublin are 2/9 favourites.

I think it will be Dublin by about 8 maybe, unless Mayo play out of their skins and Dublin have an off day. Stranger things have happened in sport though.

The Supporter

Dublin are on a 40 match unbeaten run in the Championship. Mayo have not beaten Dublin in 15 games (last win for Mayo was in 2012). Mayo have a young inexperienced team. No wonder Dublin are 2/9 favourites.

gormdubhgorm

BandMember wrote: »

It's not a good state of affairs when Brady has lost the faith and is saying that he doesn't think Mayo will win... Normally, he'd be on every media outlet possible the week of a final telling anyone who would listen to him just how much Mayo were going win by....

https://www.independent.ie/sport/columnists/the-three-conditions-mayo-need-to-fulfil-to-overcome-the-greatest-team-of-all-time-39875783.html

Fann Linn wrote: »

Reverse psychology I'd guess.

Best one was in 2017 AI SF Dublin v Tyrone. David Brady on radio was bullish that Tyrone really could do it. How he really believed it. Plus he went to say how Con O'Callaghan could be 'got at' because he was inexperienced. Con scored a goal and a point within 3 minutes finished with 1-2.

Brady's answer at FT 'ah sure you have to have a bit of craic with these things'

If I was from Mayo I don't know who would be more embarrassed by 'Superfan' Tim O'Leary' or 'Super analyst' David Brady.

Fann Linn

BandMember wrote: »

It's not a good state of affairs when Brady has lost the faith and is saying that he doesn't think Mayo will win... Normally, he'd be on every media outlet possible the week of a final telling anyone who would listen to him just how much Mayo were going win by....

https://www.independent.ie/sport/columnists/the-three-conditions-mayo-need-to-fulfil-to-overcome-the-greatest-team-of-all-time-39875783.html

Reverse psychology I'd guess.