blowitupref wrote: » Not sure if injury related but he saw no action in the FBD, NFL and Championship last year while he featured a lot in 2019 including a start against Dublin in the All Ireland semi final.
km79 wrote: » http://twitter.com/RefComeOn/status/1345722506074877952
wirelessdude01 wrote: » Mullin maybe to halfback but don't see him at midfield just yet. Isn't McCoy acknowledged a halfback? Can see Clarke continuing for another year but with a clear mandate that he is to tutor Reape and clear in the knowledge that his place isn't guaranteed.
urranger wrote: » So who are the players you expect to shine in 2021? My predictions.... 1. Oisin Mullen will be converted to midfield. 2. The Mc Cormack lad from Claremorris will slot into full back. 3. Reape from Knockmore will take over in goals. All 3 will be central figures for us. Thoughts???
seligehgit wrote: » Great post LeoB. Huge fan of posters who are magnanimous in victory and can appreciate all counties within the GAA community as opposed to those with tunnel vision tendencies. Congrats on your win and many happy returns.
seligehgit wrote: » Read the article. It's a very very disappointing attitude and disrespectful. Not sure if he was misquoted. Otherwise the ultimate of clickbait. If these are the true thoughts of Doctor David Hickey he's better to keep them close to his chest than express same in public. Can he not simply glow in the aftermath of a 5 in an row as opposed to going at it for a county that have experienced a real dearth of real success?
Green&Red wrote: » Better team by some distance, the black card just delayed them pulling away. Not sure how there wasn’t a black card for Johnny Cooper, I suppose there is that rule that you can’t give two dubs blacks at the same time. I was wrong on Oisin Mullen, he was ready for it, outstanding today and not just going forward but he’s definitely a half back McLaughlin has a lot to learn on the skills and tackling side but he’s a serious athlete and only new to this, I wouldn’t be too hard on him Conroy will be very disappointed, game passes him by Cillian was outstanding with the service he got in the first half. Thought Ruane and Loftus had great games until they tired. ROD had a good game but he needs to respect possession more. Keegan really stepped up today Pity McMahon got on, he’s a f**king tramp Nothing to be disgraced about, those lads did us proud
wirelessdude01 wrote: » Maybe just have a squad of 36 and be done with it. All allocated a squad number before start of competition. 4 changes allowed during competition to facilitate injuries/lack of form. Once removed from the 36 you aren't allowed back in until next competition.
TCDStudent1 wrote: » Is there much of a difference between naming 26 or 30?
wirelessdude01 wrote: » The ConTel leak seemed to have been well and truly plugged this year. Total tangent but I'd love if the idea of naming a 26 was binned. Have a squad of 30 named from each squad for programme purposes. Team has to be submitted 15mins before throw in and no late changes to that allowed.
The Supporter wrote: » If Mayo are to win the Big Prize in the future the following changes will have to be made - (1) Every thing that happens inside the Mayo Camp will have to be water tight, there are many examples of the benefits of a water tight camps, Tyrone in 1993 were lucky to draw with Down in Ulster Final,they had big problems at fullback, for the replay Mickey Harte moved Cormac McAnallen from midfield to full back, the move was a great success, Tyrone caught Down by surprise with the move (No one outside the Tyrone camp knew of the new fullback until throw in). In 2008 All Ireland Final Harte replaced one of his corner backs just minutes before throw in by Justin or Joe McMahon and he moved both of the McMahons to the full back line to mark Walsh and Donaghy, it was a resounding success, again no one outside the camp knew of the move. In 2013 Davy Fitzgerald replaced the Clare full forward fifteen mins before throw with Shane McDonnell in All Ireland Hurling Final Replay, McDonnell scored 3 goals, no one outside of the Clare camp knew of the change. Jim McGuinness dropped one of his top players namely Kevin Cassidy from Donegal panel because he spoke to a journalist. Many many times out side Croke Park I heard of changes or injuries to the Mayo Team, if I could hear of those changes I am sure the news got to our opponents as well. (2) Complacency has cost us games down through the years ( Mayo won National League in 1970,2001 and 2019 and on each occasion Roscommon knocked us out of the Championship). In 2014 I spoke to a Mayo player days prior to Mayo playing Roscommon, I said to him be ready for the challenge Roscommon will bring, he seemed very surprised that Roscommon were a threat (Mayo scraped a one point win).Darragh O Se on Dublin,"they take every game seriously". Colm O Rourke on the same subject "Dublin don't do complacency or overconfidence".
flasher0030 wrote: » What does fanbase have to do with quality of performances and achievements over an 9 year period? Are you saying that it's because you think Mayo have such loud and enthusiastic followers, that that's what kept the team going with win after win, albeit falling short at the final hurdle? Many counties think they are a fanatical following, but it doesn't get them anywhere if the players are not there. I know recently O'Rourke was bigging up the Cavana supporters - best in the country etc. I haven't seen Cavan in too many all-Ireland finals. As you say, Mayo have a middle of the road population; is a large county where players are sparsely located around the county, which doesn't help in terms of travel, meetings etc. ; many of the players are based in Dublin,which again is not ideal for team bonding. Came across the following link. There may be something more up to date; But in the decade from 2007 to 2017, Mayo were 26th out of 32, in a listing of the counties receiving funding coaching/game development grants from GAA.https://twitter.com/SeanMcGoldrick1/status/959548617701969922/photo/1 And yet in spite of the above, we have been in 4 of the last 9 All-Irelands. I think that's an amazing achievement. I genuinely don't think having any pot of gold has helped Mayo - sponsorship etc. As far as I know the county board are up to their neck in debt, so that's going to be a factor before throwing money at the senior team. I'm sure the spending on the senior mens team is high enough - but it has to be considering the funding requirement needed to pay for the expenses incurred in a run to an All-Ireland final. But it's not that spending that got the team going back in 2012 when they kinda came out of nowhere to get to the final. And as per the link above the spending on the games development has been very low.
muddle84 wrote: » I would also question the minority bit? In terms of population there is 16 counties bigger than us but were nowhere near the smallest. But in terms of following/fanbase we are surely only second to Dublin?
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