Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 4

Was a bit worried at half-time but that was some second half, even if Galway just wilted as their fitness seemed to drop dramatically.

Couple things:

I'm just not a fan of Robbie Hennelly. Maybe we were spoiled with the shot stopping ability of Clarke, but Hennelly just doesn't have the nous of a top level shot stopper.

Still too soft through the center.

Damien Comer. I fcuking hate him but I'd give my left leg to have him in our team.

The young lads introduced over the last year look so confident, composed and relaxed it's ridiculous.

Kevin Mc the most composed footballer around, simply class.

I think we will lose by 3/4 in the semi, but Mayo football is in a good place, long may it last.

BTW. Conor Lane is an absolute disaster of a ref. Makes better decisions when not looking at the play.

O hora was my motm up to the injury. savage turnovers and hard hits all over the place. have followed him since he was on that special forces show.

Kildare arent travelling to make up the numbers. If flynn gets to run at them kildare will rattle them.

Still doesnt inspire any confidence though, continues to look ropey under a high ball coming in, cant fault him for his distribution though.

You've been consistently competitive at the highest level. Subtract Kerry and Dublin from past twenty years and there isn't much silver left...

Kicked a belter of a 45 too.

She had enough in the tank to get there from the 65.

Keegan was at fault for both goals. Way too slow out of the blocks.

Very enjoyable day in Croker today.

As usual decent banter between the rival supporters.Truly the best of enemies.The Covid 19 era seems to have ushered in a new dawn where the inherent decency and respect for opposing supporters is to the fore.So many genuine supporters who park hostilities post contests.

We flew out of the traps and looked like we might blow Galway away but we started to struggle for scores up front.

Conroy,Cooke,Comer and Walshe were immense in the first half.Tierney was influential too.Gleeson's kickouts continued to be a source of hope.

Cardinal error re the lack of anticipation regarding the possibility of a rebound off the post for Walshe's goal.

Hope all is well with Larry Finnerty's son Robert and all other injured parties including our own Padraig O Hora who was simply immense today.A couple of vital dispossessions.He stood up his opponents extremely well.I saw same first hand in front of me in the second half.

Robert Hennelly's kickouts were outstanding,no fault in either goal but was poor for Comer's goal attempt off the crossbar.

A good 45 and in spite of his inconsistency looks to be now our only live option for long distance frees ( Cillian's territory ).

In spite of his fault in the Walshe goal Lee Keegan who has lost that yard of pace was very solid in the corner.

His love of taking a score with his ciotog should possibly be confined to the past tense.Nice touch to see his daughter seated proudly in the Nestor Cup for the team photograph.

Michael Plunkett was solid if unspectacular.

Paddy contributed handsomely defensively and offensively.Tad rushed for the second point attempt.

It was a pleasure to witness Oisin Mullin's display,other worldly.Close second to Matthew Ruane for MOTM.He has the potential to become one of the greats on a national level.

Stephen Coen was solid,definitely gets a nose bleed crossing the half way line.Taking the mark put immense pressure on this weakness of his.

Matthew Ruane can truly aspire to compete with Fenton's and McCarthy's of this world.It is wonderful to see his progression from the 2016 under 21 campaign.

Conor Loftus' mobility and kick passing was to the fore.2 points,placement as opposed to power for such a guilt edged chance.

Bryan Walsh got on some ball but struggled a bit to impact the game.

Hot day for Aidan at 11,a couple of great turnovers ( was an impressive feature of the team as a whole ).Influenced the game inside with the vital take in the lead up to the penalty.I thought he did'nt really impact the kickouts and same contributed to the Conroy and Tierney lording of the skies in the first 35 minutes.

Diarmuid O Connor did trojan work but we need a return to his heyday when he was contributing on the scoreboard.

Tommy Conroy showed some bottle to turn around a first half where Silke smoothered him quite successfully and accuracy was sub optimal.

I thought Darren McHale was a tad unlucky to get the curly finger at the break,he linked up well and took his score well.

Ryan O Donoghue has nerves of steel,ex soccer man.Excellent technique for the penalty.Great game intelligence,ability to a score from play or placed ball.

Terrible decision to disallow his goal,I could see no foul from 60 or so yards away.

Two great switches at HT by James Horan paid off handsomely with Kevin Mc and Eoghan McLaughlin.I'd love to see McLaughlin starting.Only a superb save by Gleeson kept McLaughlin out.

He has frightening pace and is made for Croker.

Rory Brickenden did very little wrong on his introduction for O Hora,Enda Hession caught one great ball under the lower Cusack.

Insurance point or not I'd love to see James Carr take on that goal chance.

Durkan seemed to pass it over to AOS at the start of Walsh's run, which was a crazy decision - AOS was never going to be able to stick with Walsh. You could nearly see Walsh's eyes light up and he put the boot down. By the time Durkan realised it, there was no recovering.

First one was shocking - ball bounces 3 times in the penalty area off the post and no defender picks it up. I don't think you can blame Hennelly either - I don't think he would have got there before Walsh anyway. It was on Keegan or Mullin to be filling back into that space until it was sure that the ball was dead.

I miss the days when trolls used to at least TRY

Great 2nd half on a hot day. Would think you should have no issue going the full 70 with Dublin. I’m not convinced yet about your forward line against a good defence. Might struggle to get the scores like in the first half yesterday. Maybe E McLoughlin starting at half back might give a bit more penetration if forwards tightly marked. Combined with a few high balls to OShea. Think he’s going to win most of them and crowding him out might be the only way to stop him which might free up a bit of space for others. Anyway good luck. It should be close. COC still a huge loss.

IMO definitely Durcan’s fault for the second.

I’d blame Hennelly for the first one, he kinda came and then didn’t, leaving himself neither here nor there. Out and close down Walsh, let someone else cover the line