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Sorry, I don't get it. What's wrong with Bekan. I've never been there.
John Prenty and waiting over a year to get competitive games played there. It can hold 2,000 supporters he said (600 seats)
No chance of games getting call off in January when played indoors and he probably feels the novelty of those matches will attract a decent audience for his online streaming service.
I understand your point about the pitches but to say fùck all attend isn't true.Theres regularly 3-4 thousand at Mayo fbd games,there was 7k in tuam in 2019.We tend to take things like this for granted but about half the counties in ireland both football and hurling don't get those numbers for championship.
I agree with the plan to play in Bekan though,with the covid situation and the games being on tv/streamed and played on a perfect pitch it's a good idea.
It’s a main consideration if you’re looking to maximise the gate
Because its played in January when whether is shite, pitches are in shite condition and fck all people attend.
Shouldnt be a main consideration really, it's a Mayo home game after all, their call
FBD games fixed for the COE in Bekan, i'd love to know the reasoning behind this? Crazy decision, no thought given to fans at all
I’d imagine the travelling support from Armagh or Donegal would be less pleased with Tuam. Kildare supporters less so, though Carrick (or Croke park) might suit them more
As much as I don't like Tuam I am a bit disappointed one game hasn't been arranged for there for supporters from the south of the county.
Looks like Mayos three NFL home games will be away but at least they are all in Connacht.
Donegal in Markievicz Park
Armagh in Hyde Park
Kildare in Carrick on Shannon
Oh bog off. Even in injury time with the game pretty much dead the support was there. You must have been on the pot. Well done for keeping track of who had
I'm not the poster who brought this up topic up but I'm going to chime in anyway.
It gets very tired here during the winter with the constant moaning about the CB and how the CB are this and the CB are that and the CB are the other and if it was not for the CB then we would win x y and z, and look at other CBs and see what they did right (lets ignore facts) and why can't our CB be like that etc etc
And it goes on and on and on.
I really find it funny the amount of love that there was here a few years ago for the donkey from London, just because the CB were wary of him.
And look who was right in the end.
Now I'm not here to defend the CB or anything, I live outside the county and have no idea who they actually are, but the constant moaning does get boring .
Bring on the league.
If everyone had the same opinion there would be no need to discuss anything and Boards would not exist. New posters on any forum should be welcome particularly if they have something new or different to say. They keep a discussion thread fresh and interesting.
Can you expand on how 2 or 3 new posters have ruined it for everyone. Is it the fact that they have different opinions to you or is it something else ?
Colm Boyle has retired from inter county football, sad to see but after not getting a minute at all this year probably had little choice.
Yep,only 2 or 3 posters who all arrived at the same time have ruined it for everyone.They are shoe horning the same repetitive lengthy posts into every single thread.Its almost orchestrated like some of the stuff from our friend in London on twitter.
Agreed. A lot of the more reasonable regular posters have stepped back, and a bit like here, there’s an influx of new posters who suddenly seem to have an interest and all of the answers (singularly focussed in ousting the CB and management).
David Clifford was never even approached seriously about going to Oz and is on record saying that,also that he had no interest in the game.
So the bleating and moaning on the Blog is as usual uninformed hurler on the ditch stuff.
I'm a bit surprised by the Fogarty article as he's usually on the ball,it's light on detail and says only the move has hit a snag.That could mean a lot of things.Its not a secret Oisin was going to Oz,Horan alluded to in in Feb 2020,my understanding was he would have went that autumn if covid didn't happen.
Its a shame the way that blog has gone since the final,it's almost unreadable now. It's full of angry men who believe every dumb rumour going and add in a few of their own.Poor auld Willie Joe does his best but it's impossible to moderate now.
Clifford was never going to the AFL.
Totally the wrong kind of athlete for the game. Too slow to be an AFL level small forward and not big enough to be a full forward.
His skill kicking a football wouldnt transfer easily to kicking the Sherrin.
Clifford wasn't going to leave Ireland as the games best player to sit and play reserve football in the VFL.
I did find it odd that there was no comment from the county board when Geelong announced that he was moving to them. I would have thought surely there would be some well wishes. Now unless something has been offered to him to keep him here and that's why there was nothing from the county board on the announcement.
Was the story about Clifford being scouted and then the Kerry county board throwing the kitchen sink at it ever actually true though? I thought he was on record as saying he was never really interested in going in the first place?
From Mayo GAA Blog "Mayonaze says:
November 22, 2021 at 9:44 am
@ Dave, isn’t it a sad day for Mayo and for all of us who love Mayo, when the dream of an up and coming star, nurtured all the way in the green and red, is to travel to the other side of the world to play a game he never played before.
Did he say it was his ‘dream’ or is that just your words? I find it impossible to believe that it would be his or any top Mayo footballer’s ambition to leave. What I can understand is someone having a desire to be financially rewarded or secure from playing sport. As the GAA is officially amateur that ambition cannot be realised. However a middle ground can be reached, as what happened with McShane (common knowledge by the way that this happened) as well as with others like Clifford, Cavanagh, Kilkenny. That middle ground is one which allows the player focus on their game (which at top intercounty level is professional in all but name and money) but also gives them a clearly defined and agreed upon career path within a progressive organisation and several perks here and there. A top intercounty player like Mullin can have a very comfortable life. If he was in Kerry, Tyrone or Dub we wouldn’t even be having this conversation. It would have been dealt with and put to bed 12/18 months ago.
There is a problem when our best top Mayo footballers are trialing for AFL. Like I said before, it’s up to Mayo GAA and its principal sponsors to ensure the best players stay. It’s in both their interests.
Losing top talent significantly impacts on our chances of success. In fact, it effectively rules out ultimate success. Anyone who doesn’t see this is utterly naive." I totally agree with Mayonaze. Tomas O Se in 2017 on Tadhg Kennelly and the danger of loosing David Clifford to Australia “If I met him tomorrow I’d say straight up: ‘Tadhg, I’ve nothing against you personally. But I hate what you’re doing’,” wrote Ó Sé in The Irish Independent about the AFL’s international talent co-ordinator. “I think Clifford leaving would be the straw that broke the camel’s back.” Pat O Shea in 2017 "Pat O’Shea is not convinced by the lure of Aussie Rules.
“The Australian model has not proved overly successful when it comes to the retention of Irish players. We have obviously lost Mark O’Connor recently but it is a good guide to see how he develops before David makes a decision about following.
“I think sending him to the hotbed of Australia where physicality is higher again and the risk of injury is higher again and we have seen how hard it is to break in there, even if you have the skills you probably need to have a far more mature outlook in your life before you go.
“But, is he capable? Yeah, I’m sure he is being courted. I’m sure the rumours are true. I’m sure that option is on the table.”
There are three men Clifford can, and may already have, sought out:
O’Connor, Kennelly and the cautionary tale that is Tommy Walsh.
Walsh, 29 now, and once a colossal figure, should be entering his prime as a Kerry footballer. The 2008 Young player of the Year took the professional road but after moving from St Kilda’s to Sydney Swans, where he made five appearances over three injury-ravaged seasons, he’s been home since 2014 and is no where near the Kerry team." Mikey Harte came out very strong against Cathal Mc Shane going to Australia but not a word from Mayo Management or County Board?
The Mayo squad were all vaccinated.
Unless it's a deal to keep him home then I think rookie contracts would be fairly standard
Maybe he's playing hardball a better deal?
Reporting that he has not signed anything yet
I would imagine so. The article suggests the move is in jeopardy though. Would he jeopardise the whole move over a vaccination that I'm sure he was aware he would need to have?
Does he have to be vaccinated
The Examiner reporting now that there's been a "snag" in the Mullin move to AFL. Maybe not a done deal just yet?
They have been very poor. Poor passing , simple errors, fouling all the time. TG4 must be regretting showing such a poor quality game.
That was a really reckless black card there, just as they were clawing their way back into it
Shocking game of ball. 2 scores from play, bellmullet with none. Knockmore fouling and spoiling the play all over the place.
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