Mayo GAA Discussion

Was a long list of injuries rumoured but of the 26 named i think there is just R O'Donoghue,Plunkett and Conroy ruled out.

He is named on the bench. A very strong bench. Im very confident now. Hopefully ROD injury isnt too bad. I wonder is Fionn McDonagh injured again too?

Hope we dont lose tomorrow , because if anybody wants to do any scrutiny of the game via a methodical dissection they'll probably be reported, cough,couughh,

And Harrison,

However as I mentioned before the injury crisis is beginning to subside,lads are coming out the other side of it and we're in better health that against Galway.

As I understood it McDonagh was back but he's been fit a few times in the past when he didn't make the match day squad.Expect a few changes before throw in,I think DOC will start maybe for Bryan Walsh and Carney might go to hf line.

Delighted and surprised to see Flynn in the squad.

In stead of who?

Horans gone cold on him of late, but his form hasn't been great in all fairness despite his talents..

Big game for the likes of A Orme, B Walsh today .

They're yet to show that they belong at this level, as ok-ish needs to bee replaced with clutch moments.

Much improved but a couple of passengers up front

orme and Walsh mainly

Carr playing on patches as usual . Frustrating player

Much better performance than the Kerry and Galway games but lots of room for improvement.

Monaghan possibly had a strong penalty shout near the end (?).... couldn't really see from where I was but it looked dodgy.

Horan was irate as well near the end with the ref. Got a couple of stern warnings from Gough the linesman.

More random observations:

I thought AOS had his best game in a long while.

The big missed goal chance (McLaughlin?) at the start of the 2nd half could have been very costly.

Carney was ok I guess...could have done with some more long ball in.

Orme showed the odd flash but still seems to be a work in progress.

I haven't seen a lot of Brian Walsh so wasn't sure what to expect, can't remember him doing anything of note tbh.

Great to have Durcan, COC and Mullin back and looking fit...another couple of weeks and hopefully a softish draw (Limerick, Kildare) will give them time to really ramp up sharpness.

And fair play to the players for staying on the pitch to sign jerseys etc...can't be easy after running around for 75+ mins in searing heat

One of those ‘take the win and move on’ type of games. Full forward line badly wanting in terms of movement and offering an outlet for a kick pass, so many times our runners had little option but to turn and recycle, that will happen I suppose without our natural forwards like RoD and Tommy. But you could see the frustration and choice words aimed at the forwards when they had to recycle the ball. Thought Carney did well, Walsh wasn’t great. Durcan class and Aido played well, game suited I’m. What does Fergal Boland have to do to get a look in though, clever footballer and can chip in with scores, would have him in ahead of a couple of our starters this evening.

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the only contentious one was the last one. And it could well have been given ……

Got through thats the main thing, Will be a quick turnaround with quarter finals next week.

Next up either Donegal Kildare Limerick or Roscommon.