Mod Note Post #1 - The 2022 All Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Someone still had to beat them though. You might argue that kerry were in serious decline when offaly bet them. Now you will say but offaly won the all ireland, and they did, but other teams won all irelands after that. It is offaly that is remembered though. It is disingenuous to claim there is no value in being the team to do things like that.

Ive no fear of anything to do with galway winning. Best of luck to them. But I think some of them need to realise that it is them playing in the final and when things are in the fire, harping on about mayo isnt going to cut it at that point. It is the equivalent of being 10 years in opposition to government and then being in there. The talkin sh*te on the sidelines card cant be played any longer. Lose by a point, you will be bottlers, take a hiding, you will be the same. Kerry are a good team but not infallible. But they are better than kildare were, and more pertinently, they are a better side than galway are. Doesnt mean they cant win, just means they will have to deliver.

1. Hurling is a different sport.

2. Nobody cares about provincial titles.

3. Nobody cares about winning division 2 in the league

4. Minor and u21 are fine but they are just young lads. I include our own wins in that.

What is left?

And have won 37 which backs up the posters point of them winning most of the time.

Haven’t they lost the most or something? I remember telling a Mayo fella (ironically) that and he couldn’t hide his disgust.

But I honestly don’t know why there is much discussion about Mayo to be honest, it is the same craic only the year changes for Mayo. Same failings nothing learnt in defeat. A comedy drama.

Mayo are not the final Sunday. The final is between Galway and Kerry. Kerry deservedly beat Dublin and they won pulling up v Mayo.

Galway it could be argued are extremely fortunate to get to an All Ireland Final. Nearly blowing it big style v Armagh. Penalties saving them. And facing an extremely tactically inept Derry who only had plan A.

I just hope this AI is not one where it is over as a contest at half time. I at least want to see a match.

get some fresh air ffs

True to an extent.

In the 2016 final Cillian O'Connor leveled the game deep in injury time.

Cluxton took a short kick out to Bastick who picked it straight off the ground from about 21 yards out. The ref instead of making the right but tough call of giving an easy free in to Mayo to win the final instead blew for full time and the game was a draw.

It still annoys me to this day.

Nobody cares about all the finals ye lost but you're telling us about this "journey" what was won of relevance during this 10 year "journey"?

I'm a Galway Gaa fan. Hurling and football. I enjoy when we win. And hope when we lose it fades into the background quick enough. Only journey I'm on is up and down the M6. But each to their own.

Please, please, please stop the warblings. It's embarrassing. There are many other Mayo fans on here, myself included, and we are all getting stereotyped as having the same attitude.

Maybe I am wrong, but I’d say the vast majority of Mayo people will hope that Galway win on Sunday. Might not shout it from the rooftops though. But when it comes to throw-in time, and the games takes off, I would hope that we support our neighbours over a team that has won many, many times. I will be anyway. I hope to get a ticket for the match; and if I do, I might even throw on something maroon (won’t go so far as to buy the jersey). I’d definitely buy a scarf on the way in.

I wouldn’t be as thrilled as if my own county won it, but I would still be extremely happy for the Galway players and the fans. To say that you’d take the 4 or 5 All-Ireland losses over one win is an awful shambles thing to say. If someone said to you 10 years ago, that you have the choice – that you get to experience 5 All-Irelands in the next 10 years but you’re going to feel the disappointment of losing all of them; or you can get to one where your team will actually win it, you are saying that you would take that disappointment all day long – that horrible feeling when the final whistle ends and the opposition “anthem” comes on – generally Dublin in the Rare Auld Times I think. Crazy stuff.

Anyway, best of luck to the Tribesmen on Sunday. 

You wouldn't swap going up and embarrassing the province repeatedly in finals? Only playing one solitary sport and having a worse record in that sport than Wexford?

Galway have a similar number of Connachts recently as Mayo, have laid them to waste at underage and actually try their hand at other sports. We won't mention the difference in the All Ireland roll of honour, suffice to say you've humiliated yourself enough

I didn’t see it but apparentley hennelly was on to speak about abuse gaa players receive after matches and particular abuse he received after 2016 final … at the end of the day these lads are amateur and give of there time and effort for there county . They certainly shouldn’t have to put up with any abuse from anybody . So I think your post is a tad harsh .

I don't think Robbie Hennelly would have a choice about the timing of that. He wouldn't have approached RTE and advised them that he wants to go on Primetime to pour out his heart about abuse received.

On the contrary to your suggestion about timing, I think the lead up to the All-Ireland is the perfect time to discuss a very serious issue - as anything related to GAA football would be in the forefront of many peoples mind during this week.

If there's a replay will it be next weekend? Cheers