Mayo GAA Discussion

ROD is unplayable in this form

Kerry are lost without Clifford and O’Shea. Mayo are coached really well, tactics so far spot on. Some new players and older coming into form.

That was Mayo’s All Ireland tonight.

3rd week in February so nah!

Good game. Shame to concede the goal as I thought the defence did really well throughout.

Flynn, O'Donoghue and Hession were excellent.

That said, Kerry looked a little lacking in fitness and match sharpness. Will be a different animal in summer. Still good to get a win over them.

Great to get the win. Kerry no great shakes without O'Se and Clifford but they are unbelievable players really. And neither are anywhere near full fitness. Clifford impossible to mark, he gets shots away no matter the pressure.

Knew we would drop off a bit in the 2nd half when Diarmuid went off late in the first. He's pivotal to everything we do.

Flynn continues to Impress. I've always been a fan, he's slowly sneaking up to being on of the best players in the Country.

Encouraging to see Aido and RO'D linking up well. RO'D seems to be running off his shoulder more often than not.

Delighted for Carr, really hope this pushes on this year. If Aido works in at FF, then the thoughts of RO'D, Conroy, Cillian and Carr feeding off him at different stages is encouraging.

Really impressive defensively but a shame to let Kerry in for that late goal.

There's a lot of players making claims for starting spots. I'm not sure the likes of McHugh and McDonagh will make the cut.

Magnificent !

I’d worry about Brickendens ability to turn quickly .

I said this last year when we were basically without our entire FF line and people thought we should be able to cope or said we didn’t have the forwards

Take just Clifford alone out of the Kerry team and they don’t/won win AI. They are completely reliant on him . Hence why he played on one leg against us (and still beat us on his own!)

It will be interesting to see how Galway go too without Finnerty , Comer and Walsh for the next while. Sure they have the forwards and we don’t so it should be no problem

Why does the PA guy at McHale Park bother telling people not to come on the pitch?

He certainly had an off night tonight. Started off by naming Matthew Tierney in midfield for us and plenty more mistakes after that.

this mayo team will go on to dominate football for a long time

Hmmm. I don't fully agree. He definitely gave away cheap possession at least once last night. He literally soloed the ball into a Kerry player's hands at one point. Dreadful execution of a basic skill.

Fionn McDonagh is another one. He will struggle to keep his place come summer imo.

Fair enough. Over the course of 70+ minutes it's hard to avoid making the odd mistake!

Mattie is always looking to drive forward either by running it or a kick pass. If he went lateral and backwards more he might give the ball away less, but wouldn't be half as effective.