Mayo GAA Discussion

In fairness, O'Shea has played a good bit at full forward under Holmes/Connelly, Rochford and Horan so it's nothing new. I don't see much difference in what McStay is doing. O'Shea still drifts out at times to the middle third - that's where he done most damage vs Armagh. Also the kick pass he played into Carr for the goal last week.

There's always so much focus on O'Shea. After the Tyrone final he was the main problem in the team. Now he's apparently been reinvented as a top class inside forward. The truth is always in the middle somewhere.

It's u16s free.

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-41047232.html

But does that mean that kids who don’t have tickets might not get in? Contrary to what has been said for ticket arrangements this year.

So ticketmaster leading people astray so?

Mayo are the best performing team in the league so far, to some they’re ‘peaking too soon’. To others there are areas they still need to work on. I think they’re playing fantastic, the new management team has put together a great set up for the league, defensively they’re much tighter overall. More forwards getting scores each game and much more variety to their attack.

Do they have another gear or two come championship? I think they do. What about players such as O’Hora, Durkan, Conroy? I think they’ll have to earn place on the current team but great to have them and such competition for places. There is no easy answer as to should Mayo go on and win the league - my own view is they should, get that monkey off the back of the young team in Croke Park. Go up the steps and lift the cup. The gamble is if they lose - it’s another final loss just ahead of Championship. More teams will have their Championship panels together by then. But from what I’ve seen so far, Galway, Armagh, Kerry, and maybe Derry and Dublin are the only real obstacles to Mayo winning Sam this year if they keep playing as they do. Roscommon & Donegal will have some good performances as will Tyrone, maybe Cork too. Dublin won’t have a proper top tier game until they exit Leinster. All the teams are beatable just as Mayo are on their off days - the competition is wide open and it’s a great opportunity for any of these team to step out ahead of the pack and go for it.

Going to be a frantic finish. Roscommon have grown into this.

Got away with that. Poor second half display. Very sloppy, getting turned over way too easily and two terrible goals to concede. The performance was a lot less composed than the previous two games, more reminiscent of the Armagh performance tbh.

Wonder if the changes just disrupted the rhythm of the team a bit just when they were getting settled, even though it is important to get game time into different players.

On the positives - Carney was very lively again, Cillian was very solid and Tommy Conroy looks sharp after his long lay off. However, the manner in which Ros were able to waltz through the middle time and again just isn't good enough. Number 6 hardly anywhere to be seen each time.

They'll learn things from that game, for sure, but there were some poor mistakes and some old failings - a lack of ruthlessness when out in front, soft goals, plus this thing of passing to a man under pressure or carrying the ball directly into traffic only to get turned over or concede a free.

2-7 conceded.

What did he do?

Very disappointed with yesterday, thats a game we should have won by 15 points and they had the chance to win it with the last kick of the game. Not nearly good enough.

Thought Carney, McDonagh and Diarmuid were all very good.

Carr should have had 7 points from play, hes so wasteful, if he can't kick off his left from 25 yards out then he shouldn't be doing it, he really needs McStay to lay down the law with him, that he needs to cut out these brain farts if he wants to start.

Cillian is still brilliant technically and a great man to let the ref know when hes being fouled but he looks slow, first time I've thought hes not a started.

Matty Ruane is sloppy in possession and his "tackles" are ending in frees most of the time now. Flynn was anonymous but he is allowed an off day. Conor Loftus is not providing cover for his defence.

I don't think we'll see the best of Tommy Conroy this year either, very hard to come back in year 1 from such a serious injury. He's also in danger of falling into the Richie Feeney vortex, he didn't play for so long that Mayo supporters have built him up to be David Clifford, hes still a young buck learning his trade

Hopefully yesterday is a wake up call. Looks like it'll be galway in the league final if they win next weekend, based off yesterday they'll beat us. Ideal for them really, we have championship the following weekend while they can go full bore and have a rattle at it

Some video from the match here;