Mayo GAA Discussion

Might be tighter than people think.

Louth had no problem putting up a big score against Cork.

Mickey Harte is a wiley old fox,everybody expecting Louth to go very defensive and hit Mayo on the break.Mayo traditionally struggle against blankets in Machale Park (see Cavan,Tyrone,fermanagh,Derry,Galway,Roscommon ) in recent enough times.

I think if they try this Mayo will have planned for it and will win well.However a curveball like going man to man would upset and surprise Mayos plan and might keep Louth in the game longer but I'm expecting a Mayo win regardless.

I think this could be an interesting game.

Diarmuid a huge loss.

RTE saying he isn't injured, just being rested.

Paddy fully togged and in for the toss just like he was in Killarney.

I guess that means he'll come on at some stage

I’ve literally no idea what you’re talking about

Making heavy weather of this 🫤

Actually doing reasonably ok against a blanket defense but some bad wides

But all they'll be rewarded with is a moral victory against a Div 1 team.

No team playing that sort of defensive stuff will win anything.

Horrible game and performance.

But a win is a win I guess....and a badly needed one with Cork waiting in the longish grass maybe

Well got the win, less said about everything else the better.

Well it wouldn't be a moral victory it would be an actual victory.

Most teams in the country won't win Sam,half of them don't even play in it but if you're the likes of Louth you might come up the divisions,maybe get to a leinster final and claim the odd famous victory along the way.Thats about the best Louth can do so I understand why they do it.I just don't want to see it rewarded because it's so horrible to watch

There would be 3 teams on 4 points then so it goes to points difference.

Twas sweltering, even up at the back of the stand. Let's just say not the pleasantest afternoon of my life all round...

I think someone predicted it here, that Louth would set up defensive and Mayo would struggle to break them down, with Mayo's superior fitness, bench and experience etc winning the day.

Well that's more or less what happened.

This team has a great chance of winning an All Ireland but I'm worried that they won't if they meet someone like Galway or Derry who play a very defensive game.

Why can't they figure it out, it's been going on for years ?

It reminded me of the home league game in 2015 in the H&C era against Tyrone where they couldn't get past the 45.

A win is a win and all that, and they will learn more from this than a 10 point hammering etc, but sort out getting past a blanket defense please.

I'd expect Cork to be more open next week so I'd expect a Mayo win, but they need to sort this stuff out.

I doubt Cork have the quality to beat Mayo playing that way but plenty of other teams left in the championship do, most obviously Derry & Galway and to a lesser extent Monaghan & Roscommon. It's harder to implement that gameplan in Croker but if you can, we seem to have no idea how to respond

But it's not a switch that can be turned on.

Louth have had Mickey Heart as coach for a good few years, it's no surprise that they have inched their way up the leagues and have the game plan like they had today, it's been worked on over time.

So if Cork don't already have a defensive ethos they can't just come up with one in a week.

But as the other poster said it's the likes of Galway and Derry that will be the problem, as they are already play defensively.

It was almost 6 minutes.