Mayo GAA Discussion

For a lad his size, Ruane doesn't win enough high ball imo... But I can't remember the last time a game against Dublin was all about winning kickouts in midfield.

Galway are a very strong fielding side, and the wind funnel from yesterday won't be seen again this year. Plenty of things for us to be worried about but I wouldn't be getting too caught up on the kickout stats from yesterday.

Dublin yet to be tested against top team . Only team to remain from leinster and their round Robin group so their opposition have proved to be weak . 3 from our group still in it ,so we have plenty of competitive games behind us, which will stand to us .

So far this Mayo squad have won a division 1 title and beaten Kerry and Galway away in championship.

I think that compares quite favourably with any previous squads.

Joyce shows absolutely zero duty of care towards his players.

His whinge after the match was another low point for him.

An egotistical moan.

There's a difference between a fair shoulder and a sly, calculated rake down on a players injured leg. What ROD did was mean and unworthy of him and hopefully out of character.

I've been at plenty of games in Castlebar which have also been dictated by the wind. Learning how to play, and score, into the elements is one of the fundamental challenges of playing GAA. Mayo had no difficulty in the opening 8 minutes yesterday with this aspect.

Kelly wasn't fit to play and it showed,Joyce has done this continually down the years and its never worked with injured players.Plenty of examples of poor judgement by him (his whinging about the ref being another)

I don't know did Ryan try to go for kellys ankle and I dont care either way.Kill or be killed at this level,we've been on the receiving end enough times.

I don't watch all that many galway games but Comer v Tyrone this year and Comer off the bench v Mayo in 2020 Connaught final when he was so fcuked he was out of breath by the time he ran into position.

Leaving Walsh on v Mayo in 2021 Connaught final in Croker (after Walsh had decided to instigate a tussle with O Hora and came off second best to say the least)

Leaving Kelly on the last day versus Armagh when he was in serious trouble.Starting Kelly against Mayo,playing Comer against Mayo,I could probably go on.

Do you watch a lot of football?

McBrien's goal was well taken and a great strong run for the 1-2. Kelly and Daly were caught here. Not sure if Kelly injury was a reason.

That goal is up there for goal of the year alongside McLaughlin's aganst Kerry.

Was off yesterday so hoovered up a lot of podcasts. The Stephen O’Meara one is very good on tactics, put a lot of the good stuff down to Kevin McL, his ability to find pockets of space and draw in extra players.

Some serious balls shown by the management team, the bit the bullet on Loftus, not an easy thing to do when hes played all but one game this year at 6. The also dropped a massive name in Ruane, to me it looked like he was fairly petulant on the sideline as a result, McHale was down at one stage coaxing him. He didn’t exactly make a strong case for inclusion when he came on. Having said that I’m not sure Croke park or the dubs will suit Kevin McL or Jason Doc.

I was happy enough at half time, thought we were very patient with the ball, ran down the clock well, three awful misses kinda counteracted Galways misses. I felt we should have kicked on when three points up but watching it back you get more of a sense that Galway are a good team and we contained them to a large extend. The end of game management was brilliant, I know the crowd were going daft when we were going backwards but we were ahead, Galway had to do something. We put ourselves under pressure by Eoghan McLaughlin coughing up a turnover when he should have moved the ball. The last score we had came from 2 minutes of keep ball and then moving it when Galway got sloppy. It was brilliant to see.

Paddy Durcan would have been my MOTM, he was fantastic, the speed he went after Tierney in the first half stopped a goal, even the skill to not dive in and just put on the pressure was unreal to see. Coen, Diarmuid, Conroy, Flynn and McBrien were all excellent as well. Even though Reape got cleaned out at kickouts, and I don’t think he was helped, he didn’t lose the head, he had three go to Galway before chipping that one out to Hession on 69 minutes, great composure. Think Carney will be lucky to keep his spot, he was fairly anonymous yesterday, similar to the Louth game, I suppose you have to remember hes a novice, all these games will add to his experience but I’d be starting someone else the next day

Hard to know where the dubs are, one Div 1 opponent all year but they are still the dubs. 50-50 really, we have so many weaknesses, glaring weaknesses but I don’t think theres a team left that could have put in the 20 minutes we put in after HT on Sunday

I got a link from my club here in Dublin which was noted as having a seperate allocation from the main sale, and there are loads there all over the ground. Lots more to be released during the week for sure.

"Kelly,he just had to play,such is his influence "

You're making my point for me.PJ has repeatedly played injured players,the fact that are are key players doesn't change that.Mayo would like to have played Cillian for the last 18 months but he was injured,you do understand this concept yes?

Walsh wasn't taken off as soon as possible in the Connaught final in 2021.He made an ill judged attempt to start something with O Hora and got a very bad injury out of it.This was in the first half,he was given and injection at ht and played a good bit of the 2nd half.

Maybe I watch more Galway football than you after all.

As has been mentioned this is the Mayo thread,I won't be responding to you on here again.If you like take it over to the main thread and you can embarrass yourself there instead.

Didn't want to go all in on him straight after the match but he nearly cost us it at times. He gave away a very soft free and ran into 3 Galway players coughing up possession at a vital stage, all in the space of a few minutes.

To his credit though, he was in the right spot to cover for Reape late on.

I wouldn't have him finishing big games, he's too likely to be a liability. His strengths are there for all to see, but they're not on the footballing side of things.

He gets himself into great positions though, do you just accept that he can't solo the ball?

The turnover towards the end put us under real pressure when we didn't need to be