Mayo GAA Discussion

The posters here and Mayo fans in general love to catastrophize everything from big to small. Probably as a result of losing so many close finals. It’s the same reaction whether it’s a one point loss or a 10 point loss. The Mayo player who makes the dreaded mistake is lambasted along with management. It’s become a mindset. I don’t see other supporters from other counties behaving this way to the same extent.
I wonder does this mindset then feed into the team sometimes. Mayo’s major weak link is their attack and lateral predictable passing going nowhere. They’re not the team of the 2010’s but they did a lot right today.
I won’t bother answering the clearly Galway biased post re ref, he gifted Galway the win at the end in my book. Mayo should have been further ahead prior to that from their dominance but couldn’t push on.

Have you watched the slow motion RTE produced straight after full time? What did Lee say about it?

The amount of times a Mayo player had a point on and took an extra touch or turned back inside. So frustrating.

I just dont get playing o'shea in the postion he is played. I think theres value to be had in leaving him in the square and actually kicking the ball into him. Playing him as a corner forward, way out wide and dropping out the field, is pointless

I agree that COC’s time for Mayo is probably up. He hasn’t been the same since that injury he picked up in the league against Clare a few years ago.

However, to say that he was always overrated is madness. He had a lot more in this locker than just frees. He would never have gotten near the top scorer in the championship if he hadn’t.

The last free was a joke. I have seen a picture of the mayo lad being tackled around the neck.

Yeah I have & it clearly wasn’t, if you can show me the shot where it shows the ball completely over the line , I’ll hold my hands up .

there two posts ….. brian stafford … know your history cathy , i actually agree with 95% of that post despite the rant

Claremorris must have been hard to listen to tonight

Alright bud, whatever you think. We'll forget about the two hand throw straight after this pic that would've meant a penalty to Galway also

Whatever helps the cope anyway. I don't think Wexford are in contention for Sam next year so there's every chance you might join them on 4 All Ireland football titles yet

I agree with the first part of that. The default setting for a lot of Mayo players is take a solo or 2 before looking up. Jack Carney, McLaughlin, Mattie and Aidan are often guilty of delaying when the ball could be moved on quicker. Comer in contrast was trying to move the ball on immediately when he received it. A few times in the first half mayo forwards had a chance to shoot for goal but took an extra solo and were closed down.

Regarding Aidan he has repeated the pattern of drifting out the field under almost every manager at club and county level so it's reasonable to conclude that he is deciding to do that himself. He's not going to change at this stage. Billy Joe padden still mentions regularly that Aidan should be playing midfield all the time. 🙄

Another self inflicted implosion, a common theme now.

This Mayo team clearly isn't at the level of it predecessor, i can handle that, but i cant shake off the feeling that Kevin & his management team should be getting more out of this current squad.

No killer instinct in a lot of the players. Several times Mayo could have kicked on and gone 4 or 5 up. It never materialized and Galway snatched a win . These lads give up so much of their time and their selves to play Inter county football. I will always respect any player on any inter county team for doing o.

Players afraid to shoot from distance is across the game and they are drilled with don’t take on low percentage shots. Possession is more important and take the score if low risk of missing

Christ almighty I know Mayo got a couple of handy decisions but that ended up as a free in front of the posts, as bad a call as I’ve seen