Mayo GAA Discussion

There is no way a rookie manager like Andy would make any difference to the Mayo team, than the current management group are doing. We have some good players but no really good player. Our lads will work hard, but in reality are not that creative. I don't think we have any forward who can kick comfortably of both feet, which is a huge advantage for the great forwards who are playing the game. Our lads don't look like they have the overall confidence grab a game by the scruff of the neck, and battle it over the line. Quite the opposite in the past few months. Let the Galway match., the Derry match, and the Dublin match slip away.

I think the only way for the Mayo team to make progress is by one of the really top managers to come in - Jim McGuinness, Jim Gavin etc. I know that won't happen, but I just think the ordinary run-of-the-mill manager won't make any difference based on the players that we have. I would put Mayo in the likely to reach a quarter final category for most years. But unlikely to reach a semi-final unless they got a handy draw.

I was actually going to comment that several sessions with a psychologist would not go amiss. I never really believed in that sort of stuff, and I still don't know how it really works. But I see some teams like Donegal and Armagh. And they demand the ball, and seem confident in what they can do. Probably over-confident. But our lads don't seem to be able to match that determination and ambition. I know they go out and do their best. But there are many many times in games where they makes half-assed runs for the ball. Kinda like - "I'm showing for the ball, but I don't really want it, because I am not confident of getting a shot off".

No Specifics as such, its just that the whole book was very vanilla. Everyone was great and everything was great. No criticisms. But the more I think about it, its just a book, he wasn't going to ruin his relationships in a tell all book and share what he really though.

So on second thoughts, I think the book is no basis for how ruthless he can or can't be!

Good luck to him. He did well with underage in Mayo, but I always felt that u20 final was lost on the sideline. After that final I didn't hold out much hope of him cutting it at senior level.

But who knows, like you say, it will be interesting to see how he does with Longford!

lots of noise that we could be looking for a new manager!!

Got a message on it so not sure if it is bs yet but there is something up. I’d say Rochford should be gone at a minimum.

I agree. Seemed at the time like a missed opportunity but all the indications are that we wouldn't have beaten Donegal. We beat Kerry, Dublin, Tyrone, Donegal at various stages but didn't have the mindset to win a final regardless of the opposition.

It could also come down to 3 teams on 2 points as well Mac! A lot to play for in the group.

Was away for the weekend so had to listen to Ballintuber Breaffy on Mid West. Anyone I've talked to seemed to backup the commentary, a very unBallintuber like performance at home to Breaffy. Still hard to gauge where Breaffy are exactly but there's a new energy there with Sean Deane in charge.

The knives aren't just out in Castlebar, they're being waved around the place... Is what I was told and that was after the Charlestown game. Big pressure on the big man. They're still in it though, and they could make it through without winning a game - 3 draws would be enough for them, even if Charlestown won (by no more than 4).