Mayo GAA Discussion

Doesn't matter where its played. We cant beat Cavan at home, we won't beat Donegal - this is pathetic

Not surprised by the result, when you have an Incompetent boardroom and a management team that's way out of their depth.

Insanity. Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Clueless stuff. Couldn't even pass to their own man.

ROD had a shocker.

He showed the leadership that I’d expect from a man who has captained 3 all Ireland winning teams

Not too many Mayo men have captained one never mind 3.

ROD went missing again when needed. He was the shiny new toy when Cilliaj was out injured.
When Cillian was back all frees should have been handed back to Cillian and he should have been starting along with ROD. He got treated like dirt by management and a lot of our support base dismissed his importance . Especially in terms of leadership.

Rod is a very good corner forward . No more than that. We have missed Cillian badly. We will miss AOS just as much when he goes. People woke up to his importance a bit last year thankfully

To be honest that was pitiful and McStay and Rockford should be embarrassed. It’s complete zombie football. It’s what Roscommon were playing at the end of McStays tenure and it’s what Donegal played when Rockford was in coaching them. Brain dead stuff. No urgency and stick to a rigid recycle the ball strategy. The only time they played well was after the Neary black card when the game plan given to them by the brains trust had to go out the window. They were kept back a couple minutes extra at half time because you can’t get having them playing positive football and they duly gave up the goal straight away. That was damming.
Both of them, McStsy after the Rossies and Rochford after losing the AIs seem to have come up with the idea the zombie football, endless recycling with zero movement, zero urgency and zero penetration was the way to win. Whatever chance it had under the old rules, and it failed miserably last year, it was always not going to work with the new rules. They are actually coaching a different sport to what the game is now.

The way I feel now is that the best thing would be for them to walk tonight. U20 coaching team to complete the last two matches. Not with the aim of actually turning anything round, just a vague hope of something positive to end the season.

The sad situation though is the only thing worse than the current setup continuing is the though of the current county board deciding their replacements

if we go on the here and now ROD hid from taking on the 2 pointer against Galway and was nowhere to be seen again today.
Cillian has taken a year out due to his treatment last year by at least one member of the management team. He is not or should not be finished . He would certainly have made a difference in the last two games if only that he would not have shied away from taking on scores when needed.

I would bet that if the management stored away before Tyrone game he would be back in and starting !

Coen kicked some inspirational scores today. It’s not his fault those around him were not in the mood to be inspired or to run or to tackle hard.

I suppose most teams rely on their management team to do that kind of inspiring though ……….that group of players have clearly had enough.

Best case scenario the players themselves throw the shackles off next two games and at least resemble what a Mayo football team should look like. That was a shameful performance today. Absolutely shameful.

Far as I know Carrick has acapacity of ust over 9,000. Donegal would sell it out on their own. The Hyde would look to be the most likely, or perhaps even Breffni.

What a bizarre take

O shea has been in our top 3 players every year including this year for the last 16 years

Diarmuid o Connor is one of our best players and has been injured all year.

Cillian is the highest scorer in the history of the sport and has made himself unavailable. We hammered Cavan in the championship last year and he was man of the match.Id say we might have found room for him in the panel today.

After that sh1te that was served up today these are the 3 players you want to get rid of? Ffs

Of course there's a reset needed,you're hardly offering a controversial insight there.

McStay and Rochford have to go and they will.

McStay and Rochford should go asap.

Immediately.

ROD has been pretty consistent and I would not be making him as the fall guy. Who else is taking two pointers really. I don’t see anyone shooting the lights out on this tactic… Coen… AOS.. Flynn…bola d…

Nobody thinks Cillian or Aido are in their prime.However they are still amongst the best players in the squad.

Cillian left the squad,he's taken " a year out",he hasn't retired and he isn't injured He's playing for Ballintuber and kicking 2 pointers for fun.

My belief is he had no confidence in what management were trying to achieve. Its fairly obvious now a lot of his team mates don't believe in it either. Lots of fans and pundits have been saying it for ages.

I'm an optimistic supporter in general and give management the benefit of the doubt but they've been found out now.

There is no grand plan.

They have to go

The new management will get 2-3 years to develop a team. This year's u20s will be coming through and we must be planning for that. Cillian will be 34 and Aidan nearly 36 in year 1 so they really should have little or no part in that. They wont be around for much of the cycle so starting or having them coming on as subs makes no sense if younger lads are denied game time. Time to look to the future, not back.

I don't know if there is anybody showing the same traits as Horan 15 years ago.

I do know that even if there is they won't have the experience of media,the size of the job,the track record or the knowledge of the new rules.

I think we could be contenders within a year or two,I really do.

The template from going to constipated football to one of the best in the country under new rules is there in Donegal at the moment.