Mayo GAA Discussion Thread

Lads any news/rumours as to the Mayo line out?

airneal wrote: »

Up Donegal!!!!!!!!!!!

Quality post there

Your link does not work by the way.

Pity there is no Donegal thread for you to post in

Syferus wrote: »

You haven't been watching the hurling so.

Ah, indeed. I forgot about that.

I stand by what I said though, that I'd rather the team play against a weakened opposition than a full strength opposition.

And I'm not taking pleasure in the fact that Donegal players are injured either. If they don't have their best players at full fitness, I'll take that. Just as how they'd take the fact that Moran was out of the final last year.

I don't think anyone is that much of a di*k to enjoy injuries to the opposition. That's a step too far

why would any one want the opposition to be at full strength that makes no sence.i do not care if we play sh1te on sunday as long as we win.Id be more than happy to see the donegal team come out on crutches if it ment we where to win on sunday.
do u think donegal gave a flying f1uck that we where missing andy moran in the all ireland i bet they where delighted it makes there job easier,as ors will be with out some of there key players.

Astala wrote: »

I'm a Mayo fan, and I love to see my team doing well, but will support them in both bad and good times. Yet, the statement above is a step too far. In no way does this reflect a true GAA fan. Quite frankly, it's a disgusting opinion to have, and one which in no way reflects the majority of Mayo/GAA supporters.

a jesus will you relax i am sure every body on here knew what i ment.mayo do not care if donegal are 100% fit and and donegal do care if mayo are 100%
i bet both sides will be glad if the other has injurys so there not at there best

yop wrote: »

McQuillan to ref the match.
Did he do the Dubs v us last year?

And did his best to let them back into it as far as I recall!

yop wrote: »

Thought that was the chap alright. He does the Dubs training matches. A good ref though. Its not the terrible duffy twins :O

He's the worst ref in the country IMO.

CastingCouch wrote: »

McFadden for me. Don't let him play and you stop donegal.

+1. We need our tightest defender on that guy, and we need him to play well.

padd b1975 wrote: »

+1. We need our tightest defender on that guy, and we need him to play well.

I would say it will lineout:
Cunniffe - McFadden
Cafferkey - Murphy
Higgins - McBrearty
Lee Keegan is good in the air and is probably more suited to McBrearty. McBrearty has made some great fetches so far in championship.
If Donegal get some early success off route one ball that will be a major psychological boost for them and a hammer blow to our backs confidence.

Anyone got an opinion of how this one may pan out ?

Donegal have not had the same flair as they had last year, they are playing more like 2011 than 2012.
This could be due to a number of factors.
1. Laceys absence
2. The fact that teams like Down, Monaghan and Laois play a very defensive style and thus thwart Donegal
3. Lack of intensity after an All Ireland win, wish is common and understandable.

It's probably a mix of all three

On the other hand Mayo have played as most expected them to, winning Connaught without much fuss.

Donegal are coming into the game missing two of their big play makers Lacey (if he does play he will not be up to his 2011 level) and McHugh, that's obviously a plus for Mayo
But Mayo do not play the same blanket defence as Down, Monaghan and Laois
Rather than putting bodies behind the ball they seem to hunt in smaller packs and harass the ball carriers forcing turnovers.

How will Donegal setup defensively, Mayo have a problem breaking down tough defences, as seen in league games v Down and Kildare.

I really think that this game will be close, but I still believe what I have been saying for months, that is that Donegal will struggle to bring the same intensity as they did last year (this has been seen already) and that coupled with their injuries and the fact that Mayo are coming into this game fresher will mean that Mayo will shade it.

Fowler87 wrote: »

I tend to agree with Inchicore too in that Id prefer Mayo to face a full strength Donegal (but still have no problems if they're missing couple big players!) as I know this Mayo team is capable either way of beating this Donegal side. Plus the fact at this stage of the competition, the best players for each county need to play

I'd prefer a full strength Mayo team if we had to play a Full Donegal team. As it stands, we are far from full strength.
I see no reason right now for people to be getting upset because the playing field is a little more level in terms of injuries, so to see that a few of Donegal's key players may not be fully fit is fine by me.

In case we need reminding, the following are the list of current players not available through injury
Clarke
O'Malley
Michael Conroy

The following are arguably not at their peak through injury, or in a position to start or play a full game:
Andy Moran
Alan Dillon
Cillian O'Connor
Donal Vaughan
Barry Moran
Cathal Freeman
Jason Doherty
Chris Barret

Probably more.

So yeah, I wouldn't be feeling a whole lot of sympathy for Donegal and their injury list, we have enough problems of our own going into this game.