Mayo GAA Discussion Thread

Fowler87 · 26-08-2013 04:52PM

Great to be back again. Bring on game 6... Also smug as **** (like a few of ye) knowing haven't to worry about looking for ticket(s) for the final thanks to the GAA season pass. Got me moneys worth out of it for sure:cool:

Always_Running · 26-08-2013 04:56PM

Mayo learnt more about themselves yesterday than they did in the last four games put together. Tyrone under Harte was always going to be a tough nut to crack and Mayo as i expected got their first real test of summer. TBH Mayo got the rub of the green at times the first two frees weren't fouls or was the penalty but you need a bit of luck to win anything.

From 1-9 Mayo is as strong if not stronger than Dublin or Kerry however still need at least one forward to stand up and deliver yesterday Freeman did and after missing last years final i think it's all set up for Andy Moran to produce his best performance of the year in the final.

Well done to minors they looked a different class in Croker and if they give another performance like the last two they won't be beaten in the final.

Fowler87 · 26-08-2013 05:00PM

Anyone know of any way of recording the game off the rte player? Had it all set on record only for the pvr box to freeze :mad: Was gonna try the irish ''kickass'' option but alas my account has seized as hadnt used it in awhile:(

yop · 26-08-2013 05:01PM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Could have been 'yop' herself

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

Left my seat with 20 seconds to go in the second half for a cup of tea and an oul woman was giving out to us, asking us "where ye going". Was it your mother by any chance?

Now bi*ches, there will be slaps if ye keep going on

That was the wife, I have her were versed, though it could be threebeards, he does look like a woman .

yop · 26-08-2013 05:02PM

Fowler87 wrote: »

Anyone know of any way of recording the game off the rte player? Had it all set on record only for the pvr box to freeze :mad: Was gonna try the irish ''kickass'' option but alas my account has seized as hadnt used it in awhile:(

I am HOPING the HDD recorded it, will know later when I get home. God only knows what size it is!
If It worked and its reasonable size I will see if I can get a copy to you.

threebeards · 26-08-2013 05:04PM

yop wrote: »

though it could be threebeards, he does look like a woman .

Is it my long flowing black locks that gives me that feminine look???

Always_Running · 26-08-2013 05:05PM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

It would be the greatest disappointment in the history of Mayo football ever if they were to loose the final to this current Kerry team.

In fairness the Kerry 1997 team were far worse than the current Kerry team and i have feeling Kerry will cause upset on Sunday remains to be seen if they can match this current Mayo team but if they can beat Dublin...

yop · 26-08-2013 05:08PM

threebeards wrote: »

Is it my long flowing black locks that gives me that feminine look???

No, its your massive jabs, 40 DD you are kid.
Your fringe is stunning, if you ask me.

threebeards · 26-08-2013 05:09PM

yop wrote: »

I am HOPING the HDD recorded it, will know later when I get home. God only knows what size it is!
If It worked and its reasonable size I will see if I can get a copy to you.

Anyone arriving late to the conversation might take a completely different meaning from that.

yop · 26-08-2013 05:10PM

threebeards wrote: »

Anyone arriving late to the conversation might take a completely different meaning from that.

Now now Dirk, behave :P

Fowler87 · 26-08-2013 05:13PM

yop wrote: »

I am HOPING the HDD recorded it, will know later when I get home. God only knows what size it is!
If It worked and its reasonable size I will see if I can get a copy to you.

Ah I wouldnt expect ya to send that on as something else recorded on mine on BBCHD:rolleyes: with a 20gb size! Wouldn't mind but I had it set on rte 2 and checked it before we left. ****ing technology:pac: But if its possible in time to send on some edited version it would be great cheers. Hopefully it might pop up on youtube channel in due course as I think its only on the player a week

InchicoreDude · 26-08-2013 05:18PM

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

So you would not partake in any sort of pre season prediction discussions about possible champions or anything like that then ?
Because going by your logic, if a final cannot be discussed until a team reaches it so how can a championship title be discussed at all.

I would partake in such discussions.

But I would never assume that a team was going to get into an AI final when the championship is in such early stages. And thats what I perceived to be the case with those posts at the time. People were assuming that Mayo were in an AI final. Like I said at that time, the only way Mayo were going to get to an AI final was if they absolutely knuckled down and earned their place in an AI final; they would not get very far if they assumed they were in an AI final before they got to 1. Andy Moran actually said something similar today, that it was hard work that got them to the final.
As I said in another post recently, I believe teams are more than capable of improving throughout the championship. So why assume a team will be in the final so early on? Things can change throughout the championship.

I have actually backed Mayo in every game they played this year (although admittedly I put a small covering bet on Tyrone y'day). I believe in taking each game as it comes - there is a very good reason why managers say "We are not looking after our next match". The next match is always the most important. And now for Mayo, that is the final. And that is a great match to be focussing on now!

Anyway I dont want to get into all this with you again cos it'll just mean that people will start saying I have a problem with Mayo and am a bitter Galway person. I am neither. Mayo thoroughly deserve to be in the final and have been the best team in every game they have played in during this year's championship. I sincerely hope that every one of the 15 play to their potential on AI final day (unlike last year). And I hope the same for Mayo's oppents on the day. I hope for a great final.

Fr Tod Umptious · 26-08-2013 05:21PM

InchicoreDude wrote: »

I would partake in such discussions.

But I would never assume that a team was going to get into an AI final when the championship is in such early stages. And thats what I perceived to be the case with those posts at the time. People were assuming that Mayo were in an AI final. Like I said at that time, the only way Mayo were going to get to an AI final was if they absolutely knuckled down and earned their place in an AI final; they would not get very far if they assumed they were in an AI final before they got to 1. Andy Moran actually said something similar today, that it was hard work that got them to the final.
As I said in another post recently, I believe teams are more than capable of improving throughout the championship. So why assume a team will be in the final so early on? Things can change throughout the championship.

I have actually backed Mayo in every game they played this year (although admittedly I put a small covering bet on Tyrone y'day). I believe in taking each game as it comes - there is a very good reason why managers say "We are not looking after our next match". The next match is always the most important. And now for Mayo, that is the final. And that is a great match to be focussing on now!

Anyway I dont want to get into all this with you again cos it'll just mean that people will start saying I have a problem with Mayo and am a bitter Galway person. I am neither. Mayo thoroughly deserve to be in the final and have been the best team in every game they have played in during this year's championship. I sincerely hope that every one of the 15 play to their potential on AI final day (unlike last year). And I hope the same for Mayo's oppents on the day. I hope for a great final.

1st bold part - As I said at the time my confidence was based on the previous two years of this Mayo team and management , not just a game or two in June, and my confidence was well founded.

2nd bold part - you are

yop · 26-08-2013 05:22PM

InchicoreDude wrote: »

I would partake in such discussions.

But I would never assume that a team was going to get into an AI final when the championship is in such early stages. And thats what I perceived to be the case with those posts at the time. People were assuming that Mayo were in an AI final. Like I said at that time, the only way Mayo were going to get to an AI final was if they absolutely knuckled down and earned their place in an AI final; they would not get very far if they assumed they were in an AI final before they got to 1. Andy Moran actually said something similar today, that it was hard work that got them to the final.
As I said in another post recently, I believe teams are more than capable of improving throughout the championship. So why assume a team will be in the final so early on? Things can change throughout the championship.

I have actually backed Mayo in every game they played this year (although admittedly I put a small covering bet on Tyrone y'day). I believe in taking each game as it comes - there is a very good reason why managers say "We are not looking after our next match". The next match is always the most important. And now for Mayo, that is the final. And that is a great match to be focussing on now!

Anyway I dont want to get into all this with you again cos it'll just mean that people will start saying I have a problem with Mayo and am a bitter Galway person. I am neither. Mayo thoroughly deserve to be in the final and have been the best team in every game they have played in during this year's championship. I sincerely hope that every one of the 15 play to their potential on AI final day (unlike last year). And I hope the same for Mayo's oppents on the day. I hope for a great final.

In fairness I don't think you can be labelled as this.

yop · 26-08-2013 05:23PM

Fowler87 wrote: »

Ah I wouldnt expect ya to send that on as something else recorded on mine on BBCHD:rolleyes: with a 20gb size! Wouldn't mind but I had it set on rte 2 and checked it before we left. ****ing technology:pac: But if its possible in time to send on some edited version it would be great cheers. Hopefully it might pop up on youtube channel in due course as I think its only on the player a week

Roughly where in the County are you? If it recorded I can meet you with the HDD And copy it over. I am up in Cbar and up and down to Gway 3 days a week.

keane2097 · 26-08-2013 05:31PM

InchicoreDude wrote: »

I stand by my point that I think the day you win the semi-final is the day you start talking about All-Ireland finals.....

Respectfully, I think you're miles off with this. If you are a serious team with serious aspirations you simply have to assume you're going to be in the final.

You hear platitudes in every sport about taking it one game at a time and all this rubbish, but all the serious teams construct their entire existence around being there at the end.

If that means once in a while you get caught on the hop and dumped out in a quarter-final - say for example Kerry losing to Down in 2010 - then that's a hazard you have to live with, but you still absolutely have to plan your whole year around peaking for one game and one game only at the end of September.

The day James Horan convinced the people involved in the Mayo set up to stop apologising for wanting to win an All Ireland is the day this team finally had a serious chance to do so.

seligehgit · 26-08-2013 06:05PM

yop wrote: »

V true, unlike yesterday. It does highlight the "day tripping" Mayo fans versus the genuines when they couldn't be arsed

To be fair I thought there was more of the sunshine supporters in for the minor game than would be the norm.That young Doherty lad was superb.

Seans_Username · 26-08-2013 07:21PM

threebeards wrote: »

Yeah, I thought Doherty was top class today. I also thought young Conroy had a great game - showed for the ball well, has pace to burn and took his goal really well. Liam Irwin, who to my mind has been the biggest threat in the Mayo forward line all year was quieter yesterday than he has been. He needs a big performance in the final. I think this is a serious Minor team though, and I'd be confident of them beating either Ros or Tyrone. Hopefully the Mayo fans get in early on the 22nd and get behind them

Agreed on Liam Irwin. I was really looking forward to finally seeing him in action. I listened to the Roscommon and Westmeath game on the radio and he sounded like an exceptional player. Still though, he was just quiet, he had a good game overall. But Plunkett, Doherty and Prendergast put in great performances.

I felt so bad for Hanley when he got injured. It looked like a really painful one. I'm surprised the guy who hit him didn't get more than a yellow. I only seen the one replay of it but it looked like a very bad hit

Cosmo Kramer · 26-08-2013 07:45PM

The eircom fan pic (360 shot of everyone in Croke Park yesterday) is up now and is well worth a look because it was taken between the 10th and 20th minutes when Mayo were on the ropes - its basically a picture of about 40,000 Mayo people going 'What in the fück is going on here?' - some of the facial expressions are priceless.

ColeTrain · 26-08-2013 07:51PM

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

The eircom fan pic (360 shot of everyone in Croke Park yesterday) is up now and is well worth a look because it was taken between the 10th and 20th minutes when Mayo were on the ropes - its basically a picture of about 40,000 Mayo people going 'What in the fück is going on here?' - some of the facial expressions are priceless.

Do you have a link for this Cosmo?

Seans_Username · 26-08-2013 07:53PM

ColeTrain wrote: »

Do you have a link for this Cosmo?

http://fanpic.huggity.com/195-2013-eircom_gaa_semi1/app/

That is class

ColeTrain · 26-08-2013 08:01PM

Seans_Username wrote: »

http://fanpic.huggity.com/195-2013-eircom_gaa_semi1/app/

That is class

Very good alright. Have a depressed looking head on me!

Syferus · 26-08-2013 08:03PM

Seans_Username wrote: »

http://fanpic.huggity.com/195-2013-eircom_gaa_semi1/app/

That is class

They better add minor game allegiance tagging for next week, I'm not marking myelf as a Dub or (shudder) a Kerryman :mad:

mayo.mick · 26-08-2013 08:12PM

Just after tagging meself in it. They got a photo of me taking photos of the match! :cool:

Gordon West · 26-08-2013 08:13PM

As a Kerryman, nothing would give me greater pleasure than for Mayo to bring Sam back to the West. But before this happens you guys should sit down and figure out your capabilities. Ye have the players and talent to win a few All Ireland's and all ye have to do is to believe in yourselves. It's that simple.........Best of luck..

WesternZulu · 26-08-2013 08:14PM

Found myself with my head in my hands

Syferus · 26-08-2013 08:18PM

Seans_Username wrote: »

Agreed on Liam Irwin. I was really looking forward to finally seeing him in action. I listened to the Roscommon and Westmeath game on the radio and he sounded like an exceptional player. Still though, he was just quiet, he had a good game overall. But Plunkett, Doherty and Prendergast put in great performances.

I felt so bad for Hanley when he got injured. It looked like a really painful one. I'm surprised the guy who hit him didn't get more than a yellow. I only seen the one replay of it but it looked like a very bad hit

Mark Magee did the same thing to Irwin in the second half, a mid-chest shoulder, and had fouled Cian just before he injured him too. Incredible that he didn't see the line. And the ref was very fussy which makes it all the more strange.

ColeTrain · 26-08-2013 08:19PM

Gordon West wrote: »

As a Kerryman, nothing would give me greater pleasure than for Mayo to bring Sam back to the West. But before this happens you guys should sit down and figure out your capabilities. Ye have the players and talent to win a few All Ireland's and all ye have to do is to believe in yourselves. It's that simple.........Best of luck..

Horan and his team will have been trying to figure out exactly that since he took over. I also think there is belief there and it was shown in the second half. If it's yourself or Dublin I believe we are good enough to beat either but it's on the day to a certain extent.

Fowler87 · 26-08-2013 08:31PM

Not surprising I was spotted with my head in my arms. It was a bit tense early on though

some serious Mayo faces in the crowd...

Padkir · 26-08-2013 08:57PM

InchicoreDude wrote: »

I'm a big big fan of McLoughlin. But was hugely disappointed with his performance yesterday, even in the 2nd half. Was it one of his worse days in a Mayo match?

Hard to disagree with that alright. That said, he's been good enough all year to not be dropped. Hopefully that's just a blip and he'll be back to his best in the final.

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