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Mayo GAA Discussion Thread

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,536 ✭✭✭SomethingElse


    Lads, I knew it, hes actually deluded!

    Galway do not have a better chance at winning next year than Mayo, everyone knows that surely

    Everybody knows Galway will come very close next year. London never put teams away by a big margin.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,326 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    You should pop into the bookies in the morning. Paddy Power would be delighted to see ya ;)

    And when you are finished in Paddy Power, go back to 2001, when you were last relevant, or better still 1998, seeing as you mentioned it yourself.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Pappa Charlie


    And when you are finished in Paddy Power, go back to 2001, when you were last relevant, or better still 1998, seeing as you mentioned it yourself.

    I agree it's been way to long, unacceptable but at least there was electricity


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,937 ✭✭✭Coillte_Bhoy


    I agree it's been way to long, unacceptable but at least there was electricity

    So you serioulsy think Galway at the moment are better positioned to win an AI before Mayo? Ypu really really believe that?? Good man, i'll have whatever you're having:rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Pappa Charlie


    So you serioulsy think Galway at the moment are better positioned to win an AI before Mayo? Ypu really really believe that?? Good man, i'll have whatever you're having:rolleyes:

    I bottle of cop on so!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


    There is no doubting in the mind of any sane person as to who the strongest team in Connacht is at the moment. Mayo, by some considerable distance. Galway, Sligo, Roscommon, Leitrim, London and New York are all varying yet still considerable distances behind Mayo. Of this there is no doubt. Mayo have won 6 Connacht titles since 2003, Galway have 3 and Sligo and Roscommon have one apiece. Mayo have been dominant for the past 3 years, with victories in '11, '12 and '13. I would lay any money that '14 will see them there again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,325 ✭✭✭smileyj1987


    To be honest I can see Mayo walking Connacht again . The teams are really and truly so far behind them it's unreal . I can honestly see Mayo having a big say next year when it comes to who will win the All Ireland . They might have lost on Sunday but they are a quality outfit and will give any of the big teams a good game .


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,023 ✭✭✭Hulk Hands


    Gerry91 wrote: »
    You realise no two matches are the same right? Cork improved a bit v Dublin, yet still Dublin always were in control

    Galway dominated all the first half, Cork didn't turn up at all. Naivety lost Galway that match. It was very encouraging for them though

    If Mayo, who are far superior now, could beat Cork who had just won an All Ireland in 2011, how much would they beat them by now seriously?

    It reminds me of earlier in the year, I couldn't get over how people (including 3 sunday game panelists) thought galway would actually beat Mayo.

    Because Galway were a powerhouse over ten years ago by now, people always think they'll have one good year from nowhere. Waterford could have beat them this year

    they have a long LONG way to go to challenge Mayo

    Anyway Galway v Cork is not as relevant in this discussion as Mayo v Galway 17 pts

    Look at where Mayo were as recently as 2010. It doesn't take that long for a county such as Galway/Mayo to emerge from the doldrums, especially with young talent coming through. You're referencing beating Cork in 2011, do you not remember them giving Mayo a bit of a pasting in the league final of 2012? You can't look at it as simply as 'we beat them in 2011. so we'd hammer them now.'

    As for Galway, the game against Cork is far more relevant than the 17 point hammering, as Galway weren't resorting to playing 3 novices in the full back line who fell apart, and then going down to 13 men with indiscipline. Galway are much better than that. Obviously there is a fair way to go to catch up on an excellent Mayo side, but don't dismiss them completely as they should be a decent outfit next year. If anything that's a positive for Mayo who might have a competitive game early in the championship.
    Teams in Connacht are not going to show mayo any respect next year, they have failed again, when you win an all Ireland and return to Connacht like Galway in 98 and 01 then you earn respect!

    Will you shut up and stop making yourself/us look bad. If you were funny at least it'd be something, rather than sounding like a child.
    And when you are finished in Paddy Power, go back to 2001, when you were last relevant, or better still 1998, seeing as you mentioned it yourself.

    I know you're just responding to the troll, but try to ignore rather than offend the rest of us! FYI Galway last won Connacht in 2008, which is as much as Mayo have done recently, so either we've both been relevant in the past 10 years or neither has


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,144 ✭✭✭blowitupref


    DazMarz wrote: »
    There is no doubting in the mind of any sane person as to who the strongest team in Connacht is at the moment. Mayo, by some considerable distance. Galway, Sligo, Roscommon, Leitrim, London and New York are all varying yet still considerable distances behind Mayo. Of this there is no doubt. Mayo have won 6 Connacht titles since 2003, Galway have 3 and Sligo and Roscommon have one apiece. Mayo have been dominant for the past 3 years, with victories in '11, '12 and '13. I would lay any money that '14 will see them there again.

    Reading back i don't see anywhere that anyone is doubting Mayo are the best by some distance in Connacht however this time last year the same was said about Donegal in Ulster yet Monaghan playing out of div 3 and having not won a provincial title since the 80s changed that. As Fr Tod said a few posts back it depends on the state of mind and are Mayo ready to kick on.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    I still expect Mayo to win Connacht but we cannot let complacency sink in. All the Connacht teams will be gunning for Mayo, it will take serious mental fortitude to bounce back after all that's happened over the previous two years. There is of course the danger that tiredness and fatigue will set in, like it did in 98 when Galway got the better of us. At least now we have the qualifiers to make use of if need be, I really believe the hunger is there among the players to give it another shot, the talent hasn't just disappeared over night but two disappointing years has to take its toll on all involved, there were certainly players who were visibly fatigued this year, not just from the heat on Sunday. A good rest over the winter and a serious statement in the league will see us right back in contention come May.

    Unfortunately until we win the AI we will just have to put up with the taunts from opposing fans, with a record like ours we can't expect any less.


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  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Mayo will win Connaught, don't heed that rubbish about Galway. Ye have been on here long enough to ignore daft comments like that.

    As a Mayo lad said to me yesterday, Galway hurlers - lost 5 AI finals in a row now, since 1951 they have been in 16 AI finals, they have lost 13.
    So for our Galway brethren, your hurlers are on a par.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,326 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    Hulk Hands wrote: »
    Look at where Mayo were as recently as 2010. It doesn't take that long for a county such as Galway/Mayo to emerge from the doldrums, especially with young talent coming through.

    But Mayo in 2011 did not have an All Ireland finalist to deal with in the province, that is a big difference.

    Yea Galway will improve, but will they improve enough to dethrone Mayo at home ?

    If Mayo have the correct mindset, and believe me that is still a very big if, then Galway will be waiting another year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,937 ✭✭✭Coillte_Bhoy


    keane2097 wrote: »
    When Hawkeye is invoked if the ball would have touched the post it's considered a miss as Hawkeye can't judge where it would have bounced off the post to.

    This is it,
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,804 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    This is it

    Yeah so actually that doesn't even look like a borderline case where the ball probably would have gone in off the post if the post was taller.

    It was a bad miss actually!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭WallyGUFC


    If Galway are to meet Mayo I can see them going all out to dethrone ye. But we are way behind atm, even though the qualifier duck was broken and we should have reached the QFs. I can't see Connacht being as much of a stroll for ye though, as I can't see where the hunger for it will come from. At the same time, tough, close games can't do any team in Connacht any harm.

    I don't think there's many in Galway that would be disappointed to see ye win an AI but until ye do there'll always be doubts about the mental strength of Mayo teams. To win it out next year would be an amazing achievement but either way, I see Connacht throwing up more issues next year than it did this year.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,023 ✭✭✭Hulk Hands


    yop wrote: »
    Mayo will win Connaught, don't heed that rubbish about Galway. Ye have been on here long enough to ignore daft comments like that.

    As a Mayo lad said to me yesterday, Galway hurlers - lost 5 AI finals in a row now, since 1951 they have been in 16 AI finals, they have lost 13.
    So for our Galway brethren, your hurlers are on a par.

    Are you not a Mod? If so, ban the troll instead of wailing like a girl anytime anyone comes on and criticizes your precious team. Grand, our hurlers are on a par (bar the one extra All Ireland). You've given up trying to be compared to our football history so?
    But Mayo in 2011 did not have an All Ireland finalist to deal with in the province, that is a big difference.

    Yea Galway will improve, but will they improve enough to dethrone Mayo at home ?

    If Mayo have the correct mindset, and believe me that is still a very big if, then Galway will be waiting another year.

    I'm a probability man. I'd give us a 20-25% chance of beating Mayo in Castlebar, which is feck all really but the chance is there and shouldn't be completely dismissed. I'm under no illusion that'll have to be a severe underperformance from Mayo to give us a chance. Also, regardless of the result, mayo are far more likely to be there at the business end of championship. Still though, being completely dismissed is wrong and not at all in keeping with the history of Galway/Mayo. I'm sure Galway weren't expecting to be well beaten in 1967 having secured their 3rd AI, and likewise Mayo being well beaten in 2007 having been to an All Ireland the previous September.


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Hulk Hands wrote: »
    Are you not a Mod? If so, ban the troll instead of wailing like a girl anytime anyone comes on and criticizes your precious team. Grand, our hurlers are on a par (bar the one extra All Ireland). You've given up trying to be compared to our football history so?

    No I am not a mod on here and no I am not wailing like a girl :rolleyes:
    Well Galway have no recent history, so hard to compare.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,247 ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    Lot of posts are borderline on here, can we please keep it civil, and any posts that are deemed to be from a WUM will be dealt with severly


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭Donnielighto


    yop wrote: »
    Mayo will win Connaught, don't heed that rubbish about Galway. Ye have been on here long enough to ignore daft comments like that.

    As a Mayo lad said to me yesterday, Galway hurlers - lost 5 AI finals in a row now, since 1951 they have been in 16 AI finals, they have lost 13.
    So for our Galway brethren, your hurlers are on a par.


    Just on this. It's a little ingenious abut that. Sure for years werent Galway against the Ulster winners 1/3 of the time so thats an AI after 2 games, you'll get there being ok, football is more competitive so it isnt a lack of quality but more likely a mental block affecting the players/management. Anyway the hurlers managed to win some.



    On another topics, mayo are getting very defensive after one gob from galway makes a show of himself while pretty much the entire county was rooting for ye, could ye at least acknowledge that the counties are on good terms and deal with that one lad without tarring the rest of us. btw, I'm galway on the border where you'd think the rivalry should be at its most entrenched.


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Just on this. It's a little ingenious abut that. Sure for years werent Galway against the Ulster winners 1/3 of the time so thats an AI after 2 games, you'll get there being ok, football is more competitive so it isnt a lack of quality but more likely a mental block affecting the players/management. Anyway the hurlers managed to win some.



    On another topics, mayo are getting very defensive after one gob from galway makes a show of himself while pretty much the entire county was rooting for ye, could ye at least acknowledge that the counties are on good terms and deal with that one lad without tarring the rest of us. btw, I'm galway on the border where you'd think the rivalry should be at its most entrenched.

    This is gone totally off topic so I am going to leave it at this, but after all the rubbish Mayo people working in Galway have had to listen to in the last 3 day then I would say definitely not. Boys who didn't show their face after Salthill were at the desk at 9am on Monday morning.

    The hurlers managed to lose more than Mayo have and thats a fact. As said to me yesterday "Ah ye Mayo boys always have excuses".
    It was awful quite last year when Donegal beat us, I wonder why that was.
    As I said, Galway boys enjoy a Mayo loss these days more than their own team winning, which wouldn't be hard.
    I must remember to jump up and down when the hurlers lose again.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,288 ✭✭✭mickmackey1


    Sure for years werent Galway against the Ulster winners 1/3 of the time so thats an AI after 2 games

    Brush up on your history, it was never Connacht v Ulster in the hurling semis :rolleyes:

    And go easy on yop, it's tough work modding the notorious Interior Design and Decoration :D


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    And go easy on yop, it's tough work modding the notorious Interior Design and Decoration :D

    Come on over sometime and you can learn about painting and curtains ;)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,023 ✭✭✭Hulk Hands


    yop wrote: »
    As I said, Galway boys enjoy a Mayo loss these days more than their own team winning, which wouldn't be hard.

    Jesus you're spouting some crap now. I'm not surprised, I read this thread quite regularly and always thought your offerings were fairly pathetic. 95% of Galway people I know were shouting for Mayo, as we were with your minors and anytime Ballina or Crossmolina made it to Croker. Any slagging I'm sure was in response to the '17 points' stuff we've been hearing since May. Half of Mayo works in Galway so i suppose its not hard to find one or two whinging about being bullied in work on the Monday


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,724 Mod ✭✭✭✭yop


    Hulk Hands wrote: »
    Jesus you're spouting some crap now. I'm not surprised, I read this thread quite regularly and always thought your offerings were fairly pathetic. 95% of Galway people I know were shouting for Mayo, as we were with your minors and anytime Ballina or Crossmolina made it to Croker. Any slagging I'm sure was in response to the '17 points' stuff we've been hearing since May. Half of Mayo works in Galway so i suppose its not hard to find one or two whinging about being bullied in work on the Monday

    Based on what? Examples would be great. I can't say I take any heed of what you say and I generally leave lads with their opinions, that is what the forums are about, not calling them pathetic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭Donnielighto


    yop wrote: »
    This is gone totally off topic so I am going to leave it at this, but after all the rubbish Mayo people working in Galway have had to listen to in the last 3 day then I would say definitely not. Boys who didn't show their face after Salthill were at the desk at 9am on Monday morning.

    The hurlers managed to lose more than Mayo have and thats a fact. As said to me yesterday "Ah ye Mayo boys always have excuses".
    It was awful quite last year when Donegal beat us, I wonder why that was.
    As I said, Galway boys enjoy a Mayo loss these days more than their own team winning, which wouldn't be hard.
    I must remember to jump up and down when the hurlers lose again.


    I havent met one Galway lad who was genuinely up for dublin without family reasons. I also already explained why the galway hurlers would have lost more finals, not down to mentality as much as mayo but relative quiality of the team (galway hurlers finals with less games than mayo and no real provincials to have to bother with, years in munster excepted). Now if you cant understand that you can keep sledging but you're not better than the galway lad who kicked it off, you personally, not all of mayo (seperating the individual from the group, i suggest you try it)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭Donnielighto


    Brush up on your history, it was never Connacht v Ulster in the hurling semis :rolleyes:

    And go easy on yop, it's tough work modding the notorious Interior Design and Decoration :D


    fair enough, thought it was rotated like the football


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,761 ✭✭✭Donnielighto


    yop wrote: »
    Based on what? Examples would be great. I can't say I take any heed of what you say and I generally leave lads with their opinions, that is what the forums are about, not calling them pathetic.


    well if you are misrepresenting people and insulting them baselessly then maybe he should call you up on it, or put you on ignore. Troglodyte, I genuinely cant understand how you ended up as a mod.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Pappa Charlie


    In fairness there was a fair bit of begrudgery in mayo when Galway won in 1998 and 2001, the way mayo supporters acted in pearse stadium this year was less than sporting and they showed a lot of arrogance. I would normally support mayo but that day turned me against them especially Andy Morans celebration after his goal.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,247 ✭✭✭✭rebel girl 15


    This is a Mayo GAA thread - I don't understand why lads are talking so much about Galway, and certain posters coming in to argue with another poster, get this back on topic, cut out the personal sniding everyone - next poster to take it off topic is banned for a month!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 853 ✭✭✭Pappa Charlie


    I'm off, if it's any consolation I love yer women!


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