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Mayo GAA Discussion Thread

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  • #6062
    homewardbound11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 973 ✭✭✭homewardbound11


    Cosmo Kramer wrote: »
    I will be shocked if Roscommon make the last 8. They'll have to get a favourable home draw in all three qualifier rounds and they're on the tough side of the qualifier draw. As soon as they draw a top 10 or 12 team away from home their season will end.


    Just showing my ignorance but it thought the qualifiers were open draws.


  • #6063
    keane2097
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,814 ✭✭✭✭keane2097


    homewardbound11 wrote: »
    Just showing my ignorance but it thought the qualifiers were open draws.

    They're split into two groups this year


  • #6064
    Cosmo Kramer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,186 ✭✭✭Cosmo Kramer


    homewardbound11 wrote: »
    Just showing my ignorance but it thought the qualifiers were open draws.

    No - they are divided into two sections this year, A and B. I have no idea how they came up with the division but B looks a lot more difficult than A in the earlier rounds.

    This also has implications for us at the quarter finals stage if we win Connacht. We are very likely to have to play the Munster runners up at that stage. More than likely we will need to beat both Cork and Kerry this year just to get to the final. Dublin (provided they beat Wexford) can't meet any of Cork, Kerry or us before the final so look to a have an easier run through the All Ireland Series. If we were to win it out this year we'd have to do it the hard way.


  • #6065
    km79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 48,490 ✭✭✭✭km79


    Cosmo Kramer wrote: »
    No - they are divided into two sections this year, A and B. I have no idea how they came up with the division but B looks a lot more difficult than A in the earlier rounds.

    This also has implications for us at the quarter finals stage if we win Connacht. We are very likely to have to play the Munster runners up at that stage. More than likely we will need to beat both Cork and Kerry this year just to get to the final. Dublin (provided they beat Wexford) can't meet any of Cork, Kerry or us before the final so look to a have an easier run through the All Ireland Series. If we were to win it out this year we'd have to do it the hard way.
    Ulster teams are the ones to avoid at quarter final stage this year I think.....and possibly semi too!!!


  • #6066
    blowitupref
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,147 ✭✭✭blowitupref


    Cosmo Kramer wrote: »
    I will be shocked if Roscommon make the last 8. They'll have to get a favourable home draw in all three qualifier rounds and they're on the tough side of the qualifier draw. As soon as they draw a top 10 or 12 team away from home their season will end.

    Going by this thread http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057173179&page=6 Kildare,Meath,Down would be ranked top 10 or 12 and if they the rosssies are as well setup as Sunday then i wouldn't write then off against any of those sides home or away however if drawn against Tyrone or Monaghan it will probably end their season.


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  • #6067
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,367 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    Cosmo Kramer wrote: »
    No - they are divided into two sections this year, A and B. I have no idea how they came up with the division but B looks a lot more difficult than A in the earlier rounds.

    This also has implications for us at the quarter finals stage if we win Connacht. We are very likely to have to play the Munster runners up at that stage. More than likely we will need to beat both Cork and Kerry this year just to get to the final. Dublin (provided they beat Wexford) can't meet any of Cork, Kerry or us before the final so look to a have an easier run through the All Ireland Series. If we were to win it out this year we'd have to do it the hard way.

    The As and the Bs are determined by which side of your provincial draw you are on.
    As it turns out the A side of each provincial draw looks softer than the B side.
    For example A in Connaught is Galway, Sligo, London, and in Ulster is Dongeal, Derry, Fermanagh and Antrim.

    The Connaught and Munster losers play and remaining A side teams in Rnd 4, and the winners of those games play the Connaught and Munster champions in the QF.
    So your could very well have a QF of
    Mayo (Connaught champ) v Kerry (Rnd 4 winner after losing Munster final to Cork)
    Cork (Munster champ) v Galway (Rnd 4 winner after losing Connaught final to Mayo)

    I don't agree that that is a harder run to an AI than will be on the Leinster/Ulster side.
    Kerry are decimated by injury and are going through a rebuilding phase as it is. I would fully expect this Mayo team, if they were to play to their potential, to beat them.
    Cork are also going through and rebuilding phase, I don't believe they are anywhere as good as their league form would suggest.
    They were well beaten by Mayo and Dublin in the league, the top two teams in the country, and they have a a lot of young guys who yet have to prove themselves on the championship stage.


  • #6068
    threebeards
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭threebeards


    Rawhead wrote: »
    16 stones, you cannot carry that mass up and down a field all day.

    I can barely carry that mass up and down the stairs :p


  • #6069
    Dirty Dingus McGee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,631 ✭✭✭Dirty Dingus McGee


    jibber5000 wrote: »
    On Sunday Kevin Higgins could have had a field day on him..He had 8 attempts on goal only managing one point..it was division 3 level shooting..Not only is he struggling defending but his failure to let quick ball into the forwards ( much like Seamie a solo has to be taken before a play is made) is not helping our woes up front..To say he is one of the top two midfielders in the country on present form is plainly wrong

    O'Shea slowness in delivering the ball and his insistence on soloing the ball has been an issue for a long while for Mayo.In the 2011 AI semi agaisnt Kerry he must have lost posession close to a dozen times when he went on solo runs.You'd think by now Horan would have been able to get it through to him to speed up his delivery of the ball, even as a neutral it can be very frustrating to watch at times.


  • #6070
    Always_Running
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,839 ✭✭✭Always_Running


    Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »
    The As and the Bs are determined by which side of your provincial draw you are on.
    As it turns out the A side of each provincial draw looks softer than the B side.
    For example A in Connaught is Galway, Sligo, London, and in Ulster is Dongeal, Derry, Fermanagh and Antrim.

    The Connaught and Munster losers play and remaining A side teams in Rnd 4, and the winners of those games play the Connaught and Munster champions in the QF.
    So your could very well have a QF of
    Mayo (Connaught champ) v Kerry (Rnd 4 winner after losing Munster final to Cork)
    Cork (Munster champ) v Galway (Rnd 4 winner after losing Connaught final to Mayo)

    I don't agree that that is a harder run to an AI than will be on the Leinster/Ulster side.
    Kerry are decimated by injury and are going through a rebuilding phase as it is. I would fully expect this Mayo team, if they were to play to their potential, to beat them.
    Cork are also going through and rebuilding phase, I don't believe they are anywhere as good as their league form would suggest.
    They were well beaten by Mayo and Dublin in the league, the top two teams in the country, and they have a a lot of young guys who yet have to prove themselves on the championship stage.
    Hadn't cork already reached the semi final and rested players v mayo? Dublin on their day could blow any side away and that match was a real game of two halves.


  • #6071
    Wolf Club
    Closed Accounts Posts: 417 ✭✭Wolf Club


    From what I've calculated, C'OC's 5 points on Sunday put him to 94 points scored in the Championship since his debut in 2011, (21 points that year, 28 in 2012 and 40 last year). That's some achievement for a man of his age, does anyone know what Conor Mortimor's record is?

    Actually scratch that, I forgot about the game in NY! Well over 100 already, here's to many more!


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  • #6072
    Always_Running
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,839 ✭✭✭Always_Running


    Wolf Club wrote: »
    From what I've calculated, C'OC's 5 points on Sunday put him to 94 points scored in the Championship since his debut in 2011, (21 points that year, 28 in 2012 and 40 last year). That's some achievement for a man of his age, does anyone know what Conor Mortimor's record is?

    Actually scratch that, I forgot about the game in NY! Well over 100 already, here's to many more!
    Out of interest how much has o Connor scored from play?


  • #6073
    yop
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    Always_Running wrote: »
    Out of interest how much has o Connor scored from play?

    I'd hazard a guess at 20 points out of the 100. From the AI final and last Sunday (I am nearly 100% sure) that it was 12 points, none from play.

    See from this years league - C O’Connor 1-11 (6f)


  • #6074
    Always_Running
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,839 ✭✭✭Always_Running


    14-380 is what the mort scored according to mayo news


  • #6075
    Always_Running
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,839 ✭✭✭Always_Running


    14-380 is what the mort scored according to mayo news


  • #6076
    Wolf Club
    Closed Accounts Posts: 417 ✭✭Wolf Club


    Well he scored 5 goals from play last year, maybe it's closer to 30 from play? Still though, it's some achievement, would he be the youngest player to reach 100 points in the Championship?


  • #6077
    GBXI
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 692 ✭✭✭GBXI


    Wolf Club wrote: »
    Well he scored 5 goals from play last year, maybe it's closer to 30 from play? Still though, it's some achievement, would he be the youngest player to reach 100 points in the Championship?

    That's a good question! And I'd bet he is up there near the top. My guess would be that Gooch had 100 before him but not sure.


  • #6078
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    Always_Running wrote: »
    Hadn't cork already reached the semi final and rested players v mayo? Dublin on their day could blow any side away and that match was a real game of two halves.

    Correct, Mayo had to win that game while Cork were already through.


  • #6079
    lorenzo87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 698 ✭✭✭lorenzo87


    James Horan has resigned, jaysus!


  • #6080
    lorenzo87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 698 ✭✭✭lorenzo87


    http://m.shortme.us/news.php?url=james-horan-steps-down-ahead-of-4th-connacht-final-67056


  • #6081
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    lorenzo87 wrote: »
    James Horan has resigned, jaysus!

    No he hasn't, there's a ****e spoof article on the go!


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  • #6082
    ColeTrain
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭ColeTrain


    Scratch that, it isn't even an article!


  • #6083
    seligehgit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    lorenzo87 wrote: »
    James Horan has resigned, jaysus!

    Are you serious?


  • #6084
    SeanJ09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭SeanJ09


    There was a similar spoof article circulating yesterday that Micheal Murphy had quit from the Donegal panel.


  • #6085
    Defiler Of The Coffin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭Defiler Of The Coffin


    In other news, Tomás Ó Sé has given us a good write up... http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/toms-s-mayo-have-what-it-takes-but-they-need-to-be-more-selfish-30351343.html


  • #6086
    Fowler87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,736 ✭✭✭Fowler87


    Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »
    In other news, Tomás Ó Sé has given us a good write up... http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/toms-s-mayo-have-what-it-takes-but-they-need-to-be-more-selfish-30351343.html

    Cheers for that. Thought this was a great line, sort of sums up our struggles in past failings... 'They need to realise that you don't have to play as if you're parked outside on a double yellow line'.


  • #6087
    seligehgit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »
    In other news, Tomás Ó Sé has given us a good write up... http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/toms-s-mayo-have-what-it-takes-but-they-need-to-be-more-selfish-30351343.html

    Excellent article,very insightful whilst stating the obvious.


  • #6088
    Fr Tod Umptious
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,367 ✭✭✭✭Fr Tod Umptious


    Always_Running wrote: »
    Hadn't cork already reached the semi final and rested players v mayo? Dublin on their day could blow any side away and that match was a real game of two halves.

    Please, don't let context get in the way of facts :)

    But you are of course correct, plus Cork did beat Dublin, in Dublin, during the league.
    However I believe that their performance v Dublin in the SF is a better pointer to what their championship will be, rather than anything we saw prior to that.


  • #6089
    padd b1975
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,853 ✭✭✭✭padd b1975


    seligehgit wrote: »
    Excellent article,very insightful whilst stating the obvious.

    He patronized the sh1te out of us!!


  • #6090
    davegrohl48
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,530 ✭✭✭davegrohl48


    Fowler87 wrote: »
    Cheers for that. Thought this was a great line, sort of sums up our struggles in past failings... 'They need to realise that you don't have to play as if you're parked outside on a double yellow line'.
    Kind of true. Not many of our players play calm. Higgins when weighing up his options, Andy Moran, Dillon, Freeman, Keegan, Feeney are steady. Far too bomb ahead rushing after receiving the ball with most rest.


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  • #6091
    seligehgit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,286 ✭✭✭seligehgit


    padd b1975 wrote: »
    He patronized the sh1te out of us!!

    Unfortunately until we win the ultimate prize some people will continue to patronise the life out of us.


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