The 2015 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

dastardly00 · 19-07-2015 05:26PM

Sweet Jesus I've just seen the score of the Connacht final :eek:

ShamoBuc · 19-07-2015 05:28PM

A real hammering!!

And yet Sligo scored more than Kerry or Cork or Monaghan or Donegal

edgecutter · 19-07-2015 05:32PM

ShamoBuc wrote: »

A real hammering!!

And yet Sligo scored more than Kerry or Cork or Monaghan or Donegal

And your point is?

kupus · 19-07-2015 05:33PM

Mayo defence still questionable imo

ShamoBuc · 19-07-2015 05:34PM

edgecutter wrote: »

And your point is?

How low scoring the other games were......thought that was as obvious as the hammering.

goose2005 · 19-07-2015 05:35PM

ShamoBuc wrote: »

A real hammering!!

And yet Sligo scored more than Kerry or Cork or Monaghan or Donegal

Kerry-Cork was in horrible rain, Ulster final was between two super-defensive teams

goose2005 · 19-07-2015 05:35PM

btw, today we had the lowest-scoring and highest-scoring games of the championship (21 points and 60 points)

B17G · 19-07-2015 05:36PM

kupus wrote: »

Mayo defence still questionable imo

As Mayo fan I'd agree. 2-11 would be a score to win alot of championship matches.

ProudDUB · 19-07-2015 05:40PM

Oh FFS. Yet another GAA blazer who loves the sound of his own voice way too much.

ShamoBuc · 19-07-2015 05:42PM

B17G wrote: »

As Mayo fan I'd agree. 2-11 would be a score to win alot of championship matches.

Its also not just the score but they managed 2-11 with very little poissession and Mayo's keeper made a save or two as well. You would imagine they would tighten up in a tougher match.

Kavrocks · 19-07-2015 05:46PM

ShamoBuc wrote: »

Its also not just the score but they managed 2-11 with very little poissession and Mayo's keeper made a save or two as well.

Sligo had 46% possession...

D'Agger · 19-07-2015 06:12PM

Kavrocks wrote: »

Sligo had 46% possession...

Well if they start the possession timer when the keeper puts the ball on the tee then that explains 10% of Sligo ball

Pat Spillane infuriating as always, seems unable to let the conversation go anywhere but back to Kerry, everything's compared to Kerry :rolleyes:

ultrapercy · 19-07-2015 06:15PM

D'Agger wrote: »

Well if they start the possession timer when the keeper puts the ball on the tee then that explains 10% of Sligo ball

Pat Spillane infuriating as always, seems unable to let the conversation go anywhere but back to Kerry, everything's compared to Kerry :rolleyes:

He's a kerry man sure, what do you expect from an ass but a kick?

Stoner · 19-07-2015 06:24PM

So now we have
Donegal/Dublin/Cork/Mayo/Kildare/Galway

All on one side of the draw ..

So that's the 1st, 3rd,4th and 5th rated teams one side and the 2nd, 6th and 8th on the other.

I guess today's results will change this. But we effectively have 4 of the top 6 on one side.
That's the way it washed out guess.

But if they get through Kerry must be happy all the same to only have to play one of Donegal, Mayo or Dublin.

They wont mind Cork again

blinding · 19-07-2015 06:24PM

kupus wrote: »

Mayo defence still questionable imo

They give up way too many chances and the back line always looks vulnerable from basically everything :eek:

spiralism · 19-07-2015 06:29PM

Today was nothing new from Mayo. Plenty of flash but way shakier than all the other major contenders at the back. Allowing 2-11 will lose you a lot of matches against sides that aren't simply making up the numbers like today

kupus · 19-07-2015 06:52PM

Mayo for the last number of years have been leaking goals in, in the league and the championship, used to be the opposite in the bad old days that you could at least depend on the backline. Nowadays it's let the forwards work the ball and out score the other team.

kupus · 19-07-2015 06:55PM

blinding wrote: »

They give up way too many chances and the back line always looks vulnerable from basically everything :eek:

I was at one league game I think it was Kerry a couple years ago and it looked like every time Kerry attacked there was a goal chance for the taking. Mayo still won but on another day those goals would have gone in. Goals win games. Take your points and the goals will come etc etc fact is Mayo will go nowhere unless the goals are stopped.

micks_address · 19-07-2015 07:05PM

Kavrocks wrote: »

Sligo had 46% possession...

It was a nothing game.. Mayo are good but sligo got rolled over.. They didn't blanket defense like the weaker teams have done.. Manager said it himself they went out to play like they did against roscommon.. So what's better a weaker team defending at all costs and getting beat by five to ten points or trying to play and loosing badly?

You can't read much into mayos defense.. If you are that far ahead your always likely to give a few cheap scores away.. I was just glad sligo got a few scores!

Cheers
Mick

STB. · 19-07-2015 07:28PM

Kavrocks wrote: »

Sligo had 46% possession...

Amazing stat. Shows you how relevant they are!

Despite the obvious gap between playing a Division 3 team and what Mayo will face down the road, I was impressed with their clinical nature.

What was scored against them is largely irrelevant as the game was finished after 5 minutes.

Comic Book Guy · 19-07-2015 07:51PM

STB. wrote: »

Amazing stat. Shows you how relevant they are!

Despite the obvious gap between playing a Division 3 team and what Mayo will face down the road, I was impressed with their clinical nature.

What was scored against them is largely irrelevant as the game was finished after 5 minutes.

They mentioned on Newstalk that it's the highest ever score in a Football Championship game, true?
Did Kerry not rack up a huge score against Clare 30-40 years ago?

OldMrBrennan83 · 19-07-2015 08:04PM

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mickmackey1 · 19-07-2015 08:09PM

Kerry 9-21 Clare 1-9 in 1979, so that's 60 points - same as today!

dxhound2005 · 19-07-2015 08:09PM

Comic Book Guy wrote: »

They mentioned on Newstalk that it's the highest ever score in a Football Championship game, true?
Did Kerry not rack up a huge score against Clare 30-40 years ago?

On my radio it said Connacht game.

Comic Book Guy · 19-07-2015 08:13PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

On my radio it said Connacht game.

The presenter back in studio mentioned a Dublin game where they scored 10 goals I think though?
Was only kinda half listening so could have took it up wrong.

dxhound2005 · 19-07-2015 08:15PM

Donegal 10-35, Down 0-4.

http://www.the42.ie/donegal-10-35-down-0-4-ladies-football-2173523-Jun2015/

PTH2009 · 19-07-2015 08:17PM

Mayo to win Sam this year. Will beat Tyrone in the qf, Dublin in sf and Kerry in final

The reaction at the final whistle in the final will be amazing

Waterford man but feels Mayo's heartbreak

ShamoBuc · 19-07-2015 08:21PM

PTH2009 wrote: »

Mayo to win Sam this year. Will beat Tyrone in the qf, Dublin in sf and Kerry in final

15/2 would still be too low odds given their run in.

Flukey · 19-07-2015 08:33PM

PTH2009 wrote: »

Mayo to win Sam this year. Will beat Tyrone in the qf, Dublin in sf and Kerry in final

The reaction at the final whistle in the final will be amazing

Waterford man but feels Mayo's heartbreak

It can't happen that way. They'll have Galway or Donegal in the quarter Final. Tyrone play Sligo now, which gives the outside chance of a repeat Connacht final, so it can't happen. The quarter finals and semi-finals now are:

Fermanagh/Westmeath v Kerry
V
Tyrone/Sligo v Monaghan

Kildare/Cork v Dublin
V
Galway/Donegal v Mayo

STB. · 19-07-2015 08:38PM

Flukey wrote: »

It can't happen that way. They'll have Galway or Donegal in the quarter Final. Tyrone play Sligo now, which gives the outside chance of a repeat Connacht final, so it can't happen. The quarter finals and semi-finals now are:

Fermanagh/Westmeath v Kerry
V
Tyrone/Sligo v Monaghan

Kildare/Cork v Dublin
V
Galway/Donegal v Mayo

Presume the odds have shortened on Dublin and Kerry significantly. Mind you, you would never get a fair price with the bookies or as Barney Curley might put it, two bananas to one banana.

The 2015 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

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