Mayo GAA Discussion Thread

Wendy2015 wrote: »

New to Mayo, looking to offer my support for the green and red.
I have looked on the main Gaa website and the tickets available aren't great, where else can I look to purchase better seats? I'm looking for three seats together. I'm not a member of any local club. Thanks for any help!

Tickets.ie is your best bet.
I bought one today but they were only selling upper Cusack and lower Davin.

They may sell lower and upper Hogan later is the week, I believe lower Cusack are where season tickets and family tickets go so they may be the last to be made available.

Also try SuperValu shops, they are an agent for tickets.ie but they may have different allocations than what is on the main website.

fitness of donegal will be severely tested the next day third weekend in a row and mayo will have had a 20 day break, the record of qualifying teams playing that frequently isnt good,i can see Mayo pulling away with this in the final 15-20

a point win will do,can see anything up to 10 being honest going by other qualifiers and results in recent years when a side has a time advantage like this,though this match is probably the closest on paper of the other 4 QF's, Teams playing 3 weekends in a row championship tend to run out of steam early,its a serious advantage having a 3 weeks break over a 1 week break

im inclined to agree with you sean, Im not sure we will get 10, but i do think we will scrape a win. A bad donegal team can still win games. And if they keep a good defence system up, they will keep very close to us. but in either case, we should win.... if we want an all ireland, we need to beat everyone:rolleyes:

seanhynes wrote: »

fitness of donegal will be severely tested the next day third weekend in a row and mayo will have had a 20 day break, the record of qualifying teams playing that frequently isnt good,i can see Mayo pulling away with this in the final 15-20

Seen that one a few times. It's 3 games in 4 weeks, 1 extra game basically.

seligehgit wrote: »

Ok here's my stab at the team..

1. Clarke
2. Cunniffe
3. Keane
4. Higgins
5. Keegan
6. Boyle
7. Vaughan
8. Seamus O Shea
9. Tom Parsons
10. Diarmuid O Connor
11. Doherty
12. McLoughlin
13. Cillian O Connor
14. Aidan O Shea
15. Moran

Expecting minimal changes,Kevin Keane comes in at full back to add some much needed physicality at full back,he is'nt the most mobile full back but as long he is'nt left isolated one on one with Murphy.....sweeper put in place,it may add some solidity to the full back line.

Tom Cunniffe returning to his more familiar corner back position badly needs a big game.

Big responsibility on the half backs and all and sundry to offer the full back line greater protection than has been the case up to this point,outDonegal Donegal..

Yes Keane hopefully will add a bit of solidity to the full back line, it would be great to see him have a good game.

Is there any merit in the idea of putting Barrett at no 2 instead of Cuniffe ?
If i recall he was the greatest thing since sliced bread at that position once or twice a few years back
Has he regressed ?
Did last years injury hamper him ?, or is he a better wing back ?

km79 wrote: »

I'd definitely have him in ahead of cunniffe

Well if Barrett and Cafferkey are starting on the bench at least it's a bit of experienced cover for the full back line.

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Yes Keane hopefully will add a bit of solidity to the full back line, it would be great to see him have a good game.

Is there any merit in the idea of putting Barrett at no 2 instead of Cuniffe ?
If i recall he was the greatest thing since sliced bread at that position once or twice a few years back
Has he regressed ?
Did last years injury hamper him ?, or is he a better wing back ?

He was definitely the man of the moment in 2013,rescued us in the semi final against Tyrone with his couple of points from his forays up from half back.He has been a utility of player of sorts but got roosted by Brian Hurley in the quarter final last year.

There is some merit to starting him at corner back Fr as Tom Cunniffe has had a poor season thus far,league and championship.He'd an absolute nightmare against Dublin in the league...not the only one but his initial errors contributed greatly to the momentum the Dubs attained.

TBF to Cunniffe he was definitely started out of position against Sligo,he's no full back.He has many of the attributes required to be a corner back,he's very quick(quicker than Barrett) and hence injury prone.Though at times he can be found out positionally with significant consequences.

I'd be still inclined to start with Tom Cunniffe in spite of the fact that I don't believe the Donegal corner forwards are lightning quick....Colm McFadden if he starts in the corner and Paddy McBrearty.

Avns1s wrote: »

Is anyone else having a problem logging in to the season tickets site?

Was to "bring a friend" but wont allow me access.

Same here! 10 am deadline will not be long coming round with the site down!

Suarezistheman wrote: »

Same here! 10 am deadline will not be long coming round with the site down!

Thank God!!! :-)

Don't mean it in any bad way at all - just glad I'm not alone!!:):)

Why release the team so early in the week

I'll be working during the game. Balls.

Avns1s wrote: »

Thank God!!! :-)

Don't mean it in any bad way at all - just glad I'm not alone!!:):)

I got logged in this morning no problem so it should be working for you.