Mayo GAA Discussion Part 2

seligehgit · 16-01-2016 09:30PM

FT North West Cup Donegal 1-9 Mayo 1-8

padd b1975 · 17-01-2016 03:00PM

Live commentary on Mid-West.

PressRun · 17-01-2016 05:36PM

Very poor match. Roscommon looked like they wanted to win more and deserved the win. Keith Higgins and Kevin Keane both went off injured, hopefully nothing too serious there.

seligehgit · 17-01-2016 05:56PM

FT Mayo 10 Roscommon 13

Deserved win for Roscommon,not a great performance by the Green and Red.
Poor start...2 injuries....Keith Higgins knee and Kevin Keane's shoulder disrupted any momentum we are trying to gain in the early stages.Poor Tom Parsons dislocated a finger again but resumed shortly after.

Stand out performers Ger Cafferkey was very solid in the full back line,Colm Boyle outstanding in the half backs.Midfield extremely solid again with Tom Parsons and Jason Gibbons.

Conor Loftus kicked his frees and scored an exquisite point from out on the right at the Bacon factory end in the second half.He went off with what look likes a relatively minor injury.

The soft and heavy conditions hampered our forwards,nonetheless there was a lack of directness and accuracy in the execution of both our handpassing and footpassing today.

Kevin McLoughlin was definitely missed today.

Padraig O Hora gave away quite a few frees at corner back,he was giving away quite a bit in terms of his height and physique to his direct opponent.

Donal Vaughan is conclusively not a forward and never was and never will be ...

Good to see Lee Keegan get another run out,ditto Diarmuid O Connor.

PressRun · 17-01-2016 06:20PM

There seemed to be a real lack of urgency or intensity from Mayo, until the last 5 minutes or so, at which point things seemed to liven up a bit. They also seemed rather cautious at times. I thought Jason Doherty was anonymous throughout too and O'Hora looked frustrated at points. Parsons and Gibbons both good in midfield. It was nice to see Diarmuid O'Connor out there too.

I thought it was obvious that Roscommon had been back training together a little bit longer. They were just that little bit sharper.

Found the ref slightly frustrating. It felt like there was a great deal of stopping and starting.

RD10 · 17-01-2016 06:23PM

I love watching Diarmuid o'connor play. Even though he only came on in the middle of the second half he's just a joy to watch. Great chip up along the sideline.
I missed the first few minutes of the match. What happened to keith? A knee injury? Did it look a serious injury?

PressRun · 17-01-2016 06:26PM

RD10 wrote: »

I love watching Diarmuid o'connor play. Even though he only came on in the middle of the second half he's just a joy to watch. Great chip up along the sideline.
I missed the first few minutes of the match. What happened to keith? A knee injury? Did it look a serious injury?

It seemed to be his knee. He tried to play on, but ended up having to come off a couple of minutes later. Hopefully it's not very serious. Kevin Keane seemed to do his shoulder.

seligehgit · 17-01-2016 06:55PM

RD10 wrote: »

I love watching Diarmuid o'connor play. Even though he only came on in the middle of the second half he's just a joy to watch. Great chip up along the sideline.
I missed the first few minutes of the match. What happened to keith? A knee injury? Did it look a serious injury?

The referee was indeed infuriating at times,I see Marty Duffy was running the line....There was a total lack of urgency until the game seemed to running away from them.That pick up by Diarmuid was a joy to behold,a skill he is has honed very well.Extremely difficult to chip a ball up at pace especially in those conditions.

It was mentioned on MWR by Stephen Rochford that the 2 lads will have scans done but the injuries do not at first glance appear to be too serious.

mayo.mick · 17-01-2016 07:01PM

PressRun · 17-01-2016 07:01PM

There was very vocal disapproval of the ref at different points. A couple of his decisions were puzzling and he just didn't let the play flow at all.

RD10 · 17-01-2016 07:18PM

Well at least its a good sign keith was able walk off. vaughan had a bad game today i taught. his tackling i taught was particularly bad, and i dont like saying that about him. The whole team looked rather lethargic the whole game. roscommon were way more up for it.

PressRun · 17-01-2016 07:34PM

Yes, I definitely thought energy levels looked low too. There never seemed to be much pace or momentum to Mayo's game.

Overall, I just thought that Roscommon looked like a team that had a bit more work done, were a bit more organized and sharper. Could see them coming with a great deal of purpose for the Connaught championship this year.

Fr Tod Umptious · 17-01-2016 08:00PM

Rossies beat Mayo in Mayo in the FBD.
Its like déjà vu all over again.

PressRun · 17-01-2016 08:06PM

Keith Higgins and Kevin Keane to go for scans on their injuries early this week, according to Rochford.

mayo.mick · 17-01-2016 08:13PM

PressRun wrote: »

Keith Higgins and Kevin Keane to go for scans on their injuries early this week, according to Rochford.

Didn't see what happened them, nothing serious I hope.

PressRun · 17-01-2016 11:43PM

Hopefully nothing too serious, though Rochford said in the post-match interview that he expected they would be out for the beginning of the league.

naughto · 18-01-2016 12:09PM

the rossies had nearly a full team out we had who ah ever we could find that wasnt injured or playing club.
vaughan does not no where to play these days i cant see him holding down a starting place if he starts evey game in a different place.
thought gibbons was weak only woke up the last 5 mins,parsons was very good did he do something to his finger he was on the sideline a long time.

higgins twisted his knee from what i heard kk shoulder gone will be out for a good bit.
mayo looked to have no energy heavy training and playing on wet soggy pitch as well doesnt help.
did the rosses have there fun bus with them or did it start its being sat up for a long time:pac::pac::pac:

PressRun · 18-01-2016 02:04PM

Parsons dislocated his finger. They just sorted it out on the sideline.

Rochford said in the post match interview that Kevin Keane has a rotator cuff injury. Not sure about Keith Higgins.

blowitupref · 18-01-2016 06:04PM

naughto wrote: »

the rossies had nearly a full team out we had who ah ever we could find that wasnt injured or playing club.
vaughan does not no where to play these days i cant see him holding down a starting place if he starts evey game in a different place.
thought gibbons was weak only woke up the last 5 mins,parsons was very good did he do something to his finger he was on the sideline a long time.

higgins twisted his knee from what i heard kk shoulder gone will be out for a good bit.
mayo looked to have no energy heavy training and playing on wet soggy pitch as well doesnt help.
did the rosses have there fun bus with them or did it start its being sat up for a long time:pac::pac::pac:

It was said on mid west radio that Mayo started with 7 of the team yesterday that started the All Ireland semi final v Dublin and another two starters D O Connor,L Keegan were brought on. They also said Roscommon had 8 starters from their last championship game.

So your usual pre season game where both were far from full strength. The NFL game between the two in March should give a better idea of how both are shaping up for the year ahead.

PressRun · 20-01-2016 07:14PM

So how do we see the Cork game going? I reckon Mayo might struggle, what with all the injuries and it probably being a more experimental team than might have been fielded if key players were fully fit.

seligehgit · 21-01-2016 12:30AM

I'd be pleasantly surprised if we get anything out of the Cork game what with the crazy list of injuries.Aidan O Shea may be back but Keith Higgins likely absence is a huge loss.

A long trip down leeside is never likely to be an easy proposition.I'd imagine Cork do not have the same catalogue of injuries.A new manager Peadar Healy to impress after the largely lost years of Brian Cuthbert's reign when undoubtedly the rebels underachieved.TBH he's a bit of an unknown quantity to me.

We'll certainly get a better indication of how well able some of newbies are to perform at the highest level.It would be a decent start at a minimum to get 2 points from a treacherous couple of opening games v Cork and Dublin.In past years we've been quite slow off the mark league wise.

PressRun · 21-01-2016 12:51AM

I've not hear too much about the new Cork manager either. It'll be interesting to see if they pull it together this year, they could be one to keep an eye on as the year progresses.

It'll be a good test for the new players, to be sure. Who do you reckon will come in for Keith Higgins and Kevin Keane? I think Conor Loftus is out with a hamstring injury too.

seligehgit · 21-01-2016 01:23AM

Not too sure PressRun,presumably Ger Caff will slot in at full back.There have been so many permutations tried positionally it hard's to know who'll slot in the corner.Possibly Brendan Harrison could slot in to one corner or less likely options are young Padraig O Hora and David Kenny.Shane McHale has played in the full back line before,he came on as full back v Galway in 2013 and has played in the corner back position.He's not quickest mind you but it's not beyond the realms of possibility that he'll be moved back into a corner back position.That's a real shame about Conor Loftus.

davegrohl48 · 21-01-2016 09:23AM

Full backline will likely be:
Brendan Harrison Ger Cafferkey Padraig OHora
Half backline:
Keegan Boyle Nally
Keegan is available I think.

irishgeo · 21-01-2016 09:40AM

Any word on the free cairdre maigheo stuff

Cosmo Kramer · 21-01-2016 11:25AM

Last year the free stuff was made available around Easter. Think it's possibly only for new subscribers this year?

seligehgit · 21-01-2016 02:21PM

davegrohl48 wrote: »

Full backline will likely be:
Brendan Harrison Ger Cafferkey Padraig OHora
Half backline:
Keegan Boyle Nally
Keegan is available I think.

Anybody else think Donal Vaughan may struggle to nail down a starting spot this year?
Patrick Durkan has to come back in too.Lee Keegan is definitely available for selection.

davegrohl48 · 21-01-2016 06:38PM

seligehgit wrote: »

Anybody else think Donal Vaughan may struggle to nail down a starting spot this year?
Patrick Durkan has to come back in too.Lee Keegan is definitely available for selection.

Him and many others. If the U21s/Castlebar/Hollymount/early 20s fringe lads are in form there isnt more than maybe eight players sure of their place.
The corner forward positions are completely open for example. Thats two spots alone.

PressRun · 21-01-2016 06:58PM

I think Donal Vaughan will struggle for a starting place, but it's a good sign that there's potentially going to be a bit of competition for places.

Padraig O'Hora has a bit of bite, though he still looks on the smaller side. He might need to bulk up a bit more, but I think there's potential there.

seligehgit · 21-01-2016 06:59PM

davegrohl48 wrote: »

Him and many others. If the U21s/Castlebar/Hollymount/early 20s fringe lads are in form there isnt more than maybe eight players sure of their place.
The corner forward positions are completely open for example. Thats two spots alone.

Totally agreed I think there's going to be fierce competition for places,a very healthy state of affairs.

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