PressRun wrote: » Would like to see Kevin Keane being given a shot in the absence of Cafferky. Was kinda surprised actually that he didn't come on the last day when Cafferky came off.
seligehgit wrote: » Ger Cafferkey is out for Sunday,ditto Keith Higgins.Management hoping the 5 lads from the under 21's team will come through the Roscommon game unscathed.http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/mayo-unlikely-to-risk-higgins-with-cafferkey-out-of-down-tie-34586344.html
km79 wrote: Just to put this to bed once and for all. The story about Conor Mortimer is not true. There is nothing in it. It is an early April Fools gag. He had no part in it. So there ye have it. A lesson in not believing all that we read on the internet learned by many
km79 wrote: » the man himself has just tweeted that's its not true so ye can all relax
Padkir wrote: » Surely management are the ones who are best placed to make that call. If he's that poor now and he was so far off the pace, they wouldn't be contemplating it. Love him or hate him, he knew where the posts were and if he still does, he's welcome back. We're not exactly flush with scoring inside forwards.
Fr Tod Umptious wrote: » If I recall we had a serious problem with free taking up to the 2011 final, but the final itself was Cillians first time as main free taker, and he nailed all but one of them, in terrible conditions.
naughto wrote: » Where was the respect when he walked and then there was the realising the statement craic You would swear he was something with the way you talk about him.he used to go missing when he was needed he could not stand up and be counted on. As a poster about said he would not make the cut for this team on the bench or anywhere
Oldtree wrote: » Funny this should come up this week. Just after Mort left we had a game in Hyde and there was a serious problem scoring points that day, even from the 13m line in front of the goal.
Boom__Boom wrote: » I think he was lobbed a bit of a nonsense softball question about character and he shot it down straight away which is what you would expect anyone with sort of cop or ambition to do. Only beating Roscommon by 4 points on the day was a terrible result given how much of the general play Mayo had. Mayo were/are lucky Cork only beat Down by 5 as it means that scoring difference is not going to be an issue the next day. Mayo's goal is to win an All-Ireland and judged by that, Sunday's performance was probably in the 3/4 out of 10 category.
TCDStudent1 wrote: » Very interesting thoughts alright. He doesn't hold back!
naughto wrote: » This will be the end of it for me.no point derailing the thread when it's the rossies we should be after. I will say this there are countless lads that would kill to have had half the change Mortimer had with mayo and when that players turns around and throws it in the players/managers/supporters faces like it's his God giving right to be on the team. That is why I have no time for that carry on and was delighted that horan ran him with all sh1te he was at.IV even heard him say in pub " do you not no who iam" Anyways on go down we go.
MaroonAndGreen wrote: » Naughto you know what, I'll be blunt about it. You are a passionate Mayo fan, I can see that from this forum. We all want the same thing, to win an All-Ireland for Mayo. I'm not going to personally insult someone who spent hard nights training in Castlebar for years chasing my dream and your dream. I dont think you should either. I don't think thats a hard principle to understand. Im actually gracious that there are 30 or so players every year that go out and chase my dream for me because I'm not good enough to do it myself. Footballing criticism, fire away, but criticising someone because they are a different kind of character to what you would prefer isn't on IMO. It goes for all counties really not just Mayo.
MaroonAndGreen wrote: » We really let ourselves down in Mayo sometimes.... He's an ex-player that played for Mayo with a mangled cruciate for years refusing to be operated on til 2012 because he didnt want to miss a year. To call any Mayo footballer a dope is unacceptable in my eyes, they all have the same dream as us supporters, they have tried to act upon it while we talk about it. A bit of respect for an amateur who played a lot of ball for Mayo wouldn't go a miss IMO. I really do find it sad that because someone is a ''different'' kind of character to what is the norm in the GAA that its acceptable to be cast aside like that despite achieving a lot on the field for the county, actually doing it for the likes of you.
MaroonAndGreen wrote: » I dont think it was unreasonable to point out that maybe we should have a bit more respect for amateurs that put their lives on hold for over a decade to chase the dream that the likes of us all have but aren't talented enough to chase ourselves
MaroonAndGreen wrote: » http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/stern-words-for-team-from-straight-talking-mayo-selector-tony-mcentee-1.2591209 Yeah this article. Stern words is right.
TCDStudent1 wrote: » Any link to his comments?
MaroonAndGreen wrote: » Yeah I was just speculating that maybe it was free-taking that could have caused Conor to come to mind, as McEntee really criticised our free taking over the campaign so far after the Roscommon game. McEntee was actually fairly critical of the performance against Roscommon, his comments were very interesting.
RD10 wrote: » I haven't seen him play recently and i don't think i need to. He'll always be the same player he was 10 yrs ago. To bring him in because of his free taking ability alone does not warrant a place on the team imo. Compare him to the likes of cillian who can hit frees with his eyes closed and is able to win his own dirty ball.... i know who i'd pick every time. mortimer was always a selfish player. We don't need that. We need team players. No time for that fella whatsoever. All this talk of him coming back is bull anyway....this mayo team are nothing like anything hes ever played with. He'd never make the cut now.
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