Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

ProudDUB wrote: »

Not fair that we don't have one, seeing as we bank roll the rest of the GAA. :P

you mean the gaa bankrolls the dubs.

ProudDUB wrote: »

Not fair that we don't have one, seeing as we bank roll the rest of the GAA. :P

You sure about that??

You are right about one thing though - ye don't have one, because ye already had two. :cool:

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/stars-line-up-for-dublin-club-s-fundraiser-in-chicago-1.3621048

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/sam-maguire-cup-back-with-dublin-football-team-after-going-missing-in-new-york-881691.html

yop wrote: »

You need to over to the Galway thread and ask them how banking facilities work out of the boot of a car! They are NAMA level there

I'm always a bit skeptical of these types of fund raisers

Galway! Galway! Galway!..........ye're like a post brexit Britain looking longingly at first world countries.

Yeah. So does Aidan O'Shea. Our lot have to be content with humble Skodas and Subaru's. All well & good to have the Pope driving through Ballymun in one, but it's just not the same, is it?

Aido's going well this Spring, if his fan club on the Mayo News podcast is anything to go by. Is he going to lay down a marker, or make a statement of intent...or indulge in any of those other well worn Spring time cliche's?

irishgeo wrote: »

Maybe all he needed was the summer off like the rest of the team. The break could be the making of us. When was the last time they had a break.

2010 I would imagine. That's a long time putting up some serious mileage....

Kerry supporter here. Just wondering if anyone knows where Tom Parsons is in his recovery? Any ETA for him coming back into the team? It was so horrific, is there a chance he won't come back?

ProudDUB wrote: »

Yeah. So does Aidan O'Shea. Our lot have to be content with humble Skodas and Subaru's. All well & good to have the Pope driving through Ballymun in one, but it's just not the same, is it?

Aido's going well this Spring, if his fan club on the Mayo News podcast is anything to go by. Is he going to lay down a marker, or make a statement of intent...or indulge in any of those other well worn Spring time cliche's?

He's been consistently one of our best players for a while now. Wouldn't like to be without him.

Kumejima wrote: »

Kerry supporter here. Just wondering if anyone knows where Tom Parsons is in his recovery? Any ETA for him coming back into the team? It was so horrific, is there a chance he won't come back?

James Horan was asked about him after the Cavan game but the response was fairly vague. Just said that he expects Parsons, Cillian O'Connor and Cian Hanley to be back in the the next couple of months.

Would love to see him return but his general well being is the most important thing. If there's a chance the knee could go again it might be best to forget about football.

ProudDUB wrote: »

Not against us he isn't. Games tend to pass him by for the most part. He's not nearly as influential as the likes of Keegan, O'Connor, Higgins etc etc against us. Dunno if it's a lack of pace/speed of the game thing with him or what, but I'd be much more worried about what 4 or 5 other Mayo players are up to, before him. Will I get lynched now for saying that?

Mayo have not beaten Dublin since 2012.
I think it's a total of 12 games.
In all that time we have seen AOS have stromers against Sligo, Roscommon, Galway, Donegal, maybe even against Kerry

But never against Dublin.

He really needs a big big game v Dublin or else there will always be the shadow of him going missing when it really really matters.

Bunny Colvin wrote: »

I don't think he was posted missing in the '17 final to be fair.

Was that the one where he had a lovely hand off to Keegan for a goal?

It was a peach of a goal in fairness. But if it's the same game I'm thinking off, he wasn't a factor in the game, after the 45th minute or thereabouts. That is way too long to be going missing imo. He's such a big man, maybe the pace the game is played at and the heat of the day, means he just can't be effective over the full 70 minutes. It's no fault of his own, if he can't. But when is a Mayo manager going to be brave enough to take him off after 50 minutes, or not start him in the first place & spring him from the bench?

He draws enough column inches as it is. Doing that would create an even bigger kerfuffle. I don't envy them, especially as the older & less mobile he gets, the more of a problem it's going to be. Ah well, at least he won't have to worry about the heat on Saturday.

seligehgit wrote: »

Thought it was mentioned that he wouldn't be back this season??

I doubt it has been confirmed either way.

The Gaelic Football Show

Episode Three Enda Varley,Murphy's best position,Toxic Dubs Mayo Rivalry

https://cdn.radiocms.net/radio-cms/uploads/2019/02/20175427/2002-gaelic-football-show-EP3-POD.mp3

Very good podcast.

Great interview with Enda Varley discussing all things Mayo for the first 19 minutes.

The end of the podcast raises any interesting question.

Will Cluxton start for Dublin on Saturday?

cossy09 wrote: »

HI Guys

Based in Dublin (Mayo Father). Bringing him on Sat night to Croker. I am a Dub but have been supporting Mayo since 2006 . Main reason is for my father . He is elderly and has only memories of listening to the 50'51 Finals on a radio when he was 10/11 . So we have had some great trip's over the last 8 years around the country ultimately ending in disappointment. We got to no games last year due to Mayo's poor season.

So looking forward to Sat night. I have bought 2 tickets in Lower Hogan. My sister has now asked if we could bring her 5 year old along . Does anyone know the story here? Can we just turn up and pay a fiver at the gate for my nephew to get in. He can sit on my knee or I am sure we can move around as it wont be full capacity .? Dont have kids of my own so just wondering if that would work. ?

Cheers

Dont think theres kids tickets for the hogan. Doubt theyd let him in free either