All Ireland Final 2006 Mayo V Kerry !!!!!

Ice_Box

ionapaul wrote:

Like many Kerry supporters, I'll be shouting Come on the Kingdom but if Mayo finally do it, not a single one of us will begrudge them and we'll still have smiles on our faces I think!

Kerry people are famous for this. An Armagh man once said to me that he could hardly get down to the pitch in 2002 because so many Kerry people wanted to shake his hand.

netwhizkid

It will be a cracker I am leaving the kingdom tomorrow morning at 7 and driving to the motorway where my old man will take over as I'm on a Provisional and am prohibited from Driving on the Motorway.

Confidence in the Kingdom is brimming and Radio Kerry is playing football songs all day with talk of the new Bomber Donaghy and everything it is totally rapid I erected a 20 foot flag in the front lawn as everyone is going for massive flags this year, 6 large flags and our area is a cauldron of green and gold. It is spectacular and everyone is hoping to make up for last year.

Ye'll the Kingdom roar when we win all-ireland thirty four!!!!

irishgeo

netwhizkid wrote:

It will be a cracker I am leaving the kingdom tomorrow morning at 7 and driving to the motorway where my old man will take over as I'm on a Provisional and am prohibited from Driving on the Motorway.

Confidence in the Kingdom is brimming and Radio Kerry is playing football songs all day with talk of the new Bomber Donaghy and everything it is totally rapid I erected a 20 foot flag in the front lawn as everyone is going for massive flags this year, 6 large flags and our area is a cauldron of green and gold. It is spectacular and everyone is hoping to make up for last year.

Ye'll the Kingdom roar when we win all-ireland thirty four!!!!

think all ye have to do is turn up to win it.

Culchie

irishgeo wrote:

think all ye have to do is turn up to win it.

I tell you one thing ...Kerry will have to 'turn up' to win it.

Mayo will give this absolutely 110%, if it's not good enough, then fine .... but Kerry will earn their 34th All-Ireland.

If i had to put my whole life on this, at that of my family ......if I was forced into a corner, and had to choose, ... I'd choose Mayo


This is it. This is the moment of truth.


"To Win Just Once"

kilasser

MonkeyWrench wrote:

Just checked. 15:30 on Sunday.

Have to watch it on Setanta as i'm in the UK at the weekend, Come on the Kingdom!!

Living in London. Ive got the four Irish channels an my house in London. So i'll be watching on RTE 2. The house will be full of people from mayo. Looking foward to the party.

Come on Mayo.

irishgeo

mayo backed into 9/4.

kevmy

There still good value at that. Did anybody get them at 11-1 for the all-ireland before the dublin game?
I think we've a great chance, the build up has been the best mainly quite only gettin a bit crazy in the last five days. That real restraint for Mayo people. I hope Mac is fit. I'm a bit up in heap myself ... not a sniff of a ticket even though i was at the Dublin, Laois, Galway games and all home league games. We managed to get 3 tickets in 04 (myself, the brother and the auld lad) but so far none of us have one. Hoping at least one will fall into us before tomorow as i hate going up without any ticket.

Oh well heres hoping.

And of course UP MAYO

redmosquito

At training, they have been playing Barry Moran at full forward on David Heaney to get him ready for Donaghy. Barry got 2-4 off him in a short training match and Heaney had massive problems on him, imagine the problems Donaghy will give him!

Rumours abound that RMcG is being prepared for Plan B, switching him to full back if Heaney is being destroyed!

Come on Mayo!!!

3greenrizla's

So the big day is finally here & i've been growing in confidence as we get closer.

I really believe that Mayo are going to put past all ireland disapointments behind us the 3 games in Croker along with Ballina winning the club championship are going to stand us in good stead, (& our new never say die attitude)

unfortunatly no ticket, going to head into town soon - (if any Mayo fans in Galway fancy joining me I will be in Ti Na Og)

C'MONMAYO

cournioni

Come on Mayo, you can do it lads!

Mikosyko

Its tense here today. I hope they can put the events of the last ten years to bed and bring the sam home after 55 years! *shivers*

sgthighway

Looks like Mayo need a sniper to take out Donaghy. Mayo are 10 points down after 15 minutes. They haven't scored yet! Actually Kevin O'Neill just scored a goal:D

Mushy

*Yawns* this is terrible. 3-6 to 1-1 and not even half an hour gone. losing interest so fast by now and im gonna be forced to watch the soccer now

stepbar

Mayo may as well go home.... a hyped up team if I ever seen one

stepbar

what the ****s after happening there? 2 goals in as many minutes

Mushy

3-7to 3-2. Crazily going against Kerry now. two goals in two mins for Mayo. class act

youcancallmeal

Now its back on, you just gotta keep faith. Only 5 points in it

S.M.B.

3-8 to 3-2! :eek:

440Hz

Well that was a turn-around. Still time though

CIARRAÍ ABÚ

Mikosyko

brutal first half performance. still nice touch with three goals in a short space. Still i feel the sam is going south again. :mad:

440Hz

stepbar wrote:

2 goals in as many minutes

Sure we did it earlier, short memories eh!

Gwan the Kingdom

stepbar

440Hz wrote:

Sure we did it earlier, short memories eh!

Gwan the Kingdom

In fairness I wasnt really shocked by Kerry scoring 2 goals in as many minutes, with Donaghy inside every ball that goes in is a potential goal. Mayo who have only woke up in the last 10 mins score 2 and to me thats shocking. Shocking that Kerry let them back in so easy. The quicker Kerry send this awful Mayo team home the better....

440Hz

stepbar wrote:

In fairness I wasnt really shocked by Kerry scoring 2 goals in as many minutes, with Donaghy inside every ball that goes in is a potential goal. Mayo who have only woke up in the last 10 mins score 2 and to me thats shocking. Shocking that Kerry let them back in so easy. The quicker Kerry send this awful Mayo team home the better....

Amen to that.. if it happens. Unless kerry go mad... Brosnan is on now.. and off we go again fingers crossed

stepbar

440Hz wrote:

Amen to that.. if it happens. Unless kerry go mad... Brosnan is on now.. and off we go again fingers crossed

Although Im a connaght man, As you can prob tell I have no great love for Maaaaaaayo.... that not to say I love Kerry any more but I know good football when I see it.

440Hz

Jaysus that was some elbow for the Gouch! Bit harsh. And Higgins got away with it :-o

stepbar

OMG McDonald what a tool :rolleyes:

stepbar

Can anyone tell how this Mayo team bet Dublin? 1 point so far in the half, what an embarrassment :rolleyes:

Mikosyko

Haha omg! thats hilarious!


Never again will i support this team! :rolleyes:

440Hz

WOOOOOHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Great win. Sympathies to the West. Gwan the Kingdom

cashback

Mikosyko wrote:

Haha omg! thats hilarious!


Never again will i support this team! :rolleyes:

A true fan...

ionapaul

cashback wrote:

A true fan...

When I turned to the Mayo girl sitting in the seat beside me high in Hogan Stand after the final whistle, I tried to commiserate with her by saying 'hard luck, sure ye'll be back again in a year or two', she replied with 'I'm never coming back here again' with some conviction! With ten minutes left the Mayo people started to leave - nowhere near as bad as in 2004 though, people were leaving at half-time then! Very poor match, great result for the Kingdom though.

gbh

Congratulations to Kerry on the most cynical display in an All-Ireland final, in fact in any game anywhere. This wasn't a game of football, this was a game of Kerry dragging, pulling, pushing, elbowing, tripping.

When Mayo were allowed to play (when Kerry faded towards the end of the first half) they showed they were a far superior team to Kerry. But Jack O'Connor got them in the dressing room and told them to start the pulling and dragging again in the second half so well done Jack for your contribution to spoiling what might otherwise have been a fair game of football.

GAA doesn't need these kinds of tacticians who go out and spoil their opponents with pulling and dragging and the fans don't deserve to be treated to this.

Obviously Kerry decided that if you let Mayo play football they might win as they did against Dublin but if you pull on their jersey, obstruct them, and generally use all means to stop them making progress, then there is a chance you will win.

A sad day for football and for the genuine football fan, but well done to Mayo for their efforts against cynical tactics. Hopefully some effort will be made to stamp out the kind of things Kerry routinely got away with.

mobby

Are you from Mayo by chance?

kaimera

gbh wrote:

Congratulations to Kerry on the most cynical display in an All-Ireland final, in fact in any game anywhere. This wasn't a game of football, this was a game of Kerry dragging, pulling, pushing, elbowing, tripping.

When Mayo were allowed to play (when Kerry faded towards the end of the first half) they showed they were a far superior team to Kerry. But Jack O'Connor got them in the dressing room and told them to start the pulling and dragging again in the second half so well done Jack for your contribution to spoiling what might otherwise have been a fair game of football.

GAA doesn't need these kinds of tacticians who go out and spoil their opponents with pulling and dragging and the fans don't deserve to be treated to this.

Obviously Kerry decided that if you let Mayo play football they might win as they did against Dublin but if you pull on their jersey, obstruct them, and generally use all means to stop them making progress, then there is a chance you will win.

A sad day for football and for the genuine football fan, but well done to Mayo for their efforts against cynical tactics. Hopefully some effort will be made to stamp out the kind of things Kerry routinely got away with.

:rolleyes:

Sure it was Kerry...and Mayo were completely blameless.

Sour grapes and all that etc etc.

Congrats Kerry on a clinical footballing display.

Seems Mayo played their final against Dublin. For shame. Too many players didn't turn up.

stepbar

gbh wrote:

Congratulations to Kerry on the most cynical display in an All-Ireland final, in fact in any game anywhere. This wasn't a game of football, this was a game of Kerry dragging, pulling, pushing, elbowing, tripping.

When Mayo were allowed to play (when Kerry faded towards the end of the first half) they showed they were a far superior team to Kerry. But Jack O'Connor got them in the dressing room and told them to start the pulling and dragging again in the second half so well done Jack for your contribution to spoiling what might otherwise have been a fair game of football.

GAA doesn't need these kinds of tacticians who go out and spoil their opponents with pulling and dragging and the fans don't deserve to be treated to this.

Obviously Kerry decided that if you let Mayo play football they might win as they did against Dublin but if you pull on their jersey, obstruct them, and generally use all means to stop them making progress, then there is a chance you will win.

A sad day for football and for the genuine football fan, but well done to Mayo for their efforts against cynical tactics. Hopefully some effort will be made to stamp out the kind of things Kerry routinely got away with.

Aaagh now I see thats what happened :rolleyes: I suppose Mayo would never be guilty of this sort of play either..... an embarrassing day for Connaght football. If you thought 2004 was bad, well this time you got truely bet out the gate. The only good out of the whole day was the performance of the Roscommon footballers, fair play to them.

Kojak

kaimera wrote:

Seems Mayo played their final against Dublin.

Agreed - Mayo seem to have some sort of inferiority complex (or the likes) when they see the Kingdom jersy in the chamionship. They believed that seeing as they could beat the dubs then they, automatically, could beat the Kingdom - strange, but probably not far away from the truth.

This beating will, IMO, send Mayo into the "dark" for a few years. What I mean is that this is the second hammering they have recieved in an All-Ireland final in 3 years. Added to that the fairly comprehensive beating from the same opposition in last year's quarter-final, all of these "chain of events" will have a negative impact on Mayo.

After the year looking so promising for them earlier in the week (i.e Their U-21's winning the All-Ireland, winning back the Senior Connacht title and finally beating Dublin in their back yard) this bad defeat will undermine all that, IMO.

kippy

Congratulations to Kerry on the most cynical display in an All-Ireland final, in fact in any game anywhere. This wasn't a game of football, this was a game of Kerry dragging, pulling, pushing, elbowing, tripping.

When Mayo were allowed to play (when Kerry faded towards the end of the first half) they showed they were a far superior team to Kerry. But Jack O'Connor got them in the dressing room and told them to start the pulling and dragging again in the second half so well done Jack for your contribution to spoiling what might otherwise have been a fair game of football.

GAA doesn't need these kinds of tacticians who go out and spoil their opponents with pulling and dragging and the fans don't deserve to be treated to this.

Obviously Kerry decided that if you let Mayo play football they might win as they did against Dublin but if you pull on their jersey, obstruct them, and generally use all means to stop them making progress, then there is a chance you will win.

A sad day for football and for the genuine football fan, but well done to Mayo for their efforts against cynical tactics. Hopefully some effort will be made to stamp out the kind of things Kerry routinely got away with.

Feck sake, Kerry were by far the superior team and hammered us fair and square.
None of the alleged Mayo Superstars stood up. McDonald and Mortimer were very very poor. They two guys get a lot of press coverage but seem to have little substance on the biggest of stages. Kerry beat us all over the field and I as someone has mentioned above, I dont think Mayo have become a 13 point worse team that Kerry since the Dublin match. A lot of this has to be in the head and perhaps they had already lost the match before the ref blue the first whistle. This Kerry team are pretty awesome though with players who will stand up and be counted when needs be.
I am bitterly bitterly dissapointed but no sour grapes, a great footballing county who play great football won the match, if anything I was a bit annoyed that some of the Mayo team got very physical with the Kerry guys towards the end, when the match was well lost.
Lets hope Mayo can bounce back but lets hope the next final we get into wont be against Kerry.
Kippy

Dapos

gbh wrote:

Congratulations to Kerry on the most cynical display in an All-Ireland final, in fact in any game anywhere. This wasn't a game of football, this was a game of Kerry dragging, pulling, pushing, elbowing, tripping.

When Mayo were allowed to play (when Kerry faded towards the end of the first half) they showed they were a far superior team to Kerry. But Jack O'Connor got them in the dressing room and told them to start the pulling and dragging again in the second half so well done Jack for your contribution to spoiling what might otherwise have been a fair game of football.

GAA doesn't need these kinds of tacticians who go out and spoil their opponents with pulling and dragging and the fans don't deserve to be treated to this.

Obviously Kerry decided that if you let Mayo play football they might win as they did against Dublin but if you pull on their jersey, obstruct them, and generally use all means to stop them making progress, then there is a chance you will win.

A sad day for football and for the genuine football fan, but well done to Mayo for their efforts against cynical tactics. Hopefully some effort will be made to stamp out the kind of things Kerry routinely got away with.

That's a fairly ridiculous view imo.

The Rooster

Thats the bad thing when the minnows/underdogs (as THEY like to call THEMSELVES) upset the bigger team..

Westmeath ruined what could have been a great quarter-final

Mayo ruined what could have been a great final, and they showed their performance v the Dubs was freakish. The way the played v Kerry was typical of most of their other games.

Maybe Mayo need tens of thousands of mad Dubs to get them going????

That was one of the most embarrassing All Ireland final displays in many a year. Feel sorry for some of the fans and some of the players.

Kerry were excellent. Hopefully they'll take 2007 off...

quad_red

gbh wrote:

Congratulations to Kerry on the most cynical display in an All-Ireland final, in fact in any game anywhere. This wasn't a game of football, this was a game of Kerry dragging, pulling, pushing, elbowing, tripping.

When Mayo were allowed to play (when Kerry faded towards the end of the first half) they showed they were a far superior team to Kerry. But Jack O'Connor got them in the dressing room and told them to start the pulling and dragging again in the second half so well done Jack for your contribution to spoiling what might otherwise have been a fair game of football.

GAA doesn't need these kinds of tacticians who go out and spoil their opponents with pulling and dragging and the fans don't deserve to be treated to this.

Obviously Kerry decided that if you let Mayo play football they might win as they did against Dublin but if you pull on their jersey, obstruct them, and generally use all means to stop them making progress, then there is a chance you will win.

A sad day for football and for the genuine football fan, but well done to Mayo for their efforts against cynical tactics. Hopefully some effort will be made to stamp out the kind of things Kerry routinely got away with.

...As he sips his lemon juice.

That game was far from dirty - a bit of argy bargy at times but nothing serious. The first half was la la land stuff. Every time a player ran at the goal you were expecting to see it hit the back of the net!

Crazy stuff.

squire1

Ok, it was a total mismatch. I suppose most people knew that in fairness but the Mayo display against Dubin gave some cause for hope.

I genuinely feel sorry for each and every Mayo supporter, it's getting beyond a joke now. What is it in the Mayo brain that prevents them from doing themselves justice on the big satge.

Kerry had the game won without ever really having to put in an effort. Mayo players let themselves down badly. To be brutally honest, they just didn't put in the effort required to contest the game especially in defence. Eg. Gooch having time to collect the rebound ball and score the goal without one Mayo player making a challenge!! I mean, WTF, it's the AI final, put in the effort and at least come away with some pride.

threebeards

I was lost for words in the first 10 minutes. It's the old cliche of the rabbit being stuck in the headlights but that's exactly the way it looked.

I feel very sorry for James Nallen, Ciaran McDonald and David Heaney in particular as I feel there's a good chance that'll be the last time we see them play in green and red. Kerry were clinical yesterday and they did what they do best - win All Ireland finals. One of these years we'll get back to a final and it won't be against Kerry!!

Well done lads. Thanks for a great summer.

Carcharodon

gbh wrote:

Congratulations to Kerry on the most cynical display in an All-Ireland final, in fact in any game anywhere. This wasn't a game of football, this was a game of Kerry dragging, pulling, pushing, elbowing, tripping.

When Mayo were allowed to play (when Kerry faded towards the end of the first half) they showed they were a far superior team to Kerry. But Jack O'Connor got them in the dressing room and told them to start the pulling and dragging again in the second half so well done Jack for your contribution to spoiling what might otherwise have been a fair game of football.

GAA doesn't need these kinds of tacticians who go out and spoil their opponents with pulling and dragging and the fans don't deserve to be treated to this.

Obviously Kerry decided that if you let Mayo play football they might win as they did against Dublin but if you pull on their jersey, obstruct them, and generally use all means to stop them making progress, then there is a chance you will win.

A sad day for football and for the genuine football fan, but well done to Mayo for their efforts against cynical tactics. Hopefully some effort will be made to stamp out the kind of things Kerry routinely got away with.

What planet are you from???? Pathetic display from Mayo, a joke altogether,Kerry could of steped another gear if they needed to but alas it was not needed.
On another note, the celebrations around Kerry last night were poor to say the least, need a break from this success to reinvigorate people, 97 was the last time there was real passion around Kerry i think

Mikosyko

Mayo were better 10 years ago. At least they werent totally floored when it came to finals. :rolleyes:

starman100

Yup, its lashing rain in the West on a Monday morning, back to work (in Galway ), Today FM are playing 'Blue Monday' and Mayo have lost another one...........

That was a terrible mis-match yesterday, Mayo were so far back from the pace of Kerry it was laughable (especially in the first half). Mayo would have been much better served in the long run to have lost by a point to Dublin in the semi and take it on from there. Another poor performance in the final is not going to do us any good at all. A few players will retire I reckon and in order to compete in future, Mayo need another couple of decent defenders especially (and it used be the forwards where the problems lay!) with a bit more brawn and muscle to cope with the modern game - Gardiner and the two Higgins's are a bit too lightweight.

Fair play to Kerry, that was a awesome performance. Donaghy showed us that he IS the next Bomber. In fairness to Mayo, Kerry would have beaten any team in Ireland yesterday, including Tyrone or Armagh. They have a nearly perfect blend of skill, speed, resilience and an ability to put a weak opponent to the sword.

As for Mayo? We will be back, that's for sure. It looked nearly as bleak after the '04 final and we are still knocking about. But serious work remains to be done if can even begin to get near the likes of Kerry.

Keep the faith!

redspider

Well done to Kerry for lifting Sam and in emphatic style. A 7 goal game as well. Mayo after the terrible start at least got back into the game but the 2nd half was if anything worse than the first 10 mins for Mayo and the game slid away from them. It wasnt a great second half by Kerry either it has to be said but they did polish it off at the end. Not a classic final and the defences were poor.

Mayo would have been much better served in the long run to have lost by a point to Dublin in the semi and take it on from there.

Probably, as another near-yet-so-far can only hurt the more. How many finals is it now that Mayo have lost since 1951? Also, was it true that I heard that Mayo won their last 4 championship matches before the final just by one point on each occasion. That, in hindsight, is a scrape through.

I think from a neutral perspective, many were hoping that Mayo would win it to put them (and us) out of this tortuous misery and the years of hurt. In a way, Mayo and their supporters must feel worse than many other counties that faltered at the first couple of hurdles.

Mayo would be better not getting to the final next year. As for Kerry, was this their 34th win or something, and having lost something like 17 finals they have been in 51 finals. They are a great footballing county, but next year I hope some other county can come through, yes, even the Dubs!

Redspider

hoolamoppa

keep the faith, we'll be back

we must support the team thru the bad times, as well as the good. at the end of the day, i love to watch football. yesterday was hard to take, but kerry were excellent. Mayo's plans went wrong, and we never recovered. we were beaten, fair and square.

but we must re group, and start again. mayo people should get behind their team now, and plan for next year. this is a set back, but it happens.

also remember, this is not a professional game, and these lads put a lot of time and effort into this , year in year out.

congrats kerry, well played, heads up Mayo, and thanks for a great summer.

mayo supporters everywhere, do support!!! now more then ever , it's needed.
badly.

nacho libre

gbh wrote:

Obviously Kerry decided that if you let Mayo play football they might win as they did against Dublin but if you pull on their jersey, obstruct them, and generally use all means to stop them making progress, then there is a chance you will win.

yes it was a match between saints on one side and devils on the other. it had noting to do with kerry being a better team.
Two Questions: How many Mayo Players would get on the present Kerry team?
How many times have Kerry beaten Mayo in the the last seven years?

kippy

GBH is most likely a troll as the post is a joke.
I forgot the mention the Kerry fans yesterday, There was no gloating or laughing, even though a lot of other fans would have made the most of the occasion. So fair play to them.
As for getting behind the team......it is very hard to get behind a team that fell apart as badly as they did yesterday-not one player could come out if it and say they played their best. I dont think there is anything wrong with losing but losing in that mannerwas very poor.
Perhaps it is a good thing some players will retire, they have given good service and now hopefully the younger players will come good in the future.
I dont think anyone is arguning about the quality of Kerry football.
Kippy

redspider

hoolamoppa wrote:

keep the faith, we'll be back

we must support the team thru the bad times, as well as the good. at the end of the day, i love to watch football. yesterday was hard to take, but kerry were excellent. Mayo's plans went wrong, and we never recovered. we were beaten, fair and square.

but we must re group, and start again. mayo people should get behind their team now, and plan for next year. this is a set back, but it happens.

also remember, this is not a professional game, and these lads put a lot of time and effort into this , year in year out.

congrats kerry, well played, heads up Mayo, and thanks for a great summer.

mayo supporters everywhere, do support!!! now more then ever , it's needed.
badly.

That's the attitude hoolamoppa. Mayo should/will be back at some stage.