Mayo GAA Discussion Thread

seligehgit

FT Galway 3-14 Mayo 1-3

davegrohl48

Antiquated old ways of selecting players utilising East West North South trials. No physical analysis of selection. No Mayo team should ever be outmuscled like we have been last ten years at minor n u21. Gaelic football is primarily suited to six footers with pace. We either wise up to this or get left behind. Our S&C work is placed on lads who are too short or too lacking in pace n power. The six foot brawny minor is common in Mayo.club minor teams but not Mayo county minor teams. It was the reason Down n Tyrone have walked through us to make big.comebacks in All Ireland minor finals n a semi final.

yop

Barry Solan leaving Mayo at the end of the season. Best of luck to him

http://www.joe.ie/sport/arsenal-look-set-to-appoint-an-irish-man-as-their-strength-and-conditioning-coach/502795

Westernyelp

All stand tickets sold out for the Hyde apparently

Kristopherus

yop wrote: »

Barry Sloan leaving Mayo at the end of the season. Best of luck to him

http://www.joe.ie/sport/arsenal-look-set-to-appoint-an-irish-man-as-their-strength-and-conditioning-coach/502795

I'm sure you meant Barry Solan. Best of good luck to him.

seligehgit

By all accounts Evan Regan togged out at the weekend,positive news.

davegrohl48

Evan Regan togged and scored 1-2. In the same game Michael Conroy scored 8pts. We need a tonic like that. Regan and Conroy are guys that can take on men late in games. Michael Conroy was starting to get some consistency going at county level.

naughto

Are tickets on general sale like in supervalue have my own season ticket but need one more

mayo.mick

Westernyelp wrote: »

All stand tickets sold out for the Hyde apparently

According to Ed McGreal, all season ticket holders will be sent to the sideline seating.

yop

mayo.mick wrote: »

According to Ed McGreal, all season ticket holders will be sent to the sideline seating.

Not the stand? :mad:

mayo.mick

yop wrote: »

Not the stand? :mad:

Seemingly not. Also, Padraig O'Sullivan has been announced as the ref for the match.

naughto

mayo.mick wrote: »

According to Ed McGreal, all season ticket holders will be sent to the sideline seating.

Who's in the stand then

mayo.mick

naughto wrote: »

Who's in the stand then

Taped off empty seats. Same as last time if I remember rightly, load of empty seats.

mayo.mick

Mail just in,

ST Account:

A Chara,

The Connacht Senior Football Championship Final between Mayo and Sligo takes place on Sunday 19th July at Dr. Hyde Park, Roscommon. Season ticketholders will be seated in the Unreserved Sideline Seating for this fixture.

"Pay & Play" is in operation for this fixture so please ensure that the credit / debit card details on your account are up to date so that payment can be processed.

PAY & PLAY

We will be processing payments on Monday July 13th. The pricing is as follows:

Adult - €25

Juvenile (U16) - €5

Please note that your Season Ticket will not be valid for this fixture if the payment cannot be processed.

To update your card details please click here to log into your Account.

Click here for a simple User Guide

OPT-OUT

If you wish to use your "Opt Out" for this fixture this must also be done via your Season Ticket account.

The "Opt Out" option is non-reversible and is available until Sunday midnight (12th July).

Details on how to complete this are available here

Once payments have been processed you will simply be required to present your GAA Season Ticket card at the designated turnstiles on the day.

Le meas,

GAA Ticket Office

glack

Westernyelp wrote: »

All stand tickets sold out for the Hyde apparently

Sold to who???? When and where did they go onsale?

seligehgit

The GAA really are treating the season ticket holders with contempt.

Coillte_Bhoy

According to gaa.ie

You will be guaranteed a seat in a stand for any all-ticket Provincial Championship matches, All-Ireland Quarter Finals,

Syferus

Willie Joe must be suicidal right now..

crusier

Grab
All
Association

Coillte_Bhoy

crusier wrote: »

Grab
All
Association

Yawn, care to explain considering they have selected the smallest of the 3 stadia?

Redsoxfan

For Ulster Final, Season Ticket holders are always seated in the uncovered stand along the sideline in Clones. For other games, tends to be covered stand.

Westernyelp

glack wrote: »

Sold to who???? When and where did they go onsale?

Wish I Knew, it's the usual farce

naughto

Westernyelp wrote: »

Wish I Knew, it's the usual farce

Sold to the clubs is what I heard

cocoman

naughto wrote: »

Sold to the clubs is what I heard

Stand tickets available in supervalue this evening.

glack

I tried tickets.ie and nothing??? Aren't they the same as Supervalu? Tried it a few times today.

cocoman

glack wrote: »

I tried tickets.ie and nothing??? Aren't they the same as Supervalu? Tried it a few times today.

I'm not sure. The supervalue ones were in a box behind the till and they just took the money and put it in an envelope.

glack

Ohh interesting. Which supervalu? Might have to sent someone to check first thing!

cocoman

glack wrote: »

Ohh interesting. Which supervalu? Might have to sent someone to check first thing!

Ballaghadereen.

yop

So we have been relegated another step then, really rewarding us loyal ST holders eh!.

Oldtree

It just beggars belief really. Give respect get respect.... My ar*e ... No respect given here to season ticket holders yet again. But I won't forget the newspaper and waterproof leggings so my ar*e will be dry and somewhat cushioned.

The people who organised this must be buffoons. And don't get me started on the very poor toilet facilities for women in Hyde (so my daughter and a number of other women mentioned to me after our last visit there).

And dare I say it again (& again & again.........) the kind of buffoonery that chooses blue seating for a county stadium, whose colors are red and green, seems to be a pervasive mentality within the powers that be. Not sure I saw many of them down by the corrib in the freezing rain, on a bleak winters day when we played NUIG. Don't think I am ever going to get over the seat thing. Am I ranting???????

ColeTrain

Oldtree wrote: »

It just beggars belief really. Give respect get respect.... My ar*e ... No respect given here to season ticket holders yet again. But I won't forget the newspaper and waterproof leggings so my ar*e will be dry and somewhat cushioned.

The people who organised this must be buffoons. And don't get me started on the very poor toilet facilities for women in Hyde (so my daughter and a number of other women mentioned to me after our last visit there).

And dare I say it again (& again & again.........) the kind of buffoonery that chooses blue seating for a county stadium, whose colors are red and green, seems to be a pervasive mentality within the powers that be. Not sure I saw many of them down by the corrib in the freezing rain, on a bleak winters day when we played NUIG. Don't think I am ever going to get over the seat thing. Am I ranting???????

The reason for the blue seats, IIRC, is that the red and green seats would have faded quicker. I don't think the County Board would have been able to afford a lick of paint every season :pac:

irishgeo

ColeTrain wrote: »

The reason for the blue seats, IIRC, is that the red and green seats would have faded quicker. I don't think the County Board would have been able to afford a lick of paint every season :pac:

or the compo when the they paint the seats before the game and the paint hasnt dried in time, like galway gaa in tuam.

Oldtree

ColeTrain wrote: »

The reason for the blue seats, IIRC, is that the red and green seats would have faded quicker. I don't think the County Board would have been able to afford a lick of paint every season :pac:

irishgeo wrote: »

or the compo when the they paint the seats before the game and the paint hasnt dried in time, like galway gaa in tuam.

Didnt anyone mention to the County Board .... no need to paint plastic :rolleyes::D

At least Dublin feel at home when they come to play :P

padd b1975

irishgeo wrote: »

or the compo when the they paint the seats before the game and the paint hasnt dried in time, like galway gaa in tuam.

I remember that happening years ago in McHale Park when the old stand was new.
Lots of supporters went home in Castlebay Mitchels colours whether they wanted to or not.

yop

My Dad is suggesting we use the opt out, as a man in his 70's he said that we will have to get there very early and he isn't keen on having to sit on concrete all day in an uncovered area. We paid for a ST to have a guaranteed stand ticket during the championship, we aren't getting that.

Has anyone spoke to the ST group? I presume they aren't too bothered.

Syferus

If the weather is fine the uncovered seating area is the best spot in the ground to watch the match from.

I wouldn't be cruel and be praying for it to rain or anything lads. I'd never do that.

QuiteInterestin

Very frustrating regarding the season tickete seating, the GAA website states "You will be guaranteed a seat in a stand for any all-ticket Provincial Championship matches" on http://www.gaa.ie/tickets-and-merchandise/tickets/gaa-season-ticket/where-will-i-be-seated/

and then you have the Roscommon county board secretary Michael Fahey being quoted as saying that those with season tickets were entitled to a match ticket, but not necessarily to one in the stand.

“We can only seat 3,600 in the covered stand. There are more season tickets than that throughout the province. They are entitled to a ticket for the match but I don’t know where this myth that it has to be a stand ticket has come from,”

http://www.roscommonherald.ie/2015/07/07/ready-to-roll/

:rolleyes::rolleyes:

yop

QuiteInterestin wrote: »

Very frustrating regarding the season tickete seating, the GAA website states "You will be guaranteed a seat in a stand for any all-ticket Provincial Championship matches" on http://www.gaa.ie/tickets-and-merchandise/tickets/gaa-season-ticket/where-will-i-be-seated/

and then you have the Roscommon county board secretary Michael Fahey being quoted as saying that those with season tickets were entitled to a match ticket, but not necessarily to one in the stand.

“We can only seat 3,600 in the covered stand. There are more season tickets than that throughout the province. They are entitled to a ticket for the match but I don’t know where this myth that it has to be a stand ticket has come from,”

http://www.roscommonherald.ie/2015/07/07/ready-to-roll/

:rolleyes::rolleyes:

Its v poor. Especially it been stated on the ST site that we would be guaranteed a seat.

Avns1s

QuiteInterestin wrote: »

Very frustrating regarding the season tickete seating, the GAA website states "You will be guaranteed a seat in a stand for any all-ticket Provincial Championship matches" on http://www.gaa.ie/tickets-and-merchandise/tickets/gaa-season-ticket/where-will-i-be-seated/

and then you have the Roscommon county board secretary Michael Fahey being quoted as saying that those with season tickets were entitled to a match ticket, but not necessarily to one in the stand.

“We can only seat 3,600 in the covered stand. There are more season tickets than that throughout the province. They are entitled to a ticket for the match but I don’t know where this myth that it has to be a stand ticket has come from,”

http://www.roscommonherald.ie/2015/07/07/ready-to-roll/

:rolleyes::rolleyes:

I don't know what it has to do with the number of season tickets in the province - he may as well include the country when he's at it. The number of season tickets relevant to the discussion should surely be the number held by people in the competing counties and they should be accommodated in the stand.

I wouldn't even have minded so much losing out in a draw for available stand seats so long as the ST holders in the competing counties were accommodated in so far as was possible.

However, the fundamental point is that the match should never be played in Hyde Park when there are far more suitable venues available in the province and on the day. The precedent has already been set with Croke Park and the Dubs so none of this BS about home advantage from the GAA holds any stead with me.

It'd make you seriously consider cancelling the credit card and letting them stuff their Season Tickets if this is the way they treat those that have followed their county teams through the pissing rain and cold, all year up to this!!

Syferus

Lads if ye play us in a championship match at the Hyde it's the fûcking same - more season tickets than seats in the covered stand. Plenty of other grounds the exact same - stop hiding behind this idea of it having to be a stand ticket you get when it's factually impossible in a lot of cases.

Ye need to stop getting flustrated over pointless issues because it's starting to become a theme with Mayo and matches and peoples' tolerances will lessen for it each time. When there is genuine malpractice or bad behaviour no one will listen to you when you complain about it.

yop

Avns1s wrote: »

I don't know what it has to do with the number of season tickets in the province - he may as well include the country when he's at it. The number of season tickets relevant to the discussion should surely be the number held by people in the competing counties and they should be accommodated in the stand.

I wouldn't even have minded so much losing out in a draw for available stand seats so long as the ST holders in the competing counties were accommodated in so far as was possible.

However, the fundamental point is that the match should never be played in Hyde Park when there are far more suitable venues available in the province and on the day. The precedent has already been set with Croke Park and the Dubs so none of this BS about home advantage from the GAA holds any stead with me.

It'd make you seriously consider cancelling the credit card and letting them stuff their Season Tickets if this is the way they treat those that have followed their county teams through the pissing rain and cold, all year up to this!!

When you have the chairman of Lenister GAAs reasoning then it makes it even more laughable.

We'd have to tell the old age pensioners, 'you can only stand on the terraces or play the full price to sit in the stand', so immediately we'd be inconveniencing supporters.... What do you say to the man that's been at every match, who is 70 years of age and can't get into the game, or the family with the three kids who can't to the game, or you as a parent explaining to a five year old, 'no, son you can't go to the game'.

http://www.balls.ie/gaa/barnstorming-debate-on-otb-as-leinster-chairman-defends-dubs-playing-in-croker/284058

Oldtree

Avns1s wrote: »

It'd make you seriously consider cancelling the credit card and letting them stuff their Season Tickets if this is the way they treat those that have followed their county teams through the pissing rain and cold, all year up to this!!

They know they have a captive audience, and I hate all the searching/asking for all Ireland tickets I'd have to do when Mayo are playing.

Coillte_Bhoy

Syferus wrote: »

Lads if ye play us in a championship match at the Hyde it's the fûcking same - more season tickets than seats in the covered stand. Plenty of other grounds the exact same - stop hiding behind this idea of it having to be a stand ticket you get when it's factually impossible in a lot of cases.

Ye need to stop getting flustrated over pointless issues because it's starting to become a theme with Mayo and matches and peoples' tolerances will lessen for it each time. When there is genuine malpractice or bad behaviour no one will listen to you when you complain about it.

It's not the case actually. GAA.ie quite clearly states that you are entitled to a stand seat in a provincial all ticket game, its there in black and white if you could be arsed reading up on it instead of trying to stir the ****.

Rockfish

Anyone try the legal route re the season tickets fiasco? Or at least threaten Connacht GAA with same?

Syferus

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

It's not the case actually. GAA.ie quite clearly states that you are entitled to a stand seat in a provincial all ticket game, its there in black and white if you could be arsed reading up on it instead of trying to stir the ****.

Do you think every Meath or Kildare season ticket holder gets stand tickets when they play Carlow or Longford or Wicklow away? How about Kerry going to Waterford? You're being ridiculous if you think that is something that could even be possible.

Seriously lads, your attitude is really poor here and a lot of people are laughing at Mayo because of how they're reacting. It's not good for anyone. I'm telling you exactly how this is playing outside Mayo and if you want to continue on this mad pointless bandwagon be my guest.

padd b1975

Syferus wrote: »

Do you think every Meath or Kildare season ticket holder gets stand tickets when they play Carlow or Longford or Wicklow away? How about Kerry going to Waterford? You're being ridiculous if you think that is something that could even be possible.

Seriously lads, your attitude is really poor here and a lot of people are laughing at Mayo because of how they're reacting. It's not good for anyone. I'm telling you exactly how this is playing outside Mayo and if you want to continue on this mad pointless bandwagon be my guest.

Thanks for your concern....

NabyLadistheman

Syferus wrote: »

Do you think every Meath or Kildare season ticket holder gets stand tickets when they play Carlow or Longford or Wicklow away? How about Kerry going to Waterford? You're being ridiculous if you think that is something that could even be possible.

Seriously lads, your attitude is really poor here and a lot of people are laughing at Mayo because of how they're reacting. It's not good for anyone. I'm telling you exactly how this is playing outside Mayo and if you want to continue on this mad pointless bandwagon be my guest.

Ya I suppose it would take more to upset a dozen people!

naughto

Syferus wrote: »

Do you think every Meath or Kildare season ticket holder gets stand tickets when they play Carlow or Longford or Wicklow away? How about Kerry going to Waterford? You're being ridiculous if you think that is something that could even be possible.

Seriously lads, your attitude is really poor here and a lot of people are laughing at Mayo because of how they're reacting. It's not good for anyone. I'm telling you exactly how this is playing outside Mayo and if you want to continue on this mad pointless bandwagon be my guest.

If the Hyde wasn't such a sh1tehole there be none of this or if Roscommon didn't let the hype get to them about winning the fbd and getting promoted to decision one then it would be in castlebar.
There must be f1uck all going on in the Roscommon thread if your in her talking rubbish

yop

Syferus wrote: »

Do you think every Meath or Kildare season ticket holder gets stand tickets when they play Carlow or Longford or Wicklow away? How about Kerry going to Waterford? You're being ridiculous if you think that is something that could even be possible.

Seriously lads, your attitude is really poor here and a lot of people are laughing at Mayo because of how they're reacting. It's not good for anyone. I'm telling you exactly how this is playing outside Mayo and if you want to continue on this mad pointless bandwagon be my guest.

Welcome back to the GAA forums Syferus, missing for a few weeks there I gather?

So we have a Rossie on telling us that everyone is laughing at us.... "we tried to hide the fact that we had two cups (FBD League and Division Two league) in the bag, "How is Cillian O'Connors injury" "This team will win an All-Ireland", Big yellow and blue bus..... nuff said.

Anyway, Hyde will still see a Connacht final this year, which is nice.

yop

Any update on player injuries or form from the weekend. I see Mickey Conroy had a good game at the weekend.