Mayo GAA Discussion Part 2

charlie14 · 23-03-2017 1:25pm

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

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I doubt that.

They are a very young inexperienced team.

A Croke Park final would be great for them.

The mind set in Ulster is different.

None of the Ulster teams or supporters value a league title.
Ulster is the second biggest prize as far as they are concerned.

Donegal will not want to show their hand too much before the Ulster championship with their seniors or their U21`s on their panel either imo.

Oldtree · 23-03-2017 2:20pm

They may be a young team but Donegal have an air and flare about them at the moment, I wouldn't underestimate them in any way.

Going to beat Tyrone by 3 after a hard slog

blinding · 23-03-2017 2:39pm

Two Tough teams to play.....Well thats what we need . Its against teams like this that you get to know your strengths and weakness's .

Holding division 1 status is a goal worth fighting for .

Boom__Boom · 23-03-2017 6:04pm

There is a very large cross-over between the Donegal seniors and their U21s this year and I wouldn't be surprised if it catches them out in the next few weeks, and it might well work out to benefit Mayo in the last league game.

8 of the players who have played for the U21s in the 2 U21s games versus Tyrone games have got game time with the seniors in the league this year ; some of them have played in all 5 league games and the 2 U21s games.

The seniors play Monaghan on the 26th with the Mayo game on the 2nd of April. However in between the U21s play Cavan in one of the Ulster semi-final on the 29th with the final scheduled a week later on the 5th of April. The final of the league is scheduled for the 9th of April while the U21 semi-finals are scheduled for the 15th of April

Paddy Power currently has Donegal U21 as favourites to win Ulster at 10/11 so the odds of them going at least as far as the semi-final of the U21 look decent.

If they only end up with 3 games (seniors v Monaghan & Mayo and U21s v Cavan) it shouldn't be too bad but if the U21s progress it will surely be a factor - if Donegal do rest some of the U21s they could have very bare looking teams for the Monaghan and Mayo league game. Even named team-sheets might not help that much as the Donegal side who played in the first U21 game against Tyrone had 7 changes from the team in the programme. A league final could well be the last thing Donegal are interested in, especially as the likeliest opposition is Dublin.

seligehgit · 23-03-2017 6:56pm

naughto wrote: »

I will go out on a lim and say they will win one of there last two games

Two very tough games,there certainly nothing in the form line to indicate we'll win either.We have a very decent record against Tyrone down through the years since the dawn of time... LOL the 1989 All Ireland semi final.

Donegal in Castlebar will be very tough even accounting for all the lads they've involved in the Ulster under 21 championship.I do not find it credible that they won't be going all out for a win if a league final is in the offing.Our home record in McHale Park is quite poor.We struggled to obtain a point v Donegal last time out in spite of Paddy Durcan's glorious opportunity that he dropped into Durcan's hands.This appears to be a significantly superior team.

I would not be for assuming that one win will be sufficient.TBH I'd be expecting Cavan to beat Roscommon.They are home to the Kingdom,nothing can be taken for granted.They held a very good Monaghan to a draw.

PressRun · 23-03-2017 8:14pm

Based on current form, we're unlikely to win either.

Panrich · 23-03-2017 9:22pm

Form can change around quite quickly at this time of year though. If we get the balance right, we might win both games.

NabyLadistheman · 23-03-2017 10:28pm

If Cavan win both games are we done for?

seligehgit · 23-03-2017 10:34pm

Suarezistheman wrote: »

If Cavan win both games are we done for?

Not if we win our two games.

seligehgit · 23-03-2017 11:08pm

Mayo put their All Ireland under 21 title on the line on Saturday when they face Galway in Tuam in the Connacht under 21 semi final.

Manager Mike Solan has named a number of last years under 21 winning team in his starting team for Saturday.Matthew Flanagan,Eoin O'Donoghue,Shairoze Akram,Matthew Ruane and James Kelly all started the 2016 final win over Cork while James Carr came off the bench.

Throw in at Tuam Stadium is 5 PM.

1. Matthew Flanagan (Balla)
2. Stephen Brennan (Claremorris)
3. Eoin O Donoghue (Belmullet)
4. Sean Conlon (Castlebar Mitchels)
5. Marcus Park (Knockmore)
6. Dylan Cannon (Breaffy)
7. Shairoze Akram (Ballaghaderreen)
8. Matthew Ruane (Breaffy)
9. Mikey Murray (Ballina Stephenites)
10. James McCormack (Claremorris)
11. Gerry Canavan (Mayo Gaels)
12. James Kelly (Belmullet)
13. James Lyons (Aghamore)
14. Brian Reape (Bohola Moy Davitts, Captain)
15. James Carr (Ardagh)

Manager: Mike Solan
Selectors: John Ginty and Joe Keane

Courtesy of our friends at Mayo GAA.

Panrich · 23-03-2017 11:41pm

seligehgit wrote: »

Mayo put their All Ireland under 21 title on the line on Saturday when they face Galway in Tuam in the Connacht under 21 semi final.

Manager Mike Solan has named a number of last years under 21 winning team in his starting team for Saturday.Matthew Flanagan,Eoin O'Donoghue,Shairoze Akram,Matthew Ruane and James Kelly all started the 2016 final win over Cork while James Carr came off the bench.

Throw in at Tuam Stadium is 5 PM.

1. Matthew Flanagan (Balla)
2. Stephen Brennan (Claremorris)
3. Eoin O Donoghue (Belmullet)
4. Sean Conlon (Castlebar Mitchels)
5. Marcus Park (Knockmore)
6. Dylan Cannon (Breaffy)
7. Shairoze Akram (Ballaghaderreen)
8. Matthew Ruane (Breaffy)
9. Mikey Murray (Ballina Stephenites)
10. James McCormack (Claremorris)
11. Gerry Canavan (Mayo Gaels)
12. James Kelly (Belmullet)
13. James Lyons (Aghamore)
14. Brian Reape (Bohola Moy Davitts, Captain)
15. James Carr (Ardagh)

Manager: Mike Solan
Selectors: John Ginty and Joe Keane

Courtesy of our friends at Mayo GAA.

A few names there that are unfamiliar to me and who didn't seem to figure at minor level but maybe I just don't remember them. Solan certainly spreads the net wide and last year Boland appeared from nowhere to become a key part of the team that won the AI.

seligehgit · 24-03-2017 9:59pm

Liam Irwin has been dropped from the Mayo senior squad.Seamus O Shea is expected to play for his club Breaffy in the Michael Walsh League on Sunday morning.

seligehgit · 24-03-2017 10:03pm

The Mayo team to face Tyrone in the penultimate round of the Football League in Healy Park on Sunday shows two changes from last weekend's defeat to Cavan in Castlebar.

Chris Barrett comes in for his first start of the year in defence with Evan Regan also starting,Donal Vaughan and Conor Loftus are the players making way.

1. David Clarke (Ballina Stephenites)
2. Brendan Harrison (Aghamore)
3. Keith Higgins (Ballyhaunis)
4. Chris Barrett (Belmullet)
5. Colm Boyle (Davitts)
6. Lee Keegan (Westport)
7. Paddy Durcan (Castlebar Mitchels)
8. Tom Parsons (Charlestown)
9. Danny Kirby (Castlebar Mitchels)
10. Fergal Boland (Aghamore)
11. Cillian O'Connor (Ballintubber, Capt)
12. Conor O'Shea (Breaffy)
13. Kevin McLoughlin (Knockmore)
14. Andy Moran (Ballaghaderreen)
15. Evan Regan (Ballina Stephenites)

statto25 · 24-03-2017 10:11pm

seligehgit wrote: »

Liam Irwin has been dropped from the Mayo senior squad.Seamus O Shea is expected to play for his club Breaffy in the Michael Walsh League on Sunday morning.

Shame about the Bear being dropped. He has the potential to be very good but needs work on his fitness. Staying within the discipline and regime of a squad would have done him the world of good this year and then give him a proper lash next year in the league.

Fr Tod Umptious · 24-03-2017 10:16pm

Good to see Durcan restored to wing back from the corner.

PressRun · 24-03-2017 10:50pm

statto25 wrote: »

Shame about the Bear being dropped. He has the potential to be very good but needs work on his fitness. Staying within the discipline and regime of a squad would have done him the world of good this year and then give him a proper lash next year in the league.

Not that surprised he was dropped tbh. I don't think he's ready to settle down and commit.

PressRun · 24-03-2017 10:50pm

Great to see Chris Barrett back.

Panrich · 24-03-2017 11:23pm

seligehgit wrote: »

The Mayo team to face Tyrone in the penultimate round of the Football League in Healy Park on Sunday shows two changes from last weekend's defeat to Cavan in Castlebar.

Chris Barrett comes in for his first start of the year in defence with Evan Regan also starting,Donal Vaughan and Conor Loftus are the players making way.

1. David Clarke (Ballina Stephenites)
2. Brendan Harrison (Aghamore)
3. Keith Higgins (Ballyhaunis)
4. Chris Barrett (Belmullet)
5. Colm Boyle (Davitts)
6. Lee Keegan (Westport)
7. Paddy Durcan (Castlebar Mitchels)
8. Tom Parsons (Charlestown)
9. Danny Kirby (Castlebar Mitchels)
10. Fergal Boland (Aghamore)
11. Cillian O'Connor (Ballintubber, Capt)
12. Conor O'Shea (Breaffy)
13. Kevin McLoughlin (Knockmore)
14. Andy Moran (Ballaghaderreen)
15. Evan Regan (Ballina Stephenites)

I'm not sure what Rochford sees in Keith as a fb. He's far too loose a marker.

TCDStudent1 · 25-03-2017 1:40am

seligehgit wrote: »

Liam Irwin has been dropped from the Mayo senior squad.Seamus O Shea is expected to play for his club Breaffy in the Michael Walsh League on Sunday morning.

Not a good sign that he's being dropped when Mayo are in need of some new forwards. Seems strange that an individual player is dropped at this point. Normally, a group of players would be dropped at defined stages. For example, a panel of 50 at start of FBD reduced to 40 at end of FBD, reduced to 35 halfway through league, reduced to 30 at end of league or something along those lines. Hard to understand a player being dropped with 2 league games to play.

TCDStudent1 · 25-03-2017 2:18am

just read that he's one of a number dropped. That makes more sense to me.

seligehgit · 25-03-2017 12:55pm

Beautiful day.No excuses for not heading to Tuam.

There will be a lot of talent on display in the what hopefully will be a cracking under 21 clash.Shall be watching out for Peter Cooke,Michael Daly and Robert Finnerty amongst the enemy ranks.:)

Nothing like a clash with the Tribesmen for the Green and Red.

seligehgit · 25-03-2017 1:02pm

Panrich wrote: »

I'm not sure what Rochford sees in Keith as a fb. He's far too loose a marker.

Definitely think it's nothing more than a stop gap measure,we're in dire need of an up and coming quality full back with our options severely limited by the absence of the best of what we have available.. Ger Caff and Kevin Keane.

Keith Higgins has never traditionally been a tight man marker,he invariably relied on pace to counter same.Unfortunately he was lost a yard of pace so to say,hopefully in due course it'll be possible to return him to the corner.

Ascii · 25-03-2017 1:33pm

Sun is basking in tuam
Gonna be a glorious evening for football. Here is hoping that the U21s get off to a great start and give a boost to the seniors tomorrow.

seligehgit · 25-03-2017 1:49pm

Ascii wrote: »

Sun is basking in tuam
Gonna be a glorious evening for football. Here is hoping that the U21s get off to a great start and give a boost to the seniors tomorrow.

Any suggestions for a good spot to park for a quick getaway,historically it is a nightmare of a ground for parking!

Ascii · 25-03-2017 1:55pm

seligehgit wrote: »

Any suggestions for a good spot to park for a quick getaway,historically it is a nightmare of a ground for parking!

Will be difficult because the minors are on at 3 so all the handy spots down that end of the town will be gone if you are only thinking of getting there for five for the under 21 game. If it was me I would try parking at the presentation secondary school. It's just a brisk 10 minute walk down main street and down to the pitch. When your leaving afterwards then out the dunmore road, take a left and down Bobby Burke road to the n17. No lights and no delays.

seligehgit · 25-03-2017 1:58pm

Ascii wrote: »

Will be difficult because the minors are on at 3 so all the handy spots down that end of the town will be gone if you are only thinking of getting there for five for the under 21 game. If it was me I would try parking at the presentation secondary school. It's just a brisk 10 minute walk down main street and down to the pitch. When your leaving afterwards then out the dunmore road, take a left and down Bobby Burke road to the n17. No lights and no delays.

Thanks a mill,I'll try that.Heading up to see the minors too.

seligehgit · 25-03-2017 5:50pm

Mayo 1-7 Galway 1-11 Connacht minor league

Enjoyable contest, deserved win for the Tribesmen.

TCDStudent1 · 25-03-2017 6:22pm

seligehgit wrote: »

Any suggestions for a good spot to park for a quick getaway,historically it is a nightmare of a ground for parking!

Hmmm in comparison to Pearse stadium, Tuam is a fantastic place to find parking. Count yourself lucky that it wasn't fixed for Pearse and have to drive through Galway city's on a Saturday afternoon!

Panrich · 25-03-2017 8:10pm

So our last u21 campaign was short and not so sweet. Sounds like Galway were good value for the win.

cocoman · 25-03-2017 8:29pm

Panrich wrote: »

So our last u21 campaign was short and not so sweet. Sounds like Galway were good value for the win.

Galway were the much better side. Good bench too.

seligehgit · 25-03-2017 9:15pm

cocoman wrote: »

Galway were the much better side. Good bench too.

Far superior team,they should have been out of sight at half time.We struggled for scores from play and our goal camouflaged the chasm in scoring quality.

First Galway goal was a turning point after a good revival at the start of the second half by our lads.Crucial broken ball by Ciaran Molloy led to the dagger in the heart that was the second goal.Peter Cooke was superb,well deserved MOTM bossing the middle with an impressive accomplice.He is so impressive in the dying art that is long distance place kicking off the ground.Michael Daly was key to win,Robert Finnerty faded after causing many issues for the Mayo defence.Many of us were aghast that the excellent Ciaran Molloy is still under 21,he seems to have been around forever.This Galway team will certainly compete for an All Ireland title.

Not too many positives for ourselves,no stand out forward talent on display.Matthew Ruane and Michael Murray put in decent shifts,ditto Shairoze Akram.Well deserved red card for James Kelly for a very dangerous late tackle.

TCDStudent1 · 25-03-2017 9:22pm

seligehgit wrote: »

Far superior team,they should have been out of sight at half time.We struggled for scores from play and our goal camouflaged the chasm in scoring quality.

First Galway goal was a turning point after a good revival at the start of the second half by our lads.Crucial broken ball by Ciaran Molloy led to the dagger in the heart that was the second goal.Peter Cooke was superb,well deserved MOTM bossing the middle with an impressive accomplice.He is so impressive in the dying art that is long distance place kicking off the ground.Michael Daly was key to win,Robert Finnerty faded after causing many issues for the Mayo defence.Many of us were aghast that the excellent Ciaran Molloy is still under 21,he seems to have been around forever.This Galway team will certainly compete for an All Ireland title.

Not too many positives for ourselves,no stand out forward talent on display.Matthew Ruane and Michael Murray put in decent shifts,ditto Shairoze Akram.Well deserved red card for James Kelly for a very dangerous late tackle.

Interesting to hear that Cooke played well. He's faded off the senior panel in recent weeks. I haven't seen this Galway team play but I'd know some of the players from minor and club - there is quality there.

If you think Cooke is good at long distance place kicking, you should Barry McHugh who is currently in Galway senior team. Quality free taker but it's still debatable he'll make it come championship. It is great to see players with technique taking long distance free though, rather than the hit and hope shots you see from goalkeepers.

thestar · 25-03-2017 10:34pm

Any list of the names deopped?

Fowler87 · 26-03-2017 11:04am

Fair play to all who travelled to Omagh today. Couldn't make it myself so the novelty of watching the game live on the box awaits. Reaction and big one at that badly needed. Result is still tough ask but if history tells us anything about this Mayo team ya never know.