Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

seligehgit

Blackjack wrote: »

Who's his brother in Law?.

Andy Moran

RedDevil55

BandMember wrote: »

There's a huge difference between club and county football - loads of good club players who never made the grade at intercounty level. That's the case in every county. If you think Drake is capable of facing the likes of Geaney, Clifford, Comer or any of the Dublin forwards, then I can only hope that your real name is not James Horan. Drake has had more than enough chances at intercounty level and is neither good enough, fast enough, skillful enough, strong enough or have the ability to be considered for further selection. It's time to cut some players from the panel who are never going to make the grade. Drake should be one of those cuts (but whether he will depends on how much his brother in law can influence that decision).

If you think Drake isn't strong enough or fast enough for intercounty we will have to cut 90% of the panel for next year. We been repeatedly exposed for not having a commanding physical presence in the full back line. Drake would give us that at least.

Edit: I don't think he has been given much of a chance in defence. He keeps being brought on as some auxiliary forward which is not his position.

BandMember

RedDevil55 wrote: »

If you think Drake isn't strong enough or fast enough for intercounty we will have to cut 90% of the panel for next year. We been repeatedly exposed for not having a commanding physical presence in the full back line. Drake would give us that at least.

Completely wrong. Correct. Completely wrong.

Look, I don't want to get into a big row about it. Given your club allegiance, there's a strong possibility that you either know the guy or are related to him so I will respect that, but you must acknowledge that it is influencing your opinion.

FYI He has been played in defence before and been absolutely skinned for pace.

Blackjack

RedDevil55 wrote: »

If you think Drake isn't strong enough or fast enough for intercounty we will have to cut 90% of the panel for next year. We been repeatedly exposed for not having a commanding physical presence in the full back line. Drake would give us that at least.

Edit: I don't think he has been given much of a chance in defence. He keeps being brought on as some auxiliary forward which is not his position.

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Blackjack

BandMember wrote: »

(but whether he will depends on how much his brother in law can influence that decision).

Blackjack wrote: »

Who's his brother in Law?.

seligehgit wrote: »

Andy Moran

FFS. Are we back to peddaling this player power bull**** again?. Some people would want to get a grip and stop reading Brehany and giving credence to twitter trolls.

BandMember

Blackjack wrote: »

FFS. Are we back to peddaling this player power bull**** again?. Some people would want to get a grip and stop reading Brehany and giving credence to twitter trolls.

Um, I wasn't intending to do that to be honest - so apologies if it came across that way. There was a slight element of sarcasm (along with a nod to the inmates running the asylum BS that was doing the rounds under the previous management) in my comment which may have been lost in translation. Sorry!

Loafing Oaf

BandMember wrote: »

Drake is neither strong enough

I'm not a fan of the guy at all but in fairness I reckon he makes the grade in this category.

RedDevil55

BandMember wrote: »

Completely wrong. Correct. Completely wrong.

Look, I don't want to get into a big row about it. Given your club allegiance, there's a strong possibility that you either know the guy or are related to him so I will respect that, but you must acknowledge that it is influencing your opinion.

FYI He has been played in defence before and been absolutely skinned for pace.

I'm not from Ballaghaderreen and don't know the lad at all. But I'll leave it at that. If you think Drake lacks pace there's no point debating this further.

jr86

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

I'm not a fan of the guy at all but in fairness I reckon he makes the grade in this category.

And is one of the fastest guys in the panel also

BandMember

@RedDevil55: We'll shake hands and leave it at that so. I have no wish to argue or fall out with anyone here. Just offering my thoughts and opinion based on what I've seen.

Now, what's the next topic on the agenda lads?

happyoutscan

BandMember wrote: »

Now, what's the next topic on the agenda lads?

Ladies football?
















Sorry.

seligehgit

Blackjack wrote: »

FFS. Are we back to peddaling this player power bull**** again?. Some people would want to get a grip and stop reading Brehany and giving credence to twitter trolls.

I was only answering your question.:)

Blackjack

seligehgit wrote: »

I was only answering your question.:)

Ah I know. It wasnt directed at you.

km79

Thee can be a lot of criticism of Drake but he isn’t slow

seligehgit

'I don't think James would come back if he didn't think there was potential for us to win an All-Ireland'

Aidan O’Shea is delighted with James Horan’s return to the Mayo helm.

http://www.the42.ie/aidan-oshea-mayo-james-horan-mayo-2-4277469-Oct2018/

seligehgit

BandMember wrote: »

@RedDevil55: We'll shake hands and leave it at that so. I have no wish to argue or fall out with anyone here. Just offering my thoughts and opinion based on what I've seen.

Now, what's the next topic on the agenda lads?

The replay on Saturday night.

Fr Tod Umptious

The championship draw is on tonight.

After NY I'd like to see Mayo avoid Galway this time and get an easier run to a Connacht final at least.

I'm sick of seeing Galway in thecQF or SF.

seligehgit

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

The championship draw is on tonight.

After NY I'd like to see Mayo avoid Galway this time and get an easier run to a Connacht final at least.

I'm sick of seeing Galway in thecQF or SF.

Please God we'll for once get a more favourable draw.

Last few years have been horror shows.

yop

seligehgit wrote: »

Please God we'll for once get a more favourable draw.

Last few years have been horror shows.

We've made them horror shows.
If lads can hold discipline then might help us.

muddle84

Ah i think we would be better to get Galway early rather than in a Connacht final, either way it doesnt matter when we meet them as long as we beat them if we do meet them!

jr86

Interestingly enough there's only been one Galway/Mayo Connacht final this decade and only 2 years we've been in opposite sides of the draw

jr86

muddle84 wrote: »

Ah i think we would be better to get Galway early rather than in a Connacht final, either way it doesnt matter when we meet them as long as we beat them if we do meet them!

At least if we were to lose to them in a Connacht Final it would mean only one back door game til Super 8s.

Anyway nothing we can do about the draw will just have to wait and see what happens!

Fr Tod Umptious

BandMember wrote: »

Isn't Connacht a kinda "fixed" draw in terms of the teams who go to NY and London being diverted through a certain path? I would thought that with us going to NY next year that we'd be getting one of Leitrim/Ros/Sligo with Galway on the other side of things? Maybe it's changed this year, but I'll guess that we'll find out tonight.

The only part that's fixed is who goes to NY and London.

Who they play after that is a draw.

Sebastian Dangerfield

Anyone anticipate a shortage of tickets for the NY game? Everyone and their dog seems to be going

charlie14

Sebastian Dangerfield wrote: »

Anyone anticipate a shortage of tickets for the NY game? Everyone and their dog seems to be going

Not entirely sure but faik capacity is around 2,000 so quite possible.

km79

Soft draw please

PARlance

kippy wrote: »

Just something I wanted to bring up.
While the late night under lights might be good in some ways, doesn't it make it very difficult for parents with kids to justify going to support their club?
1. Its late when the game starts so very late when you get back home (depending on travelling times etc)
2. It's generally far colder than earlier in the day.

Personally, I think these late kickoffs make it far more difficult for the younger supporters and younger players etc who are the future of the game, get to watch their clubs in action in the biggest games.

Is there a reason so many of the later games are on so late?

Not really tbh. First semi was at 6pm and second at 7:30... I had my 4 year old with me for both games and he was just fine. Well wrapped up and bribed with a bit of chocolate... but there wasn't a bother on him. Took a bit of entertaining at times but such are kids.

He ended up being up later than normal but no major panic. We didn't hang around for ET though.

seligehgit

charlie14 wrote: »

Not entirely sure but faik capacity is around 2,000 so quite possible.

Thought they squeezed 4,000 in on previous occasions?

BandMember

seligehgit wrote: »

Thought they squeezed 4,000 in on previous occasions?

Well, they got away by some miracle last time around as there was a very bad crowd congestion incident and it could have proved serious. Anyone I spoke to afterwards who was there were very angry about the shambolic organisation at the ground (there was pretty much none). I hope that they have learned their lessons ahead of what should be a record attendance next May....

charlie14

seligehgit wrote: »

Thought they squeezed 4,000 in on previous occasions?

As I said, not that sure of capacity and if it is 4,000 then there should be no great problem with tickets I would imagine.

kippy

PARlance wrote: »

Not really tbh. First semi was at 6pm and second at 7:30... I had my 4 year old with me for both games and he was just fine. Well wrapped up and bribed with a bit of chocolate... but there wasn't a bother on him. Took a bit of entertaining at times but such are kids.

He ended up being up later than normal but no major panic. We didn't hang around for ET though.

So you don't think late kickoffs put off the majority of parents with younger kids from going to a match as opposed to afternoon kickoffs?
Granted there are parents and kids at these matches but I have heard complaints from a lot of parents with respect to the increasing prevalence of late kick offs for major club games.
I just wonder what the logic is in having kickoffs this late.

jr86

I actually think later games work well on a Saturday, given that plenty still do a bit of work on saturday mornings/early afternoons - especially those in trades/working on farms and so on. Means you can spend the day at other things and then have the evening to head to a match

Always_Running

kippy wrote: »

So you don't think late kickoffs put off the majority of parents with younger kids from going to a match as opposed to afternoon kickoffs?
Granted there are parents and kids at these matches but I have heard complaints from a lot of parents with respect to the increasing prevalence of late kick offs for major club games.
I just wonder what the logic is in having kickoffs this late.

Throw ins!

The Talking Bread

Always_Running wrote: »

Throw ins!

More "kick offs" in gaa matches at the minute than throw ins..............

km79

It’s all kicking off now

PARlance

kippy wrote: »

So you don't think late kickoffs put off the majority of parents with younger kids from going to a match as opposed to afternoon kickoffs?
Granted there are parents and kids at these matches but I have heard complaints from a lot of parents with respect to the increasing prevalence of late kick offs for major club games.
I just wonder what the logic is in having kickoffs this late.

Not really, people find reason to complain about anything. The only other alternative is Sunday games and you would have people saying it's a family day etc.

It's not as if they were late night games. 6pm and 7:30pm is grand imo. As I mentioned, we've a 4yo and 6yo. They go to bed 7:30-8 on school nights. 8-9 at weekends... I don't think a 7:30 throw in would be any real hassle, for any parent, unless they were very young kids.

Fr Tod Umptious

Leitrim or Roscommon after NY.

Loafing Oaf

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Leitrim or Roscommon after NY.

Stars aligning for JH.:P

blinding

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Stars aligning for JH.:P

Fix...only kidding .

naughto

Galway in the Connaught final in the Hyde

Always_Running

naughto wrote: »

Galway in the Connaught final in the Hyde

A Mayo v Galway Connacht final as it looks to be with that draw tonight would be played in the wind tunnel of Pearse Stadium

BENDYBINN

Always_Running wrote: »

A Mayo v Galway Connacht final as it looks to be with that draw tonight would be played in the wind tunnel of Pearse Stadium

Makin excuses already!!

ProudDUB

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Leitrim or Roscommon after NY.

So no Galway until the Connacht final?

Gosh darn it !

What's everyone gonna obsess over for the next 7 months then so?

BandMember

ProudDUB wrote: »

So no Galway until the Connacht final?

Gosh darn it !

What's everyone gonna obsess over for the next 7 months then so?

Oh, don't worry.......it is Mayo after all...........I'm sure that we'll find something.....

muddle84

ProudDUB wrote: »

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Leitrim or Roscommon after NY.

So no Galway until the Connacht final?

Gosh darn it !

What's everyone gonna obsess over for the next 7 months then so?

Theres always the FBD and Allianz league!

ProudDUB

BandMember wrote: »

Oh, don't worry.......it is Mayo after all...........I'm sure that we'll find something.....

I'm sure you will. But the bang of fear off this place for 7 months was very entertaining for the rest of us.

flasher0030

ProudDUB wrote: »

So no Galway until the Connacht final?

Gosh darn it !

What's everyone gonna obsess over for the next 7 months then so?

Dublin funding and population???!!!!

blinding

flasher0030 wrote: »

Dublin funding and population???!!!!

Something has to be done !

Loafing Oaf

Any question about this evening's game going ahead because of the weather?

seligehgit

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Any question about this evening's game going ahead because of the weather?

Well if it keeps spilling rain at the rate of knots it is now I'd say it's a real live possibility.