Mayo GAA Discussion - Part 3

blowitupref

Belmullet and Balla beaten today and i presume both were favourties to win?

jr86

Tooreen probably getting a bit lost in the coverage with the two football games on but that's a famous result for them and deserves to be acknowledged, Gabriels from London had a very good team this year and were looking at challenging for the All Ireland. Huge for Mayo hurling

Loafing Oaf

Ballintubber won 3-11 to 1-8. Will play Corofin in the final in a fortnight.

charlie14

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Ballintubber won 3-11 to 1-8. Will play Corofin in the final in a fortnight.

Aughawillan can be a dogged enough outfit so a handy enough win in that context.
Corofin totally blew Clann away. They are looking even stronger than last year where at least there was a period in games where they were vulnerable due to switching off. Last two game they have been relentless.

Loafing Oaf

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Ballintubber won 3-11 to 1-8. Will play Corofin in the final in a fortnight.

Has the venue been decided yet?

seligehgit

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Has the venue been decided yet?

MacHale Park.

irishgeo

seligehgit wrote: »

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Has the venue been decided yet?

MacHale Park.

Will my season ticket get me in. Club +

statto25

irishgeo wrote: »

Will my season ticket get me in. Club +

Nope. The Club+ only covers Mayo Club Championship games.

seligehgit

Ballintubber v Corofin is live on TG4 at 2 next Sunday.

yop

seligehgit wrote: »

Ballintubber v Corofin is live on TG4 at 2 next Sunday.

Met Diarmuid at our underage presentations, 2 things struck me. One was how shy and quite and unassuming he is, the different character you see on the pitch isn't what u meet off it.
And what are them lads eating!!! I'm not small but bloody hell for a lad who seems small on the pitch he has a rock of shoulders!

The young lads loved him.

Bunny Colvin

Booked up for New York next year. Always a great trip.

seligehgit

Bunny Colvin wrote: »

Booked up for New York next year. Always a great trip.

Good man,hopefully we'll all get a ticket!

Bunny Colvin

seligehgit wrote: »

Good man,hopefully we'll all get a ticket!

Bring the cooler, we can tailgate outside if we can't get in

seligehgit

Bunny Colvin wrote: »

Bring the cooler, we can tailgate outside if we can't get in

Not sure if you heard anything but I did hear rumour that there was a possible change of venue due to the magnitude of the expected attendance.

yop

Bunny Colvin wrote: »

Booked up for New York next year. Always a great trip.

Had to pull out. Mothers 70th.... I think I'd lose the inheritance if I missed it!

Bunny Colvin

seligehgit wrote: »

Not sure if you heard anything but I did hear rumour that there was a possible change of venue due to the magnitude of the expected attendance.

Haven't heard anything but I wouldn't be surprised. The venue is small anyway, some crowd around the place last time. Yankee Stadium might be free!!

statto25

Bunny Colvin wrote: »

seligehgit wrote: »

Not sure if you heard anything but I did hear rumour that there was a possible change of venue due to the magnitude of the expected attendance.

Haven't heard anything but I wouldn't be surprised. The venue is small anyway, some crowd around the place last time. Yankee Stadium might be free!!

Yankee Stadium would be too small I'd reckon. We would fill the Met Life no bother!

seligehgit

Chatting to a few good gaa folk yesterday,is it true Ian Burke is out for tomorrow?

TCDStudent1

seligehgit wrote: »

Chatting to a few good gaa folk yesterday,is it true Ian Burke is out for tomorrow?

He was out for drawn Galway final (went off injured in drawn final). Not sure if he is back tomorrow

charlie14

seligehgit wrote: »

Chatting to a few good gaa folk yesterday,is it true Ian Burke is out for tomorrow?

He gave an interview this week where said he was fine and raring to go, unless he picked up an injury since training.

GalwayLurker

seligehgit wrote: »

Chatting to a few good gaa folk yesterday,is it true Ian Burke is out for tomorrow?

Nope, he missed the replayed county final, could have come on against Clann, he was named as a sub but wasn't needed so fully fit for tomorrow, presume he'll start.

seligehgit

Cheers lads.

Great effort by Tooreen yesterday by all accounts.

13 man Tooreen lost the club intermediate hurling final.

Tooreen 1-15

Oranmore 1-20

Best of luck to Ballintubber today.

Lovely winter day for it,looking forward to it.

naughto

Tubber game in tg4 @2

seligehgit

Damn near perfect conditions.

Bit of morning dew but hardly a puff of wind.

charlie14

naughto wrote: »

Tubber game in tg4 @2

Is it not the deferred game ? I thought the Portlaoise V Killmacud was the 2 o clock.

seligehgit

charlie14 wrote: »

Is it not the deferred game ? I thought the Portlaoise V Killmacud was the 2 o clock.

No it's live.

Recording it.

seligehgit

Super first half from Ballintubber.

Hopefully they can keep it going.

Seámus-Púbach

Getting serious joy off the Corofin kick outs when they make it further up the field. Great work on turnovers  and general defensive discipline as well

Loafing Oaf

seligehgit wrote: »

Chatting to a few good gaa folk yesterday,is it true Ian Burke is out for tomorrow?

Well he's there now anyway.:rolleyes:

Seámus-Púbach

8 and a half minutes of sloppiness, mistakes and giving away possession.

Bunny Colvin

Seámus-Púbach wrote: »

8 and a half minutes of sloppiness, mistakes and giving away possession.

Yeah, sloppy play and some bad wides. The two goals conceded were soft I thought, only themselves to blame if they lose it. Plenty of time left though.

Bunny Colvin

Looking easy for Corofin now, that should be that. Ballintubber have completely faded away this half.

Cartman78

It's all going horribly wrong for Ballintubber.....can't seem to get put of their own half now

Loafing Oaf

Cartman78 wrote: »

It's all going horribly wrong for Ballintubber.....can't seem to get put of their own half now

Corofin very handy with the old keep-ball, very hard to turn it over

BENDYBINN

Took a long time for the Galway boys to get going....will be a worry going forward.

Cartman78

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Cartman78 wrote: »

It's all going horribly wrong for Ballintubber.....can't seem to get put of their own half now

Corofin very handy with the old keep-ball, very hard to turn it over

True, and there was 4 or 5 Ballintubber kickouts in quick succession that were pretty poor

charlie14

The support play from Corofin in the 2nd half has been excellent. Especially Molloy their no 5

Loafing Oaf

charlie14 wrote: »

The support play from Corofin in the 2nd half has been excellent. Especially Molloy their no 5

Always think you have to be good to get away with fancy hair like that in the GAA:P

jr86

Hopeless first half by Corofin but they were always likely to cut loose when they got going - Ian Burke is a class apart

I have to be honest that was another appalling challenge by COC in the second half and he was very lucky not to see the line. It has to be a serious worry for Mayo going forward this propensity of his to dish out awful 'tackles'.

jr86

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Took a long time for the Galway boys to get going....will be a worry going forward.

Hard to know, they only limped over the line in the semi last year yet blitzed Nemo in the final. Struggled in county final this year then beat Clann na nGael by about 30

There are games when they still cut loose, but as they showed today they're still miles ahead of anyone in Connacht and they can win ugly if they have to

Themselves and Dr Crokes would be a fascinating final if it transpires

charlie14

Loafing Oaf wrote: »

Always think you have to be good to get away with fancy hair like that in the GAA:P

By the look of him he doesn`t just have to be good to get away with it. He is a right tough looking nut as well. Some engine and he can take his score as well.

jr86

Yeah Molloy really looks the real deal. Still dishing out challenges and bombing up the pitch in injury time. He's a phenomenal athlete

Daithi Burke would make such a difference to the Galway footballers too. I wonder will he ever be persuaded

charlie14

jr86 wrote: »

Yeah Molloy really looks the real deal. Still dishing out challenges and bombing up the pitch in injury time. He's a phenomenal athlete

Daithi Burke would make such a difference to the Galway footballers too. I wonder will he ever be persuaded

A real talent in both codes but it looks like hurling is his first love so I would doubt it.
On Molloy, didn`t he get into a car after the club semis last year and go and play in a Sigerson final ?

statto25

charlie14 wrote: »

jr86 wrote: »

Yeah Molloy really looks the real deal. Still dishing out challenges and bombing up the pitch in injury time. He's a phenomenal athlete

Daithi Burke would make such a difference to the Galway footballers too. I wonder will he ever be persuaded

A real talent in both codes but it looks like hurling is his first love so I would doubt it.
On Molloy, didn`t he get into a car after the club semis last year and go and play in a Sigerson final ?

Yep came on for NUIG after getting a police escort to Dublin for the game...he was class today

Always_Running

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Took a long time for the Galway boys to get going....will be a worry going forward.

Why would it be worrying? they took a long time to get going because they were playing the Mayo champions in MacHale Park who came with a game plan that made them difficult to score against. In the end Corofin was good value for their 4 point win and will have learnt far more from today's game than the semi final win.

charlie14

Always_Running wrote: »

Why would it be worrying? they took a long time to get going because they were playing the Mayo champions in MacHale Park who came with a game plan that made them difficult to score against. In the end Corofin was good value for their 4 point win and will have learnt far more from today's game than the semi final win.

They look like a team that no matter what you try, once they figure you out they just get into their rhythm and are relentless. If they get into that rhythm early, as they did against Clann, with their firepower coming at you from all over the pitch you are looking at a serious hiding.

manofwisdom

jr86 wrote: »

Hopeless first half by Corofin but they were always likely to cut loose when they got going .

I think I would give a bit more credit To Ballintubber for their good 1st half and making Corofin look "hopeless"

jr86 wrote: »

they showed today they're still miles ahead of anyone in Connacht and they can win ugly if they have to

Weren't miles ahead last year as they needed extra time to beat both St Brigids and Castlebar.

Hulk Hands

manofwisdom wrote: »

I think I would give a bit more credit To Ballintubber for their good 1st half and making Corofin look "hopeless"




Weren't miles ahead last year as they needed extra time to beat both St Brigids and Castlebar.

They have their off days certainly but no team in Connacht is even remotely capable of putting on the exhibition Corofin have put on in their 2 AI final appearances. I'd go as far to say no club team is capable. These late winter days on heavy pitches are always ones they look like they'll be caught out, like Mountbellew this year and Crokes 2 years back. Doesn't suit their style at all. The grass there at McHale Park today looked as if it hadn't been mown since August.

Ballintubber can be reasonably happy with their performance though and i'm sure Horan is relieved the two lads will be around for the league. Must be sickening Kevin Walsh badly at this stage

jr86

Hulk Hands wrote: »

They have their off days certainly but no team in Connacht is even remotely capable of putting on the exhibition Corofin have put on in their 2 AI final appearances. I'd go as far to say no club team is capable. These late winter days on heavy pitches are always ones they look like they'll be caught out, like Mountbellew this year and Crokes 2 years back. Doesn't suit their style at all. The grass there at McHale Park today looked as if it hadn't been mown since August.

Ballintubber can be reasonably happy with their performance though and i'm sure Horan is relieved the two lads will be around for the league. Must be sickening Kevin Walsh badly at this stage

Well said. You won't hammer every team every week and there will be times they're almost caught on an odd day (sure they even nearly lost in Galway last year) but as you say no-one in Connacht is in the ha'penny place with them in terms of footballing ability and talent and no-one can compete with their squad

I suspect Corofin have gotten to the stage where they're simply doing what they have to do in Connacht now (like in Galway) but they'll always have a small eye on February - they're that dominant now (3 in a row today). I don't think its a coincidence their best performances tend to the come in the AI final as you say

Ballintubber certainly got well stuck in in the first half but Corofin equally did not get going at all and were missing the most basic kick and hand passes. When they sorted that out and sprung Ian Burke they were miles superior.

When Castlebar got knocked out in the semi I knew any hope of a Mayo club All Ireland was gone. They're the only team who can consistently get under Corofin's skin in the province - styles make match-ups and all that

Always_Running

jr86 wrote: »

Well said. You won't hammer every team every week and there will be times they're almost caught on an odd day (sure they even nearly lost in Galway last year) but as you say no-one in Connacht is in the ha'penny place with them in terms of footballing ability and talent and no-one can compete with their squad

I suspect Corofin have gotten to the stage where they're simply doing what they have to do in Connacht now (like in Galway) but they'll always have a small eye on February - they're that dominant now (3 in a row today). I don't think its a coincidence their best performances tend to the come in the AI final as you say

Ballintubber certainly got well stuck in in the first half but Corofin equally did not get going at all and were missing the most basic kick and hand passes. When they sorted that out and sprung Ian Burke they were miles superior.

When Castlebar got knocked out in the semi I knew any hope of a Mayo club All Ireland was gone. They're the only team who can consistently get under Corofin's skin in the province - styles make match-ups and all that

As i said before Corofin only hammer poorly organised teams and Tubber were always going to come with a organised plan with the way they won Mayo. The best teams Corofin played last year was probably in Connacht and this year it looks like Crokes of Kerry will be their biggest challenge.