Mayo GAA Discussion

Kennedys or Iveagh House both in Drumcondra are decent spots to watch a game.

It would be of interest to know how many of the Tyrone team were on the Tyrone panel that won the u21 All Ireland football final a few years ago when it beat Tipperary. The manager that day is the same manager for the current Tyrone senior team.

Tyrone u21s’ beat Dönegal on the way to the final. It was reported , at the time, and in relation to both matches, that the verbal abuse from some of the Tyrone players was something to behold - comments were apparently of a very sexual nature,about deceased relatives etc, etc and delivered using extremely uncooth language.

i did not see most of the match against Kerry but I understand that Tyrone tried to ‘kill’ as much time as possible via apparent injuries when one of its players got a black card - stop/ start can be a killer to knock you out of your stride.

In the last minutes of the match I say a Tyrone player actually down a Kerry player to the ground - the most blatant pull down I ever saw . The Tyrone player had absolutely no intention of even considering playing football. His sole intention was to bring a man down in such a way as if his life depended on it , kill more time , frustrate the opposition , etc, etc, etc. the ref should have added on another two minutes because of it.

i smelled ‘a rat’, as they say, immediately I heard of the Tyrone Covid plea. In my eyes , the countypulled a very fast one. The feature in the Saturday’s Irish Times on the Tyrone goalkeeper - before the match - was , IMO, a masterpiece of deception. Eg the Covid thing was so serious/bad that when I turned up for training I did not know whether only two others might turn up for training

it begs the question if there is an un written culture in the Tyrone GAA circles of such actions so as to win at any cost and no matter what it takes tacit approved by management by doing nothing about it. So the Mayo players/management should be ready for ANYTHING and brace itself accordingly - and not get ‘caught up’ in the games- other than football that Tyrone play

GAA Hq should now consider doing two things re rules in general:-

(1) with agreement of ,say ,three players per team , the wearing of mics to pick up on any abuse being thrown

(2) using TMO - like as in rugby, to check on fouls but most especially on throwingmmmmmmm on the throwing instead of hand passing the sliotarmmmmmmmmmm sliotar. Not related to the above but just availing of the opportunity to make the point

That’s quite the attack on Tyrone GAA and I’m not sure the Mayo GAA thread is the place for it.

I never liked Mickey Harte but there’s an edge to Tyrone football that has to be admired. They revolutionised football in the mid ‘00s and brought a work rate that we hadn’t seen before. All of the top teams play on or past the edge at times, Mayo included

The genuine gaa supporter doesnt give a damn if ye had covid or not, the facts are that each team had the same amount of prep time. coming out like pat spillane did reeks of sour grapes. if ye got a benefit and kerry got impacted by it, then fair dues. but i cant see how it improved one team and made another worse. of the top 4 teams, i wouldnt be concerned about cynical play from Tyrone. we've gone 2 decades through it from Kerry, and the last 10 years through the worst of it with Dublin. fair to say, whatever tyrone get upto, mayo will too. id be disappointed to see any less that 4 completely torn jerseys by the end of the game.

Now that is completely pulling the piss!!!!

Conor Lane is as good as McQuillan or Deegan. He made mistakes in semi final but Dublin supporters would say the same. He did give very soft frees against both teams in semi.

Deegan is very frustrating waving his hands around like someone swatting flies of a cake.

While you are entitled to your opinion its probably more suitable to post that in the general all ireland discussion thread. It isnt of much relevance to us here.

Mayo Tyrone matches in the past have always been played in a good spirit and I dont know about others here but I have an admiration for them based on their tough tackling style and their ability to consistently put one over on Kerry.

The selfish git part of me would love a replay. Chance of getting a ticket might be better

I listened to the Mayo are back pod yesterday, good craic, anything to feed the excitement. They did make a very good point about Matthew Ruane, that he has eliminated the two or three "ah f**k ya Mattie" moments from his game that were there up to this season. I think hes in line for POTY if we win

I hope you're right. I know very few who have tickets with most already organizing where they are watching it.

I only know one person who is going up with the hope of getting a ticket.

I think he's mad but each to their own.

That's senior intercounty footballer, i believe that to be true! In fairness they do play in the competition. I think that's fair enough, every club in the country makes no sense whatsoever though!

Hi All, Just wondering if there is a good pub in the Limerick/Ennis areas that would have a good crowd of Mayo fans to watch the match with? No tickets for the match so the next best thing would be in a pub with a good Mayo crowd. Tried to even get a hotel for the night in castlebar or westport but all sold out.

Thanks but need something more central as will be travelling with kids on public transport.

Anyone looking to swap a stand for 2 Hill tickets?