Mayo GAA Discussion

Out of that list Higgins is the only one on a par with Keegan

Go back to bed

I am well aware who Liam McHale is

A fine player but nowhere near the level Keegan has consistently played at .

One all star. Never won POTY. Fairly easy to see who is the better player

And of all the posters here I am the last person who needs to do my research on Conor ;)

While we are all disappointed, angry and disillusioned, any real Mayo fan giving that brolly article any heed or traction need to step back and have a look at themselves.

It certainly was not an easy chance for AOS. He caught the ball well but seemed to panic then. He shud have soloed back in to himself, thereby getting free of the defender and better chance of a score. Even a point would have been ok.

An easy goal is the Tyrone 2nd (more credit goes to the midfielder who caught the ball and the forward who had the brains to hand pass it into the square) and the Mayo missed pen. I don’t think you should be going for top corner and doing a stop/start in such a crucial moment. I wonder what could have happened if AOS had taken it, could have got that demon of never scoring in a final off his back.

He subbed him early in the semi but looked like he was not allowed sun him yday. I think AOS and the people around him must have some kind of influence on Horan yday.

Daren McHale was injured

Oh stop. Do you ever see the antics of the Smalls, McMahon or McCarthy for BAC? Absolute thugs. Keegan never like that.

As others suggested, if AOS not good enough to be a starter anymore, then he's not really going to offer much off the bench either I think.

There's no curse. Mayo will win when they have enough good players, particularly in attack, on the field. It will come if you keep at it.

Grow a pair. Do you think any of the top players don't walk a tight line. Pure horse manure. Every dog in the street knows he is a top player and in order to deliver the result will do what is necessary. The problem with Mayo is we need about another 12/13 of Lee Keegans.

Thought Tommy Convoy was very good but just wasn't fed the ball enough. Constantly trying to drive and pull the team through it, just a pity some lads around up didn't have his mentality.

There is no question that Horan has changed the Mayo mentality.

The 2000s and the year before Horan arrived is a decade where they were beaten by teams like Westmeath, Cork, Fermanagh, Derry, Meath and Longford.

And were hammered in big games by Kerry.

Horan changed all that, they became tougher, stronger etc.

Since then they have only missed one SF.

So I don't think you can accuse Horan of not practicing what he preaches when it comes to Mayo's mentality.

However as for AOS yesterday, it's a common belief by us outside the setup that taking him off v Dublin was the winning of the game.

That's easy (and lazy) analysis for us lay people, but maybe management saw it differently, they could have come to a different conclusion about what was the winning of the Dublin game.

So maybe Horan left him on in the hope that he might do something, maybe Horan was seeing other failings all over the field that were leading to the losing of the game and not just O'Sheas ineffectiveness.

Who would you have brought in as a sub for Aido and did you think there were others on the field that were having equally poor or worse performances?. To my mind there were 3 or 4 other players who should have been, and some eventually were subbed off. Part of the issue was only 2 of our substitutions looked effective, the rest did not.

There’s no point in throwing on a sub for a player if it’s not going to improve the situation. Horan isn’t there to make decisions to appease the mob on Social media that seem to revel in abusing amateur players.

I think Horan gave Aidan the benefit of the doubt and an opportunity to set things right from the semifinal. But when it was clear he wasn't getting to the pitch of things, he should have come off.

Still I don't think he was our worst player. Matthew Ruane essentially played himself out of contention for player of the year yesterday. Loftus was awful too. And the two of them together in midfield were a disaster.

If it was the Sympathy McGuire - Mayo's name would be on it, from what I'm reading here! Tyrone played better ball and were deserved winners - 13 time is a charm Mayo!

Malachy clerkin as always fair and on point

Basically we had enough chances to win the game from good positions but blew it

I thought he was poor too but i watched it back. He actually had a good second quarter, setting up several chances by winning ball and good use of quick hands. He missed a good chance for a point alright, the goal one was a harder chance and a great block. Others had poorer games. Durcan had a poorer game for example, but he has barely got a mention. In the second half he was moved out the field which i think was a mistake on the line rather than osheas mistake.

I take your point with barrett but i was just trying to make the point that only two guys we had last that year could have turned the tide. Put in harrison instead, same difference.

I think people saying we got the breaks arent right. Tyrone got a lot of breaks. Ohora hauled down heading for goal, no card. Mccurry hauls down keegan, no card. Tyrones persistant fouling when mayo got a run at the goal, no cards. Im not blaming the ref, i just think the narrative out there isnt really accurate. Kilpatrick could have gone with ruane also. Watch it back with a cool head and this becomes apparent.

The goal spooked us. We took rash shots on and they didnt come off. That killed us. We couldnt win any breaks, which gave tyrone a platform. They kept their composure and were a nice bit cuter. They deserved to win it. Hopefully odonoghue can get over the penalty miss and becomes the player he can be.

Agreed on the mcshane goal. Oshea was in similar positions and we didnt deliver the ball. Im not saying it is a definite goal if we did, but the truth is mcshane was fairly poor in the game besides (have a look at the free he missed - worse than osheas kick), yet he still got the goal when the ball went in. You cant score them if you dont try.

Our malfunction in the middle third was a far bigger issue than oshea. I think we just felt that we were going to win it and now are hurting. Oshea is an easy target. Im not saying he couldnt have played better, but who isnt guilty of that?