Mayo GAA Discussion

I'm sure there are things that are unforgiveable but what he done is not in that bucket! He is young and made a mistake, hopefully he has the right attitude to it and drives on like other players that made mistakes at that level and left it behind them!

And even then they coughed up a fair few balls when their hand passing routines broke down and i imagine they must have spent hours doing these drills, doesnt say much tbh for management tbh and it must be depressing for talented young players to have to play this kind of shite

Any thoughts on the match?

I think Galway would win (rather easily) if they played more like Kevin Walsh's team but I can't see Joyce doing that (and even if he changed his ethos, they haven't trained for that type of game)

The only other way I see them winning is if Walsh, Comer & Conroy play out of their skin - I think Durcan (if fit, otherwise Mullin), O'Hora and Coen/AOS will have enough to quieten at least 2 of those.

Mayo by 3

He’s a galway legend, he should be given at least 10 more years to implement his style of play

I've two seats in the stand going for tomorrow if anyone needs them

Probably better not to engage with it.

Nervous excitement the night before a connacht quarter final. Strange times!

The bridge in Shrule has 6 big Mayo flags(3 on either side) to welcome our dear neighbours as they make their way towards defeat tomorrow:@

Cracking day for a mayo Galway game. Might skip the stand and enjoy the match from the McHale Road end in the sunshine.

Yeah, Donegal and Armagh. Perplexes me that 80% of the crowd will swan in there in the hour beforehand without any care or realisation that a huge game is on elsewhere. And then anyone who actually watches that is punished by a bad seat in the terrace. At least the stand looks to be reserved seating, but the concrete poles make it a no go for me

No takers for free tickets... it's a lot quieter on here these days! 😁

Do you reckon they should reserve a special area of seating for all those people that will be watching the Armagh/Donegal match and will "swan" into the Mayo match just before throw-in. And maybe the Mayo and Galway fans can be sent to the terraces for wanting to actually be at the Mayo/Galway match (i.e. the spectacle that they are paying to go and see and don't give a toss about the Ulster match).

Strange post.

Backs look a little loose at times and we've been struggling with the shawl as per usual, but coming back into it. Hope we can up the tempo in the 2nd half as I think Galway will have another purple patch.

When you are missing first choice players at goalkeeper, half back line, midfielder, full forward line and you lose another infulencial player in the game then you are going to be a poorer team and that in itself is a fairly valid excuse

The way the season has gone thus far most well informed fans are very realistic about their chances.

The injuries are no surprise.

Yes, they're going to have a big impact but at the same time, we've a strong and experienced squad there.

What do most managers do when understrength? They tend to adjust to the circumstances and make sure their team is hard to beat...

I thought the manner of the Kerry defeat would have been enough to have a look at ourselves defensively. Bad enough that Kerry walked through us but criminal that Galway were allowed to do the same weeks later.

There's no plan B, but it'd be daft to expect one at this stage I suppose.

I've been realistic about this teams All Ireland chances since after the game v Kerry in Tralee that they only lost by a point.

I posted about it on this thread.

The lack of pace and dynamism in attack is very concerning.

Time and time again we were in possession around the 45 and then making poor choices....hand-passing a ball 5 yards to a fella standing still surrounded by Galway lads is never going to end well.

There was zero movement from the forwards so hard to fully blame the ball carriers...seems like a full system malfunction.

The injuries account for some of the loss of form and potency for sure but there's definitely something else amiss for the team to suddenly become so impotent.

Galway weren't hectic either but far more clinical. They were warming up right in front of me and the goal was a carbon copy of one of the routines they spent about 5 minutes doing.

The Galway folk around me in the stand were very jubilant at the final whistle (lots of hi-fives and 2 lads roaring "We're BACK!!") but I wouldn't be confident of them beyond maybe a provincial title.

You " dont care who is on the field"

You have a very limited understanding of how things work.This game was lost for Mayo a few weeks ago when the extent of the injuries were known.Galway are nowhere near as good as i though they were.Wouldn't be surprised if Roscommon beat them. Mayo with a few lads back will go much further in the championship.