Mayo GAA Discussion

interviews this week and the interview board gives its recommendation, then its up before the full county board for ratification before the club championship kick off.

*throw in 😜

A couple of thoughts....

How has the McStay application gone down with the players? We all remember their reaction last time and himself and McHale applied and they haven't exactly changed their tune in their comments since, so have they made any private communications to the County Board? Has McStay played them at their own game by getting Rochford and Buckley (who the players know and highly respect) on board knowing that the players can't say anything about him publicly know because they would (wrongly) be accused of having a go at his ticket as a whole?

Given the perilous financial state of things, will the CB judge McStay's and Dempsey's tickets as being too expensive and go for one of the two cheaper options?

Will the CB see both McStay and Dempsey as being too strong a character to "control" and opt for one of the other two if they feel that they can be the dictator rather than the one who is being dictated to?

Looking at all the tickets, I'd give it to Dempsey but it wouldn't surprise me one bit if Solan got it (and I'm very disappointed with his ticket to be honest. If it had been better, I'd have probably gone for him). I don't think even Declan Shaw thinks he will get it, no idea how or why he's in the mix.

You're joking, right?? Unless you were living under a rock at the time, they were widely reported in the media.

When did I say the CB went to the players and ask their opinion? Answer: I didn't. Oh, and both McStay and McHale have subsequently confirmed that the players didn't want them and made it clear to the CB. So, if you've nothing else, we'll move on.

Thats the only report I remember about it.

the word "apparently" doing an awful lot of hard work in there to support certain theories.

Ah stop will ya,

This kind of barstool bullsh1t needs to be challenged.

If it was reported at all then show a link,if it was " widely reported" you should be able to have loads of links.........but you won't find one because it wasn't reported (widely or otherwise) it was sh1tetalk by eejits.

"Given the perilous financial state of things, will the CB judge McStay's and Dempsey's tickets as being too expensive and go for one of the two cheaper options?"

From what I've heard, a significant part of the interview process is having financial backers involved with your ticket. I.e the County Board won't be footing the bill for all the expenses and candidates have to show that they've some money men behind them.

I've no idea how true that is but I've heard that McStay submitted detailed outline costings and provided ways they could/would be looked after. Also heard the Dempsey has no issues on that front.

Is this barstool talk? I don't think it is tbh.

Would you mind sharing a link to the article?

Edit: if its this article you're referring to: https://westernpeople.ie/2022/08/13/to-manage-the-mayo-footballers-is-a-privilege-not-a-right/

That only addresses the talk of only one candidate for the job. That was McStays take on it. In fairness there was little talk of another candidate until very close to the deadline but they apparently made the deadline. The fiasco i was talking to was how McStay was told before the interview that he was not the preferred candidate. I have yet to see this happen in the private sector and i've been involved in interviewing for 10 odd years. If I were to say to one of the interviewees look there is only one other person going for this job and we don't want you to get it, they would rightly go to HR and i would be in a shitstorm!

How come McStay and McHale never managed Ballina? Surely that would boost their candidacy.

Apparently this is true and both McSaty and Dempsey have the financial backing,I don't know about the other two.

Also in relation to the Rochford Meath connection,Flynn contacted Rochford through connections in the bank,not to be on his ticket in Meath but for advice on some of the details of what's involved in some aspects of inter County,that was it.I didn't see the tweet by Flynn but if he somehow inferred that Rochford was going to be involved then that's serious bad form,Flynn not the nicest guy by all accounts anyway.

Also the alleged connection between Rochford and Roscommon is a complete fabrication,he never even spoke to them and they never even tried to contact him.

Its absolutely mad how these rumours start and grow legs.

Why do you think they will only get two seasons? Horan got 8 goes at it and Rochford got 3 remember?

Edit: corrected mistake on the duration of Rochfords term!

Was at the league final earlier, another v good game between 2 teams that'll probably be there or there abouts at the end of the championship. Castlebar were excellent in the first half, looked like they'd run away with it, they were moving the ball very quickly and took virtually all their chances. Heneghan & McHugh were v good in particular. We on the other hand moved the ball v slowly up the pitch and were v wasteful with the chances we had.

2nd half was a different story once we made a few subs, who all contributed massively. Once we got level, it looked like there'd only be one winner and in truth, we had a couple of good chances that we didn't take. Pearse Ruttledge, Adam Naughton and the McHales were v good I thought.

Fair play to castlebar though, after having been on the back foot for long periods, they managed to stay in touch every time we edged ahead and worked a great score to win it. I'd say both teams will be happy enough with a run out like that to prep for championship.

Looking forward to the championship now

Ya, appointed in late 2015 on a three year contract.

Sorry,My mistake, still though, why do you think this next one will only get 2 years? Is that what's on offer or is that TBD?

Anyone have the skinny on the latest rumours and conjecture on who is to be ratified tonight?

All the rumours I've heard about who is to be ratified is the same name! That doesn't mean it's true though of course!

The only other rumour i heard is a certain someone is financially backing Dempsey. If that's true i can't see i'm getting anywhere near the job as the county board will not want anything to do with him!

Will there be a press release tonight after the county board meeting?

If it’s Dempsey that had the financial backing from a certain someone then I’d imagine it’s McStays job now. I can’t see the CB allowing that fellow anywhere near things. Hard to blame them given his behaviour on social media.

So from reading the last few comments I'm guessing the rumour is Dempseys ticket was being bankrolled by that toxic pr1ck in London?

I hadn't heard that but if true then not a chance that ticket would be given the job and rightly so.(not a reflection on Ray's ticket as he's put together a very good team)

Doesn't make sense but that's the rumour. V bad judgement if true.

I would go a step further back and say that I doubt there's a hope in hell that Dempsey would have even considered it for a second.