Mayo GAA Discussion

Cork are a decent team. Consistency has been there problem. They ran Kerry very close and probably should have won the game. Cork has finished strongly in the game's against Louth, Kerry and Mayo. As well as Galway they are the team third placed teams will not want to draw.

The disrespect show to them by Mayo is the main reason Mayo lost.

I was replying to a poster that said that Cork were not a decent team. I think I saw somewhere this morning where Lee Keegan questioned there consistently.

It was evident for the last week on this forum.

I really hope Mayo get Galway in the draw.

It's either the end of it or they get a huge confidence boost.

But it is so annoying to see all the good vibes from the league and even the Kerry game melting away.

I don't want to be captain hindsight but I'm always wary of teams over performing in the league, it often doesn't translate to the championship.

I really hope management are not to stubborn to ignore the Loftus problem and go and do something about it.

But they also need to find a way to attack massed defenses, and have little time to do it.

On another more light hearted note, a poster from Galway was taking a swipe at Aiden O'Shea and his late free on the main thread after the Mayo loss, possibly the lowest of low hanging fruit that.

We'll curiously the same poster has yet to reappear on the same thread, wonder if his/hers own counties cock up had anything to do with it?

Fairly sure Callinan was injured.

Always a meltdown when Mayo lose but I'd agree with most of that post.

Hah yeah, I thought it was humorous that Aido dropped a free short when a point was needed. Nowhere near as bad as McGrath running down a blind with 30 seconds to go when a draw was needed, as I've said on the Galway thread. Galway were equally as bad as Mayo today

Have you returned, as a middle aged man, to making creepy posts about naked women in After Hours? And that's the least of what you've been posting about. You'd wanna have a tad more self awareness buddy

Wasn't he still on the bench?

Galway in Salthill, at least one set of supporters will have to shut up.for the summer

Even if Comer and Kelly aren't there next weekend, I do not think we will win. We're not in a good place.

Cork will be thinking the same. Mayo were so called crowned All Ireland champions for 2023 and were the team to beat. Cork made them look very ordinary yesterday.

We are not contenders and I think most Mayo fans do realise this as we have too many ordinary good footballers and not enough serious footballers to win it out. Cork are pretty ordinary at best. That defensive **** will get you only so far and come a semi/final, will be put away quite easly by the better teams. Mayo are a better team overall and should have seen it out but because we lack quality in certain areas, things happen and teams get back in. This has always been the case with us and that is why we give everyone a chance when they play us.

We have two teams who should have won yesterday (Mayo/Galway), so its hard to know who will win, probably Galway are in a better place. Either way, neither will win SAM.

From a Cork perspective, a lot depends on what happens next - if ye can go on and beat Roscommon in PUC, ye'll have beaten 2 D1 teams in a row and while ye probably won't be considered contenders this year, ye'd be among the favourites to get promoted next year and hopefully give Kerry a good game in Munster. If ye lose to Roscommon though, I think this game will be looked at as a flash in the pan

Pearse Stadium is actually a slightly bigger field than Croke Park

Replying to my own post here, but something not to be ignored from yesterday when look at the pitch size list:

Pearse Stadium has 1,800sqm more pitch than either Limerick or Castlebar. The lack of width especially huts us when playing against a blanket.

Given we play in McHale more than anywhere we should be able to get over that problem though

You see exactly disrespect. Cork could have beat Dublin in the league this year except for the referee. There loss against Derry in the first league game along with the Dublin loss scuppered there chance of promotion. Yes they list to Clare in the Munster championship.

However there performances against Louth and Kerry should have been a warning. They should have beat us and we're unlucky not to. I actually fancy them against Roscommon especially in Cork. They are a hard running team and have a few decent forwards. Cleary has seemed to have sorted out some of the set up there.

That is not the first or second time Aidan O Shea made an error in a match. 2016 AI final he did exactly the same with a sideline ball. He was never a natural freetaker and why he was put on them is a question. As well you have to ask why COC was not on the bench if he was good enough to play a club match he was good enough to be on the bench.

Did AOS get instructions to go for goal or was it just he did not put enough power on it to get it over the bar

Absolute nonsense! You said there is something wrong in the setup as if the setup has been constant since 2012.

As for a sports psychologist; do you honestly believe that Mayo haven't got one.

By the way, everyone here accepts that Cork were the better team yesterday. No one is denying that. What people are saying is that Mayo are objectively a better team (i.e. D1 vs D2) and because of that it's hugely disappointing they didn't win especially seeing as they were 6 points up. It's not a slight on Cork, rather a poor reflection on Mayo management and players.

Keegan was the real great footballer - we only had one and a few tipped into that area for periods, the rest were good footballers. That is why we lost every final. It was probably a lack of quality in certain positions that cost us eventually, that is why we were so close. The extra bit of quality we required in goals, full back, forwards over the years etc. It was a very thin lack of quality but the impact of this lack of quality was huge.

Cork were better yesterday, no doubt but it wasn't because of Cork were outstanding. It was because we didn't do the basic defending and the game sung to you.

Yes the game is 70 mins long not 50 mins.

Completely separate, massive weekend in club football. Parke got the win v Charlestown, beat them handy, should be enough to keep them up, huge result for them, should put them right in the running for the inter championship given how young they are. 

Davitts beat Breaffy well, again should be enough to let them finish second from bottom at least, they'll beat Kiltimagh in the playoff. 

Looking like Charlestown v Breaffy in a relegation playoff. 

I totally agree. I don't disagree with you on that.

2pm on Sunday according to PP website

Yea. The last kick was intentionally dropped short. Aos should have been playing puck in the square to get a goal, not taking the free. For which he has been notoriously bad at in the past.

Brought one of mine when he was 7 or 8 to Galway v Mayo in 2017 or 2018, can't remember

No bother, was in the Threadneedle RD terrace, no space issues or anything not too packed at all.