Mayo GAA Discussion

Regardless of how many semi-finals Tyrone played Hennelly, Keegan, Durcan, Coen. Ruane, Loftus, Doc, AOS, K. McLoughlin had experience of multiple final appearances. A number of the younger crew played in the 2020 final also. It wasn't a lack of experience that lost that final for us.

Refereeing decisions, curses, sideline tactics, inexperience, injuries, sending offs…we can keep adding to the list of excuses but 13 final appearances since 1989 and 14 changes in management but no win suggests the issue is with our players. In my opinion it's an ingrained lack of ruthlessness to finish the job.

There'll continue to be very little between Galway and Mayo for the foreseeable and in fairness we won't get a better chance to win an All-Ireland than yesterday. We as a county will need to take our beating but no amount of slagging will feel worse than knowing that we left an All Ireland behind us. Even in Connacht the Rossies are well able to put it up to both counties and Sligo will be interesting in terms of how their talented U-20's shape up at senior.

I think Dublin still have All-Irelands in them and would have them slightly above the chasing pack. The tier below is Kerry, Derry, Armagh, Galway, Mayo and Donegal. There's nothing between those six counties but I'd expect Donegal, Derry & Kerry to be much improved.

Depends on if Andy sees himself as a coach or a manager - if he sees himself as a manager, then I doubt he'd take a job as a coach

"Its time for Connacht counties to put differences aside"

WTF are you on about 🤣🤣

IS it harsh to base an opinion on his book and say that I don't think Moran would be ruthless enough to be a good manager.

I think the fact that New York beat Leitrim even if it went to penalties is enough to say no. While he was an exceptional footballer, as a manager he has not done anything that suggest he should warrant inclusion.

There is no way a rookie manager like Andy would make any difference to the Mayo team, than the current management group are doing. We have some good players but no really good player. Our lads will work hard, but in reality are not that creative. I don't think we have any forward who can kick comfortably of both feet, which is a huge advantage for the great forwards who are playing the game. Our lads don't look like they have the overall confidence grab a game by the scruff of the neck, and battle it over the line. Quite the opposite in the past few months. Let the Galway match., the Derry match, and the Dublin match slip away.

I think the only way for the Mayo team to make progress is by one of the really top managers to come in - Jim McGuinness, Jim Gavin etc. I know that won't happen, but I just think the ordinary run-of-the-mill manager won't make any difference based on the players that we have. I would put Mayo in the likely to reach a quarter final category for most years. But unlikely to reach a semi-final unless they got a handy draw.

I was actually going to comment that several sessions with a psychologist would not go amiss. I never really believed in that sort of stuff, and I still don't know how it really works. But I see some teams like Donegal and Armagh. And they demand the ball, and seem confident in what they can do. Probably over-confident. But our lads don't seem to be able to match that determination and ambition. I know they go out and do their best. But there are many many times in games where they makes half-assed runs for the ball. Kinda like - "I'm showing for the ball, but I don't really want it, because I am not confident of getting a shot off".