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Goals wins games. Monaghan will have to be on guard to conceding goals in the semi final.

Cork 1-4 Kerry 0-4.

Another Cork goal they sound well in control of this game. Any response from Kerry?

Mayo will win this match.

Delighted for Monaghan. To add U21 Ulster title to the minor 2013 title already won is a fine achievement and they beat Tyrone in both finals. The myth that Tyrone always beat Monaghan in matches that count is well busted now.

Mayo forwards struggle for scores from play be it in league group games or in All Ireland finals however they make up for with a spread of scorers throughout the team and have the ability to win and convert numerous frees.

There's little there to suggest that Gallagher would prefer another game to another training camp to be honest, for better or worse.

Donegal were playing well until they went on that last training camp.

We shall all return as butterflies.

If Dublin were to lose their unbeaten record against Roscommon would Jim Gavins unbroken smirk become a frown?

Armagh poor in the second half last night just didn't seem to have the firepower that Monaghan had. I wish Monaghan all the best in the Ulster final it would be a fine achievement if they add U21 Ulster title to the minor title they won three years ago.

If Tyrone retain their Ulster title they will also go on to retain the All Ireland. The world against Tyrone mentality is what drives them on.

This match thread has become a weather thread. Omagh had more puddles of water on it Saturday night than Hyde park.

Not sure this is as relevant as the Roscommon County Board think it is, but from watching on TV, I thought Omagh seemed bad, but Hyde seemed a lot worse

Omagh looked worse IMO. No pitch good or bad could have coped with the amount of rainfall we got last weekend.

This match thread has become a weather thread. Omagh had more puddles of water on it Saturday night than Hyde park.

TT has opted out too I'm hearing.

Best of luck to him . Wasn't playing well of late but had some fine days in the green above the red .

Are you talking to yourself there Larry?

Is Tom Cunniffe withdrawing from the panel a surprise?

The way he played against Crossmaglen,Ballyboden it's probably best he has a break away from football.

[We have forwards that can finish]

I can t remember Down ever being at such a low ebb before. It should be a banker but you never know.
Mayo have struggled so far to convert possession into scores. Because of this the other team always have a chance. Roscommon had about 20% possession and 10 decent minutes the last day and only lost by 4 and nearly got closer. It's just not adding up for Mayo. We have forwards that can finish but our use of possession is very poor and we have no top class kick passer in the middle third of the pitch. Likes of Freeman, O Connor and Regan will do damage if they get good ball.
Mayo need to make sure of a win here and probably will go about it like they did in The Hyde. Basically throw everything at it and hope enough sticks to get over the line. If we survive there will be enough long evenings for fine tuning before we go to London.

Selection will be interesting. I expect Freeman to start again. I also thought Patrick Durkan added a lot.

I think it tells you Mayo lack scoring forwards from play. Why were Mayo in a relegation battle to begin with, strength in depth not as good as original thought?

We were in a relegation battle because of our inability to make the most of possession. It is my belief that if the approach work is right the scores will come. Since the beginning of the league we have shown little respect for possession. Loose and lazy passes, poor option taking and woeful attempts to kick pass to the inside forwards. You could put McManus, Gooch and Brogan in the Mayo team and they would look like shite with the ball they would get.
Plenty of strength in depth. As usual with us it is a tactical thing rather than a personnel thing.

I have seen plenty of Mayo on television this spring and it was the same theme in each game, Mayo creating more scoring opportunities from play than scores, the type of chances McManus, Gooch and Brogan would have converted far easier than the Mayo forwards that played in those games.

For a team that has been regularly getting to All Ireland semi finals it shouldn't take much tactics to avoid a relegation battle.

Tyrone and Donegal have both been relegated in recent years. All it takes is a few games to go against ye in a league of 7 games.
It s not like we were being hammered in those games we lost - apart from the opening round in Cork.

You will find that opportunities we missed were forced and hurried at times. If the approach work is fluid you score with the finisher in space. Poor passing and stuff ended up with rushed attempts and misses.
McManus did not score from play against us. He got no good opportunities. If he was in the Mayo team that would be his lot, week end, week out this Spring.

Donegal would be the first to admit they don't have strength in depth and need their strongest fifteen or close to it to compete on both fronts and Mickey Harte is just building another Tyrone panel to do that now. We will have to agree to disagree on your forwards.

[Stick to freeing women's nipples.]

Ah come on. No big games in Connacht? What about the appearance in the quarter finals. Seafood, you are making no sense yet again. Stick to freeing women's nipples.