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Very hard to just accept you're not good enough anymore , walking out of carrick yesterday it hit me at last (about three yrs behind normal people ) , we just don't have the players . I'm sure they are all trying their best though . Whoever wins the Galway / ros game today should go on to lift the Nestor cup in castlebar in two weeks time .

Mayo management not covering themselves in glory either , their total lack of enthusiasm to adopt to the new rules like every other football team in the country is bizarre . They point blank refuse to attack at speed or let the ball do the work by kicking long , of course there will be some plays where the old style of lateral ponderous boring dross is neeeded but our bucks are being coached to do it as often as was in the old rules which is completely futile to making gains or taking advantage

I was there as well. Not enough players are good enough but when they were, we managed to fcku it up anyway. Poor coaching/ management has always been issue with us and still is.
The poor attendance yesterday and for some time now is a reflection on how we have lost our way. Rochfordball is redundant and never really was relevant. It didn't work in the old rules and can't work in the new rules. But they persist.
Younger players are going backwards.
No younger player has come on this year. Some have a few nice cameos and then go into their shell.
We look like we are over coached in a shtie game plan. It's unwatchable.
The attendances don't lie.

Nice to hear from some legacy Mayo bloggers, as this site which was always a go one on a Monday following a game about five years ago, unfortunately it has been polluted by WUM and is now one that I avoid for the most part.
I began the year a bit more hopeful than most, especially after 2024, when we "lost/got robbed" V Galway, drew with Dublin and lost to Derry on penalties. Very small margins.
I respect Kevin McStay, he is a genuine Mayo man at heart, who knows what would have happened if he had got the job seven or eight years ago.
The reality is that this is a very different team, every county (other than Dublin or Maybe Kerry) have to go through the transition stage, the Mayo county boards pathetic efforts, to put in place inept underage managers over the past ten years, has left us in a deep hole talent wise.
Kevin McStay really has no option but to attempt to try new players, however having said that some of the selections seem puzzling at best. Totally agree with Rochfords imprint on it, hold on to possession for as long as possible, and dont kick it, because if you do you will be replaced, simple as. Go back and look a the contrasting styles of Mayo and Kerry attacking in the league final, clear as day. As for the cameos going back into their shell, they are promptly put into said shell. I wan to try to avoid using names as I genuinely believe that the effort these lads are putting in is incredible, but there are at least one or two constant starters that IMO are just not up to county standards, particularly in todays game. One sub that came on and scored two points V leitrim and was involved in a few more scores, did not even figure V Sligo (last three minutes), it is the same for every game, play twenty minutes, how can you have a settled strategy, when you dont have any remotely like a settled selection.
I will also be in Castlebar, in two weeks, God willing. If Mayo don't pull a performance out of their arse, they could easily be beaten by six or more. Make no mistake PJ and co screwed up royally in last years final, picking two if not three half fit players. Fast forward to 2025, they just seem to have a far stronger and more physical panel.
Maybe they might return the favor of yesteryear and have a player sent off.

Nice to see 2 of the old school legends are still with us

The task force being set up to combat anti semitism is bound to be welcomed by many.

Aye can't have people criticising genocide. Is a Jew who calls out genocide in Gaza an anti semitic?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb/04/usman-khawaja-peter-lalor-journalist-taken-off-air-palestine-posts-ntwnfb

I get the concept of the podcast, but Brolly is overly patronising in trying to explain 'the north'.

The podcast with Aaron Edwards would have been far better off with Dion trying to ask the questions from a 'free state' perspective but instead we have wee Joe unnecessarily inserting himself into the discussion to talk about everything he's done, everything his family has done, and his perspective - we already know all of that stuff.

Ruined something that could and should have been exceptional.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-08/jack-karlson-succulent-chinese-meal-arrest-video-dies/104198912

This article gives a little bit more insight - suffice to say his passing was headline news all day yesterday down here

Former Inter county manager John O'Mahony.

Sad state of affairs indeed to see Killererin relegated to Junior

Good performance there today by McKenna in the second quarter. Don't know enough about the sport but it looks like he's a key player in that team?

Absolutely he's key in that team - he's so easy on the eye with the oval ball in hand. Looks more natural than most of the Aussies. Has had a stellar year. So has Callum Brown, but he'll have nightmares over the loss to Collingwood

Very shocking, upsetting news. Never met him in the real world, only posting here. God have mercy on him.

Indeed, and one of the long time Mayo posters on here - desperately sad

Doddie Weir 52

Had the pleasure of a few beers in his company back in 1994 - a gent

Make that at least 2!!

Always check in to see how things are motoring back home so the updates are appreciated

Lastly. America IS the market. There might be bucket loads of money around the world but it's not golf money on the same way. Half of the world's courses are in the USA and half of the world's golfers are in the USA. That's where the real golf money is and is why the majority of PGA events are at home. Furthermore LIV'a riches might not be carrot enough is their tour is going to demand events around the world. Elite players aren't as fond of travelling as you might think. Most of them live in Florida for a reason.

I'm not sure about this one, America undoubtedly IS the current market. I think this disrupts things longer term and in 5 years we will say America WAS the market.

Assuming LIV doesn't go away, I think there will have to be a tipping point where it all comes back together and it certainly won't look like what it does today. Possibly an F1 model where the players will tour the world for massive sums with the majors thrown in, Ryder Cup maybe merges with the Presidents Cup for a World Cup type of event that countries need to qualify for.

I don't agree with what is happening, far from it - but as with all industries and sports that get disrupted things are going to change quite a lot, and probably for the worse.

And ultimately I think this is why LIV will be short lived. The changes to the format have been too drastic. The safety cushion provided to mediocre players means they'll never have any reason to improve. The need to play golf constantly in the USA (it's not just the key market, it's the market) means it will always be competing with a homegrown product. Non-golfers might be drawn initially to watch it. But i just can't see the current golf market being drawn to it.

I think it's a first step, and I tend to disagree with the point on playing constantly in the US. For me this will be an evolving model, which will eventuate in a World Tour of golf type of model - massive markets in Asia and Australia that simply don't get enough access to the professional game in comparison to the Northern Hempisphere.

If there's a world tour with an Australian swing, move up to Asia and a follow the sun type of model I think that's where it will eventually land - how long it takes and what damage is done is the only question in my mind

Liam Cahill aka An Fear Rua.

RIP

Ah that's sad - one of the online pioneers for GAA

RIP Lar - IIRC he was a St. Nathys old boy and had many great stories from days before my time.

FWIW people on the ground here in Melbourne are livid about him getting in and potentially able to play - with an upcoming election essentially a referendum on the current Government handling of the pandemic (food shortages, no RAT tests, kids unvaccinated), this is an opportunity for these clowns to reclaim the narrative.

I reckon he'll get booted, but perhaps I'm just overly hopeful