Mayo v Galway, 18/06/16, McHale Park

[Syferus]

Mayo still 2 full forwards short of a team capable of winning the all-ireland on top of  a below par performance

Correct, and the footballing IQ of the O'Shea's is definitely under question after that display. Kevin Walsh will deliver an All Ireland to Galway, maybe not this year but soon and good luck to them.

Nah.

[galwayman]

Delighted and proud to be a Galway football man tonight.
Honestly did not see that coming.
Fair play to the Mayo fans - extremely gracious in defeat as I have always found to be the case.
Ye will be back

[muppet]

Galway win a game with Conor Lane reffing shocker!

Galway however deserved the win.

Well done Galway. Well deserved win. Could have won by more if they took their early chances.

But that ref. 

Clown.

[INDIANA]

Mayo still 2 full forwards short of a team capable of winning the all-ireland on top of  a below par performance

Correct, and the footballing IQ of the O'Shea's is definitely under question after that display. Kevin Walsh will deliver an All Ireland to Galway, maybe not this year but soon and good luck to them.

Nah.

Why are you so dismissive towards a county where winning AI'si is in their DNA?

[J70]

Hard to beat the big 2 in Connacht meeting up. Looking forward to it big time.

Indeed PW and memories of some great tussles.  Unfortunate  that the games are no longer of much significance and for us are a box ticking exercise on the way to 6 in a row and the serious stuff in Croker. Hope PW ye give us a decent game as it is the only possible challenge this year in Connacht. A good start for Galway and maybe a few early goals is exactly the challenge we need but even if that was the case would still expect a 7+ pts margin for us. Connacht is now like Leinster with the Dubs and ourselves way ahead of everybody else.

Hope the Galway supporters will still travel in numbers and create a bit of atmosphere for what is in effect the Connacht final.

[Mclf]

Mayo still 2 full forwards short of a team capable of winning the all-ireland on top of  a below par performance

Correct, and the footballing IQ of the O'Shea's is definitely under question after that display. Kevin Walsh will deliver an All Ireland to Galway, maybe not this year but soon and good luck to them.

Nah.

Why are you so dismissive towards a county where winning AI'si is in their DNA?

He is obviously very bitter for two reasons:

As usual he was totally wrong about Walsh, but then again he is always  wrong about everything so it shouldn't be that much of a shock.

Secondly his closet supporting county got well beat this evening and that must be hard to take for him, not even Andy could save them ( the two of them went to the same school ya know, we only read that about 1000 times)

[giveballaghback]

Ah lads dont go blamimg Syf for Mayos demise, he is as disapointed as any of ye, what will he post about now. Still Mayo have the back door but to reach an all-ireland final now they will more than likely have to beat both Kerry and the Dubs. Good luck with that lads.

[Beffs]

If Mayo come through all the qualifier rounds, do we know yet which of the provincial champions they could meet in quarter finals? Am too lazy to look it up.

[SouthDublinBro]

"You almost get the sense that everyone in Galway thinks if they can get out of Castlebar with under a 10-point beating or a six-point beating that they'll be happy enough. To me, Mayo/Galway has definitely lost that bit of competitiveness."

That's the end of anybody taking James Horan's opinions seriously.

[Mayoffs]

If Galway start with a high tempo against the Rossies, and take their chances, they'll blow them away.

[seafoid]

I was thinking all week it woukd happen. KW is better than a lot of people think .
Mayo were very good for 5 years but nothing lasts forever especially with misfiring forwards.

[seafoid]

This could be the year of the Aristocrats...

Meath to.paste the Dubs next

[From the Bunker]

Well done Galway! And big word out to all their fans who traveled. You were rewarded for your loyalty.
Mayo's dominance in Connacht had to come to an end! It's good for football.


The unknown of the Back-door for us now! It naturally will be the making or breaking of us.

Well done again to Galway! Ye will be hard beat this year.

[seafoid]

Bad losses usually come down to forwards not showing up. 3 points from play for the Mayo unit is dreadful.

[manfromdelmonte]

If Galway start with a high tempo against the Rossies, and take their chances, they'll blow them away.

like Sligo in the first half the last day?
I think it'd annoy an awful lot of Mayo people if Roscommon end up winning the final