Messages

Well done to the Sligo county board .Game should be in Sligo

Tyrone by 6                                                                                                                                                                                               
Leitrim by 3                                                                                                                                                                                           Sligo by 6 

Listening on midwest and would have to say that Colm Boyle was excellent on co commentary.Normally, listening to Midwest you would have no clue who was playing well or how the game was going but Boyle was informative and it felt that I was watching the game myself

Jeez, Gmac you really are disgracing yourself with the rubbish you are posting .

Good game so far and really enjoy Brendan Cummins on the co commentry

[Subs]

Jez, there is a lot getting carried away here. Many talking about Dublin's demise, Mayo quick re-emergence.

I've never heard so much written about a county like Mayo that has been propping up Dublin since 2013. Dublin must love this! Mayo ran Dublin close. Dublin hate playing Mayo. Dublin fear Mayo. Dublin respect Mayo. Only Mayo give Dublin a game. Blah de Blah! It has to be one of the most one sided rivalries where the perception is that both teams are equals.


It's amazing how rose tinted the glasses are for our own county giving us exaggerated hope. Mayo are moving in the right direction, but replacing the golden bunch of 2013-17 won't happen over night and maybe will never happen. Dublin still have the mainstay on the pitch to eek out another AI title. They are definitely still ahead of Mayo.

It's funny how perceptions are. We beat Galway by 6 points and the reaction was overwhelmingly positive. Dublin beat Kildare by 8 points and were never in any danger of losing yet they are stuttering and on the decline.

Dublin beat Kildare by 2-23 - 1-17 in 2017.

Dublin beat Kildare by 0-20 - 1-09 on Sunday

Was anybody saying Dublin were in decline in 2017?

Ah now come on - compare the Dublin squad of 2017 with the one of today.
The 2017 version was clearly superior. Look at the bounce they received from the guys they were able to spring from the bench.
Connolly, McMenamin, Brogan, Flynn, Scully & Costello were the 6 subs used in the final.
The current squad is clearly weaker.
That's not to say they aren't capable of winning the AI mind - but there isn't any doubt their squad is considerably weaker than it was.

The subs from that final in 2017 was:

Subs: B Brogan (0-05) for Rock (24, black card), S Carthy (0-01) for Scully (47), D Daly for McMahon (48), K McManamon for Andrews (51), D Byrne for O'Sullivan (58), B Howard (0-01) for Fenton (67).

Not that it matters all that much but these are not the subs from the 2017 final

Welcome back.Was wondering where you went to .

yes. He came on against Roscommon as a second half substitute .

Akram was named on the program at no 12.No idea if he actually played

Aghamore & Ballintubber draw, 7 to 1-4 sounds grim enough
Davitts & Moy Davitts draw also
Garrymore beat The Neale
Castlebar beat Charlestown
Ballagh beat Belmullet - saw the Ballagh team from the programme on twitter, no sign of Akram even in the list of injured players, what's the story there?

Galway 1.11. Mayo 0.12. HT. in ET. Mayo with strong wind in 2ind half

ET in Castlebar.  0.10 each at full time

A O Shea starting for Mayo

Going to penaltys. F T Mayo 1.17. Galway 1.17

Mayo 1.17. Galway 1.16. 3 min to go

Mayo 1.16 Galway0.13. 12 min of injury time  to go