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@saffronandblue I assume you are a Knockmore man ya? I was at the matches yesterday as a neutral and just wanted to see was there anyone there that might make a difference to Mayo who isn't already on the panel. I came away a little bit annoyed in the end, not so much because there wasn't any good performances from the non County lads but because I can't understand for the life of me why Aidan Kilcoyne is not in the Mayo starting 15. Like, he was head and shoulders above anyone else on the pitch over the 2 matches. He was the best point scorer from play, the best free taker, best ball winner, and looked to me to be the clever forward out there. Anyway, just wondering if you can help me out here and tell me why he isn't in the panel?!! I heard he is working in the UK at the moment but it annoys me because we don't produce forwards of that quality that often in Mayo and he needs to be on board next year. Could make all the difference.

I was listening to Newstalk previewing the final with David Brady, Colm Parkinson and yer man Moyles from Meath.
A great discussion, funny in places but they also got into the possible tactics as well as the mental side of things in an All-Ireland final, referencing their own experiences (well, not Parkinson!).
Then I had the misfortune to turn on RTE2. Absolutely shocking stuff. It was neither light-hearted nor in-depth, it offered nothing. A complete waste of airtime. Montrose haven't a fcking clue what people want to see.

Just came in here to say the exact same thing happened to me! I was listening to Off the Ball, was absolutely excellent and someone said Championship Matters is on now as well. Went out to watch it, what a load a absolute shite. The Off the Ball lads are way ahead of anything else that is out there at the moment.

Probably the most honest post-match interview I've ever heard from a soccer player...lets hope Trap didnt understand any of it, for Dunne's sake anyway!!

It's all about McGeady....I have a feeling he'll come of age tomorrow!! 

Well done to Castlebar and Ballintubber on reaching the county final.  A few standout performance for me were Douglas, Kirby, Howley, Mcloughlin, Ruairi O Connor, Jason Gibbons and Cillian O'Connor for the few times he was passed the ball.

Of them all......Mayos future will be in the hands of one Cillian O'Connor.  Does the right thing 99% of the time.  I only stayed for the second game to watch him in action and he was starved of the ball.

Knockmore thew away the game before it even started.  Not having Mchale on Moran was a disaster, as was the selection of Clarke at Full forward.  Howley was wasted marking young Walshe who was never at the races while Douglas ran riot.  Easy to say in hindsight now of course but it was easy to see at the game as well.  Why Knockmore can not select a team of fifteen players and put them out in the best position is beyond me.....far too much chopping and changing.  O'Neill's brief appearance showed what Knockmore was missing BIG time. 

Would like to see Ballintubber win the final if only too see Cillian O'Connor get the chance to shine in the Connaught championship.

Is that you Cillian??!!

I thought Castlebar were always the better team against K'more and should have had the game wraped up much earlier than they did. Lydon and Barry Moran had two great goal chances from which Castlebar only got a one point return. The final should be a cracker! West Mayo is where it's at now  

What a stupid comment!

Yeah he's very slow in fairness, looks like he is always knackered too. Maybe a bit too much muscle on board.

Was very interesting there, had a look on the boards.ie site at the Ireland thread just to see what Irish supporters were saying about the match. An unbelievable amount of abuse being directed at McGeady. It's funny because I can understand why people might regard him as being frustrating and maybe he didnt have a great game but to say he's shite and not worth his place on the team has to be just plain wrong. In my eyes he is the only attacking outlet, actually, as far as I can see, the only player on the team/squad who has any bit of pace.

Was also interesting how in his interview Trap made the effort to single out McGeady. In my opinon either because he genuinely felt he was brilliant or because he wants to boost his confidence. Either way Trap knows he is a talented player.

Yeah have to agree with the worker there, will probably make Ireland's game V Russia next month even harder. However, if we were to manage a win V the Russians then that could pretty much eliminate them from the reckoning, so should be a cracker of game.

Have to agree with trileacman, the main reason I look forward to Irish games (these days) is to watch McGeady, even if he hasn't fully developed. He makes fools out of defenders, I get the impression that one day he is going to explode potential-wise, a bit like Ronaldo for Utd a few years back.

Also agree that there is no reason why Fahey or Gibson shouldn't start ahead of Green other than the fact that Trap is overly cautious. And I agree that Stephen Ireland and Andy Reid are probably the only other two" entertainers" that are Irish. Here's hoping those situations resolve themselves sooner rather later. I won't hold my breath though!!

Now that I think of it, I know I mentioned Gibson as the man to come in for Green mainly because I thought there was a chance Trap might actually start Gibson, but Fahey in centre-mid tomorrow night would surely be worth a look. He can't do much worse than Green the last night, his confidence is up, he would provide that bit of creativity in the middle while I assume still "grafting" and he has experience there. Given that it's Andorra it would seem to be less of a risk. Anyway, hope he changes around the centre-mid a bit.

He's a good finisher. A level down from world class. Not as good as Torres but better than say, Berbatov, for example.

Doyle can only be said to be lightyears ahead of Keane in two areas of his play, work-rate and ability to win the ball in the air. Keane's touch, finishing, off-the-ball movement and passing (especially) are well ahead of Doyles.

Because he always empties himself.

Sure Liam Brady is more talented than the lot of them - lets stick him in for the next match. 

The point is Doyle gets overrated because he works incredibly hard (sometimes without much inteligence) whereas Keane gets underrated because he moans and appears to be a less honest player than Doyle.

Doyle man only be more important to Ireland because every single pass is aimed as it his head and so the responsibility lies with him in providing assists. If Keane doesn't play Ireland don't score, simple as.

Too right, Robbie was not good yesterday but it is incredible the levels of criticism this guy gets off his own supporters, shows just how ignorant most football fans are. For example, Kevin Doyle may have been brilliant yesterday and he always works harder than any of his teammates but he wouldn't score in month of sundays and Robbie is just so much more talented than Doyle, yet there is never a bad word said about Doyle.

Green is getting away way too softly here, he was absolutely rubbish. A terrible first half followed by a slightly improved second half. Definitely should have been substitued for Gibson early in the second half but I can only assume Trap didn't want to ruin his confidence.

Doyle was by far the stand out player on the pitch, not Lawerence as Kenny C noted. The number 18 for Armenia was very good also though. Good result, not a good performance but understandabe given the weather and the lack of games most of the players have had. Hopefully we'll stick our chances on Tuesday, which I have a feeling we will.