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Yep Mayo support has got completely out of hand , I apologise for the behaviour of what has to said is no longer a minority but a majority . Was beside a very large woman from ballyhaunis today , I actually thought she was going to attack a Galway player at one stage for nothing tbh , it was a fair hit on Colm Boyle when he was on the ground and the ball was up the field. Bloody hell boyler deserves a slap now and again tbh the way he goes around refusing to bow to superior Galway.

Yawn. Try the joke a third time there it might be funnier. Or head away have a few pints and come back posting loaded again, that was humorous at least

So much of a joke that half the county descended on Tuam today to jeer freetakers and fire abuse at umpires

A savage Mayo crowd at it in all respects.

Out of the country so didn't make Tuam today - how did the new lads do?
John Daly, Dylan Wall, Kieran Molloy in particular?

Molloy sloppyish, Wall showed well and Daly was fairly impressive tbf. He's a player for sure. McDaid was quiet out of the other newcomers and only really McHugh did well of the starting forwards. Michael Daly is class as alluded to above

Think McDaid has most to offer as an attacking half back.

For sure. He's a fast ground horse. Was solid if unspectacular with Galway early in 2017 but looked the best U21 in the country later in the year in games including Brian Howard, Con O'Callaghan, Sean O'Se and Gavin White

So much of a joke that half the county descended on Tuam today to jeer freetakers and fire abuse at umpires

A savage Mayo crowd at it in all respects.

Out of the country so didn't make Tuam today - how did the new lads do?
John Daly, Dylan Wall, Kieran Molloy in particular?

Molloy sloppyish, Wall showed well and Daly was fairly impressive tbf. He's a player for sure. McDaid was quiet out of the other newcomers and only really McHugh did well of the starting forwards. Michael Daly is class as alluded to above

[This competition is a Joke.]

The now big two in the West will contest the FBD league final .

James Horan will be bitterly disappointed after making several statements saying they were aiming to win the fbd . Massive test against Roscommon now awaits in 13 days time. Half the goys are pissed up in Prague hanging out of scantily clad women , hard to see them been up to speed for Ros game . We could really struggle this year but that's to be expected I suppose in year one of the rebuild of the mayo way .

€15 on the gate (10 for advance) seems like a rip off for a meaningless preseason game.

That's why Horan was saying he wanted to win the FBD this year. Get the supporters out paying €15 in!

We are always going to struggle this year. Dads Army at this stage. We could not seal the deal at our peak! I can't see any reason why we should in decline.

A lot of Mayo supporters who are used to this coming from no where against the odd the last 2/3 years are in for a shock if they think the Mayo AI final 2017 are still the same as the current crew.

This is not based on the FBD today. This competition is a Joke. Charging €15 in is a joke!

So much of a joke that half the county descended on Tuam today to jeer freetakers and fire abuse at umpires

Players opting out on Cunningham. Colour me surprised. Who could have seen this coming?

I think those that opted out did so before Cunningham was even in the running for the job.

Correct but not as good a story to peddle.... there is normal player churn, a few post college travelling,a few in 30s retired , and 2 or 3 unavailable... No big story...

The earliest anyone ive spoke to from Ros had any wind of these was a few weeks back. So it was known in October that 3 of yer 5 best players were taking the year off and noone spoke about it on here or elsewhere online?

Kevin McStay in September after he had retired from the Roscommon job.

From our panel of 34 players we had two retirements,four lads who wanted to travel after their college courses, We had two lads whose bodies were banjaxed and could not take any more.

Fair enough, find it strange that there was little to nothing from a fairly vocal online support about it until early Dec but will take your word

Players opting out on Cunningham. Colour me surprised. Who could have seen this coming?

I think those that opted out did so before Cunningham was even in the running for the job.

Correct but not as good a story to peddle.... there is normal player churn, a few post college travelling,a few in 30s retired , and 2 or 3 unavailable... No big story...

The earliest anyone ive spoke to from Ros had any wind of these was a few weeks back. So it was known in October that 3 of yer 5 best players were taking the year off and noone spoke about it on here or elsewhere online?

Players opting out on Cunningham. Colour me surprised. Who could have seen this coming?

It's a bit perplexing how Galway, or more specifically the Galway hurling interests, agreed to this. More funding for a facility rarely if ever used by the main playing base in the province. Granted the hurling don't have as many ties to CC anymore but this will still be considered Connacht GAA funding by the Rural dept. Galway CB continues to be in disarray

Interesting for a dead pitch November game. Tubber were reasonably effective in what they were trying to do, they just couldn't win enough ball. Absolutely cleaned out at midfield.

Kieran Molloy isnt perfect by any means but it's hard to argue with his effectiveness. By far and away the man of the match imo. Gary Sice's streetsmarts are really evident at this level. Hard see Corofin beaten now, hard fast pitch of Croker in a potential final suits them down to the ground if they can get over the Ulster winners

Little off topic but we've no hurling threads to go to really. Changing the ball from white to yellow for visibility, as tennis did back in the day.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/gaa-set-to-standardise-yellow-sliotar-after-fenway-classic-37552182.html

Can see a bit of a kick back on this from the odd person, a hurler mentioned just the week past watching the Fenway that different colored balls annoyed him. We'd always have had the odd luminous orange one lying around training and i did find it strange, certainly moreso than the yellow "floodlight football" but probably something you'd get used to.

[I'm from Galway, and don't exactly enjoy tarnishing]

The world's gone mad. It's not as if he's free of charge either

Inches away from appointing someone living in Armagh and working in Belfast was more mad and would have cost more.

At least he had some positive traits going for him and could be a promising coach. Literally struggling to think of any positives with this one. Huge man management concerns, no obvious tactical nous, questionable motivation after the job he wanted and was in line for was given to a former understudy, and all for a pricely fee.

As it was pointed out to you on the Connacht club thread he wouldn't have achieved what he has done in management if he was as bad as you suggest. O'Rourke in comparison had a poor management CV, name some of these positive traits that was going for him?

The only thing that happened in that thread was my question about why the Dublin CB opted against him when everything was so overwhelmingly in his favour was ignored. What exactly has he achieved? The game is littered with managers who have won provincial club titles and none of them are getting D1 jobs. Were Brigets a tactical masterclass back then or simply a group of talented footballers who won a provincial? I'll admit to not knowing much about Garrycastle bar that it was yet another team he eventually fell out with. Wasted one of the most talented teams (and a couple of careers) in recent memory in Galway, with one final player led push in 2015 that was more in spite of him than anything else and lasted for 2 games.

AOR is a former All Star in this particular sport for one and is known as an innovator. Not that he'd be the best choice either.

I'm from Galway, and don't exactly enjoy tarnishing an ex all Ireland winner for us given we've had so few. I even kind of wish him well in this. The decision is just moronic though

You could have fooled me. So in other words you won't be giving Cunningham any praise if Roscommon have any success in the next few years?

He grabs a Connacht title like McStay then more power to him. He'll have earned every penny

How on earth was I not aware? I know AC and his club better than you can imagine and there was more than a few scoffs round about the time he started taking football jobs with his knowledge of it. He proved them wrong in a way I suppose but they were hardly D1 inter county.

Are you actually going to take issue with any points I made or just ignore anything you cant just dismiss like a cranky fool?

The world's gone mad. It's not as if he's free of charge either

Inches away from appointing someone living in Armagh and working in Belfast was more mad and would have cost more.

At least he had some positive traits going for him and could be a promising coach. Literally struggling to think of any positives with this one. Huge man management concerns, no obvious tactical nous, questionable motivation after the job he wanted and was in line for was given to a former understudy, and all for a pricely fee.

As it was pointed out to you on the Connacht club thread he wouldn't have achieved what he has done in management if he was as bad as you suggest. O'Rourke in comparison had a poor management CV, name some of these positive traits that was going for him?

The only thing that happened in that thread was my question about why the Dublin CB opted against him when everything was so overwhelmingly in his favour was ignored. What exactly has he achieved? The game is littered with managers who have won provincial club titles and none of them are getting D1 jobs. Were Brigets a tactical masterclass back then or simply a group of talented footballers who won a provincial? I'll admit to not knowing much about Garrycastle bar that it was yet another team he eventually fell out with. Wasted one of the most talented teams (and a couple of careers) in recent memory in Galway, with one final player led push in 2015 that was more in spite of him than anything else and lasted for 2 games.

AOR is a former All Star in this particular sport for one and is known as an innovator. Not that he'd be the best choice either.

I'm from Galway, and don't exactly enjoy tarnishing an ex all Ireland winner for us given we've had so few. I even kind of wish him well in this. The decision is just moronic though

The world's gone mad. It's not as if he's free of charge either

Inches away from appointing someone living in Armagh and working in Belfast was more mad and would have cost more.

At least he had some positive traits going for him and could be a promising coach. Literally struggling to think of any positives with this one. Huge man management concerns, no obvious tactical nous, questionable motivation after the job he wanted and was in line for was given to a former understudy, and all for a pricely fee.

The world's gone mad. It's not as if he's free of charge either