James Horan steps down as Mayo manager

[moysider]

Meanwhile the Mayo squad was back at McHale Park for a get together on Saturday. Couple of new faces.

[Tubberman]

Meanwhile the Mayo squad was back at McHale Park for a get together on Saturday. Couple of new faces.

Good to see they're getting the show on the road. Do you know if there will be trials or instead are they planning to invite certain players to join the panel?

[Syferus]

Meanwhile the Mayo squad was back at McHale Park for a get together on Saturday. Couple of new faces.

Did the Ballina messiah make an appearance?

[moysider]

Dunno. But a couple not involved this summer were present.

Not sure about what trials could show up.

[moysider]

Meanwhile the Mayo squad was back at McHale Park for a get together on Saturday. Couple of new faces.

Did the Ballina messiah make an appearance?

No. Thought you knew. He s gone to Cavan>

[INDIANA]

Meanwhile the Mayo squad was back at McHale Park for a get together on Saturday. Couple of new faces.

that's far too soon IMO. If they'd any sense they'd leave it till January

[moysider]

Meanwhile the Mayo squad was back at McHale Park for a get together on Saturday. Couple of new faces.

that's far too soon IMO. If they'd any sense they'd leave it till January

Maybe. And certainly would agree if was an established management.
But this new management will want to get their feet under the table fairly sharp and take ownership of the project. Especially after the way the board handled the succession. There is a jaundiced view of the whole episode among a lot in the county, to say the least. This wont help much but it s something.
  Not that they can do much before January. Get a few younger lads involved and give them programmes to work on. Maybe organise a few trials for lads that have not been involved.
Basically they probably want to put their stamp on things early I d say.

[From the Bunker]

Meanwhile the Mayo squad was back at McHale Park for a get together on Saturday. Couple of new faces.

that's far too soon IMO. If they'd any sense they'd leave it till January

Maybe. And certainly would agree if was an established management.
But this new management will want to get their feet under the table fairly sharp and take ownership of the project. Especially after the way the board handled the succession. There is a jaundiced view of the whole episode among a lot in the county, to say the least. This wont help much but it s something.
  Not that they can do much before January. Get a few younger lads involved and give them programmes to work on. Maybe organise a few trials for lads that have not been involved.
Basically they probably want to put their stamp on things early I d say.

Jez they would be in real bother if they waited until January before they got started. They have to set their agenda to the core players now! They need to know who is offering their services for the coming year, who to tell they don't fancy and who they want to join the group. A good impression is half the start when coming in as a new Management team. If you loose the dressing room at the beginning you are shagged. Nearly impossible to remedy!

[macdanger2]

Meanwhile the Mayo squad was back at McHale Park for a get together on Saturday. Couple of new faces.

Cryptic as usual moy!! Are you going to let on who the new faces were??

[moysider]

Meanwhile the Mayo squad was back at McHale Park for a get together on Saturday. Couple of new faces.

Cryptic as usual moy!! Are you going to let on who the new faces were??

Nah!!

[Farrandeelin]

Keep all the 'new faces' to pms if ye want. No point in broadcasting everything.

[Syferus]

Keep all the 'new faces' to pms if ye want. No point in broadcasting everything.

It's not like it's hard to guess most of them. The boards for discussing information, not hiding it.

[orangeman]

So Kevin Mc Stay is due an apology and gets a public one as well. But blames the media. 



Mayo secretary Vincent Neary has admitted mistakes were made in the process to appoint James Horan's successor as senior football manager but insists the issue was "blown out of all proportions" by the media.

In his address to Sunday's county convention, Neary hits out at the "hurtful" social media comments in the wake of the affair and brands the subsequent abuse of chairman Paddy McNicholas as "uncalled for."

Neary's comments come in the wake of the botched process that saw Kevin McStay overlooked for the job in favour of Noel Connelly and Pat Holmes before he had been interviewed for the post.

"The whole affair was blown out of all proportions, with Mayo grabbing many column inches in both local and national print media," writes Neary.

"The situation was also making headlines on the national airwaves.

"Yes, it was not handled properly but the way that social media users joined with their comments was very sad and in many cases hurtful.

"Many of those who commented have no idea what it takes to run the affairs of the County Board and the fact that this is being done by volunteers seems to go unnoticed.



"The abuse that the chairman and indeed his family had to endure was uncalled for."

Neary also offered his apologies to McStay and wished Mayo's new management team the best of luck as they set out in pursuit of a first All-Ireland title since 1951.

"Apologies also to Kevin McStay, whom I have known and respected for a long time, for having to endure something that was not of his making.

[seafoid]

I hope they can change the dynamic

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rNPmj6Azqo

I came across it after watching this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDzueyAM3Fo

It must be heartbreaking to suffer the losses without anything to relieve the pain.

Come on to f**k Mayo and get it out of your system, whatever it is.   

[rosnarun]

Im Fed up of non apologies like this . admitting  'Mistakes were made ' and not saying what they were or who made them and then as you say Going on to attack the messanger for reporting these Mistakes.
Thats why Cabinet collective responsility is so important . All the county board are respondsible for all their actions . as it a member did not make the mistake they should have stopped it from happing or at least Call it out and not in this mealy mouthed way.