Row in Mayo LGFA

[tippabu]

At this stage Mayo county board should make no further statement, have no further dealings with these rebels and let them feck off with themselves. There is nothing of substance clearly in any of this. These girls are obviously used to calling the shots which Leahy was unwilling to let happen. Let Mayo proceed with girls who are committed. No one should be bigger than the team.

Spot on. Mayo LGFA and Leahy himself should just leave it lie now. Don't fuel it any further and it will die. The players who left are outside the fence looking in now. Mayo and Leahy will carry on preparing for 2019.

And leave the Mayo team without players from possible the best club in the country ?
there is going to have to be proper negotiation when tempers cool.
Cora and some of the others are pushing on but a lotof this carancon Crew are you and it would be a shame if this blighted their careers m
Maybe they will just sit out leahys term

The players left voluntarily. If they want to come back then they will contact the management team. Until then or in the absence of that happening the best thing Leahy and Mayo LGFA can do is just carry on. Mayo won't be winning the 2019 all-Ireland with or without those players.

Mayo LGFA can't let this lie though. They took the decision to throw carnacon out of the mayo championship and were heavily backed by the club's. All of this needs resolving too

[TomDoodle]

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At this stage Mayo county board should make no further statement, have no further dealings with these rebels and let them feck off with themselves. There is nothing of substance clearly in any of this. These girls are obviously used to calling the shots which Leahy was unwilling to let happen. Let Mayo proceed with girls who are committed. No one should be bigger than the team.

Spot on. Mayo LGFA and Leahy himself should just leave it lie now. Don't fuel it any further and it will die. The players who left are outside the fence looking in now. Mayo and Leahy will carry on preparing for 2019.
And leave the Mayo team without players from possible the best club in the country ?
there is going to have to be proper negotiation when tempers cool.
Cora and some of the others are pushing on but a lotof this carancon Crew are you and it would be a shame if this blighted their careers m
Maybe they will just sit out leahys term

The players left voluntarily. If they want to come back then they will contact the management team. Until then or in the absence of that happening the best thing Leahy and Mayo LGFA can do is just carry on. Mayo won't be winning the 2019 all-Ireland with or without those players.

Mayo LGFA can't let this lie though. They took the decision to throw carnacon out of the mayo championship and were heavily backed by the club's. All of this needs resolving too

Just to clarify, the motion to throw Carnacon out of the Championship came from a club delegate, not from the County Board.

[iorras]

At this stage Mayo county board should make no further statement, have no further dealings with these rebels and let them feck off with themselves. There is nothing of substance clearly in any of this. These girls are obviously used to calling the shots which Leahy was unwilling to let happen. Let Mayo proceed with girls who are committed. No one should be bigger than the team.

Spot on. Mayo LGFA and Leahy himself should just leave it lie now. Don't fuel it any further and it will die. The players who left are outside the fence looking in now. Mayo and Leahy will carry on preparing for 2019.

And leave the Mayo team without players from possible the best club in the country ?
there is going to have to be proper negotiation when tempers cool.
Cora and some of the others are pushing on but a lotof this carancon Crew are you and it would be a shame if this blighted their careers m
Maybe they will just sit out leahys term

The players left voluntarily. If they want to come back then they will contact the management team. Until then or in the absence of that happening the best thing Leahy and Mayo LGFA can do is just carry on. Mayo won't be winning the 2019 all-Ireland with or without those players.

Mayo LGFA can't let this lie though. They took the decision to throw carnacon out of the mayo championship and were heavily backed by the club's. All of this needs resolving too

They did, the Connacht council said let them back in, Mayo LGFA are appealing that decision. If the Connacht council reject the appeal they will probably go to HQ. If HQ say Carnacon cant be thrown out then they are back in.

[Owen Brannigan]

Is it just me or is there something a bit creepy about the way so many female football teams are managed by middle aged men who if they were so hot on the management front would be taking male teams at a similar level? 

Also the sight of a middle aged man running on to Croke Park and lunging at every young woman on his way out to hug them is a bit difficult to view in the age in which we are living. 

Where are the women capable of managing these county teams? Why are so many middle aged men involved with LFGA teams?

[Franko]

Is it just me or is there something a bit creepy about the way so many female football teams are managed by middle aged men who if they were so hot on the management front would be taking male teams at a similar level? 

Also the sight of a middle aged man running on to Croke Park and lunging at every young woman on his way out to hug them is a bit difficult to view in the age in which we are living. 

Where are the women capable of managing these county teams? Why are so many middle aged men involved with LFGA teams?

If you can't watch a middle aged man hug a 20/30 something woman without feeling uncomfortable then yes, it's just you.

[seafoid]

Was there nobody in the co board who could put a bit of smacht on the situation before it blew up? It sounds completely polarised now.

[Owen Brannigan]

Is it just me or is there something a bit creepy about the way so many female football teams are managed by middle aged men who if they were so hot on the management front would be taking male teams at a similar level? 

Also the sight of a middle aged man running on to Croke Park and lunging at every young woman on his way out to hug them is a bit difficult to view in the age in which we are living. 

Where are the women capable of managing these county teams? Why are so many middle aged men involved with LFGA teams?

If you can't watch a middle aged man hug a 20/30 something woman without feeling uncomfortable then yes, it's just you.

He didn't stop with the first he met. Haven't seen many winning managers of mens' teams doing the same.

[shark]

Is it just me or is there something a bit creepy about the way so many female football teams are managed by middle aged men who if they were so hot on the management front would be taking male teams at a similar level? 

Also the sight of a middle aged man running on to Croke Park and lunging at every young woman on his way out to hug them is a bit difficult to view in the age in which we are living. 

Where are the women capable of managing these county teams? Why are so many middle aged men involved with LFGA teams?

Bohan has been involved with the Dublin and Clare senior footballers. Has an excellent reputation in the men's game. Likewise Fitzgerald, who has been Nemo Rangers manager. Leahy has managed Westmeath minors and senior clubs in Westmeath and Offaly. McEnaney has been involved with Monaghan ladies having previously managed Monaghan and Meath.

Ladies intercounty football has only in recent years reached a level where it could be any way compared to men's senior club football in terms of team preparation. The first wave of players who have been exposed to this are only finishing their playing days now. Maybe they will get involved in coaching and managing. I suspect many will.

I think the other stuff is all in your head.

[rosnarun]

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At this stage Mayo county board should make no further statement, have no further dealings with these rebels and let them feck off with themselves. There is nothing of substance clearly in any of this. These girls are obviously used to calling the shots which Leahy was unwilling to let happen. Let Mayo proceed with girls who are committed. No one should be bigger than the team.

Spot on. Mayo LGFA and Leahy himself should just leave it lie now. Don't fuel it any further and it will die. The players who left are outside the fence looking in now. Mayo and Leahy will carry on preparing for 2019.
And leave the Mayo team without players from possible the best club in the country ?
there is going to have to be proper negotiation when tempers cool.
Cora and some of the others are pushing on but a lotof this carancon Crew are you and it would be a shame if this blighted their careers m
Maybe they will just sit out leahys term

The players left voluntarily. If they want to come back then they will contact the management team. Until then or in the absence of that happening the best thing Leahy and Mayo LGFA can do is just carry on. Mayo won't be winning the 2019 all-Ireland with or without those players.

Mayo LGFA can't let this lie though. They took the decision to throw carnacon out of the mayo championship and were heavily backed by the club's. All of this needs resolving too

Just to clarify, the motion to throw Carnacon out of the Championship came from a club delegate, not from the County Board.

its cabinet responsibility once the motion was passed it becomes county board policy  that why the government  cabinet have strict confidentially  on these things, to avoid some one being thrown under a bus if a policy become unpopular .

does anyone know the exact grounds for canacon appeal being granted?

[trueblue1234]

Is it just me or is there something a bit creepy about the way so many female football teams are managed by middle aged men who if they were so hot on the management front would be taking male teams at a similar level? 

Also the sight of a middle aged man running on to Croke Park and lunging at every young woman on his way out to hug them is a bit difficult to view in the age in which we are living. 

Where are the women capable of managing these county teams? Why are so many middle aged men involved with LFGA teams?

This is a sad indictment of the world we live in.

[TomDoodle]

Was there nobody in the co board who could put a bit of smacht on the situation before it blew up? It sounds completely polarised now.

Been developing for a long time. Certain parties were allowed excessive influence under previous management and when Leahy tried to bring them to heel (quite rightly) they reacted just like indulged children and threw the toys out of the pram. Was only a matter of time.

Interesting article from C Parkinson, pointing out how it would have been deeply insulting to the manager for her to suggest he bring in somebody to sort out defensive issues. Leahy would have rightly interpreted this as a senior player trying to call the shots and he was determined to stamp that out. https://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/colm-parkinson-mayo-177662?utm_content=bufferfe711&utm_medium=Social+organic&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer

[highorlow]

Just as well these wummin don't have to deal with Roy Keane.

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Im gonna start a new team, Snowflake Gac, I predict in a few years ill have numbers to rival the mighty Dubs

If the bad manager ever used not nice words against you, come join us

[From the Bunker]

Is it just me or is there something a bit creepy about the way so many female football teams are managed by middle aged men who if they were so hot on the management front would be taking male teams at a similar level? 

Also the sight of a middle aged man running on to Croke Park and lunging at every young woman on his way out to hug them is a bit difficult to view in the age in which we are living. 

Where are the women capable of managing these county teams? Why are so many middle aged men involved with LFGA teams?

If you can't watch a middle aged man hug a 20/30 something woman without feeling uncomfortable then yes, it's just you.

Why are so many middle aged men involved with Male teams? Because they are no longer able to play the game and want to be still involved in some form or other.

Women usually retire from football in their late 20's. Marriage and Family takes over like it or not. That's not a sexist remark, it reality.

As for the affection in celebration, you are just getting too deep!

[johnnycool]

They weren't happy with how the management treated them (Rightly or wrongly can be debated forever) and they left.

That should have been the end of it.

For me, this all kicked off when they were banned from playing club championship. I still think that was a silly decision and I also think it was brought about due to the club being disliked by other clubs in Mayo.
The rest of these discussions should have been held behind closed doors.
Banning them from club championship got their backs up, brought the media attention to it and caused it to descend into shite.

Handled very badly.

I think the initial reason they gave for walking away didn't reflect well on the management as they left everything hanging with some sort of wishy washy statement about it'll all come out later.

Mayo LGFA had to do something to change the narrative, but chose the nuclear option. Not good either.