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It's an odd one here as AZ says he kinda admits himself he acts up for the craic and then the followers treat him as such. Also you would reckon that most of his followers are younger lads and young ones who, when they see him and are in the group with perhaps a few shandies on board want to rip the piss out of him.
If he is saying on one hand that his character is a bit mad then don't expect to be treated like a straight broadcaster like the one point for Tony Kelly lad he refers to. If it is a case of acting up for the Snapchat then you will be treated like a gimmick.
He seems hurt in that post, he acknowledges he acts up a bit, but then fails to connect the fact that that is why people treat him like a fool.
Look he seems to do decent work promoting hurling and I'd have him over Rory's Stories any day.

That doesnt justify lads physically attackin him in public though

Split cork in 2

F*** the hill we should take over the davin make it a sea of green n red

Ah who doesnt like a good bandwagon, that being said im a season ticket holder and go to nearly all games

If mayo win they should just give the entire 1-15 an all star !

[Mayo's real disadvantage is that they are basically relying on 18 players. It's clear that only Durcan and to a lesser extent Loftus and Coen are really trusted by their management to come in and do a job off the bench.]

Form in semi-final is completely irrelevant when predicting what's going to happen in a final.

Only thing of relevance is last year's All Ireland finals, and that being 12 months ago makes it very hard to compare. Andy Moran is clearly playing better than last year, as is Aidan O'Shea. Doherty now a legitimate threat and Loftus looks like he could do what Costello did last year. Boyle is super, and nobody can doubt the class of Harrison and Barrett at the back. Vaughan (who I would say pretty much has always been poor v the Dubs) is having his best year ever. Keegan not at the same level as last year, but illness accounts for that. COC not playing as well as last year, but I'm sure Mayo lads are confident he'll play well.

Overall I would say I expect Mayo to be slightly better this year than last year. I think Dublin are better too. It'll be down to who produces on the day. Should be a super game.

Keegan was certainly at last year's level up to half-time in the draw against Roscommon. With three weeks rest you have to expect he'll be back to that level again for the final.

For me Cillian O'Connor has been better from open play in the last few matches than he was last year, or perhaps ever. But his free-taking has definitely gone down a notch.

Mayo's real disadvantage is that they are basically relying on 18 players. It's clear that only Durcan and to a lesser extent Loftus and Coen are really trusted by their management to come in and do a job off the bench.

Absolutely, once you go beyond those two / three, the subs start to seriously weaken the team. Dublin could go well past six without doing that to any great extent. We'd need a couple of Dubs to go off early to balance that up - either young starters for Dublin having a nightmare, a black card or an injury. Last year we had two subs used by HT so we can ill afford a repeat of that.

Bloody david drake !!

Mayo have improved, no doubt, but I can't honestly see them getting within 6 of Dubs; who are well-oiled robots

They weren't well oiled robots in last year's final although Gavin seems to be using that as a stick to beat them with already.

they were well off it and still won

Dublin by 5.... (keep in mind however that i called kerry by 8(!) before the first game)

Coming into this final all the momentum seems to be with Mayo. It seems that this year Sam is well within their grasp. However, if I were a Mayo supporter I'd have one nagging concern. Since much of the optimism about their prospects seems to stem from their devastating performance against Kerry I'd be asking myself: How good were Kerry this year?

Kerry were awful. Nobody is reading too much into beating them other than it's a monkey off our backs. It was overdue, it was a sore point after 2014, so it was sweet, but they were really poor.

that said lost against galway, et against derry, poor against clare, et against cork, drew with roscommon - all poor performances. Kerry were poor the first day but still drew and could very well have won. Cant really read too much into either replays Roscommon were awful and kerry were even worst than the first day, so where is the optism that we can beat possibly the greatest ever team coming from

Coming into this final all the momentum seems to be with Mayo. It seems that this year Sam is well within their grasp. However, if I were a Mayo supporter I'd have one nagging concern. Since much of the optimism about their prospects seems to stem from their devastating performance against Kerry I'd be asking myself: How good were Kerry this year?

im less optimstic, kerry werent very good either day and brought it to a replay. if anything dublin are better than last season and have managed the season better. incredible team and the majority of your subs would walk into the mayo team, cant see past a dublin win tbh

[hard to see Cluxton getting one]

hard to see Cluxton  getting one , he has had feck all to do all year
but if Dublin win he probably will

I think the hammerings in the Quaterfinal have lessened the chances  any wild card except maybe at full back where none of the top 4 were outstanding probably a corner back will get it

hes well up in the poty odds

7 All Stars for the winners and 6 for the runners ups. One each for Tyrone and Kerry i reckon.

Roscommon and Derry both might get one for drawing with the all ireland champions after 70 minutes.

What about Cork then?

It was hilarious the hill not recognising St. Dermo

I see you got banned from the Kerry forum. Wonder how long it'll be before your banned here too

Not that it matters but I'm not sure what ur talking about. There is a Mayo4Sam14 here, maybe you're confusing us but either I don't know what the Kerry forum even is

Was whoever it was banned for suggesting the hill can't recognise its favourite player? Or maybe the Kerry lads didn't recognise Donaghy?

Well thats me and tbh i didnt realise there a was a kerry forum on here either

Whats the precedent of a team losing 4 finals in 6 years? 😂

Any of the Mayo posters think Doherty should replace COC on free's?

not sure, maybe if coc is having a bad day. but weve all seen how deadly he can be so dont think doc should move ahead of him based off 2 frees, i would let him take the next couple 45s though