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Mickey took a calculated gamble that failed to pay off; if it had been successful he would have been hailed as a tactical genius.

this is the type of anti logic that drives me nuts.  of course if he had done the right thing he would be considered a tactical genius but the fact is that he didn't. doesn't mean he should have been sacked but at least try and  keep you reasons  rational.

I wont be giving galway the seal of approval untill i see who they are playing. but rest assured i let you know in good time.

what more do kilcoyne and gardiner have to do to make it on to peoples teams? they swing the game around completly  with higgins when they came on bring back our usual quick moving style of play which is my main gripe against austin when he is ther esome of the team seem to think he is a donahy or Cussen type figure and ignorantly blasting the ball into him when in fact Austin is only ever usefull when he gets easy ball on slow ground when he can seem devastating.
speaking of which even in the second half  the number of high balls sent in between conor and hanley was stupid in the extreme. almost designed to make him look bad.
but all in it was a much improve mayo performance and if the manager can put his Ego to one side we could have a right good summer yet. Better i suspect than galway for who if joyce is Marked would have have little enough to offer apart from meehan and even he need the type of quality ball only joyce was providiing. . but as i said before the match poor defending makes all stars of forwards and joyce has probably secured his already.

5' 6" and 12 stone and been that weight since I was 17.  Only a beanpole could be 6' tall and 11 stone!

or else some one who was fit . 11 stone in boxing term is  just under middleweight   I dont think Steve collins would ever be describes as either small or overly skinny also think hagler hearns et al

This is a little bugbear of mine. The physical stats given for players in matchday programmes and the Sunday Game are all over the shop. According to TSG, the Clare centre back is 6 foot tall and 11 stone. I was 11 stone making my confirmation FFS! Is it that hard to get accurate info?

11 stone at what age? 12? I think you had a problem . or maybe it just a memory one

O'Mahony may have his reasons for doing what he did in dropping McDonald but I have my opinions and I'm sticking with them.
He erred badly in dispensing with Ciaran's services and this was apparent today. What is done is done, I guess, and there is no point in re-hashing old gripes but Galway won because they had Padraig Joyce and Mayo lost because they had no father figure of his stature in attack.
On the positive side, Mayo deserve credit for fighting back- they don't drop the head when they go behind any more. Fair play to Galway also; they showed great poise and composure in keeping cool as the end approached and Mayo were in overdrive. Typically Galway don't do panic. (If Joyce wasn't around, would that have been the case today?)
It was a tragedy for Mayo that Trevor Mortimer had to retire. He seemed the one forward with the speed and confidence to have a cut at the Galway defence. There were good individual displays and scores also from some of the others but we had no one to organise things and provide a target for direct passes being kicked in. Most of Mayo's scores were hard won, whereas Galway, when things were going right for them, seemed to be able to cut through with a minimum of effort. Plus of course, they had Padraig Joyce.
I notice no one else seems to have alluded to Ciaran's absence in the posts here so far. Surely I am not the only one to think it his absence was sorely missed?

of course he was but as you say yourself theres no point. i dont think he could join the panel now and  do himself any justice it'd end up like last years farce where he was put on long after the game was dead.
Aft least JOM rlented on gardiner Mayo really missed the flunecy he bring he proved himself today to be one of the really essential element of a mayo team going well.

watched the sunday game  for the firsty time in years tonigh video i sbroken and they are all toss pots who exactly could take a full strength shoulder from behins from the man mountain that is cullinnane and not go down? and to listen to the kerry eejit youd swear galway won by about 15 points. mayo in fact scored more often do the guys even watch thw game?.

as for the game . I fomahony learns anything tody its hopefully that to win we need all our best players on the pitch. the blatently obviously includes Padden Gardiner and  kilcoyne  and not Boyle or Austin .(why people are surprised at his performance amazes as he played the exact same way he always has for mayo except no body put the ball into his hands today)Conroy may be useful for special cases but was completely off the pace today. cunniffe did just about enough to justify his place but benefits from looking like nallen .

at least mayo showed a bit of fight after an awful start but it followed dthe league campaign exactly losing out in the tight games they could easily have won. and it is this that splits a winning team from the alsorans

definetly time to sell croke Park at the moment its like having a beautiful wife and letting every one ride her and pretending not to care

Park inn in mullranny .sun sea sand golf fishing mountainclimbing and its mayo
but best of all there a old railway station Just like in ''The Station Agent'' and its for sale

yeah poor ciaran Duff one little kick in the head and a year ban and people all of a sudden think he was a dirty player

I agree that Andy Moran could well bve man of the match if mayo win as he is one of our real match winners which is why the performance against sligo was so disappointing after having been probably our best player for the league
Though  i  fear Boyle could make an all-star out of Bane or Nicky joyce i'm still hold ing out the hope that i'm as wrong about him as i was tom parsons as i did not believe him to be ready before the sligo game. and would still have some nigglying doubts on that score but think out 3 man midfield should handle things well enough

Thread Police alert.

Plenty of threads already discussing this game and referees.  Please keep in thread.

Thread Police alert. police .

I think   we should have a teachers register so we know exactly who has toomuch time on their hands for the summer and insist on makeing pointless comments.
as for the topic .
No i reckon he could have been stricter  and i saw 2 more sending offs at least but he did pull for a few very dodgy pick ups

Mayo people, ye talk some amount of bullshit! Does it ever stop coming from ye?

The Galway team have not been aggressive or physical since the early 90's.

If only players like K. Fitz, M. Comer, F. Hanley, G. Sice, N.Coyne, D. Burke, D. Meehan N. Joyce, F. Brathnanch, S. Armstrong, M. Clancy were actually more physical in the last few years then we might have won something.

Under Forde, We played negatively bringing the half-forward line way down the field but physical? No way, We simply dont have enough physical players. Of this current team, Only Cullinane, Coleman & Blake can be regarded as physical.

no one said that galway were a physical team merley that they upped the physical side of their game under the impression that this would beat mayo sure in the fact that it was not in mayos game to any degree . It has be stated sweveral times by Mayo posters that they did not continue this Tactic against other teams . esp tjhose that might hit back. and the word cowardice was never mentioed so i dont know why your making such a big deal about that

john madden watching himself on TV while letting the ball sail by him in the all ireland semi in 96

james nallen hand passing into the goal after a magnificent run in the mayo county final 1995 .

John o mahony dropping Ciaran Macdonald back in 2008(easy to spot a gaffe in hind sight)

mayo getting rid of micky moran and appointing John o mahony

one option gone and one returns?

from  DANIEL CAREY the mayo news

BARRY Moran has been ruled out of next Sunday's Connacht final after breaking a bone in his hand at Mayo training on Sunday morning. The Castlebar Mitchels attacker sustained the injury in the last five minutes of the weekend session, and will be wearing a cast for the next few weeks. Moran featured only sporadically in the National League and was not expected to start the provincial decider. But he was outstanding at full-forward against Cavan and Derry in last year's championship, and might well have seen action on his home pitch at some stage.
"He has been plagued by injury, really, because he had an ankle [problem] and then he had a tummy bug in the lead-up to the last game," Mayo manager John O'Mahony told The Mayo News last night (Monday). "But we just have to play through it. He's a fine young footballer and hopefully we can stay in the championship long enough to get the benefit of him."
There's better news on Alan Dillon, who featured in a challenge match against Fermanagh last Tuesday, which Mayo won comprehensively. O'Mahony will name his starting 15 for Sunday's game tomorrow (Wednesday) night, and the Ballintubber man is expected to be included in the half-forward line. The former All-Star missed the Connacht semi-final against Sligo having undergone minor surgery to treat a haemotoma in his hip, but has been declared fit to play.
Trevor Howley, who severely damaged his ankle ligaments in a challenge match against Meath in May, looks certain to be on the bench on Sunday. The Knockmore man has 'worked wonders' over the last few weeks in his bid to be fit, according to O'Mahony. "He has done a bit of running and played a bit of ball, so whether it has come too soon for him or not I don't know," said the manage

Won't be posting here until after the final. Hopefully the match will be a great game between the two big rivals, it's been a good while since we have seen one of those.

Prediction: Mayo by 3 points.

just promise you'll keep the ball kicked out so our lads can get a bit of excercize  in before the quarter finals