Gaillimh v Maigh Eo, Staid na Gaoithe, 1400, 10-Fea-2018

[MayoBuck]

Oh dear

[Kurtz]

Ah it wasnt that bad for this time of year
well done Galway

[GalwayBayBoy]

That will put a few more thousand bums on seats in Castlebar on May 13 anyway. Possibly not for the right reasons though.

[mouview]

Mayo should win this with the breeze. Galway wont score much against that wind

[manfromdelmonte]

will somebody not think of the poor innocent O'Connors??

[Manning18]

Very comfortable for Galway in the end, you got the sense that the game could've gone on for days and Mayo wouldn't have gotten any closer to bridging the gap. Full back line is starting to look a lot more solid, Kerins turning into a good corner back. Midfield is probably the one area Mayo got a bit of joy. Three man of the match awards for Comer in a row I believe

[galwayman]

Conroy showing his 'class'. 

And as for Cillian O Connor?

[Farrandeelin]

I don't know which was worse, the incidents at the end or the Mayo forward play.

McLoughlin was shocking, DOC was poor and deserved to be sent off. Loftus will get off handy because of his age but was beat every time the ball went in near him. Doherty didn't get on much ball, so won't do much that way. Cillian was terrible. Three or four shocking wides in the second half. Another deserved red card. AOS did his best I suppose but was ploughing a lone furrow up there.

The it's only the league contingent will be out in force on mayogaablog for sure, but I'm sure they must be concerned with what we've witnessed there today. I know Keegan et al are out missing, be it injured or whatever, but I do worry about the future of Mayo football when I see the likes of what went on there today.

[inthrough]

There isn't a field sport in the world that would put up with what went on at the end of that sorry excuse for a game. The fact that no one got the line for the first tussle meant that a second was inevitable.

The sooner red cards are handed out for participants in free for alls, even if that means half a dozen going, the sooner this rubbish will stop.

It is embarrassing full stop.

[Whishtup]

Galway 'bate' Mayo

https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2018/0211/939915-galway-bate-mayo-in-bad-tempered-tussle/

[MayoBuck]

There isn't a field sport in the world that would put up with what went on at the end of that sorry excuse for a game. The fact that no one got the line for the first tussle meant that a second was inevitable.

The sooner red cards are handed out for participants in free for alls, even if that means half a dozen going, the sooner this rubbish will stop.

It is embarrassing full stop.

Agreed. 3rd, 4th, 5th etc. men in should get the line straight away. Only way to fix it.

[joemamas]

There isn't a field sport in the world that would put up with what went on at the end of that sorry excuse for a game. The fact that no one got the line for the first tussle meant that a second was inevitable.

The sooner red cards are handed out for participants in free for alls, even if that means half a dozen going, the sooner this rubbish will stop.

It is embarrassing full stop.

We witnessed a very incompetent referee today. How the Galway #3 did not get a black card for a clear pull back on McLoughlin who was gone by him was mind boggling.
Conroy literally pulled Ao Shea along the ground by the back of his jersey, ref was looking straight at it. How he lasted as long as he did on the field was mystery.

Cilian o Connor probably deserved to see red, as did his brother.but COC was fouled every time he went near the ball.
A O Shea dragged down in square, two stupid umpires could not tell the ref

None of the above complaints cost Mayo the game.
Galway were better, full stop.
Their game plan is simple, play with three forwards, Comer and two other fast ones.
Thank God Shane Walsh is as selfish as he is, otherwise game would have been over at halftime.

As for Mayo, Farr said it all re our forwards.
Maybe we did not want to show our hand , maybe, big maybe re forward play.
We are missing seven potential starters.

I have said this before, but it probably requires a tread of its own, the coaching or lack thereof of Mayo underage forwards over the past six to eight years is coming home to roost.
Who was in charge of that debacle.

We might beat Kildare, maybe Donegal.
All in all depressing  stuff

[OgraAnDun]

There isn't a field sport in the world that would put up with what went on at the end of that sorry excuse for a game. The fact that no one got the line for the first tussle meant that a second was inevitable.

The sooner red cards are handed out for participants in free for alls, even if that means half a dozen going, the sooner this rubbish will stop.

It is embarrassing full stop.

We witnessed a very incompetent referee today. How the Galway #3 did not get a black card for a clear pull back on McLoughlin who was gone by him was mind boggling.
Conroy literally pulled Ao Shea along the ground by the back of his jersey, ref was looking straight at it. How he lasted as long as he did on the field was mystery.

Cilian o Connor probably deserved to see red, as did his brother.but COC was fouled every time he went near the ball.
A O Shea dragged down in square, two stupid umpires could not tell the ref

None of the above complaints cost Mayo the game.
Galway were better, full stop.
Their game plan is simple, play with three forwards, Comer and two other fast ones.
Thank God Shane Walsh is as selfish as he is, otherwise game would have been over at halftime.

As for Mayo, Farr said it all re our forwards.
Maybe we did not want to show our hand , maybe, big maybe re forward play.
We are missing seven potential starters.

I have said this before, but it probably requires a tread of its own, the coaching or lack thereof of Mayo underage forwards over the past six to eight years is coming home to roost.
Who was in charge of that debacle.

We might beat Kildare, maybe Donegal.
All in all depressing  stuff

Unless I'm mistaken, you need to put two arms around a man and drag him to the ground to receive a black card.

Too many fans at matches expect black cards to be given out for any sort of rough or cynical play.

[seafoid]

I don't know which was worse, the incidents at the end or the Mayo forward play.

McLoughlin was shocking, DOC was poor and deserved to be sent off. Loftus will get off handy because of his age but was beat every time the ball went in near him. Doherty didn't get on much ball, so won't do much that way. Cillian was terrible. Three or four shocking wides in the second half. Another deserved red card. AOS did his best I suppose but was ploughing a lone furrow up there.

The it's only the league contingent will be out in force on mayogaablog for sure, but I'm sure they must be concerned with what we've witnessed there today. I know Keegan et al are out missing, be it injured or whatever, but I do worry about the future of Mayo football when I see the likes of what went on there today.

It is only the league. Until Galway win a championship qf , beating Mayo won't mean much.

[Mayo Border]

Unless I'm mistaken, you need to put two arms around a man and drag him to the ground to receive a black card.

Too many fans at matches expect black cards to be given out for any sort of rough or cynical play.
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He impeded his run. Clear black card offence. Cillian did similar to Comer in 2nd half and got no card either. Ref showed early that he was out of his depth reffing at this level. And when are linesmen and umpires going to take some part in policing games. The guys with white coats stand like statues and appear not to see what is happening in front of them.