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Pure conjecture but would expect MH to field close to but not quite full strength team. Expect us to play ultra ultra defensive and settle for a 'close' (vs dublin <6 point) loss. Think he will fancy Kerry more than Donegal in semi final (perhaps wrongly given donegals mounting defensive issues). If we get to play Dublin again in AIF, then I think we will see high press and much more direct style with Mattie D/ McShane/ Petey pushing right up but as other posters have observed it's hard to turn it on if we haven't played it since the league.

Beaten by every Div 1 team we have faced in AI series since 2008. The management structure does need a long hard review. Kerry and or Mayo would have given Dublin a much better game, I don't buy the Dublin are invincible talk, why didn't we at least mix it up or have a plan B to rattle them. Jim McGuinness in the Irish Times today I thought summed us up and couldn't believe how passive we were. With exception of Colm Cavanagh the rest of the team were so paralysed by our defensive striaghtjacket that they got very rapidly demoralised. I expect Mayo to at least put it up to Dublin, we desperately need a change in tactics/ approach.