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Lucky to win tonight, here's a brief report

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what time is throw in for the Leitrim v Mayo game?

7.30pm which is something I neglected in this preview

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Thanks for keeping me on my toes!

A few thoughts on where we might be

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A tribute to the great man's career and that of David Heaney. So long lads

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That's a superb piece.
It's obvious you were writing from the heart- in the same way James and David played their football.

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

Sean Boylan may have beaten me to the punch but Rudyard's Kipling's definition of Manhood applies to our pair of legends. I'd imagine Sean, another legend, wouldn't dispute that.
I wouldn't let the views of others bother me too much, if I were you.
True greatness can't be measured in terms of medal won – or by comparisons with others either.  I wouldn't mind if every country was up to its collective oxters with its number of true legends.
I think you have defined the essence of true greatness.
For far too long, Mayo teams have been taunted with references to the white feather.
The pair of lads never showed the white feather to anyone at any time. For them, a white feather was stuck to the butt end of a goose.
For those who dispute this, I'll direct them to the last sentence of rosnarun's last post.

Stirring stuff Lar. Thanks. That Kipling verse is the greatest piece of poetry I have ever read. I've always maintained that.

James and David are men who made me proud to be from Mayo.

Small tribute to two retiring greats

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Tribute to James Nallen and David Heaney

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A tribute to the great man's career and that of David Heaney. So long lads

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A few words on the retirement of two greats, Messrs Nallen and Heaney.

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Brief analysis of the Mayo team

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Mayo drew with Sligo IT. Report here - http://thereisalightthatnevergoesout.wordpress.com/

Typical shite one sided report. You dont even name the opposition. Past your level of analysis. The obsession that is mayo football.

It is a MAYO football blog. Don't get your knickers in a twist.

Oh, and thank you very much Lar Naparka. Comparison with Willie Joe would make a blogger blush!

Report from the draw against Sligo IT today

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Thanks for that flame. Does nt look very encouraging, does it?

No big light at the end of the tunnel. I could use some corny line about my name but will desist. The Under 21s could be our best hope.

Report from the draw against Sligo IT today

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Mayo drew with Sligo IT. Report here - http://thereisalightthatnevergoesout.wordpress.com/

Report from Garrymore

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Report from today's FBD game

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