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Im new here but Im damned well going to have my say! Kerry blew their stack last Sunday. It wasnt because they didnt play to the best they had and Donaghy coming on saved them. But Mayo at their sweetest unbridled selves playing with abandon was a dream to watch, and had they started the game like that and not worry about defensive patterns would have the game wrapped up at half time. This a seriously good team, the Dubs will be a hell of a hill, pardon the pun! But if Mayo have the O'Shea boys in midfield, tis Aidens only place, Vaughan, centre half back and Parsons CHF, and they take the AllBlacks attitude of, "whatever you score, we will score more", they will win this pulling up. No disrespect to Kerry, but when Mayo came alive with 14 men, they couldnt live with them. Horan, just cut them loose and let them play!

[There is a big difference between supporters criticising something on the internet and the team's preparations.]

There is a big difference between supporters criticising something on the internet and the team's preparations.

I suspect what happened to Keegan (neutrals won't understand this) will play far more on the minds of the squad than where the match is played.

A trickle of the squad will have heard about anything written on forums etc. And even that will get little or no recognition. Really forums like these are on a Parallel universe to most of the players we discuss. The players are in their own world this week and we are in ours.

Incorrect FTB, I know for a fact that players and management pore over the finer details of gaaboard posts for hours on end trying to find hidden meanings in various statements. Furthermore, posts on the non-GAA section have a direct impact on outcomes in other sports (primarily soccer)

Thats the maddest thing I ever heard! Aiden O'Shea and co do twitter but cant imagine them poring over this

There is a big difference between supporters criticising something on the internet and the team's preparations.

I suspect what happened to Keegan (neutrals won't understand this) will play far more on the minds of the squad than where the match is played.

Very true, tis just another field for the boys, they wont let Keegan down

Aiden O'Shea needs to be at centre field from the start on Saturday. He looked lost in the first half and constantly out of position. In the second half he played midfield and was the main driving force for the team. He needs and thrives on the responsibility of ball winner and carrier alongside the brother. Dont think he does that at centre half forward. They need go forward momentum from the statr and he provides that. I thought either he or Colm Boyle were MOM on sunday. I would put Tom Parsons centre half forward to give an extra physical presence there, he too is a good ball carrier. The team I would go with would be:

Hennelly
Cunniffe
Cafferky
Higgins
Feeney
Vaughan
Boyle
O'Shea
O'Shea
McLoughlin
Parsons
Doherty
O'Connor
Andy Moran
Dillon.

Leave Aidan where he is. He s played well there in games and Parsons has had any time let alone an unfamiliar position. There was no support runners last day for Aidan and Kevin Mac first half. The dynamic changed when we went down to 14 but now we have to get our shape back.
Feeney s been out in the cold for so long we don't know how he d go but he's not going to get a run anyway is he? Really now? My Castlebar friends tell me both Richie and Barry fully fit. Barry must have been bould as well.

You could field a decent enough team of players Horan doesn't like at this stage. What happened to the Coen lad? He had a bad time of it in the Connacht final last year but he was so young that surely you'd be looking at developing him further.

He has to make changes given the Keegan situation, and Feeny is the best fit, dont think hes out in the cold, has been carrying an injury. Parsons looked composed when he came on and centre half is not strange to him. O'Shea is one of the best midfielders in the country, why play him out of position? It was obvious his impact from there in the second half. Was talking to young Coen a couple of weeks ago, didnt give up much but seems out in the cold

Aiden O'Shea needs to be at centre field from the start on Saturday. He looked lost in the first half and constantly out of position. In the second half he played midfield and was the main driving force for the team. He needs and thrives on the responsibility of ball winner and carrier alongside the brother. Dont think he does that at centre half forward. They need go forward momentum from the statr and he provides that. I thought either he or Colm Boyle were MOM on sunday. I would put Tom Parsons centre half forward to give an extra physical presence there, he too is a good ball carrier. The team I would go with would be:

Hennelly
Cunniffe
Cafferky
Higgins
Feeney
Vaughan
Boyle
O'Shea
O'Shea
McLoughlin
Parsons
Doherty
O'Connor
Andy Moran
Dillon.