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Prefer this coverage to the usual RTE commentators

Cheers for all the accolades here lads and lassies.

I'm just about alive but still buzzing.

Best days of our lives. I felt something was stirring after Clones with this absolutely brilliant bunch of young lads led by Andy and his crew.

Thanks again all, the wests awake.

Mayo by 7

Ger Brennan was in The (Cuala) Hyde tonight, likely getting advice from Mick Fitz on how to mark D.Clifford, it'd be interesting to find out who kept Clifford to his lowest score.

MF probably heads the table.

Galway were robbed, anyone who says otherwise never kicked a ball.

New rules are about control and teams getting into a flow state. Goughs decision turned the tide and gave Dublin and the home crowd the energy to drive on.

Gough needs to be called out on this by all media but it won't happen. He's in Dublin's pockets.

There's a lot of bluff and bluster about midfield, great forwards, tactical nuances, at the end of the day it's 15 men (plus subs) against 15, Croker is for hard men, Tyrone have that Kerry don't, that's the (simplistic) reason I'll edge Tyrone.

Kerry are soft as f**k when it's put up to them.?

I thought we lost that edge and went "soft" which we had in fairness, but our boys are back.

Everyone is writing Mayo off this year.

Likely our "loser" mentality from past AI failures.

Given Andy's and his backroom teams relatively recent experience and knowledge of Croker, our fairly well drilled forwards, a better goalkeeper than past visits and moreover our added aggression and never say die attitude in must win games this year I fancy our chances to go the whole way and beat Tyrone in the final.

Story on semi finals?

Same again, open draw, avoid repeats

Ah here, are you sure ?

Never sure with GAA stuff but I think I read it somewhere.

Anyhow our game v Cark is a practice run for our young lads and hopefully they'll make things competitive.

 It's year 1 of Andy's plan. So semi final would be a bonus.

Story on semi finals?

Same again, open draw, avoid repeats

Is Andy Moran the best coach in the country that was some turnaround?

Mental. I presume a wind up, but I'll bite anyhow.

Mayo have been at the exact same level throughout this decade. A good team that will beat any team that's not good, but will never beat a team that's great.

The black mark against Andy being that the last two management teams have undertaken the rebuild job of moving out a team of ageing warriors, and replacing them with new blood.

Which they did, and handed over the reins.



Mayo's age and experience profile is perfect for winning an AI.

In my lifetime they've never had a full forward line as dangerous, not even remotely close. Not even a third cousin remotely as close.

Yet you still couldn't trust them to win a game against Carlow.

That's a bit unfair on Carlow

O rourke hit with a bottle at full time I see.

Are the Sam Maguire credit union loans on hold for now down in Ballina?

They were never applied for this year ya poor eejet.

O'Shea should've retired
Cost mayo that game

O'Shea was brought on by Andy. It's up to Andy to make the big calls. The game was lost in the final minutes when Mayo had an overlap and a clear goal chance, but the player in possession bottled it and took the easy option point. That's where the game was lost.

A fortnight ago a similar scenario was butchered and Monaghan got a goal on the break. It was a split second decision and Sam made the correct one, he would've needed to float a pass over the Tyrone back which isn't easy at the pace he was going.

During the game I sensed the bench would be the difference, Andy still gave O'Shea the chance, there was a time when the Mayo crowd would roar when he came on, now it's groans. The new rules don't suit him unfortunately.

Whoever gets a score in extra time might do enough to win

A double on both finals to be draws would've been nice odds.


Wexford have this now, Down look out on their feet and only scored 4 points in second half.

Warm weather training was for FBD.

Whole county is devastated.