Mayo influencing referee

[sid waddell]

Have the respective shadowy Former Player Media Pressure Panels (FPMPPs) met yet to discuss their fiendish propaganda strategies for influencing the result of the final?

Whichever FPMPP gets its strategy correct could yet make all the difference - this battle is as important as any that will take place on the pitch.

[magpie seanie]

Dublin will do whatever it takes to win, buoyed by black card immunity, and that will mean loads of off the ball spoiling.  Mayo can leave no stone unturned on and off the pitch and if  that means alerting the ref to dublin's off the ball tactics then  fair play!

In fairness the Dubs are no better or worse than ourselves or Kerry when it come to off the ball stuff. I just want a ref who doesn't ruin the game and goes unoticed throughout the 70 odd minutes.

I agree with this but I'd suggest this kind of refereeing would not suit Mayo. In last years final (drawn game) I think Mayo were awarded 11 scoreable frees, converting 10. This is against possibly the cleanest tackling defence I've ever seen. Got a lot of soft frees in 2013 too. Mayo will need to score a lot of frees to keep pace on the scoreboard. Refs are human and the whole "poor Mayo, ah jaysus I hope they win one" schtick is bearing fruit.