Maigh Eo v Doire, Pairc An Chrócaigh, De Domhnaigh 13ú Aibreain, 1400

[Bod Mor]

A headline in this morning's Sunday Times refers to "Free-Scoring Mayo". Discuss.

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POS   TEAM   P   W   L   D   F   A   POINTS
1   CORK   7   5   1   1   142   124   11
2   DERRY   7   4   2   1   134   117   9
3   MAYO   7   4   2   1  148133   9
4   DUBLIN   7   4   2   1   126   118   9
5   TYRONE   7   3   2   2   140   135   8
6   KERRY   7   3   4   0   123   112   6
7   KILDARE   7   2   5   0   137   143   4
8   WESTMEATH   7   0   7   0   87   155   0

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[Zulu]

Shane McHale in for Tom Cunniffe.

[Zulu]

Mayo starting well and dominating midfield so far. Two good early scores from Freeman and O'Shea.

[Zulu]

3-3 after 12 minutes and Derry have settled. Higgins just puts Mayo back in front.

[Zulu]

Derry goal, O'Boyle buries it. 1-3 to 0-4 now.

[Zulu]

Goal Mayo, Moran. And Fergal Doherty sent off on a second yellow from a frontal shoulder on Aidan O'Shea. Both his yellows were harsh IMO.

1-5 to 1-4 (25 minutes) Mayo lead.

[Maguire01]

Some decent points here.

[Throw ball]

Goal Mayo, Moran. And Fergal Doherty sent off on a second yellow from a frontal shoulder on Aidan O'Shea. Both his yellows were harsh IMO.

1-5 to 1-4 (25 minutes) Mayo lead.

Thought the first was harsh. Probably technically correct though. He was stupid for second. Good refereeing to play advantage first and come back for booking though.

[Zulu]

Hughes giving Derry some very soft frees now. Keegan has been just yellowed for something! Derry looking the better team now.

Derry 1-8 Mayo 1-7 coming up to HT.

[babarino]

Goal Mayo, Moran. And Fergal Doherty sent off on a second yellow from a frontal shoulder on Aidan O'Shea. Both his yellows were harsh IMO.

1-5 to 1-4 (25 minutes) Mayo lead.

Persistent fouling by Mayo taking away from the game. Ref only started to show yellows towards the end of the 1st half - arguably black card offences. Derry are playing the better football.

[Zulu]

Goal Mayo, Moran. And Fergal Doherty sent off on a second yellow from a frontal shoulder on Aidan O'Shea. Both his yellows were harsh IMO.

1-5 to 1-4 (25 minutes) Mayo lead.

Thought the first was harsh. Probably technically correct though. He was stupid for second. Good refereeing to play advantage first and come back for booking though.

I thought both players were going to shoulder but O'Shea kicked the ball at the last second so I thought Doherty was committed to the shoulder and couldn't pull out when O'Shea kicked. The replay of the first yellow shows it was very soft.

[Zulu]

Goal Mayo, Moran. And Fergal Doherty sent off on a second yellow from a frontal shoulder on Aidan O'Shea. Both his yellows were harsh IMO.

1-5 to 1-4 (25 minutes) Mayo lead.

Persistent fouling by Mayo taking away from the game. Ref only started to show yellows towards the end of the 1st half - arguably black card offences. Derry are playing the better football.

I don't think some of them were fouls though. Some of the Derry lads are playing the ref IMO and getting frees where none exist. In saying that Mayo haven't been great when Derry run at them.

[screenexile]

Harsh red I thought. The first wasn't a yellow.

Uphill struggle for us now but I'm encouraged with how we performed in the first half. I'm not usually a fan of Lynn's but he's causing the Mayo defence all kind of problems today. I think if we can put up a decent fight this half I'll happy enough.

[Zulu]

Mayo doing much better now and they lead 1-11 to 1-9.

[screenexile]

THONNNNGGGGGG!!!