All-Ireland Final, September 18th, 2016 - Dublin v Mayo

[From the Bunker]

Are Mayo going to try rough Dublin up before throw in again or what??

This is not 1996!

They did it last year - poor aul Vaughn did his shoulder when he went at Kilkenny out on the Cusack side and Higgins bounced off Connolly, ran back 5 yards and bounced off him again.

Nearly as good as Cooper on DOC. Classy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDb9nvzY9sY

No this was before throw in at the first game - Mayo were obviously told to rough up the dandy boys.

DOC is a fairly classy bloke alright and behaved impeccably in both games last year - he didn't deserve that

So you would be in favour of the ones who obviously told the Mayo Boys to rough up the dandy boys getting shafted last year?

Why would you conclude that?

Well you don't condone violence and these boys were advocating it?

Mayo have a long and proud history of players taking ownership of match day tactics

So you are saying the players took it upon themselves and were not told?

I have no opinion on the matter, I just want to know can we expect it again?

Expect the unexpected from Mayo this year

If Mayo win will the cup be going to Ballina or Castlebar on the Monday night?

Where were you? The final was yesterday! This is just a lap of honour for Dublin!

[heffo]

Aye, shaking rightly tonight. They like their country music.

isn't it the same in Philomenastan?

To an extent but you crowd are closer to America and seem to like the Nashville stuff. We're more into the more innocent lyrics about blankets and tickling.

We all know where the real country capital is.

Is that a Superbowl ring on his pinkie?

[heffo]

Are Mayo going to try rough Dublin up before throw in again or what??

This is not 1996!

They did it last year - poor aul Vaughn did his shoulder when he went at Kilkenny out on the Cusack side and Higgins bounced off Connolly, ran back 5 yards and bounced off him again.

Nearly as good as Cooper on DOC. Classy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDb9nvzY9sY

No this was before throw in at the first game - Mayo were obviously told to rough up the dandy boys.

DOC is a fairly classy bloke alright and behaved impeccably in both games last year - he didn't deserve that

So you would be in favour of the ones who obviously told the Mayo Boys to rough up the dandy boys getting shafted last year?

Why would you conclude that?

Well you don't condone violence and these boys were advocating it?

Mayo have a long and proud history of players taking ownership of match day tactics

So you are saying the players took it upon themselves and were not told?

I have no opinion on the matter, I just want to know can we expect it again?

Expect the unexpected from Mayo this year

If Mayo win will the cup be going to Ballina or Castlebar on the Monday night?

Where were you? The final was yesterday! This is just a lap of honour for Dublin!

Angry Andy says otherwise!

[seafoid]

Aye, shaking rightly tonight. They like their country music.

isn't it the same in Philomenastan?

To an extent but you crowd are closer to America and seem to like the Nashville stuff. We're more into the more innocent lyrics about blankets and tickling.

NI should get local radio stations. Tyrone could copy Mid West

[Jinxy]

Aye, shaking rightly tonight. They like their country music.

isn't it the same in Philomenastan?

To an extent but you crowd are closer to America and seem to like the Nashville stuff. We're more into the more innocent lyrics about blankets and tickling.

We all know where the real country capital is.

Is that a Superbowl ring on his pinkie?

Think he won a junior championship with Castleblayney.

[heffo]

Aye, shaking rightly tonight. They like their country music.

isn't it the same in Philomenastan?

To an extent but you crowd are closer to America and seem to like the Nashville stuff. We're more into the more innocent lyrics about blankets and tickling.

We all know where the real country capital is.

Is that a Superbowl ring on his pinkie?

Think he won a junior championship with Castleblayney.

Close enough

[INDIANA]

Aye, shaking rightly tonight. They like their country music.

isn't it the same in Philomenastan?

To an extent but you crowd are closer to America and seem to like the Nashville stuff. We're more into the more innocent lyrics about blankets and tickling.

We all know where the real country capital is.

Is that a Superbowl ring on his pinkie?

Think he won a junior championship with Castleblayney.

Close enough

We still talking about Banty?

[ONeill]

Do you think Dublin players secretly train in Croke Park and it's covered up by Enda Kenny which is warped?

[INDIANA]

Do you think Dublin players secretly train in Croke Park and it's covered up by Enda Kenny which is warped?

Nah we train in Dollymount. Raw Sewage and jellyfish thats the secret

[From the Bunker]

Do you think Dublin players secretly train in Croke Park and it's covered up by Enda Kenny which is warped?

No that's the Mayo team dressed and disguised as the Dublin team who secretly train in Croker.

[moysider]

Are Mayo going to try rough Dublin up before throw in again or what??

This is not 1996!

They did it last year - poor aul Vaughn did his shoulder when he went at Kilkenny out on the Cusack side and Higgins bounced off Connolly, ran back 5 yards and bounced off him again.

Nearly as good as Cooper on DOC. Classy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDb9nvzY9sY

No this was before throw in at the first game - Mayo were obviously told to rough up the dandy boys.

DOC is a fairly classy bloke alright and behaved impeccably in both games last year - he didn't deserve that

So you would be in favour of the ones who obviously told the Mayo Boys to rough up the dandy boys getting shafted last year?

Why would you conclude that?

Well you don't condone violence and these boys were advocating it?

Mayo have a long and proud history of players taking ownership of match day tactics

So you are saying the players took it upon themselves and were not told?

I have no opinion on the matter, I just want to know can we expect it again?

Expect the unexpected from Mayo this year

If Mayo win will the cup be going to Ballina or Castlebar on the Monday night?

Where were you? The final was yesterday! This is just a lap of honour for Dublin!

Angry Andy says otherwise!

Exactly. In the unlikely event Ballaghadereen will be first visit. Important that our annexed population there are rewarded for their loyalty to the fatherland. Redrawn county lines from our colonial past mean nothing. Sure British engineers, pouring over maps in tents, drew lines through villages in the Punjab during the 1947 partition of India. The fall-out in Ballaghadereen far more contentious obviously.

[Avondhu star]

I think any sympathy there was for Mayo is well gone seeing as they have so many opportunities to win All Irelands. The bottm line here is that if Mayo can get a top performance out of each member of  the team for 70 minutes there is no reason why they cannot win. They are a talented bunch of players but no one is going to give them Sam. They have to go out and earn it.  Dublin and Jim Galvin are too crafty to fall in to a complacency trap. Personally I dont believe all this 1 versus 31 crap about Dublin. I know plenty of different county people who were delighted to see the Kerry crew and their media pals eat humble pie.

[Hound]

Mayo lads expect Parsons to start? Who will lose out?

A lot of commentators suggesting that while Donaghy didn't do a whole heap himself, by playing on the D he took up both McMahon and O'Sullivan leaving Gooch and Geaney one-on-one behind him, and that Mayo could mirror that using AOS.  Not sure that would be the right call for Mayo, but it's an interesting one.

For the Dubs, Paul Flynn will be very lucky to start after his non-performance. Had a good enough final last year though after a relatively poor year, so maybe he gets one more chance. Given how well Paddy Andrews played against Mayo in both games last year (when both Connolly and Brogan were largely bottled up) I'd like to see him in the starting line-up.

[Rossfan]

Piss off Moysider. Ye'll never win Sam if ye're first thought is to disrespect it by coat trailing it in another County.
Note how I don't take up half the page with other people's quotes

[blast05]

Given how well Paddy Andrews played against Mayo in both games last year (when both Connolly and Brogan were largely bottled up

Is it a recurring theme with Brogan in last couple of years in that it seems in the big games after Leinster he is largely bottled up.... or at least bottled up more often than not.
He hasn't scored more than twice in a game in his last 5 post-Leinster games in Croke Park.... Fermanagh QF last year being the last time he contributed more than that. Is he in decline ? It feels like he needs a really big performance in the final (a la 3 years ago  )to ensure his name can ultimately be considered as one of the greats.