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Why was the Monaghan Mayo game not on Gaago?  The cameras were there as well as a proper commentator and there was a live feed going to the studio.

Kinda glad it wasn't in the end, the commentary on Midwest was hilarious, the older Martin Carney is getting the odder his spakes are, he was brilliant.

The reference to the Monaghan shot being like a North Korean Missile and the fat man, with Michael D adding that if the fat man was listening in from North Korea that he hoped he was enjoying their commentary was gold I thought.

How'd that wee donegal shite get a ticket?

Should be banned for life. Also should be getting a visit from the guards.
Seen someone named and shamed him yesterday.

What did he do?.

Fair play to Tyrone - worthy winners and hats off to their fans too, all of whom I found to be very gracious in victory. Some other counties' fans could learn a lot from them on how to behave themselves.

On the game itself - that was a very disappointing performance but you'd have to give credit to Tyrone for how they defended and managed their opposing players.

Leeroy once again outstanding for us, as was Stephen Coen. Other than those 2 with perhaps the odd exception, there was little to cheer in terms of performance.

We created a number of chances but just didn't convert them and that was pretty much the story of the day. The absence of Cillian is unquantifiable. Don't know if he would have been able to close the 5 point difference, but that's by the by now.

Yesterday was Tyrones day and I wish them well and may they enjoy their celebrations, they Certainly deserve it.

Where do Mayo cross the Shannon on the way home? Galway stopped the bus in 1998 didn't they to symbolically carry Sam across the Shannon near Athlone.

Tarmonbarry I think. Here's hoping they'll have a reason to get off the bus and walk across this weekend.

Whats peoples views on going up without one? I'd say there's very little chance of getting one on the day but I'm asking more about pubs and stuff and watching it up there. Talking to Cork people after the hurling they were saying pubs were rammed full and there were queues outside even when the match was going on, supposed to be table service and all that. Couple of pubs were shut down becuase they let people order at the bar and act like old times. The expectation is that the Guards will be all over it for the football knowing what mad hoors the Mayo and Tyrone gang are for the beer.
Its probably better to just stay at home if no ticket I imagine?

Saturday will be a dream for touts. Print the same ticket over and over. Sell the same ticket over and over. It's not like there's any after sales service from those lads.

We can lose the run of ourselves up here with the best of them. Plus we get a head start on painting kerbs. It gets started in July, we just need to get rid of the blue!!

Ah it's a bit of craic. No harm in it. People who give out about that sort of stuff must have nothing but misery in their lives.
The Kerbstones is another story entirely though....

 
that's class in fairness.

I see a good point made on the mayo blog comments

" 4/6 of the Tyrone backs scored from play. 3 in the 1st half alone. How did this happen? It stemmed from the total failure of the opposite Kerry players to track back. The 3 scores were very soft and uncontested. There is no way at all that the Mayo FF line or whomever is marking them will allow this to occur or repeat itself."

Does Mayo supporters see any possible way that Mayo could lose this All-Ireland final on Saturday?

Plenty, and as a Mayo supporter I'm well aware of all the bizarre ways to lose we've demonstrated over the years. But what's the point dwelling on it? For the next few days at least we still have a chance, so might as well enjoy it

Indeed - sure look, I've seen it written that someone had flags and stuff up outside their house in Ballsbridge or Blackrock or somewhere. According to some thats enough for the team to lose the run of themselves. Has cost us the All Ireland already.

In all seriousness - it's a 50 50 game, the bookies have the odds a little skewed in my view, and Mayo need to play to the very best of their abilities and hope for a slice of luck which seems to have eluded us in too many finals before now.

Apparently he really put down Kildare in a podcast shortly after the Kerry defeat. Not sure what exactly he said, but the Newstalk guys were incredulous and said Kildare couldnt possibly keep him on.

Again not sure what he said, and the NT guys can be known for hyperbole, but Ger Gilroy said - people told me what he said was bad, but I thought it couldn't be that bad. Then I when I heard it was way worse!

Jack's post match interviews this year where all about Jack and what a great job Jack is doing.

Not sure he said that much about Kildare - I think all he said was you could walk the streets in Kildare and now know they were in a Leinster final, making a comparison to Kerry as to how its different and like a religion down there.

You could walk the streets of Kerry on Munster final week and not know they were in one.

No doubt you could, he seemed to suggest differently. Its in the Examiner podcast reviewing the Kerry Tyrone game, that bit starts around 1 hour and 1 minute.

So I take it I shouldn't bother watching the final cause O'Shea has lost it for us again but this time he has given us a week's notice?
Also why can't the Knockmore lads let the rest of us in the county know earlier since their celebrity power couple always seem to know we are doomed before everyone else going by Brolly's articles in the paper??
Why can't O'Shea, now that he is Captain let Keegan, O'Donoghue and Conroy et all, explain to the lads that it might be easier on themselves and fans a like to bow out gracefully in a semi final and let us enjoy a final with two proper teams of down to earth, volunteer hero, fíor Gael laden with warriors battle it out on the hallowed ground and then we can enjoy the videos of them sweeping the dressing rooms and Irish dancing to Damien Dempsey after showing us all how real football is played??
I dunno at this stage I have lived through Liam McHale losing us All Ireland finals just to keep himself in hair gel to look good for his NBA moves on the court, Ciaran 'Barbie' McDonald more interested in tattoos than kicking points and now O'Shea burgeoning career as an extra on Baywatch losing us another decider!!
The biggest crime of all was the removal of two fíor Gael football men like Holmes and Connelly, who not only brought the highest degree of professionalism along with tactical acumen but they also held their silence after their tragic betrayal when they quite easily could have run to a journalist with an axe to grind against Mayo after any of the final loses and cashed in with a tell all type interview!! Mayo god help us indeed!!!
Congrats to Tyrone in advance on All Ireland title number 4 I just wish the next title comes against a more worthy opponent!!!

don't forget how people putting flags outside of their houses has cost us all Irelands in the past.

Its on Brolly's twitter feed if anyone cares to look for a laugh

Christ on a bike. That's unbelievable. Playing up the Kerry connections before a potential final against the Kingdom. And his poor Kerry girlfriend not knowing who to support in the final! Funny how it was published the day after the final, but was obviously finalised before the Tyrone game. Is this attitude the norm in Mayo?

What attitude?

Doing the whole "up for the match" style piece, bigging up family links with the opposition County, before Kerry had even got to the final! If she was from Limerick or Donegal would he have said it?

that whole piece was done months ago. It's recency is down to the fact that Mayo are in the final and it was part of a promo for a company that released it as part of an 10th anniversary press release at the end of July.
Good chance this was all done long before the Connacht Final and only getting published now in that paper. Its been regurgitated a few times now by the same publishing stable. Slow news days etc, but the printers getting value for money from the same story.

Can never understand the rage people have on the rare occasion this lad's photo is in a paper. If we makes a few extra euro's off getting his photo taken, good luck to him. He'll be getting loads of abuse from certain quarters no matter what he does.

Months ago my bollix

Google it yourself if you like. It's there from the end of July, likely an embargo release on it anyway to coincide with the anniversary for the company being promoted. That's how these things work.

Its on Brolly's twitter feed if anyone cares to look for a laugh

Christ on a bike. That's unbelievable. Playing up the Kerry connections before a potential final against the Kingdom. And his poor Kerry girlfriend not knowing who to support in the final! Funny how it was published the day after the final, but was obviously finalised before the Tyrone game. Is this attitude the norm in Mayo?

What attitude?

Doing the whole "up for the match" style piece, bigging up family links with the opposition County, before Kerry had even got to the final! If she was from Limerick or Donegal would he have said it?

that whole piece was done months ago. It's recency is down to the fact that Mayo are in the final and it was part of a promo for a company that released it as part of an 10th anniversary press release at the end of July.
Good chance this was all done long before the Connacht Final and only getting published now in that paper. Its been regurgitated a few times now by the same publishing stable. Slow news days etc, but the printers getting value for money from the same story.

Can never understand the rage people have on the rare occasion this lad's photo is in a paper. If we makes a few extra euro's off getting his photo taken, good luck to him. He'll be getting loads of abuse from certain quarters no matter what he does.

Apparently he really put down Kildare in a podcast shortly after the Kerry defeat. Not sure what exactly he said, but the Newstalk guys were incredulous and said Kildare couldnt possibly keep him on.

Again not sure what he said, and the NT guys can be known for hyperbole, but Ger Gilroy said - people told me what he said was bad, but I thought it couldn't be that bad. Then I when I heard it was way worse!

Jack's post match interviews this year where all about Jack and what a great job Jack is doing.

Not sure he said that much about Kildare - I think all he said was you could walk the streets in Kildare and now know they were in a Leinster final, making a comparison to Kerry as to how its different and like a religion down there.
He did say about the Kerry management role "if you want an easy life, you go coach somewhere else" but in the context of how much expectation there is in Kerry - he backed that up by highlighting the abuse he got when he coached Kerry in this first 4 years in 04, 05, 06 and 09 and how he won 3 leagues, 3 all Irelands and 3 Munster titles.
He did mention there was a lure there in terms of wanting to coach at the highest level.
Again - the context was how football is all consuming in Kerry  - and outlining that is not the case in Kildare.

I'm not sure that any of his comments in that podcast were the like to get him moved along, but I get your point too re NT and Hyperbole.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2021/0906/1244934-jack-oconnor-steps-down-as-kildare-manager/

seems odd, just 2 weeks after this was reported:
https://www.leinsterleader.ie/news/sport/658409/jack-o-connor-to-lead-kildare-again-in-2022.html

You'd wonder what would be going on. 

To be fair to him the 8 hour round trip would be an awful pain.

Especially considering the first half of Mayo v Dublin

Was a carbon copy of the 1st half v Galway and enough evidence not to write Mayo off if Tyrone happen to lead the 1st half of this upcoming final by a couple of points.

Mayos conditioning and ability to up the gears in intensity is what won the Connacht final and All-Ireland semi final.

Plus they took out Shane Walsh. As Sylvie Linnane observed,"lads ye won't win anything without a few tinkers.."

You mean Shane Walsh bit off more than he could chew.

An té nach bhfuil láidir ní foláir dó a bheith glic. Ní raibh Shane glic.

This. He tried to start something and he picked the wrong lad to try to bully. I'd say he's sorry now.

If a Tyrone or Kerry lad done what O'Hora did would be 2 match ban.

Sure why not go the whole hog and claim the Kerry or Tyrone lads would have gotten 9 months of a ban?. If you're going to talk through you hoop you may as well go big or go home.