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Show posts MenuQuote from: Farrandeelin on July 26, 2021, 06:27:04 AMQuote from: mouview on July 26, 2021, 12:38:41 AMQuote from: imtommygunn on July 25, 2021, 10:18:49 PM
That tackle o'hora did in the first half was as good as you'd see. It's rare you see dispossessions like that these days. (Although O'Shea did a couple of good ones too).
His 'tackle' on Shane Walsh was hardly one for the annals.
Walsh should have kept his hands to himself then instead of trying to grab him to the ground.
Quote from: MayoBuck on June 24, 2021, 01:47:49 PM
I'd prefer Aidan O'Shea in midfield and Loftus in the forwards.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on December 13, 2020, 09:42:19 AMQuote from: Rossfan on December 12, 2020, 08:07:25 PM
Is there anyone anywhere predicting a Rhubarb victory??
19 people here are.
Quote from: whitey on December 13, 2020, 03:08:25 PMQuote from: Blowitupref on December 13, 2020, 02:56:05 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on December 13, 2020, 10:28:50 AM
Westmeath game was in Portlaoise. Dubs rarely dish out as high a score outside Croke Park. Despite what some might make you believe playing on your own patch has familiarity and easier to implement practiced tactics.
familiarity is no such problem when it comes to Croke Park for Mayo and its believed they play their best football on that pitch.Quote from: dublin7 on December 13, 2020, 01:35:23 PM
The fact Croke Park pitch is much better for their style of football, the Westmeath game was their first of the season and Westmeath put everyone behind the ball and played to keep the score down are some of the actual reasons for the scoreline.
Dublin had played two league games going into that match, 22 scores Dublin got not a lot different from the amount of scores in the other Leinster championship matches the main difference is Westmeath didn't allow Dublin in for easy goals unlike Laois, Meath.
Mayo play much better football inside of Croke Park than they do outside of it
The main players all have had serious game time there over the past few years
Even some of the younger lads have played there with their clubs and schools
Quote from: WhoDat on December 07, 2020, 12:17:58 AMQuote from: Blowitupref on December 06, 2020, 10:04:50 PMQuote from: WhoDat on December 06, 2020, 09:59:52 PMQuote from: reillycavan on December 06, 2020, 09:22:28 PMQuote from: WhoDat on December 06, 2020, 09:18:41 PM
who will mayo put on fenton?
Matthew Ruane is the man for the job.
Mayo have no answer to Fenton. Let's not be codding ourselves with a matchup there. Dublin can only be beaten by a team that gets them out of their comfort zone. Dublin's comfort zone though is a very high gear. To even threaten them you have to get them to up that and get them to crack. Realistically I cant really see Mayo having enough to do that. Nobody else does either so it is what it is.
really? i haven't been that impressed by him this year. mayo's midfield is a weak link in general i think
Winning clean possession yes but crowding the middle 8 and winning breaking ball Mayo remain strong in that area.
i agree that mayo are superb tacklers and winning dirty ball and forcing turnovers is a really strong area for them, probably their strongest area. but i do think fenton is a great man for winning a ball cleanly and doing away with it quickly, either laying off the pass or carrying the ball through the middle himself. he doesn't dawdle. can't see him getting bottled up too often.
Quote from: larryin89 on November 30, 2020, 10:16:45 PMQuote from: galwayman on November 27, 2020, 03:47:26 PM
Are you talking about Comer being on the bench?
Galway started 14 of the named 15.
The guy that didn't play was being given every chance to be right but wasn't ready by game day.
They are forced to name the team by a certain day.
You trying to make little of the comer debacle ? Joyce played silly beggars and all this nonsense about Padraig joyce been all straight as a dye , would ya give over , ' no damien won't play any part , 4 - 6 weeks ,so it would take a miracle "
Absolute fraud . Poor manager imo , won't be long at the helm.
Quote from: JimStynes on November 30, 2020, 09:16:11 PM
Schools staying open as planned then?
Quote from: Lar Naparka on November 16, 2020, 11:03:58 PMQuote from: J70 on November 16, 2020, 01:00:20 PMWhy not?Quote from: ballinaman on November 16, 2020, 12:57:16 PMQuote from: J70 on November 16, 2020, 12:49:21 PMSurely not a penalty if the offence is outside the box though ?Quote from: Lar Naparka on November 16, 2020, 12:02:32 PMQuote from: tyroneman on November 16, 2020, 10:00:47 AMSean Cavanagh got the full nine years because of Joe Brolly's emotional reaction- nothing more or less. IIRC, no intercounty player came out to say he was critical of what SC had done.Quote from: Armagh18 on November 15, 2020, 03:16:43 PMQuote from: tyroneman on November 15, 2020, 03:15:18 PMnice boys win nothing.
Will RTE focus on that bit of outright cynicism from Mayo....hmm.....
Absolutley....however Sean Cavanagh endured a terrible time over his drag down, when prevening a goal...manhood questioned, analysed to death on RTE etc, tons of media coverage
Just wondering if Mayo will get the same treatment...or if it's all ok as it's not a Tyrone player
IMO, that's perfectly understandable.
Players in Cavanagh'as or McLoughlin's position will react instinctively if they see the game slipping away from them. Unlike spectators they can't sit back on their arses and worry about what armchair warriors are thinking.
Yeah, they'll all do it, no matter which county it is, but is that the way it should be?
If someone is clean through and gets taken out, it should be a penalty in addition to a straight red (and all the extras that brings). The punishment should fit the crime instead of the current cop out. This "taking one for the team" bullshit might end.
Happy enough to see McLaughlin scythe Kelly down personally , I remember Meehan scoring a goal into that end in Connacht 2009 final to level things up and had 2 of our lads had chance to take him down and went the honourable route instead .
Why not?
It might remove the urgency to just hack the player out of it just outside the box, instead of actually trying to close him off and get a tackle in.
Because the devil is in the details.
What both SK and Eoin Mac did was clear enough. What they did could be classed as straightforward cynical foul, designed to prevent the opposition scoring and maybe the award of a penalty in such cases would be appropriate.
Go back to the '17 (?) final.. Dublin were awarded a 40 methre free in the closing minutes.. The stakes could not have been higher. Then Lee Keegan tried to put Dean Rock off as he went to take the free. Rock didn't miss but the tsunamii of shite that swept social media was hard to stomach.
In the same game, Con O'Callaghan ran in and booted the ball off the tee and into the crowd as David Clarke prepared to restart. Several other Dublin players began pulling and dragging the opposition players to prevent Mayo getting the ball downfield.
How many penalties should/ could have been given in the manic last 5 minutes?
THe purpose of all those acts of "unsporting" behaviouir was no different to what SK and Eion Mac did.
It was noticeable that neither Dublin or Mayo players and officials went public on the shenanigans in any form. Cynical fouling is part and parcel of the modern game and whale scything a player down as he bears down on goal can be penalised easily enough, it's only the tip of the proverbial iceberg.