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I'm not sure why people are calling for a complete change of tactics because we've lost one player. Andy is a fine ball winner but it's time for others to step up to the plate, that's what needs to happen if we're to win the All-Ireland, if it doesn't then we don't deserve it.
As Spailin said before the down game no one thought of us as a one man team and nothing has changed there. Dillon, COC and freeman will have to take on more responsibility.
The only panic that would be caused by moving a MF into FF would be in our own team.

A little bit of calm and trust in JH would go a long way

Well said. No need to completely change our approach because we're missing 1 player, albeit one of our best. That will only confuse things, they need to stick to the gameplan they've been working on all year (or past 2 years even).

Now you're talking lads!!!

Dublin are a shadow of the team from last year. Great chance for Mayo now in the semi's even withut Andy Moran.

Don't think so.    Going by you past logic Rodney Trotter, Sure Mayo should have lost to Sligo  and sure they were hammered by Kildare who lost to Meath who lost to Laois were beaten by Longford who lost to Wexford who lost to tipperary who lost to Down who were beaten by Mayo. It has to be Dublin.

Always the optimist

Also some annoying fool of a Mayo fan behind me got in in the second half and kept roaring at them,TAKE YOUR POINT,YOUR DREADFUL,ABSOLUTELY DREADFUL.......WHEN WE WERE 14 POINTS UP!!!!!!!!!! Sickening S**t! Better to let some young lad have a crack at goal while he plays in Croker for the last ten minutes

The Down supporters were a credit today,everyone was so queit with nervousness going into croker today.After they would shake Mayo supporters hands and congratulate them and wish them the best in the semis and of course Mayo fans consoled the Down supporters,knowing all too much how it feels to be dumped out to a huge scoreline. Both were great today. Great performance by the Mayo Lads and let's go and stick it to the dublin jackeens and I hope our Down and Laois friends will be cheering us on Come on Mayo!!!! AOS Alan Dillon Andy Moran Michael Conroy Barry Moran Ger Cafferky Keith Higgins and David Clarke played great again

Who would Dublin prefer out of Mayo or Down IF they win against Laois?

Well said Lar Naparka,a true patriot,listening to that would put fire in your belly,drive in your mind and pride in your heart

I'd say that team was named for the program. AOS and conroy  will start I'd say

I suspect and hope you are right.

Depending on whether AOS is match fit,I personally would prefer to see him play last half hour than the first one

Say you did change Down to The Netherlands....how did their game against Spain go again?

Said I'd resurface this topic rather than creating a brand new one

GAA COUNTIES EXPLAINED IN SOCCER TERMS

Antrim* Macedonia, disgusting looking jersey
Armagh* Italy , seemingly the best about, look good in their tight fitting Jersey, yet never seem to quite reach their true potential
Carlow* Liechenstein
Cavan* Hungary- old masters
Cork* Germany - always seem to be there or there about
Clare* Austalia (better at other sports)
Derry* Czech Republic
Donegal* Denmark, good for a while in early 90's, still handy
Down* Croatia, always threatening to do somethin
Dublin* England, overhyped media-darlings, underachievers
Fermanagh* Cameroon, going on a run against the odds
Galway* Argentina, have had some classy players and teams over the years
Kerry* Brazil- enuf said
Kildare* Belgium- good, not that good though
Kilkenny* Canada- stick to the stick sports
Laois* Portugal- will the golden era ever amount to anything?
Leitrim* Iceland
Limerick* Latvia- a few good performances, but still not too good
Longford* Northern Ireland, just not that good
Louth* Malta- size matters.
Mayo* Spain- how have they not won more?
Meath* Nigeria- a tough team.
Monaghan* Scotland- could beat anyone, could lose to anyone
Offaly* Russia, can be dangerous.
Roscommon* Albania, deprived of resources
Sligo* Israel- can be tricky
Tipperary* Liberia, relied on one man for too long
Tyrone* France- great individuals
Waterford* Kazakhstan- whipping boys
Westmeath* Bolivia- not a bad team, but have lived in the shadows of great neighbours
Wexford* South Korea- are they better than we think?
Wicklow* Albania, rugged country will give anyone a run at home!

I was showing their record against the two sides they could meet in the semi final

Even saying that the last day the lads seemed to have been told to go for goal,when really the boys seemed to be mad to go for a point then stopping as if remembering that they were supposed to go for goal,do you agree?

By jesus it's risky selection for Horan, he will get some flak if Varley nd Doc don't perform and we lose.

People are saying there is not 70 min in AOS yet and i'm not disputing that as such but it still has me baffled tbh, he came on vSligo (42 min,i think) looked leaner and meaner than ever, my opinion is this is knockout, no second chance better off starting O Se and establish a lead then take him off if need be or move him in closer to the square, it's no addition gettin beat in midfield , losing by 5 points and then introducing o se.

Not convinced at all overall this is the right selections, i would of chanced Freeman too up against a fairly light weight Don defence.

Lets just hope Horan knows what he's at and my armchair analysis are amateur.

Well AOS would be better coming on for the last half hour than the last considering that is when we start hitting the scores

Lest we not forget that Dublin,if they win,they have only played leinster teams in the Championship and this year have only beaten Leinster teams and two ulster teams,one of which have been eliminated and the other is on the other side of the draw....the two teams they could face after Laois.....Down,beat them by two points in the league and Mayo beat them by 12....

I don't believe for a second that Dublin's league results this year will have any bearing on any potential future championship game.

Well they haven't had a victory over a Connacht side in the Championship for how long?

no changes from the connacht final. Aidan must not be fit enough to play the full 70

Bringing him on at half time I'd say

I like that line about the dog It reminded me of a quote by the great playwright John B Keane,"Now listen lads, I'm not happy with our tackling. We're hurting them but they keep getting up" and sure at the end of the day I've come to realise that after they have lost in the Championship we never think,"they're crap,useless,why do I bother watching them".....we think "there's always next year lads,there's always next year"...I think this is this next year!?!?! If that makes sense,I'm sure it doesn't