Sligeach v Maigh Eo. 5ú Meitheamh 2010

[Farrandeelin]

Exactly as Redcol predicted it would be. Well I suppose it is a shock to see a smallish full-forward line, but then again is it? I mean Trevor Mort and A Moran must have upped their game big time in training because they were rather shabby against Cork I must say. No harm to give Gardiner a bit of a wake up call, but I would rather Barrett at no 5. Oh Jesus good luck to them anyway...

[Mano]

As a Sligo supporter i am very surprised by that Mayo lineout - if that is the team that starts on Saturday evening. Absent are Kilcoyne, Howley, Harte, B Moran, Gardiner, AOS, Dillon. How many of those are injured and how many have been dropped? Mayo heavy challenge schedule may have taken its toll.
Its a very young inexperienced team. I was fearful of the 'twin tower' combination in the full forward but that has been totally scrapped.

This could be a dummy team with O'Mahoney hoping a few of his injured players recovers in time?

[Zulu]

I think Varley deserves his chance but Freeman seems like a huge gamble to me. Parsons and T Mort are another two who'll be under serious pressure to perform.

[Farrandeelin]

Kilcoyne, Howley injured - even though I didn't think Howley's was as bad when he went off in the game against Ballintubber, couldn't tell you about any of the rest Mano.

Very true Zulu, T Mort anyway as captain HAS TO perform.

[rosnarun]

Full forward line is a huge risk. O'Mahony gambling his managerial reputation with that line up.

that was lost to many 4 years ago
if thats the team thats the team we have to support , I alway thought douglas would make it before Freeman. he looks a bit gangly yet but delighted to see varley got in his league form deserved it .
Good to have a soft opening game too break these lads in

[AbbeySider]

On what basis is Alan Freeman making the team?

I guess Barry Moran isnt fit, and from what I hear JOM is unimpressed with the weight/shape of AOS.

Huge gamble

[Mano]

Good to have a soft opening game too break these lads in

Hope this comes back to haunt you Saturday evening

[moysider]

The full forward line only one to raise eyebrows I would suspect. I would also suspect that it would nt be the first choice for management if everybody was available for selection. On paper it looks like a line that Sligo would prefer rather than say the 2 big lads starting. However there is more pace here and they may do damage in their own right. Freeman will ask different questions of Noel Maguire with his pace than the big boys would have and Varley isn't afraid to scrap and work. So I would be hopeful. I think the most important thing for us is to get our hands on the ball around the middle and control possession.

[moysider]

As a Sligo supporter i am very surprised by that Mayo lineout - if that is the team that starts on Saturday evening. Absent are Kilcoyne, Howley, Harte, B Moran, Gardiner, AOS, Dillon. How many of those are injured and how many have been dropped? Mayo heavy challenge schedule may have taken its toll.
Its a very young inexperienced team. I was fearful of the 'twin tower' combination in the full forward but that has been totally scrapped.

This could be a dummy team with O'Mahoney hoping a few of his injured players recovers in time?

Not a dummy team imo. Gardiner has nt got his place back after injury in Spring. AOS seems to be the only one dropped. All the others you listed above are injured to some extent. If some will be able to come on remains to be seen. To be honest I would have Moran, Harte Dillon and AOS in our top 6 forwards. But the lads that are playing are no slouches. I d be more worried about our hunger and attitude on the day.

[Chimley]

This is either a masterstroke or Johnno has gone mad. I think everyone thought it would be either Varley or Mortimer in the corner but never both. They have never started together before and when you add in Freeman who has come from nowhere to make up the third member of the full-forward line you have to wonder how this is going to pan out on Saturday. I wish them all the best of luck though as it's easy to hide behind a computer and pick teams but this is a brave move. 

[GBXII]

Dodgy enough FF line in fairness, very surprising. Barry must be injured, which is unbelievable in itself, and
O'Shea must be doing very poorly or else O'Mahony is trying to pull a quick one on the Sligo lads and start the 2 big lads but I'd doubt it.

Should be pretty physical around the middle of the field and we have a very pacey, young half back line and an equally young full back line. Overall, big risk by O'Mahony with the forward line assuming he hasn't got injuries that I don't know about. Best of luck to them anyway, especially the new boys.

[southsidejohnny]

The end is in sight for Johnno at last. That is a a poor outfit, shades of the 1970s about it. Not surprised really, JOM was on a similar outfit that lost the 1975 Connacht final to Sligo. I feel dizzy.

[Barney]

Agree with southsidejohny - a very disappointing selection. I cannot see us getting enough scores to win.

But Mayo have a chance on Saturday



Of winning Britain's Got Talent.

This is probably the manager's fifth attempt at getting a championship line-up right. His future is on the line here. If injuries are a problem 5 challenge matches mixed with club matches haven't helped the cause.

And if we do get out of Sligo that team is nowhere near good enough to beat Galway.

The one thing that can be said though in favour of the line-up is that many of the names dropped (and there are eight changes from the Meath game last Summer) are the failures of the past. Some obviously remain but 4 debutants, and Kevin McLoughlin being very inexperienced are not as tarnished and maybe that is the thinking.

Sligo will not need to be brilliant to beat us and for that reason they must now be favourites.

[GBXII]

Agree with southsidejohny - a very disappointing selection. I cannot see us getting enough scores to win.

But Mayo have a chance on Saturday



Of winning Britain's Got Talent.

This is probably the manager's fifth attempt at getting a championship line-up right. His future is on the line here. If injuries are a problem 5 challenge matches mixed with club matches haven't helped the cause.

And if we do get out of Sligo that team is nowhere near good enough to beat Galway.

The one thing that can be said though in favour of the line-up is that many of the names dropped (and there are eight changes from the Meath game last Summer) are the failures of the past. Some obviously remain but 4 debutants, and Kevin McLoughlin being very inexperienced are not as tarnished and maybe that is the thinking.

Sligo will not need to be brilliant to beat us and for that reason they must now be favourites.

Ah come on will ya, favourites? I mean fair enough the FF line isn't the strongest it could be (I wouldn't write the new lads off by the way, they could turn out to be very good) and Dillon is a big loss but other than that it's a strong team. We are still better than Sligo in most lines of the field. The players will have no fear of a team that is a league or 2 below them in the National League and who historically don't cause Mayo much trouble. Granted Sligo have home advantage and have improved their performances considerably since Mayo last hammered them in Castlebar but if Mayo match them for fight and hunger it's hard, very hard to see Sligo outplay Mayo, in my opinion.

[ludermor]

Thats it? No backup whatever? Come on there must be a youtube link, a paper reference  or something!!! It cant be that you just made it up!
Surely not....


I hope foreverfullofshit isnt watching the Magner League final where Heasllip was left for dust by Lee Byrne , it was only over 15m, maybe if it was 30m he would have caught him 
Lar noone has said big fellas cant be fast im just saying that Victor Costello was not quicker than Hickey.

couldn't find reference but why would i make it up?? Doesn't make any sense why i would pick Victor Costelllo (retired 4-5 years now) and Hickie (retired 2-3 years) out of the top of my head.. No need for the foreverfullofshit remarks... Just trying to make a valid point but a lot of ye are very ignorant to some common sense.
Look at Pearse O'neill for Cork. Brilliant when running from no.11 but i bet if he was moved to no.14 he wouldn't be up to much.

From what i gather Barry Moran seems to be nailed on for a spot ahead of a lot of others barring injury. i don't see many too upset by that and the possible exclusion of Aidan O'Shea from the full forward line.... The tide turns. Amazing. A lot of abuse for Barry a couple of weeks ago and now i see very very little... Fickle lads - ludermor, Abbeysider etc.......

What the fook are you on about, i never said a word about barry moran or Aiden O Shea. I just said you were spouting shit about Victor Costello been faster than Denis Hickie. It is simply not true and the more you go on about it the more stupid you look.
You can mention as many other fast big players as you want ( Heaslip / Healy) but it doesnt take away from the fact that Costello is not now nor ever was as quick as Hickey.
As i said earlier you could just have said Costello was quick and left it at that but to compare him to hickey was idiotic