Aidan O'Shea

brokencrossbar1 · August 25, 2013, 04:04:43 PM

Quote from: Hardy on August 05, 2013, 01:18:42 AM
Possibly the best individual performance I've ever seen in Croke Park. Probably the best by a midfielder. I think it's worth a thread of its own, if only as a token of resistance to the apostles of negativity who want to focus on individual misdemeanours and the ridiculous hype over what people said about what happened in a match, rather than on the match itself.

Well, what's he like today?

Hardy · August 25, 2013, 04:12:21 PM

Crap. What's that got to do with how he played a few weeks ago?

brokencrossbar1 · August 25, 2013, 04:17:57 PM

Quote from: Hardy on August 25, 2013, 04:12:21 PM
Crap. What's that got to do with how he played a few weeks ago?

In an open field a few weeks ago he was imperious as he had no opposition, in a tight MF he has been virtually anonymous resulting in a petulant slap and a cowardly dive clutching his face after it trying to get a man booked/sent off. He is a good footballer but his performance a few weeks ago was based on the fact that he had no opposition.

stephenite · August 25, 2013, 04:51:09 PM

Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on August 25, 2013, 04:17:57 PM
Quote from: Hardy on August 25, 2013, 04:12:21 PM
Crap. What's that got to do with how he played a few weeks ago?

In an open field a few weeks ago he was imperious as he had no opposition, in a tight MF he has been virtually anonymous resulting in a petulant slap and a cowardly dive clutching his face after it trying to get a man booked/sent off. He is a good footballer but his performance a few weeks ago was based on the fact that he had no opposition.

The entire hype about the entire Mayo team performance was based on the fact they had no opposition

stephenite · August 25, 2013, 05:50:02 PM

Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on August 25, 2013, 04:17:57 PM
Quote from: Hardy on August 25, 2013, 04:12:21 PM
Crap. What's that got to do with how he played a few weeks ago?

In an open field a few weeks ago he was imperious as he had no opposition, in a tight MF he has been virtually anonymous resulting in a petulant slap and a cowardly dive clutching his face after it trying to get a man booked/sent off. He is a good footballer but his performance a few weeks ago was based on the fact that he had no opposition.

Wasn't a bad second half to be fair

Rois · August 25, 2013, 07:51:37 PM

He didn't deserve the standing ovation - bit of an ego-massaging substitution.

maigheo · August 25, 2013, 07:57:02 PM

Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on August 25, 2013, 04:17:57 PM
Quote from: Hardy on August 25, 2013, 04:12:21 PM
Crap. What's that got to do with how he played a few weeks ago?

In an open field a few weeks ago he was imperious as he had no opposition, in a tight MF he has been virtually anonymous resulting in a petulant slap and a cowardly dive clutching his face after it trying to get a man booked/sent off. He is a good footballer but his performance a few weeks ago was based on the fact that he had no opposition.

Just wondering did Syferus hack into your account,BC1.you are comming out with alot of rubbish today on this and the other threads

orangeman · August 25, 2013, 07:59:31 PM

Big Seamie was better than Aidan today.

To be fair Aidan imperious against Donegal and it was always going to be difficult to reproduce that performance.

squire_in_navy_slacks · August 25, 2013, 08:28:24 PM

His brother was better today......................Colm Cavanagh had a good game too

brokencrossbar1 · August 25, 2013, 08:33:26 PM

Quote from: maigheo on August 25, 2013, 07:57:02 PM
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on August 25, 2013, 04:17:57 PM
Quote from: Hardy on August 25, 2013, 04:12:21 PM
Crap. What's that got to do with how he played a few weeks ago?

In an open field a few weeks ago he was imperious as he had no opposition, in a tight MF he has been virtually anonymous resulting in a petulant slap and a cowardly dive clutching his face after it trying to get a man booked/sent off. He is a good footballer but his performance a few weeks ago was based on the fact that he had no opposition.
Just wondering did Syferus hack into your account,BC1.you are comming out with alot of rubbish today on this and the other threads

I stand over everything I said about AOS. His brother was much better today and it was his graft in the MF area at the start of the second half which provided a platform for Mayo to build on. AOS is a very good footballer but he was not great today and against Donegal he basically had a free run of the field.

spuds · August 25, 2013, 08:53:00 PM

Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on August 25, 2013, 08:33:26 PM
Quote from: maigheo on August 25, 2013, 07:57:02 PM
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on August 25, 2013, 04:17:57 PM
Quote from: Hardy on August 25, 2013, 04:12:21 PM
Crap. What's that got to do with how he played a few weeks ago?

In an open field a few weeks ago he was imperious as he had no opposition, in a tight MF he has been virtually anonymous resulting in a petulant slap and a cowardly dive clutching his face after it trying to get a man booked/sent off. He is a good footballer but his performance a few weeks ago was based on the fact that he had no opposition.
Just wondering did Syferus hack into your account,BC1.you are comming out with alot of rubbish today on this and the other threads

I stand over everything I said about AOS. His brother was much better today and it was his graft in the MF area at the start of the second half which provided a platform for Mayo to build on. AOS is a very good footballer but he was not great today and against Donegal he basically had a free run of the field.

Seamie and Colm outshone their more touted brothers today. Aidan did very well in second half. Thought Seán was well marshalled and ended up a relatively peripheral figure.

ck · August 25, 2013, 10:50:55 PM

AOS is pure gold but when's he's poor he's very poor. If mayo win the final it'll be because AOS plays well

Farrandeelin · August 26, 2013, 08:02:14 AM

Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on August 25, 2013, 04:17:57 PM
Quote from: Hardy on August 25, 2013, 04:12:21 PM
Crap. What's that got to do with how he played a few weeks ago?

In an open field a few weeks ago he was imperious as he had no opposition, in a tight MF he has been virtually anonymous resulting in a petulant slap and a cowardly dive clutching his face after it trying to get a man booked/sent off. He is a good footballer but his performance a few weeks ago was based on the fact that he had no opposition.

He did hardly any training in between the two games though.

Mayo4Sam · August 26, 2013, 09:43:51 AM

Quote from: spuds on August 25, 2013, 08:53:00 PM
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on August 25, 2013, 08:33:26 PM
Quote from: maigheo on August 25, 2013, 07:57:02 PM
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on August 25, 2013, 04:17:57 PM
Quote from: Hardy on August 25, 2013, 04:12:21 PM
Crap. What's that got to do with how he played a few weeks ago?

In an open field a few weeks ago he was imperious as he had no opposition, in a tight MF he has been virtually anonymous resulting in a petulant slap and a cowardly dive clutching his face after it trying to get a man booked/sent off. He is a good footballer but his performance a few weeks ago was based on the fact that he had no opposition.
Just wondering did Syferus hack into your account,BC1.you are comming out with alot of rubbish today on this and the other threads

I stand over everything I said about AOS. His brother was much better today and it was his graft in the MF area at the start of the second half which provided a platform for Mayo to build on. AOS is a very good footballer but he was not great today and against Donegal he basically had a free run of the field.
Seamie and Colm outshone their more touted brothers today. Aidan did very well in second half. Thought Seán was well marshalled and ended up a relatively peripheral figure.

Did you watch the same game I did?
I thought both were outstanding, Seamus in particular but when we were 6-3 down Aidan won a lot of ball and drove us on

rosnarun · August 26, 2013, 09:50:00 AM

Quote from: hardstation on August 25, 2013, 10:53:25 PM
Quote from: ck on August 25, 2013, 10:50:55 PM
AOS is pure gold but when's he's poor he's very poor. If mayo win the final it'll be because AOS plays well
Depends who comes through. I reckon he'd murder Kerry's midfield but the pace and fitness of Dublin's midfield will be some challenge for him.

surely you mean when hes Very Poor he is still good enough to get man of the Match,