2013 All Ireland Final: Mayo v Dublin

[Crete Boom]

Hi guys,

Tactical preview of Mayo vs Dublin with video now up
http://action81.com/blog/?p=7654

Thanks,
Emmet

Good read as always and you more or less confirmed what has worried me coming into this match i.e. can we contain the Dubs scoring power? As you highlighted it's our subs in the backs which will have to do some heavy lifting in order to quell the likes of Rock etc... and limiting the volume of chances for the Dubs is probably where we win the game (God it's good to read a review with out the term marquee forward). On the flip side I think the Dubs defence will probably give up/ or Mayo's attack will create about 14 to 16 scores which against anyone else would win Mayo an All Ireland but I think even with our defence holding their own the impact of the Dublin bench will have us struggle to keep their scores under 18.

So I am going to call it the Dubs by 2 after we give them an almighty scare but ultimately Andy , Dillion and O Connor not being 100% will cost us. This by the way doesn't stop me from believing that with a bit of luck I am wrong and with this Mayo side I never give up the ghost till the final whistle blows but the above prediction is just based on what I have seen this year from both teams.

Enjoy the match everyone who has secured their tickets and to those still looking I hope you get one!

The great thing about Keith Higgins at CHF is that if the scores start to rack up against us, it will be relatively simple to put Higgins in as a sweeper, steady the ship and push on again....

Also Mayo are not replying on any particular forward division player to be firing on all cylinders to get us over the line, in the semi- Final, Dillon and Moran were well below par, what did we get? Our defenders coming up and kicking key points, this must take a lot of pressure of the forwards coming into the game and if the first couple of balls don't go their way, there is no need for panic.

Mayo will get a goal or two in this game, not sure if it will be a long ball through Freeman or a straight run by Vaughan, Boyle or Higgins, but either option is there and will cause the Dubs a lot of problems.....

If Dublin make all the changes that have been posted, i will be amazed and it will be a boost to Mayo. Players who have been playing well all year, don't reach the same standards in the semi and are then dropped, must filter through to the other players again adding to the overall pressure................

Same team again i see, excellent.........gives all the under performers in the Semi, another chance to show what they are made of........

  Maith an fear an Gaeilgoir. B'fhéidir go bhfuil mé go diúltach mar gheall ar ár thaifead i cluichí ceannais ach imní orm go mbeidh ár chúl a chosaint i bhfad ró chun a ionsaí i gcoinne an fhoireann Bhaile Átha Cliath!

Tá mé treisithe ag do mhuinín san fhoireann seo i Maigh Eo agus i gcomhréir le do chuid tuairimí thuas, is é an t-am anois le haghaidh Sam MacGuire le teacht abhaile ar deireadh. Mhaigh Eo a bhuachan ag 5!! (Tá mé leithscéal as mo gramadach, Is é mo Ghaeilge uafásach).

Iarracht Mhaith Crete, B+, Aontaíonn leat mar gheall leis an scór....

B+ thar barr. Bhfuil go Gaeilge ard-leibhéal nó Gaelige gnáth-leibhéal?

[Sidney]

Hmmm, I think you are a little wide of the mark there chief!!  Anyway, we werent good enough to win it even with 2 extra men on the field....................

Richie Lee started it when he clocked Joe McNally just before Barney Rock's goal.

you've done the windin' now f**k off sillney

Look back at the video and you'll see I'm correct.

[Count 10]

Hope Mayo do the double....win that is

[ross4life]

So Brennan is dropped for Bastick, and Cian O Sullivan is going centre back.
Also Philly McMahon starting at corner back. A lot of changes.

Sounds like the Dubs are putting their best foot forward but it smacks of fear a little bit too.

Sure they expect O Suillivan to take Dillon but that takes a lot of pace from the Dublin midfield. Brennan was always the link man out of defence, crucial for short kickouts and generally set up the play for Dublin. He is a loss despite what they say in the media this week.

Is that official?? Seems like a lot of changes alright - the problem is that they could do with COS playing at both CHB and in MF. Would have preferred to see Brennan in there as I think he's a weak link.

From a very close source.

Brennan is the glue that puts it all together. Very underrated in my opinion. Just count how many possessions he gets through in a game, and how many passes forward he gets or how many times he get a short kickout. He ran the show when Mayo played Dublin in the league.

I think it will play into Mayo's hand a little in the sense that Mayo dont overly depend on Dillon any more and now the Dublin midfield will probably struggle as they are not as mobile without COS.

Surely it will upset the Dublin camp not to see a senior player like Brennan get the nod, for experience alone. It would be like Mayo dropping Moran or Vaughan for the final based on a bad semi marking the best player ever to play football - wouldnt happen. And if Philly McMahon is starting to rough up Cillian, they have already lost. Bring it on.

The move of McMahon,O'Suillivan into defence won the semi final and Gavin IMO has discovered his strongest 15 from that poor 1st half v Kerry.  If Brennan starts then Dillion or O'Connor will pick out the passes like Cooper did.

[GaillimhIarthair]

Hmmm, I think you are a little wide of the mark there chief!!  Anyway, we werent good enough to win it even with 2 extra men on the field....................

Richie Lee started it when he clocked Joe McNally just before Barney Rock's goal.

you've done the windin' now f**k off sillney

Look back at the video and you'll see I'm correct.

Your not Sid - Johnny Hughes was lamped very early on in that game and to be honest, there was plenty of stuff going on before McNally was hit, that incident just seemed to ramp it up a few notches.

[muppet]

At the beginning of the week a social club near to my home had 2 Mayo flags and 2 Dublin flags flying from it.
When I returned from work yesterday, I noticed that they had removed the Mayo flags and replaced them with Glasgow Celtic flags, presumably for last night's Champions League match. The Dublin flags were untouched.

As a weekend Mayo fan, I was disgusted by this.

BTW, two Dublin flags for sale. 2 euro each.

Sidney wants to know will you take a fiver?

[moysider]

Hi guys,

Tactical preview of Mayo vs Dublin with video now up
http://action81.com/blog/?p=7654

Thanks,
Emmet

Good read as always and you more or less confirmed what has worried me coming into this match i.e. can we contain the Dubs scoring power? As you highlighted it's our subs in the backs which will have to do some heavy lifting in order to quell the likes of Rock etc... and limiting the volume of chances for the Dubs is probably where we win the game (God it's good to read a review with out the term marquee forward). On the flip side I think the Dubs defence will probably give up/ or Mayo's attack will create about 14 to 16 scores which against anyone else would win Mayo an All Ireland but I think even with our defence holding their own the impact of the Dublin bench will have us struggle to keep their scores under 18.

So I am going to call it the Dubs by 2 after we give them an almighty scare but ultimately Andy , Dillion and O Connor not being 100% will cost us. This by the way doesn't stop me from believing that with a bit of luck I am wrong and with this Mayo side I never give up the ghost till the final whistle blows but the above prediction is just based on what I have seen this year from both teams.

Enjoy the match everyone who has secured their tickets and to those still looking I hope you get one!

The great thing about Keith Higgins at CHF is that if the scores start to rack up against us, it will be relatively simple to put Higgins in as a sweeper, steady the ship and push on again....

Also Mayo are not replying on any particular forward division player to be firing on all cylinders to get us over the line, in the semi- Final, Dillon and Moran were well below par, what did we get? Our defenders coming up and kicking key points, this must take a lot of pressure of the forwards coming into the game and if the first couple of balls don't go their way, there is no need for panic.

Mayo will get a goal or two in this game, not sure if it will be a long ball through Freeman or a straight run by Vaughan, Boyle or Higgins, but either option is there and will cause the Dubs a lot of problems.....

If Dublin make all the changes that have been posted, i will be amazed and it will be a boost to Mayo. Players who have been playing well all year, don't reach the same standards in the semi and are then dropped, must filter through to the other players again adding to the overall pressure................

Same team again i see, excellent.........gives all the under performers in the Semi, another chance to show what they are made of........

  Maith an fear an Gaeilgoir. B'fhéidir go bhfuil mé go diúltach mar gheall ar ár thaifead i cluichí ceannais ach imní orm go mbeidh ár chúl a chosaint i bhfad ró chun a ionsaí i gcoinne an fhoireann Bhaile Átha Cliath!

Tá mé treisithe ag do mhuinín san fhoireann seo i Maigh Eo agus i gcomhréir le do chuid tuairimí thuas, is é an t-am anois le haghaidh Sam MacGuire le teacht abhaile ar deireadh. Mhaigh Eo a bhuachan ag 5!! (Tá mé leithscéal as mo gramadach, Is é mo Ghaeilge uafásach).

Dia, Muire agus Seosamh 

Cén teanga é sin Crete a stór? Nach raibh múinteoir gaeilge agatsa thíos i Naomh Mhuireadaigh?!

Go bhfóire Dia orainn! 

[moysider]

Hi guys,

Tactical preview of Mayo vs Dublin with video now up
http://action81.com/blog/?p=7654

Thanks,
Emmet

Good read as always and you more or less confirmed what has worried me coming into this match i.e. can we contain the Dubs scoring power? As you highlighted it's our subs in the backs which will have to do some heavy lifting in order to quell the likes of Rock etc... and limiting the volume of chances for the Dubs is probably where we win the game (God it's good to read a review with out the term marquee forward). On the flip side I think the Dubs defence will probably give up/ or Mayo's attack will create about 14 to 16 scores which against anyone else would win Mayo an All Ireland but I think even with our defence holding their own the impact of the Dublin bench will have us struggle to keep their scores under 18.

So I am going to call it the Dubs by 2 after we give them an almighty scare but ultimately Andy , Dillion and O Connor not being 100% will cost us. This by the way doesn't stop me from believing that with a bit of luck I am wrong and with this Mayo side I never give up the ghost till the final whistle blows but the above prediction is just based on what I have seen this year from both teams.

Enjoy the match everyone who has secured their tickets and to those still looking I hope you get one!

The great thing about Keith Higgins at CHF is that if the scores start to rack up against us, it will be relatively simple to put Higgins in as a sweeper, steady the ship and push on again....

Also Mayo are not replying on any particular forward division player to be firing on all cylinders to get us over the line, in the semi- Final, Dillon and Moran were well below par, what did we get? Our defenders coming up and kicking key points, this must take a lot of pressure of the forwards coming into the game and if the first couple of balls don't go their way, there is no need for panic.

Mayo will get a goal or two in this game, not sure if it will be a long ball through Freeman or a straight run by Vaughan, Boyle or Higgins, but either option is there and will cause the Dubs a lot of problems.....

If Dublin make all the changes that have been posted, i will be amazed and it will be a boost to Mayo. Players who have been playing well all year, don't reach the same standards in the semi and are then dropped, must filter through to the other players again adding to the overall pressure................

Same team again i see, excellent.........gives all the under performers in the Semi, another chance to show what they are made of........

  Maith an fear an Gaeilgoir. B'fhéidir go bhfuil mé go diúltach mar gheall ar ár thaifead i cluichí ceannais ach imní orm go mbeidh ár chúl a chosaint i bhfad ró chun a ionsaí i gcoinne an fhoireann Bhaile Átha Cliath!

Tá mé treisithe ag do mhuinín san fhoireann seo i Maigh Eo agus i gcomhréir le do chuid tuairimí thuas, is é an t-am anois le haghaidh Sam MacGuire le teacht abhaile ar deireadh. Mhaigh Eo a bhuachan ag 5!! (Tá mé leithscéal as mo gramadach, Is é mo Ghaeilge uafásach).

Iarracht Mhaith Crete, B+, Aontaíonn leat mar gheall leis an scór....

Tusa níos measa agus  an leasainm sin agatsa >: Gaelgóir mo Thóin (

Le gramadach mar sin, níl seans ar laghad againn 

[IolarCoisCuain]

I hate to rain on a parade but there are some elephants in the Mayo room that nobody is talking about.

Of the six forwards named for Mayo, two are injured, two are out of form and one is playing out of position.

I know form is temporary and class is permanent, and I know that we've been assured that the injured men are successfully recovered. But Jesus Christ, one alone would be a risk. Five seems positively reckless.

I hope I'm wrong. I hope I'm the dumbest man on this board come five o'clock on Sunday. But I'm terrified, and I don't know why more people aren't.

Except Farrendeelin, of course. He understands. 

[Tubberman]

I'm fluctuating big time Iolar - pessimistic more often than optimistic

[ballinaman]

I'm fluctuating big time Iolar - pessimistic more often than optimistic

Stay strong - this is no time to be getting the shits...maybe Monday after 20 Guinness though...

[Tubberman]

I'm fluctuating big time Iolar - pessimistic more often than optimistic

Stay strong - this is no time to be getting the shits...maybe Monday after 20 Guinness though...

Haha I'm on an upper again. f**k all difference I can make anyway so I might as well just enjoy it

[ballinaman]

I'm fluctuating big time Iolar - pessimistic more often than optimistic

Stay strong - this is no time to be getting the shits...maybe Monday after 20 Guinness though...

Haha I'm on an upper again. f**k all difference I can make anyway so I might as well just enjoy it

Exactly, My brother in law was getting awfully worried about what jersey to wear and how he can't do the same ritual as the Saturday night before Donegal/Tyrone games.....FFS, i told him to get a grip. Not an iota of difference will any of it make come Sunday.

[Canalman]

The modern world I know but I think the losing manager on Sunday is going to get some stick .

Ticket situation here in Dublin is beyond a joke. Our looseish crew of say 10 or 12 (all members or former players) has 2 tickets between us ......... both teachers who got them through their school.

Reckon Mayo will outnumber Dubs 2 or 3 to 1 on Sunday. All Mayo people at work here have tickets........ only the one Dub who has a season ticket.  No surprise that not one of them went to any of the 2 Mayo league games in CP this spring.

[ballinaman]

I've seen a fair few people who haven't been to a Dublin game all year on my facebook put up pictures of their tickets, joke. Decent fan always gets rode.

Heard 2 interesting things : Each Mayo player got four Hill 16 tickets on top of their usual allocation of stand tickets.

James Horan said no to RTE to doing that player profile thingy when then turn around and walk up to the camera when the teams are being announced on RTE. Clare and Cork did it for the Hurling final. Man James, no needless distractions spending an hour filming something pointless!