Tyrone v Mayo - 9th Feb in Omagh - Deferred coverage on TG4

[BennyHarp]

He was good alright but the rest of the forward line is brutal.

[macdanger2]

Strange decision from the ref there, o'se fouled, played advantage, Doherty fouled and he blows up & brings it back for the first foul 

[Lamh Dhearg Alba]

In all fairness 6 points is a hammering.

Good to see Tyrone giving Mayo a good hammering today . Always important to get off to a good start in the league so can't complain with 3 points from the opening couple of fixtures.

[larryin89]

Mayo were shocking , outrageously poor. Team is drained, time to rebuild I think. Realistically looking at  survival and a good lash at trying to retain Nestor.

[Beantown]

Good win for Tyrone... Not a great performance but good to get the 2 points.. Forward line will do damage with the right supply coming in but defence is still weak.. Mayo cut us wide open more times and with better shooting could have had at least 3 goals, but some credit has to go to Morgan for being alert and cutting down the angles... Dunno why P Harte insists in taking the ball in to the tackle nearly every time ,seems to slow the play up...Mayo had a good few players missing but should be in the reckoning again come summer time, but they need to garner a few points and stay in the division.. Donnelly and McCurry  excellent for Tyrone

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

In all fairness 6 points is a hammering.

Good to see Tyrone giving Mayo a good hammering today . Always important to get off to a good start in the league so can't complain with 3 points from the opening couple of fixtures.

Enjoy your february fiesta of football 

Good luck to Castlebar Mitchels  in their upcoming All-Ireland Semi Final v Crokes.

[Ringfort]

Mayo were shocking , outrageously poor. Team is drained, time to rebuild I think. Realistically looking at  survival and a good lash at trying to retain Nestor.

They seriously need to work on their killer instinct. Should have 3 goals got inside the first 10 minutes. Would have been a different story then. Contrast with the way Tyrone stuck their first goal. Just cos its early in the game its no excuse to be blasting goal chances over the bar for a point to keep the scoreboard ticking. Goals win game in the first minute as well as the last.

But yes, I would not be surprised if the limit for Mayo this year is Nestor. That should be a given anyway. Galway not yet up to it, Ros are permanently all over the place, Sligo fading, and while Leitrim improving they are still Leitrim.

[bucko]

Mayo were shocking , outrageously poor. Team is drained, time to rebuild I think. Realistically looking at  survival and a good lash at trying to retain Nestor.

To say we were outrageously poor is a bit harsh I think. Granted we were not great at both ends of the pitch for a lot of the game, but with only 8 from our regular 15 from last year starting we still created enough opportunities to get a result if we'd taken them. It was frustrating to watch our inability to take the goal chances that we had, that was a big part of our undoing today.
Both our full lines were ineffective today, the 2 Tyrone corner forwards had a field day today with Kevin Keane appearing to struggle badly. A lot of guys did seem to be sluggish, at times Tyrone looked to be quicker to a lot of breaking ball. Up front the missed goal chances along with an inability/unwillingness to shoot from outside 30 yards from goal typified a poor forward performance. I could not figure out how we were set up to play, was Andy playing FF or CHF? The logic of playing Kevin McLoughlin in the corner escapes me, he had another bad day with frees and it was only when he came out the pitch that he started to perform, no surprise that it coincided with our strong spell in the second half. The only real positive was Adam Gallagher's performance, he's looking comfortable at this level.

[Zulu]

8 is a fairly good number of your top players and any county with aspirations of winning Sam should have a few players outside their first 15 who can play at the very highest level. Keane doesn't seem to be up to this level, Higgins isn't working out at 11 and Mayo just don't have the firepower necessary. Conroy in fairness added something to the party when he came on and Gallagher looks good but you just get the feeling that Mayo lack the bit of class to win Sam.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

8 is a fairly good number of your top players and any county with aspirations of winning Sam should have a few players outside their first 15 who can play at the very highest level. Keane doesn't seem to be up to this level, Higgins isn't working out at 11 and Mayo just don't have the firepower necessary. Conroy in fairness added something to the party when he came on and Gallagher looks good but you just get the feeling that Mayo lack the bit of class to win Sam.

Put that into the context of us playing against the 3'rd best team in All-Ireland last year.

[Zulu]

Not sure the common consensus would be Tyrone were third best team in Ireland last year, besides are Mayo not the second best? This was also a Tyrone team short a good few players too wasn't it?

[Captain Obvious]

8 is a fairly good number of your top players and any county with aspirations of winning Sam should have a few players outside their first 15 who can play at the very highest level. Keane doesn't seem to be up to this level, Higgins isn't working out at 11 and Mayo just don't have the firepower necessary. Conroy in fairness added something to the party when he came on and Gallagher looks good but you just get the feeling that Mayo lack the bit of class to win Sam.

Put that into the context of us playing against the 3'rd best team in All-Ireland last year.

Weren't playing Kerry today and i still think the Munster men would have won the All Ireland if they had beaten Dublin.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

Not sure the common consensus would be Tyrone were third best team in Ireland last year, besides are Mayo not the second best? This was also a Tyrone team short a good few players too wasn't it?

That is true, however it is not time to panic yet. If we still are bottom or close to the basement of Paddy's Dat and if the Mitchels players are still unavailable we could be in a little trouble.

[mayogodhelpus@gmail.com]

8 is a fairly good number of your top players and any county with aspirations of winning Sam should have a few players outside their first 15 who can play at the very highest level. Keane doesn't seem to be up to this level, Higgins isn't working out at 11 and Mayo just don't have the firepower necessary. Conroy in fairness added something to the party when he came on and Gallagher looks good but you just get the feeling that Mayo lack the bit of class to win Sam.

Put that into the context of us playing against the 3'rd best team in All-Ireland last year.

Weren't playing Kerry today and i still think the Munster men would have won the All Ireland if they had beaten Dublin.

I have no doubt Mayo would have beaten Kerry by 4+

[From the Bunker]

8 is a fairly good number of your top players and any county with aspirations of winning Sam should have a few players outside their first 15 who can play at the very highest level. Keane doesn't seem to be up to this level, Higgins isn't working out at 11 and Mayo just don't have the firepower necessary. Conroy in fairness added something to the party when he came on and Gallagher looks good but you just get the feeling that Mayo lack the bit of class to win Sam.

Put that into the context of us playing against the 3'rd best team in All-Ireland last year.

Weren't playing Kerry today and i still think the Munster men would have won the All Ireland if they had beaten Dublin.

I have no doubt Mayo would have beaten Kerry by 4+

The context is that we lost to Kildare and Tyrone at home this time last year in the league. O'Connor, Dillon, The Mitchels lads et a few others are not available. These games mean something when you are playing them and mean nothing 20 minutes after you have togged in! I heard the same fears and aspirations from League results only to mean nothing come Championship!