Roscommon vs. Mayo - Connacht SFC Semi-final (Dr. Hyde Park, June 8th 2014)

[Syferus]

Prenty is my hero and i told him so in the city west last year , I also told him to have a gander in here to see the way the Rossie posters spoke of him.

Prenty reads Stolen Sheep and I have that as a direct in-person fact. He has good taste in forums.

Can dr Hyde park accommodate for 5k Mayo season ticket holders in the way they are supposed to?

Rumours that Prenty has allocated ALL the Stand Seats in the Hyde to Rhubarbs and putting the Ros ST holders in the open seats.

Sure you couldn't have the posh folk left out in the rain.

Is it true the Mayo season tickets (and all the other not direct from HQ season tickets) only entitle holders to a ticket to the game, not a stand ticket to the game? Given it's no given all season ticket holders will even take what is an option to get a ticket not having it first come first serve is a little dodgy.

Don't want to get into the stand to find it swarming with the enemy.

[Farrandeelin]

Any injuries picked up by any Mayo player today/yesterday while on club duty? It would help to have a clean bill of health this time out. (Obviously Shane McHale and Jason Gibbons won't be there)

[larryin89]

Any injuries picked up by any Mayo player today/yesterday while on club duty? It would help to have a clean bill of health this time out. (Obviously Shane McHale and Jason Gibbons won't be there)

No but Heard there was an incident at agahamore v breaffy though.

[Collie Brolly]

Injuries piling up for the Rossies ahead of this game.Only likely to be one winner for definite now.Keeping the score down will be an achievement.

[Syferus]

Injuries piling up for the Rossies ahead of this game.Only likely to be one winner for definite now.Keeping the score down will be an achievement.

Bit of an oxymoron there Collie.

Fact is we have depth everywhere but HB (where we had depth but about five are/have recently been injured). Who on top of Keenan is on the walking wounded now?

[Rossfan]

Even with a full pick we have serious problems from 2 to 9. Who exactly is the "depth2 at FB or MF I wonder??
We have to keep the Rhus pinned in their own half to have any chance here as any ball crossing half way will spell disaster for us as we're so loose in defence.
We conceded 13 points to a one man Laythrum forward line FFS.

[Syferus]

Even with a full pick we have serious problems from 2 to 9. Who exactly is the "depth2 at FB or MF I wonder??
We have to keep the Rhus pinned in their own half to have any chance here as any ball crossing half way will spell disaster for us as we're so loose in defence.
We conceded 13 points to a one man Laythrum forward line FFS.

We're ok at FB, Stack is a corner back (as was Caffreky until his turn at HB this year) no matter where Evans is set on playing him. Collins is the back-up No.3. All are fit, though maybe Caff still has a niggle from the Leitrim game.

Midfield isn't going to be materially effected by the injury of anyone but Higgins or Cathal Shine (obviously picked up an injury in the Leitrim game) because our options are so raw there you'll be gerry-rigging a midfield outside of them either way, hell until a month ago Higgins didn't even look like a midfielder.

[Rossfan]

You're slippin up Syfín - took 18 minutes to respond.
Higgins was good against D4 Laythrum but against the Bear O'Sheas .... I'm fearful.
If we could get our forwards to tackle ( impossibility for Donie and Senan I know  ) and harrass the Rhu backs we might just upset the hoors long enough to make a game of it.
However anything less thana 6 point defeat will be progress and hopefully avoid effin Tyrone in the qualifiers so we might get the experience of a few Championship games to bring along our young lads with potential.

[Collie Brolly]

Conor Daly,Cathal and Donie Shine,Keenan,Ian Kilbride,Cafferkey and Cregger have all picked picked up knocks or have been carrying injuries before or since the Leitrim game.While it's fair to say that some of these lads will start,it's not ideal to be heading into a game against the 2 nd best team in the country having not had the correct training and preparation.I would suggest these injuries had a part to play in the weekend club league games were called off at the same time our coastal friends were knee deep in championship action with their clubs.
I don't believe we have the strength in depth that people think we have.Maybe with a full hand to pick but not right now.

[Farrandeelin]

Genuine question, are Mayo the second best team in the country (at the mo) as all the Ros posters are bandying on about? I mean last year was last year and all that... Or are there a number of teams on joint second behind the Dubs?

[seafoid]

Genuine question, are Mayo the second best team in the country (at the mo) as all the Ros posters are bandying on about? I mean last year was last year and all that... Or are there a number of teams on joint second behind the Dubs?

Ros must be up there, at least on planet Syf.

[Shrewdness]

I'd rate Cork on a par with Mayo at the moment, the two beaten League semi finalists..It's only as the year progresses that we'll discover the true value of the Mayo team of 2014..After all, it's not that long since they were soundly beaten by 14 man Derry. Yet nobody would rate Derry near the top six, let alone the top two..

[Syferus]

Genuine question, are Mayo the second best team in the country (at the mo) as all the Ros posters are bandying on about? I mean last year was last year and all that... Or are there a number of teams on joint second behind the Dubs?

Everyone knows it's murky for #2, anything else is poor mouthing. I think only Cork and Mayo have a snowball's chance of beating Dublin this year, though. Maybe if Donegal can re-bottle the magic of 2011-12 they've a chance but without McHugh that's unlikely.

Kerry are in transition, indeed so are Cork. Mayo are the only one of the above that are settled and are not missing major parts of their jigsaw.

[From the Bunker]

I'd rate Cork on a par with Mayo at the moment, the two beaten League semi finalists..It's only as the year progresses that we'll discover the true value of the Mayo team of 2014..After all, it's not that long since they were soundly beaten by 14 man Derry. Yet nobody would rate Derry near the top six, let alone the top two..

Don't read too much into that result. No more than Mayo hockeying Cork in the league in Castlebar.

[Shrewdness]

I agree with you Bunker. Mayo are a better team than they looked that day, whilst Derry are not as good as they looked that day.. I suppose the big question is,, what will it take to get Mayo over the line this year, compared to 2012 and 13?