Mayo v Down NFL Division 1

[Crete Boom]

Mayo Team for Sunday :

1.   David Clarke (Ballina Stephenites)
2.   Brendan Harrison (Aghamore)
3.   Kevin Keane (Westport)
4.   Chris Barrett (Belmullet)
5.   Lee Keegan (Westport)
6.   Colm Boyle (Davitts)
7.   Shane Nally (Garrymore)
8.   Tom Parsons (Charlestown)
9.   Seamus O'Shea (Breaffy)
10. Conor O'Shea (Breaffy)
11. Aidan O'Shea (Breaffy)
12. Jason Doherty (Burrishoole)
13. Evan Regan (Ballina Stephenites)
14. Alan Freeman (Aghamore)
15. Cillian O'Connor (Ballintubber).

[moysider]

Mayo Team for Sunday :

1.   David Clarke (Ballina Stephenites)
2.   Brendan Harrison (Aghamore)
3.   Kevin Keane (Westport)
4.   Chris Barrett (Belmullet)
5.   Lee Keegan (Westport)
6.   Colm Boyle (Davitts)
7.   Shane Nally (Garrymore)
8.   Tom Parsons (Charlestown)
9.   Seamus O'Shea (Breaffy)
10. Conor O'Shea (Breaffy)
11. Aidan O'Shea (Breaffy)
12. Jason Doherty (Burrishoole)
13. Evan Regan (Ballina Stephenites)
14. Alan Freeman (Aghamore)
15. Cillian O'Connor (Ballintubber).

It will be interesting to see how that half forward line gets on without McLoughlin and Diarmuid O Connor.
Doherty will cover a lot of ground but seems to be well off his best. Not sure the younger O Shea has the radar for it but has time on his side. Caff. and Higgins gone as well. I hope this doesn t get hairy.

[Mayoffs]

Anything could happen with that line up, should get over the line though you would think. Last throw of the dice for Doc I'd say

[moysider]

Anything could happen with that line up, should get over the line though you would think. Last throw of the dice for Doc I'd say

I doubt that tbh.

He's being trying hard and maybe trying stuff that wasn t on. I thought playing him inside again did not help. For championship he is not an inside player unless we have a real bad time with injuries.
But he is badly needed as an option for the grafting role at 10/12, Lads that cover a lot of ground, defend link and chip in with an odd score. Realistically we need 4 of those. Diarmuid, Kevin Mac and Doc have shown already they can do the business there in the summer time.
I don't think Doc is a big concern as such.
There are scores in that inside line and if this management can organise things that those 3 get ball in space or even one-on-one we will do alright.

[Syferus]

Anything could happen with that line up, should get over the line though you would think. Last throw of the dice for Doc I'd say

I doubt that tbh.

He's being trying hard and maybe trying stuff that wasn t on. I thought playing him inside again did not help. For championship he is not an inside player unless we have a real bad time with injuries.
But he is badly needed as an option for the grafting role at 10/12, Lads that cover a lot of ground, defend link and chip in with an odd score. Realistically we need 4 of those. Diarmuid, Kevin Mac and Doc have shown already they can do the business there in the summer time.
I don't think Doc is a big concern as such.
There are scores in that inside line and if this management can organise things that those 3 get ball in space or even one-on-one we will do alright.

From frees, Moy.

[moysider]

Anything could happen with that line up, should get over the line though you would think. Last throw of the dice for Doc I'd say

I doubt that tbh.

He's being trying hard and maybe trying stuff that wasn t on. I thought playing him inside again did not help. For championship he is not an inside player unless we have a real bad time with injuries.
But he is badly needed as an option for the grafting role at 10/12, Lads that cover a lot of ground, defend link and chip in with an odd score. Realistically we need 4 of those. Diarmuid, Kevin Mac and Doc have shown already they can do the business there in the summer time.
I don't think Doc is a big concern as such.
There are scores in that inside line and if this management can organise things that those 3 get ball in space or even one-on-one we will do alright.

From frees, Moy.

So what? Frees are for a foul and fouls are given up for a reason. To stop a score from play. A point from play or possibly worse.
Likes of Murthagh will have a good day if he can win a few scorable frees in August/September against likes of Donegal, Kerry, Tyrone or Dublin. If he can get a goal and a point or two from play he is in All-Star territory. You might not like the cut of our forwards but they have been judged at a level Roscommon ladeens have not got to - and may not get to.

[Syferus]

Anything could happen with that line up, should get over the line though you would think. Last throw of the dice for Doc I'd say

I doubt that tbh.

He's being trying hard and maybe trying stuff that wasn t on. I thought playing him inside again did not help. For championship he is not an inside player unless we have a real bad time with injuries.
But he is badly needed as an option for the grafting role at 10/12, Lads that cover a lot of ground, defend link and chip in with an odd score. Realistically we need 4 of those. Diarmuid, Kevin Mac and Doc have shown already they can do the business there in the summer time.
I don't think Doc is a big concern as such.
There are scores in that inside line and if this management can organise things that those 3 get ball in space or even one-on-one we will do alright.

From frees, Moy.

So what? Frees are for a foul and fouls are given up for a reason. To stop a score from play. A point from play or possibly worse.
Likes of Murthagh will have a good day if he can win a few scorable frees in August/September against likes of Donegal, Kerry, Tyrone or Dublin. If he can get a goal and a point or two from play he is in All-Star territory. You might not like the cut of our forwards but they have been judged at a level Roscommon ladeens have not got to - and may not get to.

I'd take Murtagh before any of your inside lads, COC included. None of them are enough of a threat from play at this level, it's as simple as that. Regan only finding his feet at this level so maybe there's hope there but COC never made the next step to being a serious threat from play to score. And no one mention that glorified exhibition game against London.

[Captain Obvious]

Mayo forwards struggle for scores from play be it in league group games or in All Ireland finals however they make up for with a spread of scorers throughout the team and have the ability to win and convert numerous frees.

[Tubberman]

Anything could happen with that line up, should get over the line though you would think. Last throw of the dice for Doc I'd say

I doubt that tbh.

He's being trying hard and maybe trying stuff that wasn t on. I thought playing him inside again did not help. For championship he is not an inside player unless we have a real bad time with injuries.
But he is badly needed as an option for the grafting role at 10/12, Lads that cover a lot of ground, defend link and chip in with an odd score. Realistically we need 4 of those. Diarmuid, Kevin Mac and Doc have shown already they can do the business there in the summer time.
I don't think Doc is a big concern as such.
There are scores in that inside line and if this management can organise things that those 3 get ball in space or even one-on-one we will do alright.

From frees, Moy.

So what? Frees are for a foul and fouls are given up for a reason. To stop a score from play. A point from play or possibly worse.
Likes of Murthagh will have a good day if he can win a few scorable frees in August/September against likes of Donegal, Kerry, Tyrone or Dublin. If he can get a goal and a point or two from play he is in All-Star territory. You might not like the cut of our forwards but they have been judged at a level Roscommon ladeens have not got to - and may not get to.

I'd take Murtagh before any of your inside lads, COC included. None of them are enough of a threat from play at this level, it's as simple as that. Regan only finding his feet at this level so maybe there's hope there but COC never made the next step to being a serious threat from play to score. And no one mention that glorified exhibition game against London.

But its not one player that wins games - it's a team. And as Mayo proved twice in the past 6 days at two different grades, they're better than Roscommon.
So you can have Murtagh, we have the better team.

[Ballaghman]

Murtagh hasn't done a thing yet at the highest level against a top side in summer time in Croke Park. Until he does he can't even be compared to Cillian. For example in 2014 in the two Kerry epics when Cillian was last injury free and going well. In the drawn game he scored 1-8 (1 pen and 5 frees). In the replay (before he was concussed for a large part of it) he scored 2-5 (1 pen and 3 frees). This was Shane Enright he destroyed, no bad feat for a guy not even in Murtaghs league. He has done a job on Kerry, Cork and several Donegal backs in the past when the real stuff is being played. Even last year against the dubs when he wasn't playing well he got some nice scores from play including that brilliant goal. Murtagh looks very handy but until he does what COC has done there's no comparison to make.

[ballinaman]

Anything could happen with that line up, should get over the line though you would think. Last throw of the dice for Doc I'd say

I doubt that tbh.

He's being trying hard and maybe trying stuff that wasn t on. I thought playing him inside again did not help. For championship he is not an inside player unless we have a real bad time with injuries.
But he is badly needed as an option for the grafting role at 10/12, Lads that cover a lot of ground, defend link and chip in with an odd score. Realistically we need 4 of those. Diarmuid, Kevin Mac and Doc have shown already they can do the business there in the summer time.
I don't think Doc is a big concern as such.
There are scores in that inside line and if this management can organise things that those 3 get ball in space or even one-on-one we will do alright.

From frees, Moy.

So what? Frees are for a foul and fouls are given up for a reason. To stop a score from play. A point from play or possibly worse.
Likes of Murthagh will have a good day if he can win a few scorable frees in August/September against likes of Donegal, Kerry, Tyrone or Dublin. If he can get a goal and a point or two from play he is in All-Star territory. You might not like the cut of our forwards but they have been judged at a level Roscommon ladeens have not got to - and may not get to.

I'd take Murtagh before any of your inside lads, COC included. None of them are enough of a threat from play at this level, it's as simple as that. Regan only finding his feet at this level so maybe there's hope there but COC never made the next step to being a serious threat from play to score. And no one mention that glorified exhibition game against London.

But its not one player that wins games - it's a team. And as Mayo proved twice in the past 6 days at two different grades, they're better than Roscommon.
So you can have Murtagh, we have the better team.

Will ya stop Tubberman, the poor ladeens heart is about to shatter into a thousand pieces at any second. Tough times!

[IolarCoisCuain]

Anything could happen with that line up, should get over the line though you would think. Last throw of the dice for Doc I'd say

I doubt that tbh.

He's being trying hard and maybe trying stuff that wasn t on. I thought playing him inside again did not help. For championship he is not an inside player unless we have a real bad time with injuries.
But he is badly needed as an option for the grafting role at 10/12, Lads that cover a lot of ground, defend link and chip in with an odd score. Realistically we need 4 of those. Diarmuid, Kevin Mac and Doc have shown already they can do the business there in the summer time.
I don't think Doc is a big concern as such.
There are scores in that inside line and if this management can organise things that those 3 get ball in space or even one-on-one we will do alright.

From frees, Moy.

So what? Frees are for a foul and fouls are given up for a reason. To stop a score from play. A point from play or possibly worse.
Likes of Murthagh will have a good day if he can win a few scorable frees in August/September against likes of Donegal, Kerry, Tyrone or Dublin. If he can get a goal and a point or two from play he is in All-Star territory. You might not like the cut of our forwards but they have been judged at a level Roscommon ladeens have not got to - and may not get to.

I'd take Murtagh before any of your inside lads, COC included. None of them are enough of a threat from play at this level, it's as simple as that. Regan only finding his feet at this level so maybe there's hope there but COC never made the next step to being a serious threat from play to score. And no one mention that glorified exhibition game against London.

3-4 against the All-Ireland Champions in Croke Park in August. Twice top scorer in the Championship, twice Young Footballer of the Year. Sounds like a bum alright. But he is only 24, so maybe Cillian has a year or two on the clock yet to maybe make something of himself.

[ardtole]

only a goal in it at present. mayo ahead

[OgraAnDun]

1-09 to 0-10 at HT.

[Farrandeelin]

Relief - the overriding emotion right now.