All Ireland Championship 2025.

[Cunny Funt]

Kevin McStay steps back from Mayo manager role for immediate future

Kevin McStay wishes to announce that he is stepping back from his role as Mayo senior football team manager for the immediate future to deal with some personal health issues.

 

Statement from Kevin McStay

"Mayo GAA Board and I are in strong agreement that current Assistant Manager / Head Coach Stephen Rochford will lead our preparations for upcoming games. We are blessed to have a man of Stephen's calibre and, as a valued member of the management team for the past three seasons, he ensures continuity. While I will not be on the training field or on the sideline on match day, I will be with management and players in spirit every step of the way,"

[Armagh18]

All the best to him, health comes first.

[thejuice]

Speedy recovery to Kevin McStay.

Kerry will get to the knockout stages without playing a division 1 team so are going to be undercooked again. Don't see them beating a battle hardened Armagh or Donegal.

[Dunneroyal]

Speedy recovery to Kevin McStay.

Kerry will get to the knockout stages without playing a division 1 team so are going to be undercooked again. Don't see them beating a battle hardened Armagh or Donegal.

think we could beat them tbh.

[SouthOfThe Bann]

What crowd we expecting for Dublin v Armagh?

[balladmaker]

What crowd we expecting for Dublin v Armagh?

Looks like lower tiers are going to be mostly full, upper tiers not currently on sale.  So going by that, 40k or so?

[omagh_gael]

Heard an interesting stat from Tommy Rooney on his podcast. Donegal have been beat in the last quarter of every championship game this year.

Their game plan clearly had them gassed on Saturday night and if results go as expected and they end up in prelim QFs then they'll really struggle down the stretch with 4 games in 5 weeks.

Will they be forced to play more long ball football to conserve energy or is it solid commitment to Jimmy handball for the rest of the year?

Can't be too encouraging to see them fall back to Murphy being MF, CHF and FF all in one on Saturday.

[Armagh18]

Heard an interesting stat from Tommy Rooney on his podcast. Donegal have been beat in the last quarter of every championship game this year.

Their game plan clearly had them gassed on Saturday night and if results go as expected and they end up in prelim QFs then they'll really struggle down the stretch with 4 games in 5 weeks.

Will they be forced to play more long ball football to conserve energy or is it solid commitment to Jimmy handball for the rest of the year?

Can't be too encouraging to see them fall back to Murphy being MF, CHF and FF all in one on Saturday.

Think all the top sides have question marks over them at the minute, Donegal look overly reliant on Murphy and as you say gassing in the last 15, Galway getting caught at home by Dublin who'd lost to Meath, questions over how both bounce back, Dublin themselves can they back up that big win against Galway or was that a sting of a dying wasp as someone said, Kerry were almost caught by Cork in Munster but look like they'll breeze through that group, will they be caught cold against a decent team like last year, Tyrone had a big performance against Donegal again can they back it up having been so inconsistent over the last few years, Armagh, look unstoppable and woeful at times in the same game, conceding goals is getting to be a bit of a worry given last year we only conceded 3 all year.

Even the chasing pack, Mayo would it surprise anyone that much if they dug out results against Tyrone and maybe even Donegal to go through, Derry showed enough in the last 10 mins or so of each half against us to give them belief of taking out Galway at home

Superb open championship  and honestly anyones at this stage.

[imtommygunn]

Heard an interesting stat from Tommy Rooney on his podcast. Donegal have been beat in the last quarter of every championship game this year.

Their game plan clearly had them gassed on Saturday night and if results go as expected and they end up in prelim QFs then they'll really struggle down the stretch with 4 games in 5 weeks.

Will they be forced to play more long ball football to conserve energy or is it solid commitment to Jimmy handball for the rest of the year?

Can't be too encouraging to see them fall back to Murphy being MF, CHF and FF all in one on Saturday.

I don't think it's good that murphy is starting and ending games. He was perfect for an impact sub (Campbell style with a half at least) but they seem too reliant on him and he runs out of steam. In saying that Mogan and mcbrearty starting will help a lot. They probably could get more out of Jamie Brennan too.

They looked very good in the league but tbh despite winning ulster they haven't looked like they've been firing.

I also think tyrone haven't found their best 15 yet either. I would expect change definitely round the half forward line at least.

[thewobbler]

I'd have a hope that Mayo learn from Tyrone's approach at the weekend, and trust themselves to take on their opponents at full throttle. Just leave the game management stuff behind.

Still likely wont have enough to win two games, but they do have the players to post a big score.

[greatpoint]

Heard an interesting stat from Tommy Rooney on his podcast. Donegal have been beat in the last quarter of every championship game this year.

Their game plan clearly had them gassed on Saturday night and if results go as expected and they end up in prelim QFs then they'll really struggle down the stretch with 4 games in 5 weeks.

Will they be forced to play more long ball football to conserve energy or is it solid commitment to Jimmy handball for the rest of the year?

Can't be too encouraging to see them fall back to Murphy being MF, CHF and FF all in one on Saturday.

I thought I remembered seeing Donegal kicking the ball in for scores in the Ulster final? Didn't look like either team kicked much on Saturday night, weather looked awful though.

[APM]

Heard an interesting stat from Tommy Rooney on his podcast. Donegal have been beat in the last quarter of every championship game this year.

Their game plan clearly had them gassed on Saturday night and if results go as expected and they end up in prelim QFs then they'll really struggle down the stretch with 4 games in 5 weeks.

Will they be forced to play more long ball football to conserve energy or is it solid commitment to Jimmy handball for the rest of the year?

Can't be too encouraging to see them fall back to Murphy being MF, CHF and FF all in one on Saturday.

I thought I remembered seeing Donegal kicking the ball in for scores in the Ulster final? Didn't look like either team kicked much on Saturday night, weather looked awful though.

It looks like everything has to go through Murphy and that's a problem

[omagh_gael]

Heard an interesting stat from Tommy Rooney on his podcast. Donegal have been beat in the last quarter of every championship game this year.

Their game plan clearly had them gassed on Saturday night and if results go as expected and they end up in prelim QFs then they'll really struggle down the stretch with 4 games in 5 weeks.

Will they be forced to play more long ball football to conserve energy or is it solid commitment to Jimmy handball for the rest of the year?

Can't be too encouraging to see them fall back to Murphy being MF, CHF and FF all in one on Saturday.

I thought I remembered seeing Donegal kicking the ball in for scores in the Ulster final? Didn't look like either team kicked much on Saturday night, weather looked awful though.

Think there was one ball put in by Roarty in 2nd half that went over everyone. Tyrone kicked more ball than Donegal and moved the ball out of defence via the foot significantly more.

The handball is in the Doengal DNA, even the u20s v Tyrone in ulster were almost exclusively a running team.

Imo they'll not make it past the QFs this year, they seem to be picking up a few injuries and they don't have the squad depth to handle it. Only way I see them getting to a semi final is a handy draw. The whole Jimmy being a football messiah is overblown in my humble opinion and they'll be found out.

[greatpoint]

Heard an interesting stat from Tommy Rooney on his podcast. Donegal have been beat in the last quarter of every championship game this year.

Their game plan clearly had them gassed on Saturday night and if results go as expected and they end up in prelim QFs then they'll really struggle down the stretch with 4 games in 5 weeks.

Will they be forced to play more long ball football to conserve energy or is it solid commitment to Jimmy handball for the rest of the year?

Can't be too encouraging to see them fall back to Murphy being MF, CHF and FF all in one on Saturday.

I thought I remembered seeing Donegal kicking the ball in for scores in the Ulster final? Didn't look like either team kicked much on Saturday night, weather looked awful though.

Think there was one ball put in by Roarty in 2nd half that went over everyone. Tyrone kicked more ball than Donegal and moved the ball out of defence via the foot significantly more.

The handball is in the Doengal DNA, even the u20s v Tyrone in ulster were almost exclusively a running team.

Imo they'll not make it past the QFs this year, they seem to be picking up a few injuries and they don't have the squad depth to handle it. Only way I see them getting to a semi final is a handy draw. The whole Jimmy being a football messiah is overblown in my humble opinion and they'll be found out.

Kicking a couple of times more than Donegal in a game where neither kicked much ball doesn't exactly speak to your argument though does it? I think you might have just been looking for reason to say the latter though.

Tyrone look to have taken a lot from the game at the weekend. I wonder what the result would be if the two played again, don't think they could rely on Donegal shitting the bed a second time.

[J70]

The proof will obviously be in the pudding. If Patton gets back, I'd give us a chance against anyone. I think our squad does drop off a bit past the first 19-20, which means we can't afford the likes of Jason McGee and Niall O'Donnell to not be available as was the case on Saturday.

As for Jim, his record speaks for itself.

Six seasons, five Ulster titles, one AI title, one runner up, two AI semis with this one still in progress. We're not Dublin or Kerry. Only the bitterest of rivals would not concede he is a superb manager and coach.