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"The only way to get over the line is to examine why you failed and come back better" cacsmckilly (Tyrone) - Posts: 1294 - 19/09/2017 09:14:28 2047898 Link 0 |
Well i'd definitely not be one for curses or superstitions. never was and for any one to mention curse i'd be the first to call bullsh*t. However i had a change of opinion after last years first all Ireland. that's 11 all irelands since 1989 and they still can't get across the line. now you can say they weren't the better team and they missed opportunities and made mistakes etc, every team makes mistakes but no one has paid so dearly over the years for mistakes only Mayo. Dublin made mistakes on sunday that will never be remembered because they won the game. Every team that wins an all ireland needs luck. Just take a look down through the history of the finals. But mayo even though they're due it have never got it. why??? it would make you wonder theweanling (Cavan) - Posts: 414 - 19/09/2017 09:46:45 2047915 Link 0 |
-Losing our fullback to a crazy sending-off; What was crazy about the sending off? His challenge was well deserving of a red card. GaaGaa78 (UK) - Posts: 285 - 19/09/2017 10:05:02 2047921 Link 0 |
FFS Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 19/09/2017 11:56:22 2047989 Link 1 |
The surviving members of the '51 team are currently on life support machines (that they don't need) in an underground bunker surrounded by 24hr armed guards in a secret location in the hills of Connemara. BlackAndBlue (UK) - Posts: 100 - 19/09/2017 12:15:13 2048007 Link 0 |
Great post, you're a top man Gleebo!
DUBJOHN (Dublin) - Posts: 932 - 19/09/2017 12:52:56 2048034 Link 0 |
1996/97 A crazy point stopped them winning in 1996. In 1997 they lost to a Kerry side they had beaten the previous year. gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 19/09/2017 13:01:40 2048040 Link 0 |
This 'curse' is just another way to deflect from the reality. It is a defeatist and enabling myth that removes responsibility from the players from failing to get over the line. The players are absolved of all responsibility because there a larger forces at work. That is an unacceptable level of b****x right there. Do people think God -or the Gods- has nothing better to be doing with his/her time than make sure Mayo doesn't win an All-Ireland??? Doesn't he have tsunamis and other natural disasters to organize? They'll be writing post-grad theses on this phenomenon soon. avonali (Dublin) - Posts: 1974 - 19/09/2017 13:08:31 2048044 Link 0 |
Disagree, now I don't believe in curses or that kinda nonsense. But by Jesus mayo are converting me at this stage. It won't be debunked until mayo lift Sam
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 19/09/2017 13:29:25 2048050 Link 1 |
I'd say it's same for Meath too, we didn't take our chance in 01 , seamus Kenny said afterwards that they took Galway for granted after beating Kerry so convincingly, and that they would rectify it in time. Seamus retired 3 years ago never having played in another one. Mayo are a aging team and this group will not get back to a final imo, btw I hope I'm wrong royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 19/09/2017 13:35:47 2048053 Link 1 |
Possibly, but people probably said the same in 1999 when the generation of McHale, Holmes, Casey etc. rode off into the sunset. Within a few years Mayo were back contesting All-Ireland finals, albeit being well beaten in those. What we probably do need to do next season is to blood some younger players during the league, even if we risk being relegated. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 19/09/2017 19:39:31 2048241 Link 0 |
Where did I write that his sending off was unmerited? What I meant was that it was a crazy thing to do.
Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 19/09/2017 19:41:36 2048242 Link 0 |
Sounds like you've written a few theses yourself Avonali! The curse is rubbish. No-one in Mayo takes it seriously, no-one. I'm surprised that anyone outside of Mayo thinks we do. We have to make the right decisions and decisive actions at the right time to win the biggest games. Simple as that. God is busy enough catching up on his Netflix boxsets and stopping Trump doing anything stupid.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7290 - 19/09/2017 19:53:02 2048248 Link 1 |
Now that McHale went and lifted Sam from its presentation plinth at Croke Park on AI Final day before a ball was thrown in does this now mean that we are back up to 3 individuals time on this earth preventing Mayo from winning and does this count as a new curse in its own right - The McHale Curse? When will ye ever learn lads!!!! Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 27/09/2017 14:35:46 2051034 Link 1 |
He's gone over to the dark side, doesn't count ;)
Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 27/09/2017 17:28:47 2051096 Link 0 |
I think the current Mayo team would do well to avoid Swinford or Foxford on their way back when they do win Sam Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 27/09/2017 19:01:39 2051125 Link 0 |
Dont tell me when COC hit the post in the final few minutes or when Keegan dropped the ball into cluxtons chest with a very easy scoring opportunity that this curse didnt cross each and everyones mind watching the game. KY4SAM2015 (Kerry) - Posts: 898 - 27/09/2017 21:02:23 2051159 Link 0 |
the only curse i can think of comes out of my mouth when i think of all the money ive lost backing mayo since 1986!! kavvie (Clare) - Posts: 504 - 27/09/2017 21:53:53 2051170 Link 0 |
And don't say the Tooth Fairy isn't real.
Cockney_Cat (UK) - Posts: 2418 - 27/09/2017 22:57:04 2051199 Link 0 |
The two players you mentioned have done the same thing a few times before. Keegan drops balls into the keepers hands most games regardless if its an All Ireland
tiobraid (Tipperary) - Posts: 4119 - 28/09/2017 08:39:06 2051229 Link 0 |