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No more than Colm Parkinson or John Fogarty who have also had a fair amount to say on the subject.
Jackeen (Dublin) - Posts: 4097 - 21/12/2016 15:13:32 1941438 Link 1 |
So basically , get ousted , don't defend yourself , don't defend your reputation , just suck it up , that's what I thought was your opinion all along , so why go debating the timing of their statement at all ????
Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 21/12/2016 15:13:41 1941439 Link 1 |
Lads and Ladies, quick one, with regards Mayo's chances for 2017. Do you think their chances of winning the All-Ireland are: Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 21/12/2016 15:16:51 1941440 Link 0 |
That piece in The Examiner is an opinion piece . There are no quotes in it . Nothing new here . Move on .
Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 21/12/2016 15:18:02 1941441 Link 1 |
Absolutely Jackeen, all three of those journalists are entitled to give their opinion. What I am getting at is it looks like it was carefully planned by Breheny and the three of them. We'll run Cunniffe's interview first to show a senior player in the set up at the time was on Management's side. Once we have that out of the way we'll publish the Holmes/ Connelly statement. It looks very much orchestrated to me. Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 21/12/2016 15:32:02 1941444 Link 0 |
Honestly don't think they have lost an A ll Ireland due to lack of motivation , chances similar , if games go well this will be a distant memory , if things go bad hey look whats hanging from the excuse tree
Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 21/12/2016 15:32:08 1941445 Link 1 |
Nothing changes in my opinion. Mayo are so close to Dublin. They've drawn with the last three All-Ireland Champions. 2014 drew with Kerry, 2015 and 2016 drew with Dublin. They had chances to beat both Kerry and Dublin in those series of games as well. In my opinion this Mayo side will win the All-Ireland. They are too good not to and if they keep putting themselves in the frame to win it they will finally get over the line. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13710 - 21/12/2016 15:34:46 1941446 Link 0 |
Yeah, I was thinking the same or more likely. Dublin are still very strong, especially if/when Jack McCaffrey rejoins the panel, Kerry are never far away and Tyrone appear to be getting better too. If they could find one more scoring forward they would be sorted or persuade Pearse Hanley to come home for a year or two but that doesn't look likely. I agree, they are an extremely motivated bunch of players anyway but this could be that last little bit of extra motivation needed. They owe Mayo football nothing at this stage. Its a pity they didn't win Connacht this year at 6 in a row would have been unbelievable. Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 21/12/2016 15:45:22 1941449 Link 0 |
Yeah if early season odds for Mayo were a little bit higher than recent seasons you could see plenty of punters lobbing a few bob on them. They are definitely good enough to win an All-Ireland, just find one more scoring forward. In fairness to Andy Moran he got back to his pre-injury form this year.
Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 21/12/2016 15:50:26 1941451 Link 0 |
Being honest if I had to pick a team right now to win the All-Ireland next year I'd pick Mayo. Obviously it's a long way away now but I think Dublin are the only team that could beat Mayo. 3 in a row is going to be very difficult to achieve for Dublin and I think it's going to be Mayo that stop us. If you look at the age profile of the top players on each team Mayo are a little bit younger. There's no guarantee that Dublin's young guns can carry the team in the way that the older fellas have (Flynn, Connolly, Brogan, MDMA, Cluxton etc). I think Mayo are well placed before another team comes to challenge. If Mayo win next year I'd also back this group to at least pick up another one as well. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13710 - 21/12/2016 16:11:14 1941458 Link 0 |
The more I think about this article the more I think that Holmes and Connelly were dead wrong in naming Alan Dillon and the 2 O'Sheas. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13710 - 21/12/2016 16:14:16 1941459 Link 0 |
yeah martin breheny is as credible as they come...right...the guy is openly lacking objectivity on this topic
alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 21/12/2016 16:47:26 1941472 Link 0 |
the timing of their statement is one of the big issues about it...at the start would have been a better time and publicly naming specific players is pretty petty stuff in my view
alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 21/12/2016 17:02:40 1941476 Link 0 |
Totally wrong in naming Dillon. Name a team in any sport that does not have players going to management looking to be out on the starting team. Nothing wrong there. Seems there is an issue around 2/3 other players. Rochford will need to decide what to do there.
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11232 - 21/12/2016 17:21:06 1941478 Link 0 |
were they not appointed in controversial circumstances in the first place?
alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 21/12/2016 17:31:18 1941480 Link 0 |
They were but you may remember the players didn't want McStay and McHale either so it was a total mess.
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11232 - 21/12/2016 17:39:51 1941483 Link 0 |
Id say your the one lacking objectivity , from day one on here your pro player full stop , you've argued the toss about timing of the statement yet at the same time stated they should have kept their mouths shut .
Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 21/12/2016 17:47:01 1941484 Link 0 |
http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwirjqO37oXRAhXMCcAKHe9lC6gQFgg1MAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.ie%2Fsport%2Fgaelic-games%2Fgaelic-football%2Fkevin-mcstay-reveals-massive-disappointment-in-missing-out-on-mayo-post-and-slams-liam-mchales-detractors-30611206.html&usg=AFQjCNGJwcoaj6rdnTJb2mzeltrtEO1_vQ&bvm=bv.142059868,d.ZGg There was no mention they didn't want McStay FoolsGold (Cavan) - Posts: 2763 - 21/12/2016 17:59:47 1941486 Link 0 |
wasnt aware they didnt want mcstay either
alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 21/12/2016 18:01:35 1941487 Link 0 |
because its not a black and white issue...and its rich that your accusing me of bias considering your views on the topic....do you think they should have named the players?
alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 21/12/2016 18:02:52 1941488 Link 0 |