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Mayo are the highest profile team to never win an All Ireland. GAA within the county is extreme and 24/7....I have lived in a few other counties and the goldfish like obsession is not in counties....or at least I have not seen it. This particular team may finished or not, this summer will tell a tail. Those jumping with excitement that Mayo are going to simply fall of the face of the earth are misguided in my opinion and I can only remember following Mayo since 1996. Looking at commented it appears Mayo might as well concede the Tyrone and Donegal games but we all know Mayo are at their best when written off. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11232 - 20/03/2017 22:46:35 1969337 Link
yew-tree, how can you call yourself a Mayo supporter if you don't know that Mayo ever won the All-Ireland. FYI they have won it three times . The last being 1951. s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 21/03/2017 03:30:16 1969357 Link
Replying To tommy132: "I think everyone is over reacting with Andy Moran, since he changed jobs hes been flying fit, he now just runs his own gym in castlebar so hes pretty much a professional athlete so well able to play all these games..the u21 lads need more time to get used to senior football, in another county they could be thrown in and let them learn in games but mayo supporters dont have patience for that, look at Conor Loftus finall starting on Sunday and now hes not up to it, its very hard for them.. Mayo have been pathetic so far, no real urgency with them in the games BUT it was the same last year when the lost 4 and won 3 so its nothing new to see them struggle in the league. I love how Galway ppl are starting to pipe up now cause they are winning game, its gas.." Hardly spouting up.. One or two posters having an opinion. Mayo are still the best team in Connacht, even if Galway bet them last year. However Mayo will want to show some form before they play Sligo in the Championship, going into that having lost 4 league games on the trot and relegation to Div 1 wont be heplful.. Galway still have an awful lot of building to do.. Belclare1 (Galway) - Posts: 1626 - 21/03/2017 10:48:23 1969413 Link
Replying To s goldrick: "yew-tree, how can you call yourself a Mayo supporter if you don't know that Mayo ever won the All-Ireland. FYI they have won it three times . The last being 1951." Current high profile teams I think Yew Tree is talking about. Dublin, Donegal, Tyrone, Kerry. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7346 - 21/03/2017 10:55:44 1969417 Link
james horan to be back at the helm in 2018 when we'll finally get to the promised land, you heard it here 1st ladies & gentleman billythekid69 (USA) - Posts: 35 - 21/03/2017 17:59:35 1969618 Link
Replying To billythekid69: "james horan to be back at the helm in 2018 when we'll finally get to the promised land, you heard it here 1st ladies & gentleman" Horan always had the dressing room but never the tactics KerryKillers (Dublin) - Posts: 711 - 21/03/2017 18:18:47 1969625 Link
Replying To billythekid69: "james horan to be back at the helm in 2018 when we'll finally get to the promised land, you heard it here 1st ladies & gentleman" Who is actually making the management calls at the moment? Is it Rochford or McEntee? neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 21/03/2017 20:05:19 1969683 Link
is hennelly on panel this year infergiewetrust (Roscommon) - Posts: 34 - 21/03/2017 20:48:04 1969704 Link
Replying To neverright: "Who is actually making the management calls at the moment? Is it Rochford or McEntee?" i'd a mixture between the rochford, mcentee & the Breaffy mafia billythekid69 (USA) - Posts: 35 - 21/03/2017 21:16:36 1969730 Link
People need to relax . Mayo are a fine side who will be there or there abouts again. It's March FFS . TheRightStuff (Donegal) - Posts: 1688 - 21/03/2017 22:20:23 1969764 Link
Replying To Spoddgy: "My lifetime Galway have won 5 championship games in croker. Fair enough two all Ireland's were won and a draw in a final but that seems like a lifetime ago now those days of Gaelic football changed in 02/03 when Armagh and Tyrone reached the summit and the game began to change into a more systematic approach than a reliance on the more natural game. Some teams have adapted some have struggled to find the right systems and players. I wouldn't be surprised should Galway meet Mayo this in the Connacht championship they can beat Mayo but will Galway make an impact outside Connacht? We all know hope springs eternal!" Galway footballers won 7 games in Croke Park from 1998-2001 including 2 All-ireland finals Granted nothing won there since then tribesmen (Galway) - Posts: 147 - 22/03/2017 09:29:37 1969839 Link
Replying To tribesmen: "Galway footballers won 7 games in Croke Park from 1998-2001 including 2 All-ireland finals Granted nothing won there since then" That was a great Galway team with some class footballers. I was privileged to see them a few times. A team that would be great in any era. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7346 - 22/03/2017 11:03:30 1969885 Link
God help us, Horan to be back again after he losing us 2 All Ireland titles, have you ever seen a manager in an All Ireland Final sitting in the dugout when his team needs changes and doing nothing, well I have and he cost us the chance to win an All Ireland that year riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 23/03/2017 20:32:55 1970534 Link
Replying To riverboys: "God help us, Horan to be back again after he losing us 2 All Ireland titles, have you ever seen a manager in an All Ireland Final sitting in the dugout when his team needs changes and doing nothing, well I have and he cost us the chance to win an All Ireland that year" Any chance that Jim Gavin has a brother who would navigate west for a while?l!llll GormlaighG (Mayo) - Posts: 77 - 23/03/2017 22:31:05 1970562 Link
Replying To riverboys: "God help us, Horan to be back again after he losing us 2 All Ireland titles, have you ever seen a manager in an All Ireland Final sitting in the dugout when his team needs changes and doing nothing, well I have and he cost us the chance to win an All Ireland that year" Rather than complaining about who's in charge maybe you'd do the job yourself or, at the very least, enlighten us on how things might be improved? GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7346 - 23/03/2017 23:50:08 1970579 Link
Replying To GormlaighG: "Any chance that Jim Gavin has a brother who would navigate west for a while?l!llll" Eamonn Fitzmaurice could be available soon enough :D realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8592 - 24/03/2017 00:46:37 1970585 Link
Replying To riverboys: "God help us, Horan to be back again after he losing us 2 All Ireland titles, have you ever seen a manager in an All Ireland Final sitting in the dugout when his team needs changes and doing nothing, well I have and he cost us the chance to win an All Ireland that year" Hard to believe Mayo fans slating James Horan the man did an unbelievable job for with Mayo. Very easy to pick holes after a defeat we can all do that. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 24/03/2017 06:58:39 1970590 Link
Replying To GreenandRed: "Current high profile teams I think Yew Tree is talking about. Dublin, Donegal, Tyrone, Kerry." this is exactly what he wrote "Mayo are the highest profile team to never win an All Ireland" I mean you can't be clearer than that. That is not ambiguous. That states that Mayo have never won an All-Ireland. s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5518 - 24/03/2017 07:31:01 1970591 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Mayo are the highest profile team to never win an All Ireland. GAA within the county is extreme and 24/7....I have lived in a few other counties and the goldfish like obsession is not in counties....or at least I have not seen it. This particular team may finished or not, this summer will tell a tail. Those jumping with excitement that Mayo are going to simply fall of the face of the earth are misguided in my opinion and I can only remember following Mayo since 1996. Looking at commented it appears Mayo might as well concede the Tyrone and Donegal games but we all know Mayo are at their best when written off." I think that's a good point re: the goldfish bowl like existence of a Mayo footballer. Granted Mayo isn't a county that I'm overly familiar outside of a couple of weekends away but I've yet to meet a Mayo person who didn't have an interest in the senior football team! People used to talk about all the hype getting to Dublin players in the past but I think they way in which the Dublin players can be completely anonymous (almost) up here is a big plus for them when preparing for big games. I think it was Denis Bastick said in an interview once before one of the finals that he could walk around the city centre all day and no one would be coming up to him asking about the big match. I doubt that is true of any of the Mayo players walking around Castlebar, Westport or Ballina for example. This is a very good Mayo team, regardless of how the League goes they will not be far away come August/Semptember. I've said on here a number of times since about 2012 that I think this Mayo team will win the All-Ireland and I stand by that. They're so close, the stars will align for them in the next couple of seasons. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 24/03/2017 08:01:21 1970593 Link
Replying To s goldrick: "this is exactly what he wrote "Mayo are the highest profile team to never win an All Ireland" I mean you can't be clearer than that. That is not ambiguous. That states that Mayo have never won an All-Ireland." 'I think Yew Tree is talking about' ??? Why are you replying to my post ? Apologies Yew Tree. I sound like my Mrs who knows exactly what I'm thinking. Thanks be to God she doesn't ! GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7346 - 24/03/2017 09:46:56 1970614 Link