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I recall someone on this thread being slated for suggesting Mayo will get a "clipping" from Roscommon, their front 8 were just too strong runners for ye to deal with. Bringing on Cillian O'Connor in 2026 was a sign of how bad Mayo were today. Reminder to take league form with a pinch of salt. Emmets67 (Galway) - Posts: 9 - 26/04/2026 18:15:17 2668887 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Mayo give up a serious amount of goal chances and Kerry and Donegal exposed that. Last year we complained we were too defensive as the game plan was designed to limit goal chances. Now the game plan is based around booting it forward and the half backline pushing on in support. Such a stratedy gets exposed if the ball is turned over with the half back line pulled forward. There is more that can be done on "help defence" but that needs instinctive defenders. We are not playing natural full back line players in the full back line, so they are learning those instincts from scratch at intercounty level. Not a good place to be." Who would have guessed that starting a championship match with 8 players playing out of position would result in a hammering from a team who knew exactly what they were doing. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1771 - 26/04/2026 18:44:21 2668905 Link
Replying To S1234: "Lol" Lol Belclare98 (Galway) - Posts: 7 - 26/04/2026 19:06:31 2668912 Link
It really is hard to make any plans for or sense of Mayo anymore. The first half when Mayo went out in front and let Ros back into it told us that they were not going to put them away and after the Ros goal they knew they could keep within touching distance of them. Mayo are just so unpredictable and collapses are too frequent and a favourites tag in the championship has never served them well. They will most likely go on to take a big scalp in the championship when there is no pressure on them but today was not a good day for Mayo football. Dothesimplethingswell (Sligo) - Posts: 60 - 26/04/2026 20:58:33 2668974 Link
Replying To Dothesimplethingswell: "It really is hard to make any plans for or sense of Mayo anymore. The first half when Mayo went out in front and let Ros back into it told us that they were not going to put them away and after the Ros goal they knew they could keep within touching distance of them. Mayo are just so unpredictable and collapses are too frequent and a favourites tag in the championship has never served them well. They will most likely go on to take a big scalp in the championship when there is no pressure on them but today was not a good day for Mayo football." We all know it was not a good day for mayo football no need to give a reminder of that . S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 1100 - 26/04/2026 23:16:58 2669021 Link
Mayo defenders bar Callinan are all poor. Our captain is in shocking form and Enda Hession simply can not defend. Our goalkeeper not for the first time had a meltdown. Brining on Cillian smacked of desperation. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 12052 - 27/04/2026 09:45:42 2669061 Link
While Andy spoke well after the defeat, one thing I can't buy into is his insistence that this is a 3 year plan, if so why bring back Cillian and Rob Hennelly? Surely youth is the way forward. Roscommon are on year one also and have given youth a chance. reffingmad (Roscommon) - Posts: 381 - 27/04/2026 10:05:12 2669078 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Mayo defenders bar Callinan are all poor. Our captain is in shocking form and Enda Hession simply can not defend. Our goalkeeper not for the first time had a meltdown. Brining on Cillian smacked of desperation." Defenders are poor - fully accept that. Moving McBrien back and bringing in Coen might shore things up for the next day. But on yesterday - the second half was more or less Hennelly kicking it out to midfield, and the ball coming straight back at them because we couldn't get a hand in at midfield. Why were we so bad there? Where was the likes of Flynn and Carney to pick up on breaking balls. And to change it we bring on COC? As you say desperation. it made Andy look clueless on the sideline - and maybe he is. Cbar (Mayo) - Posts: 379 - 27/04/2026 10:12:38 2669086 Link
Hennelly has always been hit and miss. And has no presence at all. Any high ball that ever goes in he lacks confidence. Brickenden is ok at times but never a full back. The McBrien thing is puzzling. 6 or 3 is where he should be. Tuohy not bringing much either. And Carney is so frustrating to watch. We are soft. No bite. There is still a decent top 6 team there but changes need to be made and a big reaction needed. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8817 - 27/04/2026 11:15:47 2669120 Link
Replying To Cbar: "Defenders are poor - fully accept that. Moving McBrien back and bringing in Coen might shore things up for the next day. But on yesterday - the second half was more or less Hennelly kicking it out to midfield, and the ball coming straight back at them because we couldn't get a hand in at midfield. Why were we so bad there? Where was the likes of Flynn and Carney to pick up on breaking balls. And to change it we bring on COC? As you say desperation. it made Andy look clueless on the sideline - and maybe he is." Mayo's full back got cleaned but it took 45min to make a change. Mayo's center back got exposed but should have been moved forward. Midfield was a disaster but no change to the kickout strategy at all. Took off the corner forward, full forward and a centre back only to put on two corner forwards and a wingforward. Normally, if your being beaten at midfield, centre back and full back, you put in players who can play those positions. Changing corner forwards wont help you win ball at midfield. We had 2 starting and 4 more on the bench - has no one told Moran that there are only 2 corners forward positions. Fenton Kelly - wingback Donnacha McHugh - FB Stephen Coen - halfback Michael Plunkett - half back Matthew Ruane - running midfielder Paul Towey - corner forward Fergal Boland - half forward Darragh Beirne - corner forward Tommy Conroy - corner forward Cillian O'Connor - corner forward tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1771 - 27/04/2026 11:52:57 2669150 Link
Changes are needed all over. Livingstone McHugh McBrien McGonagle Hession Durcan Callinan Touhy Irwin Dawson Loftus McDonald O Donoghue Bierne McHale Some youth, speed and general will to improve and win. O Connor, O Shea, Towey, Conroy, Hennelly et all. Their race is run. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1771 - 27/04/2026 12:32:18 2669170 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Mayo's full back got cleaned but it took 45min to make a change. Mayo's center back got exposed but should have been moved forward. Midfield was a disaster but no change to the kickout strategy at all. Took off the corner forward, full forward and a centre back only to put on two corner forwards and a wingforward. Normally, if your being beaten at midfield, centre back and full back, you put in players who can play those positions. Changing corner forwards wont help you win ball at midfield. We had 2 starting and 4 more on the bench - has no one told Moran that there are only 2 corners forward positions. Fenton Kelly - wingback Donnacha McHugh - FB Stephen Coen - halfback Michael Plunkett - half back Matthew Ruane - running midfielder Paul Towey - corner forward Fergal Boland - half forward Darragh Beirne - corner forward Tommy Conroy - corner forward Cillian O'Connor - corner forward" wonder has Coen been carrying an injury or just out of favour recently? Immer (Mayo) - Posts: 81 - 27/04/2026 15:13:48 2669273 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Mayo defenders bar Callinan are all poor. Our captain is in shocking form and Enda Hession simply can not defend. Our goalkeeper not for the first time had a meltdown. Brining on Cillian smacked of desperation." This is a minor point but I don't understand the stick Cillian is getting since yesterday. He was the last sub brought on when we were 7 points behind with only 10 minutes left. In what way is that desperate.. do you think somebody else should have came on? There was no point bringing on Beirne at that point with the U20 final coming up. MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 550 - 27/04/2026 15:44:27 2669287 Link
Moran giving starts to old pals was never going to pay off farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 631 - 27/04/2026 16:03:01 2669294 Link
Replying To farneygael3: "Moran giving starts to old pals was never going to pay off" 100% One started full forward and didn't score, Mayo got cleaned out on kickouts (where you'd think he'd be useful and he played the whole game? peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1576 - 27/04/2026 16:26:32 2669302 Link