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I think Kerry could hammer Mayo Sunday I also think Mayo could hammer Kerry Sunday I'm not saying there will be a hammering but maybe Sunday we could find out that one team just isn't good enough this year. Sometimes it's better to be in Tyrone's place finishing the league on a high and going into the champo full of confidence. One team has to lose Sunday clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 26/03/2019 11:57:49 2175507 Link 4 |
I think the need to win is more with us if I'm being honest. Another final defeat even its its the league will cast doubts heading to summer football yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11236 - 26/03/2019 12:19:54 2175515 Link 4 |
That's a fair point and always a possibility. We went on to lose to Longford and Cork lifted the Sam. Some contrast! That was a team at the end of it's time under John O'Mahony. Also many of lost the 2007 League Final. So James Horan started rebuilding in late 2010. Cork beat us well in another league final in 2012 but it didn't affect us as badly. A lot to do with how coaches can rally the team after a big defeat and if they can learn from their mistakes and improve.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7362 - 26/03/2019 12:28:00 2175522 Link 4 |
I agree. Mayo's senior team NEED to lift some silverware in Croke Park. A national title would do them wonders
waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 26/03/2019 12:51:47 2175528 Link 4 |
So you think Mayo could hammer Kerry, Kerry could hammer Mayo and there also might not be a hammering. Brilliant stuff. Mayo have been barely avoiding relegation the last few years and have ended up in a league final despite chopping and changing half the team game on game. Kerry are building as well. Tyrone didn't mean to get hammered by Mayo, if they didn't they would in a final. Dublin still the team to beat, with Kerry, Mayo and Tyrone the best placed to give them a rattle on the biggest day. That won't change after Sunday. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7907 - 26/03/2019 12:57:18 2175533 Link 1 |
You're having a go at me like my original post was an attack on mayo it wasn't , I was just saying that if things go wrong for one team it can have a bad effect on the rest of the season. Maybe it will be a one point win and the result could of went either way and both teams will be very confident going into the summer, but from my experience on here and in the media after a win a team is great and after a defeat their going nowhere. Someone mentioned the league in '12 well if you remember Kerry blew a semi final league against mayo and Kerry never really recovered that season. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 26/03/2019 13:22:14 2175542 Link 4 |
if its a tight affair, played close to championship level pace, then both teams will have benefitted from the game.
Vishred (Mayo) - Posts: 303 - 26/03/2019 14:18:34 2175550 Link 0 |
Fancy Mayo to walk it, that Kerry side are overrated, will struggle against Cork in C'ship maroondiesel (Mayo) - Posts: 1197 - 26/03/2019 14:32:46 2175556 Link 1 |
A Cork side full of confidence
Fewpucks24 (Galway) - Posts: 124 - 26/03/2019 14:42:06 2175558 Link 2 |
Nope I didn't think you were having a go at Mayo at all. Just you randomly made comparisons to a game in 2010 which has absolutely no relevance to the 2 current teams and where they are at development wise. And then you sat on both sides of the fence and on top of the fence in your reply. Both teams fine for the summer after Sunday.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7907 - 26/03/2019 14:48:11 2175560 Link 0 |
I should of used Derry in '14 as an example instead of Mayo then you mightn't have got so upset with me,
clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 26/03/2019 14:58:53 2175564 Link 4 |
Cork?? Is it 2010
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11236 - 26/03/2019 15:39:43 2175581 Link 4 |
Lol.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7907 - 26/03/2019 15:57:54 2175587 Link 0 |
This really is a hard game to call especially as Mayo handed Kerry their only defeat in the League. A more battle hardened and physical Mayo were able to impose themselves on a younger Kerry team that night and yet the weather was so appalling that the match became a lottery and in the end, for all their dominance, Mayo only won by a late goal. TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 26/03/2019 16:08:31 2175591 Link 7 |
Both management teams will have the same objective for Sunday... to get a fair few new players out onto Croker and give them the opportunity to show that they belong there. Kerry will feel they've a point to prove after the game in Tralee, with some observers saying they were muscled out of it in certain parts of the pitch, and so this motivation might be enough to give them an edge on the scoreboard come the final whistle. Let's not forget, Mayo's last Croke Park appearance a few weeks back was a non-performance. A repeat and Clondalkin's speculation about a heavy beating mightn't prove so fanciful. I think we'll be pipped by a point or two... 4 max. I'd imagine that's where the bookies will be pitching it too. A draw wouldn't be out of the question... Pericles (Mayo) - Posts: 2521 - 26/03/2019 17:16:31 2175603 Link 1 |
Great post there, Hermit. Only point I might quibble with is the idea that Kerry because they're young, are pacier. Depends who lines out for either side, but even our older brigade still have bags of pace. Admittedly we've one or two bulldozers, but I have to say AOS looks very fit this year. Hopefully the weather will stay settled... it'd be nice to see two positive sides play in conditions that'll bring out the best in them. Pericles (Mayo) - Posts: 2521 - 26/03/2019 17:52:25 2175614 Link 1 |
I'm looking forward to the games on Sunday . gallarus14 (Kerry) - Posts: 127 - 26/03/2019 18:45:45 2175626 Link 2 |
That's true, but I think Kerry's Achilles heel in the past 2-3 years has been a lack of pace and I do think we have a lot more of it now in the team with the new lads coming through. As for AOS, yes I saw him up close in Tralee and he looks lean and mean though I still have a suspicion that come hard ground in a big pitch like Croker he won't have the legs to last 80mins. If I was Kerry I'd be looking to drag him around the place on Sunday and run him ragged. I'll also be honest and say I've often questioned him in big games, but he certainly took charge in Tralee and if he can keep that up, Mayo will be very dangerous this year. I suppose a big crowd will be coming over from the West? Is it 2012 since Mayo were last in a final? A big game in Croker is always something to look forward to, esp seeing as we've two long months till the Championship after it! TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 26/03/2019 19:56:26 2175644 Link 4 |
Something that is being overlooked with this Kerry team is their defensive work in the league. westkerry (Kerry) - Posts: 1250 - 26/03/2019 20:09:08 2175646 Link 5 |
Big crowd from Mayo I'd imagine will travel. We only have 5 weeks to wait after that..a trip over to NYC for the opening round of the Connacht championship...exciting times!
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11236 - 26/03/2019 22:52:16 2175715 Link 4 |