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Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "That's something else alright. Mayo for Sam is in full flow now and really only Mayo can stop Mayo now." LOl galway or Rossies for sam more like it what a load of so & so...... S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 869 - 24/02/2026 21:34:28 2658466 Link
Replying To Cumann1: "There wasn't 7 pages about Kobe" There absolute was. Who are you trying to fool? Or did you not read the paper because I did. Let's go through them, if you must. Sports cover: A photo of Kobe celebrating with a headline entitled "Teen spirit". Page 2: Column from Mark Ronaldson with a title: "Impossible to shelter our new star from hype". Page 3: Interview with Andy Moran with a headline: "Andy on Kobe: 'He's a real talented boy'. Page 4: James Laffey piece. Headline: 'McDonald is already in rarefied company' Page 5: Match report from Anthony Hennigan. Headline "Cyclone Kobe strikes Clones as Moran's Mayo run riot". Eight of the first nine paragraphs are about Kobe. Page 6: A column from Aonghus O Maicin. Headline: "Nothing quite like the irreverence of youth". Admittedly, doesn't start with Kobe focus but his name is in the first sentence. However, the second half of the article is named "Act II - The Kobe Show". Page 7: Edwin McGreal piece. "A debut to remember for not your ordinary Mayo teenager." I wonder who that would be about. TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 335 - 24/02/2026 22:49:17 2658473 Link
Replying To MayoDan: "Any hyperbole about Kobe McDonald since Sunday has come from outside Mayo i.e. RTE, Off The Ball and even the official gaa Instagram. Genuinely haven't heard one Mayo pundit even talk about him. Yet everyone says Mayo will lose the run of themselves now. Roscommon were the team celebrating wildly after a league win last weekend, not Mayo." Get yourself a copy of the Western People. Mustn't be Mayo people writing for it….. TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 335 - 24/02/2026 22:50:08 2658474 Link
Replying To Seanfan: "Seriously????" Deadly serious. TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 335 - 24/02/2026 22:50:44 2658475 Link
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "That's something else alright. Mayo for Sam is in full flow now and really only Mayo can stop Mayo now." Noncense post from you again.. there was not 7 pages about kobe in western people so wrong. He is also 18 maybe be a bit more respectful. Only ones saying mayo for sam and hyping up us is outsiders like yourself . S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 869 - 25/02/2026 08:00:32 2658485 Link
Replying To TanCanRan: "Get yourself a copy of the Western People. Mustn't be Mayo people writing for it….." Galway people reading the western people now.. kind of proves my point that everyone outside Mayo has an unhealthy obsession. MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 514 - 25/02/2026 09:53:26 2658493 Link
Replying To TanCanRan: "There absolute was. Who are you trying to fool? Or did you not read the paper because I did. Let's go through them, if you must. Sports cover: A photo of Kobe celebrating with a headline entitled "Teen spirit". Page 2: Column from Mark Ronaldson with a title: "Impossible to shelter our new star from hype". Page 3: Interview with Andy Moran with a headline: "Andy on Kobe: 'He's a real talented boy'. Page 4: James Laffey piece. Headline: 'McDonald is already in rarefied company' Page 5: Match report from Anthony Hennigan. Headline "Cyclone Kobe strikes Clones as Moran's Mayo run riot". Eight of the first nine paragraphs are about Kobe. Page 6: A column from Aonghus O Maicin. Headline: "Nothing quite like the irreverence of youth". Admittedly, doesn't start with Kobe focus but his name is in the first sentence. However, the second half of the article is named "Act II - The Kobe Show". Page 7: Edwin McGreal piece. "A debut to remember for not your ordinary Mayo teenager." I wonder who that would be about." Great post. Ms Kennedy, JimB1991 and S1234 what do you think of that? GDL (Galway) - Posts: 914 - 25/02/2026 09:58:08 2658496 Link
Replying To TanCanRan: "There absolute was. Who are you trying to fool? Or did you not read the paper because I did. Let's go through them, if you must. Sports cover: A photo of Kobe celebrating with a headline entitled "Teen spirit". Page 2: Column from Mark Ronaldson with a title: "Impossible to shelter our new star from hype". Page 3: Interview with Andy Moran with a headline: "Andy on Kobe: 'He's a real talented boy'. Page 4: James Laffey piece. Headline: 'McDonald is already in rarefied company' Page 5: Match report from Anthony Hennigan. Headline "Cyclone Kobe strikes Clones as Moran's Mayo run riot". Eight of the first nine paragraphs are about Kobe. Page 6: A column from Aonghus O Maicin. Headline: "Nothing quite like the irreverence of youth". Admittedly, doesn't start with Kobe focus but his name is in the first sentence. However, the second half of the article is named "Act II - The Kobe Show". Page 7: Edwin McGreal piece. "A debut to remember for not your ordinary Mayo teenager." I wonder who that would be about." Love it hontherossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 156 - 25/02/2026 10:40:40 2658502 Link
The quicker the lad gets himself off to Australia the better for himself. Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 381 - 25/02/2026 11:07:47 2658511 Link
Replying To MayoDan: "Galway people reading the western people now.. kind of proves my point that everyone outside Mayo has an unhealthy obsession." Was doing the rounds on WhatsApp yesterday. Most people giggling at Mayo. I wouldn't have even gone through it but someone tried to claim there wasn't even pages - on a Galway thread mind you. So no harm to outline the fact that it is actually true. TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 335 - 25/02/2026 11:15:03 2658514 Link
Replying To MayoDan: "Galway people reading the western people now.. kind of proves my point that everyone outside Mayo has an unhealthy obsession." Absolutely priceless. Rage clicking on national media articles about Mayo would be nothing new, but actually seeking out a physical copy of a local North Mayo paper to count the column inches suggests a new level of unwellness. Immer (Mayo) - Posts: 63 - 25/02/2026 11:19:57 2658518 Link
Replying To Immer: "Absolutely priceless. Rage clicking on national media articles about Mayo would be nothing new, but actually seeking out a physical copy of a local North Mayo paper to count the column inches suggests a new level of unwellness." Terrible stuff bothering to read a paper from another region. Nearly as obsessuve as going onto another county's HS forum. anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 1032 - 25/02/2026 11:48:05 2658522 Link
Armagh is a bigger test for all Mayo players, young and old. I am afraid that Armagh will turn then over. Hopefully im wrong for 2 reasons. I genuinely like Mayo football and also, Galway could do with Armagh beaten anotheralias (Galway) - Posts: 1032 - 25/02/2026 11:53:44 2658526 Link
Replying To TanCanRan: "Was doing the rounds on WhatsApp yesterday. Most people giggling at Mayo. I wouldn't have even gone through it but someone tried to claim there wasn't even pages - on a Galway thread mind you. So no harm to outline the fact that it is actually true." You keep going through the western people paragraph by paragraph anyway.. whatever floats your boat! I very rarely buy local papers anymore but there is always 6 or 7 pages after a league game, win or lose. I stand by my original point that almost all the noise is coming from national sources. Paddy Andrews said on 3 different forums how Mayo have never before produced a player like him, how he's way better than Andy Moran, Cillian etc. Then said Mayo will lose the run of themselves as usual. James O'Donoghue, ciaran Whelan and Enda McGinley said something similar. MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 514 - 25/02/2026 11:54:58 2658527 Link
Replying To TanCanRan: "There absolute was. Who are you trying to fool? Or did you not read the paper because I did. Let's go through them, if you must. Sports cover: A photo of Kobe celebrating with a headline entitled "Teen spirit". Page 2: Column from Mark Ronaldson with a title: "Impossible to shelter our new star from hype". Page 3: Interview with Andy Moran with a headline: "Andy on Kobe: 'He's a real talented boy'. Page 4: James Laffey piece. Headline: 'McDonald is already in rarefied company' Page 5: Match report from Anthony Hennigan. Headline "Cyclone Kobe strikes Clones as Moran's Mayo run riot". Eight of the first nine paragraphs are about Kobe. Page 6: A column from Aonghus O Maicin. Headline: "Nothing quite like the irreverence of youth". Admittedly, doesn't start with Kobe focus but his name is in the first sentence. However, the second half of the article is named "Act II - The Kobe Show". Page 7: Edwin McGreal piece. "A debut to remember for not your ordinary Mayo teenager." I wonder who that would be about." I wouldn't doubt it. Put on Ah Ref too. The auld national podcasts gone Kobe daft too. He's played less than 20 minutes of senior football and played very well. We were pleased enough with the team under Andy anyways. Call it hype or call it whatever we might as well enjoy it. If senior footballers get affected by too much hype then it's up to management to keep their heads level. Better to have a good news story to read or hear about. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8452 - 25/02/2026 12:23:36 2658535 Link
Replying To Immer: "Absolutely priceless. Rage clicking on national media articles about Mayo would be nothing new, but actually seeking out a physical copy of a local North Mayo paper to count the column inches suggests a new level of unwellness." Maybe but worth it as the poster has proved himself right and shown a few posters up to be spoofers. sourmilk93 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1275 - 25/02/2026 12:29:11 2658537 Link
Replying To Seanfan: "The quicker the lad gets himself off to Australia the better for himself." Wouldn't ye love that. Totally ridiculous. He looked like he really enjoyed himself playing for Mayo and he will be back one day for sure. Your post just screams bitterness tbh . S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 869 - 25/02/2026 12:37:40 2658541 Link
Replying To MayoDan: "You keep going through the western people paragraph by paragraph anyway.. whatever floats your boat! I very rarely buy local papers anymore but there is always 6 or 7 pages after a league game, win or lose. I stand by my original point that almost all the noise is coming from national sources. Paddy Andrews said on 3 different forums how Mayo have never before produced a player like him, how he's way better than Andy Moran, Cillian etc. Then said Mayo will lose the run of themselves as usual. James O'Donoghue, ciaran Whelan and Enda McGinley said something similar." There isn't six or seven pages with all the headlines about one 17-year-old though. That's the key difference. Second paragraph is some spoof when I've shown you that a lot of the noise is internal. TanCanRan (Galway) - Posts: 335 - 25/02/2026 13:17:17 2658549 Link
Replying To GDL: "Great post. Ms Kennedy, JimB1991 and S1234 what do you think of that?" Unbelievable stuff and poor Clare is left with mud on her face again. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 695 - 25/02/2026 14:04:08 2658559 Link
Young McDonald certainly looks like a great prospect. Black cat, black kitten an all that. He took his scores well last Sunday, but a bit of context would be no harm. That Monaghan team are in a bad place. I could have probably notched a point or two against them last Sunday, such was the way the game had gone. He'll get a better test this weekend if he plays against an Armagh team who need the points posisbly more than Mayo do. Anyways - how are the Tribesmen fixed for the game at the weekend? Ballyshannon is a nice wee ground, and saves ye a bit of travel too. Hard to know what way Donegal will approach it. Winning is a great habit, so maybe the bauld Jim will go for it. I'd expect to see Murphy play some part this weekend. Shane O'Donnell and Ciaran Moore could be missing though. Two slightly less heralded players, but will definitely be missed as they both get through a mountain of work every game. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 10246 - 25/02/2026 14:04:34 2658560 Link