(Oldest Posts First) - Go To The Latest Post
|
O'Connor I wouldn't mind, he never officially retired and would be a good influence on younger forwards coming through. He would be a great bench option. O'Hora has never been good enough in my view.
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11758 - 16/08/2025 15:11:31 2632125 Link 0 |
|
I'd still take Cillian back. If he wants to. Can still add something. O Hora as well but to be honest there's better defenders than him involved and on the fringes. He's not a huge loss in my opinion.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8493 - 16/08/2025 15:14:01 2632126 Link 1 |
|
Interview with Diane O'Hora, new Mayo LGFA manager. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8226 - 22/08/2025 14:15:53 2633122 Link 1 |
|
Mayo's intital squad for 2026 wont have too many outside the below and with 33% not having played last year - it will be a long road back to intercounty fitness this winter. 1. Aidan O'Shea 2. Aidan Orme 3. Bob Tuohy 4. Conor Loftus 5. Sharoize Akram 6. Colm Reape 7. David McBrien 8. Darren McHale 9. Diarmuid O'Connor 10. Donncha McHugh 11. Eoghan McLoughlin 12. Enda Hession 13. Fionn McDonagh 14. Frank Irwin 15. Jack Carney 16. Jack Coyne 17. James Carr 18. Kub Callaghan 19. James McCormack 20. Jordan Flynn 21. Conal Dawson 22. Matthew Ruane 23. Michael Plunkett 24. Paddy Durcan 25. Padraig O'Hora 26. Paul Towey 27. Sean Morahan 28. Rory Byrne 29. Ronan Clarke 30. Ryan O'Donoghue 31. Sam Callinan 32. Stephen Coen 33. Tommy Conroy 34. Dylan Thorton 35. Cillian O'Connor 36. Rory Brickenden 37. Adrian Phillips 38. Davitt Neary 39. Fenton Kelly 40. Cian McHale Development Squad Darragh Bernie Niall Hurley Tom Lydon Diarmuid Duffy Hugh O Lougling Some possible wildcards include Mikey Murray of Ballina, Brian Walsh of Ballintubber, and Mark Moran of Westport. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1586 - 22/08/2025 17:09:35 2633137 Link 0 |
|
Took fixture list from Mayoblog tommy132 (Mayo) - Posts: 655 - 22/08/2025 17:24:46 2633138 Link 0 |
|
Breaffy v Castlebar was a terrible game, big Aidan had a nightmare.. Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 360 - 26/08/2025 07:59:12 2633603 Link 0 |
|
Didnt see the game, but games between Castlebar, Breaffy, Ballintubber have rarely been good/great games, could be they know each other too well, county players cancel each other out, but yeah games are usually a let down. Breaffy need Aidan going well, which he was in the first round but not the last by sounds of it. I have always been disappointed with Castlebar that they have never developed a county level corner forward, Neil Douglas was close but couldn't replicate club form to county. For a big town with alot of sports, they have provided some great players but don't understand how they never had a top class forward. when they were competing with Corofin and beating them, it was always a solid defence and great running game, suppose they were club version of the Mayo team. tommy132 (Mayo) - Posts: 655 - 26/08/2025 14:49:23 2633658 Link 0 |
|
Yeah the Castlebar and Breaffy game was terrible to be fair. Though Ballina v Cross was excellent. Conor Loftus has definetly bulked up hope he will be back to county next year . Fair play to him especially after everything.
S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 346 - 26/08/2025 16:17:08 2633680 Link 0 |
|
When will young Kobe enter the senior setup. Is he too young yet? Ciaran was one of my favourite footballers and looking forward to seeing this man in the future. Ros2013 (Roscommon) - Posts: 557 - 26/08/2025 17:11:27 2633687 Link 1 |
|
He was U17 in 2024. No need to be bigging up 18yr olds as the next big thing. A lot can go wrong between 18 and 22 (and generally does for the next great Mayo Forward.
tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1586 - 26/08/2025 18:28:35 2633698 Link 1 |
|
If you're good enough…….. and no more than ourselves ye could do with a few natural forwards.
Ros2013 (Roscommon) - Posts: 557 - 26/08/2025 19:57:17 2633708 Link 1 |
|
He's heading down under for Aussie Rules trials.. Belclare7 (Galway) - Posts: 360 - 26/08/2025 23:13:39 2633732 Link 1 |
|
With a new team in the AFL, there will be a lot of young Irish lads invited to trials this year. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1586 - 27/08/2025 09:05:51 2633749 Link 1 |
|
Cian Hanley broke his collar bone in his first year as Mayo minor and tore his ACL the second year. Can't really blame the AFL team for injuring him.
MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 495 - 27/08/2025 18:48:38 2633836 Link 0 |
|
Such a pity but he's young you can't blame him . Opportunity to travel and the money is hard to turn down. But my God do I hate the AFL coming over here taking our best . Oisin Mullen will never wear the green & red again now .
S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 346 - 27/08/2025 19:28:55 2633841 Link 0 |
|
Recovered from that do do his groin and missed another year. Anyway, the reality is Kobe will likely succeed in Oz and not be back at all. If he stays in Ireland, he will be playing all year round, playing Club and county U20's, club senior, colleges football and end up injured anyway. At least in Oz, its one team and they aren't trying to get you up to speed in a year - they are happy to get you fit and ready for 3-4 years time. Mayo, on the other hand is littered with players who were over used form 17-21 and have had a major sports related surgery before the age of 21. If we would learn to be patient with lads, we would get a lot more out of them in the long run and lets be honest all anyone really wants at this stage is a senior All Ireland. If that comes at the expense of 25 minor/U20 All Irelands then we would still take it. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1586 - 29/08/2025 12:34:56 2634075 Link 1 |
|
You still banging this drum. Can Hanley still your only example?
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8493 - 30/08/2025 16:48:57 2634255 Link 0 |
|
Life gets in the way lads. I think many fans forget that. I always see commentary around multiple underage players "where did he go" "he was a great u der age player" "he should have been asked in" yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11758 - 31/08/2025 09:29:16 2634300 Link 0 |
|
Managers demand huge amounts of cardio as it is easier to coach and results and KPI's are easier measured. You can measure how many km per match via GPS, you can measure improvements in running ability by speed tests and bleep tests. It is much harder to coach the skills and special/awareness need to win a game. Planning a skills session, with the required coaching input and focus - needs a coach for every 6-8 players to get real improvement (hence county backroom teams can be up to 30 strong). In an underage club team, the coach "puts them running" while setting up a skills drill (lack of coaches to help), with the result that 50% of training time is wasted running around (which could easily be assigned as homework). Put the effort into skills and less running needed ("let the ball do the work"). Most coaches focus on running and match play hoping the players do the skills stuff at home. The skill work doesn't get done (as players have other sports/interests) so more training is needed - to cover running and skills. Players then get sick of all the commitment needed. Its a vicious cycle. I would disagree on the drop off reasons. Drop off happens both at the top and at the bottom. Most underage teams have the same Age Grade effect pattern (40% player born in 1st quarter of the year, 10% in 4th quarter). This declines over time and is fully gone between 23-27 years old. Players born in the 1st quarter are on more teams (often playing up an age grade) and have more playing commitments - leading to burnout. The kids in the 4th quarter leave due to lack of game time underage, resulting in a lack of confidence, causing drop out as they don't seek adult competitive football as an option [as they couldn't make (or barely made) the A minor team]. This combination of issues cause the massive drop off in playing numbers. Its not a GAA problem - its a major problem in premier league academies also. For all the money and effort into underage coaching - the production of players into senior is abysmal According to the sports council, 59% of Irish people under 35 engage in sport weekly but only 7% partake in Gaelic football and 1% in Hurling/Camogie (17% do personal exercise, 9% swimming and 11% running). Those number tell you that people still want to engage in sports after age 18, but chose sports where the pressure to win is entirely self inflicted. Soccer is at 8% because you can play any number of small sides games/tournaments at adult level in soccer, which no one takes seriously. The only non serious outlet for adult GAA is dads and lads, which is actually over 35's. Life does get in the way of trying to make the Mayo team or senior club team - but there are plenty who would play for recreation if the opportunity was there - its just that the GAA don't facilitate it. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1586 - 02/09/2025 10:55:42 2634576 Link 0 |
|
Off topic a bit but are there many people trying Dads and Lads or Mothers and Others who hadn't much interest in the GAA before their children got involved? Traditionally children got involved because of their parents interest but nowadays maybe some parents are getting involved because of their children's interest? GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8226 - 02/09/2025 14:39:51 2634620 Link 0 |