The Championship

clarke-connolly said:
With Mayo ya never know ~ But I would say that while we would love to win a semi-final and final ~ ~ A good performance in a semi-final wouldn't be a bad show for this year.

I am not sure that I will ever see Mayo win an All-Ireland final ~ Sadly my Sister won't ~ She used to get mighty nervous when Mayo were playing in big matches, like finals ~ She'd have to go for walks, and was probably saying a few prayers on those walks ! ! !

Now being a hardy sports followers in my younger days ~ I can handle the losses after a little while ~ It would be one hell of a sight to see the celebrations in Mayo, if Mayo ever did win the All-Ireland ! ! !
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I'm a Dub but I wouldn't begrudge Mayo a championship, particularly given the number of times we've beaten yiz in finals.

I loved the team of Boyle, O'Shea, Keegan etc. They were just extremely unlucky to come up against a Dublin behemoth. Kind of like that great Waterford hurling team with Mullane, Declan Brown, Ken McGrath etc. How many All Irelands would they have won if Kilkenny weren't around?

And Mayo have a great set of fans. Always travel in numbers.
 
Aldo3 said:
It's a real shame Kobe McDonald won't be playing beyond this year. He looks like the real deal - like his father was.
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Yeah ~ He is going to Australia for the Aussie rules but that might not suit him ~ Ya kinda have to be tough brute in that game ( it certainly helps ) Ciaran Kilkenny went years ago and the Aussie rules game did not suit him at all ~ And he came back to have a great career with Dublin.

Ok ~ A few players do Ok but not that many have " Great " Aussie Rules careers ~ Ya can't blame lads for taking the opportunities. I assume these Aussie Rules clubs help them with Academic Studies ( if the lads are that way inclined ) ~ Mayo lost a Good Player called Pierce Hanley a while back when Mayo had a good team ~ He could have been the difference, one of those years when Mayo were genuine contenders for the All-Ireland. He had a decent career in Aussie Rules so it he could have also had a very good career with Mayo under different circumstances !
 
Aldo3 said:
I'm a Dub but I wouldn't begrudge Mayo a championship, particularly given the number of times we've beaten yiz in finals.

I loved the team of Boyle, O'Shea, Keegan etc. They were just extremely unlucky to come up against a Dublin behemoth. Kind of like that great Waterford hurling team with Mullane, Declan Brown, Ken McGrath etc. How many All Irelands would they have won if Kilkenny weren't around?

And Mayo have a great set of fans. Always travel in numbers.
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A lot of teams not as good as that Mayo team ( at its best ) have won All-Ireland when things fell for them.

The problem is ~ Everyone knows they have a great chance against Mayo in a final at this stage !
 
clarke-connolly said:
Yeah ~ He is going to Australia for the Aussie rules but that might not suit him ~ Ya kinda have to be tough brute in that game ( it certainly helps ) Ciaran Kilkenny went years ago and the Aussie rules game did not suit him at all ~ And he came back to have a great career with Dublin.

Ok ~ A few players do Ok but not that many have " Great " Aussie Rules careers ~ Ya can't blame lads for taking the opportunities. I assume these Aussie Rules clubs help them with Academic Studies ( if the lads are that way inclined ) ~ Mayo lost a Good Player called Pierce Hanley a while back when Mayo had a good team ~ He could have been the difference, one of those years when Mayo were genuine contenders for the All-Ireland. He had a decent career in Aussie Rules so it he could have also had a very good career with Mayo under different circumstances !
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Tadhg Kennelly was another who went over and did well. But he returned a few years later and won an All Ireland in 2009 iirc.

I know Clifford had lots of offers but turned them down. I imagine the money isn't bad either.
 
Aldo3 said:
Tadhg Kennelly was another who went over and did well. But he returned a few years later and won an All Ireland in 2009 iirc.

I know Clifford had lots of offers but turned them down. I imagine the money isn't bad either.
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Professional game ~ Ya can't blame them, but Australia plays a lot of, Rugby League / certainly some cricket / actually not much Rugby Union but some obviously.

Australia doesn't have a huge population to support super high levels of professional sport. On the other-hand the population is pretty sports mad alright !
 
Aldo3 said:
I'm a Dub but I wouldn't begrudge Mayo a championship, particularly given the number of times we've beaten yiz in finals.

I loved the team of Boyle, O'Shea, Keegan etc. They were just extremely unlucky to come up against a Dublin behemoth. Kind of like that great Waterford hurling team with Mullane, Declan Brown, Ken McGrath etc. How many All Irelands would they have won if Kilkenny weren't around?

And Mayo have a great set of fans. Always travel in numbers.
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A good analogy, Waterford and Mayo, Waterford definitely had a tendency to implode when the pressure was on, but that was a fine team you highlighted above, should have won 2 All Ireland's at least, but as you said, that was a ridiculously talented KK team. Unlucky timing...
 
Semi-final draw ~ I was being a bit suspicious that the GAA would keep Dublin and Kerry apart ! !

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    Louth v Mayo
    Dublin v Kerry
 
clarke-connolly said:
Semi-final draw ~ I was being a bit suspicious that the GAA would keep Dublin and Kerry apart ! !

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    Louth v Mayo
    Dublin v Kerry
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Big chance for Louth to make history and get to the final, unfortunately Kerry will thrash them, after they dispose of the Dubs ☹️
 
The reason I was suspicious re; The Fix was that Rte radio were saying the draw was coming any minute now for probably 30 minutes ~ I could just see the modern day " Corporate GAA " in back rooms deciding which draw would be best for them ~ I wouldn't trust that Smary Jarlath Burns fella as far as I could throw him or a lot of the Smary Fuckers at the top of the now Corporate GAA.

Anyway the GAA have got their Big, Kerry-Dublin, match ~ Best of luck to all the players ( no castigations on the vast vast vast majority of players what-so-ever ) ~ The players and ordinary Decent GAA People are damn fine People ! ! !
 
clarke-connolly said:
The reason I was suspicious re; The Fix was that Rte radio were saying the draw was coming any minute now for probably 30 minutes ~ I could just see the modern day " Corporate GAA " in back rooms deciding which draw would be best for them ~ I wouldn't trust that Smary Jarlath Burns fella as far as I could throw him or a lot of the Smary Fuckers at the top of the now Corporate GAA.

Anyway the GAA have got their Big, Kerry-Dublin, match ~ Best of luck to all the players ( no castigations on the vast vast vast majority of players what-so-ever ) ~ The players and ordinary Decent GAA People are damn fine People ! ! !
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Jarlath burns was just trying to figure out a way of sneaking county palestine into the semi finals.
 
Myles O'Reilly said:
They were a decent team but they only got to 1 final Sir.
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Jesus I could have sworn they played in a few finals. And that final was 2008 I think, when a lot of the players were at the back end of their careers.

Maybe they weren't as good as I thought? Or maybe I was feeling nostalgic after watching the below highlights package from the 2004 Munster final.

(Look at the point scored by Ken McGrath at 1.10 from another universe - and the brilliant catch and spine-tingling passion at 2:10. And shout-out current Cork manager Ben O'Connor for a lovely point at 1:40)

Those were great hurling days.


View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GTi_B8HrBAc&pp=ygUPR2FhIHJld2luZCAyMDA0
 
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