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GreenAndRed you are right about McLaughlin. dstuction (Donegal) - Posts: 1209 - 21/08/2017 11:42:58 2035915 Link 0 |
Keegan doesn't look 100% so at the moment, yes
Scarabin (Dublin) - Posts: 116 - 21/08/2017 11:48:53 2035919 Link 0 |
Just you! But Paddy is quality and will only get better with more games. Lee had a bad game yesterday by his high standards.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7572 - 21/08/2017 11:49:17 2035921 Link 0 |
Just to bring a little bit of balance for you, go and look at Clarks kickout for mayos first goal Clark chips the ball out short to keegan and keegan takes 9/10 steps before a hop or a solo is taken, should have been a free in for Kerry. A few minutes later just before mayos first point Higgins over carries the ball 6/7 steps should have been another free to Kerry. Donal Vaughan ankle taps a Kerry player and gets no black card. Jiarmuid O'Connor gets a jab in the chest and goes down holding his throat "simulation" . Jiarmuid O'Connor also pulled darran O'sullivan down on top of him during the second half and held while darran was trying his best to get back up to help the defence. Near the end of the game as Tadhg Morley is bursting out of defence with the ball after he off loads to to Sheehan which Sheehan got the last free of the game a Mayo player body collides with him which should have been a black card for the mayo lad. I haven't watched the game back yet but when I do il get back to you. Trust me if the ref was to call every little decision for both teams yesterday we would probably have won. I hope David gough gets the replay he doesn't miss a trick although I'd say he's been kept for the final. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 21/08/2017 11:54:04 2035926 Link 2 |
if donnacha walsh is back next week it will be a big help to kerry.his value was shown yesterday by his absence kavvie (Clare) - Posts: 505 - 21/08/2017 11:56:56 2035930 Link 1 |
Mayo voluntarily marginalised both Lee and Aidan yesterday, and correcting those alone will bring a big improvement. Aidan wasn't man marking KD, instead he complicated things by trying to play fullback, and no one with his limited experience of the position should have been given such an on-the-job lesson. Pericles (Mayo) - Posts: 2521 - 21/08/2017 12:22:09 2035955 Link 0 |
Kerry can play better of course but so can Mayo. Aidan O Se might as well been on the bench. He will have a bigger impact the next day. People ignoring Mayo key players that had a poor game yesterday. It will be another close game but I am 100% backing our lads to take it.
yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11375 - 21/08/2017 12:24:17 2035957 Link 0 |
I wonder is that Mayo's plan with A.O'Shea? Keep him out of the forward line? He only slows it up, and you want to go at that Kerry rearguard with pace, which Mayo did superbly yesterday. A lot talking about what went wrong with Aidan sweeping on Donaghy, but look at what went right, when his on occasion pedantic contribution was removed from the forward line. Midfield could be the answer for O'Shea, because it's not in sweeper or defense, and it's looking less and less like it's in the attack either, especially against this specific Kerry team.
Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 3831 - 21/08/2017 12:27:01 2035961 Link 0 |
Yesterday's game was a good entertaining game of football. Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 21/08/2017 12:47:32 2035978 Link 2 |
Walsh has hamstring Thats usually two to three weeks out Scarabin (Dublin) - Posts: 116 - 21/08/2017 12:50:30 2035981 Link 0 |
Lets be honest. Wally (Tyrone) - Posts: 922 - 21/08/2017 12:50:39 2035982 Link 0 |
Mayo should have won that by Atleast 3/4 points. GameOfTyrones (Tyrone) - Posts: 469 - 21/08/2017 13:04:18 2035986 Link 0 |
I tend to agree Mate there seems to be this belief that Kerry are playing below themselves when to be honest they havnt been consistently good at all this year. The reputation seems to be built on the league final this year, yet in context you have to remember the majority of that Dublin team had only been training for two weeks. yet it remains the case they havent beaten a Div 1 side in the championship for years, albeit Galway will be Div 1 in 2018. I think Kerry will have to change their defensive system next week and drop a sweeper back, the high press bet the Dubs in the league final but the trap has been sprung and the word is out of the space in behind. A sweeper system will negate the high press in phases, so A. O Shea back in midfield to break the lines is a must. What changing defensive strategy mid championship will do for Kerry is anyone's guess. What that might do to free up Mayos half back line and get the running game going could be a crucial decision and a real plus for Mayo. Though for Kerry if they shore it up at the back Moran and O Connor are unlikely to have the same impact as last week, though O Connor despite playing well probably got his least points total this year. I think Mayo have to work on their game management this week, Kerry were excellent at it yesterday the were clinical and worked their scores well, Mayo missed huge opportunists with rushes of blood to the head and to many players trying to be the hero. Also Kerry played cleverley cynically they fouled in the right places outside of range and the ref allowed them, Mayo fouled in range and Kerry got some pretty straight forward scores which probably got them the draw. Be interesting to see what a quick game in succession does for both teams, Mayo are very used to playing every week while Kerry are used to having three weeks off between games. Who recovers best could be critical. Much improvement in both teams for me ive seen Kerry and Mayo play much better. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4460 - 21/08/2017 13:10:00 2035990 Link 2 |
Or maybe some teams just bring a certain level of scrutiny on themselves over time
Ban (Westmeath) - Posts: 1462 - 21/08/2017 13:12:46 2035993 Link 1 |
The sad thing is that you're probably right there.
Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 21/08/2017 13:32:21 2036007 Link 0 |
Dublin scored 9 points in the first final last year, 6 from play. A waltz through Leinster is not a guide to future performance. Can't comment on Tyrone, but I give them a chance on Sunday assuming they don't play McCurry in their fb line:) Might still be a novel final this year, who knows.
Pericles (Mayo) - Posts: 2521 - 21/08/2017 13:56:23 2036018 Link 0 |
True But what's also true is that some media have a very selective review process on items they wish to discuss when analyzing football matches keithlemon (Australia) - Posts: 920 - 21/08/2017 13:57:30 2036019 Link 0 |
Great game in terrible conditions. Hope next Saturday is dry day and should allow both teams play better. catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 21/08/2017 14:01:14 2036023 Link 0 |
Anyone else a little unimpressed with Diarmuid O,connors performance. Works hard but failed to really impact. royalcounty1 (Meath) - Posts: 15 - 21/08/2017 15:27:49 2036078 Link 0 |
Sadly this is true. There were 3 obvious incidents yesterday where Kerry players were sledging AOS and not a word about it. If Tiernan McCann or Sean Cavanagh did something similar people would be trying to throw the book at them. Could you imagine what Joe Brolly would have to say if that had been a Tyrone player sledging?
Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1903 - 21/08/2017 15:29:27 2036080 Link 1 |