Vishred (Mayo) - Posts: 303 - 20/08/2017 19:59:30    2035706

Funny, everyone thought David Brady was on a wind up with his AOS to mark Star. It kept Kerry away from hitting in 50/50 high balls, but Aidan looked like a fish out of water otherwise. Donaghy scored a decent point from the Hogan stand side, but Aidan had peeled off him to cover the middle giving him a free shot when other players were moving to cover the same space. It was like he was playing FB by numbers. He's not a fullback. Barry Moran knows far more about playing back there and would equally discourage the high ball option. He made the bench today and AOS needs to use his abilities where damage can be done. 2012 and 2013 could have been so different if Andy had been fit. Only really got back on track last year. Thought Deegan wasn't great today... will see if things looked a bit more clearcut when I watch the game on the player.

Btw can anyone stop Tommy Carr talking b#ll#cks?

Pericles (Mayo) - Posts: 2521 - 20/08/2017 20:08:16    2035710

gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 20/08/2017 20:21:23    2035719

Anyone else think Rochford put the wrong brother back there? Big seamus would be more solid defensively than Aidan. Aidan got sold dummies quite easily and was out of position quite a bit. Going forward Aidan offers more than his brother yet Rochford had them the other way around.

gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 20/08/2017 20:37:54    2035725

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 20/08/2017 20:55:19    2035731

Vishred (Mayo) - Posts: 303 - 20/08/2017 21:07:43    2035739

A thrilling game with some great patches of football despite the greasy ball and very slippery underfoot conditions. Difficult to know how the replay will go. No doubt there will be some changes by both managers - mainly positional although Kerry may go further.
I don't know what sort of injury kept Lee Keegan out of the Roscommon game but, to me, he didn't appear to be match fit and his kicking seemed restricted. A knee in the back during the game, whilst on the ground, may have added to his problems. The AOS experiment may have stopped an aerial bombardment of the Mayo goal but Donaghy had a big impact on the game. You have to give credit to Fitzmaurice for moving quickly to replace players who were struggling with form.

neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 20/08/2017 21:11:17    2035743

rossy15 (Roscommon) - Posts: 616 - 20/08/2017 21:22:53    2035756

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 20/08/2017 21:55:23    2035761

AOS must have a pain in his back side

In fairness to him he's done what he's told and tried his best

But Brolly made a good point today, he mentioned that AOS had told him personally that he hated playing full forward, so I can only imagine what he thought about playing full back!!

Daft idea by Rochford. On top of taking Boyle off early the whole time..

I don't know. Really don't think Rochford is that useful. Out of the teams left he's the weakest of the 4 managers for me.

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 20/08/2017 22:10:26    2035765

Mayo totally threw this away today
Against a crap Kerry Defense bad marking confused fullbacks
Mayo virtually negate their own 2 best players O'Shea lost Donaghy allow to play a big part while hardly every jumping for a ball. Keegan out of position wasted!
8 good chances lost by Mayo in first half.
Kerry can improve but while the weather reduced the quality of play neither of these teams would bother Dublin or to a lesser extent Tyrone on today's showing
The only curse on Mayo is the tactical stupidity of their management.
Kerry can learn more from this
No Sam for Mayo this year

cjx (Tyrone) - Posts: 270 - 20/08/2017 22:12:23    2035766

I'd put Donnie Vaughan on Donaghey the next day, thought he was outstanding today.

O Shea in the middle for the high and out ball, they lost some amount of their own kick out today especially in the first half.

It's the high press thy have to beat, once you break that line Kerry are there for the beating.

TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 20/08/2017 22:24:42    2035768

Would agree with Ciaran Whelan in questioning whether this Kerry team is good enough under Fitzmaurice. He has questions to answer in relation to today's defensive display, not as if their frailties weren't flagged before this.

Mayo can win Sam if they get it right tactically for the rest of the championship. 3 or 4 more games should do it

mhunicean_abu (Monaghan) - Posts: 1044 - 20/08/2017 22:36:30    2035770

Have to agree Mayo threw this game away, O'Shea spending the entire game at full back was daft, taking off our best player breaking the line Colm Boyle was ridiculous, Kerry will learn more from this game and will improve, I feel Mayo have missed their chance. Rumours that Cormac is back for the replay

riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 20/08/2017 23:15:55    2035781

Mayo should have won today, can't believe Kerry will be as poor defensively again.
Didn't see anything to worry Jim there today.

Condorman (Dublin) - Posts: 983 - 20/08/2017 23:42:52    2035788

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 21/08/2017 00:12:59    2035799

Advantage to nobody. Will be a kick of a ball in it next week. Powerful game of football. Kerry would be in big trouble without Paul Geaney the best forward in Ireland bar none.

Moran is still by far the best footballer in Roscommon. seriously the lad gets better with age. The lack of competition is going to seriously impact either Dubs or Tyrone.

salvador (Roscommon) - Posts: 439 - 21/08/2017 00:38:55    2035803

TheHermit (Kerry) - Posts: 6354 - 21/08/2017 01:05:02    2035806

Mayo's old failing of not putting the opposition to the sword while in a position of strength came back to haunt them AGAIN. Over the past 5/6/7 years they have had teams at their mercy time and time again but they just don't have that streetwise ruthlessness to finish them off. I fancy Kerry in the replay by 5+ points.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9701 - 21/08/2017 01:27:52    2035808

Love the way everyone says Mayo threw it away...we were a point down in injury time. We are as good if not better than this Kerry team. We will win the replay...I'm confident

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11229 - 21/08/2017 02:33:46    2035812