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Mayo Should Concentrate on The League

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I've seen Kerry pundits say:
Mayo should concentrate on the league.
Mayo are too old, should have freshened things up like Donegal!
Mayo weren't good enough when they were at their best in 14 (when Kerry happened to beat us).
Surely has to be no lack of motivation for Mayo going into this semi

centerfield (Mayo) - Posts: 360 - 07/08/2017 17:22:39    2030451

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Replying To centerfield:  "I've seen Kerry pundits say:
Mayo should concentrate on the league.
Mayo are too old, should have freshened things up like Donegal!
Mayo weren't good enough when they were at their best in 14 (when Kerry happened to beat us).
Surely has to be no lack of motivation for Mayo going into this semi"
There should be no lack of motivation regardless of what pundits are saying. If they need comments like that to motivate them they've got problems.

GaaGaa78 (UK) - Posts: 285 - 07/08/2017 17:46:23    2030468

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Replying To centerfield:  "I've seen Kerry pundits say:
Mayo should concentrate on the league.
Mayo are too old, should have freshened things up like Donegal!
Mayo weren't good enough when they were at their best in 14 (when Kerry happened to beat us).
Surely has to be no lack of motivation for Mayo going into this semi"
Which pundit said they should concentrate on the league? Not sure who would have said that as its not like the league is held in high regard down here.

KY4SAM2015 (Kerry) - Posts: 898 - 07/08/2017 17:52:51    2030473

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Mayo peaked today against Roscommon. In the Quater finals. They need to learn to peak in the Semis or Final itself. They scored 4 goals today, they needed at least 1 probably 2 for the Kerry match. I predict Mayo will not score any goals against Kerry unfortunately.

galwayford (Galway) - Posts: 2517 - 07/08/2017 17:53:27    2030474

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Replying To KY4SAM2015:  "Which pundit said they should concentrate on the league? Not sure who would have said that as its not like the league is held in high regard down here."
Now. It didn't look like that to me in Tralee and certainly didn't come across that way in the final :-)

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Aido69 (Dublin) - Posts: 381 - 07/08/2017 18:03:52    2030482

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Replying To galwayford:  "Mayo peaked today against Roscommon. In the Quater finals. They need to learn to peak in the Semis or Final itself. They scored 4 goals today, they needed at least 1 probably 2 for the Kerry match. I predict Mayo will not score any goals against Kerry unfortunately."
They didnt peak , they simply tweaked the system to a style of play that suits this team.

Vishred (Mayo) - Posts: 303 - 07/08/2017 18:08:30    2030485

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Replying To galwayford:  "Mayo peaked today against Roscommon. In the Quater finals. They need to learn to peak in the Semis or Final itself. They scored 4 goals today, they needed at least 1 probably 2 for the Kerry match. I predict Mayo will not score any goals against Kerry unfortunately."
Talk about damned if you do and damned if you do. They drew with Ros last week and they were on the slide, too old etc. Now they wallop Roscommon and they've PEAKED!! Of course Kerry, Dublin and Tyrone wallop their quarter final opponents and there's no question about them peaking??

Sounds like silly bordering county jealousy.

Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 07/08/2017 18:44:12    2030502

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Replying To galwayford:  "Mayo peaked today against Roscommon. In the Quater finals. They need to learn to peak in the Semis or Final itself. They scored 4 goals today, they needed at least 1 probably 2 for the Kerry match. I predict Mayo will not score any goals against Kerry unfortunately."
It doesn't work like that Galwayford. I'd rather the team have hit form than go in under the radar. If we're good enough we'll win and if not we won't. Kerry will play their game regardless of how many goals Mayo scored today.

Pericles (Mayo) - Posts: 2521 - 07/08/2017 19:03:08    2030518

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Replying To centerfield:  "I've seen Kerry pundits say:
Mayo should concentrate on the league.
Mayo are too old, should have freshened things up like Donegal!
Mayo weren't good enough when they were at their best in 14 (when Kerry happened to beat us).
Surely has to be no lack of motivation for Mayo going into this semi"
To be honest the green and gold jersey and our history against them should be motivation enough. 4 wins in championship against them out of what 30 odd meetings in over 133 years.

Spoddgy (Mayo) - Posts: 660 - 07/08/2017 19:41:38    2030548

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