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Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "Yet Kobe was kept on for the the full 70 minutes and Beirne not used at all. I'm sure the previous poster point is Mayo under new management should be looking to the future and starting Aidan O'Shea and bringing on Cillian O'Connor aren't the future."
We have much bigger issues than debating if Cillian should be one. Wiped at midfield, a keeper who was not good enough 10 years ago is still starting. Paddy Tally is getting well paid to be a defensive coach and none of the defenders can defend and there is zero evidence of a defensive plan. Our S&C once the best no appears to be way behind.

Management looked clueless yesterday….the signs don't look good.

Andy stated it's year 1 of a 3 year plan…..well the rossies are in year 1 too Andy.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 12053 - 27/04/2026 22:28:14    2669387

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Replying To TheFlaker:  "Hennelly has always been hit and miss. And has no presence at all. Any high ball that ever goes in he lacks confidence. Brickenden is ok at times but never a full back. The McBrien thing is puzzling. 6 or 3 is where he should be. Tuohy not bringing much either. And Carney is so frustrating to watch. We are soft. No bite. There is still a decent top 6 team there but changes need to be made and a big reaction needed."
Top 12 team maybe, def not top 6

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2399 - 27/04/2026 22:53:38    2669393

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Replying To martinjoe:  "I have said it many times, It would have been a major miracle had any county, but in particular a rural county like Mayo, to have been able to replace Keegan, Boyle, Higgins, Barrett, Kevin Mac, Cillian, Parsons, with players of similar ability. Look at the Dubs, GOAT team, and they are 22/1 to win SAM now, and the pick and setup they have. In truth, how many of our starting 15 from yesterday would start on any other Division 1 team? The previous manager had been trying to transition in new lads as seamlessly as he could. Cillian IMO played his best football during the 2 drawn semis in 2014, 12 years ago. I understand that Andy was under huge pressure to deliver, as David Brady had outlined, and perhaps he felt he needed experience if he was to clinch a Connacht this year. Of course it is still possible, on paper at least, to turn things around and have a great run in the race for SAM, but it is hard to see us winning 3 or 4 games v teams remaining in the race. There is, as Andy and PJ pointed out one straw to clutch, in that, all the top ranked teams have been way off the pace in their first real championship game. Meath, Mayo, Dublin, Galway, Donegal, gone or lucky not to be. Kerry less than impressive. Armagh have not had a real test yet which leaves Roscommon as the only team to have excelled from Div 1. Was their decision to play a "B team" in the last round a master stroke? Last year the new rules were a challenge and many teams tried to adapt their old game plans best they could to the new rules. Now that they have had plenty of games a new style is clearly emerging. The running game is all but dead and Kicking is back, including kicking on site for long range scores. . There could be some great days ahead for supporters yet."
Which supporters?
Because Mayo fans won't have much to cheer.. that Mayo defence is one of the worst in the country, and will get destroyed again this summer

Belclare98 (Galway) - Posts: 9 - 28/04/2026 06:55:02    2669407

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Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "Yet Kobe was kept on for the the full 70 minutes and Beirne not used at all. I'm sure the previous poster point is Mayo under new management should be looking to the future and starting Aidan O'Shea and bringing on Cillian O'Connor aren't the future."
Well Kobe was our best player so he could hardly have been taken off. The previous poster singled out Cillian which I thought was strange given the time he came on.. Tommy Conroy came on at half time when we were 3 ahead and offered zero for the whole second half.

MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 551 - 28/04/2026 09:06:28    2669417

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Well done to Roscommon, a deserved win.
Mayos weak full back line and keeper still major issue.
I think its to common now for losing team/manager to say the other team was hungrier, that doenst really mean much and just putting it on the players. Mayo were ok in the first half, should have had a good lead at half time but usual basic errors costing them. They had a similar collapse to Cork in the All Ireland, second half was just flat and no real leaders stood up.
Jordan Flynn should have been taken off in first half or half time, it was not a good day for him.
Brickenden is and was never good enough.
As everyone has said Hennelly also has never been good enough, he decision making on kickouts was poor, kicked it to where Roscommon had more players multiple times.
If Aidan O Shea is full forward then you kick high ball into him, if they are not going to do that then start someone else.
I do think Andy will change it up, mainly cause he has too, but players looked like they had no plan and looked tired/flat from over training or too much talking. Roscommon players knew there plan and just went for it, didnt look weighed down like Mayo players

tommy132 (Mayo) - Posts: 669 - 28/04/2026 09:36:28    2669429

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