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Replying To yew_tree: "Mayo have a split personality. Excellent first half and a shambles of a second half. Win is a win though. Up Mayo !" Gave up at least 8 legitimate goals chances. Any decent team would have beat them out of sight. peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1652 - 31/05/2026 18:49:33 2676824 Link
Replying To letsgetgoing: "Group 2A ( winners group) 4 Matches on 13th/14th June Winners go directly the quarter final with a two week break. Losers of these four matches go into round 3 with only a 1 week break. Teams: Armagh, Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Tyrone, Louth, Westmeath, Mayo. Group 2B ( losers group) 4 Matches on 13th/14th June.winners Winners play one week later in round 3. Losers are out of the championship having lost two games in a row. Teams: Kerry, Roscommon, Dublin, Derry, Monaghan, Meath, Cavan, Kildare. Round 3 4 Matches on 20th/21st June. Round 2A Losers v Round 2B Winners 4 Winners into the quarter finals the following week. Losers out having lost twice. The Winners of Group 2A having won two matches in a row have a big advantage not having to play round 3 and have a two week break before the All Ireland quarter finals on 27th/28th June. Following the alternative routes of 2A/3 or 2B/3 and playing the quarter final will mean playing 3 matches in consecutive weeks. (against a team that skipped round 3)" Thanks for that. Well explained. A pretty convoluted system but its been a good championship so far. Seniorleague (Galway) - Posts: 46 - 31/05/2026 19:08:22 2676826 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Mayo have a split personality. Excellent first half and a shambles of a second half. Win is a win though. Up Mayo !" The hopeless full back line will be their undoing Belclare98 (Galway) - Posts: 19 - 31/05/2026 19:12:19 2676830 Link
Replying To brayballer: "Monaghan were the better team.Only for the Mayo keeper Monaghan could havr scored six goals." Yea if Mayo didn't have a goalie Monaghan could indeed have scored 6 goals Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 134 - 31/05/2026 19:20:27 2676832 Link
Replying To peiledoir20: "Gave up at least 8 legitimate goals chances. Any decent team would have beat them out of sight." A lot of lads inexperienced at senior level playing for us today. Poor in the second half but we managed to hold out a tight game, which is rare. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8589 - 31/05/2026 19:21:50 2676834 Link
Replying To brayballer: "Mayo had wind in first half and were better yeam.Monaghan had wind in second half and were far better team." Haha yea the "far better team" were behind for the whole match Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 134 - 31/05/2026 19:22:11 2676836 Link
Replying To peiledoir20: "Gave up at least 8 legitimate goals chances. Any decent team would have beat them out of sight." Haha , yea of course they would. You'd know Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 134 - 31/05/2026 19:24:44 2676837 Link
Replying To Belclare98: "The hopeless full back line will be their undoing" Unfortunately I'd have to agree. Way too open. From a Mayo point for view we watch every game now with a tinge of sadness knowing Kobes days are numbered. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 12102 - 31/05/2026 19:32:34 2676841 Link
Replying To peiledoir20: "Gave up at least 8 legitimate goals chances. Any decent team would have beat them out of sight." Yeah I think most teams will fancy themselves against us. Unusually Mayos best line is our full forward line . yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 12102 - 31/05/2026 19:33:50 2676842 Link
I thought Livingston was excellent today in goal for us. Saved our bacon. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 12102 - 31/05/2026 19:34:49 2676844 Link
Hope the draw on Tuesday morning throws up: Monaghan v Cavan in Clones Meath v Kildare in Navan Roscommon v Derry in The Hyde Dublin v Kerry in Croker That'd be my ideal draw. foreveryoung (USA) - Posts: 2564 - 31/05/2026 19:45:04 2676847 Link
Replying To peiledoir20: "Gave up at least 8 legitimate goals chances. Any decent team would have beat them out of sight." 12 by my count it was comical some of the misses by Monaghan but to be fair to the debut keeper he earned that one point win for Mayo. Hopefully a Galway v Mayo match next would be a real tasty affair. Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 863 - 31/05/2026 19:49:56 2676848 Link
Replying To Gaa_lover: "What's the expectations for this weekend four senior games. Teams in the long grass most certainly have the advantage but are some of them good enough to take advantage as Tyrone,Donegal did last week? Derry v Armagh extra time a strong possibility here and real banana skin for Armagh but I think McGeeneys men will edge it. Louth v Dublin. Louth surely can't be as poor as they were the last game v Dublin? I think Croke Park will be a help than a hindrance for them and I think Louth to win by a 1 or 2. Westmeath v Cavan. Main question here is where are Westmeath minds and bodies after the celebrations of winning Leinster. Cavan always have one big performance in them as seen last year in Castlebar. A tough one to call once more a slight nod to Westmeath Monaghan v Mayo. Would expect a big response by Mayo after a long lay off and hard to see Monaghan pick the heads up after putting so much into winning the home Ulster final. Mayo by 4 points." Good calls, had you any money on those 4 to win? Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 863 - 31/05/2026 19:51:21 2676850 Link
Replying To Lúla571210: "That can happen again. It's a completely open draw." Its not a completely open draw. Teams who met in provincial finals can't be paired together. I think its just galway that can't play roscommon. greenfan (Donegal) - Posts: 769 - 31/05/2026 20:14:11 2676854 Link
Replying To foreveryoung: "Hope the draw on Tuesday morning throws up: Monaghan v Cavan in Clones Meath v Kildare in Navan Roscommon v Derry in The Hyde Dublin v Kerry in Croker That'd be my ideal draw." Are you Foreverwrong?. Meath cant play in Navan.Anyone that follows the gaa knows that Meaths homeground this year is Croke park. brayballer (Wicklow) - Posts: 643 - 31/05/2026 20:15:04 2676855 Link
Replying To Drax_the_destroyer: "Good calls, had you any money on those 4 to win?" Hope he didn't as Cavan v Westmeath was a draw on 70 minutes. Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2698 - 31/05/2026 20:15:35 2676856 Link
Replying To Belclare98: "The hopeless full back line will be their undoing" Your fullback is gone to Love Island Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 134 - 31/05/2026 20:16:51 2676858 Link
Replying To greenfan: "Its not a completely open draw. Teams who met in provincial finals can't be paired together. I think its just galway that can't play roscommon." Galway in 2A Ros in 2B Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 604 - 31/05/2026 20:19:12 2676860 Link
Replying To foreveryoung: "Hope the draw on Tuesday morning throws up: Monaghan v Cavan in Clones Meath v Kildare in Navan Roscommon v Derry in The Hyde Dublin v Kerry in Croker That'd be my ideal draw." Navan is closed. Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 604 - 31/05/2026 20:20:03 2676861 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Yeah I think most teams will fancy themselves against us. Unusually Mayos best line is our full forward line ." And there he is as usual the "Mayoman" Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 134 - 31/05/2026 20:21:24 2676863 Link