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Congratulations to Mayo on the performance of the decade! Fully deserving winners today! legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7884 - 14/08/2021 22:31:57 2371201 Link 4 |
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Ah come on now please...great performance yes (2nd half) which I missed the start of second as to be totally honest I fell a sleep 20 minutes into the first half, and by what one hearing and reading I didn't miss much...Mayo hit a high ish level and Dublin didn't reach their normal levels, that's why Mayo won. If Mayo pushed on they could have won by more, but resorting to keep ball like Dublin left Dublin always in with a chance...delighted fo me Mayo..abit sorry for Dessie Farrell as he will be judged by Jim Gavuns standards and results which was always going to never compare...would Dublin have been better this year had Gavin stayed in charge???,we will never know, would players who left have stayed on etc. .its possible ..I see them turning on Dessie Farrell already, very unfair to the man...Aidan O'Shea lucky man not to be sent off for coming in on to the pitch in the bust up...Ref had an iffy game...
Fairplayalways (Offaly) - Posts: 1034 - 15/08/2021 00:20:33 2371271 Link 5 |
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Performance of the decade? This decade is just 2 seasons old, if its regarding the last 10 years I'd have personally given that to Dublin for their semi final against tyrone in 2017, literally unbeatable that day imo. Maybe Donegal v Dublin in 2014... Galway9801 (Galway) - Posts: 1731 - 15/08/2021 00:45:12 2371284 Link 5 |
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An exciting and great match, but only in the second half when Mayo started to take the game to the Dubs. I turned over in the first half as I thought the Dubs were cruising to victory. And Paddy Power thought likewise installing Mayo at 28/1 to win the AI at half time. As performances go, I feel the best match between the two teams was the 17 Final. Close all through and Mayo two up with 8 mins to go. For me, the greatest game of football I've seen was Tyrone/Armagh semi of 05. The place was nearly full and the atmosphere was electric. Any day the great Francie Bellew is flat out on the ground, oblivious to the fact that a penalty has been awarded against his side, can't be a bad game. TippRed (Tipperary) - Posts: 42 - 15/08/2021 14:26:13 2371513 Link 3 |
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It was a poor game in terms of performance. Both teams were pretty poor for most of the game. Breezy (Limerick) - Posts: 1236 - 15/08/2021 17:47:19 2371599 Link 2 |
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Meath Ladies performance of the decade imo. dingle2 (Kerry) - Posts: 278 - 15/08/2021 23:52:45 2371782 Link 2 |
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The best performance (statistically) ever in an Ireland was Dublins v Mayo in 2017 (Dublin kicked 75% of their shots). The 2nd best was Mayos v Dublin in 2017 (Mayo scored 66% of their shots) On Saturday Mayo only played well for the last 15min of Normal time and first half of extra time. I felt Mayo did a bit of a "rope a dope". Sat off Dublin in the first half, which caused Dublin to go into cruise control and start playing possession for possession sake. Mayo then took off O Shea and tore into them- Dublin couldn't live with the surge in pace. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1137 - 16/08/2021 08:15:15 2371820 Link 0 |
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ah here..getting abit out of hand "best performances ever etc"...definitely not within the last 7/8 years of basket ball and blanket defences anyway thats for sure...maybe Mayo were involved in thee best performance ever but I wouldnt be pulling any game played in the last 7/8 years as one...every county will think some game where they shot the lights out will have been the greatest perfrormance by any team..we could all start reeling off games...
Fairplayalways (Offaly) - Posts: 1034 - 16/08/2021 15:52:26 2372050 Link 0 |
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As others have said, Farrell's taking over after Gavin must be nearly an impossible task, and yes, in those terms, ya can feel a bit of sympathy for him. But from what I have heard there are serious interpersonal issues with current and now former squad members which is down to him, stripping the squad of invaluable experience and damaging morale. This was evident in the second half when Mayo flawless applied the pressure as a cohesive unit. Farrell's monosyllabic game-plan fell apart, there was no plan B and his team fell into disarray. He will get another season, due to his victory in the meekest championship in many years. But I'm certainly doubtful as to whether he'll be able to construct anything as multifaceted and Damascene as Gavin did over the winter of 2014/15. Gavvygavgav (Dublin) - Posts: 383 - 16/08/2021 16:12:04 2372062 Link 0 |
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Bit of an exaggeration
johnsee (Meath) - Posts: 389 - 16/08/2021 16:14:41 2372064 Link 0 |
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Question: Would you start O'Shea on the bench for the final?
Gavvygavgav (Dublin) - Posts: 383 - 16/08/2021 16:22:11 2372068 Link 0 |
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As a footballing spectacle I thought the first half was very poor. It was an error strewn mess- Mayo were quitre poor in that opening half.. The second. half was dramatic but disjointed. Fair play to Mayo. It was a tremendous achievement. But ironically I felt they played better football over the 70 minutes in some of the closely contested finals in recent years. avonali (Dublin) - Posts: 1974 - 16/08/2021 16:30:50 2372074 Link 6 |
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Sorry but you're wrong there. Carlow hit 2-14 from 16 shots on goal (that's 100%) when beating Kildare by 7 points in 2018. Nobody has ever gone even close to matching that. Unquestionably that was the greatest performance by any team in the past decade. I thought you'd have known that.
Onion Breath (Carlow) - Posts: 1412 - 16/08/2021 16:31:20 2372076 Link 1 |
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Ah steady on now. Like a lot of neutrals i was happy to see dublin beat but it was as much down to their lack of ambition and intensity than anything special from Mayo. I would even go as far as to say thats one of Mayos poorer performances against Dublin and yet they won, they were very poor up until the 60th minute, AOS was rightly whipped. DOC recovered a lost cause for a huge score and lee keegan went into superman mode. Then in extra time Conroy and ROD sensed blood and went for the throat Im glad to see Dublin punished for that dreadul possession game they play under Farrell, its awful to watch. Running down the clock with possession from the 40th minute mark deserves to be punished, so incision or cut to them, nobody even attempting a goal chance. Its so sterile. How farrell let Paul Mannion walk away is beyond me, 3 allstars in a row and he gets dumped on the bench HuddHastings (Longford) - Posts: 144 - 16/08/2021 16:41:50 2372082 Link 1 |
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Yeah, would agree with that. Mayo actually played very well in the 2017 decider, Dublin just played slightly better. As was their wont. A repeat of the misplaced passes, bad shooting etc. of the first half and our opposition (which will probably be Kerry) will be out the gate. I also think we didn't create any goal chances against the Dubs, whereas we gave up two or three (even if the Basquel one was unlucky, given that it came about due to Eoghan McLoughlin's injury). Again, Kerry would probably score at least one major in those circumstances. Funnily enough I recently rewatched the 2006 semi-final against the Dubs and found myself wincing at how poor some of the play was in the first half of that game, think both sides went long spells without scoring. A grandstand finish will always obscure the bad parts in the popular memory of these things, particularly if your team won. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 16/08/2021 16:44:15 2372084 Link 1 |
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I think it would be madness to start him. I feel when he plays Mayo are almost distracted by trying to get him into the game and a damning sign for Mayo in the first half the last day was that he was left inside 1 v 1 against Davy Byrne for the whole half and didn't do a tap other than win and miss that handy mark. Dublin clearly didn't rate him and he no longer commands that constant attention or double marking for high balls etc. He might be a decent impact sub to rally the crowd but for me he is an average enough player. Good servant for Mayo but not top class. The game changed entirely when he was taken off too but not having this "brave call" stuff re Horan for whipping him. It was the most straight forward and obvious change to make given he had been anonymous for 55 mins.
TrueBlue35 (Dublin) - Posts: 206 - 16/08/2021 17:06:13 2372090 Link 2 |
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Far from a vintage Mayo performance. It was a game full of errors from both teams. We didn't play well for the first 50 mins do that game which makes the victory even more remarkable. We are capable of playing so much better and will need to do so if we are to have any chance for victory in the final. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11240 - 16/08/2021 17:14:10 2372093 Link 5 |
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"Performance Of The Decade" That made me laugh. Was a hell of a finish by Mayo but "Performance Of The Decade" Please stop it. I saw a better performance when I watched the u 20 final yesterday, it was a refreshing watch....Fair play to Roscommon and Offaly. FeargalSR (USA) - Posts: 8 - 16/08/2021 17:32:18 2372096 Link 0 |
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I'll agree that O'Shea, should not have gone on the pitch, as it did nothing to calm things down, but the ref blew the full time whistle straight away after Hennelly hit the 45, so there is nothing in the rules stopping subs from going onto the pitch.
Mac&Cheese (Mayo) - Posts: 9 - 16/08/2021 17:37:46 2372097 Link 0 |
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Heard Enda Kenny on RTE drivetime there a while ago, my God the hype and bs around Mayo is unreal, imagine if they win the damned thing? it would be harder to listen to than England winning the Euro's. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 2758 - 16/08/2021 18:24:40 2372110 Link 2 |