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Time to move on lads…Andy Moran is not Leitrim manager. There been a lot of toxicity in Mayo football recently but as a Leitrim friend said…"you might think te are bad but in Leitrim it's on another level" one Leitrim poster here in the past was posting total lies about certain Leitrim players.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11736 - 14/08/2025 13:48:53    2631857

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Replying To Taypot:  "Not as daft as your dreamy vision of Mayo in an All Ireland next year. We will chat at the end of July next year and see how the year went"
Who said All Ireland? Jesus the trolls are hilarious. If Galway or Mayo played Louth, Monaghan then Meath this year they probably make the final. You seem to think that me saying Mayo or 3 or 4 other teams could make a final that i am putting them in the top 2. It's a bit simplistic. Semi final a very realistic target.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8482 - 14/08/2025 13:55:30    2631860

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Replying To Seanfan:  "I'd say ye're a cert for 3 in a row."
Hopefully ye can win a game in Croker for the first time in 45 years. Not a dead cert though.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8482 - 14/08/2025 14:05:06    2631863

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Replying To TheFlaker:  "Who said All Ireland? Jesus the trolls are hilarious. If Galway or Mayo played Louth, Monaghan then Meath this year they probably make the final. You seem to think that me saying Mayo or 3 or 4 other teams could make a final that i am putting them in the top 2. It's a bit simplistic. Semi final a very realistic target."
IF Donegal hadn's scored that point in the last second (which Jim McGuinness admitted he didnt particularly want to) that would have been Mayos draw.
Galway had that route and lost to Meath - so you cant really say they would have made the final. Saying Mayo would is a bit of my Uncle having b@!!s and being my aunt.

tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1558 - 14/08/2025 14:09:41    2631866

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Replying To tirawleybaron:  "IF Donegal hadn's scored that point in the last second (which Jim McGuinness admitted he didnt particularly want to) that would have been Mayos draw.
Galway had that route and lost to Meath - so you cant really say they would have made the final. Saying Mayo would is a bit of my Uncle having b@!!s and being my aunt."
Tirawley, in 2025, your auntie can have balls. Just don't tell Enoch.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8213 - 14/08/2025 14:14:24    2631870

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Replying To tirawleybaron:  "IF Donegal hadn's scored that point in the last second (which Jim McGuinness admitted he didnt particularly want to) that would have been Mayos draw.
Galway had that route and lost to Meath - so you cant really say they would have made the final. Saying Mayo would is a bit of my Uncle having b@!!s and being my aunt."
My point is it's fine margins. There is no big gap anymore. Kerry are favourites but can you really say for sure they will definitely be in a final next year? Or who will the other team in the final?

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8482 - 14/08/2025 14:23:56    2631871

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Replying To TheFlaker:  "My point is it's fine margins. There is no big gap anymore. Kerry are favourites but can you really say for sure they will definitely be in a final next year? Or who will the other team in the final?"
We lose too many big games by fine margins though and seem to ignore it. Something for the new management to improve.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8213 - 14/08/2025 15:03:56    2631886

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Replying To yew_tree:  "Time to move on lads…Andy Moran is not Leitrim manager. There been a lot of toxicity in Mayo football recently but as a Leitrim friend said…"you might think te are bad but in Leitrim it's on another level" one Leitrim poster here in the past was posting total lies about certain Leitrim players."
Toxic?! That's rich coming from the county that gave us "O'Leary Gate" & currently has Croke Park managing the cheque book due to questions over sustainability of debt / tax issues. About as toxic as it comes.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1480 - 14/08/2025 15:17:54    2631889

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Replying To Fionn:  "Wishing Andy Moran the best of luck with Mayo.
Tough job and it would be nice to see him do well.
We need more teams really competing for Sam.
This year was far too predictable.
Hope he does a good job with them."
How was the year predictable ?
How do you want more teams competing for Sam ?
There were 16 teams.
The best 4 teams were in the semis
Best 2 in the final and the best team won the All Ireland.

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2204 - 14/08/2025 16:14:43    2631908

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Replying To S1234:  "You've a real chip on your shoulder ! A lucky promotion come off it what are you smoking?

You'd have never have seen the light in division 3 ever if it wasn't for Andy . A decent enough team thats been living in division 4 since God knows when ...
Your not good enough to beat New York just be honest like and admit it .
You will do well if you build up your S & C which is what Andy did with your guys and helped get them up to division 3 . It is bitter blaming Andy for your failings over the years.
I'm sure Andy couldn't care less either no wonder he left you lot if your all as bitter as this !"
Clare you need to put in the research as it would greatly improve your quality of posting

Terry Hyland the Leitrim manager before Andy Moran also got Leitrim promoted to div 3 and gave a very good account of themselves in the Division 3 final against Derry.

Weren't good enough to beat New York under Andy Moran yet were good enough to beat New York under their previous managers. That New York team was then hammered by Sligo in their following game and Sligo played their league football In Div 4 that spring.

One of the biggest criticism I've seen from Leitrim supporters when Andy Moran was manager was about the lack of improvement on their S&C.

Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 559 - 14/08/2025 16:28:20    2631916

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "We lose too many big games by fine margins though and seem to ignore it. Something for the new management to improve."
Exactly.

TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8482 - 14/08/2025 16:38:20    2631920

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Replying To eoinog:  "How was the year predictable ?
How do you want more teams competing for Sam ?
There were 16 teams.
The best 4 teams were in the semis
Best 2 in the final and the best team won the All Ireland."
How many contenders was truly there this year in hindsight? once Kerry found their mojo in the knockout stages there was no looking back.

Among the last 4 was Meath who weren't good enough to win the Leinster final against Louth or gain promotion to Div 1. They got by underperforming Galway in low quality error ridden match, in truth Galway really should have made their exit at the group stage like their Connacht neighbours Roscommon,Mayo

Tyrone also reached the last 4 and were a long way off the Tyrone teams that was competing and winning the All-Irelands. Watching them in their quarter final win against an average Dublin you could tell they were going no further.

Was high hopes for a good competitive All-Ireland final but Kerry ended that hope by half time. Of course might have been more competitive final with no two pointers, Kerry scored 5 of them to zero for Donegal.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 3749 - 14/08/2025 16:56:49    2631927

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Replying To Gaa_lover:  "How many contenders was truly there this year in hindsight? once Kerry found their mojo in the knockout stages there was no looking back.

Among the last 4 was Meath who weren't good enough to win the Leinster final against Louth or gain promotion to Div 1. They got by underperforming Galway in low quality error ridden match, in truth Galway really should have made their exit at the group stage like their Connacht neighbours Roscommon,Mayo

Tyrone also reached the last 4 and were a long way off the Tyrone teams that was competing and winning the All-Irelands. Watching them in their quarter final win against an average Dublin you could tell they were going no further.

Was high hopes for a good competitive All-Ireland final but Kerry ended that hope by half time. Of course might have been more competitive final with no two pointers, Kerry scored 5 of them to zero for Donegal."
Galway shouldn't have made their exit at the group stage. IN REALITY, they survived what was by far the toughest group. Mayo shouldn't have exited either of course, falling victim to a freak loss v Cavan. The 2025 championship threw up a handful of freak results, where better sides were beaten (critically a couple of times) by vastly inferior sides. Meath/Kerry Cavan/Mayo and Dublin/Limerick in hurling were three mad results certainly, and a well prepared Galway side should also have been capable of seeing off Meath, who have still to attain div1 NFL status at this point.

Pope_Benedict (Galway) - Posts: 4368 - 14/08/2025 21:49:33    2631956

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "Tirawley, in 2025, your auntie can have balls. Just don't tell Enoch."
I vote for this as 'post of the year' lol G&R

Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 3410 - 14/08/2025 22:36:30    2631964

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Replying To Gaa_lover:  "How many contenders was truly there this year in hindsight? once Kerry found their mojo in the knockout stages there was no looking back.

Among the last 4 was Meath who weren't good enough to win the Leinster final against Louth or gain promotion to Div 1. They got by underperforming Galway in low quality error ridden match, in truth Galway really should have made their exit at the group stage like their Connacht neighbours Roscommon,Mayo

Tyrone also reached the last 4 and were a long way off the Tyrone teams that was competing and winning the All-Irelands. Watching them in their quarter final win against an average Dublin you could tell they were going no further.

Was high hopes for a good competitive All-Ireland final but Kerry ended that hope by half time. Of course might have been more competitive final with no two pointers, Kerry scored 5 of them to zero for Donegal."
Ok next year let's have a cttee that sit around a table and decide which team should go through . Let's not bother with the games. I thoroughly enjoyed the football this year. A million times better than the last few years

eoinog (Sligo) - Posts: 2204 - 15/08/2025 10:06:04    2631984

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Replying To Square_B:  "Take off your Mayo blinkers fella, ye had an opportunity to cut loose and make a fresh start with an outside manager. Move on from the failure of the 'golden' generation team that brought home no All Ireland. Mark my words, Moran won't win ye an All Ireland. I'll be happy to die on the cross if he does."
An opportunity to cut loose and make a fresh start with an outside manager?

The other option was Tony McEntee who has already coached some of these Mayo players for 3 seasons. Also failed to win a connacht title during that time BTW.

MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 494 - 15/08/2025 10:35:48    2631990

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Replying To Drax_the_destroyer:  "Remains to be seen if he lasts as long as the three years that McStay got and then we'll see how he'll match up.

Definitely better? McEntee did better with Sligo than Moran with Leitrim and at club level had All Ireland success compared to Moran who made a group stage exit with Ballaghaderreen"
Again, none of us can see into the future.. of course we don't know what will happen over the next 3 years.

What exactly did McEntee achieve in his 5 years with Sligo? A tailteann cup semi final? Not great for a solid division 3 side. That club success is a long time ago now.

Considering McEntee lives over 3 hours from castlebar he would want a much better CV for Mayo to take a punt on him.

MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 494 - 15/08/2025 10:41:19    2631991

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Replying To MayoDan:  "Again, none of us can see into the future.. of course we don't know what will happen over the next 3 years.

What exactly did McEntee achieve in his 5 years with Sligo? A tailteann cup semi final? Not great for a solid division 3 side. That club success is a long time ago now.

Considering McEntee lives over 3 hours from castlebar he would want a much better CV for Mayo to take a punt on him."
As opposed to Moran's 'mighty' CV? My god, some level of delusion there.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 1480 - 15/08/2025 11:44:22    2632002

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Replying To Square_B:  "As opposed to Moran's 'mighty' CV? My god, some level of delusion there."
Outside managers rarely work everyone knows that . Mcantee would hardly bring the same level of confidence and enthusiasm back to mayo supporters and players like Moran & Boyler have already done.

It says alot about Andy when Cillian O ' Connor will most likely be back for us next year to along with James Carr . Andy would do anything to get Mayo back being competitive again and doubt you'll all be laughing when we are it will take time but we've waited long enough so we can wait a bit longer for Andy & Boyler to bring us back to the top .

S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 328 - 15/08/2025 11:57:50    2632004

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Replying To Square_B:  "As opposed to Moran's 'mighty' CV? My god, some level of delusion there."
Who said anything about a mighty CV?

I would pick Andy Moran, one of the most respected Mayo players of the last 20 years, over some journey man outside manager from the other side of the country.

Don't think that's delusional tbh.

MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 494 - 15/08/2025 12:17:22    2632012

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