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I recall someone on this thread being slated for suggesting Mayo will get a "clipping" from Roscommon, their front 8 were just too strong runners for ye to deal with. Bringing on Cillian O'Connor in 2026 was a sign of how bad Mayo were today. Emmets67 (Galway) - Posts: 9 - 26/04/2026 18:15:17 2668887 Link 1 |
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Who would have guessed that starting a championship match with 8 players playing out of position would result in a hammering from a team who knew exactly what they were doing.
tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1771 - 26/04/2026 18:44:21 2668905 Link 1 |
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Lol
Belclare98 (Galway) - Posts: 7 - 26/04/2026 19:06:31 2668912 Link 3 |
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It really is hard to make any plans for or sense of Mayo anymore. The first half when Mayo went out in front and let Ros back into it told us that they were not going to put them away and after the Ros goal they knew they could keep within touching distance of them. Mayo are just so unpredictable and collapses are too frequent and a favourites tag in the championship has never served them well. They will most likely go on to take a big scalp in the championship when there is no pressure on them but today was not a good day for Mayo football. Dothesimplethingswell (Sligo) - Posts: 60 - 26/04/2026 20:58:33 2668974 Link 2 |
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We all know it was not a good day for mayo football no need to give a reminder of that .
S1234 (Mayo) - Posts: 1100 - 26/04/2026 23:16:58 2669021 Link 0 |
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Mayo defenders bar Callinan are all poor. Our captain is in shocking form and Enda Hession simply can not defend. Our goalkeeper not for the first time had a meltdown. Brining on Cillian smacked of desperation. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 12052 - 27/04/2026 09:45:42 2669061 Link 2 |
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While Andy spoke well after the defeat, one thing I can't buy into is his insistence that this is a 3 year plan, if so why bring back Cillian and Rob Hennelly? Surely youth is the way forward. reffingmad (Roscommon) - Posts: 381 - 27/04/2026 10:05:12 2669078 Link 1 |
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Defenders are poor - fully accept that. Moving McBrien back and bringing in Coen might shore things up for the next day. But on yesterday - the second half was more or less Hennelly kicking it out to midfield, and the ball coming straight back at them because we couldn't get a hand in at midfield. Why were we so bad there? Where was the likes of Flynn and Carney to pick up on breaking balls. And to change it we bring on COC? As you say desperation. it made Andy look clueless on the sideline - and maybe he is. Cbar (Mayo) - Posts: 379 - 27/04/2026 10:12:38 2669086 Link 1 |
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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. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 8817 - 27/04/2026 11:15:47 2669120 Link 1 |
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Mayo's full back got cleaned but it took 45min to make a change. Mayo's center back got exposed but should have been moved forward. Midfield was a disaster but no change to the kickout strategy at all. Took off the corner forward, full forward and a centre back only to put on two corner forwards and a wingforward. Normally, if your being beaten at midfield, centre back and full back, you put in players who can play those positions. Changing corner forwards wont help you win ball at midfield. We had 2 starting and 4 more on the bench - has no one told Moran that there are only 2 corners forward positions. Fenton Kelly - wingback Donnacha McHugh - FB Stephen Coen - halfback Michael Plunkett - half back Matthew Ruane - running midfielder Paul Towey - corner forward Fergal Boland - half forward Darragh Beirne - corner forward Tommy Conroy - corner forward Cillian O'Connor - corner forward tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1771 - 27/04/2026 11:52:57 2669150 Link 0 |
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Changes are needed all over. tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1771 - 27/04/2026 12:32:18 2669170 Link 0 |
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wonder has Coen been carrying an injury or just out of favour recently?
Immer (Mayo) - Posts: 82 - 27/04/2026 15:13:48 2669273 Link 0 |
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This is a minor point but I don't understand the stick Cillian is getting since yesterday. He was the last sub brought on when we were 7 points behind with only 10 minutes left. In what way is that desperate.. do you think somebody else should have came on? There was no point bringing on Beirne at that point with the U20 final coming up.
MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 550 - 27/04/2026 15:44:27 2669287 Link 0 |
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Moran giving starts to old pals was never going to pay off farneygael3 (Monaghan) - Posts: 631 - 27/04/2026 16:03:01 2669294 Link 0 |
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100% One started full forward and didn't score, Mayo got cleaned out on kickouts (where you'd think he'd be useful and he played the whole game? peiledoir20 (Donegal) - Posts: 1576 - 27/04/2026 16:26:32 2669302 Link 0 |
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replaced in the 43rd minute
Immer (Mayo) - Posts: 82 - 27/04/2026 16:54:50 2669316 Link 0 |
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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.
Drax_the_destroyer (UK) - Posts: 803 - 27/04/2026 18:10:13 2669332 Link 0 |
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They looked like they were programmed to win primary posession from kickouts and lost confidence and fight if that didn't happen every time. Rossies were ravenous for breaking ball and brilliant at getting it but it hurt our confidence. Too much emphasus on kickouts at times, it's what you do with that possesion that turns games. Some players were nervous, making some rash and poor kick passes. I was thinking today a cool head, likes of a Kevin McLaughlin, was needed to hold ball when it was needed. Too much energy wasted if not every kickout was a good one dithering the heads instead of trying to match Rossies fighting for it. And too often slowing down the attack when we got near the arc when Roscommon were fast and decisive in their passing and shooting. I'd love to know management's gameplan for Ryan O'Donoghue. Ran himself to a standstill, as ever, can't remember too many players being so annoyed looking at the game slipping away. He spent too much time around midfield doing more defending than attacking. Not even ironic that a photo on here shows him trying to curb Enda Smith. The mood Roscommon were in they would still have beaten us with our best 15 in their best positions. Dowd had them hungry and ready for the fight. He had us sussed. We weren't prepared or hungry.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8536 - 27/04/2026 18:26:06 2669336 Link 0 |
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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. martinjoe (Mayo) - Posts: 583 - 27/04/2026 18:31:08 2669337 Link 1 |