Mayo haven't been on dis ting since 1951: ILF welcomes all comers to Cluiche Cheannais na hÉireann 2013

yeah it was more curiosity as to their existence rather than lumping you all in together.

i do kinda think dublin did what they had to do. and if they had to do more they would have. they don't play with wild abandon in the finals under gavin, they never have. they just put themselves in a position to win, in the last 5-10 minutes, and usually take the opportunity. read jim mcguinness there talking about mayo throwing it away in the last 10 etc, and having the job done, and it's kinda silly. i don't have stats to hand but i bet dublin score a heap in the last 5-10 minutes. they have beaten the likes of kerry by 6/7 points having been level on 62 mins. a lot of that is the bench but they're also incredibly calm.

xpost the keep ball really irritates people but it's actually effective. two years ago in the semi-final they did that for 6/7 minutes and sucked the entire mayo defence to one corner of the midfield then passed to kev mc and he scored a goal.

cluxton did have one really loose handpass tho.

xpost to deems re "curiosity about their existence"

McGuinness is right about what Mayo have to learn but I think his use of that game to support the thesis was 100% forced and incorrect.

Nobody in the country thinks that you can shut down this Dublin team with 7 minutes left to play and only two points in it, and certainly no Mayo fan wanted us to try.

The moments that mattered, where it felt like we had a chance, were when we were dominating the midfield battle, Keegan goal, and the two seconds prior to Vaughan's moment.

I don't think McGuinness's suggested tactics would've worked as he says and I don't think we could have had the success we did in the game with that mentality.

tbh subbing McLoughlin and Moran felt like bad calls at the time, and seeing how we never really got through ye again after that I'm inclined to call them out as confirmed mistakes.

LBI have you watched it back yet!

I think McGuinness overstated the thing a bit too - there were times where Dublin were a bit rattled but no more than during the games of recent years. Two years ago Mayo scored a goal second half and pushed ahead. Last year in both matches they had spells of dominance. But he is the high priest in the cult of "cause chaos in the Dublin ranks" - he's been dining off being the only person to beat Gavin for a long time.

The unstated fact is that it takes a hell of a lot to play this Dublin team that way. Add the bench they have into it and it's not tactical nor individual failure when they come strong at the end of a match, it's absolutely inevitable.

Watched it last night! Of course not nearly as entertaining when you know the score already. Plus I miss the extra added tension of having a favorite side. Still, I thought especially the second half was great fun. I thought it was strange how Mayo played in ET. They seemed out of it, all of a sudden, bit all over. O'Connor was great. Vaughn's red was so stupid.

Discarding that I knew the outcome already, Mayo just never looked like they'd nick it the last 15 mins or so.

jesus ill say this much

i wouldnt want paul kimmage on my tail

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/paul-kimmage-low-lie-the-fields-of-athenry-the-gaa-story-every-parent-will-want-to-read-36879150.html

im pissin myself the more i think about this

what must he be like to live with

well that was a particularly fucking horrible injury

Yea very nasty. Poor guy.

Caught the last 6 minutes of that game today. I'd say they were the best minutes

seen angle from behind and i just cannot

I caught a glimpse of it on one of those GAA banter pages. Yikes

rip

just when i thought i was out

that goal from carr is the type of individual brilliance the team hasnt had since the crossmolina ronaldinho himself

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/darragh-%C3%B3-s%C3%A9-playing-mayo-is-like-cod-liver-oil-you-don-t-enjoy-it-but-you-re-better-for-it-1.3951744

read that now and tell me that you dont want to get in the gaa. poetry.

oh its huge from the start this one

comprehensive victory for committed competence here

mayo opting for another approach

Thought it'd be a tighter game tbh

spillane and everyone else did but the prick was like Nostradamus at half time

mayo havent shown

Standard is poor in this game

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cr4eS2CUEAED_gp.jpg

Kerry will be cannon fodder for Dublin

split the dubs into fifteen teams imo

That was a great All Ireland final. Kerry blew their chance. If they almost lost to a 14 man Dublin team, I wouldn't rate their chances in the replay.

ulster cpub semi final is a belter on rte2 right now lads, big final few minutes in it

Play it again, Sam

Perennial sleeping giants and serial losing finalists Mayo take on Dublin tomorrow, 3.30pm

17.00

Lads

Of all years...... surely

I knew putting this in ILF was a mistake

Lads this is the fuckin one, read this and tell me you're not a mayoman

We are all of us mayomen

https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40193160.html

well David Hickey as a urologist is used to talking pish, up the MAYO

Your support is noted and appreciated

Not even nervous for this, because ive been watching the grinch and now phineas fogg sure how could u be worried

Well the pattern is set as always

Outplay em, between conceding all those goals

I just tuned in now. Dublin got a goal in 2 seconds or some shit?

14

Mayo level by two mins

Playing pure shite

Hand passing woeful

Be nice to actually make em work for it

Mmm lovely point

All level but not much good when we have to kill ourselves for it and they can saunter up and destroy us in the last half hour

Its like the dubs have agreed to spar with us, everyone knows they will get a goal on demand

Mayo backline is weak, and not just vs dub forwards, sleepy stuff

Decent spells of play but really need to make the man advantage count

Ref has utterly fucked us with two calls there

Walk in croke park from here

Put a fork in em, they're done

The greatest team of all time playing at home with unlimited finacial and personnel resources shouldn't need ref decisions to win matches, just an opinion

Flat is an understatement

Any other two teams any other stadium thats a red obv

Mayo have burst their arse to get this close, dubs will close it out handy from here with 15 men

Maybe not but the extra three men will come in handy from now on