Promises to be a cracker. Can Mayo finally end the hurt or are Dublin going to make it 2 All Ireland’s in 3 years?
Dublin are going to make it 2 All Ireland titles in 3 years.
The Jacks are back?
It doesn’t count
Dublin to win by 5 or 6 points. They will have learned a lot today.
Dublin can empty the bench with players as good as the starters. That will negate Mayo’s ability to finish strongly.
Mayo will beat this Dublin team by at least 5 points.their defence is great going forward but they are not that good at actually defending.
Dublin will have too much firepower for Mayo. That’s the long and short of it.
Sounds like the short only
The middle of it might get in their way
Mayo are notorious bottlers
the last 2 times Mayo bet us they caught us on the hop and that wont happen this time. They bet us a few years ago because we underestimated them,they bet us last year as it was a post all Ireland hangover for the dubs
Mayo dont have the forwards
Mayo dont have the bottle
Mayo have had an easy run to the final and havent been tested yet
Mayo always bottle it
the O’Shea brothers are too plump too last with the athleticism of the Dublin midfield
Mayo are bottlers
Until they faded Tyrone proved how easy it is to sniffle this Mayo team
Deep down Mayo dont believe they can win an All Ireland
It’s going to be the greatest final in the history of football.
Mayo will prevail.
supposedly we will have the first “pure football” final in nearly a decade with no blanket defences being operated by either team…
Dublin may think they have solved their Centre back conundrum with Cian O’Sullivan yesterday but i believe this will leave them vulnerable in midfield.
The general Dublin plan in midfield is to get up and break the ball to either a hlf back or half forward, I believe Mayo are possibly the best equipped team to counteract this. They have two very good fielders of the ball in the o Se brothers and 2 half lines which are excellent on the breaking ball. I imagine Seamus O’Se will follow MDM around the place and Aidan will be left to exert as much dominance as possible.
The mayo defence had been excellent all year and i would be concerned for Dublin that the 2 goals they got yesterday, as alluded to by someone on here previously, were quite fortunate in nature.
Paul Mannion was very quite yesterday and Kilkenny was a non entity. Dublin cannot really afford for this to happen again. They wont have the luxury of Mayo getting tired as Kerry did.
It will be interesting to see how Horan lines out his team.
[quote=“count of monte cristo, post: 825126, member: 348”]
The general Dublin plan in midfield is to get up and break the ball to either a hlf back or half forward, i believe Mayo are possibly the best equipped team to counteract this. They have two very good fielders of the ball in the o Se brothers and 2 half lines which are excellent on the breaking ball. I imagine Seamus O’Se will follow MDM around the place and Aidan will be left to exert as much dominance as possible.
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Won’t help Mayo if Dublin keep their kickouts short like yesterday.
Mayos biggest issue is firstly themselves, and secondly the loss of O’Connor. Kerry have given them a template for how to open Dublin up and I don’t think their defence will be as loose and give as many goal chances as Kerry afforded to Dublin. However, Dublin have so many options up front that even if 2 forwards have quiet games, the other 4 are potential match winners. I hope Mayo do it as if they win 1 AI then that will be enough for them. Dublin will contest many All Ireland finals over the next 10 years, so they’ll have their day.
[quote=“Mac, post: 825127, member: 109”]
Won’t help Mayo if Dublin keep their kickouts short like yesterday.
Mayos biggest issue is firstly themselves, and secondly the loss of O’Connor. Kerry have given them a template for how to open Dublin up and I don’t think their defence will be as loose and give as many goal chances as Kerry afforded to Dublin. However, Dublin have so many options up front that even if 2 forwards have quiet games, the other 4 are potential match winners. I hope Mayo do it as if they win 1 AI then that will be enough for them. Dublin will contest many All Ireland finals over the next 10 years, so they’ll have their day.[/quote]
I thought Kerry did a good job of keeping the pressure on for the kickouts.
The most worrsiome thing for mayo the last day was the amount they relied on their defence for scoers. Barrett the corner back got two points when they were under the cosh.
O’connor definitely out?
I think Horan will have learned enough from the Kerry pressure on the Dublin kickouts yesterday.
I think the Mayo half back line will expose the Dublin half forward line complete and Freeman will run riot over the dodge Dublin full back line.
Dublin won out yesterday by virtue of the fact that they were fitter inside the last ten minutes. Mayo should be well equipped to match this and kick on.
[quote=“count of monte cristo, post: 825134, member: 348”]
O’connor definitely out?[/quote]
no…he has a healthy chance of playing…
[quote=“count of monte cristo, post: 825126, member: 348”]supposedly we will have the first “pure football” final in nealry a decade with no blanket defences being operated by either team…
Dublin may think they have solved there Centre back conumdrum with Cian O’Sullican yesterday but i believe this will leave them vulnerable in midfield.
The general Dublin plan in midfield is to get up and break the ball to either a hlf back or half forward, i believe Mayo are possibly the best equipped team to counteract this. They have two very good fielders of the ball in the o Se brothers and 2 half lines which are excellent on the breaking ball. I imagine Seamus O’Se will follow MDM around the place and Aidan will be left to exert as much dominance as possible.
The mayo defence had been excellent all year and i would be concerned for Dublin that the 2 goals they got yesterday, as alluded to by someone on here previously, were quite fortunate in nature.
Paul Mannion was very quite yesterday and Kilkenny was a non entity. Dublin cannot really afford for this to happen again. They wont have the luxury of Mayo getting tired as Kerry did.
It will be interesting to see how Horan lines out his team.[/quote]
I say if Dublin our dis slopy well haf no chans on de filan.
An abomination of a post.
Good man, Blue. 51,500 and counting…