I donât have, or never had, any problem with Mayo.
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Itâs something that you need to rectify or youâll never live a complete life.
Can anyone lay a glove on Dublin?
I was hoping for a Kerry v Dublin final, but the sneery attitude of @Matty_Hislop, @Spidey and @Juhniallio has turned me right off Dublin and Iâll be hoping Tyrone batter them next week.
Dublin by 4.
OâShea was missed on the Mayo kick-out though. Clarke had trouble getting quick, short ones away due to Kerryâs press (not helped by Maurice Deegan pulling a couple back, ambling into his umpires, taking 45-60 seconds for a natter, taking no subsequent action and then ensuring Clarke had to kick out again when Kerry were set - Kerry got 2 points in the first half from this).
Mayo didnât win many kick outs when Clarke was forced to go long (according to my commentatorâs eye) and this is where OâShea would have provided a strong additional option.
In fact I think this kept Kerry in the game really. Mayo outplayed them for large spells, converted it into scores but then Kerry would belatedly respond with a score themselves. Theyâd then quickly add another one or two by winning the resulting Mayo kick out so the mini little spell of 10 minutes would be 3 points each or something even though Mayo would have had the better of it for 70% of the time.
To take away from the trimming Moran and COC were giving Kerry?
There is a trade off to most things you do at that level
OâShea FF on one end Donaghy at the other and a good old fashioned long ball shootout.
More pub talk
This has been the best year in a long while
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Never take up management
FFS.
There is that view - certainly. If it ainât broke donât fix it.
But there is no evidence to suggest it would impact poorly on the Mayo attack. A change of emphasis has the shock factor and Griffin is a weak full back, who may be tiring towards the end.
A O Shea was wasted on Donaghy.
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Of the 80 mins played (injury time included) Mayo went 25 mins without a score. - Thatâs a third of the game without a score â Not good enough really considering how shite Kerry were at the back.
Their full forward line still scored 1-10 over the whole match which is very good by any stretch of the imagination.
Iâm not denying that at all and I was delighted for Moran, a class act. â But the reason they didnât win is because of the stat I posted above and Rochford not having any testicles.
They were playing Kerry.
You canât just dismiss that.
The way these high intensity matches at this stage of the Championship go is that teams have spells of dominance.
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After 35 mins this notion of âkerryâ should have been put to bed - they are a cheap imitation of Kerry⌠but youâre getting to the real problem here, itâs all in their head.
Iâm torn on the AOS debate. He wasnât used to full back and was lost there. If heâs moved away from there Kerry start lashing in high ball and Donaghy does wreck. It limited the impact of Geaney JOD as kerry were forced to work slower ball through. Against that, mayo lost the influence of their talisman player. Personally Iâd prefer to see mayo back themselves to be the better team and set up to suit their strengths. If there was to be an AOS experiment it should have been full forward. The kerry full back line were already in trouble and they have no one that could handle him.
Have mayo no other way to deal with Donaghy? A full back whose only job is to stay tight on Donaghy and make sure he doesnât catch clean ball and a sweeper alive to picking up the breaks seems obvious if simplistic.
The Boyle and Durcan sub is another weird one. They wanted Durcan on the field. Mayo have made some controversial calls in big games but they have to make a big call here. I would drop D OâConnor and start Boyle and Duran, take your pick of the Mayo half back line to shift to wing forward.
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Canât believe my excellent pun went without notice.
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I so think this Kerry team are wildly overrated. Theyâre carrying a lot of players that would have been nowhere near the team of the last decade. In their favour though, they have more players on the bench that are about as good as those starting, and that can offer something a bit different if kerry decide to change tactics a bit.