Joe seems to get a lot of texts
The only lad that canât text him is the man holding 2 pints
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Thatâs what itâs all about really. I watched it on sky last night. Peter Canavan was absolutely beaming and while I admit I was hoping mayo would do it,I was delighted for Canavan.
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The 2012 to 2017 team were desperately unlucky. Yesterday mayo were listless and shown up badly and people are applying that back to the team of recent years, which is lazy and specious reasoning.
Whereâs Rochford now? Would Horan be able to bring him back in? Donie Buckley? Some sort of sports psychologist or someone to do a culture audit of the set up and set out a few needed reforms.
Same again next year clearly isnât going to cut it.
After a few down years, Lee Keegan was almost back to his best the last couple games. That said heâs 32 next month and has had a few injuries. Probably only got a year or two left in him. Off all the Mayo veterans heâll probably be the biggest loss when he goes.
For all the soft talk, Mayo missed a load of goal chances yesterday.
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They were the better team overall but their finishing was woeful.
Plenty of chances. Pissed the game away through lack of conviction.
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McLoughlin, DOC, Walsh, AOS wouldnât be natural scorers. Conroy and Odonoghhe were well marshalled and the midfield was hopeless and they still could have won.
A poor vintage
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Dublin will do another 6 in a row
When kinnerk goes to kerry theyâll win 5
Think it was just 4 starters from the 2017 final that started yesterday so itâs essentially a new team now. It was those veterans as well who in the main were Mayoâs best players yesterday.
Horan in his post match interview more or less said that he couldnât understand why Mayo were so listless and off key yesterday. Horan gets a much better press than Stephen Rochford did, but Mayo have been off key and not tuned in for 3 of the 4 finals Horan has presided over in 2012, 2020 and 2021 and even 2013 to a lesser extent when they were beaten a bit more comfortably than the ultimate 1 point losing margin suggests.
Rochford had Mayo right on the money in the 3 finals across 2016 and 2017. All he seems to be remembered and forever more slated for is starting Hennelly over Clarke for 2016 replay.
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2013 was lost on the line
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Yep. Lot of criticism that the running game was playing into Tyrone hands. But they created 4 goal chances at least, and could have had another pen on stroke of HT. Tactics werenât all that off but the execution was really poor by and large
Yesterday was by far the biggest collapse of all the Mayo final losses IMO.
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Rochford had them going toe to toe with the greatest team of all time.
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I hope you learn from this episode
Be zen pal or youâll have to go âŚ
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FOTY has to be Niall Morgan. Canât think of a keeper who comes close to his ability to play ball. Heâs come a long way