You clearly didnât watch the match.
I thought he was grand. Great movement and kept turning up but a huge amount of responsibility for a young fella and it got to him. Youâd imagine heâll be a cornerstone of that Mayo team for the next 10 years if he wants.
Yeah, he had a good game. Not great and a bad miss but he turned up and he was good. You seemed to contradict Sid saying he played well? He did play well.
Agree but needs to develop his left side.
it was bizarre Mayo kept letting him take kicks off his right from a side where a left footer was needed, he looks so awkward trying to force it with his right.
Have Mayo no decent left footer who could kick a free? Sure no wonder they couldnât win an All Ireland. They overachieved massively to be there.
I think Kevin McLoughlin has taken some in the past. Found it odd he wasnât taking them
he was having a nightmare.
He still got a very good point at one stage
How many did he miss?
The game has changed on many aspects but one FACT has remained constant over decades - if you fail to convert many scoring chances then it is hard to win close games
the one for the penalty anyway from about 25 yards was pretty harmless, he didnât even reach the goal
Mayoâs issue as I said in another post is the fact that under Horan, they have conceded 2 goals in the 4 AI finals he has managed them in. It hasnât really been getting scores in those finals that has done for them, itâs been the coughing up of cheap goals.
Heâs terrible on them.
Iâve seen McLoughlin miss them straight in front of the posts before. Missed one in an AI semi against Tyrone in 2013 13 yards out and slightly to the right of the post.
Only two left footed players in that Mayo team.
Bar Keegan they donât seem to have players who are comfortable kicking off their weaker foot.
Flynner is great on this
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Well it wasnât harmless as they got a penalty off it. He got 0-7 from frees. Open to correction but I canât recall him missing any others apart from that one. OâDonoghue missing frees was definitely not the losing of the game for Mayo. Him missing the penalty probably was though. Although again, it should have been retaken and no argument about it. What Morgan did was against the rules.
Iâm pointing out some of the many many contradictions in Sidâs arguments. That your 2 forwards who supposedly were 2 of Mayoâs best players both missed sitters. And yes, that detracts from how youâd rate their overall performance. How they supposedly did everything right tactically but they still gave up the same shit defensive goals they always do and ones that are incredibly similar to previous fuck ups.
Which is why Sid is stuck explaining that he was right all along with his Mayo prediction and that Mayo actually should have won even though Tyrone strolled home with Sam in their pockets ten minutes before the end. Because, you know, something else might have happened. But actually, what always happens happened. Mayo gave up shit goals. Mayo blew hot and cold. Mayo missed gilt edged chances. Mayo shot themselves in the foot. Mayo lost an All Ireland.
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@Juhniallio has simultaneously admitted Ryan OâDonoghue played well and furiously denied it.
And heâs talking about contradictions. 
How many penalties have ever been retaken in an intercounty match?
And a few bitter lads crying about it now?
I only really came in on one point, which is that I thought ROD played well, despite the penalty miss. You seem to agree, but above you seemed to disagree.
Anybody able to post Kevin McStayâs article from todayâs Irish Times by any chance ?