The waxing lyrical about the issues with the Mayo Footballing Psyche Thread

Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy · November 4, 2021, 10:26am

The penalty against Fermanagh where they were heading out and AOS dived.
Scraped past Cork, Derry and Armagh in qualifiers.
Had Tyrone butcher a series of chances against them in 2016 in an AI QF and scraped through by a point.
McCaffrey doing his ACL early on in an AI final
Dublin effectively playing with 13 men at the end of an All Ireland final with O’Gara tearing his hamstring, O’Carroll getting a blow to the head and Dublin having used all their subs.

Bound to have been a few others as well as that’s just off the top of my head.

Spidey · November 4, 2021, 10:29am

Aidan O’Shea not being out for this season was a bad break for them in fairness

Halfpipe · November 4, 2021, 10:36am

I think you overplay that one a bit. They were 1 point behind with about 10 minutes to play when they won that penalty, they went on to win the game handy enough after it.
Mullin is probably the most high profile player to leave for the AFL, having won Young Footballer of the Year last year. Disappointing for next years championship to lose a player like that but best of luck to him, he seems to have the athleticism and mentality to make a success of it.

myboyblue · November 4, 2021, 10:37am

Tommy Walsh is aghast.

Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy · November 4, 2021, 10:39am

Maybe so but it was a game changing incident when Mayo were in trouble. O’Shea should have got the line if the referee did his job, instead Mayo got a goal.

Cheasty · November 4, 2021, 10:40am

Dermot McNicholl was a very established inter-county footballer when he left for St. Kilda.

All-Star award winner in 1984. But curiously not 1987 when he was Derry’s star player when they won Ulster. He left after that season.

starryplough · November 4, 2021, 10:42am

Derry were robbed that day. Point at the end went against them with no hawkeye

Iggy · November 10, 2021, 11:19pm

Confirmed.

Lazarus · December 1, 2021, 12:37pm

myboyblue · December 1, 2021, 1:38pm

That looks above average quality for that level.

Iggy · December 31, 2021, 6:06pm

Not sure if true but heard from a source in Mayo that Mullin is apparently staying now. Seems a strange episode after Geelong released a video on their official channels of Mullin saying how much he was looking forward to heading over and playing for them. First case of pre-emptive home sickness?

Massey · December 31, 2021, 6:08pm

More likely hes got a well paying job somewhere

Iggy · December 31, 2021, 6:45pm

Possibly but a well paying job still isn’t life as a professional athlete. You’d imagine a ball of money has been found from somewhere though.

Spidey · December 31, 2021, 6:51pm

#FinancialDoping

starryplough · December 31, 2021, 7:38pm

Some lads just like the misery, they have that sort of kink in them

Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy · January 2, 2022, 6:23pm

AOS stripped of the Mayo captaincy I see.

Massey · January 2, 2022, 6:33pm

He’s giving the youth a chance.

Fulvio_From_Aughnacloy · January 2, 2022, 6:35pm

TBF Coen seems like good captain material.

Didn’t think much of him as a footballer but has improved immensely and seems to just get on with his football rather than being a media whore.

peddlerscross · January 2, 2022, 6:37pm

Looking forward to the media mentioning Coen previously being a winning All Ireland Minor, Under 21 and Sigerson Captain.

Aertel220 · January 2, 2022, 6:45pm

I’d agree with all of that. Around 2017 I thought he was very passive and didn’t make much of an impact when coming on in games but he’s improved immensely in recent years. Shades of a Jordan Henderson type figure who should be a good captain.