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Post by blacksheep21 on Jun 20, 2022 19:27:11 GMT
Interesting read on here as always. Good to see that we're not the only set of supporters who hold grudges against refs over incidents that everyone else has long forgotten!! While I'd love to see us win on Sunday, it's very hard to make a convincing case for that happening. I expect we'll be a lot better than the league final but despite winning against Kildare & Monaghan, we could easily have lost either of those games, esp against Kildare. I think the match ups we'll go for will be Mullin on SOS, O'Hora on DC and Keegan on Brosnan/Geaney. Pressure on the ball out the field will be key to limiting Clifford's scores to something manageable. White is another player that we'll need to have a plan for, could stick MacLaughlin on him as he might have the legs. Midfield is the one area where we might get some joy, Hennelly is probably better on kickouts than Ryan and Ruane & Flynn should at least break even. It's hard to see where the scores are going to come from though with ROD still injured. Carr, Boland/McHale, DOC & Carney might get 3-5 between them on a good day, COC will chip in with 6-7 incl frees, maybe 2-4 from the backs and midfield. The top end of that gets us to 16 points which won't be enough and means we'd need a couple of goals to win. Not impossible but I wouldn't be betting on it unfortunately I agree with most of this. Paddy Durcan will mark Paudie I guess. For Mayo to win, they will need to be accurate from 35 or 40 yards out and kick the ball a lot more. Otherwise, they will just turn the ball over and Kerry will kill them on the counter.
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Post by peanuts on Jun 20, 2022 19:45:31 GMT
P. S Don't forget Mayo have two games under their belt in croke park now in the last few weeks. That will be worth a few scores to them. They played the round 1 qualifier in Castlebar not Croker. I feel like Mayo will need at least 2 goals in this game to have a chance at winning. Kerry have only conceded 2 goals all season (1 from play). I can't see us conceding those goals especially with the forward line Mayo have. Kerry's defence are a whole different ball game to Kildare. I expect 3 quarters of this game to be tight but Kerry to pull away in the final quarter. Kerry to win by 5-8 points. Mayo will be hoping it’s tight as well. They’ve finished strongly the last few games.
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Post by dc84 on Jun 20, 2022 20:12:09 GMT
Interesting talk around re this match it seems to all revolve around the mayo match ups on our forwards and of course the usual Aidan o shea stuff. Nothing on our matchups ie the danger that white ,beaglaoich and Tom sull can cause going the other way. Mayo struggled with white in particular in league final be interesting to see who goes on his wing. Also id 100% start o brien for his pace his work rate is undervalued I feel.
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Post by Mickmack on Jun 20, 2022 20:33:06 GMT
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Post by mike70 on Jun 20, 2022 21:15:21 GMT
Interesting talk around re this match it seems to all revolve around the mayo match ups on our forwards and of course the usual Aidan o shea stuff. Nothing on our matchups ie the danger that white ,beaglaoich and Tom sull can cause going the other way. Mayo struggled with white in particular in league final be interesting to see who goes on his wing. Also id 100% start o brien for his pace his work rate is undervalued I feel. I would agree that the focus is rightly so on the mayo match ups, kerry won’t have any issues in defence, they will manage the mayo forwards, mayo won’t score more than 15 points, the winning of the game for mayo will be decided by their defence match ups and the battle around the middle third. We won’t have the easy transition that we had in league final, I think we all agree mayo had zero interest in league final, so if mayo match ups frustrate our forwards, we could be in for a tight game. Our defensive half forward line could be very busy, going the wrong way. I expect kerry to prevail by 5 to 8 points, even considering all above, but my one caution is I hope we are not off the pace early days.
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Post by mystic86 on Jun 21, 2022 0:33:29 GMT
Anyone know what the current % or number of tickets now sold for Sunday in Croker?
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Post by mayofan1 on Jun 21, 2022 7:23:14 GMT
Apparently it was mentioned on one of their Mayo podcasts that they let him play some minutes for his club this weekend and he pulled up during the game and came off. Not playing for his club anyway because our county boy was not released to us at the weekend. The Mayo panel were away at the weekend training. I heard Mullen didn’t train on Sunday morning but Ryan O D and Jordan Flynn did.
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Post by mike70 on Jun 21, 2022 9:22:22 GMT
Anyone know what the current % or number of tickets now sold for Sunday in Croker? Looks like a near sell out on Sunday, only tickets available are in the hill, still some seating tickets available for Saturday nights game, pondering will I attend, just to add to the cost of hotel and travel costs😂💰🙈.
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Post by greengold35 on Jun 21, 2022 9:26:37 GMT
Anyone know what the current % or number of tickets now sold for Sunday in Croker? Looks like a near sell out on Sunday, only tickets available are in the hill, still some seating tickets available for Saturday nights game, pondering will I attend, just to add to the cost of hotel and travel costs😂💰🙈. Ticketmaster has some lower Cusack & Hogan available for Sunday - came on stream last night.
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Post by mike70 on Jun 21, 2022 10:42:11 GMT
Looks like a near sell out on Sunday, only tickets available are in the hill, still some seating tickets available for Saturday nights game, pondering will I attend, just to add to the cost of hotel and travel costs😂💰🙈. Ticketmaster has some lower Cusack & Hogan available for Sunday - came on stream last night. 100% correct, we’re not there when I was last online, looks like tickets in the back or front row.
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Post by The16thMan on Jun 21, 2022 11:43:10 GMT
Ticketmaster has some lower Cusack & Hogan available for Sunday - came on stream last night. 100% correct, we’re not there when I was last online, looks like tickets in the back or front row. In total not even 100 stand tickets on sale on ticketmaster, a sell out is expected
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Post by mike70 on Jun 21, 2022 12:37:43 GMT
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Post by Whosinmidfield on Jun 21, 2022 13:32:08 GMT
There will be some very interesting match ups on Sunday. I think Mayo will be afraid of Gavin White after the league final so I could see them moving Eoghan McLaughlin up to wing forward to try and match him for speed. Clifford had a field day in the league final but people forget Geaney took Keegan for 4 points from play. I think they’ll move Keegan out to wing back on O’Brien to maximise his attacking impact and bring in O’Hora on Geaney. Durcan is their best man marker in the half back line so he’ll pick up Seanie I’d imagine while I think they’ll match Hession to Paudie as they’re both smaller, energetic players. Coen is a weak link as a man marker in the Mayo defence so he’ll probably pick up Adrian Spillane and try to drop off him and help Mullin on Clifford if they both play. At the other end Tom O’Sullivan will have to mark Ryan O’Donoghue with Foley picking up Cillian O’Connor. Diarmuid O’Connor will probably line out at 11 to cause us problems when Morley tries to drop off as the plus 1.
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Post by sullyschoice on Jun 21, 2022 13:35:10 GMT
Covid may play a part in this game yet.
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Post by Joxer on Jun 21, 2022 13:36:35 GMT
I'm no expert on body language but looking at Jack here, we might have an injury problem or two
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Post by taibhse on Jun 21, 2022 13:59:44 GMT
One would hope that we will have a fully fit starting 15. Dara Moynihan was selected last year against Tyrone and clearly he wasn't up to the pace. Big mistake.
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Post by mike70 on Jun 21, 2022 14:19:09 GMT
Covid may play a part in this game yet. Agree, it’s very prevalent again, it could influence players form if they picked it up recently, fingers crossed we stay all clear.
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Post by Aodhan on Jun 21, 2022 14:53:33 GMT
I'm no expert on body language but looking at Jack here, we might have an injury problem or two It’s the first thing that passed my mind when I saw it yesterday and I’m not an expert either. No authority in his voice either. The team on Friday will be very interesting. As far as I know Jack has never put out bogus team sheet.
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Post by fitz on Jun 21, 2022 14:54:01 GMT
Is it possible Jack could just be creating a ruse to keep everyone guessing?
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Post by Aodhan on Jun 21, 2022 14:56:42 GMT
Is it possible Jack could just be creating a ruse to keep everyone guessing? If so that’s Oscar territory.
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Post by peanuts on Jun 21, 2022 15:03:38 GMT
Is it possible Jack could just be creating a ruse to keep everyone guessing? If so that’s Oscar territory. I think he was more positive on other media in relation to David.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Jun 21, 2022 16:57:19 GMT
I wonder would he dare 'resting' David - it would show us how to win without him.
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Post by rollingstone on Jun 21, 2022 20:12:19 GMT
Covid may play a part in this game yet. Agree, it’s very prevalent again, it could influence players form if they picked it up recently, fingers crossed we stay all clear. Only prevalent because the media have decided to pick up the baton again. Interesting timing, I wonder why that might be. If we're still having issues with player availability because of covid then we might as well just give up.
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Post by sullyschoice on Jun 21, 2022 20:19:41 GMT
Agree, it’s very prevalent again, it could influence players form if they picked it up recently, fingers crossed we stay all clear. Only prevalent because the media have decided to pick up the baton again. Interesting timing, I wonder why that might be. If we're still having issues with player availability because of covid then we might as well just give up. Go on. Spit it out. What's your conspiracy theory.
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Post by Aodhan on Jun 21, 2022 21:14:01 GMT
Only prevalent because the media have decided to pick up the baton again. Interesting timing, I wonder why that might be. If we're still having issues with player availability because of covid then we might as well just give up. Go on. Spit it out. What's your conspiracy theory. You already spat it out and set the stone rolling.
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Post by blacksheep21 on Jun 21, 2022 21:18:13 GMT
Agree, it’s very prevalent again, it could influence players form if they picked it up recently, fingers crossed we stay all clear. Only prevalent because the media have decided to pick up the baton again. Interesting timing, I wonder why that might be. If we're still having issues with player availability because of covid then we might as well just give up. Please let us know how we are all being duped.
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Post by Ballyfireside on Jun 21, 2022 21:32:16 GMT
Agree, it’s very prevalent again, it could influence players form if they picked it up recently, fingers crossed we stay all clear. Only prevalent because the media have decided to pick up the baton again. Interesting timing, I wonder why that might be. If we're still having issues with player availability because of covid then we might as well just give up. At the risk of flattering myself, I'd be more mindful than most re how our media is controlled by vested interests, but I wouldn't have thought they'd mislead us re Covid - then again I know a few things that others might find hard to believe, at times I often wonder myself if I have understood these things correctly. Everything points in the same direction so I'm probably on track and these are not minor issues - 'is ait an mhac an saol' as Peig would say. I suppose there are well funded interest groups and you'd have to see what they do to believe what they rightly think they can get away with. I know of a personal experience someone had lately and, well what the tormentors did would dwarf telling lies about Covid. There is no credibility anymore, everything is agenda driven, and one would have to have concerns about the sustainability of mankind if what I believe comes to pass. P.S. I recall Vet having doubts though I notice below he appears to be happy with the health guidance we get. In any event sports is well down then priority list when we are talking about a deadly virus that has caused so much harm - some people don't even go out anymore, a combination of the routine they adopted and also a bit of fear that vulnerable people are still at risk, that may be the case forever. As for Jack's interview, he didn't say much more than talk of a good few minor injuries - I heard training was going well and fellas were rocking, then again that isn't what a manger would say regardless. He just needs to steady the ship and hopefully our boys can go the distance this year, they have worked hard and waited so they are due a break. Hey, lets enjoy our bit of football, 'tis as much as we have when all is said and done.
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Post by veteran on Jun 21, 2022 21:32:24 GMT
It is very distressing to hear that this virus could still impact on players’ availability.
After billions being spent worldwide on vaccines , one , two , three and counting , is it conceivable that we could be facing disruption of our games again . Of course I would never suggest anybody has been duped.
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Post by mike70 on Jun 21, 2022 21:33:59 GMT
It will be a long wait till the team named on Friday night, I wonder how many more theories will be explored by then. 🤣 One thing for sure it’s going to be an intriguing game. I have noticed that the mayo midfield has been more subdued of late, have not seen ruane making the telling runs he was making last year.
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Post by mossie on Jun 21, 2022 21:35:43 GMT
It is very distressing to hear that this virus could still impact on players’ availability. After billions being spent worldwide on vaccines , one , two , three and counting , is it conceivable that we could be facing disruption of our games again . Of course I would never suggest anybody has been duped. All I know Veteran is that I am increasingly hearing of people with COVID the last 2 or 3 weeks , it is more prevalent again
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