What a difference a week makes, eh? Right, there’s no sugar coating this. Coverage of matches we lose is never pretty so let’s get this one over as quickly and painlessly as possible. Locals: Mayo News, Connaught Telegraph, Midwest Radio, Roscommon Herald. Nationals: Irish Times (match report, overview with quotes), Irish Independent (match report, quotes), Irish Examiner (match report, quotes), […]
As we face into a new year of football action, it seems an opportune time to remind everyone about the rules on posting comments here on the blog. People come and go on the blog and, with a new year just getting going, I’m aware that some newbies may not even realise that a comments policy exists for the blog. […]
Christmas is done with and the New Year is set to dawn shortly so it’s an appropriate time for all of us to think about what this means. For many, the start of a new year brings a desire for change. For me, significant change is already baked in for 2020. I’ve known for some months now that my working […]
The issue that has convulsed Mayo GAA in recent weeks continues to rumble on. There’s plenty about it in the Mayo News today (paper and digitals variants) and elsewhere too. There was much talk about it here on the blog for a while as well, until I was forced to call a halt to the discussion. I’ve had comments posted […]
The issue about comments posted here on the blog bubbled up – appropriately enough – in the comments last night. When I caught up on what had been posted I said I’d come back to the issue again and so here I am. As I’ve said here repeatedly, the generally civil nature of exchanges amongst contributors here on the blog […]
Photo: RTÉ I’m a bit late, I know, to the party on the Lee Keegan story that’s been all over the media in the last 36 hours or so. Truth be told, it’s because I’m so gobsmacked about the facts in the story that Lee felt compelled to reveal to Mike Finnerty in this week’s Mayo News and which Mike […]
We came, confidently expecting this to be the first step on the way to an unprecedented six Connacht titles in a row, the first match on the road back to Croke Park, back to where the real championship starts. We left a wet and grey MacHale Park later this evening, however, with those hopes in tatters, our long unbeaten run […]
As I mentioned the other day, I’ve had to take another look at the comments policy here on the site and revise it in light of events over the weekend. I’ve now done so and the revised and expanded policy is here. For ease of reference, I’ve flagged the new rules that have been added (there are seven of them […]
Photo: Mayo Mick Monday morning once more, a nice-looking one too if these early indications are anything to go by, but one for work rather than play so I’ll keep this one brief enough. I’ll get to the match reports in a little bit but first I need to wave my tally stick around the place a bit. Yesterday’s performance […]
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while but something has always gotten in the way. However, having seen and deleted the contents of yet another unacceptable comment posted on the site this morning, I think it’s well overdue that I provide an update on the house rules I’m applying for those who wish to comment here. In doing […]