It’s a case of another split decision in the world of GAA punditry and odds-laying in relation to tomorrow’s league clash with Tyrone up in Omagh (throw-in 2.30 pm). The pundits are divided evenly, with the bookies swinging it in favour of the home side. So, if it’s a case of following the money, Tyrone must be fancied to prevail […]
Aidan Campbell’s sparkling form at U21 level has been rewarded by an overdue call-up to the senior team for Sunday’s final league fixture of the year, away to Tyrone. (Team details, as usual, from the Mayo GAA website). He comes in at left-half forward in place of Pat Harte, who fared indifferently in his first start of the year the […]
Work is having to take precedence today – as it will for the rest of the month, by the looks of it – so this’ll have to be a quick one. This week’s Mayo News includes the sort of stuff you know and love so well. Mike Finnerty’s match report from Sunday is there. There’s also the after-match quotes, with […]
Well, for me at any rate it is because prior commitments mean that I won’t be able to make it to Omagh for our final NFL fixture of the year next weekend. While both ourselves and Tyrone ostensibly have something to fight over – a win for either of us would secure 5th spot in the Division and both of […]
On a day that you’d hesitate before exposing your dog to the elements, Mayo produced another committed league performance this afternoon in Castlebar but, as has already happened more than once to us in this NFL campaign, we didn’t get the result that our performance merited, with two late points from play allowing Galway to escape McHale Park with a […]
The Weather Goddess has spoken. Evelyn was decidedly downbeat on the telly last night, not, I hasten to add, about the chances of her native county, Laois, avoiding the drop from Division 1 of the NFL, but instead due to the inclement conditions that are due to sweep down upon us from polar regions tomorrow. The McHale Park bleachers will […]
There’s not much more to say about the team that’s been named for Sunday, except perhaps to note the slight oddity in naming Pat Harte, an out-and-out left-footer, at left-half forward. No more than the last day, of course, we shouldn’t expect to see him operating from wide on the left and it is the case (as it was last […]
The team for Sunday’s league match with Galway has been announced (once again, it’s only fair to acknowledge the fact that the Mayo GAA website is first out of the traps with the news). As expected, Johnno keeps faith with the players who secured the win over Kildare and so the only change to the starting line-up is an enforced […]
I alluded the other day to that supposed fierce rivalry that exists between Kerry and Dublin. You know the one – where Kerry are just aching to avenge their most recent defeat at the hands of the Dubs … back in 1977. Rivalry my hole – that’s ancient history, which makes this a history book. If it’s a proper rivalry […]
Galway have named their team for our league clash at McHale Park on Sunday. Here (courtesy of the Galway GAA website) it is: Paul Doherty; Kieran Fitzgerald, Finian Hanley, Damien Burke; Gary Sice, Niall Coyne, Darren Mullahy; Niall Coleman, Barry Cullinane; Joe Bergin, Padraig Joyce, Declan Meehan; Matthew Clancy, Michael Meehan, Fiachra Breathnach. The team includes ten of the side […]