I came across some numbers recently from a Gaelic statistics website and I was shocked with what I saw. MacHale Park has not been a fortress for the Green and Red when it comes to the National Football League. The study done by Gaelicstats.com (here) has assessed every point gained in the National Football League by all eight teams in […]
Photo: MichaelMaye.com It’s midweek already and so in the midst of this helter-skelter period of matches we’re already counting down to the next one, which see us taking on Derry up at Celtic Park on Sunday. Throw-in for this one is at the slightly later time of 2.30pm, as it’s a double-header with the 12.45pm curtain-raiser featuring the Oakleafers against Carlow […]
It’s Monday and while this morning I felt like I was suffering a hangover without the joy of having got shitfaced last night, it’s another day with life and work and stuff to face. And the papers. Ho hum, let’s get this over with as quickly and painlessly as possible, then. Colm Gannon in the Mayo Advertiser is always the […]
I’ve seen more poor Mayo performances at Croke Park than I really care to recall but today’s staggeringly inept display against Cork was surely right up there with them. We were truly awful this afternoon and we deserved the hammering we eventually got from a Cork team that never had to get out of second gear against us. We were […]
I had meant to do some kind of considered preview in advance of today’s NFL final but, between one thing and the other, it never happened. Now, with just over six hours to go until throw-in, it’s far too late for all that and, to be honest, what I’d have to say wouldn’t add anything to the sum total of […]
It’s been officially announced that Keith Higgins and Enda Varley both failed fitness tests this morning and so neither will play any part in tomorrow’s NFL final (see brief report in Midwest – here). The news that neither Keith nor Enda will be available tomorrow is no real surprise and, with our opening championship match against Sligo now just six […]
As expected, Conor Counihan has made sweeping changes to his side for Sunday’s NFL Division 1 final. Out go nine of the team that started for the Donkey Ayters at Páirc Uí Chaoimh the weekend before last, as a number of heavy hitters come into the starting fifteen for the decider at Croke Park. The players coming in are Paddy […]
The only surprise, I guess, in tonight’s team announcement for Sunday’s NFL Division 1 final against Cork at Croke Park is that the team has been named at all. But it has and it’ll come as no surprise to anyone to learn that the same fifteen that started the last day against the Langers down in Páirc Uí Chaoimh will […]
Those hospitable Club Mayo Dublin people have once again made plans for an informal pre-match bash this coming Saturday evening, ahead of our NFL final showdown with Cork the following afternoon. If you’re in the city that night, have a bit of a thirst on you and want to let rip about how you’d manage things if you were prowling […]
I dunno about the rest of you but the time seems to be dragging on interminably ahead of Sunday’s big game at Croke Park. There’s no team to talk about and I suspect that, once again, there might be no formal announcement ahead of the day itself. The Mayo News has a piece about how six of our players are […]