Photo: Sportsfile/Piaras O Midheach We’re back in the final, people – that was the first thought that hit my cranium when I came to this morning and it’s one that’s still there now. Four weeks of build-up, then the biggest hurdle of all for the lads to clear in the decider, with immortality the prize on offer. And Sam, of course. […]
Photo: GAA The best-kept secret in the run-up to Saturday’s Round 4B match against Westmeath was the injury concern that eventually ruled Diarmuid O’Connor out of the fixture. I didn’t hear a whisper about it in advance and so the first I knew about Diarmuid’s unavailability was when the murmurings began to spread around the Cusack Stand just before the lads ran […]
The latest Mayo News football podcast is now available and this edition was recorded last Saturday evening. It features football-related chat recorded before, during and after our Round 4B qualifier win over Westmeath, covering both the Westmeath match itself and looking ahead to next Saturday’s All-Ireland quarter-final against Tyrone. The podcast is hosted by Rob Murphy and it features Sky Sport’s Paul […]
Well, it may feel a bit more like February than May this morning but the championship season is once again upon us and so too the delights and annoyances of RTÉ’s The Sunday Game. I think it’s fair to say that we got more of the latter than the former on last night’s opening programme. I know it’s not a […]
One thing I meant to say last night but then forgot to is that time is rapidly running out for those of you who want to join in the fun and games of the 2011 championship mini-league but haven’t already done so. The first round for mini-league purposes (the New York v Roscommon tie wasn’t included) is tomorrow and it’s […]
Now that the politicians have (momentarily at least) stopped their jibber-jabber, there’s some headspace to consider other matters. Ahead of our bottom-of-the-table, basement battle against the next-door neighbours in Tuam on Sunday, what better to talk about than our complete record against them in league and championship down the years? Okay then, here goes. We’ve met the Tribesmen far more […]
The Indo has a short piece this morning about Conor Mortimer and his cruciate operation. Conor had the op last Friday and he confirms to the Indo that he’s looking to be back in action in time for the club championship later in the year. While he could, at least in theory, be ready for the fray at inter-county level […]
There’s just nine days left now until the day itself and Santie is already heading for the runway so the pre-Christmas chaos is about to become, well, a bit more chaotic, certainly in these parts. Which means that I’ve only got time to talk about two more books I’ve read – an old one and a new one. Or, putting […]
I’m feeling a bit square-eyed after spending half the day in front of the box but an intriguing afternoon it was as the championship field was pared down to the final half-dozen. I hadn’t seen any live action dish ear involving Cork before today and they looked, well, shit hot. Twenty-seven points in a match in the All-Ireland series has […]
Well, at least this part of the waiting is over – we now know that it’s Meath we’ll be facing in next Sunday’s All-Ireland quarter-final in what will be our first championship clash with them since, well, I don’t need to remind you when that was. It looked for a good while this evening that they were going to beat […]