KERRY (AFL v Mayo): S Ryan; D Bourke, J Foley, D Casey; G O’Sullivan, M Breen, B Ó Beaglaoich; D O’Connor, J O’Connor; D Lyne, P Clifford, R Murphy; D Clifford, P Geaney, D Geaney.
Subs: S Murphy, C Geaney, TL O’Sullivan, P Murphy, BD O’Sullivan, D O’Sullivan, S O’Brien, M Burns, K Spillane, A Heinrich, M O’Shea.

Good summary as ever WJ, get anything from today and it will be another positive step, lose and how we perform will become a talking point. If we handle the Clifford's reasonably well then I see this as a job well done. If we can break even around the middle over the 70 minutes is another challenge but do that, then we get to see if our attacking style is developing. This is probably our most challenging game with this Kerry team attacking threats but a game that I am looking forward to attending later.

Unfortunately I can't make today's game so I'll settle for Radio Kerry and informed views here and on the Kerry forum.

Mayo certainly have named a strong team and that's a statement of intent.

Kerry named the same 15 but I'd expect possible 1 or 2 changes.

My fear for Kerry is the 5 games in a row with 3 away games.

Out of interest, what is the Kerry forum, West Kerry?
Love to see how other counties view games. Your gang are probably not as catastrophic as ours. (and I include myself in that bracket!).

You'd expect at least 12 of that Kerry team to be starting come championship. Very strong team named.

Judging by Paudí's description in the past @Tommy+Joe,they are probably fairly similar...hah.

https://kerrygaa.proboards.com/board/2/general-board

There you go Tommy,

Love a few outside views makes debates much better.

Trust me it can be as negative there in regards Kerry and the locals are getting very restless.

No O'Shea, Brosnan, Morley, White, O'Sullivan, Moynihan. Mayo very generous odds given those lads out and we practically all the championship squad less Durcan from last year's championship available.

Feel a bit for lads who have been on the bench last 5 or so weeks with no game time and not on it this week. If they not getting a chance what hope have the 20 lads flogging themselves in the development squad.

I'll go for a couple of points win hoping last week was the green shoots moment. Probably be a couple of changes from what has been named so cant read to much into what has been published. Looking forward to it, if we have a good plan for the 2 lads we will win

Thanks West Kerry.
I love getting the views on here from Galway and Kerry and the likes. Generally, most of us GAA fans are very fair minded. At matches, I usually have a decent conversation with opposition fans around me. It's nice to be able to have those conversations online too.
May the best team win today!

Has our 26 been leaked yet?

Less than 3 hrs to throw in and no bench named . It’s a thundering disgrace

I'd heard the craic earlier, but it's officially out now: https://www.instagram.com/share/p/BALCCyH__M

No Ivor's or Duffy, Coggins in.

Subs: 16. John Vahey 16. Bob Tuohy 18. Conor Reid 19. Dylan Thornton 20. Eoin O’Donoghue 21. Fenton Kelly 22. Fergal Boland 23. Jack Carney 24. Niall Coggins 25. Sam Callinan 26. Seán Morahan.

I’ve been on the Kerry forum for a while. Always worth reading. Key difference is that they demand success and are not content with woulda/coulda/shoulda; but I guess that comes from being consistent winners.

Good to see Niall coggins get a chance is Aido injured or just resting?

Let's hope we don't suffer any injuries up front, we're a bit lacking on game changers up front...C.McHale especially unlucky imo.
Maybe young Coggins will come in and do a job of needed.

@Clare, I hope Aido does his resting after the game.

Oilean acla - I’ve deleted that comment. I don’t want this place polluted with clickbait links that are almost certain to be bogus. The match isn’t on TV or being streamed live so anyone who wants to see it needs to get to Castlebar pronto!

Mea culpa WJ- apologies. Was grasping at straws!!
Mhuigeo Abù inniu!

That's an inexperienced but exciting bench.
Hoping Coggins gets a run,he a great bit of stuff.

We're building a bit of depth now,Paddy, Tommy C and Diarmuid to come back yet

Ex Pat,

As a proud Kerry supporter I travel as much as I can however my hero Paidi was right in his assessment.

Some of the guff spoken about Jack is ridiculous, That he should go ect, mad stuff.

Jack has 8 all Irelands at different grades.

Sometimes it's just easier to blame someone than accept we weren't good enough

Lovely football day in castlebar. Only light wind from the Albany end. No excuses for Mayo, we are at home, time to step up to the plate.

Three changes - Sam Callinan for McLaughlin, Fenton Kelly for Neary and Jack Carney for Towey. Davitt Neary is off the 26 altogether, Evan Ivers added to it.

So true West Kerry. Always easier to blame someone than accept one is not good enough. Best of luck to Mayo today A tough test but possible to win all the same

@2hops yes my bad knew he was starting but saw a comment saying no Aido.. But good to see he is still starting!

Davit Neary to the bench surprised at that one unless aiming for the 2nd half like last week..!

Davitt neary must be injured presumably which is disappointing, have absolutely loved watching him play so far this year.

Really should scrap the match programmes on environmental grounds.

Would cost Mitchels aot of money I know but what's the point. 4 changes to our 26 alone

No word on an injury to Davitt Neary but, of course, trying to find out any kind of news relating to the team is like attempting to discover the Third Secret of Fatima so who knows ..

One change for Kerry - Armin Heinrich (25) for Ruairí Murphy (12).

As there is no live TV on Gaago
What is weather like
Thanks in advance

Sun’s out Joe and the wind looks to be light.

Almost perfect conditions and wind, as usual with the arc, will have an effect, alto' not too strong. I hope to see good spirited performance.

Of course many of the Kerry forwards are class and need a good defensive structure to handle them when Kerry in possession. But my biggest fear is we like against Armagh will be to ponderous when in possession ourselves. The team showed for 30 minutes in that second half that they are as good as around. Armagh probably after last seasons celebrations were probably lacking fitness for final 20 minutes but still The "Mayo Chaos" was a joy to behold in contrast to their style back and over across the arc in opening 15 minutes of the first half, a period by the way when they were on top.

Hope All,management and players alike have learned from last week.
Go at them relentlessly when in possession from the outset. Mayo cant be fortunate enough to come from 9 points down on 2 successive weekends.

Kerry have some fantastic individuals but as a team they dont quite match that so nothing really to fear. Their recent record ordinary enough so why fear them. Added to that this is their 4th game on successive weekends which may see them tiring in final quarter.
So no reason not to go at them from word go. Good performance as seen in second half is what we need and win or lose at least they can be proud of the effort and we will be entertained. Come on lads, chaos for as much of the game as possible. A win here is as possible in either of our final 2 league games and 2 more points will be necessary for survival.
Go for it.

Great first half performance, with the wind. Unfortunately let Clifford in for a soft goal-should have been buried out over the end line.

This is the mayo we all want to see, brilliant around the middle and playing with real pace and intensity and pressing high up the pitch, we have kicked some brilliant scores obviously the conditions has helped too.

Great First half performance. Hopefully that breeze is not the difference in the second.
Debate over whether RODs last minute side-line kick can be 2 points. TBC .Shame to concede a goal but we have to push for the win here when we have dominance

That wasn’t Clifford it was O Beaglaoich who got the goal but agreed no way should he have been let in along the end line for it.

Great stuff the 2nd half v Armagh really gave us back our confidence!

Watch out for 2nd half cliffords will come flying but really positive for us the fight shown is back!

Only thing that was a soft goal in.

Nicely set up for second half. Light breeze but it means no two pointers for Mayo in second half. Coen rounded too easily for the goal but God first half performance. Carney playing as third midfielder, big help

This is more like it !

The sideline from rod is 2 points because it's outside the arc the one last week armagh kicked was inside hence was it was only 1 point.

Anyone get an onimous feeling about Kerry goals in the 2nd half...

Well that was a tonic. Great football, I'm a fan of this mgmt with this football....

Very poor from a Kerry perspective,

Radio Kerry very critical of our performance.

Scoreline flatters us.

Happy to post ingame for this one, can only hear it but it sounds bloody brilliant

This is the stuff we want to see. Great attitude. Pity about the goal but Ryans 2 pointer afterwards equally good tonic for Mayo.
Hope they can keep it up.
2 points from today would take the pressure off.

Comfortably our best performance since against the same opposition in killarney 23, absolutely murdering them with our press and around the middle 8. That sideline score from ROD one of the best scores I've ever seen

Great stuff in the first half, pure rubbish in the second half.

What a turnaround... Kerry are flying and we seem to have lost our way.
Can't see anything now but a kerry win.

Great finish, so much hype about D Clifford.

Great finish from Maigheo, 2 points in the bag. Great coverage from Boyler and Midwest. Boland and Towey made a big impact. Unlucky not to get a goal in the last ten.

I’m thrilled! The crazy heart rate is back. J feel excited again about us. Well done Mayo.

Yes, I forgot to mention, Colm Boyle very good in his analysis and his knowledge of the game is brilliant.

Mighty stuff! We'd better stop this craic of winning games or we'll end up in a league final!

Kerry were always going to come back 2nd half!

Still some stuff to work on of course but with that fight shown to win it in the death will stand to us well done guys!

Great fight shown in the last 10 mins when it looked like we where gone especially when clifford kicked the 2 pointer to put kerry ahead, some of those fetches in the middle from aidan where just sensational a thing of beauty, fair play to the lads, rod man of the match for me.

Good win. Safety in the league would be great but the big difference to last year is, we have a few new names on the sheet meaning stronger options to come in and make a difference..

Congratulations,

Based on what I listened too Mayo were full value.

Hopefully we meet again in the summer.

We wouldn't have had that game without the new rules which I think is further evidence of their success.

Good stuff, I was following it on RTE so obviously cant judge it but Mayo saw off a Kerry fight back and got the last scores so a job well done. If Galway beat Tyrone tomorrow then you would think its likely Tyrone and Derry will go down.

Mayo how do

ROD is some player,doesn’t get the credit he deserves from other county’s.

......was in the car and got last 20mins on radio. How did Davitt Neary do ?

I didn't manage to get to the game but I'm starting to feel that pride really returning. Will be interesting to get the perspectives of those at the game but it sounded like the intensity, the passion, the chaos & the aggression is starting to re-emerge :)

Yerra, that was never in doubt.

Player of the Match poll is up!

Great win. Thought it was gone when Kerry went ahead. Showed great character at the end.,when the chips were down. Great performance and great spirit
Credit to McStay & Co. - credit where credit is due. Good game too.

Great win but we need to be careful or we'll end up in the final. Seriously though great to finish the stronger. Will be good for the team going forward

Solid 1st half. Awful 3rd quarter but a few massive catches by Aidan changed momentum. Two big moments because we were gettin cleaned on breaks.

A good win but Kerry weren’t at it all today bar the 3rd quarter where they were on top. They kicked some bad wides.

Certainly a good morale booster today but I think there’s still a lot more in Mayo.

What a great job altogether

The entertainment, excitement, pride, belief, what a feeling
Two different sports compared to the muck we saw against Tyrone a few weeks ago

That was good craic. And thanks Paddypower for the generous odds :)

Great win, wasn’t at the game so can’t comment on players performance etc. credit to all involved. I was worried we might slip back to the Tyrone performance but it seems we have continued on since Armagh which is great to see. Does that mean mathematically we are safe now?

Great stuff. Went at it from start. Really impressive in first half.
Thought when we surrendered lead we were gone, but great to see the fight back in last 10 minutes. Definately hope is returning. Another win or minimum a draw needed to survive as the Galway game leaves us down on score difference big time.
But lets not take from today. Great win.

Who got the last score for Mayo?

90% think it was Ruane I think GBXI ( ROD if not)

Great to win a tight game. Kerry will rue all the wides in the second half. Carney masterminded our play throughout the game, AOS, fielded some great ball and the substitutions worked, Flynn disappearing down the tunnel was disappointing.
Two points give away from infringements but some positives too...

GBXI. Ruane he was able bring it into 21.kerry players had stopped as hooter was about to go

The more i see McHugh play against the top players
the more impressed i am with him.

Great Win, Thrilled with that. Good job everyone

I like Donnacha McHugh as a man marker. He's put a few dinners on the frame and he's on you like a dog for the day.
Aidan can possibly finish his last few years of his career with an Indian summer the new rules help him in my view.

Apologies.......re my question in Davitt Neary I should have read the full thread.....Noted now that he may have been injured.

Well, you'd have to be buzzin after that. Ryan, brilliant start to finish.Aido turning the clock back. I reckon he's been visiting Tom Brady's Doc Guereedo... there's years left in that lad.

I’d be worried about burnout for Flynn. He has had no break. High risk of injury.

Flynn went straight down the tunnel
So must be injured

Mchugh did well on Clifford

He never stops running either Mayonaze. Was watching him today and his workrate is off the charts.

Badly needed win and great that we finally put on a show in Castlebar too.

I think we scored the last 4 points of the game to come back and win it, that’s how to win a game!

If Galway and donegal win as expected this weekend we won’t get relegated
I think we will beat donegal last game either way so won’t matter but would be nice to be under less pressure!

Great win and a lot of good performances, McHugh did really well on Clifford. Plenty of players getting game time with still a few to come back so not in a bad place. 1 more point and that should be safety assured and all focus on the championship then. Who did midwest give the MOM to ?

Km79 we could probably do with losing one of the last 2 games lest we end up in a final :-o

Thoroughly entertaining game and another endorsement of the rules. Glad kerry came roaring back in the 2nd half, the kind of test and reaction that will stand to us big time.

Workrate and pressing very good pretty much across the board, Donncha McHugh done as well as could be expected on clifford, you'd take a 4 point concession all day long.
RoD was unreal, looking forward to seeing the sideline kick back, honestly one of the best scores I seen in years.

Carney my 2nd pick for motm after ROD, thought he was quietly excellent throughout, an awful lot went through him

Great entertainment although it looked like going pear shaped late on. Ryan more like his old self today and presume he got motm. Did commentary explain why in the second half when Mayo were awarded a free the Kerry lad just dropped the ball instead of handing it to an opponent but it wasn’t brought forward? Not nitpicking over this because we won but was there a tweak to that rule?

Didn’t think anyone was poor today although Steven Coen allowed O’Beaglaoich to breeze past without laying a hand on him. That is nitpicking!

Have to say i was massively impressed with so many of the players after the game. Was there with my 5 year old so we were waiting for pictures afterwards. The Mayo lads, and plenty of the Kerry lads, we're brilliant with supporters. Jordan Flynn in particular was great, especially considering he can't have been in the best of moods when he went down the tunnel but he gave everyone his time.

Very good victory today. Definitely things to worry about, namely our 3rd quarter collapse, but the reaction to going behind was tremendous. We've lost similar games a lot over the last few years.
Lot of positives performance wise. Thought McBrien, McHugh, Aidan, Ruane and ROD were excellent. Boland coming on was very cool-headed and redeemed his error last week.
I think what an awful lot of us wanted was improved performances and we've definitely had things go in that direction over the last two weeks.
Well done team and management on the performance.

@JoeG: No tweak to the rules there. Just a slip/miss by the ref (Boyler & Michael D as confused as any of us).

Yes McHugh is getting there and probably more content at 3 than McBrein who's preferred position is 6. It would be good to see our defenders getting in some hand blocks on two pointers. Clifford had at least 4 two point attempts dropping short today. All subs made an impact, McLaughlin gave us a bit of impetus in the last quarter. Delighted for Boland. His calmness on the ball was just what we needed

For the first time in a long long time I also felt the support was back on track

Fantastic win, to beat Kerry is always a good win. The first half was very good, it took Mayo a while to figure things out early second half but they started to go more direct & it paid off big time. Aidan O Shea cleaned up in midfield & set up some great moves, great to see all the team giving it a right go, future looks bright.

Very enjoyable game and atmosphere .

Some very impressive performances across the pitch from mayo , thought carney, Mchugh, Matty, hession , Ryan and Aiden were impressive the list is long . There was no bad performance .
The last 15 was championship pace . Brining on Mchlaughlin was torture from a Kerry point of view . Everytime he got the ball it took 3 Kerry players out of action to mark him. You know what he is going to do but trying to stop him is something else when the legs are tired .
Ryan’s free to steady the ship at the end of the first half was top drawer .
Well worth the visit into Mchale park. Mayo are back might be a bit of a step but the crowd were definitely enjoying it .

Not sure what people expect in some of the comments , it’s rare you’ll play a top side without them having a period , it’s how yiu weather it & we did damn good there today .

Not going to go into the performance too much I just want to say it was great to feel a bit of electric in mchale park today , it’s been a while . Like I always say that is our job and we need to be in training for a Connacht final showdown in may , I know I know we have Sligo & Leitrim to contend with but in all reality we should come through that . 4 th of may I think it’s pencilled in for we need to make it an absolute cauldron

Overall a very satisfying performance, the game can change with midfield dominance, we were strong in the first half and largely thanks to AOS got on top in the last 10 minutes or so. Once Kerry got on top, they scored heavily. Defensively, we did well, midfield broke even and our forwards showed that they can score. Darren McHale did a lot of dirty work, McHugh is tigerish, newer players did fine, this is a great learning opportunity and for me, the best thing was another strong finish, which is a great change from previous years. The players look more confident as are the fans. Well done all, and league 1 status is still in our control.

Match report up, Final Whistle pod up, how nice it would be if this drive back to Dublin could do itself! Not to be, sadly, but, as I said on the pod, the win shortens the road home for me.

McStay Out

Thanks Tsu for clearing that up. If it had been brought to the 13m line it was a tap over and Thank God we weren't punished for it at the final whistle.

Mike H,

David spends literally hours on the field with kids.

I've never seen a player mobbed like he is.

He would not deliberately ignore anyone and your comment is bang out of order.

Ah yeah in fairness to David Clifford he is completely generous with his time, he is mobbed after every game

@paddyjoejohntom.you must be thinking like me. I was wondering would anyone be calling for management heads after that.

Great win. Well done team and management.

Ah now in fairness David Clifford is one of those players like the gooche an amazing player.

He always gives the time to the little kids and adults at that to don't think you could say he doesn't give time to fans he also gives alot of time to no kerry fans to!

West Kerry
You got your mikes mixed up.

Apologies my man.

Agree with WestKerry, I've only ever heard good things about how generous DC is with the fans after a game, win, lose or draw

At the end of the day, if Clifford does or doesn’t (and I’m in camp he does) give time to fans after the game, it is his choice and his alone. He may have had any amount of reasons for in the moment just wanting to get off the pitch. May well have been raging that he missed a two pointer, bit of a knock to have looked at, maybe just want a shower and hit the road, whatever the case may be, he isn’t a commodity, nor is any other player. This type of nonsense about what a player did or didn’t do beyond football is completely irrelevant.

Imagine being an amateur player and going for coffee, getting a haircut, buying clothes, food shopping, just every where you go people wanting you to sign autographs or get your photo. David Clifford gets that burden more than any other player. It is a burden if you think on the fact that he gets that every day every where he goes.
I know of him coming out from the dressing room to a kid from up the country when he heard the kid had traveled down to see him and hadn't managed to get photo with him.