I’m hoping that Durkan and Conroy make the bench and get 15/20 minute run out and that we pick up no new injuries. Margin of victory is irrelevant after that. Defeat is simply unthinkable !

Getting it done is exactly all that matters. The time for heroics is certainly not now.

No matter how the game goes for Mayo, it feels like a no-win situation. If we win by 20+, people will say it’s just Leitrim. If we win by 5-10 points, they’ll say we struggled against them. The main goal is to get in, get the win, and leave without any injuries.

Safe travels to anyone heading to Carrick!

Looking forward to this - have never been to the stadium before.

Picked up a few stand tickets yesterday

Acceptable magin of victory talk is non sense .
A goal and a 2 pointer in a few mins is now a 5 point swing either way .
No win game for management.
Win .
Use all subs .
NO injuries..
That would be Acceptable to me .
I'm actually in Carrick now ( stayed last night ) .
Not as cold as yesterday, no rain and brightening up a bit . Should be a decent enough crowd .
Leitrim are a proud footballing county and despite recent results, they will come out and support their team later .

Don't agree with this being a no win game at all. We're not trying to impress anyone at this stage. Win the game, don't allow them back into it with soft scores, run the Bench if you can (ideally not all in one shot like against Sligo).

I'd be shocked if either of Conroy or Durcan make the squad at this stage. It really would be awful silly to include them as late replacements to a game against the weakest team in Connacht. We've put out dummy squads before but can't see any advantage to this time. It'll surely be one of these occasions where we go with what was said.
No excuses from now on - gap between games is the same for all. I was inclined to give us a bit of leeway for the Sligo game because we had a long run of games. We've had a break, this is weak opposition and we've two weeks to the next game against Galway (who'll have a tougher game than us tomorrow).
Up Mayo.

Tommy+Joe, Should see Paddy back shortly.

Slobbery enough day, hopefully no injuries picked up, that be main thing.

Seems to be a lot of concern about what people will think if Mayo hammer Leitrim or if its a close game,its a no win situation etc.
That's weak thinking, win the game,use some squad players,move onto the Galway game,sin è.Couldnt give a shite what any other county or the Sunday Game think.

Our season (as has been the case since the draw was made 6 months ago) hinges on the Connacht final on the 4th of May.

@Gizmobobs - I'll take your word for it but I've been hearing that we'll be seeing him for months now. I can't see either himself or Tommy playing a meaningful part this year, without any game time of any description to get match fit. I hope you're right and I'm wrong!

Don’t have too far to travel to this one today which is nice for a change. While I don’t think anyone is doubting the result against Leitrim this remains an important game for Mayo. It’s our last competitive outing before the Connacht Final and it’s an opportunity for this team to put in a good solid all round performance. A performance that shows us that the team is making genuine progress and winning Connacht is not beyond them. We were poor against Sligo so I’m looking to see a big improvement in Carrick today - that improvement needs to start with our defence which in truth doesn’t scare anyone at the moment.

Just landed in Carrick. The rain hasn’t let up as yet here.

Did you land like Rory Mack WJ?

Much the same, Citog, only without the private jet! Nowhere to land it here.

Flynn starts instead of Fenton Kelly

But Paddy played in the challenge game last night I think. Timmy will hopefully make it for Club.

*Tommy

Leitrim are playing great football

Let the ball in for the love of God

@James Fleming they are playing keep ball for the last 5 or so minutes and no score wouldn't call it great football.

Clare ,Leitrim ahead by 4

Is Gaa Go down for anyone else?

@Daithi yeah mine went there to .

Leitrim 4 Sam

Mayo played a challenge last night ??

Mayo go on to win but will look back on that opening 20 minutes which was poor and Leitrim deserved their 0-5 to 0-4 lead.

After 20 minutes of football, to be a point behind Leitrim is something close to a criminal offence. It would be great if someday we could at least act like a team capable of ripping apart a far lesser opponent. What other big county would be struggling like this?

Joemamas yes. Rest of panel not here today.

Mayo ahead by 1 point

Which team is the division 3 team ?

Why do we always do this we really do play to the level of opposition . Nervy stuff there we should still win it but that was poor from us.

Thank you Clare.

I’m just surprised that people are surprised by this so far….

Mayo playing with absolutely zero intensity anyway 7 turnovers to our own two, says it all

We have been turned over SEVEN times in 24 minutes against one of the worst teams in Ireland
We can’t win our own kickouts
We can’t win theirs
And we are obsessed with hand passing the ball sideways .
Meanwhile we have Aido standing inside
I have no idea what the gameplan is anymore
Really really worrying performance

All. Square

Jesus lads this is shocking hard to watch on an awful lot of ways,we hafnt got off the bus at all yet

Bring on Phillips for Reape

My GAA+ isn’t working either. It’s showing Leitrim & Mayo level

Unfortunately we are not a good team this year,
tactically inept I am afraid.
we will probably win by 10, but as for the rest of the year.....

Mayo ahead by 1 listening to mwr

Leading by 1 at half time. Game was level 0-6 each on 30 minutes wide count Leitrim 5 Mayo 1 enough said.

Shocking stuff. Fair dues to Leitrim. They can clearly see there is nothing to be afraid of with this Mayo team.

0-8 to 0-7 up at half-time. We’re playing like it’s a game in February under the old rules.

This is a shit show. Mayo have not won a ball at midfield. Three two pointers for Leitrim. They are looking around them as if to say - how dare Leitrim try to take the ball off us.

Is the game plan to take this as a challenge match? Maybe Management are saying to take it easy and No straining at the bit in case of injuries? Galway or Roscommon would devour either of these two Teams. Mayo need to wake up and smell the Roses. Terrible Performance So Far.

Well done Leitrim..Great effort. Will still be well beaten but can take hope for B championship. Mayo falling into hiding hyding for nothing trap..a game they will win easily so hard to be at your best...

It's them fecking jerseys, can someone there find a bin and some petrol and put an end to them when the game finishes

4 points in 35 minutes of play against a Division 4 team that couldn't even field a full squad a few weeks ago

On the performance, I'm holding judgement for another 2 weeks, when championship starts

Mr Fleming could you please tell us why you said that?

This is a tricky game, Mayo are thinking this game was a stroll in the park, well it's not now, game on.

Hard to watch but the three 2pointer frees keeping leitrim closer on the scoreboard. I suppose the bad day stops good attractive football but it shouldn't stop mayo from trying.

@James flemming no that would not be good tbh it's a tricky game as others have said now changing goalies half way through would be a disaster as promising as Philips is.

@James Fleming, would that help give us ball winners in midfield? Or an attacking plan?
I wouldn't have thought so myself.

One thing is absolutely crystal clear, Colm Reape is being instructed to go short for kick outs. No doubt in my mind about it. Why else would you do it in a game against Leitrim. It’s far more a management issue than a player issue. Reape as a keeper has one of the biggest boots in the country but he’s being told to play short.

For better kick outs

Lazy clueless football so far. No movement, no kickout strategy again, no attacking style,no proper tackling and players thinking they have all the time in the world when in possession. I was watching one player when mayo are building an attack go jogging from halfway up the middle of the pitch into the full forward line, complete a semi circle and jog back wtf is that about? Only bright spot about being in Carrick I won't be listening to any nonsense from Kevin after this. Whatever the final score is it doesn't excuse that 35 mins of shameful non football and the blame lies squarely with management and coaching or lack of both. Totally pissed off with this crap game after game.

Unless Phillips can kick them over the bar the far side...no point changing!

Very, very flat. Conditions are poor but the handling, the constantly passing back and across instead of looking up. Kickouts short are a waste of energy. 13 for Leitrim is a baller. Need quick ball and better handling for the second half. Fair play to Leitrim but its a hard watch today.

It's all about winning lads. Keep the rest of it under your caps. Mayo will win.

Lots of terrible calls from the ref.

Our outright refusal to do anything but handpass will always make us an easy team to set up for

45 mins played only lead by one point and not like missing chances as have only kicked two wides.

Martin Carney saying we are starting to pull away.... that usually means we make a balls of it

@Moose 79 yeah so true

This game will be long forgotten by the time we libe out for the Connacht final

I hope it won’t JOTB
A couple of players who have been subbed should not be starting .
I would hope the manager would take a lot of learnings from it.
But based on the previous 3 years I doubt it.

With everything in context that first half was the worst Championship display since the infamous evening in Longford.

Leitrim legs starting to go. Further and further off their men now. But great effort by them fair play, especially given how season started.

Towey is the main man

3 two pointers to zero

Down looked impressive against Fermanagh

Seen as we have absolutely no intention of playing a single ball into him we should just sub Aido and let him save a bit of energy

Ryan the man we need to mind. Without him we in serious bother.

Mayo's worst performance in Connacht against a big underdog since London in 2011

"James, ideal man to come off bench when defenders legs gone as he well able score when no pressure."
This comment on Paul Towey is what I ma referring to

Some very strange calls by the ref, mayo can’t lay a glove on Leitrim but can’t buy a free off him then.

He is, he's popped two scores already sure. A very reliable shooter which we need. Great to have off bench fellas that can do that.

Mayo the best team in the country to turn attack into defence.

This was a good test for Mayo, always better than a handy game.
Galway v Roscommon tomorrow, this also could be a big test, particularly is Walsh and Comer out injured, the Rossies will try and hold Finnertys influence.

Abysmal display . Unacceptable on every level
No two pointers
No goal chances
So we are not playing to the new or old rules .
The management team is coming to the end of its time. I just hope we can raise our game once for the Connacht final to at least shorten the month of Mayo for supporters !

This management should have ended when key players left in November.

The lough,

We would make a better rugby team then football team. The speed at which we transition the ball across the field, at the expense of going forward is so impressive.

A win that has left more questions than answers. Into the final having fell over the line against Div 3 Sligo at home and a patched up Leitrim today.

You would have to be worried about that performance. Not overly surprised, alway want to play to level of opposition. Question can they up it, to play Roscommon or Galway. U be worried

This is the last time Mayo will be favourites to win a game this year. Galway will beat Roscommon by 7/8 points and will be odds on to beat us. They are in the top three favourites to win the All Ireland so let them be favourites it's grand.
I wouldn't go over analysing today, no point. We know our 20 players now and we know we aren't in the top 5 teams on the Country so to pick off one of the favourites at some stage would be a bonus.

Mayo weren’t good, but that was an absolutely brilliant performance from Leitrim after their league campaign. Barry McNulty is some footballer. They showed some fight from the start and made it very difficult for us. A win is a win

Mayo well off the pace and absolutely No Game plan. Players seemed to be playing like individuals there was no linkages, running off the shoulder or kick passing the Ball into the forwards at pace. No we let Leitrim reset time after time . Slow as snails. Clueless. Two of the best forwards in the Country on the field but it’s hard to hand pass the ball 40 yards! Galway or Roscommon are licking their lips. Disgraceful Performance.

Let someone tell me again how we're as good as Galway.

There was a text on April 1st the management team had stepped aside...was an Aprils fools...kind of wish it was true. Headless no game plan struggle against div 4 team

The constant checking back when we win the ball in the scoring zone is exhausting. No goal chances was very telling as @Km79 already pointed out. Not sure what to make of it but we looked so 1 dimensional. I'm hoping Leitrim are better than we gave them credit for and wish them all the best in the Tailteann. Some serious ballers going on that game alone. Ball handling for the entire match was sloppy, but the ref gave absolutely nothing to Mayo, how many frees were awarded for just tackling. Hession's one with 5 to go was a joke. Need a beer after suffering this.

We are locked into old rules football, slow build up, allowed Leitrem time to set up defensively. Fair play to them, did we create one goal chance and 3-0 to Leitrem in 2 pointers. A clueless performance, poor AOS. If Mayo play like that in Connacht final, they will spoil the game.

Fair play to Leitrim for sticking in it and giving their best performance of the season so far. From a Mayo point of view... I honestly am lost for words. More questions than answers and yes you could say "It's only Leitrim", but it IS only Leitrim. Regardless of the scoreline, our performance overall was well below the standards of what we are capable of. Poor hand passing, running into traffic and passing side to side. And when you consider that it is our most strongest starting 15... that's all that can be said.

Look, they can do better. We know they can. But there needs to be a massive improvement for this Connacht final.

Think Mayo already looking to Connaught final, they will be better for that, just looking to get over the line

Got the job done in tough conditions. The weather really impacted handling and made for a scrappy affair at times. The ref gave Leitrim absolutely everything—without that, they wouldn't have been in the game. Good to come through without injuries and a few lads stood out well. Aidan getting a deserved day off from winning a game for us. Won by 7, and we move on.

Mighty Mayo

That was a lucky win for Mayo, leitrim turned them over eight times & only for Ryan O Donoghue Leitrim would have won that game, no 2 pointers, no direct play into Aidan O Shea, horrible stuff to be honest but hopefully they will improve.

Great to see Man of the match going to the losing side. Mc Nulty was outstanding. We are in trouble in Midfield.

Stop making excuses like our manager does, we are the lowest scoring Division 1 team in the country.Donegal should have relegated us.

There is absolutely no structure to the way we play and the any idea that this is somehow trying to stay under the radar is utter nonsense.continuing to play a lad in midfield who is incapable of winning possession and then taken of against the powerhouse midfields of Sligo and Leitrim says it all.it’s almost impossible to imagine how will get any sort of foothold in the midfield sector against Galway or Roscommon and why oh why play two giants in the full forward line and refuse to kick any ball into them

That was an absolute embarrassment. Couldn’t win a kick out against a division 4 team. Players and management need a right hard look at themselves. As for our jerseys burn them. Let’s get back to our green and red

We didn’t score for 10 minutes between 58 and 68th.
Against a tired soon to be division 4 team

On the negative side, we could have been better. On the positive side, at least there wasnt any snow.

As Padraic Joyce said last year about the Mayo management team they havnt 1 Nestor cup between them. McStay ,Rochford and Mulligan.

We’re such a bad team to watch , unbelievably boring

Well we came back but honestly I don't know what to make of that tbh . Good to hear about Durcan playing a challenge match last night though ..

Does the manager have a clue about his best 15 going into the Connaught final, or is he hoping that the same old, same old stuff will miraculously produce a Connaught final winning team!!!

New Rules or no new rules, maybe this Mayo team are trying to perfect the art of a slow build up, it's simple if one team has and holds the ball then the other team will not create a scoring chance.
I as with many others like to kick passes more into space for the forwards, but if this doesn't wor you may be caught out on the counter attack, ie this probably to cover up for a weak defence.

I can understand this policy against the 4 All Ireland contenders but not the weaker Counties.

We are the first team in this year’s championship not to score a 2 pointer or a goal in a match

@Km79, why do you think we had no goal chances? Anything to do with the ultra defensive Leitrim set-up? They had two banks of 4 set up across their 21 and at the top of the old D as soon as Mayo gained possession. They clearly went out to avoid goals at all costs.

It's clear that some teams are eschewing two pointers for the vast majority of attacks (Kerry, Tyrone, Dongeal), we might be doing the same.

Clare what do you mean we came back .came back from what

Part of the problem looked to be that we couldn't/ wouldn't kick the ball from the HB line until DOC came on. That the fact there was no threat of two pointers when they'd funnelled back.

Conditions were bad but they were at least as bad last night in Tuam and the U17s made light of it and both sides put on an attacking feast and showed how football could and should be played.
Apart from the continuing problems that we don't seem to be addressing I'm baffled in why when defending we don't get close and give forwards all the time they need to shoot.
Now it's time to leave the comfort of the pub and head home.

@ Sam og, if Padraig Joyce said that last year?, He must have forgotten a McStay managed Roscommon lifting the Nestor Cup on a cold windy monsoon like day in Salthill in 2019.

POTM poll is up.

Pretty sure Joyce’s comment last year was “ a lot of them mayo players out there have no Connacht medals “ or something like that

Anyway wgaf what Joyce said last year , sam or bust for padraigeen so he might leave the wild celebrations out this year when they win Nestor again .

@1985 I mean we won in the end 1985.

Fair play to Leitrim though .

Didn't look like a team who were well up for it. Treating the Connacht Championship like the league with all the blooding of new and not so no new players. Did not expect to see Akram making his championship debut 7 years after his last appearance for Mayo. But as Boyler said on the podcast they won't be taking much out of the game. Just get the job done and move on to the Connacht Final. Obviously the training load is set for the start of May when the real action starts. It was like the Sligo game. A sluggish performance against a plucky team but no real jeopardy in the end. Credit to Leitrim however, they laid down a marker early on and took AOS out of the game.

Can't read anything in to these games, if we don't turn up in Connaught final then it time to call it off and look to next year, I think we will see a different Mayo in final we had a competitive league, no reason to think that's going to change, blowing teams out of the water now is a pointless exercise

Personally I’ve never been this disheartened after a WIN. How on earth can our manager be promoting this style of play? I’m singling out Kevin because at this stage in his management career he should be showing far more authority than he currently is. He’s like a statue on the sideline and lets Rochford run the show. And it’s a horrible show to watch. I personally think we will play better in the final and maybe sneak a win. But we aren’t a serious threat for an All Ireland.

This managements legacy has been on of regression. We were in a poor spot the last time Rochford left too. Knocked out to Kildare. I’d be deeply concerned if Rochford is involved with any other mayo team in the future.

Terrible performance.
I posted earlier that you can expect anything with Mayo.
Lack of a plan of play is worrying.
Coen up in Full Forward position?
Well beaten in first half in middle and lost breaking ball in the same period.

Move on - end of story. Mayo were going through the motions there. Anyone calling for management to walk away obviously hasn’t a clue. This isn’t the premier league. Mayo will be judged about their performance in 2 weeks time in McHale park.

Jesus lads that's flat as pancake and taken all wind out of sales ... we're killing lads by having them out of position and rewarding the steady Eddie's who aren't good enough.
Knock off the schakles and go for it, pace power tenacity and let it compensate for our fake forwards.
Matty can't play midfield give him a role at 11 or nothing .
Carney and flynn are fine midfield.
Halfbacks need to win a breaking ball for first time in 4 matches.
It's fixable very fixable to make us competitive but we're sleep walking into draining the life out of everyone and back to the days that players won't enjoy pkaying for us

&Lucero - we scored 2 goals against Sligo

We got out with a win and probably no injuries. After that it's move to the next game. Sure, it was a poor game in bad conditions but that's nothing new when mayo play lower division teams. In old money it would be 20pts to 9pts which would look like a comprehensive win. I wouldn't read much into no 2 pointer and as regards goal chances there wasn't much room with all the defenders back. I was surprised tho to see akram get game time seeing as he didn't get a minute during the league. Seemed like a strange time to be thrown into the fray. Anyway we'll move on and see what happens. Btw kerry aren't afraid to use the quick ball in so far.

Kerry style is so dynamic , it has so much punch , same with all the teams embracing the new rules . Absolutely nuts to play slow ponderous lateral football of old with the new rules .

Kerry will eat us for Breakfast.

Flat performance.
Couldn't break down Leitrim defense.They wanted to play the old rules and we obliged.

Anyway a win and no injuries with plenty to work on.
Not much has changed since the draw was made.All roads lead to the Connacht final and that's where this team and management will be judged.

Any fallout for Mc Brien getting a black card?

A win is a win- We won the thing. Leitrim showed some fighting spirit and good for them. Things are okay so far

No point talking about old money .If we lose by a point do we say because the opposition scored more two pointers than us that we won .the fact is we aren’t scoring two pointers but are conceding them very easily.This is the new rules and we don’t appear to be embracing them in any way

Outside of the boot. Well said. I mentioned Coen, Callinan and Coyne were not playing well and should at least be dropped for today. Are any of them on your Steady Eddie list. At one point Coen was playing full forward today. My big gripe today was not giving Aido the captaincy on his 200 appearance. Poor from management.

@1985. Stop barking.i Just looking at it from a different angle. Are you ever in good form?

Our U20s play lovely winning football as do our U17s and so do most of the top senior teams which begs the question wtf can't Mayo seniors play decent football?
Not going to name any players but we have several in there that do nothing but look for a lateral hand pass. Those days are gone and we are probably the only "big" team that refuses to accept that with the new rules it's a totally different game. I believe that some of our present team will never adapt and unfortunately need to be replaced by players that will. However this will not happen until a new forward looking management is in place. I'm sadly writing off this season unless Kevin McStay and co are playing the greatest game of poker ever.

This midfield rule regarding players moving away after a fetch is total nonsense. What's happening is the player who fields the ball just runs into the nearest player to him and it's a tapover score. Has to be changed.

No doubt, that's what I was referring to the other day in the Knockmore v Parke game, Parke got 8pts from it.l I think, 2pts were genuine blocking rest fielder targeted the man from what seemed. It's what coaches should coach as well as some have intimated already are doing.

I would love to be optimistic about the Connacht Final, but I fear what could happen to us. We seem to be totally unwilling to kick the ball in to the forward line even when there’s space in there. Plus we’re in bother on kickouts, I’m my opinion it wasn’t hard to see Leitrim had one option… long down the middle. Dylan Thornton did ok but when it was that obvious why didn’t we flood the area? Watching David McBrien picking up a left half forward position several times on Leitrim restarts in the 2nd half, as the ball sailed over his head, was so frustrating.

Maybe McStay is keeping his powder dry for the final… maybe he has a master plan… maybe…

But we’re there now so we’ve no option but to go for it this time, however that turns out. But I’m worried.

Finally, and this is nothing to do with how poor Mayo played, something has to be done about the inept standard of referees and linesmen. Once I saw that Cullen, Kelly and Nolan were on duty it was clear that 3 villages were missing their idiots this afternoon. I didn’t realise there were different rules in place for giving frees to lower division teams.

No doubt I am just stating facts.rambling on about old money is nonsensical.these are now the new rules

Job done and into the Connacht Final but apart from that it’s very hard to take any positives from the game today. Ryan the only noticeable difference in quality between the two teams. Our forward play is very poor - for years we couldn’t break down a blanket defence and now we struggle badly when a team defends the arc.
I was hoping to see an improvement in our defence today but that didn’t happen and we gave the Leitrim forwards loads of time and space.
Who knows maybe it’s all part of the masterplan and we are hiding our light under a bushel until the Connacht Final but I doubt it very much!

It has been a 3 year master plan so
Keeping our powder dry for the Connacht final since he took over
We better win it !

Hopefully the criticism from that horrible performance will be ringing in the players' ears for not only the next 2 weeks but the rest of the season. If taken in the right way it can spur us on because that performance was unacceptable and thats no disrespect to Leitrim at all who gave everything. However I don't trust this management team because anyone who sends a team out to play that erratically from game to game lacks a coherent plan which every serious team needs. We have no discernable style of play - it seems we're making it up as we go along and I'm astonished at this level we have managed to avoid a proper tanking at the hands of a decent team. That is a tribute to the players. They wouldn't accept this kind of thing in Kerry or Dublin and neither should we. We have to have our standards. Maybe this is an elaborate "rope a dope" and Mayo aren't showing their hand but I'm not convinced. We'll know in two weeks time.

Penalising the lad going up for the ball on a kickout is all sorts of wrong. The couple of rules including scraping the 2 pointer need to be sorted. 50m is way too draconian. Ref was very very poor but so was our handling.

Bottom line right now this evening is that our championship is only beginning on May 4th...with the greatest respect to both sligo n Leitrim. The only performance we should judge this team on is in 2 weeks against either galway or ros. Win the connought final and put in a strong, front footed football display thereafter in the championship would be a productive season. Lads n lassies, it's only starting now. The players n management know fine well performances to date are not good enough. All we can do as supporters is turn up in 2 weeks and demand the performance good enough to win the final and support our team to the hilt.

Cork v Kerry, an almighty game, level at 61 minutes, Cork got 5 2 pointers.

@1985. sure a bit of rambling never did any harm. I'll check with you 1st before I ramble again.

Imagine the cheek to try and kick 5 two pointer attempts in a game? Madness :)

No problem @no doubt 2 and 6 pence should get you into the Connacht final

Cork v Kerry is magic , Kevin mcstay tactics are tragic

After watching a proper game of Gaelic football between Kerry and Cork, it would really make you question where our S&C is at too. The strength and size of the Kerry and Cork players would make our lads look like school kids. Other than O’Shea and McBrien, the rest of our lads aren’t strong enough. ROD is fine too as he’s smaller but with a low centre of gravity and is fearless .

miles off green&red...period from 2007 to 2011 i think now...just at that level unfortunately

Plenty of strong opinions here and rightly so. I think we’re not adapting fast enough to the new era. The modern game demands quick thinking, fast ball movement, and forwards getting ball early and in space. We’re still stuck in a lateral mindset, even when we have targets like Aido inside. It’s frustrating to watch.

Credit to Leitrim—they deserved their praise and made it tough—but the conditions and the ref don’t excuse a lack of tempo or imagination.

I still believe there’s more in this team. But it’s time to see it. Time to trust the players with faster football and back our attacking strengths. A Connacht final is no place for safety-first football.

Let’s call it as it is, we are playing midfielders and defenders as forwards…..how do we expect to score? And we have a few lads that are past it that have given great years of service to the county but management is blinded by loyalty to them.
Fair dues to Leitrim , they put it up to us and went for it . Barry Mc Nulty best player on the field by far. Thankfully we had ROD to get us through .

Ah Jesus, Young Fella, I was having a bad day and then read your comment about the 3 villages. I spluttered a mouthful of Guinness on the coffee table and now, she who must be obeyed is really on my back.

Smaller margin that god then 2021 fixture in Castlebar. Although Mayo will beat London in the opening game of the 2026 Connacht football championship by the same margin of course. I don't want a 1 sided margin in the game either.