Even their minors can kick two pointers , Christ it’s unreal the kicking ability Galway have

Christ Mayo are getting some amount of soft frees so far, its like a non contact sport.

Point behind but should be leading. Three goal chances not taken. 6 wides to 4

Breeze is a factor. Will be interesting to see can we kick a few from distance in 2nd half.

@chesneychet: A few shocking calls there alright.

Just crossing my fingers he doesn't try to make it up to ye in the 2nd.

Lovely movement from the minors both on an off the ball. Just need to take their chances in the second half and all will hopefully be good! Fingers crossed...

Ah, I dont mean it to sound bitter but jaysus lads are hardly touched and its a free but that isnt Mayos fault.

Don't worry Chesney, he might apologise in a few months (joke)

Yes, that was one wacky statement by Gough

Two pointer from a free 1-7 to 0-11 with 20 minutes to play.

Another two pointer free has Mayo in front 1-9 to 0-11

Fierce soft frees being awarded to both sides
No contact allowed at all

Mayo goal lead by 3 with 8 minutes left

They bossed the last ten mins , fair play to them . Well done lads

Mayo well on top now, they did better when down to 14. Goals win games and that will always be the case. Are Galway out of the championship now or how does it work this year.

3rd goal sealed the win 3-15 to 0-15. home final against the rossies next week.

Good win. Poor enough fare but the ref didn’t help matters. Nice to beat Galway

Great performance, goals won it, Neary was lethal anytime he got near the goal.
Only concern would be percentage of kickouts lost to Galway. Very free flowing football

I was massively impressed with that game but most especially, our performance when we went down to 14. They turned into absolute animals after that.
Yes, the forward play was good but feck me, their determination not to concede a goal, in spite of the healthy lead was brilliant.
We might not be winning Sunday but the future is bright!

Ya well done Mayo. The week is only getting better.

Chesneychet. Yes Galway gone. Roscommon and Mayo in the final and both will progress. Mayo should really have been home and hosed at halftime but some woeful shooting. The black card seemed to focus the Mayo players' minds. Deserving winners overall but the Rossies are strong this year.

Young Carey would remind you of Tommy Goals(the original)....same neck of the woods too I think.
Another nice team in the pipeline.

Galway aren't gone chesney - goes to quarter finals now.

Sorry chesneychat, got that wrong!

Thought they really dug in the final quarter there. Brilliant determination. Ref very harsh at times against both teams….as someone said it’s becoming almost non contact. No13 knows where the net is…Carey I think.

Great play from the lads, very fast players & willing to have a go at Galway backs, brilliant

@chesneychet: Everyone is still involved in minor. They want to spread the games around.

Roscommon & Mayo (a Provincial Winner facing a Provincial Loser - ) will represent Connacht in Tier 1.
Galway (QF) & Leitrim (pQF) will represent Connacht in Tier 2.
While Sligo will face London in Connacht for a place in the QF for Tier 3.

Tier 1
All Ireland Qr Finals: 7th /8th June
All Ireland S/F 21st/22nd June
All Ireland Final 5th /6th July

TIER 2
Pre Lim All Ireland Qr Final 17th May
All Ireland Qr Final 24th May
All Ireland S/F 31st May
All Ireland Final 7th July

Tier 3
Pre Lim All Ireland Qr Final 10th May
All Ireland Qr Final 17th May
All Ireland S/F 24th May
All Ireland Final 31st May

Too much pissing around with the ball,more direct football please.

Thanks, its quite a confusing formula. Mayo I thought did very well in midfield tonight, large gaps in centre of Galway defence exploited well in second half. Its good to see young players going for the goals instead of the handy point. Mayo played some quick ball into forwards in last 10 minutes and it paid dividends. I dont know how good Roscommon are but the Mayo team must have a good chance in the final.

Well done lads. Came really strong in the second half and I loved the way they chased everything down right to the finish. Especially in front of our goal in the last minutes. Defending like it was the winning or losing of the game. You won’t see many senior teams defending so bravely even if only leading by two. Got a bit nasty afterwards.

Good win tonight and a pretty good performance with a decent score. Roscommon are a good side and will be a challenge in the final. Tier 2 (B Competition) for Galway. They didnt fancy the U 20 B competition and Leitrim beat them but I think they only had 18/ 19 on panel for that game. Anyway it is a good result for Mayo on top of the U 20 win earlier in the week. Now all we want is a similar result on Sunday.

Well done young ones .

Minor Captain is a cousin of mine (although we’ve never met lol)...fair play to them. Definitely not the most gifted Mayo minor panel but some battlers and battlers are very important to bring through. Tigerish spirit is invaluable. Every team needs a few of them. Lads who never give up. We had lots of them at senior level last decade. John Maher for Galway is another. Bullish.

Roscommon favourites for minor but I’m delighted now our boys have another two competitive games minimum. Great for their development and hopefully over the last four years of minors we can form a really strong senior team toward the end of this decade. Mayo will always come back and someday we’ll get over the line again. We produce the players. We just need a manager with the innovation and charisma to lead us there.

@Sean Burke, someday we’ll be dancing around the Mall in Cbar with Big Bertha. She’s in season 29 now.

I also hope, truly, that in a couple of years we have no one over with the AFL. That Oisin returns and no one else leaves. There’s a fantastic once in a lifetime opportunity for these Mayo boys from 17-26 to do something really special.

Why would you turn down an opportunity to play professionally mayonaze and get paid and live in a country where it's not pissing rain everyday for a while?

@Larry David totally get why the young ones go to Australia it's really frustrating For us but I get it.

Do think we will be seeing Oisin Mullin back soon though.

Yes Clare, I think anyone in that age bracket should give it a go , why regert it later, sure can always come back . I heard Oisin will be there another year anyway, I dont know if we'll see him in 2026, could do with him badly..like our half back line for Sunday wouldnt instill an awful lot of confidence

Very hard to judge how many at underage will eventually progress and make an impact. My guess is less than half. Life, college, work, moving abroad etc all gets in the way. People need to realise that and not put pressure or build lads up.

@yew_tree: Looking back on various underage teams I'd imagine none of us would have got anywhere close on predictions of how many would progress. It's always a huge step, with plenty of slips or others barging to the front of the queue as the years pass.

'24 - 2 senior
’23 - 6 senior, 5 still in panel
’22 - 3 senior
’21 - 3 senior
’20 - 7 senior, 4 still in panel
’19 – 3 senior, 2 still in panel
’18 – 4 senior, 2 still in panel

I wouldn't be shocked if the current 'team' hit decent numbers on progression, but even that will look staggered given ~6 (could be as high as 8) of our starters are still underage next year (other caveat in that not all that progressed were starters at underage). With the numbers likely further suppressed with other upcoming young talent across u19/u18/u17 (or u20 outside the squad) that'll be fighting tooth and nail for those spots.

Yes remember we had a ff line at minors in 13 that looked dynamic , tragically Darragh docherty is no longer with us RIP , Tommy goals and Liam irwin never made it to senior . 2-9 between them in the all Ireland final , Cian Hanley on that side also (injured for final I think if memory serves me right )