Good luck to the Mayo team

Thanks Willie Joe.

Thanks Willie joe

One change: Jack Carney replaces Davitt Neary.

Two changes to bench: Conal Dawson replaces Conor Reid and wears 17, Shairoze Akram replaces Seán Morahan and wears 26.

Thanks WJ

Haven’t seen one donegal supporter yet !
Hard blame them

Maybe the issues with colour clash jerseys are being listened to a little bit @WJ.... Donegal nearly all white.

Very strong Galway team named
Male no mistake PJ wants that league title

Terrible start for Mayo, back to their old habits of boring latheral passing that will get them nowhere. Donegal could win this game despite themselves ?

Mayo are looking good

Our forwards instructed not to shoot, yet again....

Get seeing our big men Carney Ruane Irwin scoring. Hopefully Diarmuid o Connor and Dylan Thornton can get some minute today. Don’t remember a time where we have option for big men off bench and Bob Touhy and Conor Reid not involved today.

" Creid è no nà creid è Maigh Eo" Chuckle Chuckle TG4
We are currently top of the table.
Jaysus.

If it stays like this Are Mayo in the League Final

Yes they are James.

Carney on fire, that move for the goal was absolutely brilliant. Our defence have been fantastic so far too.

@Martyk

Relax,
I don't know if you're at the game or not but I'm presuming you understand there's a very strong wind.
Mayo were playing into it and scored more points than Donegal....oh and a goal aswell.
Not sure what you'd be happy with?

As it stands at half time it’s a Mayo Kerry final. Surely things will change in the second half’s but wow!

Good stuff nice fluidity and confidence gaining with lads like Jack and Frank , Darren mchales winning plenty breaks and good distribution.
Jordan Flynns being closed down a time but two but he's so so very important to this team . So consistent and everywhere on the pitch.
No on the anti coen brigade but if we did have Jack a little deeper and pace of Neary at 10 , we be so much better . Teams just lacking that super pacey incisive runner.
But all very good and hope for more free football and confidence booster

Hopefully Jordan gets the 2nd half off after that bang. Bring Neary in .

Where and when will the League Final be played

Km79 if so why did he make 5 changes before the game?
Kerry don't want relegation and are well on top and have the breeze in the second half..
Galway going through the motions

Jordan took a heavy knock just on HT.
Hope it's nothing too serious.
Mayo managed that 1st half very well.
Carney the stand out so far

Expect to see some 2 pointers into the Albany end in 2nd half.
No injuries hopefully and let's manage this game to the end.

Best of luck in the second half …

Ya not worth risking flynn , if Nearys not fit but good to see Thornton or Coggins get a run .
We've seen Boland and Towey and know what they about it's time to see other lads

Pitch in a bad state, loads of sand on it and they are playing a rugby match here next weekend. No wonder we end up with injuries!

League final pencilled in for Wembley Stadium James :)

I want more shooting FW.....not too bad now

Ha ha western gaell

We are top of the table as of right now but if we lose this and the other results stay the same we are relegated. It’s crazy!

Can see us letting this slip. Very poor second half so far.

Getting cleaned out in Midfield

We’re getting overrun down the middle here, and the auld failings of dropping shots into the keeper’s hands are turning up again.

We are some lads to make hard work of things

The amount of daft passes we’ve made in the last ten minutes or so!

Crazy league final day. From top of the table and a league final to down to relegation within a few mins. Crucial penalty save by Reape. That could turn out to be a very important one.

We’re some men to live dangerously, great stop by Reape!

Well, that game had everything. We tried hard to lose it but thankfully Donegal tried a bit harder!

That was a terrible penalty to be fair. A team not wanting to get the final? I do find it funny that Padraig Joyce made a thing of wanting to get to a final and they didn't where as we just fell into it!

If you told me after the Galway game we would be in a league final and they wouldn’t I would have asked you are you mad??

Wow, one minute relegation, next top of league. Has ever a team been top of division with an -1 point difference. That itself is a worry, alway seem to leave teams in it, and one day you will get caught. Every other team except Derry had positive point difference. Didn't really want league final, but definitely didn't want to relegated.

That was a bit of a mad game.

Congratulations to Mayo , deservedly in the league final , on some unbeaten run and will take some stopping in Connacht.
Galway going backwards..

Don't know what to make of that. League final- I wouldn't have predicted that a few weeks back. Congrats to the Management and Players

Such drama, I thought we looked so poor defensively in the 2nd half donegal walked through our defense at ease and we are very lucky to avoid relegation, really looking forward to the final now though.

you really couldn't play for a draw there as there was always a chance Donegal would snatch it. Fair play to Tyrone...they played a great game but obviously Dublin (nor Galway) wanted to be in the final. Let's enjoy it now and win the bloody thing!!

Being in the final better than han relegation.
Donegal have a fine panel.

Realistically, Donegal were not remotely in first gear there, missing numerous starters, and we still could have lost it. Not a good look.

Thanks Willie Joe. You said it. You have to try really hard NOT to win a game against Mayo

What a crazy league. We top it with a minus point difference. Only two points between top seven teams. We went from top to second last and top again.
Another league final against Kerry. Let's hope for a repeat of 2019 and not 2022. Kerry have to be strong favourites.

Didn't know they made cute hoor's that far north of Kerry Tuamstar!

And now for the pros and cons of getting to the league final!!!

Very strange game we lost control in second half with the wind.generally not very convincing against a very understrengh Donegal team but looking forward to the final in Wembley stadium

Tuamstar, still think galway team to beat in connaught, and league final do mayo no favours. But better than D2

That was a mad end to that game ..

Well done to the guys . Will be a tough game next week kerry will be out for revenge after we beat them. .but we are safe .

Galway really wanted the league final spot .

Whatever happens next week happens but well done guys and great to see Diarmiid o Conor getting a big cheer when be came on !

Congratulations Mayo on getting to a national final..I dont care what anyone says, its better to be in it. It is a national title up for grabs. This year it's another competitive game with the new rules, and game time for players. Envious. Best of luck in the final.

Kerry will be a different team next weekend than what we faced a few weeks back but glad to be back in a league final in CP, will be good for the newer players, mind you how many will actually start next weekend? Missed the match but Donegal seemed to have a strong second half. What did we learn about the team?

Too close to Division 2 for comfort. That penalty could have been costly. If Division 1 survival means having to endure a final then so be it. Up Mayo

Player of the Match poll up. Don't forget you have three votes to play with.

Watching Mayo will kill me stone dead one of these days!

Crazy league when you consider that Tyrone went down on seven points, a plus seven points differential, while we topped the table on nine points and minus one points difference!

I do think that Kerry might have too much for us in the final, mind.

Well done Mayo. Hopefully next Sunday we will have silverware.

I’d imagine the odds would have been fairly long on a Kerry v Mayo final but here we are planning for Croker next week. I’m delighted as it will be a great game for both teams ahead of their championship campaign. Two northern teams gone, one of whom are the current league champions so I think all the teams who survived are feeling a little relief this evening as Division one is a real bear pit to survive.

I dont know Clare, we had injuries to key players McHugh and Walsh and with Maher and Comer (cant say he is fit) off, PJ probably hoped to reach the final but Kerry were too strong for us, faster and quicker to the ball, Joe O Connor will cause Mayo trouble in final. Geaneys played very well. Kerry's intricate passing in the forward line destroyed us in the first half. Paudie Clifford was unmarkable.
Worry for me was that Clifford was kept quiet but Kerry ran riot on the scoreboard. I would see them as favourites for the All-Ireland, I think they showed their hand today as they feared relegation. I dont see the final as a problem for Mayo as I expect ye to reach the Connacht final. As for us you wouldnt put my life savings on us beating Roscommon.

Wembley site already crashing - will be an almighty dogfight to get tickets

Absolutely crazy stuff but give me a final anyday. We'll need to improve a lot to give the Yerras a serious test Up Mayo!

I say will start the same team in the final, who will be on the bench is anyone guess, which is good. Eoin O Donoghue Eoghan McLaughlin Fergal Boland Paul Towey and Davitt Neary are assured of places. They have been a lot of comings and goings throughout the league will little playing time for some, should be interesting for selection made.

I wouldn't fear Kerry, under Mcstay we've a very good record against them. Should be a good open game of football

So Mayo-esque to top the league nobody wants to win. As boring as the match was, it also had to be our match that provided any element of jeopardy or edge of the seat stuff. I’m happier not to be relegated but was not an inspiring performance against a team trying to lose ?

@Chesneychet ye will still be in semi I'd say come the business end of championship .

Well done Mayo. Now that we are in it , hoping we can win it.
I'd be a bit worried that under utilisation of our squad during the league doesn't catch up with us. I didn't see the logic in playing Jordan in the second half after a heavy knock just on ht. He picked up another late on in the second half.
Other substitutions were very late so will have to go with his strongest 15 again next week.
It's a lot of consecutive minutes for certain lads.

Crazy league with so much at stake to the bitter end. Tyrone must be scratching their heads. Jesus, my head is spinning.

Not one of Jordan's better days. He turned the ball over a fair few times in both halves and the knock certainly wouldn't have helped him either. Luck was on our side in a big way today and hopefully that streak will continue.

Shorter footballing season has its disadvantages and that can be seen with the tightness between league final and provincial ties. Crazy last day but one thing I will say is that there remains no clear favourite to lift Sam this summer

Ye have to listen to the rossies
First time in croker in 40 years
Most of them will be out in applegreen before the start of mayo match

We almost out Mayoed ourselves today
Crazy stuff second half
Worrying

No idea when next weekend the final will be on?

@Km79 your so right there we really nearly did..as they said on Midwest you need a strong heart following mayo football !

Kind of worried for us v Kerry next week we are well able to beat them but they are on fire ATM.

Just hope we don't get a hammering & no injuries ..

In the city.
It’s on Sunday.

Jack and Ryan had crackin games I thought! Its mad, the way the league can pan out. At half time, we were looking at relegation. Full time, and we are top of the table, with a negative score difference too!!

Am I right in saying the final is no longer included in season ticket ?

You're right there, KM79. All value in relation to the season ticket has been hollowed out at this stage.

Avoiding injuries is key for every county at this stage..
Pj said Shane Walsh has a back issue since Dublin game and had a procedure during the week..
I'd wrap Ruane and O Donoghue in cotton wool if I was Mc Stay

Thanks WJ
I can’t go anyways but I’m not as peed off now that I won’t be missing out on free tickets :D

Really would like to see McStay put out a second string team v Kerry. Forget about the result. It might open the eyes of the GAA.

Who'd be a Mayo Manager or player !!
Plenty of advice if needed anyway..
We have hung in for the win in a few games.
Neither team tried to loose it ..Bit disrespectful to our players WJ ..

Nephin,we did that in 2022 and did not do us any good. Kerry won league and Sam that year. It can be done.

@Nephin agree !

Km79, are ya sure it's not ? That's a right kick in the groin of so. Croke park, it seems, just want to get of the season ticket all together

The terms and conditions now say “league round games “. No mention of final . Fairly sure it was mentioned last time we got to one

Great to win but by god it could have gone either way, a league final is great preparation for championship ahead. If Mayo win so best & they can win too. Interesting days coming up, it's fantastic, well done to all involved.

Great to see we are back in a league final and I thought at times today we played some massive football. In particular the last 15 minutes of the first half. A real joy to watch and a far cry away from poor football we saw at the outset of the league. Credit to team and management for turning it around. We can all be critical of management (myself very much included) but they have got a reaction from players.

The only thing I would say, the structure of the league, or its value needs to be relooked at. How we could be within 15 minutes of relegation to topping the table makes no logical sense. Maybe 3 points for a win 1 for a draw etc to spread out points tally. And it’s no coincidence that the teams needing to win today did. Were Donegal, Dublin, Galway already focusing in on championship with such quick turnaround times?

Match report up, Final Whistle pod up as well.

Agree Green&Red well done players and management.

The league really isn't a league though with so few games, when see same couple teams going iuo and down in a professional sport you'd likely ave 10 team top tier, home and away games.

The good the bad and the disinterested, strange game but good to have run out in croker.

Need Eoin O D for coner back, we're too open and too nice aat the moment.
Centerback needs shoring up and not sure if that means McBrien to 5 and Coen to 6 but need to stop teams going straight through us.
Other than that nice to see forwards scoring and going well.

Ya great to be in final, lucky but there now so let's make most of it , be afraid of no one, respect them mark Paudie, Mchugh on DC, eoin o D to give Geaney a tough time, Flynn on Jack O Conor and just go hard and leave it all on pitch .

Rober. I don’t see how we did as I suggested in 22. From the round game to the final, we only made 3 changes and all 3 coming in were experienced players. We were beaten by a far better team.

@Nephin Would love to see Jordan Flynn taking on Jack O'Connor. Flynn likely to dominate physically with the 35 year age difference, but less likely to be in the thick of the action on the sideline!