Some cracking goals

Any update on the league matches this evening, who stood out?

Claremorris really standing out at the moment with a draw in Westport tonight, while neighbours Garrymore look in freefall after Crossmolina hammered them tonight.But very early in the year yet, Claremorris could well be a Final 4 team in championship this year with the scoring forwards they have, if they can improve in defence and midfield ,particurlarly there very weak full back line they could be a dark horse.

Cillian o Connor with 1-10 for the Tubber this evening....

Surely Kevin could give Cillian another call, I remember Ciaran McDonald arriving back at a challenge game v Kildare in June 2004 before he went on to win an All Star that summer.Be a massive boost to panel before the Connacht Final Peter Cooke is going back in playing less football than Cillian.

9 from frees from Cillian.
Great scoring though

A fit Cillian is a definite starter for me. We lack finishers. He’s also clever and creates space for others. He’s a huge loss. Underused in 2024 by management

ryan and cillian the two best forwards in mayo. and thats not just my opinion , but whats another year or two

Cillian opted out, end of

Very good match in westport, fairr result, both teams with tremendous talent, Claremorris maybe a bit behind,but have serious talent and are still in transition,

Championship so far has been poor to say the least.
Lower division teams getting more 2 pointers than Division 1 teams.
Are they more inclined to take a chance or is the defense poorer?

@sky… when you say tremendous talent, do you mean from a Mayo club perspective or do you mean at a national level with lads who will compete at the top end at intercounty? If the latter, who stood out?

No 12 for claremorris mark Maloney seems a decent forward and kicked a two pointer from play and another from a free

Well done Rory McIlroy if we hadn't taken off Alan Dillon in the 2013 we'd have slayed our dragon too

I meant Alan Freeman

Rory winning Augusta feels like Mayo Lifting Sam after all the heartbreak. Was looking back on the Sligo match on GAA+. Surprisingly it was free once you have an account. They also have a good few retro games available, including 2006 Hillgate, which is much better quality than the Youtube version.

'' Never give up on your dreams ''.

Big fan of Cillian but to the best of my knowledge he opted out Pity really but similar things happening in a number of counties

Glory days..........
100% agree on Alan Freeman....that's never been aired out either.
Horan said he had flu or something.........there were rumour's otherwise but its like one of those questions that never got asked or asked properly at least.
I was working with a fella from Ballymun at the time who coached Dean Rock since he was U8 .........the first thing he asked me when came through the door the next morning at work was.........''why did he take off Freeman??''.They were really worried about him in the run into the game.
I got the same question from an intercounty hurling manager who I know very well also.....
The weirdest thing was how there was never any real uproar.......at the time I would have expected the Aughamore guy to raise some stink ........it just never happened.
Horan had that thing like he could just not get criticised or get away with things others could'nt.
I dont think he is finished with Mayo football either by the way

Are stand tickets going on general sale for Saturday?

Are stand tickets going on general sale for Saturday?

Is it tubbercurry or Sligo for the under 20 game on wed. Saw initially it was tubbercurry, now mayo gaa website saying Sligo.

@Rober: It's on in Markievicz Park.

It was initially scheduled for Tubbercurry, so possibly a few old references around that remain for there, but got updated to Markievicz in the last couple of weeks.

Awful news. The pitch in Markievicz looks like a dangerous beach in recent games, a nasty combination of sand and holes. It's in such poor shape it's a genuine health & safety concern, with Sligo fans very vocal in their disgust given this is following recent pitch upgrade work. Fingers crossed it doesn't end up catching any of our lads with injuries or spoil the game Wednesday evening.

Jeeez if it’s that bad would they not go someplace else. Surely there are certain safety standards that are required to be met??

Markievicz Park the game will be played in this Wednesday, the pitch is to get relaid in a few weeks and not used again until spring 2026.

Link to Watch the match on Wednesday https://www.youtube.com/live/drAz0Sv4iK4?si=mGjcZDpvRR6jPgi-

@mayoanaze,both club and inter county level,none of the current 20 panel played sat eve,The Cummins brothers and joyce brothers,darragh fitzpatrick,Adam vahey,mark maloney, Mathew mc cormack all in around the 21 years old mark.

Any of them county standard sky?

How is Mark Moran playing for Westport, a few years ago against Galway in a league game he was very impressive.

“Kevin mcstay can milk his cows , that’s his business “

Says jack o Connor when drawn into comment about Kevin’s comments about Clifford .

Mark Moran has pace to burn some speed from him against claremorris

On Mark Moran my memory of him was he'd a fantastic performance -v- Galway in 2020 when given alot of space. A week later when playing Tyrone he was much quieter and I wondered if he welcomed the more physical defending. I've never been convinced since that he had the aggression required for senior inter county that say a Ryan O'Donoghue has. His brother Colm is probably a player I'd wonder more about in terms of what could have been. To be fair though, both lads are skilled and natural forwards

Regarding the earlier reference to Alan Freeman, he had a good 2013 campaign but over the course of his Mayo career, I think his ceiling was fairly apparent in his gametime/performances. He had a super All Ireland semi final but still only scored 0-1 from play if memory serves me correct. He was more prolific in 2010/2011 league but by 2012-2014, I felt defenders had his measure

Looking forward to U20 match this week. Was reading the Western People at the weekend and alot of U20 eligible players going well at club level i.e D Hurley, J Mahedy, R Clarke to name a few. Hopefully the exclusion of these lads won't come back to haunt this U20 team

@freetheeastbank, I tend to think he's not finished yet either. There'll be a concordat of some sorts down the line.

I suspect the moving of hte u20 Sligo's homes games from Tubbercurry to Markievicz Park was deliberate.....given the condition of the pitch etc....I hope I'm wrong of course but it appears the pitch is in a very poor state so why else would you risk injuries over slowing down the opposition.....