Predicted team for NFL Round 1 versus Galway;

Hennelly
Coyne Brickenden Hession
Durcan Plunkett Kelly
McBrien Touhy
Carney O'Donoghue Flynn
Towey O'Shea Conroy

Mayo to win by 4.

League Predictions;
Winners; Mayo
Beaten Finalists; Roscommon.
Relegated; Galway and Monaghan.

some prediction FrostHammer, that be nice way if league finish like that

CT saying game will be live on TG4 on Sunday.

Ahh Willie Joe nothing on what was easily the greatest game of football i ever attended yesterday!

All due respect to the FBD 😆

Dingle capping of what was a unbelievable year.

Some year for Kerry GAA. Hopefully they can be taken down in 2026. That’s no dislike for Kerry, I admire them and their football but I hate monopolies.

@FrostTHammer

Nice prediction haha

West Kerry did you not debate the club final with your friends on resevoir dogs and Hogan stand theres a west Kerry on there commenting often enough

Certainly not on the Hogan Stand thats a garbage platform Glory days.

Did i hit a nerve ?

Resevoir Dubs isnt much better we see a lot of contributors dissing Mayo on it Not at all West Kerry no nerves it , it was a good game but ref rode the Rossies at the end they should have won it

Well i can tell ye the dislike Kerry far more.

I dont agree re Ref at all,

Ther game should never have gone to ET haf the Ref not awarded a incorrect 45.

But them the breaks as they say.

If Geaney had got a black card when he clearly stepped across Stack - the point scored wouldn't have stood and Geaney would be in the bin for 10 crucial mins. Hard to understand how ref, two linesmen and two umpires can't see these things.

The Rossies deserved to get that extra time they fought hard for it thought they were the better team in 2nd half anyway . I felt bad for the Rossies .

I would like to see us make use of the 3 scoring left footers we have at present, I would start Darragh Beirne at 13, Cian McHale at 10, and Conall Dawson at 5, 3 huge scoring threats on that right flank something we have never had in years.Just one thing small with Fenton Kelly who had a great game yesterday ,he shot a wide with the outside of the right on that right flank yesterday, which is always high risk.Think 5 would really suit Dawson coming from deep and Beirne and McHale have earned their starts.

Yerra sure we dont dislike Kerry at all if only we were as cute as ye we'd be closing out tight games we should be winning

@WestKerry, you are being very selective in calling out the one mistake that Rossies benefitted from.
But you are only here to 'RISE' the people of the the west. I've lost all faith in your credibility over time.

Disappointing to lose yesterday, but overall the performance wasn't bad, though I thought Galway had the edge generally.

Looking forward, Andy will have to bite the bullet shortly on whom to release, and if newbies are coming in, somebody's got to give. Here's how I see it:

Gone from panel for now (don't think I'm posting anything that's not out there): Reape, MacLaughlin (injured anyway?), Reid, Neary.

If eight or nine newbies are brought in that would leave about four more regulars to go. I would earmark at least four of the current panel, all of whom have played in FBD.

Critical question marks surround Beirne, Lydon, MacMonagle, Hurley, O'Loughlin (probably a few others) on whether they will be permanent exiles to the U20 panel. MacDonald too.

So a new look team for the Allianz might not look that new.

Ontheditch

Decisions go for and against you and you take the good with the bad.

The so called free at the end wasnt a free the Brigids player was looking for it and ref had the cop on to know that.

The Geaney black card was a 50/50 call as from my vantage point it was hard to get out of the way, ive only seen it live so I may be mistaken.

Im sorry youve lost faith however as my post was a bit of craic on blue Monday. 😔 😞

Brigids were unbelievable and are a young team who will be back again ive no doubt.
Really well coached and organised and with some excellent players.

Dingle will likely never get back there infact they may not win Kerry next year.

Every men adults national championship is in Kerry a feat that has never been done before.

Everyone views game through their own tinted glasses…here is no different. I welcome WestKerrys views. We can’t have everyone agreeing on the same thing…it’s not North Korea. Some of the views here are bizarre at times, no different to other county forums.

The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about as Oscar Wilde said.

Mayo are one of those counties everyone loves talking about infact its the Mayo and Dublin home games in Tralee are the only ones I stay over in Tralee for.

The craic and the noise and colour is fantastic.

Theres respect there.. but we can all have a bit of craic occasionally.

Have a look at the frees that were criminally not awarded to St Brigids in extra time.
I counted 3 alone in separate places in 2nd extra time period, 20 yards out from goal, and Brigids were 2 points up at that point.
Also black card not issued by the referee to a Dingle player for clearly obstructing a St Brigids player in extra time.
We have seen this before in Croke Park, some Counties get everything and others get nothing particularly entering the final 5 or 10 minutes of a game.

St Brigids should feel hard done by.

Poor old Tuamstar catching flak yesterday, poor old West Kerry’s turn today! My view has always been that non-Mayo contributors are to be warmly welcomed here. Constructive external viewpoints will always enrich any discussion and we’re lucky to have a decent group of outside voices who post here regularly.

@Pepsi good lord almighty...one of the best games of football I can ever remember and you are literally going through the game counting frees. Some people love misery. It was an incredible game and neither side deserved to lose in truth. Whichever team lost could feel hard done by the ref. Talking about conspiracies against certain counties is utter nonsense and I genuinely hope you are taking the piss

Pepsi,

What about the close-line on the Dingle forward that should have been a red or the 45 that allowed the game to go to extra time in rhe first place.

Why is it that people look for excuses when they are beaten.

The ref was not the winning or losing of that game.
The small margins were and they were very small.

Pepsi is allowed their opinion in fairness and Bridgits were hard done by. If it had been the other way around Dingle club would be going mad to over it .

I see Dublin don't want to be interviewed in front of Allianz banners.
Perhaps they should play their league games in Parnell park.
Sport and politics don't mix well.

I’m old enough to remember when this blog was about Mayo gaa matters!

The weren't hard done by Clare.

They had 82 minutes to win it and a small club from.the most westerly point of Ireland beat a much bigger club.

If I said black you'd say white.. you a royal pain to listen too.

@West kerry

It's an opinion a little much to call me a royal pain just because you don't like my opinion .

From watching the club final I personally thought it was Dingle who could have had grievances with the officiating had they lost, the shocking 45 call and O'Carroll's and Stack's head high hits weren't your usual arm riding up over the shoulder, they were dangerous, you could see the mark from it beside Mark O'Connor's eye in all interviews afterwards. I didn't think Geaney's was a black card either, he didn't change his line, in saying that he knew full well what he was doing.

In saying that it was a brilliant game of football, Tom O'Sullivan is some footballer.

Sure we do welcome them WJ we have even handed them soft all Irelands

No Clare you jump in any time i post here like you own the place.

You dont offer an opinion your parrot something someone else says.

You are not the PRO for Mayo GAA.

@West kerry

I said congrats to you when you won sam last summer your comments are a little much to be honest.

Nice one, Glorydays! We sure have done that.

JoeG - I too am old enough to remember those times.

Clare - I can't believe that, yet again, I'm having to pull you up for posting too often and annoying others when doing so. Every comment posted here isn't a personal invitation to you to jump in and express views to the contrary.

@Willie joe

Fair enough but west kerry was the one starting at me when I had the exact same opinion as others and it is a little mean if I am honest . But ok I wont post for a while .

Sam og, I too like the idea of Dawson at 5 for a look, he can kick on next year.

Id say FrostTHammer is very close with his team, im gonna have a stab myself, going on pure hunches. I suspect Loftus be held back on this occasion if he was late to join the group, my hunch is Kobe won't appear either. I think Andy will go as strong as possible to get the win so will be a very established experienced team with 1-2 bolters thrown in, coin toss between Cian McHale/Darragh beirne for the number 13 but my hunch is beirne gets the nod.

Henelly

Hession
McBrien
Coyne

Durcan
Plunket
Dawson

Flynn
Howard

Carney
ROD
Touhy

Beirne
AoS
Conroy...

My guess on what it will be

What's the story with McHugh???
Is he injured??
Fabulous defender for us and one of the main men now in defence for us.

I’m surprised with some of the proposed teams named with 10-11 established starters in the XI. I really think we need to give youth and new players a chance. I’d have a new player on each line of the team

1. Hennelly
2. Coyne
3. McBrien
4. McMonagle
5. Hession
6. Cullinan
7. Fenton Kelly or Keaveney
8. Tuohy
9. Nathan Moran
10. Finbarr McLaughlin or Conal Dawson
11. ROD
12. Jack Carney
13. Darragh Beirne
14. Tommy Conroy
15. Niall Hurley

I’ve been following the blog for 15 years but the incessant posts of some people are really ruining the blog.

Id be of a similar mind Roco88, would like a total shakeup of personnel in the league with 6 or 7 newbies given a good craic but im gone with the team I think he'll play. He will be gling full boar for the win opening day out, against a rival, keep the good vibe going and most importantly gets points on the board ASAP. Sooner you get to 6 points can loosen up and experiment a bit.

There's several lads who'd be considered established starters there who have shown very little in the last few years when it comes to the serious business, sh1t or get off the pot time for a lot of them lads.

@Horans Hat...

Yeah McHugh on comeback trail from injury, bit of minor surgery's after championship i think, not a serious one but not long back full training either,be halfway through league before he appears id say

@Supermac thanks for that.
I was getting a bit worried when I haven't seen him mentioned in a while.
I would have him as our main man marker.
As regards the league it's all about building a panel for the championship.

Colm Boyle gave an update on various players in the Final Whistle pod yesterday. On Donnacha McHugh Colm confirmed that he's just back in full training inside the last week and so should be good to go inside the next few weeks.

Without getting into politics, I think fair bloody play to the Dublin footballers for the stance they are taking. If more organisations stood up for what is right it might have saved a lot of lives, but money rules the world. I wish the Mayo lads had engaged with that campaign but alas, it was not to be.

Anyway, back to the matter at hand. As regards next Sunday, I am going to make a wild prediction and say that at the very least, no matter what the result, we can't possibly deliver as miserable a display as we did against them last year!

Ya i like that Rocco , AOS should be left for impact role if necessary , let's keep Galway on their toes , Mchale and Irwin know each from college football and both on form so them two plus Conroy bring a more dynamic attack .
ROD at 11 , flanked by Tuohy and Carney
Moran and Flynn bring power to midfield , think we need to nail down a positon for Flynn .Dawson, Mcbrien and Durcan for running power and accurate passers and fullback line of Hession, Coyne and Sam .
If they look to lorry load high ball drop back Mcbrien but otherwise go for hardy fast team .

Ask Colm Boyle and Keith Higgins where is Eoin loughney ? Best player in the minors 2 years ago and hasn't got look.in.

@Superman agreed. For me bar McBrien, Coyne, ROD and again just a personal opinion, a fit Hession and Tommy Conroy, every position is up for grabs. I don’t think we have done anything the past 5 years for a player to be sure of their starting spot. When Horan came in, it was a clean slate. For me it’s the same now

On AOS starting I’m sure it will be debated to death again this year. No slight on what records he holds but I want to see 3 natural full forward line players in there. if we get beaten Sunday, persist with it. At the end of day AOS doesn’t carry a scoring threat against elite opposition. At 35/36 that’s not going to change.

3 newcomers at any one time is well enough and get guidance from the established players.

@outside of the boot agree with most of what you say but Callinan is not a full back line player at inter county level.Hes a half back all day.
Think McHugh is also a nailed on starter if fit and Flynn needs to go to midfield and find a partner for him.

Just like to make a comment on p Joyce he was in the officials ear again about the rule breach yesterday again same as last year . I haven't heard anyone comment on the connacht final last year where we got a line ball and joyce booted the ball down the line was that not a rule breach . We should have got ball brought forward for a kick able free yet no one highlighted this. If we got that free we would have probably won the game

I knew I recognised the score from yesterday. 2008 Connacht Final Mayo 1 14 Galway 2 12. 2009 Connacht Final Galway 2 12 Mayo 1 14. Also the no of times that Galway have beaten Mayo by 1 or 2 PTS in important matches over the years is just incredible. I will take a 1 PT win for Mayo on Sunday.

Team I’d like to see out there on Sunday
1.Hennelly
2.Coyne
3. Mcbrien
4. Macmonagle
5.dawson
6.Callinan
7.Kelly
8.tuohy
9.Howard
10.Flynn
11.Rod
12.carney
13. Beirne
14.hurley
15. Conroy

1.Hennelly
2.Coyne
3.McBrien
4.Hession
5.Dawson
6.Callinan
7.Durcan
8.Carney
9.Flynn
10.McHale
11.ROD
12.Kobe
13.Beirne
14.Carr/ Aido
15.Conroy

Fair play to the Dubs for taking a stand against Allianz as we all support Palestine and indeed any country under siege like Greenland but I think politics should be kept out of sport at every level

Ah come on lads. Kerry, Roscommon and now Palestine and Greenland. There's umpteen social media outlets for politics and world affairs. Can we at least keep this blog about Mayo GAA matters?

What about mercursor?

I think in terms of nfl predictions the picture is a bit clearer this year.

I think the relegation/promotion teams will just swap places again with Rossies/monaghan going down and tyrone/derry straight back up.

Such a pity div1 teams were throwing their arse at it last year from round 4 onwards as nfl is a brilliant competition and you will get far more out if going full tilt in those games then you will from the dozen closed doors friendlies.
A simple obvious tweak is the get rid of the final and give the title to the table toppers on final day

That was my point Joe G

As can be seen from all the completely different predicted teams on here, it is extremely difficult, at the start of this new Era, to predict the team with and degree od confidence, so I am not going to even try. I am sure Andy will be very keen to maintain our Division 1 status and wiil want to start well and lay down a marker. So I don't expect to see too many newbies, except perhaps one or two in the forwards, maybe Cian McHale and Beirne. I would'nt be surprised to see Thornton at midfield. Somebody has picked Brickenden at Full-back. I like Rory as a footballer and could see him as a midfielder or half-back, but he is not and never will be a full-back. Would'nt it be great to start with an away win and get one over on our great rivals.