Right, we’re back in the pot in the morning, with the draw for Round 3 of the qualifiers taking place on RTÉ Radio One’s Morning Ireland show, just after the 8.30am news bulletin. I’ve just noticed that the similar poll I ran ahead of the Round 2 draw resulted in Down attracting the least number of votes ahead of us […]
This was a close one – the Man of the Match poll that’s been running here on the site since soon after full-time in Newry last night turned into a hard-fought tussle between Conor Loftus and Aidan O’Shea. Both performed very strongly for us against Down at Páirc Esler but, with the polls closed and the votes counted, it’s the […]
Time tends to get concertinaed in the qualifiers. This time tomorrow we’ll know who we’re up against in a Round 3 match that’ll already have been played a week from now. Early this afternoon our match-day episode of the Mayo News football podcast from Páirc Esler will be online. That means I need to get this run through the media […]
There’s one thing about the qualifiers that’s more important than anything else and it’s a simple thing. You have to win your matches. This we did at Páirc Esler in Newry this evening and so we’re into the Round 3 draw on Monday morning. We controlled this match for most of the evening. True, when Down rocked us back after […]
So we’ve been paired with the Mourne County in Round 2 of the qualifiers. Monaghan away would have been a far tougher assignment but this one is tricky alright. Winnable but tricky. As it happens, Down are a county I’ve already seen in Championship action this summer, which is more than I can say of our own lads. Myself and […]
Right, Round 1 of the qualifiers has been played and we now know the full list of the counties that’ll be in the Round 2 draw in the morning. So, then, which of the eight Round 1 winners would you like us to draw tomorrow?
This short lull between the conclusion of our latest failed provincial campaign and the start of what we hope will be a more productive backdoor run has felt like an eternity. With the Round 1 matches set to be played this weekend, however, and the Round 2 draw taking place next Monday, with those matches down for decision the weekend […]
I know that this might not interest everyone but it’s practice here on the blog to celebrate standout performances on good days as well as bad. Yesterday was, for sure, one of the latter. Darren Coen has enjoyed a fruitful time since his recall to the county panel following James Horan’s reappointment as manager. Yesterday against Roscommon he led the […]
Mayo started off the match on the right footing, putting over the first two scores of the game within five minutes. James Horan, however, was left to rue his side’s wastefulness in front of the posts as they could easily have been five points to the good at that early stage. This wastefulness was punished in the fifth minute as […]
I’m in a bit of an odd mindset ahead of tomorrow evening’s match against Roscommon, for the simple fact that I’m not going to be there. Nor have I any hope of following the game from a distance either. Lookit, it’s not the first Championship match involving us that I’ve missed in recent years. Doubtless it won’t be the last […]