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Replying To tirawleybaron: "Whoever wins Connacht will end up with Dublin and possibly Donegal and Monaghan in super 8. They will have 1 home match and 2 away. Better to lose Connacht final and end up with Kerry, Tyrone and Meath/Another Another Nestor Cup is not much use to Mayo and Galway. Setting yourself up for a favorable All Ireland run is the priority" The players would like a Connacht medal, you seem out of touch. Also, Galway/Mayo are even in Nestor Cup wins and long may the rivalry continue. This is why provinces matter. Potentially, June 16 will change that. suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1732 - 28/04/2019 14:43:55 2180655 Link
Replying To suckvalleypaddy: "The players would like a Connacht medal, you seem out of touch. Also, Galway/Mayo are even in Nestor Cup wins and long may the rivalry continue. This is why provinces matter. Potentially, June 16 will change that." Galway have 47, one more than Mayo. candlewax (Galway) - Posts: 295 - 29/04/2019 18:17:55 2180899 Link
Replying To candlewax: "Galway have 47, one more than Mayo." sweet suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1732 - 30/04/2019 10:19:28 2180986 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Not on tv...local radio for coverage of both. I think Newstalk are doing a championship preview show from NYC... Heading over Thursday myself with a gang of 10 friends....can't wait." Count me out Yew.... you only have 9 friends now! Pericles (Mayo) - Posts: 2521 - 30/04/2019 14:48:32 2181053 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Not on tv...local radio for coverage of both. I think Newstalk are doing a championship preview show from NYC... Heading over Thursday myself with a gang of 10 friends....can't wait." I heard tg4 are showing the game live dave1988 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1235 - 30/04/2019 14:59:58 2181056 Link
Replying To dave1988: "I heard tg4 are showing the game live" No...they will show highlights later in the week yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11557 - 30/04/2019 16:57:01 2181085 Link
Replying To Pericles: "Count me out Yew.... you only have 9 friends now!" Oops yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11557 - 30/04/2019 16:57:20 2181086 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "No...they will show highlights later in the week" Can Hoganstand tells us why they had article up that TG4 would show the New York v Mayo live only to delete it later? BTW this is the weakest New York team for the best part of a decade and they have very little preparation done for this championship game compared to recent years. With that in mind Mayo should win by a cricket score without getting out of 2nd gear. The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 4033 - 30/04/2019 18:09:58 2181105 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Oops" Only joking Yew... just couldn't resist the 10 friends thing! Enjoy the trip... amazing to see so many going over... it's a testament to the dedication of the supporters and the charisma of the side. Let's hope for a result, no injuries and the safe return of the approx 2%+ of the overall Mayo population going over (that's about the same percentage of the Dublin population likely to attend a Leinster championship match in deepest Croker!). Pericles (Mayo) - Posts: 2521 - 01/05/2019 09:51:24 2181199 Link
Replying To Pericles: "Only joking Yew... just couldn't resist the 10 friends thing! Enjoy the trip... amazing to see so many going over... it's a testament to the dedication of the supporters and the charisma of the side. Let's hope for a result, no injuries and the safe return of the approx 2%+ of the overall Mayo population going over (that's about the same percentage of the Dublin population likely to attend a Leinster championship match in deepest Croker!)." They often say the journey is better than the destination...while we all crave that all Ireland...it's away trips like this and all those trips to Croke Park and all around Ireland that make memories of a lifetime with good friends and sure people can mock us all they want but we've had and will have great times...up Mayo ! yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11557 - 01/05/2019 11:51:54 2181242 Link
Good banter between you two. Keep it up, very entertaining! dublin5 (Dublin) - Posts: 30 - 01/05/2019 14:35:00 2181278 Link
Replying To suckvalleypaddy: "The players would like a Connacht medal, you seem out of touch. Also, Galway/Mayo are even in Nestor Cup wins and long may the rivalry continue. This is why provinces matter. Potentially, June 16 will change that." Really. I'd say the players on both sides are more interested in SAM. Another Nestor cup followed by another collapse against Dublin isn't much good to Galway. Mayo players are all about the All Ireland, a Connacht medal won't even be worth opening a bottle of blue nun to celebrate. Your living in a world where provincial medals mean something to Div 1 teams. Kerry, Dublin, Mayo, Galway, Tyrone and Monaghan would only see provincial championships as a warm up competition. Winning a provincial medal without making an All Ireland final would be a disappointment to those players tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1375 - 01/05/2019 22:42:27 2181356 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Really. I'd say the players on both sides are more interested in SAM. Another Nestor cup followed by another collapse against Dublin isn't much good to Galway. Mayo players are all about the All Ireland, a Connacht medal won't even be worth opening a bottle of blue nun to celebrate. Your living in a world where provincial medals mean something to Div 1 teams. Kerry, Dublin, Mayo, Galway, Tyrone and Monaghan would only see provincial championships as a warm up competition. Winning a provincial medal without making an All Ireland final would be a disappointment to those players" they would be more interested in Sam obviously, still this is a big Connacht c'ship suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1732 - 02/05/2019 10:32:56 2181397 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Really. I'd say the players on both sides are more interested in SAM. Another Nestor cup followed by another collapse against Dublin isn't much good to Galway. Mayo players are all about the All Ireland, a Connacht medal won't even be worth opening a bottle of blue nun to celebrate. Your living in a world where provincial medals mean something to Div 1 teams. Kerry, Dublin, Mayo, Galway, Tyrone and Monaghan would only see provincial championships as a warm up competition. Winning a provincial medal without making an All Ireland final would be a disappointment to those players" They're not mutually exclusive. He's not saying winning a Connacht title at the expense of getting to an All Ireland final. In fact winning the former improves your chances of achieving the latter. It means something, not as much as an All Ireland obviously, but you can be sure if Galway and Mayo play in this year's Connacht final, they'll both be seriously wanting to put down a marker. WanPintWin (Galway) - Posts: 2315 - 02/05/2019 10:56:26 2181402 Link
Replying To WanPintWin: "They're not mutually exclusive. He's not saying winning a Connacht title at the expense of getting to an All Ireland final. In fact winning the former improves your chances of achieving the latter. It means something, not as much as an All Ireland obviously, but you can be sure if Galway and Mayo play in this year's Connacht final, they'll both be seriously wanting to put down a marker." Absolutely. The players in every game will be going hard as they can to win. Some players may have programmes that peak later in the summer but on any given day they will be going as hard as they can. Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1920 - 02/05/2019 13:19:31 2181433 Link
Replying To tirawleybaron: "Really. I'd say the players on both sides are more interested in SAM. Another Nestor cup followed by another collapse against Dublin isn't much good to Galway. Mayo players are all about the All Ireland, a Connacht medal won't even be worth opening a bottle of blue nun to celebrate. Your living in a world where provincial medals mean something to Div 1 teams. Kerry, Dublin, Mayo, Galway, Tyrone and Monaghan would only see provincial championships as a warm up competition. Winning a provincial medal without making an All Ireland final would be a disappointment to those players" Tell u what 2 of u pull out of connacht and wait for super 8s and we will have a good time celebrating a nestor if ye want to get ready for the dubs. OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1792 - 02/05/2019 14:31:47 2181458 Link
Replying To WanPintWin: "They're not mutually exclusive. He's not saying winning a Connacht title at the expense of getting to an All Ireland final. In fact winning the former improves your chances of achieving the latter. It means something, not as much as an All Ireland obviously, but you can be sure if Galway and Mayo play in this year's Connacht final, they'll both be seriously wanting to put down a marker." exactly and sure Galway are starving for medals after the big drought 2008-2016 suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1732 - 02/05/2019 21:15:17 2181537 Link
Wow is all I can say about nyc so far....been here many times but the atmosphere here this week, Mayo colors all over the city...the GAA is and should be about so much more than the winners or super 8s etc...we are a cultural organization as much as a sporting or winning one... Mayo flags hanging off da Brooklyn bridge...all done 7th ave...fantastic. Shame on rte and the GAA for not promoting more yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11557 - 03/05/2019 02:03:33 2181562 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Wow is all I can say about nyc so far....been here many times but the atmosphere here this week, Mayo colors all over the city...the GAA is and should be about so much more than the winners or super 8s etc...we are a cultural organization as much as a sporting or winning one... Mayo flags hanging off da Brooklyn bridge...all done 7th ave...fantastic. Shame on rte and the GAA for not promoting more" yew dem is left over Christmas bunting, enjoy the trip, up NY maroondiesel (Mayo) - Posts: 1226 - 03/05/2019 10:40:21 2181602 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Wow is all I can say about nyc so far....been here many times but the atmosphere here this week, Mayo colors all over the city...the GAA is and should be about so much more than the winners or super 8s etc...we are a cultural organization as much as a sporting or winning one... Mayo flags hanging off da Brooklyn bridge...all done 7th ave...fantastic. Shame on rte and the GAA for not promoting more" We see enough of ye at home, don't want to follow ye oversea's as well candlewax (Galway) - Posts: 295 - 03/05/2019 14:10:28 2181669 Link