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Replying To yew_tree:  "Who did McStay cut that was brought back?"
McStay didn't cut any player. I remember he tried his best to convince Keegan to stay on another year too.

MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 559 - 02/06/2026 13:28:32    2677309

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Replying To MayoDan:  "I don't think we can realistically expect to be on top against Tyrone for the full game."
We are a long standing Division 1 Team, having maintained our D1 status with ease without showing our hand. We have got as good a run as can be expected following defeat to Roscommon. Look, if you were offered a QF place by defeating 2 division 2 teams you would surely have said yes please. We have shown ourselves to be a team that improves through back door/ QF routes. I think we are well on the way to a successful transition to the new Mayo for the new football. Coen, Loftus and O'Donoghue were the only 3 starters on Sunday last to have played in an All Ireland Final, so the old guard are all but gone. In this regard Mayo are further down the road than Tyrone.

martinjoe (Mayo) - Posts: 590 - 02/06/2026 13:51:22    2677319

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ITs fair to say that if Mayo go up to Tyrone with the same defensive performance, it'll be a long evening as Tyrone wont miss as many as Monaghan did.

tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1845 - 02/06/2026 14:13:18    2677330

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How Monaghan did not win on Sunday is hard to understand. We had enough posession to be within a point or two at half time and we got zero luck on the day with all goal chances. Kobe McDonald is a great talent though and its a shame to lose him to Aussie rules next year.
I thought the way Mayo played in 2nd half, they seemed content on trying to protect their 11-12 point lead rather then going for the jugular. They seem to want to waste time in 2nd half by just keeping posession and playing back and forth around the arc then trying to build upon their lead. on a couple of occaisions they even played it back to players inside their half way line and swaped players back to avoid a breach. Needless to say, if that was Galway, Donegal, Armagh or Kerry, there's no way we would have been allowed back into it.
Mayo v Tyrone will be an interesting game and very hard to call, Mayo should expect high intensity from Tyrone though for 70 mins, not the 20 mins they experienced against Monaghan.
Had good craic with a few Mayo fans around us though, they have to be up there with the best sporting fans in the country.

SouthMonMan (Monaghan) - Posts: 177 - 02/06/2026 14:14:53    2677332

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