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Replying To Square_B:  "And hot air."
Hot air?

Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 171 - 02/07/2026 16:07:34    2683711

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Replying To Cumann1:  "Hot air?"
That lad is the definition of an internet Troll.

tirawleybaron (Mayo) - Posts: 1970 - 02/07/2026 16:21:08    2683716

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Replying To Cumann1:  "Hot air?"
Air that's hot, AKA.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 8649 - 02/07/2026 16:53:16    2683731

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Replying To yew_tree:  "Agree with most of that bar the Mayo being hot favs part. I do think once you get to the last four, your in it to win it and I include Louth in that ambition.

I don't usually go along with this year 1, year 2 etc crap. Sport is not linear and there is zero guarantee as a player or team that you will find yourself in this position again. You absolutely have to go for it now."
I didn't say hot favs that's what someone else said.

I agree about your year 1 and bonus territory talk and lets be honest it's All-Ireland semi-final and the loser of this Mayo v Louth tie will be left very disappointed if the opportunity of reaching the All-Ireland final isn't taken.

Gaa_lover (USA) - Posts: 4023 - 02/07/2026 17:31:14    2683741

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "Air that's hot, AKA."
Stick to your own county thread

Cumann1 (Mayo) - Posts: 171 - 02/07/2026 17:49:01    2683747

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Replying To Taypot:  "Mayo never do anything quietly.
There's loads of fanfare"
Where's the fanfare? Barely a flag up…

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 12180 - 02/07/2026 18:03:10    2683751

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If any Mayo fan was told -

"You'll be playing Louth for a place in the All Ireland final" back in January, ye all would have fallen off your donkey's (or whatever way you get about the place over there) in pure anticipation.

Beelzedub (Dublin) - Posts: 519 - 02/07/2026 20:08:39    2683771

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Replying To tirawleybaron:  "Mayo are favourites with the Bookies (only just) but all pundits will tip Louth.

Louth don't have as strong a midfield as Cork, Tyrone, Dublin or Kerry - so Mayos biggest weakness might not be as exposed the next day.

It could go either way.

We had Fermanagh, Westmeath, Kildare and Tipperary as a route to the final in 2016 - then took the "greatest team ever" to a replay and definitely should have won both days. This team isn't as good as that one, but is far more lethal in front of goal.
Either way, it wont be boring"
Why the inverted commas though?
They were the greatest team ever.

Seniorleague (Galway) - Posts: 95 - 02/07/2026 21:13:23    2683781

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Replying To Seniorleague:  "Why the inverted commas though?
They were the greatest team ever."
And that's a fact. Never to be repeated, greatest team to ever to grace a GAA pitch.

In fairness, i think you know why the inverted commas were used. The line after it confirms it. They blew it and they all know it. And poor auld Rob Hennelly got thrown under the bus for it, even going on Prime Time years later to recount the abuse he got from his own. Imagine that, one of your own, an amateur player, abused to bits for losing an All-Ireland.

Never has more column inches and media coverage been spent on a county that has lost every All Ireland they've been in since 1951, as if they have a god given right to win another one. A classless lot.

Square_B (Leitrim) - Posts: 2207 - 02/07/2026 22:31:42    2683793

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Replying To yew_tree:  "Where's the fanfare? Barely a flag up…"
I was actually thinking of this today. Ciaran Whelan made some comment on the rte podcast that there's no better county than Mayo to get carried away over a semi final..

I had to drive from Mayo to Kerry last week and it was notable the amount of Limerick and Kerry flags on show compared to Mayo ones. Think it was Newcastle West had an enormous flag up about the height of a two storey house!

Roscommon was similar around Connacht final time.

Haven't seen anything like that in Mayo in years!

MayoDan (Mayo) - Posts: 569 - 02/07/2026 22:44:08    2683796

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Replying To yew_tree:  "Where's the fanfare? Barely a flag up…"
Not even a little excitement???

Seanfan (Roscommon) - Posts: 710 - 02/07/2026 23:53:23    2683802

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Replying To Seanfan:  "Not even a little excitement???"
Of course there's excitement…if you can't enjoy the moment then what's the point? I'm looking forward to next Saturday. I've seen enough down the years though to not get too carried away in victory or defeat. Of I'm lucky enough to be alive when Mayo eventually win Sam then I'll go mad but multiple past disappointments have tempered my outlook. We will see what happens..

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 12180 - 03/07/2026 10:53:45    2683858

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