GAA FOOTBALL 2015

No-one has got them closer than John Maughan - they should give him another ding at it!

We were a better team under Horan. And Horan has got them at least as close as Maughan (1 point!). Both did huge things for Mayo football but not the ultimate. Horan really transformed football here. 5 semi finals in a row as well as Connacht titles in the last 5 years. The 5 years previous:

MayoMark wrote: We were a better team under Horan. And Horan has got them at least as close as Maughan (1 point!). Both did huge things for Mayo football but not the ultimate. Horan really transformed football here. 5 semi finals in a row as well as Connacht titles in the last 5 years. The 5 years previous:   2010 - Lost to Sligo in Connacht, lost to Longford 2 weeks later in qualifier 2009 - Connacht title, feeble loss to Meath in last 8 2008 - Beaten by Galway in Castlebar, lost to eventual champs Tyrone in qualifiers in Croker by a point 2007 - Hammered by Galway, lost in qualifiers to Derry, another hammering 2006 - Won Connacht, battered out the gate by Kerry     It has to be said, that is some swing. If any Mayo fan was told leaving Pearse Park in Longford that day that we wouldn't lose a game in Connacht until 2016 at the earliest, they'd have a good laugh.   In fairness to Maughan, he took over a similarly shambolic setup!!

Forgive my ignorance but what has Maughan done since leaving in 05? A third stint is rare enough in management terms (all sports) anyways but not sure what Maughan could do bring Mayo on further?

Bar the odd spot on radio, I've heard nothing about him. Its a different style of game from the one he was over 10 years ago too so you'd want him to be up to date in that regard. He might be alright with underage teams but the step up is huge to the Senior game even from U-21.

Jack McCaffrey nominated for POTY but not YPOTY

No Brian Fenton in the YPOTY category either which is U-23 AFAIK

Kieran Martin got an allstar nomination first one in Wetmeath for a while

Donegals darrach "jigger" oconnor has had a bad year with injuries and the news tonight has made it alot worse. He's damaged his cruciate and will be out for 9 months

Very unfortunate for the young lad as he was being touted as potential captain for the u21s and to have a bigger part to play with the seniors next year

Hope some of ye got on that bet I posted last week. 4 from 4, all very comfortable wins

Mitchels are champions again a lovely football team, serious challenge to Corofin and further afield

Well done boys