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A time to reflect and prepare for new challenges
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
AS the curtain comes down on the 2006 GAA season both on and off the field and the preparations for the New Year are ready to start in earnest, it is timely to take one last look back at an eventful year.
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Unwelcome rule changes attract ire of managers
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
WHEN thirty inter-county Managers, from every corner of the country, travel to Mullingar the Sunday before Christmas to voice their opinions about the proposed new Hurling and Football match regulations for 2007, there is little need to articulate that feelings are running very high.
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Players’ response is positive news for Mayo
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
THE ‘closed’ season for inter-county activity, if you could call it that, provides the country’s top performers with a little bit of breathing space to contemplate whether they will commit to the cause for the following season.
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Time to prepare for the tough league tests ahead
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
IT’S back to the future as Mayo Senior Footballers face Kerry in round one of the ‘Allianz’ League in McHale Park in the first weekend of February. That is followed by Donegal in the next round which will be another titanic struggle.
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Excited to answer the home county’s call
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
AFTER two years away from the sideline, it’s back to the coalface of inter-county management.
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Interesting power struggle between GPA and GAA
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
THE clear message emerging from the Opel team of the Year Awards at Citywest Hotel last Friday night was that the Gaelic Players Association is here to stay despite not being recognised by its governing body.
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Defeat can be the making or breaking of a team
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
IN last week’s column I tried to give you some idea about what it is like to be in the front line of management. The perception is much different to the reality.
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Mayo football is back where it started last year
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
THIS has always been the time of year during which the GAA managerial merry-go-round is most active. However this year more so than ever, a greater number of high profile names seem to have come and gone.
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Management uncertainty is not helping Mayo’s cause
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
MAYO are back in the managerial headlines once again. We have been well used of controversy in the past but this time it has come somewhat unexpectedly to the general public at least.
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Inter-provincial series has role in fixtures calendar
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
IN spite of challenges to its existence, the inter-provincial series (or Railway Cup, as it was formerly known) refuses to die.
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Clubs and players hope for a ‘break’ at Congress
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
THE inter-county scene may be done and dusted for 2006 but the season is only beginning to hot up for the clubs around the country as their championships reach a climax.
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Kerry out-fought by Ros’ in Siege of Ennis
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
ROSCOMMON minor footballers struck a massive blow for Connacht football last Saturday in Ennis when they produced one of the great performances of the year at any level to beat Kerry in the replayed All-Ireland final.
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Another adventure ends in disappointment
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
EARLY in Mayo’s season, John Morrison suggested that Mayo would play like Brazil - launch an all out attack while conceding a lot but scoring more.
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Lessons learned as ‘low key’ approach is best
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
AS the dust settles on that wonderful performance against Dublin last week and the game is replayed time and time again in the mind and on the video recorder, thoughts have now firmly turned to Kerry and the All-Ireland final on September 17.
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Dublin are not impossible, but perhaps a bridge too far
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
THE fences got higher and the Dubs lie in wait but there are only three teams left and Mayo are one of them. For Mickey Moran and his team, the challenges ahead are greater but so are the opportunities.
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