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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
What happens at training sessions?
SIR – If I may make a few observations on Mayo football in the light of the Sligo shambles.
What happens at training sessions? If the proposed trip to Portugal had gone ahead what would the training entail? Would team members have lined up in front goal, say 25 to 35 metres out, and tried kicking the ball hard enough to put it over the bar.
I ask this question because seven times during the match in Sligo the ball was kicked gently into the grateful hands of the Sligo goalkeeper from unchallenged scoring positions. This fault is double edged as it gives possession directly back to the opposition and certain points are forfeited.
Is any effort being made to find a free-taker? By that I mean a player who can take a free off the ground; preferably right-footed from anywhere inside 50 metres.
Subject to correction, I think Sligo have not won a Connacht minor title since 1968 and they have never won an U-21 title. How come they can produce a fine team of talented footballers to complement their older players, including a Mayo reject? This is not meant as a reflection on Alan Costello who had a fine game, and I hope he and his teammates go on to win Connacht and even more.
John O’Mahony should make a video of the Louth v Kildare and the Monaghan v Armagh matches compulsive viewing for his players, and a full training night should be used for this purpose.
I regret to say that Mayo football seems to be at its lowest since the Connacht final of 1994.
I will be only too happy to eat my words should Mayo do well in the qualifiers, but unless we get the luck of the draw like Kerry last year, then I think the summer is over for Mayo football.
Yours sincerely
JR,
Dublin
(Name and address with editor)
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