All-Ireland Championship Final
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And so, to Sunday and the senior football championship final in the All-Ireland. Kerry against Mayo, Croke Park, half past three. Kerry looking to reach 40 All-Ireland titles. Mayo looking for their first title in 75 years, having lost 11 since 1989. And David Brady is a man who featured for Mayo in All-Ireland finals yesterday. The expectations amongst the general public are not high for you. You're not been given much of a chance. Do you think you have one?
How likely is Mayo to break their 75-year All-Ireland drought?
Probably our greatest chance ever, Matt, because we're in it. And you're right. Expectation is rock bottom. And with that, the pressure is not on me at all. And it's a very dangerous situation to be going into where the pressure is all on the defending champions, not the team that has remained without an All-Ireland in 75 years. And the closer I'm getting to it, Matt, I kind of feel that it's an ideal situation
David, isn't this what you do to yourselves every time in Mayo?
Well, you know what? It's beautiful to be getting to this stage. Oh, it is.
There are so many other counties that would love to be there. And we can't be sneering at counties that never get to finals. But this thing is every time Mayo gets to a final, we start talking about this is your year. Maybe you have the chance. Maybe this is where you can do an ambush. But my God, this one looks like the near impossible dream.
It does, and dreams come true. And it's like the reality of it. People were saying France were home and hosed from a World Cup perspective and they weren't in there. And I was talking to an Armagh man last night that says, this for me is 2002 all over again, where Armagh hadn't, it was Curry's to lose. But it's all in the day, Matt. And again, this Mio team and Andy Moore and the management deserve great praise, has turned around in the space of around 90 days from a very hard start and so are the feats against Roscommon, but they're on a trajectory. And that for me gives me, I'm going, what I've seen against the Corks of this world and then Loud, they're getting better. And I think from a physical perspective,
Their pace and power and their fitness is now, and this is all about timing, I think it's coming at an ideal time to say, guys, go out and just let loose. You have no pressure, there's no expectations, but we know there's quality in this Mayo team.
Ray Silk, as a former All-Ireland winning captain from Galway, you mightn't be disposed to be saying nice things about Mayo, but can I put it to you, to tee it up for you, that beating Cork and beating Lowtham Croke Park does not prepare you to beat Kerry in a final.
Well, the line of form would indicate Kerry have beaten the better teams. They've beaten Armagh and they scored 4-18, Matt, which is pretty serious shooting. Tyrone and Dublin, and they scored goals in both of those as well, versus Louth. And Mayo deserve a lot of credit for that. Ryan Dunne, who was absolutely superb, he scored 1-11. Corby got four points. Dara Byrne got 1-2. So, you know, they put Louth to the sword very quickly, but Louth, unfortunately from the loud point of view seemed to put up the flag quite quickly and it became a non-match really in the second half. Against Cork, you know, Cork would feel that they'd maybe left it behind them from a shooting efficiency point of view but David's right from the point of view that Andy Moan is in his first year in charge, he's got them to an All-Ireland final
And, you know, every underdog has a chance. It's just, it's hard to see where they can get that win from unless there's a bit of a systems failure from a Kerry point of view. But what I'd be concerned about a little bit is Kerry's bench seems to be heavy loaded compared to Mayo. It was like Brian O'Brien, Tom Sullivan, Paul Geeney, who's a serious talented player, Mark Kennedy. You know, if things were to go wrong for Kerry, Jack O'Connor can turn around and fix them, whereas if things had to go a little bit west or pear-shaped for Mayo, I don't know if Andy got that strength and depth.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:48
2
How likely is Mayo to break their 75-year All-Ireland drought?
0:48–10:55
3
What strengths have Andy Moran and Mayo shown in their run to the final?
10:55–14:30
4
Why do pundits believe Kerry are favorites to win a 40th title?
14:30–24:57
Speakers
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