Having seen the replay I think he was lucky to have escaped a red, that said the referee does seem to have been very close to it and with a good view and none of the other players seem to be demanding a red card like you would often see
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Show posts MenuQuote from: Look-Up! on April 13, 2024, 10:32:41 AMWhat utter nonsense. As if the judiciary give a crap about the tax payer when they're billing their time! And they're well fit to throw the book at people if they've gotten out of the wrong side of the bed for trivial crap.
This sc**bag raped a baby, filmed it, put it up on a sharing platform and would not co-operate with authorities in naming his buddies. The book should be thrown at him. If some p***k in government then wants to take issue with that and over rule the judge, I doubt they'd be too popular or get very far.
There are not too many crimes as stomach churning or vile as this one. Letting him walk in 4 years is a complete insult and more retraumatizing to the victims than anything that could have been said in court. And if we've lowered ourselves to the point of affording credit to the most depraved of paedos so as not to upset them, then the lunatics are truly running the asylum.
Quote from: Look-Up! on April 13, 2024, 07:51:30 AM"Marshall was facing a maximum life sentence for the defilement charge, a maximum sentence of five years for the possession charge, and up to 14 years on each of the other three charges including, producing child pornography, distributing child pornography and using communication technology to facilitate the sexual exploitation of a child. "
"Marshall uploaded and shared 15 videos and two images on kik of sex acts involving children, including the infant boy, as well as images and videos of a number of underage girls that were shared with him by a third party whom Marshall did not identify."
The law needs to be tougher on crime in general but I see nothing here to give that judge a pass. If he saw fit to give that utter scum "credit" and thinks it's ok for him to prey on others in 4 years time, which he most certainly will do, then he is not fit to be a judge.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on April 10, 2024, 04:46:42 PM1. The quality of the rule book.
Yes definitely needs looked at and simplified
2. Knowledge of the rules for all involved.
The biggest bugbear of mine, classic example of a senior player asking me the rules at the game at the weekend. If the players are struggling with the rules what chance have ya?
3. Respect towards officials.
I get, give respect get respect but I've yet to see a referee running around the pitch complaining about a tackle not given as a foul the whole match, reverse that and you can understand why no one is putting their hand up to ref
4. Quality of refereeing.
fix the first few issues and the quality might get a lot better, as it will have a knock on affect
5. Assistance for referees in so form be it technology, number of officials or the development of an elite unit properly remunerated.
Better Tech will only be available at 1% percent of the associations games, i.e Intercounty level, not grassroots, more officials? can't get them unless the first few are fixed, so I doubt it, and more officials on the pitch means different opinions on the rules lol! As for the development of elite refs, they do have an extensive training program to be fair to them, and its never about the money, anyone taking up the whistle needs their head looked at if they are doing it for a few quid!
Quote from: Applesisapples on April 04, 2024, 10:16:12 AMQuote from: David McKeown on April 01, 2024, 11:09:29 AMNot saying you are one of them, but Armagh fans have unrealistic expectations for this crop of players. The team is in a better place than it was but there's still a way to go to get to Derry's level. Is McGeeney the man, I'm not sure but I don't think there is a queue for the job. Rian O'Neill I understand has had issues outside of the game and is being eased back in. Talking of unrealistic expectations though the fans have placed too much on his shoulders and indeed Oisin's before him. Maybe just let them play football they both are class acts on their day. It was strange I'd say that the best club team in the county didn't have one starter.Quote from: statto on April 01, 2024, 10:29:29 AMQuote from: David McKeown on March 31, 2024, 03:48:00 PMDonegal deserved to win but Armagh were awful. Falling back in to all the old habits I thought they had moved away from this year (Louth match excepted).having saw down Fermanagh and antrim they should be making it with bit to spare.
The manner of the defeat against a Donegal who will get much better is hard to take. I'd no longer be confident of an Ulster final let alone hoping for something more.
In fairness I was maybe a little raw after the match but I am not as confident as I was before yesterday
Quote from: tonto1888 on April 02, 2024, 04:57:58 PMQuote from: thewobbler on April 02, 2024, 12:53:57 AMI don't think it's mockery to be honest.
It's more frustration.
A sizeable group of GAA followers - perhaps even the majority - have limited interest in rules being applied correctly, fairly or consistently. Instead they have an inner expectation that every coin toss should land in their favour.
Social media then provides an echo chamber for this approach, which allows them to feel vindicated, indeed unbiased, to have these thoughts.
It's not a GAA unique issue by the way. Soccer is drowning in "attack referee first, analyse performance second" followers. The NFL is falling down with it. Even in rugby where the players and management are almost entirely courteous to referees, suffers from it.
People are people.
Makes refereeing very difficult all the same.
I will be the first one i admit I don't know all the rules these days. However, I know what I see and that things being done inconsistently within games. A ref will blow player up for over carrying but not player B. Or charging or whatever. I've no issue with them doing that against an Armagh man but only if they apply it the same against the other team. And it's not just Armagh games I'm referring to. I've seen it in other games also. I get it can come down to the refs interpretation of a charge for example, but surely his interpretation can't change in the same game?
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on April 01, 2024, 06:48:35 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on April 01, 2024, 06:40:46 PMWho the alleged victims are... mods wouldn't appreciate it being posted.
I think they have instructed lawyers to go through social media and take people to task over putting 'names' out there.
Those WhatsApp messages, those that sourced and forwarded on would need to be careful I'd imagine
Quote from: general_lee on April 01, 2024, 04:13:58 PMI'm no legal expert but surely the fact the Mrs has also been charged with aiding and abetting suggests there's a strong chance of a successful conviction?
Quote from: AustinPowers on April 01, 2024, 01:07:31 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on April 01, 2024, 12:37:24 PMHe could end up in jail here. I think there is a strong chance he will.
The fact he was charged suggests to me that he will.
Quote from: statto on April 01, 2024, 10:29:29 AMQuote from: David McKeown on March 31, 2024, 03:48:00 PMDonegal deserved to win but Armagh were awful. Falling back in to all the old habits I thought they had moved away from this year (Louth match excepted).having saw down Fermanagh and antrim they should be making it with bit to spare.
The manner of the defeat against a Donegal who will get much better is hard to take. I'd no longer be confident of an Ulster final let alone hoping for something more.
Quote from: Armagh18 on March 31, 2024, 06:49:53 AMI think we're capable if we played to our best of beating Derry and given Kerry are in around the same level them as well. Laugh away but we drew with Derry after 90 minutes of football last year. Would imagine the Dubs would need to have a fair off day for us (or anyone else tbh) to beat them.
Equally we could very easily lose to the likes of Tyrone or Donegal.