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#4156
GAA Discussion / Re: AISF Aug 23rd Tyrone v Cork
August 26, 2009, 01:52:07 PM
Quote from: orangeman on August 26, 2009, 01:35:47 PM
Joe Mc Mahon in today's IN reckons there won't be ANY retirements in the Tyrone team.
can anyone post the article?
#4157
Quote from: Hardy on August 26, 2009, 08:16:09 AM
Quote from: JMohan on August 26, 2009, 07:57:17 AM
I have great time for Kerry and Kerry people - but if Meath winning Sunday would shut KM up ... I'd take that any day

He really should be on the Hogan Stand

What are you talking about?
i think your confusing kerry mike with mike sheehy ;)
#4158
GAA Discussion / Re: Alan O'Connor sending off.
August 26, 2009, 08:45:21 AM
Quote from: DUBSFORSAM1 on August 26, 2009, 03:08:52 AM
Quote from: blewuporstuffed on August 25, 2009, 07:20:50 PM
Quote from: muppet on August 25, 2009, 05:59:54 PM
People here seem to have decided that Miskella definitely punched McGuigan.

I think there is at least reasonable doubt looking at the only video angle available (if there is another please post a link).

My money is on Miskella playing the final.
really!!! ???



i doubt very much that any video from any angle would cast any doubt that miskilla struck mcguigan

Well if McGuigan hadn't hit him with a cheap shot first it wouldn't have happened...

oh rite , well thats ok then  ::)
#4159
Quote from: Doogie Browser on August 25, 2009, 04:15:10 PM
wHEN YOU ARE BUSY TYPING AN EMAIL, AND REALISE THAT CAPS LOCK IS NOT TURNED OFF UNTIL YOU ARE ALMOST FINI...f**k!
drives me mad aswell!
#4160
GAA Discussion / Re: Alan O'Connor sending off.
August 25, 2009, 07:20:50 PM
Quote from: muppet on August 25, 2009, 05:59:54 PM
People here seem to have decided that Miskella definitely punched McGuigan.

I think there is at least reasonable doubt looking at the only video angle available (if there is another please post a link).

My money is on Miskella playing the final.
really!!! ???
i doubt very much that any video from any angle would cast any doubt that miskilla struck mcguigan
#4161
GAA Discussion / Re: Alan O'Connor sending off.
August 25, 2009, 01:30:55 PM
i wont wish missing out on an allireland final on anyone either, but how do they decide when to use video evidence and when not to? they surely cant say, aw we'll let him off this time as its the allireland final coming up :-[
#4162
GAA Discussion / Re: Alan O'Connor sending off.
August 25, 2009, 11:40:15 AM
Quote from: orangeman on August 25, 2009, 11:37:30 AM
Quote from: RMDrive on August 25, 2009, 11:22:25 AM
http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=116858

Bannon defended
25 August 2009


National Referee's Committee chairman Michael Curley has defended John Bannon's decision to send off Cork's Alan O'Connor in last Sunday's All-Ireland semi-final against Tyrone.

The Longford official has come under fire for dismissing the big midfielder on a second yellow card in the 29th minute of Cork's 1-13 to 0-11 victory at Croke Park.



"The decision was made by John based purely on where he was standing at the time," Curley said in the Irish Examiner.

"From where he saw it, it looked like there had been an offence and that combined with the manner in which the Tyrone player (Owen Mulligan) fell to the ground.

"It was a reasonable call for John to make at the time, in real time. I have had experience of that situation myself. If you are standing at one angle you see it one way and you see it differently from another."

Meanwhile, John Miskella could find out as early as today whether he faces any further disciplinary action for an incident involving Brian McGuigan's in the 54th minute of Sunday's game.

The Ballincollig wing back escaped with only a yellow card after TV cameras clearly captured the defender striking McGuigan off-the-ball, and he faces the prospect of missing the All-Ireland final if the CCCC decides to issue him with a retrospective four-week ban.


Does anyone else feel annoyed that the Ref's chairman seems to be trying to bring Mulligan into the his explanation for a poor performance by Bannon? Whether Mulligan made the most of it or not is irrelvant IMO. It's the ref's job to make these calls and it's pathetic to try to shift blame onto a player.


Mick Curley was on the Jimmy Magee show, RTE radio 1 at half six on Sunday evening and he refused to comment on the incident with o'Connor as he said that it was policy not to make any comment as players might be invloved in appeals etc. Fair enough answer. But now that he has had time to think about it, he now feels that it's ok to comment and to apportion the blame to Mulligan. Mick Curley should not feel that his job is to defend referees at all costs and in this case, defend the indefensible.


BTW, as a result of Bannon's very poor performance and the attention given to the poor performance by the media etc, John Miskella can unfortunately expect 4 weeks which is regretable as he will miss one of the biggest games of his life.

no harm, but miskella has no-one to blame but himself if he misses the final.
he struck, simple as that and if bannon had have did his job right he would have sent him off at the time and he would miss the game anyway
#4163
the problem is when things arnt happening for the likes of gerard & torres (like last night) the players they have to bring on to change the game, like babel & vorinin just arent good enough.
i feel they need to clear out babel, vorinin & lucas and bring in a first choice winger and decent backup midfielder & striker.
at least then they would have someone like benny on the bench who is capable of changing things when introduced.
the plus points so far this season have beem johnson & insua, both have looked good and johnson seems to have settled straight away.
i would like to see a first choice team of,
reina
johnson,skertl,agger,insua
kuyt,aqualani,mascharano,silva/sjneider
gerard,torres

leaving a bench of
carragher,benayoun,van der vaart,aurellio, tuncay/gudjohson/negredo(what ever striker they bring in)
#4164
Quote from: Mike Sheehy on August 23, 2009, 09:57:46 PM
QuoteYeah probably be wanting the rules changed and crying like a beeeatch about being bullied off the pitch, maybe coining some slanderous catch-phrases about the other teams style of play?

Oh no, wait that's another county right?

No doubt he'll be making excuses about Cavanagh not playing..... and someone mentioned he was complaining about the ref after the game.

..or maybe he'll just blame the International rules  ;D ;D ;D
EVERYONE was complaining about the ref after the game
#4165
GAA Discussion / Re: AISF Aug 23rd Tyrone v Cork
August 24, 2009, 10:17:38 PM
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on August 24, 2009, 10:09:02 PM
Quote from: Brendans abu on August 24, 2009, 10:03:09 PM
Quote from: mckieran on August 24, 2009, 07:21:43 PM
QuoteTyrone got 3 scores from free's that weren't as it is.

There was one when Dooher went to ground. But I cant remember any other instance.

I was shocked at how many times the ref let players got away dragging their opponents around the neck (Is this tackling?!). We really needed to bring in the experimental rules from the league.
Mulligan's dive after 20 minutes

The fee that led to Jordan's point, should have been a free out to Cork

I also felt the point that Davy Harte got at the death, after the initial free was blocked, was a harsh call.

As for Tyrone free taking, would SON not have been a better option than Mulligan, even for right footed kicks? And on the subject of '50s', is my mind playing tricks with me, or didn't one of the McMahons knock over a couple of '50s' last year?

joe kicked one against armagh this year, but the only player on the tyrone squad capable of consistantly landing them is  sean o'neill
#4166
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling
August 24, 2009, 03:52:38 PM
Quote from: botman on August 24, 2009, 03:24:28 PM
Quote from: DCR on August 23, 2009, 09:34:21 PM
Has Mickey's loyalty to the "auld hands" cost us against Cork? - thought that Gormley, Jordan, Harte and the entire half forward line were absolutely brutal - time for fairly major surgery I fear.

Think you are being very unfair here. These guys Dooher, Jordan, Harte etc have put in some major performances for Tyrone and are the reason we have achieved so much. To turn around and say they cost us would be very short sighted. Yes they didn't have their best game in a Tyrone shirt but at the same time it doesn't make them bad players. We need to remember where this same group of guys have taken us from.

Don't be tempted to throw the baby out with the bath water. On reflection we were beaten by Cork the team likely to win the AI so perhaps some tinkering but major surgery is completely OTT.
exactly,prtob time to bring in a bit of freshness to the squad, but not major surgery.On saturday evening most of these fellas you are talking about were among the top footballers in ireland, that doesnt just change after one game.there may be retirements yes, but not wholesale changes
#4167
General discussion / Re: Road deaths
August 24, 2009, 03:39:12 PM
have to agree, some of the driving on the roads is shocking.
even some of the tings tyou see people do on the way down to a game amazes me, with rash over taking and the like.Its not just boy racers either, we are talking about middle aged men/women with their families in the car out fo a day out at croke park.
if you cant take the time out to give up a whole day to go to a game with out rushing to/from the game endangering you and everyone else, then stay at home.
the atitude towards drink driving by alot of people pisses me off aswell, how some people can still see it as aceptable behaviour is beyond me
#4168
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling
August 24, 2009, 02:12:04 PM
Quote from: ceol agus peil on August 24, 2009, 01:58:43 PM
Ronan Mc Nabb last year's minor captain should also be considered to make the step up to senior inter-county level next season
would agree with that, forgot about mcnabb
#4169
Tyrone / Re: Tyrone Club Football and Hurling
August 24, 2009, 01:27:18 PM
Disappointing testerday, but we'll just have to rebuild again, with surely a few retirements thsi year.
dooher will probably call it a day and maybe even jordan (who was rumoured to have wanted to retire a year ago before mickey got him back)and then maybe fellas like Holmes, mc cullagh and maybe an odd squad player who isnt getting much football.talk of gormley being done is a touch premature.
sean oneill and aidan cassidy in the squad at the minute look like they can step up, but not many others.
not much else outthere in the county calling out for inclusion apart from amybe some of the successfull minors, coney, mckenna,teague, harte matty donnelly, although its prob too early yet for all of them.
#4170
GAA Discussion / Re: Alan O'Connor sending off.
August 24, 2009, 12:48:47 PM
i'm not trying  to defend bannon as i thought he was dreafull, but on first look, i thought o connors first tackle on mcginley was dreadful and a def booking.On seeing the replay, he did slip a bit an made it worse than it was, but tyrone were still on the attack with me over and mcginley was cynically brought down.
yellow card was maybe a touch harsh, but not bannons worst call of the day!!
As for the mulligan one, he initially jumped up to block the ball, but when it when past him i feel he purposely left the trailing leg out to body check mulligan.those saying mulligan dived is absolute rubish.he was off balance and was defiantly caught by him.Again the booking may have been a touch harsh as it wasn't particularly dangerous or anything, but when you are already on a yellow card, you just cant make challenges like that or be anyway clumsy in the tackle or you are leaving yourself open for  a second yello.
overall i felt the two challenegs wher clumsy more than anything and probly merited a yellow card & a tick with stern warning rather than a red