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I presume Keegan will be getting the same ban as Ricey did for his altercation with Connolly.

Are you equating a knee drop to pulling a jersey?

No.

Ricey got banned for interfering with Galvin's privates. I wonder if Keegan will get a similar treatment for doing the same with Connolly?

Are you an ostrich?

To me Clarkes kick outs and brainfreeze under high balls probably make Comerford nailed on for keeper.

What about the shot he caught over the bar and the saves he made from Fenton (x2).

One ended up a goal didn't it. His rushing of kick outs near full time put them three points behind. His decision making on high ball was shocking and coming of line.

It was still a great save, little he can do about one of his own men tapping it into his net.

Clarke has been the best keeper this year, he's made a number of crucial saves at huge moments. I think you can forgive him a couple of poor kick outs.

When did that happen?

In their second half coming together.

Did Connolly not raise his hands too?

What has that got to do with it?

When did that happen?

In their second half coming together.

I presume Keegan will be getting the same ban as Ricey did for his altercation with Connolly.

Are you equating a knee drop to pulling a jersey?

No.

Ricey got banned for interfering with Galvin's privates. I wonder if Keegan will get a similar treatment for doing the same with Connolly?

To me Clarkes kick outs and brainfreeze under high balls probably make Comerford nailed on for keeper.

What about the shot he caught over the bar and the saves he made from Fenton (x2).

How does today's game offer hindsight on this year's campaign?

I feel we left a golden opportunity behind this year but I think it goes to show you that margin are very slim and slight improvements can get us there.

I presume Keegan will be getting the same ban as Ricey did for his altercation with Connolly.

Just watched it again. That was a clear lift off the ground right at the death.  Take a brave ref to give that one though

Thought that at the time and was wondering if he was waiting for things to settle down before awarding that decision.

[The amount of fouls the likes of the O'Sheas, O'Connors, Doherty and McLoughlin get away with is criminal. They just tot them up all game long without the referees doing anything about it.]

O'Connor is most certainly a coward. As mentioned previously, he's a bad f**ker for sneaky hits off the ball. While he was hit a nasty wraparound by McAuley, it a only came after he tried to throw the shoulder in. He's a nasty little bollocks.

He led with his shoulder into lads from the front multiple times today. One thing Mayo get away with consistently is the complete inability or refusal to try and tackle the ball in the opposition's half. The amount of fouls the likes of the O'Sheas, O'Connors, Doherty and McLoughlin get away with is criminal. They just tot them up all game long without the referees doing anything about it.

I don't like O'Connor, good score at the end and showed guts to take it but he was fairly poor overall as he tends to be. He is always up at the referee yapping and trying to exaggerate things to get players sent off. He actually was pulling at the referee's arms and shoulders after Regan's dirty hit on McMahon late on.

Mayo should have won that, dominated the game from start to finish and had some real unfortunate things go against them but you simply must be winning those type of games when they are presented. Felt they may have missed their chance but they have shown once again they have the measure of Dublin if they can only get their heads right then it is there for them. Hard to see Dublin being as bad again the next day though.

Imagine if they were from Tyrone?

Regan's hit wasn't dirty. He went for the ball. It actually ended up a bad enough clash of heads. (It was Bastick). mcLoughlin rarely fouls too and Doherty not too much. O'Shea and O'Connor do though.

I would move Aidan to midfield and maybe drop Seamus. Aidan o'Shea is in danger of being the boy who cried wolf after his fermanagh dive this year. He probably should have got a few more fouls today but I think he is wasted in FF. Occasionally to mix it up maybe but not half the game.

Turning your shoulder into the front of a player who is carrying the ball is not going for the ball, it's a dirty hit.

That wasn't a dirty hit.

Impartial ref... sure macauley should have been off. Yeah so should O'Connor but if he wasn't impartial macauley would have gone!! He wasn't great but he was certainly impartial. For every free dublin could have had aidan o'shea could have had one

Turning your shoulder into a guy is the definition of a dirty hit and is extremely dangerous.

[The amount of fouls the likes of the O'Sheas, O'Connors, Doherty and McLoughlin get away with is criminal. They just tot them up all game long without the referees doing anything about it.]

O'Connor is most certainly a coward. As mentioned previously, he's a bad f**ker for sneaky hits off the ball. While he was hit a nasty wraparound by McAuley, it a only came after he tried to throw the shoulder in. He's a nasty little bollocks.

He led with his shoulder into lads from the front multiple times today. One thing Mayo get away with consistently is the complete inability or refusal to try and tackle the ball in the opposition's half. The amount of fouls the likes of the O'Sheas, O'Connors, Doherty and McLoughlin get away with is criminal. They just tot them up all game long without the referees doing anything about it.

I don't like O'Connor, good score at the end and showed guts to take it but he was fairly poor overall as he tends to be. He is always up at the referee yapping and trying to exaggerate things to get players sent off. He actually was pulling at the referee's arms and shoulders after Regan's dirty hit on McMahon late on.

Mayo should have won that, dominated the game from start to finish and had some real unfortunate things go against them but you simply must be winning those type of games when they are presented. Felt they may have missed their chance but they have shown once again they have the measure of Dublin if they can only get their heads right then it is there for them. Hard to see Dublin being as bad again the next day though.

Imagine if they were from Tyrone?

Regan's hit wasn't dirty. He went for the ball. It actually ended up a bad enough clash of heads. (It was Bastick). mcLoughlin rarely fouls too and Doherty not too much. O'Shea and O'Connor do though.

I would move Aidan to midfield and maybe drop Seamus. Aidan o'Shea is in danger of being the boy who cried wolf after his fermanagh dive this year. He probably should have got a few more fouls today but I think he is wasted in FF. Occasionally to mix it up maybe but not half the game.

Turning your shoulder into the front of a player who is carrying the ball is not going for the ball, it's a dirty hit.

John Small will have put himself in contention today, he was my MOTM.

O'Connor is most certainly a coward. As mentioned previously, he's a bad f**ker for sneaky hits off the ball. While he was hit a nasty wraparound by McAuley, it a only came after he tried to throw the shoulder in. He's a nasty little bollocks.

He led with his shoulder into lads from the front multiple times today. One thing Mayo get away with consistently is the complete inability or refusal to try and tackle the ball in the opposition's half. The amount of fouls the likes of the O'Sheas, O'Connors, Doherty and McLoughlin get away with is criminal. They just tot them up all game long without the referees doing anything about it.

I don't like O'Connor, good score at the end and showed guts to take it but he was fairly poor overall as he tends to be. He is always up at the referee yapping and trying to exaggerate things to get players sent off. He actually was pulling at the referee's arms and shoulders after Regan's dirty hit on McMahon late on.

Mayo should have won that, dominated the game from start to finish and had some real unfortunate things go against them but you simply must be winning those type of games when they are presented. Felt they may have missed their chance but they have shown once again they have the measure of Dublin if they can only get their heads right then it is there for them. Hard to see Dublin being as bad again the next day though.

Dublin certainly won't be as bad but Mayo have room for improvement also. They have improved steadily as the season has gone on. They were extremely average against Fermanagh and Tyrone, improved slightly v Tipp and took it up another level today. They made a lot of the Dublin players look ordinary. It was not a day for forwards though as seen in the minor game also. Kerry minors had scored 25+ times in each of their last 2 games but really struggled to get scores in the conditions today.

That was their best performance of the season.

They played a lot better against us than they did in the semi-final against Tipp. Mayo can improve but you'd expect Dublin have much more room to improve and you really need to be taking those type of opportunities when they come along.

Hard to know about Dublin. Should we read into that performance too much and are they beginning to wane? Flynn and Brogan look done and Dublin seem to be carrying both at the minute. Conditions were a big factor and were a bigger benefit to Mayo, IMO. Dublin have forwards who like to take their men on and change direction but the likes of Connolly and McManamon kept losing their feet today.

O'Connor is most certainly a coward. As mentioned previously, he's a bad f**ker for sneaky hits off the ball. While he was hit a nasty wraparound by McAuley, it a only came after he tried to throw the shoulder in. He's a nasty little bollocks.

He led with his shoulder into lads from the front multiple times today. One thing Mayo get away with consistently is the complete inability or refusal to try and tackle the ball in the opposition's half. The amount of fouls the likes of the O'Sheas, O'Connors, Doherty and McLoughlin get away with is criminal. They just tot them up all game long without the referees doing anything about it.

I don't like O'Connor, good score at the end and showed guts to take it but he was fairly poor overall as he tends to be. He is always up at the referee yapping and trying to exaggerate things to get players sent off. He actually was pulling at the referee's arms and shoulders after Regan's dirty hit on McMahon late on.

Mayo should have won that, dominated the game from start to finish and had some real unfortunate things go against them but you simply must be winning those type of games when they are presented. Felt they may have missed their chance but they have shown once again they have the measure of Dublin if they can only get their heads right then it is there for them. Hard to see Dublin being as bad again the next day though.

Poor quality game but very exciting. Couple of initial thoughts are McAuley got away with an extremely dangerous neck pull down. Knew what he was doing too. Clear pick up off the ground by dub defender after the equaliser.  Black cards should be dispensed with, the inconsistencies are ridiculous at this stage.

On the MacAuley one, Cillian O'Connor was once again leading into a player with his shoulder, it was about the third time he had done this in the game and is an equally dangerous offence.