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Hilarious 2pter for Westneath on the highlights there on tg4. Westmeath point bounced  over the bar through a stream of players,who all missed it for a 2pter.

So it's a two pointer if it drops short and bounces over without touching another player?

Would have thought that only be 1.

Seems like they need to tweak that rule. Under the current reading, sees it should be 2. But maybe they need to say it goes straight over cleanly, no bounce etc

I expected Down to beat monaghan but didn't expect Meath to be so easily turned over and expectex cavan to win at home. A very questionable 2 pointer disallowed in the cavan match  proved to be the decisive moment in this league for Down. Fine margins...

Did think that was a score, but also had a certain wide given as a point so it evens out really

The 2 pointer equaliser Havern scored at the death in Breffni that wasn't awarded could see Cavan promoted and Down relegated.

It was over the post, correctly waved wide without any hesitation by the umpire who had the best view in Breffni for it.

And even so an earlier score given for Down was clearly wide, so swings and roundabouts really

Played last year when just turned 40. More to try keep things going. We've lost a lot of players. Missus thinks I'm mad, but just doing my bit until we have enough coming up under

Dreadnought as in Mullahoran? I thought you were a big enough outfit

They are, the other code

What was the problem with Havern's 2 pointer for down at the end of the down game?

Umpire that needs to go to specsavers.

It was a very tight call either way. If given he'd be blamed the same as you just did from the other side. They can't win, without Hawkeye in all intercounty venues

Very Tight call? Come on now and take off the Cavan glasses.

No point arguing with a Cavan man over "tightness" 

I know it's a joke, but is there only ever this one joke?

What was the problem with Havern's 2 pointer for down at the end of the down game?

Umpire that needs to go to specsavers.

It was a very tight call either way. If given he'd be blamed the same as you just did from the other side. They can't win, without Hawkeye in all intercounty venues

Very Tight call? Come on now and take off the Cavan glasses.

I've said multiple times above that I think it was a score. But it absolutely was tight. So someone is getting annoyed no matter what happens here.

You think it wasn't a tight call?

What was the problem with Havern's 2 pointer for down at the end of the down game?

Umpire that needs to go to specsavers.

It was a very tight call either way. If given he'd be blamed the same as you just did from the other side. They can't win, without Hawkeye in all intercounty venues

I thought it looked like they'd waved a point and there was some controversy. I only saw some highlights on TG4 last night and didn't appear Laverty was overly happy on a few things.

Yeah that was it. Apparently there was a previous one where it looked wide but was waved as a point. So all swings and roundabouts really. Laverty was going mad on a lot of things tbh

Played last year when just turned 40. More to try keep things going. We've lost a lot of players. Missus thinks I'm mad, but just doing my bit until we have enough coming up under

What was the problem with Havern's 2 pointer for down at the end of the down game?

I thought it was over at the time personally. However it was a fair banana shot. It went way would out wide before coming back in. Whether that was beyond the post or inside it, hard to know. I was sure it was a score at the game, but then I saw a replay last night and now I'm not sure again. Maybe the umpire underneath saw the path better, I dunno. All the players underneath waved wide too so could well have tailed behind the post but hit the net in a position that looked like it was well inside

Another narrow defeat for Down.. our boys are struggling to win pkaying well. Relagation beckons...

Down playing very well. Was a savage game, 2 teams out of it gassed last 10 mins after emptying the tank before that. Down had a nailed on 2 pointer waved wide late on

I was perfectly in line with it and felt it was over the post.

I was in line with it too, and myself and most Cavan people around me thought it was a score

Any idea why the 13m free was given to Cavan in front of the posts in the last few minutes having awarded R McEvoy the free in the first instance, very unlucky not to get a result in spite of the decisions against us I felt.

He didn't do the tap and go properly, got brought back to take free, then dissent gave a 13m free to Cavan for throwing the ball down and shouting at the ref

How can you do the tap and go incorrectly? You either keep going or you don't. There were frees for both teams in the second half and I've no idea what any of them were for.

He bounced the ball instead of toe-tapping, so the ref brought it back. Probably one of the few calls the ref actually got right.

Thought the ref was fairly good overall. For both teams. I had a few issues, but thought we got a few too. But he got vast bulk of the calls correct and let the game flow. What did you think he got mostly wrong?

I get the wide call on Haverns 2 point attempt. I thought it was over. Seemingly though lots on pitch thought it tailed in behind the post. And there was a wide given as a point a little earlier. But hard to call these on the ref when umpires are there and best sighted. So harsh to put it on him when I thought he was overall quite good for both

Another narrow defeat for Down.. our boys are struggling to win pkaying well. Relagation beckons...

Down playing very well. Was a savage game, 2 teams out of it gassed last 10 mins after emptying the tank before that. Down had a nailed on 2 pointer waved wide late on

I was perfectly in line with it and felt it was over the post.

I was in line with it too, and myself and most Cavan people around me thought it was a score

Any idea why the 13m free was given to Cavan in front of the posts in the last few minutes having awarded R McEvoy the free in the first instance, very unlucky not to get a result in spite of the decisions against us I felt.

He didn't do the tap and go properly, got brought back to take free, then dissent gave a 13m free to Cavan for throwing the ball down and shouting at the ref

Another narrow defeat for Down.. our boys are struggling to win pkaying well. Relagation beckons...

Down playing very well. Was a savage game, 2 teams out of it gassed last 10 mins after emptying the tank before that. Down had a nailed on 2 pointer waved wide late on

I was perfectly in line with it and felt it was over the post.

I was in line with it too, and myself and most Cavan people around me thought it was a score

Another narrow defeat for Down.. our boys are struggling to win pkaying well. Relagation beckons...

Down playing very well. Was a savage game, 2 teams out of it gassed last 10 mins after emptying the tank before that. Down had a nailed on 2 pointer waved wide late on

Dropping attendances are due to the  fact that gaelic football has become perhaps the worst sport in the world to watch. It may be too late to reverse the trend despite these new rules.

Don't think it's fully that. A problem, sure. But also when you had 3 or so games per month during round robin etc, I know families that picked and chose what games to go to. A day out for the game and all that goes with it is expensive. back in the day with 2 or even 3 weeks between games, it was doable, but 4 games maybe in 5 weeks just isn't. Condensed season was done with good intentions, but likes of this is an effect