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Their relentless commitment to being complete tramps is somewhat...well, not admirable, but something.

Watched that in real time and couldn't believe there wasn't a word  about it. One very clear strike and one fairly clear. Either could or perhaps should have been red.

Are we just ignoring the initial attempt at a tackle by EC No7 from the outset?

Silly me, I forgot the rule that if your teammate is being fouled you're allowed to start boxing lads in the head.

Wasn't a red!

He lost the rag and just started throwing boxes at a man who hadn't even fouled him. There wasn't even a hint of it being six of one and half a dozen of the other.

Was at the match and thought the ref was very harsh on kilcoo, don't know what it was like on TV. Errigal should've had at least one black card, one in the first couple of minutes was as blatant as it gets.

The red card happened just in front of me and think it was Barry Cassidy gave it rather than the ref, though it should have been a free in instead of a hop ball, the defender lay on the ball on the ground and he ended up hopping it which was strange.

Kilcoo will be kicking themselves, they held the Canavans well, were probably the better team but missed a couple of crucial ones at the end

You missed Ryan Johnston going for the light heavyweight title in the second half.

[Nearly felt for E Brannigan at the end]

I thought Oguz was anonymous in the second half other than the monster fetch towards the end. On the other side, I thought Harte was very quiet in the first half.

Have to agree with this. Didn't notice Harte first half at all.
Nearly felt for E Brannigan at the end

Ah I'd not go that far, now.

I'm not sure I've got this suggestion right, gallsman, but if a junior club has players good enough to make a divisional team then they lose them for the championship?

No, I'm suggesting that, in an attempt to address the clear problem of Kerry intermediate and junior teams in Munster not really being intermediate or junior teams as would be understood in most other counties, and in the absence of any significant change to the existing structure of the Kerry championships, they lose them for the provincial/AI series.

I thought Oguz was anonymous in the second half other than the monster fetch towards the end. On the other side, I thought Harte was very quiet in the first half.

Like Canavan want even fouling him there. Just decided to start boxing him.

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Their relentless commitment to being complete tramps is somewhat...well, not admirable, but something.

Aye that'll work. "Here Paudie, David, youse can't play senior championship this year because we've booted out the divisions. It's ok though, we've created a new competition just for the divisions. It's really prestigious, promise".

Just a silly action by Daryl Brannigan. For me looking at replay, ref had no choice. It was the losing of the game. 
   

He'd been on the edge the whole game. I thought the big inspirational hit he put in on McDonnell after EC win the second half throw in was a foul and then, having not been penalised, he stupidly gave away a free.

[Eugene Brannigan had some game.]

Kilcoo pretty much took EC's big 3 players out of the game. Some effort by the rest of them to get over the line.

Not even the staunchest Magpie could argue the red card either.

Eugene Brannigan had some game.

He was great but he'd probably want that chance towards the end back again. Should have been sticking it over the bar first day given the situation.

Jerome Johnston should have put it over instead of giving it back to him and getting him bottled up. I'm no fan of Eugene but he busted his balls off all day and in that particular party he started it off on the far right hand side beyond the 45. Gave it to Johnston on a silver plate and won't have thanked him for it coming back to him. By the time it was recycled to him again for the missed shot he must have been banjaxed.

Lacey evidently doesn't trust the bench enough. Jerome Johnston should have been hooked much earlier, Shealan lost the plot a bit in the second half.

Kilcoo will be kicking themselves after that. More football, more running in them today. Good enough for a horrible shower. If Brannigan could have resisted the in-built genetic urge to be a **** for just a little bit longer they'd have won.

Another week another bullshit red to save EC.

Aye, leading with an elbow to the head is mighty craic most weeks.

Mistimed shoulder ffs. Barely touched him

You've been trying to play down a lot of dirty deeds the last day or so.

Great score to win it after the messing with the previous effort. EC playing their get out of jail free card - quite poor Zoe most of it.

Unlucky on Eugene Brannigan there, who has been superb.