Philly McMahon

[Mayo Border]

Just heard Philly and Jim Gavin intreviewed on RTE radio this morning. Marty asked him to expand on the incident involving Kieran Donaghy. He stated that the ball was there to be won;  it was a wet day with slippery conditions etc etc and concluded by saying that what happens on the field should stay on the field. Jim didnt add anything either to what we all saw on our screens. I think Philly has stepped over the line on this occasion and he represents a cloud over an otherwise great victory by a great Dublin team

[Dag Dog]

www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=FafVtHWn4X8

[ck]

I heard the interview. Marty let him away with talking utter shite about the incident. RTE only seem happy to lambast if the offender is from Ulster.

It was a disgraceful act and as low as anything seen this year. The Sunday game crew glossed over it "His hand was somewhere it shouldn't have been" and "We shouldn't dwell on it on a night like this"

[nrico2006]

Sure Brian Sheehan punched MDMA aswell and nothing was made of it.  A punch is a punch apparently.

[squire_in_navy_slacks]

Tadhg Kennelly was lauded and considered made of the right stuff when he decided to take out Nicholas Murphy with a terrible pre meditated challenge at the start of an all Ireland ..................... Usual dub bashing here

[brokencrossbar1]

Tadhg Kennelly was lauded and considered made of the right stuff when he decided to take out Nicholas Murphy with a terrible pre meditated challenge at the start of an all Ireland ..................... Usual dub bashing here

I don't think so,  he was rightly criticized by the majority of people.  Gouging is wrong full stop and he should be rightly brought to book over it

[annapr]

Tadhg Kennelly was lauded and considered made of the right stuff when he decided to take out Nicholas Murphy with a terrible pre meditated challenge at the start of an all Ireland ..................... Usual dub bashing here

So you think he done nothing wrong yesterday then?

[westbound]

Tadhg Kennelly was lauded and considered made of the right stuff when he decided to take out Nicholas Murphy with a terrible pre meditated challenge at the start of an all Ireland ..................... Usual dub bashing here

Maybe by Kerry people? Not by most others!

No dub bashing going on here.

Just philly mcmahon bashing. There is a big difference.

[An Watcher]

Eye gouging is a sickening offence

[ashman]

Tadhg Kennelly was lauded and considered made of the right stuff when he decided to take out Nicholas Murphy with a terrible pre meditated challenge at the start of an all Ireland ..................... Usual dub bashing here

Tadhg Kenelly was not lauded at all .  What he did was wrong and irresponsible.

There is no "dub bashing " here.  One player did an awful act that is seen as a ferocious thing even in rugby.

Circling wagons and whattaboutery are pure cowardice

[annapr]

These threads only go one way.
Not one Dublin poster will admit what happened was wrong, instead it will just the usual of pointing out of other incidents that happened with other players from various counties.
The Dubs will call it dub bashing but in reality its not.
Eye gouging is a sc**bag thing to do end if, it be nice if everyone agreed on that rather than thinking its OK because some other player done something a few years ago.
Dublin were without doubt the team of the year but they aren't a team you could be fond of because of the nonsense they go on with.

[yellowcard]

Probably footballer of the year.

[macdanger2]

Regarding the incident with Donaghy, McMahon commented: "Look, it was a slippy day and the ball was on the ground to be challenged and I went down to challenge the ball, and he's a big lad so, trying to get around Kieran Donaghy is hard but... Yeah look, this is the heat of the battle.

"We'd like to say part of our culture is humility and the same with the Kerry lads. You know, what happened on the pitch stays on the pitch and we shook hands and that was the end of it."

When pressed further if there was any intention to get involved with Donaghy 'in any way', McMahon responded: "No, look it, this is Gaelic football and we're grown men. We play a physical sport and at the end of the day the result is what ends it and we shake hands and get on with it."

Some amount of horseshit there

[longballin]

Everyone defends their own players no matter what which is our nature but is wrong, however RTE is bang out of order with different standards of analysis for different teams. if that had been a Tyrone player their panelists would have went mental...

[sid waddell]

Footballer of the Year.