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Had a laugh at Spillane. After every game he makes out the panel have been highlighting the issues all year. BS Pat, the panel see nothing coming and everyone sees it after the event.

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Feck me Charlie's got it in for COC. Kept rabbiting on about the stitches ROC has, and not attending work, and blah blah blah but forgets to mention that is was standard joustle that ended up with an accidental clash that left a man badly split.

Also didn't see this punch he threw during the Connolly incident.

No mention of the Philly McMahon headbutt either, but then in Charlie's world your allowed to stay on the field after doing that.

Picked out mcstay for a lashing to while left the worst of the Sunday games offenders untouched. He even complimented whelan. Too little too late Darling Charlie

[and beats whatever drum he sees fit]

You can't get Brolly to comment without bias on anyone. He either loves you or hates you and beats whatever drum he sees fit rather than analysing objectively. The rest aren't so bad.

Brolly only beats his own

Missed last year's semi final replay. Mayo lost. Missing this year's semi finalreplay

Did you pick up an injury?

http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/sport/voices-on-the-sunday-game-are-not-the-letter-of-the-gaa-law-693561.html


Bit of balance here and no bias.

I agree with most of that.

The question isn't 'why were TSG not as hard on Dublin and mayo as they were on Tyrone'.
I thought they were appropriatly hard on them.

The question should be 'why were they so out of control when it came to Tyrone'.

Other than Brolly I thought the coverage at the weekend was good.
I think Brolly let the mask slip when he said 'if this was Tyrone and Monaghan we'd be calling it shite'.
Why those two Counties? Would he be calling it shite if it was Dublin and Fermanagh or Kerry and Kildare?
There was no reason for him to mention those two Counties in particular unless he felt guilty, felt he
needed to explain himself or for some other reason. Maybe the names came up in the RTE studio earlier that
day and were fresh in his mind.

So 10 is not out of the ordinary?

It probably is but it can happen. I'd have to see it again. When I first saw it I didn't notice a foul.

It is a problem. Most sports journalists have had the proper training but can't get jobs as the market fills up with ex players who often are just not capable of writing. They do offer different things.
An ex player can give a good insight to many aspects of the game but unless they can balance that with how the reader or listener receives it it becomes lost. Now you have a case as with the Sunday Game that the pundits don't report on games but offer how they want the game and often what's wrong with it rather than just take the game on it's merits. They find it difficult to change with the game.
It's assumed ex players know what they're talking about and it give them the power to do less work and research. A real Journalist would not get away without putting in the work.It's got to the stage now were qualified sports journalists need to lower their standards to compete.

Quick question: how man steps can a player take before playing the ball? 

I think I counted 10 before Kilkenny punched his point in the first half yesterday.

4 or the time needed to take 4 steps. If a player is being impeded a ref might allow a little longer or if they are not in full control of the ball while travelling.

CCCC not taking any further action. Connolly only player to be suspended

Good sense prevails. They mustn't had Journalists phoning them demanding action this time.
Either that or they did and grew a set of balls in the meantime.

Interesting comments by Pat McEnaney.

http://www.balls.ie/gaa/interview-pat-mcenaney-disputes-that-philly-mcmahon-head-butted-aidan-oshea/306990

Saying pundits confuse the issue then following it up by making out some refs would have sent Cooper off while he would have issued a yellow because he knows Cooper isn't helpful.

Eddie Kinsella in the middle on Sat

[Lucky it didn't happen in the street or he'd be looking at porridge.]

Trampish act. Lucky it didn't happen in the street or he'd be looking at porridge.  Has he any previous for this type of behaviour? Fair play to Keegan fir getting on with it. Honourable unlike that other durty dub McMahon giving it and then feigning it himself. If the GAA let him off it'll  prove the pro jackeen agenda within the powers that be.

Is this what our once great game has resorted to? Won't someone think of the kids?

Seriously? Give the man a break.

So you're calling O'Shea a liar.

Grow up

Have a look at this - Connolly was the man who started with Keegan.
And O'Connor certainly does not strike Connolly.

https://t.co/IYZoJ7S73b

Looks like the ref got it spot on.

Ya looked at it in slowmo. O'Shea pulled him in. And then Philly went in with the head for the nose.

I don't think so. If he wanted to headbutt him he would have and we know for sure. You know when someone is headbutted on the nose.