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Total football. Arrogance has a way of biting you on the bum. The nouveau rich are back in the bog where they belong. Auf Wiedersehen to falling Sean fairwell to Carrickmore, we have seen enough of puke football and we won't be back for more.

Fairly cringey post Charles

Tyrone haven't won a big game in Croker in nearly a decade, are we meant to be surprised that they've shit the bed?

Awful whingers altogether.

What Keane did is a cut and dry red card. As harmless as it was he threw a punch and struck Murphy, not that it matters whether Murphy was caught or not as all it needs is an attempt to strike. Keane had no defence whatsoever.

Look up in the dictionary what a strike means. It means inflicting a blow on another person.   Keane did not inflict a blow on Murphy. So it wasn't a red card. Whatever Murphy did or didn't do is irrelevant.  End of story.

He clearly did strike a blow, he just happens to punch like a girl.

Whether he made contact with Murphy is irrelevant, even though he clearly did, as an attempt to strike is a red card in itself. It was a clear cut red card and it was baffling how he got off. The decision to overturn the red card came under a lot of criticism at the time and quite rightly so.

What was Keane doing? Trying to swot a fly near Murphy's face?

What was Murphy doing pushing his fist towards Keanes face?  It was a jumper punch.

Not doing anything that was contrary to the rules reportedly.

Thanks, will give them a listen.

Some amount of GAA podcasts about these days, off the top of my head:

RTE Sport
Irish Examiner
Irish Independent
Punditarena
Sportsjoe
Newstalk
Second Captains (from time to time)

Way off topic here but you Mayo guys are unreal, look at this youtube clip. It has KK's red card in slow motion. It is absolutely crystal clear that KK struck MM with an open handed slap...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlPbGHVA8FU

Definitely clear in this video, however Murphy should also have received a red in this case.

Why?

He has a hold of Keane's jersey, he doesn't throw a punch or strike a player.

Yellow for Murphy, red for Keane would have been the correct call there. If some lad grabs your jersey or gives you a bit of a shove and you react like Keane did and take a swing then you're looking at a red card. Brainless stuff from Keane at the time.

Murphy did more than simply hold his jersey and should have received worse punishment than Keane.

No, he didn't. Murphy did not swing at Keane. He grabbed his jersey and shoved Keane. Keane responded by swinging at Murphy and hit him in the face. Keane was a red card offence, there was no red card offence in what Murphy did.

Murphy shoved Keane in the face with a closed fist, the fact that he was also holding his jersey shouldn't hide the fact that this is also a strike.

Murphy nearly squeezed the last ounce of life out of Keane, if Keane hadn't thrown that dig we would have been dealing with a crime scene.

As a previous poster mentioned Murphy was actually very close to asphyxiating him in that clip, to release himself from death's icy grip Keane had no other option than to throw a punch. I believe he may even have suffered some mild PTSD as a result.

Sport Ireland anti-doping chief Dr Una May's response:

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/dr-una-may-hits-back-at-eamonn-fitzmaurice-claims-451892.html

SI director of participation and ethics May insisted there was no leak from her institution and suggested that such talk diverted focus away from the fact O'Sullivan incurred a positive test.

"It does seem that a lot of attention is being drawn to the leak whereas the issue here is much greater than a leak."

This kind of thing really shouldn't just be swept under the carpet. I've already seen discussion of this topic removed from another GAA forum.

Connolly thought he spotted a potential contaminant on Brannigan's uniform, he was only looking out for him.

Do they have Broadband there?

In Tyrone?

Fuzzman, i said I was stayin off the Tyrone forum cause its full of pukes.

That's just Tyrone in general.

I simply don't like this style of football and I don't like how the sport is turning out because of it.

It pains me to see so many words written with such little thought put into them.

So if it was just Donegal playing this style of football that you're morally opposed to you wouldn't have a problem with it?

As you've admitted yourself it's clearly prevalent with all the top teams, so can you explain why it's only Donegal that are damaging the sport? It must absolutely break you heart to see your own county forced to resort to that "style" to stay competitive.

Instead of getting your knickers in a twist just read my posts properly before compiling your response. You might find the experience a little less "painful"

I read it. If I was to address all the inconsistencies I'd be here till the next time Mayo win the All-Ireland.

I simply don't like this style of football and I don't like how the sport is turning out because of it.

It pains me to see so many words written with such little thought put into them.

So if it was just Donegal playing this style of football that you're morally opposed to you wouldn't have a problem with it?

As you've admitted yourself it's clearly prevalent with all the top teams, so can you explain why it's only Donegal that are damaging the sport? It must absolutely break you heart to see your own county forced to resort to that "style" to stay competitive.

Donegal style of football is absolute dung to watch. Its like a form of rugby league. Team moving up the field with ball in hand trying to break lines, recycling the ball, try to break the next line or force the opposition into giving away a cheap penalty. Yes, its getting them results but its horrid to watch and it forces teams they play against into a defensive system so they don't get caught on the break.

Bit of an ignorant statement this criostlinn. I watched the game on-line and thought Donegal were very attacking. They leave a lot of men up and attack with serious pace. Ok they get back but unlike the McGuinness era they get back rather than stay back. This u21 side is a very well organised unit but I can't see them having enough to stop the Dubs.

Ignorant. Really. I bow to your superior knowledge. I think its pretty obvious from the scoreline Donegal were attacking last night. I never said they weren't but its not true to say they leave a lot of men up

Sorry but I actually watched the game. Did you? Yes they get a lot of men back at times but at others I counted 5 men ahead of the ball. They seem to rotate their gameplan well.

Wow. 5 ahead of the ball. No way. They've really come on since I last saw them. Don't get me wrong. I know some people may enjoy this kinda thing. Sure the Irish rugby team could attract 82000 into croke park. It's just not my cup of tea. Doesn't mean my opinion is ignorant.

Astounding ignorance. You surely must be trying to wind people up?

Donegal style of football is absolute dung to watch. Its like a form of rugby league. Team moving up the field with ball in hand trying to break lines, recycling the ball, try to break the next line or force the opposition into giving away a cheap penalty. Yes, its getting them results but its horrid to watch and it forces teams they play against into a defensive system so they don't get caught on the break.

And here was me thinking 2013 and the two matches last year would have made the 2012 All-Ireland easier to get over!