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Where was CillianO'Connor when they needed him at the end. Mayo's lack of a top class forward told today. At the end when they needed the equaliser had no one good enough to step up and take a score. 3 of the younger players took pot shots from out on the sidekick e they weren't even close.

Of the Mayo backs & midfield started today 5 were 30 or more. If Boyle had started it would have been 6.

Galway had the classier forwards and red card was crucial. I wonder will COC get rightly hammered for his dive on Sunday game tonight???

You are a class act, if those comments are all you can come up with after an enthralling contest like that.

You spend your time slating Dublin players. Pot and kettle

He will have plenty of time to go to McGowan's now.

He might even manage to get you a bird there as well.

How is there nothing on this already? The man is facing a 12 week ban for pushing a ref and theres not a word about it.

The two lads on the Sunday Game with to town on him last nite, was very surprised Jimbo Gavin hadn't managed to get Ciaran Whelan and some other lackie on to tell us that the bould Connolly was just moving a fly that was resting on the linesman top. Dessie did his level best to suggest that there was nothing in it but he needs to go back to Jim's PR classes because Spillane in particular made bits of his flimsy defence.

So how will the Dubs get out of this one? Maybe draft in Brolly?

https://www.sportsjoe.ie/gaa/watch-diarmuid-connollys-infamous-temper-gets-better-125750

http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/watch-diarmuid-connolly-could-face-lengthy-ban-for-incident-with-linesman-35785327.html

You still won't beat us even without him. That's all you need to remember. Best of luck Sunday you;ll need it.

The best forward in the game currently is Paul Geaney.

Were you as smiley when P Geaneys 0-8 went a long way to defeating Dublin in the recent league final? 

the league...............

The best forward in the game currently is Paul Geaney.

My question is how has Connolly performed away from a home venue of Croke Park in the Championship? How does he play in away League semi finals and League finals. Does he find the travelling difficult and staying in Hotels during the Championship. How does he manage to get time off work to get to training? How does he always manage to overturn red cards? How many more times will he say that, that will be the last rush of blood? How many more times does he expect to get a free run in a game? How many times do the Dublin media expect him to get a free run in a game? How many solicitors does he have? How many shrinks does he have? How many times will he be the victim? How many times will he not live up to the hype? How many more people will come on here and say he is the best of his generation? How much longer can I listen to this?

Shall I send a collection of his best moments.

Most of them against Tyrone by the way

He's the best forward in the game currently.

Bow down and show your respect

Was at the Galway game. A fine performance.
For me a few things are clear from today. Connacht football is on the rise and Sligo could well be the 2nd best u21 team in the country. Ulster football is not what it was and is on the slide.
Well done Galway

Or maybe Donegal were just bola#ed from too much football. A lot of their players played senior too.

donegal were definitely tired. dublin defence won't be as generous as kerry

They might be. Anything can happen at underage.

21 is not underage. This is senior football.

It isn't.

-It's not rugby league
-It's more free flowing
-The psychology is different
-Momentum coming into a match is much more important
- Favourites are more vulnerable

- donegal 21s played rugby league yesterday

- Psychology ? - you either win or lose. So it's the same
- Kerry were never tested before yesterday.

Was at the Galway game. A fine performance.
For me a few things are clear from today. Connacht football is on the rise and Sligo could well be the 2nd best u21 team in the country. Ulster football is not what it was and is on the slide.
Well done Galway

Or maybe Donegal were just bola#ed from too much football. A lot of their players played senior too.

donegal were definitely tired. dublin defence won't be as generous as kerry

They might be. Anything can happen at underage.

21 is not underage. This is senior football.

That's what I'm asking is it possible or are there structures in place to stop it happening?

Tyrone should be omitted from the championship as they are currently the most boring team to watch.

They aren't even good enough to play puke football anymore.

Difficult times ahead for Tyrone. I feel for you.

Chin up kid.

Was at the Galway game. A fine performance.
For me a few things are clear from today. Connacht football is on the rise and Sligo could well be the 2nd best u21 team in the country. Ulster football is not what it was and is on the slide.
Well done Galway

Or maybe Donegal were just bola#ed from too much football. A lot of their players played senior too.

donegal were definitely tired. dublin defence won't be as generous as kerry

Half forwards included? they're not real forwards are they?

Where is Joe Brolly's name?  Eoin Bradley's name is sitting there, a fine player was Eoin but  wtf has he ever won? a McKenna Cup?  Joe can blow his kisses to the Tyrone mob on the back of his 2 shiny all stars,  modest enough in the scheme of the all time greats but in the context of Derry football, 2 all stars is legend.

What have trophies got to do with an individual's ability? Many shite forwards won all Ireland's, and many brilliant footballers won little or nothing. It's completely irrelevant.

no shite forward won an all- ireland. You have to be a good player to play for a top 4 county

Was at the Galway game. A fine performance.
For me a few things are clear from today. Connacht football is on the rise and Sligo could well be the 2nd best u21 team in the country. Ulster football is not what it was and is on the slide.
Well done Galway

Galway might be the second best team in the country yet.

Serious dent in confidence for Kerry and takes the wind out of their sails as regards Dublin regressing.

We aren't going anywhere

On another thread I've laid out a plan for a club and IC season. Now, not everyone may agree with it but I see no reason why we can't have two distinct seasons as long as we accept certain realities.

Zulu the GAA is in competition with professional sports.

It cannot shorten the inter county season.

People need to start accepting the realities of the situation and leave Never Never Land to the CPA.

I support the movement but unfortunately the leaders are going to try and fight a battle they are never going to win

The goal is more games and a proper season for club players. Take the county players out and it's easily done

Take the county players out and then county teams begin to disappear. Players in at least 10 counties won't play for their county if it means not playing club. Could even be more.

I tend to agree Shark.

Indiana, the IC season I propose is 5 to 6 months long but all of it is high profile with multiple games and a highlight show every Saturday. The NFL is a world sporting behemoth and only lasts about 5 months. I'm not claiming my proposal is perfect but it's certainly better for competing with professional sports than the current one.

The GAA from a revenue perspective from it's sponsors and with advertising can't afford to shorten the season by two months.

Financial suicide. And that's why this won't get off the ground.

the horse bolted on this 10 years ago

I think you are very wrong Indiana. I would say that even a county like Tyrone who are in the top 6 would struggle to get a team if this was the case........

I doubt it. I'd love to see an anonymous questionnaire on this. I believe based on my experience the answers would be revealing.

I know several county players who really dislike it after 7 months hard training . For them they end up playing two separate seasons and its not fair

On another thread I've laid out a plan for a club and IC season. Now, not everyone may agree with it but I see no reason why we can't have two distinct seasons as long as we accept certain realities.

Zulu the GAA is in competition with professional sports.

It cannot shorten the inter county season.

People need to start accepting the realities of the situation and leave Never Never Land to the CPA.

I support the movement but unfortunately the leaders are going to try and fight a battle they are never going to win

The goal is more games and a proper season for club players. Take the county players out and it's easily done

Take the county players out and then county teams begin to disappear. Players in at least 10 counties won't play for their county if it means not playing club. Could even be more.

I doubt that very much. I haven't met many county players when asked " off the record" do they miss playing club football. The reality is playing club football at the end of the season is a pain in the arse for most of them.

It's great for PR to say they love playing for the club. After training for 6-7 months it's an imposition