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Cheers macdanger, staying in Maldron Parnell Square - haven't stayed in this location before, usually stay on other side of the Liffey (around T.B. or Stephen's Green).

Will probably just play it by ear, if we get up Sunday morning and the craics good, and we all pint, that will be driving home out of the question!

3 young fellas heading down for the match this weekend, we've a hotel booked for saturday night, will probably try get down early for a bit of a session, we'd want to avoid Temple Bar as was the case on the last few trips - but always seem to get sucked towards it!

We've provisionally booked a place for Sunday night. Have went down as last few years on the Saturday jsut and up the road Sunday (we're neutrals).

Is there much of a buzz about the Sunday night or are you better heading up the road if your not at the banquet etc.

Been told the Sunday can be dead enough with ones heading home to celebrate etc.. Have up to Friday to cancel anyway!

Olivier & Theo both score to make us eat our words!! 

Big one this week taking on a Chelsea team who are a wounded animal, surely at some stage they'll produce a performance (Hazard has yet to click also) just praying it's not against us!

I also see for the Germany game, when transferred onto the FAI ticketmaster bringing up the Aviva seating plan, you have to have some kind of 3Arena text code? And cannot just buy tickets?

Just out of curiosity, if I were to create an FAI Away ticket applications account, and apply for tickets for the Poland game - what are the chances of getting any? 

I'm neither of the following:
:- Club Ireland Member
:- ROI Supporters Club member (although I see this can be easily added in to your supporter profile - do they check this out if I just enter Derry ROISSC?    )
:- Member of League/Club/Affiliate
:- Season Ticket Holder

Are tickets out yet for Dublin v Kerry? Looking on the Croke Park ticket exchange, the game is listed along with the camogie final....

Personally, I couldn't think of anything better than being delayed/potentially having to stay longer in Vegas 

Disgusted. All this bullshit about not being any "quality & exceptional players" out there. Would any of the top Champions league teams in Europe have a Giroud/Welbeck/Walcott leading their line or even as back-up?? Not a chance.

There were plenty of players, Aubameyang - Dortmund, Icardi @ Inter, Hernandez' goalscoring record @ United was great and he went on the cheap, Charlie Austin - while he may not fit the Wenger "model" he scored 18 goals last season in the premier league .... ? Ibrahimovic is 31 yes, but he's always on the move and his talent is second to none.

You'd swear it was his money he was spending, and whilst I admire his faith in his current squad, and that he isn't shunned by the other 19 teams in the league spending at least double what we spent, and bringing in at least 4x the players (Everton, whom we play on Saturday brought in second lowest amount of players - 4 to our 1) he really is on the back foot this season. I've always backed him but i don't give a damn this season if we win FA Cup, Carling Cup, and finish 2nd/3rd/4th. - That is a failure to me, indicating we've stood still and failed to build on a great squad of players who just needed another 2/3 powerful leaders around them to become real contenders in Europe.

[You cant dent that that McMahon stuck the head into him]

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Some of the stuff here is going way overboard! there will be riots next Saturday if this keeps up.

Have you seen the racist abuse some of your fans have sent to Connolly on Twitter. It's nothing short of a disgrace .

Some of your  fans are an absolute disgrace . You should be ashamed of yourselves . You do know it's only a football match .

Oh my, the irony!!!

The irony of what ? Threatening him with iron bars . stay classy their kid

No, I haven't even seen what was said to Connolly on twitter, I don't follow him. If someone threatened him and is giving him personal abuse, that's not on obviously and action can be taken if need be. We all know Diarmuid is well able to handle himself though...

The irony is you of all people coming out with the line "You do know it's only a football match". Your posts, along with squire and The Aristocrat have been nothing short of hysterical.

Hysterical, take a look at your own county with the blouse Aidan running to the media and every gombeen from here to Dubai with their mayo4sam rubbish, this is set up nicely for us on Saturday

FFS Squire can you be a little bit objective. O'Shea was asked a question and he answered. He didnt go running to the media, he gets interviewed after every game. You cant dent that that McMahon stuck the head into him , maybe if O'Shea dived to the ground holding his face he would have got more of a reaction.

Not accurate as pointed out on previous pages, even Pat McEanany , the head of the referees came out and said he didn't. Blatant attempt to get a player suspended because he couldn't get the better of him.

You are sheer comedy gold Aristo - right lets forget the "was it/wasn't it a headbutt".
You state that O'Shea made a blatant attempt to get a player suspended, can you then tell me what Philly McMahon's motive was for taking a dive/feigning a blow to the head?......

Proof that Philly Mc did not headbutt O Shea, only leaned his head towards him, no contact made, slow it down if you like:

https://twitter.com/DubMatchTracker?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Brilliant footage, Philly did an excellent job all day on OShea, what a snakes manoeuvre by OShea

McMahon was acting the maggot yesterday. Fouling all day and never had a proper grasp on AOS even with two men backing him up at all times.

He held his face as if AOS had raked him across the eyes when they collided accidentally in the second half even though the replay showed AOS never touched McMahon's face with his hand. The ref had to get the linesman in before he knew there was nothing in it.

Not accurate, how many fouls did McMahon give away, I watched both closely, Philly had him under raps and O Shea who is meant to be the best player in the country didn't get much of a sniff of him. O Shea was acting the maggot in that incident you refer too. A lot of the Mayo team know how to play up to the officials.

O'Shea was fouled by McMahon numerous times, but he only got 3 scorable frees, and had a penalty claim also after McMahon was all over him. I'd argue that if it weren't for the help of both Cian O'Sullivan and Cluxton  McMahon would have been annihilated 1v1, he simply couldn't prevent O'Shea's advances as the ball virtually stuck to him when there was accurate long ball played in to his hands, McMahon had to end up fouling him until help arrived.

Alexandre Pato has just followed Arsenal & Melissa Joan Hart on Twitter... either he's joining us or he's going to be the next Sabrina the Teenage Witch 

[Wasn't a dive. O'Shea caught him.]

The only serious and dangerous injury was O Connor on O' Carroll, the others were dangerous but no one got seriously injured, O  Connor put O Carroll in hospital with 10 stiches and could have ended his season if he doesn't play next week and Dubs lose, a dangerous and wild strike back, one match ban.

Cooper very lucky not be shown red as was Lee Keegan and maybe a couple of others but O Connors was wild.

So McMahons headbutt wasn't serious or dangerous?

Didn't see it! I was too busy watching Lee Keegan sledging Connolly all game, but heard there was no real contact. Philly did a great job man marking the best player in the country they call superman out of the game, a job well done. 

I understand lads your hate for Dublin, I do, but come off it.

You will have your Mayo win next week with the GAA, the media, the officials and all 31 other counties cheering them on and influencing the game.

You didn't see it. Its in the nationals and online.
anyway here you go. What's your feedback?

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/football/watch-aidan-oshea-claims-he-was-headbutted-351123.html

Also, whats your thoughts on the McMahon dive to get O'Shea sent off ? I can get that on video for you as well if you want.

Wasn't a dive.  O'Shea caught him.

I'll have whatever Jell O Biofra's having! Are you alright in the head ? Watch the replay very carefully, maybe rewind it a few times in slow-mo, and come back here and tell me it wasn't a feigned injury/dive? If there was "contact" it definitely wasn't to McMahon's face or head. The manner in which he lay down after time-wasting was ridiculous, right in front of McQuillan as well, not that he would have saw it even if he was caught slap bang in the middle of it.

I've watched the gifs several times over.  It wasn't a dive.

Your some craic. Get them glasses off ye! He took O'Shea out of play, and once he knew he'd done this in front of the ref he took the most graceful fall clutching his head. And stayed on the ground holding his head. Yet O'Shea got up and went on about his business, what was it then??

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[Wasn't a dive. O'Shea caught him.]

The only serious and dangerous injury was O Connor on O' Carroll, the others were dangerous but no one got seriously injured, O  Connor put O Carroll in hospital with 10 stiches and could have ended his season if he doesn't play next week and Dubs lose, a dangerous and wild strike back, one match ban.

Cooper very lucky not be shown red as was Lee Keegan and maybe a couple of others but O Connors was wild.

So McMahons headbutt wasn't serious or dangerous?

Didn't see it! I was too busy watching Lee Keegan sledging Connolly all game, but heard there was no real contact. Philly did a great job man marking the best player in the country they call superman out of the game, a job well done. 

I understand lads your hate for Dublin, I do, but come off it.

You will have your Mayo win next week with the GAA, the media, the officials and all 31 other counties cheering them on and influencing the game.

You didn't see it. Its in the nationals and online.
anyway here you go. What's your feedback?

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/football/watch-aidan-oshea-claims-he-was-headbutted-351123.html

Also, whats your thoughts on the McMahon dive to get O'Shea sent off ? I can get that on video for you as well if you want.

Wasn't a dive.  O'Shea caught him.

I'll have whatever Jell O Biofra's having! Are you alright in the head ? Watch the replay very carefully, maybe rewind it a few times in slow-mo, and come back here and tell me it wasn't a feigned injury/dive? If there was "contact" it definitely wasn't to McMahon's face or head. The manner in which he lay down after time-wasting was ridiculous, right in front of McQuillan as well, not that he would have saw it even if he was caught slap bang in the middle of it.

Failed to score in 2 of 3 opening games.... My take on it is that there are too many midfielders in the team who are good on the ball, but when it comes down to it none are clinical enough to finish it or take a shot from the edge of the box.

Come on now, Henry wasn't a complete unknown, he was a prospect at Juventus after all, albeit not playing well, on that subject I'd take that Morata fella from them!