St Brigids v Ballymun St Patricks Day 2013

[BartSimpson]

Good referee I think, and reff'd the game fairly. I watched the game twice and both times the wrong player getting booked is a non issue I taut. both players were physical in ther approach but the Briggies player over reacted trying to get the fella booked. Also, the amount of fouls comited on the Dublin half back (Hubbard?) was massif and id say several Briggies players got booked for it. Looks like the game plan was stop him and you stop the Dubs. So its a bit rich of a few Rossies moaning about the decisions of a ref when there was an obvious gameplan to cheat in order to win.

[Rossfan]

an obvious gameplan to cheat in order to win.

Take a running jump at yourself ya bad yoke 

[BartSimpson]

an obvious gameplan to cheat in order to win.

Take a running jump at yourself ya bad yoke 

Am I wrong? I remember 3 players gettin yellow carded for fouls on him in d 2nd half. 2/3 more cudv got cards for cynical fouls. Not saying my team never did that, but the criticism of the ref is a bit rich considering what the obvious game plan by Briggies was.

[Blowitupref]

Its a bit rich of a few Rossies moaning about the decisions of a ref when there was an obvious gameplan to cheat in order to win.

Am I wrong?

You couldn't be more wrong and senseless opinion to have.

[Throw ball]

Hughes is by far the best referee in Armagh. Like most referees there wil be people who give out about him. If we follow the logic of McStay then Hughes should never have refereed a Pearse Ogs game over the last couple of years as they were the only team capable of beating Cross in Armagh. But he did and did so impartially. I also assume that McStay is quitting this management lark now too. After all as Pat McAneney says the referees are a team and now that McStay has questioned the impartiality of one of this team the rest can hardly be impartial. Can they?

[Syferus]

Some people here aren't quite grasping how it's the toxic combination of a referee from the club a team beats in a semi-final refereeing their final that makes this a real issue. The immediacy of the situation creates a serious image problem for the GAA at such a high level. Should the same rules apply at county level? Who knows, that's a debate for a different day. If the rest of a county's referees are crap then maybe, but the referees had almost every official in Ulster and Munster to choose from to avoid this situation.

It has zero to do with Cross or how successful or how unsuccessful they are. People are conflating it into a Cross thing when it's absolutely matterless what two clubs are involved, only that they met in the semi-final.

[Milltown Row2]

Some people here aren't quite grasping how it's the toxic combination of a referee from the club a team beats in a semi-final refereeing their final that makes this a real issue. The immediacy of the situation creates a serious image problem for the GAA at such a high level. Should the same rules apply at county level? Who knows, that's a debate for a different day. If the rest of a county's referees are crap then maybe, but the referees had almost every official in Ulster and Munster to choose from to avoid this situation.

It has zero to do with Cross or how successful or how unsuccessful they are. People are conflating it into a Cross thing when it's absolutely matterless what two clubs are involved, only that they met in the semi-final.

So in Rosscommon do the referees come in from different counties to do club and championship games? Would it be a wild combination of maybe junior club referees, refereeing senior club games only and vice versa? 


Still crying over winning a match which the referee was totally impartial and refereed pretty well is seriously making you look like a dick and take any sort of neutral support St Brigids ever got away, this means piss all to you I'm sure, but wise da fcuk up would you. I'd rather have Hughes referee us against Cross in the Ulster Championship than some of the crap ones in the past!!

[Tubberman]

Some people here aren't quite grasping how it's the toxic combination of a referee from the club a team beats in a semi-final refereeing their final that makes this a real issue. The immediacy of the situation creates a serious image problem for the GAA at such a high level. Should the same rules apply at county level? Who knows, that's a debate for a different day. If the rest of a county's referees are crap then maybe, but the referees had almost every official in Ulster and Munster to choose from to avoid this situation.

It has zero to do with Cross or how successful or how unsuccessful they are. People are conflating it into a Cross thing when it's absolutely matterless what two clubs are involved, only that they met in the semi-final.

So in Rosscommon do the referees come in from different counties to do club and championship games? Would it be a wild combination of maybe junior club referees, refereeing senior club games only and vice versa? 


Still crying over winning a match which the referee was totally impartial and refereed pretty well is seriously making you look like a dick and take any sort of neutral support St Brigids ever got away, this means piss all to you I'm sure, but wise da fcuk up would you. I'd rather have Hughes referee us against Cross in the Ulster Championship than some of the crap ones in the past!!

I'm neutral and I supported St Brigid's and still would.
Why do you need to resort to personal insults? On Good Friday of all days!!
It seems a lot of people can't just have a discussion without getting aggressive and extremely defensive.

[Milltown Row2]

Some people here aren't quite grasping how it's the toxic combination of a referee from the club a team beats in a semi-final refereeing their final that makes this a real issue. The immediacy of the situation creates a serious image problem for the GAA at such a high level. Should the same rules apply at county level? Who knows, that's a debate for a different day. If the rest of a county's referees are crap then maybe, but the referees had almost every official in Ulster and Munster to choose from to avoid this situation.

It has zero to do with Cross or how successful or how unsuccessful they are. People are conflating it into a Cross thing when it's absolutely matterless what two clubs are involved, only that they met in the semi-final.

So in Rosscommon do the referees come in from different counties to do club and championship games? Would it be a wild combination of maybe junior club referees, refereeing senior club games only and vice versa? 


Still crying over winning a match which the referee was totally impartial and refereed pretty well is seriously making you look like a dick and take any sort of neutral support St Brigids ever got away, this means piss all to you I'm sure, but wise da fcuk up would you. I'd rather have Hughes referee us against Cross in the Ulster Championship than some of the crap ones in the past!!

I'm neutral and I supported St Brigid's and still would.
Why do you need to resort to personal insults? On Good Friday of all days!!
It seems a lot of people can't just have a discussion without getting aggressive and extremely defensive.

Yeah I forgot, was eating this large fry..... oh shit all the sausages I've eaten already, I'm bored of this topic though, It could have run and run had St Brigids lost the match maybe

[BartSimpson]

Its a bit rich of a few Rossies moaning about the decisions of a ref when there was an obvious gameplan to cheat in order to win.

Am I wrong?

You couldn't be more wrong and senseless opinion to have.

Care to back dat up? Facts remain as I sayd earlier.

[Tubberman]

Its a bit rich of a few Rossies moaning about the decisions of a ref when there was an obvious gameplan to cheat in order to win.

Am I wrong?

You couldn't be more wrong and senseless opinion to have.

Care to back dat up? Facts remain as I sayd earlier.

Look up the difference between fact and opinion. And while you're at it, take some grammar and spelling lessons to make it easier on the rest of us.

[Drummerboy]

I watched the match a couple of times and I thought the ref did ok. Don't buy into the case of BM No 11 being sent off. It was a coming together, nothing malicious. And as a previous poster pointed out Hubbard was hauled down or stopped illegally quite a few times and Brigids got a point in first half when the No 13 picked the ball off the ground. I feel the ref could have played a bit more extra time but overall he did ok. Hats off to Brigids for a great comeback and playing their part in a great game.

[Syferus]

The No. 6 who fooled the red into thinking he committed the foul got a yellow for it; regardless if wheat her you or anyone else thought the foul was 'innocuous' or not the referee didn't agree and if he'd booked the man that actually commited the foul Ballymun would have played the majority of the game with 14 men. This isn't a grey area or something anyone can explain away, it was a big and basic error.

The wrong appointment of Hughes and his actual performance are becoming muddled here.

[brokencrossbar1]

The 2013 season has now started, time to move on.

[INDIANA]

The No. 6 who fooled the red into thinking he committed the foul got a yellow for it; regardless if wheat her you or anyone else thought the foul was 'innocuous' or not the referee didn't agree and if he'd booked the man that actually commited the foul Ballymun would have played the majority of the game with 14 men. This isn't a grey area or something anyone can explain away, it was a big and basic error.

The wrong appointment of Hughes and his actual performance are becoming muddled here.

still complaining I see. Hate to see how much whingeing you'd have done if Brigids lost