Mayo v Fermanagh, Saturday July 09, 2016 McHale Park

[maigheo]

Seriously though, does anyone think that Mayo team will be challenging for the all-Ireland?

I genuinely believe Galway will win another AI title before Mayo do.

Could you explain this statement on why you think that?Makes absolutely no sense

[FermGael]

Referee Mc Quillan had another one of his Tour de Farce performances today again, shocking -- A O'Shea should have been long gone by the time he did is dying swan act.

Do you not think its hard for refs when players are diving around? O Shea cheated the ref and was rewarded with a critical score. If the GAA is serious about ridding the game of this they should do retrospective 2 week bans for diving and feigning injury. The alternative is to allow it to grow more and more into the game and people like a poster earlier will justify it as OK because of this and that - like Aidan gets fouled so he should be allowed cheat. That is the future just like it's already happened in soccer.

I actually think the umpire told McQuillan about the "jersey pull" as you could see him indicating it to one of the players. McQuillan has to go on what he's told as the umpire was much better positioned.

I thought McQuillan did ok.

So did I.
I decided to wait until I had a look at a recording of the game before I'd comment on the penalty incident. Now that I have had a few looks
at the lead up to O'Shea's theatrics, I think Joe had already decided to give Mayo a penalty before O'Shea made contact with the ball.
I watched that segment of play in slo mo and while the images were a bit fuzzy at that resolution, O'Shea and his marker were jostling for position as Kevin Mc launched his kick and if there was a tug on O'Shea's jersey, that's where it happened. (About 61.50 or so on the RTE broadcast.)
I couldn't say for definite that his jersey was tugged but, crucially, the nearest umpire was within 10 metres of the incident and he didn't disagree with Joe Mac's decision.
Maurice Deegan is to be seen in the thick of things arguing with a group of Fermanagh players and it's clear that he agreed with the ref's decision.
It's not clear from the recording if there was a tug on O'Shea's m or not.
I couldn't say there was but Joe Mac, the umpire and Maurice Deegan had a better view of proceedings that I had and they all seem to have felt that there was.

He should not have been on the field.
He should have been black carded and sent off.
That was where McQuillan turned the game in Mayos favour 

[IolarCoisCuain]

Seriously though, does anyone think that Mayo team will be challenging for the all-Ireland?

I genuinely believe Galway will win another AI title before Mayo do.

Could you explain this statement on why you think that?Makes absolutely no sense

He's trolling, buck. Let him away.

[macdanger2]

Looking at yesterday

1.   David Clarke was solid, a few dodgy kickouts at the begining, very important save near the end.
2.   Brendan Harrison - to be fair i did not notice him much, Our dominance in the second half meant he had nothing to do.
3.   Kevin Keane - He's done alright, he no Caff, Always looks for the ball.
4.   Keith Higgins - the experiment at half forward continues. Noticed that he looks unsure the nearer goal he gets.
5.   Lee Keegan  - Business As usual
6.   Colm Boyle  - Business As usual
7.   Patrick Durcan - Super sub looks to be his role. He has pace to burn and that looks his role i feel.
8.   Seamus O'Shea - No doubting workrate, improved on distribution yesterday.
9.   Stephen Coen - too young for Midfield yet - yesterday was a baptism of fire in that position. Was out of sorts. Young!
10. Kevin McLoughlin - very solid, very composed, Not sure he should be a sweeper?
11. Aidan O'Shea - Business As usual
12. Diarmuid O'Connor Man of the Match yesterday - what an engine?
13. Evan Regan - Unlucky to be taken off when the game was opening up.
22. Freeman - got us a badly needed goal - offered little more.
15. Cillian O'Connor (Ballintubber, captain). A more decent outing, getting his mojo back.
Barry moran - did all the simple things well (and made them look simple).
Alan Dillon - did all the simple things well (and made them look simple). Two great points.
Vaughan - No complaints
Andy Moran - too greedy, trying to hard - hard to see his effectiveness lately.

I thought Coen was one of our best players when we were struggling in the first half. Faded early in the second.

[Jinxy]

Giving a man a penalty when he doesn't deserve it is worse than not giving him a penalty when he does deserve it.

[From the Bunker]

Giving a man a penalty when he doesn't deserve it is worse than not giving him a penalty when he does deserve it.

I would have gauged them as being of the same value!

[Cllr Willie Power]

Laughing my head off at the Dubs and their responses to be honest.

They've got very selective memories and I notice that none of them are mentioning Bernard Brogan and the time he went down like he was shot by a sniper in the last minute or two of a Leinster Final, winning a free which enabled Dublin to beat Kildare.

Something about glasshouses comes to mind....

[Jinxy]

Is this the Brogan 'dive' you're talking about?
You're some man to talk about selective memories, Willie. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rXa4WDUiTs

[Cllr Willie Power]

Was it a free? No.
Did they win the game because of that free? Yes.
Did we hear any complaints out of the Dubs afterwards? No.
Has any Dublin player ever taken a dive? The answer could break the internet....

[Jinxy]

Laughing my head off at the Dubs and their responses to be honest.

They've got very selective memories and I notice that none of them are mentioning Bernard Brogan and the time he went down like he was shot by a sniper in the last minute or two of a Leinster Final, winning a free which enabled Dublin to beat Kildare.

Something about glasshouses comes to mind....

Didn't happen Willie.

[Cllr Willie Power]

Laughing my head off at the Dubs and their responses to be honest.

They've got very selective memories and I notice that none of them are mentioning Bernard Brogan and the time he went down like he was shot by a sniper in the last minute or two of a Leinster Final, winning a free which enabled Dublin to beat Kildare.

Something about glasshouses comes to mind....

Didn't happen Willie.

Yeah, I know it didn't happen. I was trying to mimick the language some of the posters on this thread have been using about AOS, but I realise it didn't come across like that.

Simply put, I was trying to say that Dublin have been the recipients of some handy frees and controversial decisions themselves. Swings and roundabouts.

[Jinxy]

The thing is though, Aidan actually DID go down like he was shot by a sniper!

[Cllr Willie Power]

Not at all - sure the bullets would bounce off him! 

[LilySavage]

Theyd bounce off his ego.

[dublin7]

Was it a free? No.
Did they win the game because of that free? Yes.
Did we hear any complaints out of the Dubs afterwards? No.
Has any Dublin player ever taken a dive? The answer could break the internet....

Do you want some salts for that chip on your shoulder. 2 incidents have nothing in common