Mayo v Donegal - Sunday 2nd April 2pm MacHale Park

[moysider]

Aidan O'Shea diving again? This time to get a man sent off instead of a penalty. Not a nice man. Donegal have been guilty of it before too though.

He was kicked in the stomach or balls. It's not like he broke someone's eye socket in an unprovoked attack in a pub.

More likely scenario was a sniper in the crowd took him out. It certainly wasn't a kick by Magee the way he went down, I mean Aidan would never take a dive...........

Not the most convincing defence offered by Billie Joe Padden either

It wasn't a kick by Magee or even McGee. It was Eamon Doherty that kicked him and deservedly got sent off. Doherty was having a fine game but when O Shea came on he went out of his way to have a go and lost his discipline long before that incident. He should learn from it but Rory Kavanagh lost a lot of credibility trying to defend him and spin it as O Shea getting him sent off.

[criostlinn]

The dub bots are back. Jim Gavins has unleashed his army of internet throlls to tell us that Aiden O'Shea has dived and is not a nice man. Its amazing the interest the city slickers have in Aiden. Probably some pleb from hill16 going through the footage to find a still that show him diving. Set things up nicely for The head butts and eye gouging he may have to endure later in the year. Next up its the turn of the former playets to point out all this pulling and dragging that poor auld Connolly has to endure. And as for Keegan ........

[moysider]

Just as well this game didn't count for anything important or Cormac Reilly could add Donegal to Mayo as counties he might be well advised to steer clear of In all seriousness though, how a man with no balls of any description gets to referee big county games is beyond me.

Having said that Donegal got a big lesson today & when push literally came to shove they were found wanting. Rory Gallagher has plenty to work on in the coming weeks.

That is a bit much, considering Donegal came into today as a decent bet to make the final & Mayo were staring relegation in the face. Mayo have been found wanting, when push has come to shove in this years league too.

Agree. Donegal played pretty much the perfect game in the first half today. Their ability to keep possession, run good probing support runs and create scoring chances into a big wind was very impressive. On the other hand Mayo continues to piss possession away and that second half surge does not cure everything. If anything I believe Rochford may have more to work to do.
Donegal's game management is far better but they lost all focus and discipline today when O Shea came in. You could put it down to a lot of newer inexperienced players but Murphy should know better. The fracas should have suited the team in control but today Mayo thrived on it.
At least today's second half shows that Mayo still have the appetite for a battle. This win was mostly about temper and the energy it fed in last quarter.

[bucko]

The dub bots are back. Jim Gavins has unleashed his army of internet throlls to tell us that Aiden O'Shea has dived and is not a nice man. Its amazing the interest the city slickers have in Aiden. Probably some pleb from hill16 going through the footage to find a still that show him diving. Set things up nicely for The head butts and eye gouging he may have to endure later in the year. Next up its the turn of the former playets to point out all this pulling and dragging that poor auld Connolly has to endure. And as for Keegan ........

It's the charge of the blue wave crusaders, shining the blue light of Dub purity on the foul play and simulation of others. Pity they wouldn't turn it on their own saints Diarmuid, Philly, and Michael Daragh before preaching on the actions of others.

[moysider]

The dub bots are back. Jim Gavins has unleashed his army of internet throlls to tell us that Aiden O'Shea has dived and is not a nice man. Its amazing the interest the city slickers have in Aiden. Probably some pleb from hill16 going through the footage to find a still that show him diving. Set things up nicely for The head butts and eye gouging he may have to endure later in the year. Next up its the turn of the former playets to point out all this pulling and dragging that poor auld Connolly has to endure. And as for Keegan ........

It's the charge of the blue wave crusaders, shining the blue light of Dub purity on the foul play and simulation of others. Pity they wouldn't turn it on their own saints Diarmuid, Philly, and Michael Daragh before preaching on the actions of others.

Not be heeding them.

[bucko]

The dub bots are back. Jim Gavins has unleashed his army of internet throlls to tell us that Aiden O'Shea has dived and is not a nice man. Its amazing the interest the city slickers have in Aiden. Probably some pleb from hill16 going through the footage to find a still that show him diving. Set things up nicely for The head butts and eye gouging he may have to endure later in the year. Next up its the turn of the former playets to point out all this pulling and dragging that poor auld Connolly has to endure. And as for Keegan ........

It's the charge of the blue wave crusaders, shining the blue light of Dub purity on the foul play and simulation of others. Pity they wouldn't turn it on their own saints Diarmuid, Philly, and Michael Daragh before preaching on the actions of others.

Not be heeding them.

Another pint or two and I won't be.

[moysider]

Now you're talkin'.

[Mayo4Sam]

Just saw league sunday. So it definitely was a penalty, no need from the goalie, u see that let go time after time so nice to see it pulled up

As for the red, FFS, yer man had three go's at him, what was AOS meant to do, other than stamp on the p***k he has to go down to show he's just been kicked (for the third time). Thought BJP could have given him more of a defence, the narrative will be now that he goes down easily, this stuff is important later in the year, like we saw with Keegans black card last year

[moysider]

Just saw league sunday. So it definitely was a penalty, no need from the goalie, u see that let go time after time so nice to see it pulled up

As for the red, FFS, yer man had three go's at him, what was AOS meant to do, other than stamp on the p***k he has to go down to show he's just been kicked (for the third time). Thought BJP could have given him more of a defence, the narrative will be now that he goes down easily, this stuff is important later in the year, like we saw with Keegans black card last year

There will always be spin. O Shea stays on his feet sometimes when he is carrying men on his back but nobody will ever give him kudos for that.
The penalty was stone-wall. Keeper even turned in challenge and hit O Connor with hip and back. No heed on the ball.
BJP was just being diplomatic and sympathetic I think, after Kavanagh made a bit of a tit of himself. BJP has more experience and more savvy with the media stuff. Kavanagh said Doherty wasn't that type of player. Earlier he went out of his way to have a cut at O Shea like he was made out of ham and should have got yellow.

[bucko]

''Twas a penalty, keeper made contact with him inside the large parallelogram, momentum carried them both outside it. As for the red card it was straightforward, to kick or to attempt to kick at another player is a stonewall red card. As for the accusation against O'Shea, anyone who has actually played the game and gotten a shot in the stones knows that a light slap or flick down there can hurt more than a full on belt. Anyone who claims they've gotten a swipe to the nuts and didn't buckle in some way is talking shite.

[mayo.mick]

Got some video of the match yesterday uploaded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF3YoA8P4Ro

[Mayo4Sam]

Got some video of the match yesterday uploaded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF3YoA8P4Ro

You can really see what Murphy in particular got away with

[moysider]

Got some video of the match yesterday uploaded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF3YoA8P4Ro

Such a bit a flakin! I was on the far side so did not get a good view of a lot of that. Murphy's shot on Diarmuid O Connor after the throw up ball was cheap.

[From the Bunker]

Yeah Murphy was out for blood. Cheap shot on Diarmuid.

[Il Bomber Destro]

Mayo gave as good as they got there, quite the one eyed commentary here.

Diarmuid O'Connor becoming every bit as unlikable as his brother of late, lots of nasty tackles and antics from him. You'd swear Mayo are as white as pure snow at times on here.

Not surprising to see O'Shea's gamesmanship getting swept under the rug again.