All Ireland Semi Final: The Dubs v Cavan, 1730 Saturday 5 December 2020

[The Hill is Blue]

No matter what he said you don't want a player missing a game over verbals ffs

Rory Brennan had his season ended over touching a referee on the arm.

Rules are rules.

A truly harsh ban for the offence incurred.  You'd go a long way in sporting life to see harsher justice.

Rules are rules unless you play for Dublin where rules are optional.

Over the years Tyrone had a fair old record of challenging suspensions and having them overturned.

[BennyCake]

No matter what he said you don't want a player missing a game over verbals ffs

Rory Brennan had his season ended over touching a referee on the arm.

Rules are rules.

A truly harsh ban for the offence incurred.  You'd go a long way in sporting life to see harsher justice.

Rules are rules unless you play for Dublin where rules are optional.

Over the years Tyrone had a fair old record of challenging suspensions and having them overturned.

Aye, and now he's the manager. Handy that.

[Angelo]

No matter what he said you don't want a player missing a game over verbals ffs

Rory Brennan had his season ended over touching a referee on the arm.

Rules are rules.

A truly harsh ban for the offence incurred.  You'd go a long way in sporting life to see harsher justice.

Rules are rules unless you play for Dublin where rules are optional.

Over the years Tyrone had a fair old record of challenging suspensions and having them overturned.

Don't think Tyrone were ever as successful as getting them overturned as Dublin.

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[The Hill is Blue]

No matter what he said you don't want a player missing a game over verbals ffs

Rory Brennan had his season ended over touching a referee on the arm.

Rules are rules.

A truly harsh ban for the offence incurred.  You'd go a long way in sporting life to see harsher justice.

Rules are rules unless you play for Dublin where rules are optional.

Over the years Tyrone had a fair old record of challenging suspensions and having them overturned.

Don't think Tyrone were ever as successful as getting them overturned as Dublin.

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To quote your good self "Rules are rules ...."

[Hound]

At the end of the day surely no one wants to see a lad miss an all ireland semi final over something said.

Depends on what he said

Shortly after he turned away from the linesman you could pretty clearly (IMO) see Costello's lips say "pr..k".
I would guess that the defence was that the language was not directed at the linesman. Perhaps there was a camera angle that showed someone else (e.g. opposition player) in his line of vision as he uttered it.

Personally I think there's a big difference between shouting abuse in someone's face, to what Costello did. The former being a red card, while the latter could be a good use of a black card.

[Rossfan]

Not much interest in this game either I see.
Wonder why?
Hopefully the Cavan volunteers can work hard enough to make it interesting but.....

[ONeill]

Take Fenton out. Big clumsy tackle.

[The Hill is Blue]

The big day has dawned and we hope for the best. Let's have a repeat of the 1920 semifinal result.

Come on you Boys in Blue

[Captain Obvious]

The big day has dawned and we hope for the best. Let's have a repeat of the 1920 semifinal result.

Come on you Boys in Blue

If hoping the boys in blue are Cavan on this occasion.

[Tubberman]

The big day has dawned and we hope for the best. Let's have a repeat of the 1920 semifinal result.

Come on you Boys in Blue

Yeah, sure all ye can do is hope....

[Aaron Boone]

Dublin for me to win this match. 

[macdanger2]

Dublin for me to win this match.

I fancy Dublin for this one too

[Itchy]

Some great reading on Cavan GAA the last few days

Malachy Clerkin
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/pride-passion-and-a-bit-of-madness-football-runs-through-cavan-s-soul-1.4427455?mode=amp

Paul Fitzpatrick
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40139780.html

The Galligans predicting a man of the match award and doing a award ceremony in advance, lunatics

[Blowitupref]

Dublins team for tonights semi final

Stephen Cluxton
Michael Fitzsimons, Davy Byrne, Eoin Murchan
James McCarthy, John Small, Robbie McDaid;
Brian Fenton, Brian Howard
Niall Scully, Ciaran Kilkenny, Sean Bugler
Paddy Small, Con O'Callaghan, Dean Rock.

[Milltown Row2]

Is it still in Croke?