Dublin Vs Meath

[heffo]

probably too mild mannered for my good own but I seriously felt like throwing something at him.

Are you for real?

[Sky Blue]

Every team needs to learn how to play as a team and sometimes it needs a game like this to do it. The Dubs learned a lesson today and it will do us the power of good later in the championship. Not pretty to watch but it will do the job in the long run.

[agorm]

probably too mild mannered for my good own but I seriously felt like throwing something at him.

Are you for real?

absolutely. I am sure if you go to many games but to say that anyone drags Whelan to their level shows that you dont know much about his history.

[agorm]

Every team needs to learn how to play as a team and sometimes it needs a game like this to do it. The Dubs learned a lesson today and it will do us the power of good later in the championship. Not pretty to watch but it will do the job in the long run.

I actually agree and added above that with discipline Dublin can be a very good team and could well challenge for Sam. Not sure if Pillar can get that discipline into them. Also that game will also be hugely important in that it shows that Whelan is not your best option at midfield. How many times has he been involved in serious incidents in recent years?

The game will also help Meath as this and the Cork game last year shows that this is the level of physicality that is needed to win games. That Meath team needed a few hard games. Our problem is that we dont have enough talent in several areas of the field.

[heffo]

probably too mild mannered for my good own but I seriously felt like throwing something at him.

Are you for real?

I am sure if you go to many games but to say that anyone drags Whelan to their level shows that you dont know much about his history.

I would say that I've seen 90% of the games that Whelan has played for Dublin over the last 12 years and would say I know far more about his history than you.

In 12 years of playing midfield for Dublin and being targeted a lot, there have probably been 5/6 incidents that receive far more coverage than they warrant.

He deserved to be sent off, tv seems to clarify that he was hit and he responded. For you to claim that you felt like throwing something at him, says all I need to know about you.

[mannix]

Two teams made for each other, neither up to much, not even able to hit in a sneaky way like kerry.

[Maguire01]

Any 'fan' who would condone or encourage throwing things onto the pitch is nothing short of... well I don't think i need to spell it out. What goes on on the pitch between players is one thing - that can be dealt with through the game's disciplinary procedures.  Anyone getting involved from the crowd should be identified, arrested, charged and banned from GAA grounds.

As for Whelan's indiscipline, to be honest, i've seen worse!  I'm not sure it wasn't just his massive gloves taking on a life of their own.  

Also unsure as to how the ref picked out 4 culprits out of that bit of handbags - he could have sent off far more, so not too sure how he made his choice.  Will be interesting to see if the ref's decision results in any suspensions impacting on the Championship.

[Hoof Hearted]

just watched the schmozzle on rte news
with the benefit of skyplus i was able to slow it down and watch it
a couple of points
darren fay came flyin across to shoulder the dublin 12 and only succeded in knocking down his number 2 - that was quite funny
on a more serious note - the meath goalie came flyin out his goal and shoulderd a dublin lad as hard a slap in the back as your likely to see - it was worse than bernard jackmans against wales at croke park - very very cowardly.
the dublin chap couldve been seriously hurt by that. if video evidence is to be used for this match, then he will definately get it

[Shamrock Shore]

The tosser that pegged the cupa tay should be identified and banned from GAA activities for a year. Hopefully he can be identified.

Brogan deffo deserved to walk after running a mile to throttle a Meath lad. Hard to comment on the rest without a frame-by-frame analysis.

Whelan - dunno. Could have been one of the best but when the chips are down he is found lacking. He deserved to walk. End of story. That sorta incident happened probably 40 other times around the country today.

[INDIANA]

scandalous comments agorm. If you're condoning crowd violence towards players which you seem to be - then we may as well fold the tents up and pack it up. I'd advise you to re-read the post and edit where appropriate. Whelan may be  a clown at times but a sc**bag is stretching it- he deserved to walk- no complaints but my definition of a sc**bag is a coward in the crowd throwing stuff from a distance at a player. should be fecked out of the association- he was escorted out by the guards- good enough for him.
i agree with some fo the above- i'm tired of all this shite surrounding the dublin team- it's time for caffrey to start acting like a manager and rein things in - because this is not going to land us the big one.

[Jinxy]

As a matter of interest, when was the last time Whelo was put off in competitive action?

[full back]

on a more serious note - the meath goalie came flyin out his goal and shoulderd a dublin lad as hard a slap in the back as your likely to see - it was

Seen that as well hoof. That was dangerous as fcuk.
Suprised no one else has mentioned it.
As cowardly as you would see - deserves to be banned by video, although if they look at the video there could be a few more suspended.

Whelan was just being Whelan - a bully who cant do anything when the pressure is on - but the Meath lad dropped as though he was taken out by a sniper from the back of the stand

[Jinxy]

Its pretty obvious from the TV that Dublin started the whole thing.

[behind the wire]

As a matter of interest, when was the last time Whelo was put off in competitive action?

i dont ever remember him being put off. i think thats why people have such a problem with him - the fact tht he gets away with it.

im only going by what i saw on tv but meath goalie should have walked, so should darren fay, he got involved two or three different times. a dublin player (might have been 22) seemed to be the third man in and thats when it all kicked off. btw he didnt even seem to be too handy once the row actually got going.

thought ref did ok out of it. he can only see so much and at the end of the day he had to be careful about not ruining the game. it all happens so fast he probably only sentoff those he was sure he saw striking.

[Frank Casey]

Whelan - dunno. Could have been one of the best but when the chips are down he is found lacking. He deserved to walk. End of story. That sorta incident happened probably 40 other times around the country today.

Probably one of the more sensible things said about a bad day at the office for football.