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Would love to see Galway win this but just don't think they are good enough just yet. To win it I Joe needs to get back on form and get his radar back. Galway forwards are quite young and I would worry about the lack of inroads some of them made against Limerick in the u21s. They'll get it much tougher here.

Also they would really need to shore up at full back or if KK stick Reid in there he'll murder them.

Do you promise you're away?

You've threatened that a few times but to no avail

I've been beating that drum for years - When your county is playing in the match none of the pundits should have a connection with them. There are plenty of people around who can give an opinion and analyse the games without feeling obliged to "back" their county in the event of controversy.

Having said that you probably couldn't get anyone to give an unbiased verdict on Dublin or Tyrone

You can't get Brolly to comment without bias on anyone. He either loves you or hates you and beats whatever drum he sees fit rather than analysing objectively. The rest aren't so bad.

Class act as a footballer - was looking forward to seeing him get a start on the half foward line in Connolly's absence - if there's one man who knows how to get the ball into Berno it is Alan. Was he concussed? Haven't watched the game back, but I thought at the time he was heavily winded, not concussed.

He did look completely out of it - took a fair old belt.

They deserved the suspensions too. No one is debating that but two wrongs don't make a right.

Whatever about the McMahon "headbutt" the punches on Boyle post him winning the penalty weren't great either.

What county are you from do you mind be asking ? I'm assuming it's one that's pretty shite

have a quarter of the country's population. millions poured in to Dublin GAA, massive sponsorship deals. play all games at home and have a ref who is afraid to give anything against de dubs. relying on culchee gene pool to produce decent footballers. 3 senior all irelands in 30 years and not even close to competing in hurling. many would consider that a sh!te county.

Only Idiots bring up the population argument, id be embarrassed. Please go back to social media.

Other news: I'm  hearing Connolly has a very good chance of getting off now. Hopefully so, a true gael who deserves a chance to play and not be stopped playing by players or CRC.

I would also say Connolly will get off.

Based on your posts not much embarasses you so maybe it's a bit rich talking about embarassment.

I didn't know if you posted here you were better than those posting on social media. You learn something new every day.

Looks like the papers today have decided Connolly's faith. CRC /CCCC getting in contact with their non-Dub friends in the media asking them to write articles to help them to carry through Connolly's ban. Example is John Fogerty in the Examiner today, helping his friends out. 

I see Aiden O Shea was watching straight out of Compton last night trying to learn how to toughen up and talk back to when he meets the gentleman Philip McMahon again. Aiden has a problem in big games, great against the Sligo's of this world but big games goes missing, in the 2013 All Ireland final they had to send out a search party for him.

A sad day for the CRC and CCCC if Connolly's 1 game ban is not overturned but we all know it wont as its agenda driven and Connolly is a hate figure. Looks like Mayo will have the ref again Saturday who notoriously gives very bad decisions to Dublin. Example league match against Kerry. Bad call to appoint him.

The poor dubs. Everyone is out to get them.

So Connolly punches twice and he gets off?

Who said he's getting off?

The wise one says so. It must be true.

The stars are aligning for Mayo. Disbelief that O Connor has not been suspended. The CCCC can make up for it they will and should let Connolly off on appeal . Review of CCCC for next year, not fulfilling its purpose, o Connor is free to tap 20 yard frees over the bar now that the ref will give him easily the next day.

Disbelief that based on the video there would be a case to answer - as someone said previously it seemed fairly innocuous and the instigator was ROC.
Are Dublin really that scared of Cillian O'Connor? If they concede the frees then the free taker will prosper - another solution - don't concede the frees - surely that is the way to deal with it?

The assault on O'Carroll "seemed innocuous"?? The results certainly weren't "innocuous".

Just remember you're dealing with a lot of  rubber heads on this website. You have to factor that in.

The schooling system up North isn't what it was. It was better when the Brits were looking after it.

Should you not too busy using all that clout you have to get dublin players off and mayo players suspended? 

I Understand that gents but just look at the Fermanagh game, not one yellow or black card issued, not sure about previous games but that backs up my point, first 5 mins Mayo throwing their weight around, got it back twice as hard, Dubs bad guys, Mayo angels. I understand we would all love to see Mayo win it but not at the expense of their cynical tactics they use.

It doesn't back your point up. You didn't need to be cynical in those games. The best teams these days are cynical. That's just the way it is and that includes, when hardy comes to hardy, the dubs.

Kerry are quite a cynical team aristocrat. There is no common denominator in the games between the top teams being cynical. They're all at it. Any team with mcmahon on it will hardly be whiter than white either.

There are quite a few anti dubs here who are not from mayo and quite a few dubs getting very wound up by them...

The penalties this last 2 weeks have had similar themes though. Kerry and Dublin have let boys run into the area unchallenged then panicked and got as many bodies in to stop them as possible but because they've been going at speed and had momentum they've ended up grounded. I don't think the referee has had any choice on either occassion as they certainly weren't dives. If Kerry or Dublin stop players, by fair or foul means, further out it wouldn't happen but they both seem suceptible when ran at.

Yeah but then there was a lawyer involved and he got off did he not?

[for a cushendall team]

Cushendall are really lacking in forwards. They can also be susceptible to pace at the back. I know they won last year but they looked very weak for a cushendall team and have definitely went backwards.

That being said I think their key men are coming back from injury so the game will do them good.

What do you mean by that Indy? 'We'll make sure of it'. Do the Dubs have more power than anyone else or something?

If you were to take indiana seriously then he would sound like he would have about the same amount of power as barack obama...