NFL Division 1

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Maybe read it again

[JoG2]

Monaghan were dire but it was still pretty impressive from Armagh who were themselves shorn a number of regulars.

1st day of the league has a life of its own, reality will bite back next weekend.

That's better news. Reading various threads in here you'd think round 1 of the league defines a county's season

[blanketattack]

f**k me just finished the Kerry Roscommon game there. 65th minute Roscommon got a 2 pointer because a Roscommon player knocked the ball out of the Kerry players hands??? How can any ref possibly give that. And it's not the first. Kerry lad had his arm out with the ball in hand. Roscommon player could have just lifted it

Mike Breen couldn't have been more text book for giving the ball back if he tried.

Ref gifted Roscommon 2 pts there.
Dingle gained from it in 2 games.
In all 3 occasions, the punishment did not fit the crime.
Have to either reduce he punishment or redefine the rule.
What's wrong with a rule saying you just drop the ball? None of this handing the ball over malarky.
And if someone's on the ground with the ball wedged under him and 3 players around him, give him the benefit of the doubt that he's not purposely holding onto the ball.

[Captain Obvious]

Good for Armagh to get up and running with a win and comfortable one at that however conceding 0-18 to such a patched up Monaghan team is a slight concern.

[Cunny Funt]

Good opening win for Mayo in Salthill. Either side won't be too happy with the manner of their defending. Having a returning goalkeeper out of retirement score 0-6 was a big help in the win today.

The rossies had the misfortune of the usual poor ref Brendan Cawley in charge of their game.

Armagh,Donegal,Kerry all expected winners this weekend and Kerry who were expected to by the biggest margin was lucky to win at all.

[moonster]

Kerry teams getting all the close calls. They rugby tackle opposition, block quick frees and no action.

With the Kerry pundits in the media referees afraid to feel the wrath of them. David Gough and Joe McQuillian were blacklisted.
Brendan Cawley has refereed 3 of Kerry last 4 championship/league games now.

Should he be in charge of Kerry games with fellow Newbridge(separate clubs)Cian O'Neill on the sideline.  Will he be called Kerry Benny from now on?

[Main Street]

Monaghan were dire but it was still pretty impressive from Armagh who were themselves shorn a number of regulars.

1st day of the league has a life of its own, reality will bite back next weekend.

That's better news. Reading various threads in here you'd think round 1 of the league defines a county's season

This is the div 1 thread, I have asked you before, where in this thread did anybody get carried away?

[Main Street]

Good for Armagh to get up and running with a win and comfortable one at that however conceding 0-18 to such a patched up Monaghan team is a slight concern.

And on top of that ignominy, Armagh took an eternity to score a goal against a junior defense. Everybody in Armagh who got a little bit of pleasure out of that performance should take an ice cold shower

[AustinPowers]

The hooter had sounded  before Kerry's winning point.

What was that  Roscommon boy at with that  late kick? 

[Wildweasel74]

Kerry look to have found a full forward to replace Geaney!

[David McKeown]

Thought Armagh played very well today first half and very professionally second half.  That said Monaghan were extremely poor so hard to gauge how good Armagh were.

1-26 from play from 12 different scorers and 0 two pointers is decent though.

On the hooter issue. I think it has to stay as much as I don't like it. It's the only way to ensure consistent amounts of play. That was the purpose of the rule in the first place. If the hooter goes there's no point with stopping the clock either.

[JoG2]

Monaghan were dire but it was still pretty impressive from Armagh who were themselves shorn a number of regulars.

1st day of the league has a life of its own, reality will bite back next weekend.

That's better news. Reading various threads in here you'd think round 1 of the league defines a county's season

This is the div 1 thread, I have asked you before, where in this thread did anybody get carried away?

Let it go man.. We'll maybe touch base again in the Div 2 thread next year, until then 👍

[Armagh18]

f**k me just finished the Kerry Roscommon game there. 65th minute Roscommon got a 2 pointer because a Roscommon player knocked the ball out of the Kerry players hands??? How can any ref possibly give that. And it's not the first. Kerry lad had his arm out with the ball in hand. Roscommon player could have just lifted it

Mike Breen couldn't have been more text book for giving the ball back if he tried.

Ref gifted Roscommon 2 pts there.
Dingle gained from it in 2 games.
In all 3 occasions, the punishment did not fit the crime.
Have to either reduce he punishment or redefine the rule.
What's wrong with a rule saying you just drop the ball? None of this handing the ball over malarky.
And if someone's on the ground with the ball wedged under him and 3 players around him, give him the benefit of the doubt that he's not purposely holding onto the ball.

Would you go away outta that expecting refs to have common sense!

[Blowitupref]

f**k me just finished the Kerry Roscommon game there. 65th minute Roscommon got a 2 pointer because a Roscommon player knocked the ball out of the Kerry players hands??? How can any ref possibly give that. And it's not the first. Kerry lad had his arm out with the ball in hand. Roscommon player could have just lifted it

Mike Breen couldn't have been more text book for giving the ball back if he tried.

Ref gifted Roscommon 2 pts there.
Dingle gained from it in 2 games.
In all 3 occasions, the punishment did not fit the crime.
Have to either reduce he punishment or redefine the rule.
What's wrong with a rule saying you just drop the ball? None of this handing the ball over malarky.
And if someone's on the ground with the ball wedged under him and 3 players around him, give him the benefit of the doubt that he's not purposely holding onto the ball.

Mike Breen held the ball out and just as Diarmuid Murtagh was about to grab it to proceed to a solo and go he dropped it to make it look like he was handing it back. It was a cynical attempt to slow down the Roscommon attack and he got punished correctly.

The foul awarded to Kerry in the build up to the winning score on the hooter should have been a Roscommon free. It was a very debatable foul on the penalty Kerry got also.  All in all it was a lucky win for Kerry.

[StephenC]

The issue for me is not the buzzer, it's that the game clock didn't start until the ball was played like a basketball clock. On every other occasion in the game, the ref restarted the clock BEFORE play resumed. Assuming the screen clock was correct, then there were 2 seconds to go. Ref should have restarted the clock and then blew the whistle. No way Kerry should have been allowed to get a score.