What should be done about the Leinster Final Fiasco?

[orangeman]

Lads, there's NOT going to be a replay. Simple as that. End of the story. Time to move on.

Louth should get their heads down and get ready for the qualifiers, hard as that may seem.

[ONeill]

Is the legacy of Louth and their fans appearing in a Leinster final going to be the introduction of fencing at Croke Park?

[Jinxy]

Just heard Meath sec say they done nothing wrong, Joe Sheridan, I didnt throw the ball, pure cheat and cocky with it, a bit like the Meath players in 96 that didn't split Dooher and McBride in the all Ireland semi.
Bart Simpson syndrome, I Didn't do it!

That's what it's really about now isn't it? 

[Halfquarter]

The Meath football team have surprisingly voted against giving Louth a replay,that looks like the end of the debate.
This is according to the RTE news at 10::00 am.

[small white mayoman]

Has Dundalk's own Jim Corr had his say on the matter yet? I was half expecting him on the Last Word this evening declaring the "goal" as part of the 9/11 conspiracy.

They could make a great South Park episode out of this. "RESPECT MARTIN SLUDDEN'S AUTHORITAH!"

gift grubs Jim Corr had something to say about it this moring on today fm

[Galwaybhoy]

I hope now that there is not a replay - I hope that this incident serves to highlight the stupidity of the umpire system as it stands and how they are appointed.

If you expect the GAA to do anything about it, don't hold your breath.

[Maguire01]

Louth County Executive Committee had a meeting and reviewed the post match incidents at the LSFC final, Louth v Meath.

On behalf of Louth GAA we wish to condem the unsavoury incidents after the match. We will provide full co-operation with the relevant authorities to deal with the offenders.

We are also seeking a copy of the referees report for clarification purposes to enable the Louth executive committee to consider all options available.

We wish to confirm that no further official statements will be forthcoming on behalf of the Louth County Board on this matter until further notice

Is that not the daftest statement ever? Essentially, there will be no statement until the next statement.

[blanketattack]

Is it true that the guy who tried to steal the World Cup trophy on Sunday was a disgruntled Louth fan trying to get something to parade down the streets of Dundalk instead of the Delaney Cup?

[Maguire01]

Not to trivialise the situation but here are the texts I got:
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Breaking news: The CCCC Held an emergency meeting straight after the Leinster final and after reviewing the Meath goal, they have decided to suspend Colm Cooper for a month.
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Am I missing something or is there a reason that this joke mentions Cooper and not Galvin?

[AZOffaly]

It's because they're picking on Kerry now. Allegedly.

[Maguire01]

Yes, but surely Galvin would make more sense?

[Maguire01]

Yes, but surely Galvin would make more sense?

He's already suspended.

Yeah, I know. Cooper just seemed a bit random to work.

[AZOffaly]

That's the point of it. But you know what they say, if you have to explain it, it's not funny

[Redhand Santa]

I hoped Louth would win and really felt sorry them. However some of the abuse directed at the gaa in general is crazy. Mistakes happen in every sport - England goal not given v Germany or Henry's handball are to recent examples in soccer.

There's very little the gaa can do at this point to correct the human error on the day. They can't introduce a new rule at this of the season to introduce a replay for a referee's mistake. Not only would it be against the rules but it would be a seriously bad precedent to set. Like it or not the only way there can be a replay is if Meath offer it and that now looks unlikely.

The best thing about this is that Louth aren't out of the championship (although Leinster was probably their ultimate aim this season). The players can knuckle down now and use this as motivation. They still can get back to Croke Park for the quarter finals and take it from there. People think this is bad but imagine if there was no back door. Louth's season would now be over with no more championshp to next May.

[blanketattack]

Not to trivialise the situation but here are the texts I got:
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Breaking news: The CCCC Held an emergency meeting straight after the Leinster final and after reviewing the Meath goal, they have decided to suspend Colm Cooper for a month.
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Am I missing something or is there a reason that this joke mentions Cooper and not Galvin?

The joke is to do with how ridiculous the CCCC suspensions are and including Gooch makes it even more ridiculous.