AISF 2010: Corcaigh vs Áth Cliath

[Donnellys Hollow]

Lads, did anyone else think Paddy Kellys point towards the end (after the quick free) looked wide?

thought that myself

I thought that as well. Surely they would have highlighted it on RTÉ if there was a doubt over it?

Felt sorry for Dublin today. They've a lot of fairly limited footballers but their honesty of effort is fantastic. What was McConnell at though? Pure madness.

Cork are undoubtedly the best team left but they don't box clever at all. Whether they'll play better now having pulled a big game out of the fire in Croke Park for the first time in years remains to be seen.

[haze]

Adrian Walsh sealed donkey of the yr, how that man gets on the cork team i dont know. There is no football in him.

I'd have him just behind Niall Corkery and Eoghan O Gara for that award. I dont mean to be harsh on Corkery because he is a trojan work horse but cant see how Flynn would not be picked ahead of him.

Alan Brogan and Cluxton must be wondering will they ever reach an All Ireland Final

If you think Aidan Walsh is a donkey then you know absolutely nothing whatsoever about football. I'll post on the game itself later. But i thought it was a great game, if the quality was be bit less than we would have hoped for.

No to be honest don't think he is a donkey was just following on from Sligonians point so was slightly exaggerating. All i can say about Walsh is that is so frustrating to watch. He turns over possession a lot of the time and more than any other Cork players seems to often take the wrong option. I'd rather Murphy than Walsh for the final if i was from Cork. Walsh is one for the future, very raw and will be a fine player in a few years time.

Yeah and it was a hugely enjoyable game, only a pity Dublin didn't win it

Lads, did anyone else think Paddy Kellys point towards the end (after the quick free) looked wide?

thought that myself

I thought that as well. Surely they would have highlighted it on RTÉ if there was a doubt over it?

I was convinced at the time it was wide even after watching replay

[Capt Pat]

I was at the match and didn't think it was a penalty, wasit really a certain penalty?

[passedit]

Lads, did anyone else think Paddy Kellys point towards the end (after the quick free) looked wide?

thought that myself

I thought that as well. Surely they would have highlighted it on RTÉ if there was a doubt over it?

Felt sorry for Dublin today. They've a lot of fairly limited footballers but their honesty of effort is fantastic. What was McConnell at though? Pure madness.

Cork are undoubtedly the best team left but they don't box clever at all. Whether they'll play better now having pulled a big game out of the fire in Croke Park for the first time in years remains to be seen.

Cork didn't win that game, Dublin lost it. If they'd kept their heads they'd have seen out that game, Cork were never going to get the scores they needed from play, too many of their forwards were hiding. Kildare will definitely beat them in the final.

[SLIGONIAN]

Adrian Walsh sealed donkey of the yr, how that man gets on the cork team i dont know. There is no football in him.

I'd have him just behind Niall Corkery and Eoghan O Gara for that award. I dont mean to be harsh on Corkery because he is a trojan work horse but cant see how Flynn would not be picked ahead of him.

Alan Brogan and Cluxton must be wondering will they ever reach an All Ireland Final

If you think Aidan Walsh is a donkey then you know absolutely nothing whatsoever about football. I'll post on the game itself later. But i thought it was a great game, if the quality was be bit less than we would have hoped for.

No to be honest don't think he is a donkey was just following on from Sligonians point so was slightly exaggerating. All i can say about Walsh is that is so frustrating to watch. He turns over possession a lot of the time and more than any other Cork players seems to often take the wrong option. I'd rather Murphy than Walsh for the final if i was from Cork. Walsh is one for the future, very raw and will be a fine player in a few years time.

Yeah and it was a hugely enjoyable game, only a pity Dublin didn't win it

Lads, did anyone else think Paddy Kellys point towards the end (after the quick free) looked wide?

thought that myself

I thought that as well. Surely they would have highlighted it on RTÉ if there was a doubt over it?

I was convinced at the time it was wide even after watching replay

People will say he wins ball and does work etc.. you know the usual cliches, but this lad when he gets the ball is 95% going to give it away or balloon it wide and considering his performance in Killarnery where he imploded us with his accuracy to think he still shooting away is beyond me. That man shouldnt be allowed to use his feet at all. Lay it off. I dont think ive ever seen such a poor footballer grace an intercounty team that gets to an AI final.

[Shrewdness]

Lads, did anyone else think Paddy Kellys point towards the end (after the quick free) looked wide?

Was pretty sure it was but thought the umpires couldn't have got that wrong...

In my opinion it was wide, and don't be surprised at umpires getting it wrong.

Look at the 2 gobshite umpires who didn't bring the ref's attention to Meath's 'goal' against Louth at the same end.

[Dinny Breen]

Wide or not I don't know although I thought it was wide in the replay as well but if it was wide it just cancelled out MDM's illegal point in the first half

[magpie seanie]

I was at the match and didn't think it was a penalty, wasit really a certain penalty?

I didn't think it was. The defender had his arms out wide and O'Neill ran into him, grabbed the defenders arm and hit the deck, pulling the defender down as well. Ref was very willing to buy it. Sprinted to the penalty spot. O'Neill dived a good few times when he came on. Good tactics I suppose. 

[The Real Laoislad]

I was at the match and didn't think it was a penalty, wasit really a certain penalty?

Stonewall penalty,even the crew on ResDubs are saying so..

[Dinny Breen]

definite penalty for me too, stupid defending..

[blanketattack]

Paddy Kelly's point definitely went over

[INDIANA]

Adrian Walsh sealed donkey of the yr, how that man gets on the cork team i dont know. There is no football in him.

I'd have him just behind Niall Corkery and Eoghan O Gara for that award. I dont mean to be harsh on Corkery because he is a trojan work horse but cant see how Flynn would not be picked ahead of him.

Alan Brogan and Cluxton must be wondering will they ever reach an All Ireland Final

Did you see Corkery's pass for the goal by any chance???

I did yeah, and i thought it was the most positive contribution he has made all year for Dublin but that does not escape the fact that i think (though open to correction if clearly wrong) that Paul Flynn is a better footballer. I'm all for half forwards working their socks off but they need to have the quality to take a score when the opportunity arises. Cullen for example fits the Dublin model well.

Davoren for O Gara and Flynn for Corkery next year and i think the Dubs will be an even more formidable outfit

davoren is gone for next season and may never play county football again. Corkery had his best game today. Not my type of player but I'll give him his due today.

Not going to bother posting on it. probably be found on a park bench somewhere during the week sometime. I'll never watch the video of that match ever again. I'm not going to read a newspaper either.

But i can't believe we lost that game considering how bad Cork are. I've been so wrong on Cork. A truly average outfit. Doesn't make us look much good but we knew we're not that good beforehand. But most of the Cork team are so lacking in the basics its not funny. They ddin't win it- we gave it to them. Poor reflection on us too.

But I couldn;t fault the dublin team for the effort they gave.

[The Real Laoislad]

definite penalty for me too, stupid defending..

ResDubs forum also saying its a awful shame they didn't win as they would defiantly have won the final no matter who they played...

[INDIANA]

definite penalty for me too, stupid defending..

what about all the poxy frees Deegan gave them as well that weren't frees. A truly disgraceful referreeing performance.

[The Real Laoislad]

Told you so Dinny didn't I