Donegal v Dublin semi final 28-8-11

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

he deserved nothing. manus boyle feigned injury. like the fraud of a tean donegal are.  that was a farce today. michael murphy must be sitting at home sating to himself saying to himsel how does one of the best florwards in the game enjoy playing in a system that makes me look shit.

I'll presume you've had a few to celebrate and that its the drink which is accounting for the nonsense you are spouting. Connolly struck a player in the face with his fist. Red card. There was little power and Boyle to his shame exaggerated the contact but there's no prospect of an appeal.

Now I don't know Michael Murphy personally but I'd place a wager at long odds on that in the cold light of day he'll have enjoyed lifting the Anglo-Celt and playing in his first All Ireland senior semi-final more than being humiliated in the first round of the qualifiers in Crossmaglen.

[thewobbler]

Under the bar, if you can't understand the difference between two players squaring up for handbags and a player callously suckerpunching another, then you really should refrain from commenting on our sport.

[Zulu]

Can't believe anyone is defending Donegal!!!! Dublin didn't play a defensive game, Donegal brought 5 of their forwards back and Dublin simply maintained their positions so Donegal tactics meant that both forward lines were outmanned all day. Anyone who says Connolly deserved to get sent off has no feel for football, where in the rule book does it say you can't raise your hands? Boyle dived it was as simple as that and he should be ashamed.

Probably for the first time in history everyone watching that game, outside of Donegal folk, were shouting for Dublin.

[Zulu]

he deserved nothing. manus boyle feigned injury. like the fraud of a tean donegal are.  that was a farce today. michael murphy must be sitting at home sating to himself saying to himsel how does one of the best florwards in the game enjoy playing in a system that makes me look shit.

I'll presume you've had a few to celebrate and that its the drink which is accounting for the nonsense you are spouting. Connolly struck a player in the face with his fist. Red card. There was little power and Boyle to his shame exaggerated the contact but there's no prospect of an appeal.

Now I don't know Michael Murphy personally but I'd place a wager at long odds on that in the cold light of day he'll have enjoyed lifting the Anglo-Celt and playing in his first All Ireland senior semi-final more than being humiliated in the first round of the qualifiers in Crossmaglen.

No he didn't, Connolly 'hit' him on the shoulder and Boyle went down clutching his face, it's bullshit to say he struck him in the face. On top of that another Donegal player came in and did the same thing to Connolly but he stood up like a man.

[charlieTully]

i started this game cheering on donegal, the ulster connection and an outside chance of getting in the money places in the local fantasy football. wasn't long changing my allegiance, f**k the 30 quid on fantasty football.donegal were like a Sam alderdyce, moruinho soccer side, this was dire, the gamesmanship and diving etc was horrible to watch, connolly was stupid firing a punch to the shoulder but the reaction was pathetic, hittingthe ground like he had been hit by a high calibre bullet, then kavanagh does something similar to connolly and gets feck all. thank God it spurred the dubs on. anyway a victory for football and hopefully this current template is consigned to the dustbin of history.

[Mike Sheehy]

Its possible that he was called for the first push into the Donegal players face rather than the second which was into the shoulder.

Either way, neither of the contacts to face or shoulder could in any way, shape or form be considered a strike and the fact that the Donegal player instigated the pushing and shoving in the first place made it worse. Granted Connelly did do a bit of shoving with another Donegal player immediately prior to that so looking at the sequence as a whole he deserves a kick up the hole for being such a hot head at that critical time.

Still, a red card was totally over the top.

[cadence]

Bernard Brogan got MOTM on the sunday game  when a game ends 8-6 one of the defenders deserves that award.

i barely noticed bb was playing. i thought connolly was the pick of the dub forwards. he's a horse of player, not let up in the man at all.

WTF?!

He did f all bar get blocked down

it wasn't the type of game where players could score at will. today was a day for workrate and aggression, and alright, he went over the line by losing the head, but he never once went missing and was a total pain in the arse to defend against the whole day long. he can do the pretty stuff knocking the ball over the bar when he gets the space, and now we know he can dog it out trying to win the ball for his team, which is one thankless task (apparently).     

[Blowitupref]

Can't believe anyone is defending Donegal!!!! Dublin didn't play a defensive game, Donegal brought 5 of their forwards back and Dublin simply maintained their positions so Donegal tactics meant that both forward lines were outmanned all day. Anyone who says Connolly deserved to get sent off has no feel for football, where in the rule book does it say you can't raise your hands? Boyle dived it was as simple as that and he should be ashamed.

Probably for the first time in history everyone watching that game, outside of Donegal folk, were shouting for Dublin.

Dublin didn't play a defensive game as much, you only have to watch back the 1st half to see 5,6 Dublin defenders swarming around any Donegal forward that had the ball.

If Connolly didn't deserved to get sent off then he should get off when CCCC review it?

[INDIANA]

Boyle is a coward of a GAA player. let no-one say any different. A coward plain and simple. The linesman a complete disgrace.

Let no-one from the ulster defensive organisation tell you that was all about work-rate and aggression. It was  disgrace to the game. that was good vs evil today. Thank God the game was saved today.


How Michael Murphy can go from being on the best forwards in the game to looking like a shit player is only something the donegal management can answer for.

We should enter the donegal team in the olympic handwall london 2012. Guaranteed gold medal.

They are the laughing stock of the GAA world after that today.

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Its possible that he was called for the first push into the Donegal players face rather than the second which was into the shoulder.

Either way, neither of the contacts to face or shoulder could in any way, shape or form be considered a strike and the fact that the Donegal player instigated the pushing and shoving in the first place made it worse. Granted Connelly did do a bit of shoving with another Donegal player immediately prior to that so looking at the sequence as a whole he deserves a kick up the hole for being such a hot head at that critical time.

Still, a red card was totally over the top.

Must say I'd presumed it was for the first "strike" which was to the face. I'd be surprised if he got off on appeal though you couldn't help but feel great sympathy towards him on a personal level.

[Zulu]

Yes they had 5 or 6 defenders around the player because Donegal only had one up front!! I hope Connolly gets off and he certainly deserves to. Is there a rule that allows the CCC to ban Boyle?

[rosnarun]

 boyle should also Definitely have got a red card as her was the originaltor of the the fisticuffs / llike the rest if Donegal today he should be told go home  and dont came back to croke park for a long long  time . its nearly enough to make you shout for Tyrone in the Ulster Championship

[Mike Sheehy]

Boyle is a coward of a GAA player. let no-one say any different. A coward plain and simple. The linesman a complete disgrace.

Let no-one from the ulster defensive organisation tell you that was all about work-rate and aggression. It was  disgrace to the game. that was good vs evil today. Thank God the game was saved today.


How Michael Murphy can go from being on the best forwards in the game to looking like a shit player is only something the donegal management can answer for.

We should enter the donegal team in the olympic handwall london 2012. Guaranteed gold medal.

They are the laughing stock of the GAA world after that today.

take it easy on the pints 

[ck]

Good riddance to Donegal! I always support Ulster teams and rarely support Dublin, but not today. I found myself detesting Donegal and cheering on the Dubs, who genuinely tried to play football.

I watched the game (through my fingers) in a pub in Sligo and so many people turned their back on the game and watched the Utd game.

Brolly said at half time that it could just as easily by 0-0. He was right. Colm O'Rourke summed it up for me...

"I'm glad Dublin won. It was a victory Gaelic Football. Donegal have degraded the game into a shambles and I am delighted they got what they deserved today - nothing!"

[TacadoirArdMhacha]

Boyle is a coward of a GAA player. let no-one say any different. A coward plain and simple. The linesman a complete disgrace.

Let no-one from the ulster defensive organisation tell you that was all about work-rate and aggression. It was  disgrace to the game. that was good vs evil today. Thank God the game was saved today.


How Michael Murphy can go from being on the best forwards in the game to looking like a shit player is only something the donegal management can answer for.

We should enter the donegal team in the olympic handwall london 2012. Guaranteed gold medal.

They are the laughing stock of the GAA world after that today.

Any chance Dublin could deal with the finanial crisis and the war in Libya as well?! 

The Donegal management turned Michael Murphy into an Ulster championship winning captain. I'd say he'll settle for that for 2011.