All Ireland prelimQFs: Mayo/Derry, Galway/Monaghan, Tyrone/Roscommon, Louth/Cork

[Mario]

Incredible result for Derry, well done to the players and management. My tupppence worth on the Mayo penalty for a footblock. The referee surely made a bad mistake on this one as the ball doesn't hit Mckinless on the foot. It hits him high up on the back of his leg. Surely for a footblock the ball has to be blocked by the foot. Also the ref came in and booked Lynch which shows that he didn't have a clear view of what happened and therefore he should have consulted his umpires.

Definately wasn't a penalty but in fairness, it was hard for any of us to see in real time. We had the benefit of the replay a few times to clarify it.

Officials don't have that.  Re: the booking, Lynch was coming out also and referee probably thought it was his leg/foot.

As I say, very hard to see in real time.

If it was hard to see in real time and he wasn't sure all the more reason not to give it

[marty34]

Incredible result for Derry, well done to the players and management. My tupppence worth on the Mayo penalty for a footblock. The referee surely made a bad mistake on this one as the ball doesn't hit Mckinless on the foot. It hits him high up on the back of his leg. Surely for a footblock the ball has to be blocked by the foot. Also the ref came in and booked Lynch which shows that he didn't have a clear view of what happened and therefore he should have consulted his umpires.

Definately wasn't a penalty but in fairness, it was hard for any of us to see in real time. We had the benefit of the replay a few times to clarify it.

Officials don't have that.  Re: the booking, Lynch was coming out also and referee probably thought it was his leg/foot.

As I say, very hard to see in real time.

If it was hard to see in real time and he wasn't sure all the more reason not to give it

He would probably say he did see a foot block (in real time) and hence the reason he gave it.

[Derryman forever]

Incredible result for Derry, well done to the players and management. My tupppence worth on the Mayo penalty for a footblock. The referee surely made a bad mistake on this one as the ball doesn't hit Mckinless on the foot. It hits him high up on the back of his leg. Surely for a footblock the ball has to be blocked by the foot. Also the ref came in and booked Lynch which shows that he didn't have a clear view of what happened and therefore he should have consulted his umpires.

Definately wasn't a penalty but in fairness, it was hard for any of us to see in real time. We had the benefit of the replay a few times to clarify it.

Officials don't have that.  Re: the booking, Lynch was coming out also and referee probably thought it was his leg/foot.

As I say, very hard to see in real time.

If it was hard to see in real time and he wasn't sure all the more reason not to give it

He would probably say he did see a foot block (in real time) and hence the reason he gave it.

"He would, wouldn't he"

But the fact is he didn't see it.
So he either was guessing or wanted to see it.

[trueblue1234]

You can see he tried to get his leg and foot to interfere with the kicking of the ball. For me that's a foot block. Just because it hits above the foot doesn't change the intent. And the wording is to attempt to block from memory. Surely that was a clear attempt at a block with his foot?

[Derryman forever]

You can see he tried to get his leg and foot to interfere with the kicking of the ball. For me that's a foot block. Just because it hits above the foot doesn't change the intent. And the wording is to attempt to block from memory. Surely that was a clear attempt at a block with his foot?

Riiight! Brendan.

[yellowcard]

It was a clear penalty in my view. At that stage it looked perfectly set up for Mayo to kick on and win the match but they were clueless up front and it was like they had never faced a blanket defence before. Fair play to Derry they did what they needed to do to give themselves a chance. You have to admire the character of players like Lynch in goals.

But playing like that they would get comfortably beaten by either Dublin or Kerry. Against Donegal it would be another 50/50 war of attrition. But at least they have salvaged something from their season and it may have just done enough to save Harte's job.

[Mario]

You can see he tried to get his leg and foot to interfere with the kicking of the ball. For me that's a foot block. Just because it hits above the foot doesn't change the intent. And the wording is to attempt to block from memory. Surely that was a clear attempt at a block with his foot?

To block or attempt to block with the boot when an opponent is kicking the ball from the hand

I can see your point if it hit him in the shin/calf maybe but his back was turned and it hit him just below the ass. His instinct was to make himself big to block the shot with a part of his body. Not sure that constitutes intent to block with the boot

[Derryman forever]

https://youtu.be/jhqf3TW2YIc


And the "referee" gave the yellow card to The goal keeper.

[Duine Inteacht Eile]

First time seeing that. I think foot block is a fair enough call there.

[Brendan]

Whatever about the foot block and real time there was at least 2 yards between McKinless and Lynch and wearing very different coloured shorts and jersies how can an intercounty referee get the yellow card so wrong

[Rossfan]

If Carlsberg did Saturdays.....
A very enjoyable day out in Omagh to say the least.
Then our lovely neighbours fck up for the 2nd time in a week.
Needless to say overjoyed with the win in Omagh.
Probably our biggest win since 1980 on the National stage.
Hopefully we can follow it up with a bigger one next weekend.

[trueblue1234]

You can see he tried to get his leg and foot to interfere with the kicking of the ball. For me that's a foot block. Just because it hits above the foot doesn't change the intent. And the wording is to attempt to block from memory. Surely that was a clear attempt at a block with his foot?

To block or attempt to block with the boot when an opponent is kicking the ball from the hand

I can see your point if it hit him in the shin/calf maybe but his back was turned and it hit him just below the ass. His instinct was to make himself big to block the shot with a part of his body. Not sure that constitutes intent to block with the boot

For me you can see him swing his foot and leg in front of the kick. There's zero doubt about that. It's not his natural run that brings him into contact. So there's a definite attempt to block the kick with his leg/foot.
Correct decision. If I was from Derry, there'd be other calls I'd question more than that.

[Duine Inteacht Eile]

Whatever about the foot block and real time there was at least 2 yards between McKinless and Lynch and wearing very different coloured shorts and jersies how can an intercounty referee get the yellow card so wrong

I'd be surprised if he thought Lynch was the foot block. He maybe got it for mouthing.

[Derryman forever]

Whatever about the foot block and real time there was at least 2 yards between McKinless and Lynch and wearing very different coloured shorts and jersies how can an intercounty referee get the yellow card so wrong

I'd be surprised if he thought Lynch was the foot block. He maybe got it for mouthing.

Watch the booking.  He indicated a foot block as he raised the card.

And this was tackle of the year

https://youtu.be/FS7UaD0Q19s

[Brendan]

Whatever about the foot block and real time there was at least 2 yards between McKinless and Lynch and wearing very different coloured shorts and jersies how can an intercounty referee get the yellow card so wrong

I'd be surprised if he thought Lynch was the foot block. He maybe got it for mouthing.

A foot block is a yellow card offence and he make a gesture to his foot when booking him