Aidan O'Mahony = Pathetic

[J70]

i know it was "technically" a strike but donncha o'connor should get that red card rescinded. common sense should prevail but as we all know it very rarely does with the GAA top brass.

Damn right.

Red card rescinded and O'Mahoney banned for good measure.

Then you're leaving the interpretation of the intensity of the strike up to the officials. As it is now, players know that if they're seen striking an opponent, no matter how harmless, they're gone. O'Connor has no cause for complaint.

Away and grow a set for f**k sakes.


Get that soccer shitetalk to f**k.

Is this clear enough for you?

RULE 5 - AGGRESSIVE FOULS
5.1 To strike or attempt to strike an opponent with the head, arm, elbow, hand or knee.
5.2 To kick or attempt to kick an opponent.
5.3 To stamp on an opponent.
5.4 To behave in any manner which is dangerous to an opponent.
5.5 To strike or attempt to strike any match official. To interfere with or use abusive language or conduct to a match official.

PENALTY FOR THE ABOVE FOULS -
(i) Order offender off.
(ii) Free kick from where the foul occurred except as provided under EXCEPTIONS of Rule 2.2.

[ONeill]

That was the Rivaldo moment of GAA.

Unfortunately the Cork man had to go in terms of applying the rules, but that reaction took the biscuit.

[cadhlancian]

think most people are disgusted with omahony cos he was held in quite high regard before the game and now just elt himself down.shame that 1 second can destroy a players rep but thats the price u pay

O'Mahoney has been at this sort of stuff in every game Mickey - as bad as Galvin and thats saying something. He had no reputation to destroy but at least was shown up today for what he is. Unfortunately this Kerry team have a few players who while good footballers are also thoroughly dislikeable characters - Galvin and O'Mahony are two of them and Cooper and Donaghy also do their share of mouthing and annoying stuff.

As least we should hear no more about negative Ulster football - todays game was largely a shambles and the word "puke" came to mind a few times.

still havn't read one post in regards to Kieran Donaghy GOADING Hayes while he was preparing and taking the penalty.

[RadioGAAGAA]

Is this clear enough for you?

So when does a wee slap constitute a strike?


Only in the sad little world of divers like Deco, Ronaldo, Rooney, Gerrard et al.

[SLIGONIAN]

No way was the cork lads sending off justifed. It was a rub on the face in a playful manner. A strike is different and intended to hurt.  It has to be recinded. Common sense please prevail. Will we be getting sent off now for RUBBING A OPPONENTS HAIR in a playful way. FFS this is a joke.

O Mahony is a disgrace. Nothing new though there. Isnt always acting the prig. Some pups down in Kerry but in fairness there everywhere these days. I dont have to look too far so we cant be hypicirites. The kerry fans cant defend that and will not but theyll just have to get on with it and put it behind them. Id love to see the GAA try to put a stop to this. Who will be the fall guy?

[gorm agus bui]

He really should be banned (and anyone else who acts like that) for the sake of the game.

He's a Garda isn't he?

Wasn't he suspended form the Garda for a while a couple of years ago.Maybe not as white as white the lad

[J70]

Is this clear enough for you?

So when does a wee slap constitute a strike?


Only in the sad little world of divers like Deco, Ronaldo, Rooney, Gerrard et al.

From the rules it would appear always. Unless I have missed somewhere that states something to the contrary? Is the "strike" defined?

[ONeill]

No way was the cork lads sending off justifed. It was a rub on the face in a playful manner. A strike is different and intended to hurt.  It has to be recinded. Common sense please prevail. Will we be getting sent off now for RUBBING A OPPONENTS HAIR in a playful way. FFS this is a joke.

Now, it definitely wasn't a playful rub.

[An Fhairche Abu]

For an absolutely fantastic footballer, O'Mahony was an embarrassment to himself and his county, first of all for his odious taunting of O'Connor prior to his dive and mostly for that reaction to a tap on the cheek. He was a disgrace to the game today.
He knew well that McQuillan would be looking to even it up and went down knowing full well what would happen to Donnacha O'Connor.

As for the match itself, Kerry were by far the better team and it was daylight robbery by Cork to get a draw out of it. Nobody's fault but Kerrys own though, didn't play to the final whistle and got caught thinking the match was over. I thought the game was niggly, bad tempered and a hard slog to watch.
Will be interesting to see what reaction Pat Spillane and the Sunday Game panelists will come out with tonight, if it was two Ulster teams involved there would be plenty of accusations of puke football, or are we going to get more claptrap about the "pure" football of the Kingdom again?

[orangeman]

Aidan's display today was shameful.

[RadioGAAGAA]

From the rules it would appear always.

No it wouldn't.

"Strike" as a term is defined as "hit sharply" or deliver a "sharp blow". The quantification does not need to be defined by the rulebook, the word itself defines it.



Yer man was dismissed for a playful slap. That is not a strike.

[ONeill]

It clearly showed the linesman telling the ref it was a slap.

[RadioGAAGAA]

It clearly showed the linesman telling the ref it was a slap.

Indeed.


I think (but cannot be sure) that the referee is the culprit here (along with O'Mahoney obviously).

[jodyb]

That was the Rivaldo moment of GAA.

Unfortunately the Cork man had to go in terms of applying the rules, but that reaction took the biscuit.

Shades of wee Peter gettin Rooster Mc Cusker sent off in the '95 ulster semi final. Not a new phenomenon by any means

[Diet Coke]

And don't forget the chosen one Gooch got away with elbowing an opponent in the face......