Perhaps he was fortunate! I still see it that the ball was contestable and both players did so. Hoban had greater speed and momentum going in to the challange which could have gotten him above McBride he didnt and caught the player. I agree that if the same set of circumstances were applied to a challange on the ground it would probably have had at least resulted in a free out. If both player got up and walked away this incident would be forgotten. The injury was serious but Roddy has done himself few favours with both Dundalk fans, who generally dont have an natural born hatred of the guy prior, and Derry fans who have seen the comments for what they are - a poor and patronising attempt to take attention away from the result.
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