Dublin Versus Kerry

[old git]

Have just got over the shock.

In fairness, the first half is probably the greatest display of power football seen in all my time watching games. Forget about 'Dublin did not turn up', they were not allowed to turn up, A complete 1 to 15 display with contributions from the subs.

3 killer passes from Paul Galvin in the first 5 minutes were lethal from Dublin's point of view.

You could have picked several players for MOTM, but Mike McCarthy was awesome, especially considering he has not been trainng in the squad.

McEnenaney had a easy game to ref, but he should have forgotten that Dublin were demoralised and the game was gone by giving Bastic the second yellow card and Ciaran Whelan the straight red they deserved.

referee / umpires bottled it bastic should have went after taking out cooper so late after he fisted ball over bar... and then again for a late challange from behind late in game for whelans elbow think ref might have been on blind side to see it .. can the gaa still not punish these players after game with video evidence

[shakermaker1982]

Whelan is a lout. I'll never forget his assualt on Ronan in the Mayo/Dublin Semi Final in 2006.

[DeLorean]

Whelan is a lout

And in addition probably the most overrated player I have ever seen. A decent athlete without an ounce of football.

[paul_oshea]

referee / umpires bottled it bastic should have went after taking out cooper so late after he fisted ball over bar... and then again for a late challange from behind late in game for whelans elbow think ref might have been on blind side to see it .. can the gaa still not punish these players after game with video evidence

No, and yes. If a players incident has not been noted then there is nothing the CCCC can do. However if its a televised game, they can do something in hindsight in they deem necessary, but the general rule of thumb is unless its written down in the referees report then nothing can be done.

[eamo1]

The game was shown again on Setanta Ireland last night.Knowing them i'd say they will show it again some other night of the week so keep an eye out for it.
Always great to see "the mighty Dubs" crash and burn.Thats 14 years without an All-Ireland.Another Kerry-Tyrone final me thinks.

[Docboy]

And in addition probably the most overrated player I have ever seen. A decent athlete without an ounce of football.

Have to disagree with you there, Whelan has been one of the finest exponents of the high catch in gaelic football over the last decade and has consistently scored points from the middle of the park. Unfortunately he's had to play with many substandard players down through the years. If, as expected, that was his last game for the Dubs it's a sad end for him.

Kerry were magnificent on Sunday, however, Dublin weren't even within 5 yards on them for the tackles. Would love to see a repeat of last years final to give the cute Kerry hoors a shot at redemption.

[old git]

[QUOTE=Docboy;1205967]Have to disagree with you there, Whelan has been one of the finest exponents of the high catch in gaelic football over the last decade and has consistently scored points from the middle of the park. Unfortunately he's had to play with many substandard players down through the years. If, as expected, that was his last game for the Dubs it's a sad end for him.


>>> you forgot to mention the very nasty side of whelan ... every match i saw him play he was always involved in some incident on or off the ball not the first time he has clattered another player with a stray elbow/ arm ..

[old git]

No, and yes. If a players incident has not been noted then there is nothing the CCCC can do. However if its a televised game, they can do something in hindsight in they deem necessary, but the general rule of thumb is unless its written down in the referees report then nothing can be done.

just reading paper this morning bastic could be in trouble with gaa after all rte have released pictures of him apperaring to stamp on kieran donaghy injured foot as donaghy was leaving pitch after bringing on water .. if true he deserves to get punished big time ... serious nasty piece of work if he tried to cause more damage to donaghy injury