I'm glad Dublin wont be in the final, nothing personal but they are ugly and without the elegance of the Brogans in evidence, they are short of class.
It should also be mentioned that Mayo were cynical in the extreme, deliberately dragging down players with rugby tackles, with absolutely no connection the game of gaelic football, how that type of thing is not a red card is beyond me. In the end it wasn't football that got Mayo through, it was crude cynicism that kept the Dubs from steamrolling them.
That game was a far cry away from the football spectacle of the Donegal Cork semi final which was played to the end in the best spirit of the game. I just don't see anything other than a resounding win for Donegal in the final.
Mayo being the better team for the first 55 minutes was what won em the game Geysir.
I'm delighted Mayo have finally dropped the nice guy image and are cynical when they have to be. Kerry were the masters at it and nobody ever said anything.
"If God had meant football to be played in the air, he'd have put grass in the sky." Brian Clough.
You'll NEVER beat the Irish.......you'll just draw with us instead!!!
If Kerry were Cynical in the last 10 mins of the All Ireland last year, Dublin would not be all ireland champions now - simple as - Mac would never have score that goal last year - Marc O'Shea say as much last Sunday night!Originally Posted by shakermaker1982
Well those last 10 minutes were surreal. Kerry had the game in the bag. 99 times out of 100 a Kerry team from the last 10 years would eat up time on the clock by stopping other teams taking frees quickly, kicking balls away slyly on the touchline and halting the oppositions momentum by fouling players. Why they didn't do that in the final is a mystery to me.
"If God had meant football to be played in the air, he'd have put grass in the sky." Brian Clough.
You'll NEVER beat the Irish.......you'll just draw with us instead!!!
Ah the fabled scramble for tickets for the Hurling is all over the radio. It's the one thing that annoys me about some GAA supporters how there's always this crap going on every year.
I remember last year when I got my tickets for the football final and people were at me about looking out for spares and how did I get them etc.
If you don't know how to get tickets for games you obviously don't go.
I had a Mayo friend onto me about looking out for a ticket for the final... The lad has been to one match in the last 15 years and it was this years replayed league game in McHale against Dublin. And I gave him my tickets for it.
I have my fingers in pies out there for a ticket. And if I get it... It's mine. :-)
Tír Connail abú!
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As a Donegal man living where I am, I don't fully agree with that bit above. Was at most of the championship matches this year, buying our tickets on ticketmaster. Now I am pretty much stuck entering stupid facebook competitions and buying raffle tickets from all the clubs round and about me here, to try and source tickets. I am asking anyone I know involved in clubs but getting nowhere concrete.
There's no point trying people up at home/clubs up at home. Being away for ten years I wouldnt even expect anything from them.
So its a bit unfair to say that if you dont know how to get tickets (for an AI final) you don't go to matches.
PS any spare tickets on foot.ie will be greatly appreciated!!
Havin a weekend away is quite frankly,lettin ur team mates down!
For starters as a man who was going to Championship games this year you could have invested in a season ticket?
My jibes at people not knowing where to get tickets is not at the likes of you, it's at those tossers who weasel out of the woodwork every September.
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Its' the big one! Come on Galway!
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I just can't bet at all. I lay and still lost! AH!!!!
KK for the replay!
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Great Match ..... shame we have to wait 3 weeks though for replay!
Well at least there's some football match in the middle.
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You wouldn't think so down here but i'm glad - its the way it should be - hopefully it be quiet till next week!
In Swinford?
I was trying to work in some smart-ass comment about Julians of Midfield but failed.
have you bagged a ticket yet?
Was onto the GAA today about tickets for the Hurling Replay and they are going through the clubs for the replay. Silly.
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In Mayo generally ..... Ah Julians ... now that's a blast from the past
No ticket yet but early doors!
I'll never forget the time driving to Midfield from Galway with a lad from the "town" and being pursued by bikers from just outside Tuam to Midfield. I had no idea there was a bikers festival held in Julian's car park! Mad ****!In Mayo generally ..... Ah Julians ... now that's a blast from the past
No ticket yet but early doors!
It got funnier as I had to break into yer man's gaff as he forgot his keys in Galway!
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That went on for a couple of years but doesnt happen now i think!
What I tell ya? 14,000 tickets. Donegal county board have been refused more too. Demand is very high in the county, and the GAA won't budge from 14,000.
Doesn't surprise me really. Considering there seems to be about 40,000 tickets being given away over facebook....
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Demand is always high.
It's the tooth. I would love to know how many we were allocated last year... Alls I know is I got 2!
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Not sure, but as far as I know, there's something like 20,000 tickets allocated to non-competing counties.
The disgusting thing is, there's tickets being sold online for upwards of 200 and 300 euro.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Well I've always personally had a face-value or give-away principle when it comes to tickets and I can never condone scalping. EVER!
If I came across a ticket for Sunday (still praying I will) and I couldn't go I would be selling it for what I paid for it which would be no more than 80 bills.
I could have made a killing last year for 2 Lower Cusack tickets. But for what? I would have missed out on my favourite sporting moment of my life. Priceless.
If the tickets have serial numbers or seat numbers, email the GAA and they will be cancelled.
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