Congrats to Dundalk 👏
Fair play Dundalk better side won,Derry competed manfully with 10 men and penalties left it a lottery.
Silly scenes at the end ,soured a good occasion a bit........
Irish by birth ,Harps by the grace of god.
And what has that got to do with whether he dived or not? That'd be like saying the Dundalk player didn't handle the ball last week because the "Cork City fans didn't make a fuss about it".
Oh wait. Ye did say that...
Ye dalk heads have a funny way of justifying cheating...
Fair play to Derry tonight, they played very well when down to 10 men. The extra player was not noticeable as Derry's shape and cohesive movement was excellent.
The playing conditions were difficult, a swirling wind, and very greasy and fast surface. Both keepers made mistakes that were at least partly due to the conditions.
Penalties are a horrible way to decide a final and the scenes at the end were very disappointing. The Dundalk fans who invaded the pitch were roundly booed by the rest of the Dundalk fans and I expect they will get lengthy bans from the club.
Tbh I hate criticism of fans invading pitches we have seen it plenty of times with Rovers being criticised for it and tonight Dundalk. Just won a cup final away from home enjoy it and don’t worry about running on the pitch ffs.
Hard to swallow for us but such is life, another 2-2 draw which is a bit of a crazy run.
No issues with McGrath cheating but Jarvis cupping his ears him being a Lonemoor Road man, hopefully he cops a bad one.
League cup WINNERS
10 points clear in the prem
s/f FAI cup
Derry,Shams & even Cork fans having a pop at us
We must be doing something right.
yeoooooooooooooooo!!!
If you have a look again at the Gillespie second yellow it should be obvious that Grant Gillespie made a dangerous lunge at the ball and was no where near it - it was a yellow card all day long.
Jamie McGrath had already played the ball and appears to hurdle the challenge. Whether McGrath stays on his feet or not is irrelevant, it was a clear booking for a dangerous and late challenge. If he actually connected with McGrath it could easily have been a straight red. The ref was very close to the incident.
Grant Gillespie was thwe author of his own misfortune
https://twitter.com/eirSport/status/1172968389154938880
Derry played with great spirit and determination for 60 minutes with 10 men
How many times have we seen players pick up stupid yellow cards which come back to haunt them ?
In the heat of the moment people do stupid things.
Last night was the perfect example.
Referee was perfectly correct in his decision.
No one is arguing about it being a yellow. But McGrath dived/cheated in order to sell it to the ref. But none of ye can admit it despite it being as clear as day. 😂
While it was a stupid challenge by Gillespie, it is also quite likely that if McGrath stays on his feet (which he could have done IMO) the ref may not have booked Gillespie. Ergo, McGrath's cheating has probably got him sent off.
So the ref was right with the sending off but Dundalk are cheating b*stards?
You can't lunge in two-footed and studs up while on a yellow; it doesn't matter if you make contact or get the ball or any of those cliches.
No debate required here I think.
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