Originally Posted by
old-head
Ya, was there as well. I'm not going to name the lad who was involved because you'll have all sorts of stupid rants. The guy who said that he was bitten went mad. Seemed to be showing his hand to the Ref after he was sent off for throwing a punch. Could maybe explain why he started throwing punches tho'!! 4 sent off in total, Rockmount won 2-1 by the way!![/QUOTE
I was at this game & I know a lot of the Mallow lads. Yes, it is true that a Rockmount player bit a Mallow player on the hand during a scuffle between the two of them near the end of the game. The Mallow player went ballistic when he was bitten ,hence, the reason he started to throw his fist's trying to get the Rockmount player away from him & which subsequently contributed to him getting a red card also. I';m sure that the bite punctured the skin also. Absolutely disgusting behaviour from the Rockmount player & I know who the player is but I won't name him publicly on the forum but I think he does have previous with red cards if I'm not mistaken.
As for the game, Rockmount got 2 late goals to win but they are a very poor shadow of the recent Rockmount teams. Very little creativity through the middle of the pitch, basic idea of giving it to the full backs or centre halves & putting it long trying to win flicks or second balls. Poor performance from the ref who was absolutely berated by a certain Rockmount player (who we all know) each time a free was given to Mallow. F' off ref/f' you ref was regularly thrown at the ref who was eventually influenced by this abuse.Mallow were fit,organised & kept a good shape but could have done a lot more when in possession of the ball.
The game will be overshadowed by the bite from the Rockmount player. How a club of the stature of Rockmount can condone this, I don't know. The Mallow players were absolutely disgusted at what has happened. Somebody above mentioned a lifetime ban, I would agree that a lengthy ban is the only answer to such disgusting behaviour.
Edit to say that I would like to hear Glenbucks views on this. I normally do find his views & post's quite sensible.
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