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He's been red carded more than once a served suspensions, I assume you mean Connolly when talking about other players. Still rubbish to say he has a butter wouldn't melt reputation, COC has stepped over the line many times which has been pointed out many times on here.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7907 - 12/06/2017 14:34:32 1998496 Link 0 |
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Well said. Couldn't agree more. Very frustrating to read some of the stuff. This forum is actually very mild compared to others thankfully.
Weary (None) - Posts: 249 - 12/06/2017 14:40:46 1998507 Link 0 |
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People are sheep you see and form a narrative. Sunday game for example last night....Des just couldn't help himself, first question "This Mayo team win an All Ireland no?" Why not analyze the game? Break it down and focus on the winning team....Galway. I still maintain there are very few pundits who actually analyze a Mayo game but rather go for the "same old story" lines which are cast after every defeat. Ah they have no forwards joe etc etc.... yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11236 - 12/06/2017 15:00:43 1998521 Link 4 |
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We'll have to disagree then. When people talk about Connolly or Keegan or McMahon or Galvin or Ricey or whoever down the years, they almost always refer to them "playing on the edge" or "do what it takes to win" or "he's no saint". This never happens to O'Connor and it annoys me! He gets every benefit of the doubt.
Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12122 - 12/06/2017 15:06:14 1998526 Link 4 |
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Fair enough if you think that but I have heard him described in those terms plenty of times. Especially in the last couple of years following the 2015 Dublin game. He is more sneaky than the other lads I would say. McMahon has gotten away with more than anyone else in recent years I would say!
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7907 - 12/06/2017 15:31:39 1998549 Link 0 |
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I usually switch off when I hear people comparing GAA players with soccer players, as they are generally biased or just irrelevant. However, someone just referred to COC as "the Alan Shearer of Gaelic Football", ie. he spends far too much time trying to referee games himself. streaker (Galway) - Posts: 497 - 12/06/2017 15:41:44 1998559 Link 5 |
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The worst thing about him is his CONSTANT bitching to refs all the time
Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 12/06/2017 18:21:09 1998671 Link 5 |
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Mayo management made disastrous decisions, taking off a full forward and putting on a midfielder in his place and then not giving him the ball, no game plan for playing with the wind, countless wrong decisions, stupidly getting sent off etc, hard to play against 15 when you are down to 14 but yet again a poor performance by the ref and linesmen ruins games as a whole, they should be subject to the same punishment as players riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 12/06/2017 22:10:05 1998782 Link 0 |
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I thought I had that figured at the time. I said they would take off Andy in the second half, put Aido on the edge of the square and lump a few high balls in on the wind. I was convinced I was right.....
Llaw_Gyffes (Mayo) - Posts: 1113 - 12/06/2017 22:44:12 1998798 Link 0 |
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All this crap about he should have got out of the way or it was COC fault It was no ones fault It is a part of football The game today is played at breakneck speed Men running all over the place I'm surprized it doesn't happen more It wasn't a free never mind a black card It probably had more to do with COC missing the tackle and colliding with Flynn It happens in every game and the refs today are card happy It was an exciting game of football played in non ideal conditions With the help of GOD we'll meet them again cluichethar (Mayo) - Posts: 454 - 13/06/2017 01:04:14 1998839 Link 0 |
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Does anyone know what Comer said or done to Higgins to get him to lose it TV didn't really show a lot outside of the dangly bits getting squished cluichethar (Mayo) - Posts: 454 - 13/06/2017 01:15:09 1998841 Link 0 |
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People on here were lining up to attack coc before the game by the looks of it. He in no way feigned injury or dived in that incident. Whatever way you look at it he was clattered into by a 6"5 lad. Whether it was a black card or not is debatable. Flynn was unfortunate but it was a definite free to Mayo. Also Mayo need to face reality and get rid of a few players who are not up to all ireland standard: cafferky, Seamus o Shea, mcloughlin, Regan. Also diarmaid o Connor needs to add more to his game than just fitness. HurlingSnob (Dublin) - Posts: 220 - 13/06/2017 03:30:56 1998851 Link 2 |
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Your obsession with Mayo and CoC is strange Liam. Listened to some adults discuss adult football yesterday. Maybe you should look it up. It's men from Meath, Laois and Derry discussing the football from the weekend. It's fairly accessible. It's hosted by a well known ex Laois player Wooly. It might not suit your juvenile obsession to listen to a bit of balance. No matter how much you talk about CoC it will not distract from DC and his on going issues.
Weary (None) - Posts: 249 - 13/06/2017 08:14:13 1998867 Link 2 |
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Problem is we don't have anyone on the sideline to replace those lads. Look at Andy at 33 and we didn't have anyone as good to replace him for the last ten minutes. Very few of the U21s have transitioned to the senior set up. Loftus and Irwin were our two scoring forwards at U21, Loftus has been injured and hasn't managed to break into the team and Irwin, for one reason or another, has left the panel. What you see is what you get unfortunately, from our point of view, which is why we won't be winning any All Ireland anytime soon. That's the main difference between ourselves and the Dubs. They have a raft of lads who can come in and change a game, we don't.
Llaw_Gyffes (Mayo) - Posts: 1113 - 13/06/2017 09:49:03 1998890 Link 0 |
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your obsession with Diarmuid Connolly is equally strange !!
superbluedub (Dublin) - Posts: 2837 - 13/06/2017 09:56:17 1998894 Link 1 |
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I could get my head around 'constant bitching' and 'bitching all the time', but the constant bitching all the time, now that's sounds serious!
Llaw_Gyffes (Mayo) - Posts: 1113 - 13/06/2017 09:56:34 1998895 Link 0 |
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I wouldn't drop McLoughlin until we have someone better to replace him. He's a player that's well able to take a score but, I think because he's used more in a defensive role, isn't always too confident in front of goal, sometimes rushes his shooting. Play him as an out and out forward, training for that and we'll get a better return from him. It's not like there are many potentially better forwards than him in this squad. We've a lot of good backs so if needed use one of them as a sweeper and try maximising the dwindling forward resources by getting the best out of actual forwards.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7363 - 13/06/2017 10:10:40 1998905 Link 0 |
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The likes of Doherty were good scoring forwards a few years ago but the style of football Mayo play now does not get the best out of Mayo's forwards. Anyone read Brollys article yesterday about rochford? Dont always agree with him but i taught it was very good. Apart for performing to a decent level in the two Final games last year against Dublin i think they have gone back a lot since Horan and Holmes/Connelly Management. What do Mayo posters think? Cuckoosinging (Roscommon) - Posts: 992 - 13/06/2017 10:39:59 1998927 Link 0 |
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Touche Law, I will give you that one :) Well played Sir Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 13/06/2017 11:45:22 1998969 Link 0 |
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Oh so it must be true then if they said it. Most of the Dubs were complaining about a witch hunt on the Sunday game for highlighting the Connolly incident. Now they are correct on this all of a sudden
The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2088 - 13/06/2017 12:15:22 1998994 Link 2 |