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He hasn't won player of the year."]Thankfully! He's in good company, if the Gooch never won it, you want to win it mate. :) TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 09/06/2017 18:51:46 1997420 Link 0 |
He hasn't won player of the year."]Neither did Colm Cooper. Doesn't mean he wasn't a hell of a footballer
AHP (Dublin) - Posts: 323 - 09/06/2017 18:52:19 1997421 Link 0 |
Oh God if it's on Joe Brolly's Twitter account there's definitely been a miscarriage of justice. Cancel the suspension immediately!
jimski (Kildare) - Posts: 381 - 09/06/2017 18:58:36 1997423 Link 2 |
The rules are being broken in every game. Start handing out 12 week bans and there will be no footballers left to play the games.
seanie_boy (Tyrone) - Posts: 4235 - 09/06/2017 22:52:49 1997470 Link 0 |
He's not appealing. Like Davy Fitz who took his suspension like a man both went up in my estimation. Maybe those defending him might wonder why when the man himself doesn't think he has a defense... SamandLiamSoon (Galway) - Posts: 591 - 09/06/2017 23:31:34 1997473 Link 3 |
Thankfully! He's in good company, if the Gooch never won it, you want to win it mate. :)"]I never mentioned the gooch and can't see what he has to with this? You said Connolly had won it all and I just pointed out that he never won player of the year. That's not to say he won't come back next year and do a Paul Galvin and win it. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 10/06/2017 00:12:54 1997477 Link 0 |
I understand the point your making about the Sunday Game but in this instance it was already being reported in the media i.e. The Independent and the Times, before the SG showed it and the committee was already investigating it so it isn't the SG who highlighted it.
HighKings (Meath) - Posts: 271 - 10/06/2017 01:26:43 1997485 Link 0 |
Thank you for stating that, absolutely correct. For once the precious and infallible Sky Sports was the one that initially highlighted the incident but somehow it's the Sunday Games fault.
HighKings (Meath) - Posts: 271 - 10/06/2017 01:32:21 1997486 Link 2 |
Maybe now when the dust has settled the GAA will review time based suspensions, if the same incident had occurred in an AI final he'd have missed very little football so it's an inherently unfair system lillyboy (Kildare) - Posts: 429 - 10/06/2017 06:36:04 1997491 Link 0 |
No consistency in how these matters are dealt with after the fact and no consistency with the black card either. It's a farce at times. I'm a Tyrone man obviously,but if Connolly gets 12 then shouldn't our own Mattie Donnelly be getting suspended too for giving Derrys Chrissy mc Kaigue a clash about the side of the head the week before?
seanie_boy (Tyrone) - Posts: 4235 - 10/06/2017 06:41:00 1997492 Link 0 |
The issue isn't necessarily the force Of The action, but, that it was caught on camera, it didn't look good, and that if he got off, kids and adults all over the country can make minimal physical contact with officials, and use the DC case as a defence. Personally, I think he deserves great credit for not appealing the ban. I think he's a credit to the sport for doing so, and I say this with 100 percent sincerity. The other occasions he successfully appealed, he Was The victim of Paddy McGrath feigning injury and a Lee keegan headlock. I think he knows this time he's wrong. It has to be unthinkable to do this to officials as there are still cases all over the country where this is happening. A final point, it's sad we won't see DC for the summer as I always get a great kick out of watching the best players exhibit their skills. The CCCC have been slated in the past for not applying rules consistently, but in the K.McGeeney, EC and DC cases, they've done it. galwaydublin (Galway) - Posts: 226 - 10/06/2017 07:00:20 1997493 Link 1 |
I never mentioned the gooch and can't see what he has to with this? You said Connolly had won it all and I just pointed out that he never won player of the year. That's not to say he won't come back next year and do a Paul Galvin and win it."]More my own opinion on POTY mate, i lost the little respect i had for it when won Gooch never won it, i dont really see it as an esteemed achievement, it is madness that he never Ginger ninja never won it. I would differ to you in that i wouldn't see it a GAA title of note or necessarily think of it as an achievement in comparison to say winning something in the game the same as a national tittle etc. But each to his own. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 10/06/2017 08:48:16 1997501 Link 0 |
I can understand him not appealing to be honest, he is bang to rights by the letter of the law, what ever your onion on the length of the ban and the application of the rules. In a way i am glad he is getting a breather, he has been full pelt with club and county for the best part of a decade and i hope he goes and replenishes body, mind and spirit, see a bit of the world and come back later in the year more well rounded refreshed and ready to contribute what he can. TheUsername (Dublin) - Posts: 4445 - 10/06/2017 08:57:32 1997506 Link 0 |
More my own opinion on POTY mate, i lost the little respect i had for it when won Gooch never won it, i dont really see it as an esteemed achievement, it is madness that he never Ginger ninja never won it. I would differ to you in that i wouldn't see it a GAA title of note or necessarily think of it as an achievement in comparison to say winning something in the game the same as a national tittle etc. But each to his own."]You don't differ from me at all on this matter as I also don't see it as a GAA title of note either , but again I was only pointing out that Connolly hadn't won it all as in he hadn't won player of the year . But like I say he has time yet and he might do a Paul Galvin come back next year and win it, And if I was a gambling man I might throw a tenner on it. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 10/06/2017 11:33:21 1997539 Link 0 |
You can be pretty sure the Dublin legal eagles looked at it in full so I'm assuming they didn't see any point in taking things on. I'm glad they didn't too. Dublin will still win leinster most probably even without Connolly and I would be surprised if they weren't fit to win a quarter final too. So justice will have been seen to be done and everyone, including Diarmuid Connolly,will move on from this.
kildare73 (Kildare) - Posts: 854 - 10/06/2017 13:04:20 1997558 Link 1 |
When will you move on from it ?
superbluedub (Dublin) - Posts: 2837 - 10/06/2017 13:29:21 1997565 Link 0 |
Absolutely Kildare73 I'm sure if the Dublin legal team had a case they would have taken it. I doubt it's Connolly throwing him self on a grenade to save his buddies. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 10/06/2017 13:38:31 1997568 Link 0 |
Connolly was sent off two years ago in a game v Mayo. He was cited for some indiscretion. He was suspended. He appealed the decision as his right. He did not serve the suspension.
bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 10/06/2017 13:51:57 1997574 Link 0 |
There's enough lack of respect for GAA Officials as it is. Anyone even suggesting for a second otherwise needs to ask themselves what they want this sport to be. Zero Tolerance when it comes to even looking sideways at a match official no matter who that player is and how aggrieved they feel. Even in soccer it's not tolerated, see Angel DiMaria on Michael Oliver at Old Trafford. Can you imagine if it happened in Rugby. Dylan Hartley got 11 weeks for calling the referee a "f***ing cheat". I'm not jumping on the DC bandwagon as I do think he's singled out just like other Gaelic Footballers for different reasons but just take each case on its merits.
Sindar (Roscommon) - Posts: 348 - 10/06/2017 14:29:46 1997588 Link 0 |
Yeah but the same point. Whether it is the SG or different media, reviews should not be determined by media comments. Media will always highlight actions of the higher profile players/games than the lesser known players/games.
poguemahone (Dublin) - Posts: 365 - 12/06/2017 10:26:29 1998313 Link 0 |