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Well it's anther final for Joe. catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 04/09/2017 17:38:23 2042643 Link 4 |
He is a fair ref who makes mistakes like any ref. Wait for the outrage from both sets of supporters highlighting various incidents from various games over the last few years. Painful stuff. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7831 - 04/09/2017 18:30:24 2042667 Link 5 |
Already seen 30+ tweets referring to him as 'Dublin Joe'. Pathetic.
GaaGaa78 (UK) - Posts: 285 - 04/09/2017 18:41:03 2042671 Link 5 |
Best of them but they all make mistakes not on purpose or to favour anyone but by human nature the big fav will get the 50 50 decisions in most cases OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1755 - 04/09/2017 18:44:36 2042675 Link 0 |
He will give an honest and unbiased performance. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 4977 - 04/09/2017 18:45:52 2042676 Link 0 |
I've seen a Dublin poster crying about it as well. Though most of his posts are a joke.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7831 - 04/09/2017 18:53:19 2042681 Link 0 |
Gough or coldrick two best in country. (At least Meath produces something best in football) lol. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 04/09/2017 18:56:18 2042682 Link 2 |
Waste of time giving out about a ref prior to a game. Hopefully he had a good game and neither team is left aggrieved with a decision after the game yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11219 - 04/09/2017 18:59:34 2042685 Link 0 |
Or supporters from outside either county....
Dubsfan28 (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 04/09/2017 19:11:37 2042693 Link 0 |
neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 04/09/2017 19:40:03 2042700 Link 1 |
realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8571 - 04/09/2017 20:00:21 2042706 Link 3 |
Joe's a decent ref, should be a great game. GaryMc82 (Derry) - Posts: 3017 - 04/09/2017 20:35:15 2042721 Link 0 |
Cringing reading the comments on Facebook and the 42 from idiots about it. Thank god for HS Hill16Army (Dublin) - Posts: 88 - 04/09/2017 20:57:41 2042730 Link 2 |
Great man for the job, hope he keeps a close eye on Keegan and co. El_Torro (Tyrone) - Posts: 155 - 04/09/2017 21:33:22 2042745 Link 4 |
He had his good name severely questioned in the media by James Horan back in 2012 and was shamefully targeed for years on social media since 2011 jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20587 - 04/09/2017 21:41:47 2042751 Link 5 |
All every GAA person wants is a final where the ref has his best game and uses his linesmen and umpires to help him have his best game, for far too long people have being complaining about refs or incidents where he got things right or wrong, now I'm not little Joe's biggest fan, far from it but the decision has been made and he has got the job, now he has to get on with the game and ignore managers, players, former players, supporters and media pundits and the crap they come out with in the days leading into a big game. If a team is good enough then they should win regardless of what the ref does or doesn't do unless he makes a horrible decision and sends off half the team riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 04/09/2017 22:45:26 2042809 Link 0 |
Is it true that he has refereed internal games at Dublin training sessions? That would be the only problem I would see with him in charge of true. If it is true, Mayo should demand he come down to Castlebar before the final and referee on of their A vs B games in training. Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 04/09/2017 23:57:40 2042834 Link 4 |
I heard that as well. I don't think this type of thing should be allowed. It brings a ref too close to a county setup not to mention conflict of interest in helping a team prepare for real matches. What's wrong with using a local club ref if need be or just use a feckin selector to blow the whistle like most teams do. Its all a bit too cosy this type of thing.
SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2385 - 05/09/2017 00:11:26 2042837 Link 0 |
Since the All Ireland final of 2011 there have been serious questions about the Cavan man's impartiality when it comes to Dublin.
jobber (Westmeath) - Posts: 1415 - 05/09/2017 01:08:05 2042842 Link 0 |
He lived an worked in Dublin didn't he . That's a bit of an issue I think. GameOfTyrones (Tyrone) - Posts: 469 - 05/09/2017 01:25:15 2042844 Link 0 |