have to credit the ref for yesterday he was calm and checked with his assistants before issuing the cards. neither player would probably commit the same foul today. on watching it again he was ccorrect with all the big calls. on a side note credit to aos for taking the time to have pictures taken with young lads after the match, touch of class

lillyboy (Kildare) - Posts: 429 - 03/02/2014 19:24:42    1540892

Both deserved to go, AOS tried to disguise his but the ref wasn't fooled!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8596 - 03/02/2014 19:41:28    1540909

A daft call to black card Aidan O`Shea. Black card should only be used when a clear goal scoring opportunity is stopped by a cynical foul.

Brinsley Swartz (Mayo) - Posts: 2225 - 04/02/2014 10:28:54    1541069

Brinsley Swartz
County: Mayo
Posts: 1773

1541069 A daft call to black card Aidan O`Shea. Black card should only be used when a clear goal scoring opportunity is stopped by a cynical foul.

Silly comment, that just gives players a licence to drag the opposition down farther out the field and prevent them getting near the goal. Both black cards were correct on sunday and both will think twice about doing it again. Players will have to learn how to tackle properly which many clearly cant do or be bothered to even try.

murof (Kildare) - Posts: 480 - 04/02/2014 11:36:12    1541111

Brinsley Swartz
County: Mayo
Posts: 1773

A daft call to black card Aidan O`Shea. Black card should only be used when a clear goal scoring opportunity is stopped by a cynical foul.

It's not really fair to call the decision to black card O'Shea "daft" as the ref was applying the rules as they are currently in place. It could be argued there should be a harsher punishment for players who commit a foul to prevent a goal scoring opportunity rather than further out the field but this is not the current format.

Kurt_Angle (Dublin) - Posts: 567 - 04/02/2014 11:41:50    1541115

Black card should only be used when a clear goal scoring opportunity is stopped by a cynical foul.

The point of the rule is that if an attacker is by his marker he shouldn't be hauled down by him. It's as unsightly when it happens at the halfway line as when it happens at the edge of the box. And if he is by his marker then that can usually mean you can draw someone else's man and create a goalscoring opportunity. That's the game isn't it? O'Shea turned slower than a city centre bendy bus and pulled Chalky back by the shoulders to prevent him running off to who knows where and what might have happened as he was away from him.

doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 04/02/2014 11:48:44    1541119

Under the rules, both were black cards, as was Danny McBride's for Tyrone. The referees made the correct calls in all 3 cases.

However, I think it is terribly wrong for players to be removed from games for what are non-serious fouls. I can't think of any other sport that permanently ejects a player for anything other than serious/dangerous foul play. Players put in too much commitment to be thrown out of a game for what is basically a trivial foul - they deserve better than that. Striking yes, kicking yes, but we shouldn't be ejecting players for variations on pulling and hauling.

Thomas Clarke (Tyrone) - Posts: 1002 - 04/02/2014 11:52:12    1541123