DCU unbelievably lucky this weekend. But UCC really only have themselves to blame. Cox totally blew it at the end of normal time

square_ball_69 (Westmeath) - Posts: 826 - 21/02/2015 17:00:58    1695520

Exciting finish, but poor enough game overall. Thought Mickey Quinn deserved MOTM, was outstanding when introduced at start of second half imo!!

maximus02 (Longford) - Posts: 169 - 21/02/2015 17:24:46    1695524

well done dcu and the 4 rossies who contributed 6 points I believe between them including ma of the match tadhg lowes impressive pair of frees

OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1764 - 21/02/2015 17:28:06    1695526

Conrats dcu. And in particular the greatest of them all Sean boylan.

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 21/02/2015 17:28:43    1695527

Dont see how you could give Lowe motm, he was badly at fault for the goal.

HEREBENJI (Donegal) - Posts: 422 - 21/02/2015 17:52:04    1695536

Was interesting game to watch. Given all the flack referees get the man in the middle deserves a lot of credit too.

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 21/02/2015 18:11:56    1695541

Anyone know the counties of all the players on each team in the fina and willing to post it?

rcarragh (Dublin) - Posts: 305 - 21/02/2015 18:15:17    1695543

If you check the report on journal.ie you'll get the players and counties. Good spread on DCU, 2 Dubs, 3 Rossies, Leitrim, Westmeath, Monaghan all represented. UCC team was all Cork and Kerry.

Poor enough game but competitive with a tight finish. The standard of finishing in particular was bad. Was interested to see how U21 Dub, Conor McHugh, got on but he has had better days.

Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 21/02/2015 18:31:23    1695551

I did nt give it herebenji tg4 did
thought O brien was about the best myself in a game no one shone in

OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1764 - 21/02/2015 18:34:14    1695553

Mickey Quinn shudda got MOTM. IMO Was easily the games most dominant and best player when introduced. That was his first bit of game time in awhile as he has been out injured the last few weeks with a hamstring injury which makes his display even more impressive.

maximus02 (Longford) - Posts: 169 - 21/02/2015 18:48:59    1695563

mickey quinn is 25 back from afl came on yesterday and would surely be more hardened and would have expected to stand out than the likes of enda smith, conor daly, and mc hugh young lads 20 and 21 who are after playing far to much football the last 2 days they looked absolutely exhausted 10 minutes into it neither mc hugh or smith showed that they are probably two of the top young players in Ireland a very weird competition that should probably be played off in the month of january imo instead of entering the fbd o byrne cup etc and span it out over the 4 weeks instead of playing 2 huge matches in 2 days I wouldnt expect some of them real young lads to be back right for weeks possibly months

OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1764 - 21/02/2015 19:03:24    1695565

Anyone know the counties of all the players on each team in the fina and willing to post it?

rcarragh (Dublin) - Posts: 305 - 21/02/2015 19:46:03    1695569

Joxer
County: Dublin
Posts: 1960

Thanks for that.

rcarragh (Dublin) - Posts: 305 - 21/02/2015 19:47:57    1695570

In response to the above commentt from "OhToBeARossie"... the young lads won't be right for months?? calm down, they didn't get attacked and beaten up.. sure they will be very tired, exhausted and deserve some good recuperation time but if playing 2 games in a 2 days means months or recovery then I would hate to have seen your reaction and dramatic conclusions when Sigerson was played out over 3 days, Quarters Thursday, Semi's Friday and Final Saturday.....

ross4sam11 (Roscommon) - Posts: 96 - 21/02/2015 19:56:09    1695576

If the experts are to be believed this is supposed to be the 'creme de la creme' of Gaelic football. Well if it is then Im off cream for the foreseeable future.
All handpassing 50% of it illegal,poor shooting and the worst performance of refereeing Ive seen in quite awhile and Eddie is normally quite good.
If Congress does not address the issue of the handpass and the tackle in the next two years then all the newspaper and tv hyping will not save the game save for the diehards.And then they wonder why rugby is doing so well.

Maggiepie (Sligo) - Posts: 231 - 21/02/2015 20:23:06    1695585

Well done all the rossies on their sigerson cup win all played a huge part in that success throughout the tournament. Well done to P Scott and Colin Compton on their Trench cup win. Compton produced motm display with 0-8 outshone Kilkenny,Costello today.

The_analyser (Roscommon) - Posts: 3767 - 21/02/2015 20:26:40    1695588

Haha Maggiepie, you obviously have no appreciation for the complete game and the art of football. While there was a number of poor wides throughout the game, particularly from a few DCU dead ball plays, most of these wides came when shooting under great pressure from the opposition. And while both teams attacked with menace, speed and in good numbers I thought the defensive awareness of both teams to quickly shut down the space when they were having to back track towards there own goal (which is far from the blanket defences we have seen recently) was great to watch and very clever..

Great game, 2 different game plans with DCU pressing defence above midfield and trying to kick quick ball into there inside forward line when in possession, UCD on the other hand playing a swarm defence as soon as DCU got into scoring zones and trying to run the ball to the 30 yard line or almost 21 when in possession and then feeding there inside forwards who looped back around..
Made for a cracking game of football, the creme-de-la-creme of (mostly) up and coming inter-county footballers and lets hope this competition can prosper, it deserves a higher profile in my opinion

onthemove (Cavan) - Posts: 37 - 21/02/2015 20:40:04    1695594

Relax OhtobeARossie! I just said that i thought Quinn should have been MOTM today. Thought he was outstanding today when he came on and he will never get the recognition he deserves playing for Longford. He had been injured the last month or so with a hamstring injury so is just back. I dont see the point in bringing up what age he is!! Enda Smith and Conor Daly are both quality young players.Smith in particular is top top notch and it was obvious he was shattered today. Id say he'll recover quick tho and wouldnt be surprised if he plays a stormer against Meath next week. He was outstanding against Down in their last game. Was Diarmuid Murtagh playing for Pats today? Knew he got MOTM in the trench last year.Id rate him even higher than Smith, scored 1-4 against Down and is up there with the best young footballers in the country! I fancy Ros for the U-21 this year, lots of top players in Murtagh,Smith, Daly's, Harney etc

maximus02 (Longford) - Posts: 169 - 21/02/2015 20:43:59    1695595

Maggiepie - Gaelic Football is more popular now than ever. Look at the growth of the game in Dublin,it is also now played in many countries overseas and is played by Non-Irish. You should also read what Tony Ward has recently written in regard to Rugby.

fainleog (Limerick) - Posts: 598 - 21/02/2015 21:02:06    1695599

R Carragh - Examiner on Monday will have team lists by county. I will put it up if you remind me.

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 21/02/2015 21:50:57    1695616