unclegerry
County: Mayo
Posts: 938

1778772 The fact that no one knows how the CCCC will go on this outlines how unclear and inconsistent the rules are applied. Connolly fell for Keegans aggrevation and deserved a red. Coopers "tacckle" was appalling.

Aggrevation!! your having a laugh,keegan wrestled connolly to the ground should of been a black card,oconners "arm swing" on ocarroll was equally appalling.

superbluedub (Dublin) - Posts: 2837 - 31/08/2015 14:01:32    1778984

So ROC can pull and drag O Connor all over the place and when he tried to break free and catches him in the head with his arm it's all his fault Let ROC stop with his crap play and nothing will happen

cluichethar (Mayo) - Posts: 454 - 31/08/2015 14:13:16    1779003

The arm swing was clearly accidental (my opinion - supported by the fact he was raising his arms to the umpire and running away from ROC)

COC didn't strike Connolly, tried to drag him off (fact)

wicklu (Wicklow) - Posts: 331 - 31/08/2015 14:13:59    1779005

Tough game yesterday and many one to one battles. Agree with those who don't want to see any suspensions. Yesterday was intriguing but I believe the replay will be the classic we were hoping for. Would like to see all the star players on show , be it DC or COC. Shake hands, dust down and lets go again boys.

poguemahone (Dublin) - Posts: 365 - 31/08/2015 14:17:33    1779010

wicklu
County: Wicklow
Posts: 191

1779005
The arm swing was clearly accidental (my opinion - supported by the fact he was raising his arms to the umpire and running away from ROC)
COC didn't strike Connolly, tried to drag him off (fact)


he clear as day struck him with a punch after he dragged him and just before he signalled to the linesman about connolly
look again and you will see it clear as day
he pulls back and strikes him

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 31/08/2015 14:20:59    1779014

as a neutral connolly has to get off as keegan pulled him to the ground,a player has to protect himself.keegan is no angel as we seen last year

20joes (Louth) - Posts: 60 - 31/08/2015 14:22:26    1779017

I also don't think ROC's injury was inflected intentionally. It looked liked COC was waving trying to get the umpires attention and struck him.

CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 31/08/2015 14:23:22    1779022

Live Gaelic have the best footage yet of the Connolly incident and there's VERY little from Keegan. He doesn't drag Connolly to the ground, its 50/50.

How anyone thinks COC is stupid enough to strike either ROC or DC while simultaneously alerting the officials is beyond me.

But I do think all players will be free to play next week.

cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5012 - 31/08/2015 14:26:46    1779026

[url=]http://www.livegaelic.com/features/the-clearest-angle-of-the-connolly-red-card-incident-yet/

@0.17 Seconds, you can see DC strike LK.
@0.21 Seconds, you can clearly COC strike/attempted strike on DK. (Infact, he does it twice).

Expect to see DC's card and ban upheld, and a ban handed out to COC.

Footage is fairly damning for both parties.

Jaden (Dublin) - Posts: 139 - 31/08/2015 14:31:47    1779031

If Connolly and McMahon get off the CCCC and the GAA and whoever eles is involved may throw the rule book away and let Gaelic Football become a form of MMA and let both teams knock the stuffing out of each for the 70 minutes.

Striking is a red card offence,Connolly struck while holding a player on the ground,serious foul play caught on camera,straight red and a 3 month ban.

McMahon attempted head butt going by other case's 3 months for this another serious foul play.

Coopper got a yellow and that will be that but it should off been red.


Our Game is ruined,its sad to see as Dublin and Mayo are two of the best football teams in the country who have just copied what other teams have stooped to to get results.

hardcore (Monaghan) - Posts: 1366 - 31/08/2015 14:33:03    1779034

wicklu
County: Wicklow
Posts: 191

1779005
The arm swing was clearly accidental (my opinion - supported by the fact he was raising his arms to the umpire and running away from ROC)

COC didn't strike Connolly, tried to drag him off (fact)

Check out the link in Jaden's post. http://www.livegaelic.com/features/the-clearest-angle-of-the-connolly-red-card-incident-yet/

Putting 'fact' at the end of a comment does not actually make it fact. You can clearly see COC punch Connolly in this clip.

CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 31/08/2015 14:46:59    1779047

Funny reading some of these dubs let's just shake hands & move on.... Haha shame your team didn't play with that mentality yesterday! But if honest I will be surprised if the ccc do anything to scupper the final they want.. The dubs will get looked after as they always do, I take it the reply is in Castlbar lads I need to book my flights???

Mancirish (UK) - Posts: 2200 - 31/08/2015 14:53:45    1779059

Lee Keegan didn't "aggravate" Connolly, he assaulted him.

Connolly was trying to play the game and Keegan wrapped his arms round him and tackled him to the ground. Connolly has a natural right to defend himself and one punch isn't an overreaction to an assault like that. If someone did that to me on the street id throw more than one and I'm confident I could justify it.

Answer me this; how could Lee Keegan justify what he did? What should Connolly have done? Go limp and hope Keegan didn't decide to choke him out?

Count_Awesome (Kildare) - Posts: 736 - 31/08/2015 15:00:59    1779062

Some of my post is missing there, dunno why

Count_Awesome (Kildare) - Posts: 736 - 31/08/2015 15:07:11    1779065

Count_Awesome
County: Kildare
Posts: 694

1779062 Lee Keegan didn't "aggravate" Connolly, he assaulted him.

Connolly was trying to play the game and Keegan wrapped his arms round him and tackled him to the ground. Connolly has a natural right to defend himself and one punch isn't an overreaction to an assault like that. If someone did that to me on the street id throw more than one and I'm confident I could justify it.

Answer me this; how could Lee Keegan justify what he did? What should Connolly have done? Go limp and hope Keegan didn't decide to choke him out?

100% agree

superbluedub (Dublin) - Posts: 2837 - 31/08/2015 15:11:40    1779071

None of my posts are getting through. Perhaps I am banned. lol

bryanadams (Kildare) - Posts: 733 - 31/08/2015 15:12:07    1779074

look lads lets get this clear . connolly mcmahon cooper will all be lining out on saturday for dublin
of that there is no doubt . the gaa have no moral fibre and will brush all incidents under the carpet .
if on the other hand lee keegan was the one getting the red card it would be upheld
why u may ask . because the gaa are driven by money and a kerry dublin final guarantees a full house
simple fact

mickcunningham (Westmeath) - Posts: 1804 - 31/08/2015 15:21:20    1779083

It's one or the other for me , one both O'Connor and Connolly get banned, or two Connolly is free to play and O'Connor isn't cited.

The disciplinary process has already been proven to be a shambles so I'd expect any outcome. The truth is half of each team could be banned such was the nastiness on offer but if they are going to rule one guy out they can't exactly say let's turn a blind eye to the other.

seany16 (Dublin) - Posts: 1658 - 31/08/2015 15:24:24    1779087

Slight paranoia there Mickc. Did Mayo not have a red card waivered from the QF? If you check , it is now the norm and most players get off (and seriously from all counties - not just bad old Dublin)

poguemahone (Dublin) - Posts: 365 - 31/08/2015 15:29:45    1779093

Sorry Mick but that's a silly argument,
Have you ever seen a final that wasn't a sellout?

westkerry (Kerry) - Posts: 1250 - 31/08/2015 15:30:51    1779096