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Meath offer the replay on condition it is the curtain raiser to the AI final in September instead of the minor match. At least Hawkeye will be working showforit (Meath) - Posts: 156 - 06/06/2016 22:41:13 1862536 Link 0 |
I think replay will be the outcome I hope not though very unfair on Meath after those getting trophy
Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 06/06/2016 22:41:34 1862537 Link 1 |
Antrim and Meath should play out a preliminary round of the Leinster Championship next season, the winner taking the quarter-finals spot. muffin (Antrim) - Posts: 128 - 06/06/2016 23:56:46 1862554 Link 1 |
If it's the case that the Meath side line drew the officials attention to the mistake only to be told the scoreboard was correct then it would be very hard to fault them for thinking they had won. It's a terrible pity that what seemed to be cracking game is now shrouded in controversy. No doubt Croke park will claim they can't promote 2 teams to the Leinster round robin for next year, and it seems that there is no real appetite for a replay, especially not in Meath, where I'm sure the celebrations since Saturday evening have probably undone the last 6 months hard training in a few days. It would be very unfair to ask them to try prepare for a replay at this stage. It was also reported somewhere that several Antrim players are due to leave for the States this week, which would leave them in no real position to play either. If it's a thing that Croke Park insist on a replay, and only one team going up to the McCarthy cup next year, them perhaps the fairest thing would be to defer that replay until next year, and play it at the end of the league, and prior to championship starting. At least that way both teams would be going into the play-off game at full fitness and intensity, instead of asking the counties to face into such a game after either a week of celebrating or losing players from their squads. AHP (Dublin) - Posts: 323 - 07/06/2016 00:17:31 1862558 Link 1 |
I'm sorry but it's not Meath's call to offer a replay it's the powers that be and the game will be replayed no doubt about that you can go on about frees or whatever but the simple facts are the game ended in a draw with the ref admitting his mistake after. I'm hearing neither team wants a replay but again I'm sorry but you'll do what the powers that be tell you. This game will be replayed I guarantee it will. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 07/06/2016 08:22:05 1862574 Link 0 |
To be fair the whole escapade is very unfair on both squads from Saturday - a good balls up all round.
Naysayer (Antrim) - Posts: 2071 - 07/06/2016 08:26:59 1862576 Link 1 |
The whole thing is a farce,if hawkeye was 'working' Meath would have an extra score.Serious questions need to asked of that too.. ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 07/06/2016 09:14:59 1862591 Link 0 |
There are also quite a few lads off the Meath Panel who are heading stateside also and a good majority of them were still on the tear yesterday ha ha.
Irish_downunder (Meath) - Posts: 631 - 07/06/2016 09:24:22 1862594 Link 0 |
There's no way the game should be re-played. Sean Heavey scored a clear point in the 2nd half that was waved wide. its the GAA' s fault the scoreboard fxxxxed up, not Meath's. anystir (Meath) - Posts: 41 - 07/06/2016 09:26:38 1862595 Link 0 |
There are also quite a few lads off the Meath Panel who are heading stateside also and a good majority of them were still on the tear yesterday ha ha."]How did the ref and both the scoreboard operator in Croke Park both have the wrong score ??
FrankAnnyalla (Monaghan) - Posts: 339 - 07/06/2016 09:35:32 1862597 Link 0 |
Dell was it not very unfair on Antrim that Meath got to lift the trophy in a drawn game? Like it works both ways. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 07/06/2016 09:48:09 1862606 Link 2 |
The GAA president has had his say on it: link CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 07/06/2016 10:10:30 1862620 Link 0 |
If there was any openness, transparent politics, and fair play with in the gaa then this unnecessary problem would and could have been sorted on the steps of the Hogan stand so to speak before the cup was lifted, and not have to wait for the cccc to prepare a case either for or against. supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 2908 - 07/06/2016 10:14:44 1862622 Link 1 |
ziggy32001 no harm but we keep hearing about this point Meath should have had thrown into the case. I could count about a dozen incorrect decisions; there were stages Antrim were being hauled down and getting nothing while well in front and Meath were then being awarded similar frees from scoring positions up the other end - I felt it at the time but at the same time there was enough of a gap that the referee was maybe leaning a bit towards the side that were trailing by a decent amount though my the end my overriding emotion was that I was galled at Antrim managing to throw away a comfortable victory. I was at a game on Sunday afternoon and the home team shot from the angle and from my perspective I could clearly see that it went wide yet a few home supporters further along were genuinely convinced that the ball had went over the bar - and that was a football match - depending where you are at in a ground can impact on your view of incidents. Naysayer (Antrim) - Posts: 2071 - 07/06/2016 10:21:44 1862628 Link 1 |
Ziggy your constant whinging about the 'point that never was' is becoming tiresome. bumpernut (Antrim) - Posts: 1852 - 07/06/2016 10:36:22 1862644 Link 0 |
So the GAA president now says that both teams cannot be promoted, sorry but that's a complete cop out, it they wanted to do it they could but once again the GAA top table is making a mockery of common sense. Secondly why does it taken 72 hours for those on the CCCC to meet, this was an incredibly important matter to deal with and a meeting within 24 hours should have been held, it's unacceptable to me that it takes this long. A replay? Meath checked the score with match officials with 8 minutes to go and were told the score was correct, they played the match accordingly as did Antrim who made no protest at the final whistle and their players believed they were beaten. I believe it would be wrong to put Meath into a replay after this length with celebrations etc haven taken place just as it would be wrong if the roles were reversed. The sensible option, and one which I believe would satisfy Antrim, is to promote both and to say that can't be done is making an embarrassing situation worse, this is not Meaths fault, it is not Antrims fault it's the GAA's problem and they must act fairly Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 07/06/2016 10:45:00 1862655 Link 0 |
Referee made a mistake which can be viewed as being unfair on Antrim but there was 10 minutes of playing time after this. This affected the remainder of the game as both Antrim and Meath played to the scoreboard. If a replay is offered to Antrim then it can be seen as unfair on Meath. At the end Meath were clearly playing to hold their lead at the end. Also had extra time being played Meath would have been favoured to win as they had all the momentum at that time after coming back in the game. People comparing to Clare-Offaly 98 but this a bit different in that after the mistake was made there was no time for Offaly to come back and the fact that it was a semi-final meant that the cup had not been presented. It is also a bit different to Meath-Louth 2010 as Louth had no time to recover also (I didn't celebrate Meath winning the Leinster title in 2010 as we didn't deserve it even if I can't say I was disappointed for Louth not getting a replay after hearing what happened to Sean Boylan in the stand). bdbuddah (Meath) - Posts: 1359 - 07/06/2016 11:06:15 1862672 Link 0 |
Agree with an t-uachtarán . There has to be a replay and sooner the better . What is the problem with a replay ? Is it because Meath celebrated ? And what ? Finsceal (None) - Posts: 559 - 07/06/2016 11:16:07 1862678 Link 0 |
Agree with bumper and Naysayer (we are not the same people) re some of the decisions - in the first half when it looked like we were cruising I mentioned to the wife (though how much attention/interest she was showing is another thing) that I thought the ref had started to do exactly what Naysayer said i.e we weren't getting frees which Meath were getting and we were getting blown for fouls that Meath weren't getting punished for the same thing. So let's not start going on about one shot which was signalled wide, a point which some who were there say was a point and others say was side. Or lets not be silly enough to predict the outcome of extra time based on how the game ended up - as pointed out above, who is not to say Antrim came out and played like we did in the first 20 odd minutes. Or try to say that a guy didn't try to put over a free but purposely put it wide. Or that the psychology of thinking you were a point ahead determined how Meath approached the last few minutes - if we had of known we were a point ahead still before what was the equalising point would we have done things differently in those few minutes? Let's deal with the facts - when the scores awarded throughout the game were totted up the game was a draw. Neither team won, neither team are Champions. Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 07/06/2016 11:31:56 1862694 Link 0 |
This is ridiculous, should have been sorted straight away sunday evening. Meath coming out saying a replay impossible etc etc. No, you won incorrectly therefore are not champions. A replay should be called for as soon as possible. Its not meaths fault and I feel for them but its the correct thing to do. redhanddefender (Tyrone) - Posts: 913 - 07/06/2016 11:35:14 1862696 Link 0 |