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I agree now that it wasn't a strike but is a shoulder to a man's head legal? Maybe the ref thought it was Head & Shoulders
crikey (Australia) - Posts: 355 - 08/06/2016 00:40:50 1863349 Link 0 |
He went shoulder to shoulder, not his fault the player he's shouldering drops his head. No way he could avoid it and there was no malice there so to try and compare it to what O'Loughlin did on Saturday night is laughable to be honest.
CroiGorm (Dublin) - Posts: 1547 - 08/06/2016 09:25:08 1863389 Link 1 |
What's worse is umpires hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 08/06/2016 10:04:07 1863420 Link 0 |
In reply to the OP, selective condemnation goes hand in hand with selective praise. joncarter (Galway) - Posts: 2692 - 11/06/2016 18:04:52 1865183 Link 2 |
joncarter. for Leitrim read Galway
liner (Mayo) - Posts: 756 - 11/06/2016 19:49:33 1865232 Link 0 |
Will you stop annoying them Galway lads. We have to play them next week and they are never to be underestimated. Keep the head down ffs!!!
Llaw_Gyffes (Mayo) - Posts: 1113 - 11/06/2016 23:25:50 1865322 Link 0 |
Case in point....Mickey Burkes thumper on Kilkenny. Where is the outrage? Reillys "trailing" foot into Connollys head. Wheres the outrage? Who remembers Phillys "trailing" leg on Gooch. Remember the outrage? I do!! Jackeen (Dublin) - Posts: 4097 - 28/06/2016 10:41:43 1873172 Link 1 |
There are 3 issues here. Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 28/06/2016 11:04:39 1873188 Link 0 |
I agree with what you're saying but I can also understand why there hasn't been a big deal made of it. I think if Meath were a better team and perhaps had managed to win yesterday alot more would of been made of those 2 incidents. The higher profile team or importance of the match plays a part in these situations. Anything that happens in Dublin v Kerry/Dublin v Mayo or any game between any of the top 6 teams or a provincial final is going to come under alot more scrutiny and because Dublin are involved in alot of these games then obviously it gets more attention. Same can be said for any of the top Ulster teams (especially Tyrone in recent years)as the Ulster championship gets alot of attention and in some cases unfair critism. You could even look at the Donegal v Kerry league match this year as an example of a game that got a lot of media attention. If a similar sort of game happened in Division 3 or 4 you'd hear nothing about it and their would be no retrospective punishment because it wouldn't have been televised. It's just the way things are but as someone already mentioned it works 2 ways. The bigger teams also gets alot more attention to highlight their good play while the smaller teams are lucky if they get 2 mins highlights on the Sunday game which is another problem.
Mobot (Donegal) - Posts: 459 - 28/06/2016 11:43:19 1873199 Link 0 |
I suppose youre right but i am specifically talking about the uproar on various social fora or lack thereof in this case. We all know that if it was a member of the Dublin team that struck out they would be hounded by all quarters. Video would be slowed down to a gazillionth of a second for maximum impact a la James McCarthy. Hence the selective condemnation!
Jackeen (Dublin) - Posts: 4097 - 28/06/2016 16:48:11 1873443 Link 0 |
Just on that, I remember Tom Kenny for Cork doing it a fair few years ago against KK and nothing said about it. Basically the excuse used was that he wasn't that kinda player or something. Nobody is looking for these lads to be hung out in the media, just due process to be followed and a ban issued to discourage this kind of behaviour. daytona11 (Kildare) - Posts: 4012 - 28/06/2016 16:54:51 1873447 Link 0 |
On that, nothing gets my goat up more than excusing an incident cos "he's not that kind of player". If the incident can't be judged on its own merits then what's the point of a disciplinary system? By all means a ban could / should be increased if the player has committed a similar offence(s) in the recent past but it should not be a reason to show excessive leniency if the player hadn't committed a similar incident previously.
Kurt_Angle (Dublin) - Posts: 567 - 28/06/2016 17:27:31 1873463 Link 0 |