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Cathal O'Connor Red Card

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As poor of a sending off as I've seen in a long time. The same thing happens all the time in every match and it's always a yellow butters1990 (Kildare) - Posts: 262 - 23/07/2016 16:05:55 1888551 Link
It was a harsh red but in fairness to the ref it looked a lot worse from the camera angle which would have been his viewpoint. benjyyy (Donegal) - Posts: 1422 - 23/07/2016 16:45:55 1888561 Link
Replying To benjyyy: "It was a harsh red but in fairness to the ref it looked a lot worse from the camera angle which would have been his viewpoint." It was always going to be evened out though. Llaw_Gyffes (Mayo) - Posts: 1113 - 23/07/2016 21:00:03 1888776 Link
Clare should appeal this red card. Was probably a yellow at most for being somewhat high and mistimed but never ever a straight red. Roscommon player in fairness was straight to his feet so actual significant contact was fairly minimal. dingle2 (Kerry) - Posts: 278 - 23/07/2016 21:29:43 1888813 Link
Agreed, CCCC should review this & rescind it, a yellow is really all that was required. Don't hold your breath though if you expect common sense to prevail. moc.dna (Galway) - Posts: 1212 - 23/07/2016 21:41:15 1888824 Link
Like most things in that game, the referee was poor manfromdelmonte (UK) - Posts: 541 - 23/07/2016 21:42:54 1888829 Link
Should get rid of the red card altogether and let the game flow if refs are going take mistakes lillyboy (Kildare) - Posts: 429 - 23/07/2016 22:32:40 1888863 Link
It was a yellow and no more. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 23/07/2016 23:20:26 1888896 Link
i hope this is rescinded. Roscommon players done same and received yellow cards Mullerm (Cork) - Posts: 87 - 26/07/2016 11:25:01 1890241 Link
I'm glad it was rescinded but when was the last time a county were unsuccessful with an appeal? Everytime I see this happen I think the GAA are hanging the referees out to dry. There doesn't seem to be anything done to improve the level of officiating at championship matches. I am a broken record on this one but the GAA needs to nearly over train referees, linemen and in particular umpires. Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 28/07/2016 16:21:24 1891613 Link
Replying To Killarney.87: "I'm glad it was rescinded but when was the last time a county were unsuccessful with an appeal? Everytime I see this happen I think the GAA are hanging the referees out to dry. There doesn't seem to be anything done to improve the level of officiating at championship matches. I am a broken record on this one but the GAA needs to nearly over train referees, linemen and in particular umpires." This was the correct decision on this occasion but you are right, a lot of appeals that have seen red cards and suspensions recinded in recent years have been wrong decisions. In fairness I think the CCC are sticking to their guns a bit more this year than before. Donegal had an appeal rightly turned down for Neil McGee's red card V Fermanagh. They could take a leaf out of the Premier League going forward, if a silly appeal is made the suspension is increased or the county board get a heafty fine. It may stop some of the teams appealing for the sake of it. Mobot (Donegal) - Posts: 459 - 28/07/2016 17:08:11 1891641 Link