James Horan has had his say on the controversial black card issued to Mayo's Seamus O'Shea in last Sunday's All-Ireland SFC semi-final replay defeat to Dublin.
Speaking to Newstalk's Off The Ball, the former Mayo boss was adamant that the incident which occurred early in the second-half at Croke Park did not warrant a black card for the O'Shea and felt that the Breaffy man was hard done by by referee Eddie Kinsella's decision.
"It was incredibly harsh on Seamus. It was just a petulant moment. It wasn't a fist or it wasn't a punch or anything like that. It was just a bit of frustration," Horan said on the programme.
"There was nothing cynical about it whatsoever. It was incredibly harsh for a guy doing really well and getting on a lot of ball. You look at it from a Mayo point of view and he's a real powerhouse and boy did we miss him when he went.
"It wasn't a black card, not at all in my opinion. We've talked about this throughout the year. The black card is upside-down really. We've seen yellow cards given depending on (the situation), when there's a black card already given to another player and the ref wants to calm it down and doesn't want to give too many black cards.
"Black cards are being given out depending on circumstances and depending on where games are. It's so hard to predict when a black card will be given and that for me was a yellow card at most, tick him and move the game on! That would have been the right call for me."
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