As expected, the Derry CCC has proposed a 48-week ban for Eoin Bradley following his alleged assault on a referee last weekend.

The Derry forward, who has been found guilty of striking referee Declan O'Connor following his club Glenullin's defeat to Ballinascreen in the local SFC, was notified of his suspension on Wednesday night and has 72 hours to decide whether to appeal the decision


Well to me ban is not big enough and if county players cant behave on a pitch how do you expect club players to do it , the ccc should have giving him longer .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 03/09/2010 17:03:21    764565

Oh sorry jimbo what does the G..P.A reckon about its members assaulting refs ? like to know your views on this.

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 03/09/2010 17:07:54    764571

fully deserves his ban. wud be an insult to appeal it, but lets be honest here people, ya gotta love it, derry gaa in turmoil, have u ever seent hem a day better. froever blown up and deliver....... exactly.

LiosTuathail (Kerry) - Posts: 216 - 03/09/2010 17:43:51    764597

Good.

MourneArmy (Down) - Posts: 1787 - 03/09/2010 17:57:52    764608

He got what he deserved. You can complain to a referee but you step over the mark when you assault him. Time to stamp this out. I have often complained about the standards but it is up to the authorities to raise the standard with proper courses to get them all doing their job the right way and with consistency. The refs are doing their best without the proper back-up so they have to be given proper resources. I have never seen a ref who deliberately went out to ruin a game or punish a particular team and i have refereed myself in the distant past but with only basic training. We can always improve the standards with proper and consistent training !!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 03/09/2010 18:03:48    764615

should be a life ban, if you cannot control yourself you should be nowhere near a GAA pitch. sickening, cowardly stuff

bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4663 - 03/09/2010 18:05:32    764618

i would expect the G.P.A to adhor this type of behaviour and not condone it in any way , simple really

b.mullins (Dublin) - Posts: 1413 - 03/09/2010 18:07:02    764621

My main point 48 weeks is not enough it should be double and does not matter about standards in reffing it should not happen in our game.

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 03/09/2010 18:13:07    764624

The same fella is probably happy to be off for a year.

Brolly (Monaghan) - Posts: 4472 - 03/09/2010 18:29:41    764645

wonder will joe brolly make a comment on this. he seems to have plenty to laugh about on other counties.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11717 - 03/09/2010 18:49:49    764660

03/09/2010 17:57:52
MourneArmy
County: Down
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Good.

Watch yourself boy!

Ach God thats Derry knocked back now, Ah well its a chance for new forwards to come out of the woodwork

Orlaith (Derry) - Posts: 4282 - 03/09/2010 18:52:04    764665

48 weeks is a very long time; but , a very strong message must be send!

Bigapple (Kerry) - Posts: 495 - 03/09/2010 18:54:51    764667

Orlaith Derry will do better with a New broom and maybe new Forwards .

fortyfive (Tyrone) - Posts: 5929 - 03/09/2010 18:57:29    764673

well everyone with in our county who breaks out the old "you'll never win anything with the bradleys" tripe, will get there way in 2011. Stupid mistake by skinner will be missed in the county team but Derry will be back, doire abu!

brolly_4_pres (Derry) - Posts: 356 - 03/09/2010 19:14:19    764683

I wonder will the ban stand or will he appeal and get off with maybe a couple of months?

MARNELL (Westmeath) - Posts: 728 - 03/09/2010 19:49:37    764698

48 weeks is pretty severe.

The message this sends out is if your gonna strike you'd wanna make sure you connect with a good one because your gonna get banned whether you poleaxe him or merely graze him.

BufordTJustice (USA) - Posts: 669 - 03/09/2010 20:50:31    764750

Throroughly deserved I really dont understand what is wrong with some footballers in Derry once they do well for the county team they think they can do whatever they want.
Derry will do well to rebuild without the interference of the Bradleys

omaghjoe (Tyrone) - Posts: 1191 - 03/09/2010 21:01:55    764768

I remember being in a rugby dressing room once when I played a bit of football in England (the team we were playing shared grounds with a rugby team) A big poster was up on the wall informing players of the punishments they would receive for certain infringements. Top of the list was Striking the Referee : Lifetime Ban.
The sooner the GAA introduce it the better.

anfearbeag (Meath) - Posts: 1134 - 03/09/2010 22:01:44    764816

As someone else said, if you can't control yourself you shouldn't be playing football. Everyone at some stage would love to have hit a ref but you just can't do it.
I remember a lad hit a ref in a local soccer match a few years back and he got a 5 year ban.
That makes this punishment look very lenient.

I don't know anything about the ref in question but I know a lot of refs who go on a power trip whilst reffing and I know some who aren't even aware of all the rules. I can excuse a bad referee but Anyone who has the brass neck to referee while not knowing the rules deserves all the abuse they get.
They still don't deserve to get hit though.

StolenChainsaw (Leitrim) - Posts: 41 - 04/09/2010 09:44:03    764830

StolenChainsaw suppose your a expert on the rules ?

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 04/09/2010 10:45:40    764849