An absolute rubbish game, who looking at that would want to watch it never mind play it, should have sent the whole 30 players off.

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4957 - 13/06/2011 18:23:14    955424

no way a sending off and definitely a harsh sentence,but in fairness if your willing to take a chance on an off the ball incident you should be willing to suffer the consequences too !!!!!

dubbydave. (Dublin) - Posts: 3927 - 13/06/2011 18:29:36    955426

The realty is the sending off was harsh, murphy was shouldering and pushing in every schirmish up to that point and was warned by the ref, the ref possibly thought he was losing control. For that incident the sanction was over the top I'd say he may well get off, I hope he does he's a great player.

ochonlir (Cavan) - Posts: 4343 - 13/06/2011 18:46:26    955451

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954993 Donegal boys getting their excuses in already. Up Tyrone!!

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You input is funny given that most of the comments arent from donegal people at all. the only people defending the sending off is cavan people. I hope murphy is back as he is a great talent but in one way him not playing yesterday was good as it gave colm anthony and wee mcbrearty the chance to show donegal have other attacking threats.

dstuction (Donegal) - Posts: 1209 - 13/06/2011 19:01:23    955468

Murphy's sending off was a disgrace and should be recinded.
Cullivan deserved his unfortunately !!

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 13/06/2011 19:15:27    955483

arock i totaly agree with you ,and dubbydave i think you hit the nail on the head when you say "off the ball"but a rotten call by the ref,the cavan player knew what he was doing. murphy should of turned away from him and express himself through his football.but the whole thing was 70 mins of crap .i cant see the red card standing but all these bad calls by refs ,should the gaa not cop on now and use video like rugby its only common sence.

bisto kid (Cavan) - Posts: 492 - 13/06/2011 19:19:19    955489

The should use video like rugby yes. Especially for Donegal games, which looks like rugby to the untrained eye. 15 men behind the ball at all times most in their own half.

Together with scrums and shouldering lads faces, they should take on Munsters finest in the Magners league.

jacknoff (Cavan) - Posts: 163 - 13/06/2011 19:29:07    955506

Ok DB10 :)

vice99 (Donegal) - Posts: 1054 - 13/06/2011 19:34:39    955521

I think if there any justice he will be clear for the Tyrone game as a Tyrone man I hope that this is the case although theres a small part of me wishing that it stands, he is one player that Tyrone fear big powerful and a class act on his day , him and that other young fella McBrearty give Donegal a big advantage Tyrone will need to be on there toes to keep these boys in check it will be close .

DynamoDooher (Tyrone) - Posts: 423 - 13/06/2011 19:57:48    955558

TERRIBLE DECISION

Glenswilly77 (Donegal) - Posts: 201 - 13/06/2011 20:26:08    955608

Justice done! If fairness, if he hadn't been exonerated I think I would've given up on Gaelic football. I must admit I feared the worst when I heard that Brian Farrell from Meath didn't get his red card rescinded. Maybe it was because his was more of a "striking" action although I use the term very lightly.

The main issue out of all of this though is the attitude of some referees. It was blatantly obvious that Duffy was just itching to square the teams up last Sunday in Breffni after Cullivan got the line. While appreciating that the referees have a tough job to do surely they must be held accountable for their poor decisions also? Take Murphy and Donegal's case for example. Had the CCCC not overturned that ridiculous decision Donegal would have been deprived of their best player in an Ulster semi final. Lads that have been busting a gut since the turn of the year in order to give themselves the best chance possible to win a long awaited Ulster title would have seen their chances greatly diminished. And all of this on the whim of a referee...

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9954 - 17/06/2011 09:29:17    958506

Justice is right, I am worried now that Donegal have the big man back I see them causing Tyrone all sorts of problems especially now that the injury's to Tyrones big men have failed to clear up, Donegal by 3

DynamoDooher (Tyrone) - Posts: 423 - 17/06/2011 09:47:07    958527

I s'pose it depends on how the individual views the rule & the referees are individuals too.

At the end of the day, it's a question of Strict application of the rules vs Common sense

If there is a strike or contact with the hand off the ball, it is a straight red according to the rulebook, is it not? Some refereees will always apply that strictly to the letter. but in all fairness, a decent referee will use his discretion to view a tussle or indiscretion such as the Michael Murphy incident (or the sending off in the Meath/Kildare game too for that matter) and tell the players in question to knock it off, tick them in the book or at most issue a yellow, which makes the players behave themselves for a start, but also allows the game to continue in the numbers that it's meant to & not be raising controversies like this

In my opinion, that's what makes a really good ref, one who uses his discretion rather then rule with a technical manual

Anyhoo, nice to see Michael Murphy will not be losing games over this, if Donegal are to continue their charge through Ulster, they'll need him. It will be interesting to see how Donegal do against more high profile teams now

gigoer (Wexford) - Posts: 1998 - 17/06/2011 09:53:37    958528

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958506 Justice done! If fairness, if he hadn't been exonerated I think I would've given up on Gaelic football. I must admit I feared the worst when I heard that Brian Farrell from Meath didn't get his red card rescinded. Maybe it was because his was more of a "striking" action although I use the term very lightly.

The main issue out of all of this though is the attitude of some referees. It was blatantly obvious that Duffy was just itching to square the teams up last Sunday in Breffni after Cullivan got the line. While appreciating that the referees have a tough job to do surely they must be held accountable for their poor decisions also? Take Murphy and Donegal's case for example. Had the CCCC not overturned that ridiculous decision Donegal would have been deprived of their best player in an Ulster semi final. Lads that have been busting a gut since the turn of the year in order to give themselves the best chance possible to win a long awaited Ulster title would have seen their chances greatly diminished. And all of this on the whim of a referee...

Agreed, totally justified that Murphy and Clerkin had their cards recinded, I am terribly annoyed that Brian Farrell didn't get his overturned, but not terribly suprised. I dont think that Meath are going to get any calls their way this year which is wrong and says a lot about whats wrong in the GAA. I fully agree that referees must be held accountable, this blanket defence of their job and the diificulties they have is intolerable, they deserve respect and appreciation for what they do no doubt but when they make a donkey's cruciate of a decision they should own up and stop this appeal to the CCCC lark.

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3757 - 17/06/2011 10:05:17    958537

Murphy exhonerated by the rescinding of the red card which is probably fair enough. He did charge into the Cavan player which is a bookable offence but frankly why did he do it in the first place. He should have shown restraint and not got involved and he's lucky his team were able to cope without him. On another day against better opposition his petulance ( a bit harsh maybe) could have cost his team dearly.

Diego (Meath) - Posts: 1205 - 17/06/2011 10:50:43    958572

Richieq, It's extremely presumptuous to say that Meath won't get any calls this year and then make a sweeping judgement of the GAA as a whole over it, just because a couple of calls didn't go your way in one game. Lots of teams have already had calls going against them so far this year, not just Meath.

If the Meath players thought that way, then they may as well not take the field at all and play basketball or volleyball instead, whatever, as long as it's non-contact

At least wait & see if such actions occur before you condemn them.

gigoer (Wexford) - Posts: 1998 - 17/06/2011 11:00:26    958583

Re Diego

"He should have shown restraint and not got involved and he's lucky his team were able to cope without him. On another day against better opposition his petulance ( a bit harsh maybe) could have cost his team dearly."

True, although that type of jostling/shouldering goes on all over the pitch at any level in any game throughout the country. If we're gonna start dishing red cards out for that I think I'll take up curling or something like that instead.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9954 - 17/06/2011 11:21:24    958618

good decision , massive boost for donegal ahead of the tyrone game , i think theyll win it now

stekhli (Dublin) - Posts: 3121 - 17/06/2011 11:28:19    958625

why was this over turned and not brian farrells?

BettystownRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 3353 - 17/06/2011 19:57:41    959201