highs: standing on hill16 and seeing dublin win the all ireland football championship in what will be remebered as one of the best days of my life.

lows: there is none when you win sam haha

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 22/09/2011 11:46:08    1040229

Had what could only be described as an early morning brain fart and posted the following on the equivalent hurling thread:

Highs: For Meath, very few. Possibly the win over Louth. Also seeing the huge crowds in Navan despite the teams poor performances. The performance of the backs towards the end of the season gave me cause for optimism for next year.

Overall, seeing Carlow's reactions after beating Louth and London getting their first win in decades was nice to see.

Lows: Way too many. Both the performance of our players and the referee in the Kildare game was abysmal. The usual suspects coming out with crap about karma and showing they had no interest in justice in the first place. Also, Brian Farrell's red card not being rescinded (especially as Connolly's was rescinded later on) gave us the feeling that the GAA were punishing us for last year.
The H&S brigade cutting the capacity of Pairc Tailteann by 20000 in a few weeks was ridiculous especially seeing as it easily held 20000 against Kildare.
Traipsing all the way to Derry and Belfast in the league to see us roll over and give up.

Overall, the sheer venom and hatred shown towards Donegal for daring to win games the "wrong way" was bordering on shameful.

Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1385 - 22/09/2011 12:34:53    1040274

Lows: Lossing to Kerry in the semi final

Highs: Winning the connacht final in a hurricane and beating cork in the quarter final.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11587 - 22/09/2011 13:14:44    1040307

HIGHS-louth winning divison 3 title,beating wexford down in wexford park and dublin winning sam.
LOWS-losing to carlow in the first round of the championship,losing to meath in the quailifers and more dodgy ref errors.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 22/09/2011 13:36:43    1040324

Lows
Losing the All Ireland minor semi final
Losing the Senior Connacht final when we had Mayo on the ropes
Getting knocked out of the Senior championship flattering scoreline.
Karl Lacey getting taken out when it looked like he was going to lead his team to the All Ireland final
Inconsistent CCCC
The prices of games in the middle of the recession
Poor attendance at most of the games
Poor referees
Awful weather for all the Connacht games

Highs
Winning the Connacht minor league & championship
Promotion out of the pit that is Div 4
Championship wins for the like's of Carlow,London & Leitrim
Donegal's first Ulster title for 19 years
Another new Senior championship winner
Tipp winning the minor All Ireland.

ispeakwisdom (Roscommon) - Posts: 2487 - 22/09/2011 16:39:47    1040486

lows: there is none when you win sam haha

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Touché..

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13654 - 22/09/2011 16:48:47    1040501

Lows:Controversial decision for limerick against wexford

Highs:Winning a championship and a date in croker was nice

TheBarrowsider (Carlow) - Posts: 82 - 22/09/2011 17:06:38    1040514

whiterbannnas
County: Mayo
Posts: 1938

High: The laughable irony of Pat Spillane saying that 'sometimes low-scoring games are good games' after the AI Final first half which had about the same amount of scores as the first half of the Donegal V Dublin Semi Final. What a spoofer.

There was no comparison between those two games. Ye donegal lads are not stupid, so i know ye know that. Everyone that watched that filth in the semi final (apart from donegal people understandably) were shouting for dublin to win. I dont think anyone could bear to watch any more of that nonsense in the final. Come on, be honest donegal lads, i know ye are being loyal to your county and it's admirable. But it's not justified. Admit it, that must be the worst game of "football" witnessed for many a long day
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Am I think all the people on here saying how they were cheering for Donegal and how its horrible and disgraceful they way that people like you disrespect the whole donegal team kinda proves that not everyone was shouting for Dublin
And how is not justified to support your county ? The same team that after years of winnig nothing (well division 1 but you know what i mean) , that won ulster, division 2 and got us three days out to Croke park ? Grow up

up_donegal (Donegal) - Posts: 659 - 22/09/2011 17:27:39    1040543

Highs:

Cluxton's left foot
Kevin Cassidy's monster score to win the 1/4 final against the Lillywhites
Dublin v Tyrone
Darren O'Sullivan's goal v Limerick
Donegal's Ulster title win

Lows:

The hypocrisy regarding refereeing decisions displayed by some.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13802 - 22/09/2011 17:57:19    1040576

Lows:

The hypocrisy regarding refereeing decisions displayed by some.

Yeah, I hate that...

doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 22/09/2011 18:14:56    1040586

doublehop
County: Kildare
Posts: 1183

I agree.

Its very irritating when, after making a heroic comeback, your corner back needlessly fouls a player in front of goal.

Some decisions go for you, some go against. Some people only see the ones that go against them. This reached fever pitch this summer and it is incredibly annoying.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13802 - 22/09/2011 18:47:40    1040606

Highs: Munster U21 Hurling Final, Aidan Walsh's performance - particularly his point to bring game into extra time.

Dubs winning Sam

Ger Brennan's tackle on declan o'sullivan in final

Joe Canning's reverse hand pass

Lows: Tipp losing All Ireland hurling final to 'thou shalt not play hurling' kilkenny

Donegal's brutal performance against the Dubs

choctaw (Cork) - Posts: 274 - 22/09/2011 18:59:01    1040614

up_donegal
County: Donegal

Am I think all the people on here saying how they were cheering for Donegal and how its horrible and disgraceful they way that people like you disrespect the whole donegal team kinda proves that not everyone was shouting for Dublin
And how is not justified to support your county ? The same team that after years of winnig nothing (well division 1 but you know what i mean) , that won ulster, division 2 and got us three days out to Croke park ? Grow up

You're only fooling yourself lad coz you're not fooling the rest of us. There is NO WAY that donegal people could take any pride in that filth that we witnessed in the semi final. Lads, it was atrocious. I watched it in a pub and everyone couldnt believe what they were seeing, one lad said "was donegal's gameplan to play for a 0-0?" I know your fellow nordies are stickin up for ye but thats just the northern inferiority complex kicking in

whiterbannnas (Mayo) - Posts: 2441 - 22/09/2011 20:29:21    1040672

whitherbannas

I'm not fooling myself... I've never been prouder of my county before.... I couldnt give a sh** what you think to be honest anyways.... Jim and the boys are not going out to please you.. they're going out to win games and please the donegal fans.. so i dont care what you say ut YES we do take pride in our team... they've given us a great summer and I'm VERY PROUD of them

up_donegal (Donegal) - Posts: 659 - 22/09/2011 20:51:38    1040694

Highs Dublin all Ireland champs and beating kildare always sweet. Low donegal for trying to ruin the game we love

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 22/09/2011 21:03:41    1040704

up_donegal
County: Donegal

The funny thing is, you actually have some decent footballers if he'd just let them play. Imagine how disillusioned michael murphy must feel, being told not to do anything creative just destruct destruct destruct. If they actually had a go at dublin they prob wouldve beaten them. But thats the way it goes

whiterbannnas (Mayo) - Posts: 2441 - 22/09/2011 21:13:10    1040715

whiterbannas

I'll admit it probably frustrates murphy that he cant show his class as one of the best forwards around, but I think captaining his team to a league title, ulster title and all-ireland semi final probably makes up for it for him. Its about winning the games at the end of the day. Shur what would be the point in eaving murphy to show how great he is, but then losing all the games. I think the whole team would obviously rather be winning games

up_donegal (Donegal) - Posts: 659 - 23/09/2011 09:03:38    1040766

up_donegal
County: Donegal

Fair enough, i know it's all about winning games. But surely when you have a class forward like murphy, he would be better utilised in the forward line terrorising defences? You're not gonna win many games scoring 6 points. I think people need to remember, donegal did lose the game against dublin when they went ultra defensive, so it didnt work

whiterbannnas (Mayo) - Posts: 2441 - 23/09/2011 09:38:00    1040773

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High point - Tomas O'Se handing the match ball to Cluxton after the All-Ireland final.

Low Point - Cluxton kicking the ball just before the end of the All-Ireland final!!!!

diablodeKingdom (Kerry) - Posts: 210 - 23/09/2011 10:19:01    1040789

up_donegal, I don't know why you're entertaining this, anyone who suggests that a Gael from another county that should be disgusted with their team/unjustified in suppporting them/ashamed of their colours or whatever can go and screw themselves into a knot. That he would compound that by suggesting ye're kidding yourselves & everyone else in supporting your team is arrogance beyond belief.

As it happens, I don't like Donegal's tactics either, makes for very poor football but I respect it brought you 2 trophies & a great Summer from nothing and I know 2011 will not be forgotten or regretted in Donegal, no matter what vindictive comments you might get from the likes of Bananaman here

gigoer (Wexford) - Posts: 1998 - 23/09/2011 11:15:33    1040842