Terrible decision cant understand it makes no sense ,it doesnt even help Dublin in the long run.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 31/01/2012 20:05:19    1103258

Can someone post a link for what happened, i didn't see it

onlyhurling (Galway) - Posts: 800 - 31/01/2012 20:46:41    1103288

link

Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1466 - 31/01/2012 21:15:21    1103306

MesAmis
County: Dublin
Posts: 4092

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Connolly should have been suspended.

He got away with it because the GAA disciplinary procedures are ridiculous and full of loop holes.

Not because he's from Dublin.
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Do you think Paul Galvin would have been let play in the All-Ireland Final last year had he been in Connolly's position?

killer_88_ (Mayo) - Posts: 2040 - 31/01/2012 21:16:13    1103308

More inconsistency from the CCCC, we should not be surprised, some day the disciplinary bodies of the GAA will made up of people with eyes, ears and a drop of common sense.

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3772 - 31/01/2012 21:22:35    1103312

he needed some sort of punishment to sort his act out,before this occasion and what happen just before the AI final imo anyway i dont think connolly is a dirty player with any malice intentions in his tackles i think he is a clean and professional player but now he needs to seriously focus and be more disciplined for now we are entering the league and some teams may push him for a reaction.but i think gilroy should be having sharp words with him though too.

dubbydave. (Dublin) - Posts: 3927 - 31/01/2012 21:34:35    1103322

onlyhurling
County: Galway

Can someone post a link for what happened, I didn't see it


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKBtelSQ0JI

Hmm having watched it a couple of times now I can see where the CCC are coming from. It looks really bad and I suspect that that it was deliberate. However he comes from out of the frame and it is just possible that he stumbled and didn't mean it. He is probably very lucky that the pre-season tournaments have a lot less camera coverage than is the case in the NFL and Championships.

I can't see him being cut much slack by ref.s from here on in. Its a pity because I think he is a very talented footballer.

Before anyone asks - no I wouldn't be looking at it nearly as dispassionately if I was from Kildare or if it had been a Down player on the receiving end.

kickpass (Down) - Posts: 208 - 31/01/2012 21:42:22    1103329

kickpass, firstly, he literally gets up on his feet after being tackled, runs two yards and drops onto Fitzpatrick's head. Secondly, if he didn stumble, there is zero chance he would have fallen the way he did and make zero attempt to avoid the player on the ground.
It was 100% intentional and he is insanely lucky to get away with it. Compare this to Mattie Forde's ban a few years ago which was similar. He tried to say it was unintentional yet he was banned for 12 weeks. I can't understand why Connolly didn't receive the same.

Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1466 - 31/01/2012 21:55:22    1103339

Ratoath Royal

I think your probably right. I am just making the point that the clip that's available leaves just enough room for doubt. If it had happened with the multiple camera angles that will be available from Saturday onwards I think he'd be facing a lenghty ban

kickpass (Down) - Posts: 208 - 31/01/2012 22:02:58    1103347

Shocking! I can see this year is going to be no different than others!

Derry_ledd (Derry) - Posts: 2093 - 01/02/2012 09:16:01    1103361

What is it about Diarmuid Connolly...this lad is made of Teflon.

CommitteeeeMan (Meath) - Posts: 153 - 01/02/2012 09:34:08    1103370

In my opinion Connolly should of been hit with some sort of ban. Now with him escaping a ban its only a matter of time before he is wound up again and he reacts in the same manner. I fear the next time this happens he will be hit hard after escaping last ban. I think if connolly had of got banned it would of been a lesson learned for him to keep the " bleeding " head cool. We need him on the pitch not sitting warming the bench...

DUB1 (Dublin) - Posts: 5583 - 01/02/2012 09:37:02    1103373

Ratoath Royal
County: Meath
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Compare this to Mattie Forde's ban a few years ago which was similar. He tried to say it was unintentional yet he was banned for 12 weeks. I can't understand why Connolly didn't receive the same.

That's very true & I have no hesitation in saying that Forde deserved that ban, irrespective that he was one of our own. There's no way on earth he can say that was unavoidable and this appears to be the same here

The relevant committee has to be called into question here, this is out of line and is only going to invite more trouble. Not just for managers/coaches/fans etc but the next time Connolly does something wrong they'll probably come down on him like a ton of bricks after this, creating a Paul Galvin type scenario again and we all know what a pain in the butt that was, as it took the focus off the field and into the boardroom for months on end

The GAA should know better than to create trouble like this

gigoer (Wexford) - Posts: 1998 - 01/02/2012 09:49:48    1103378

I assume the video evidence available to the Leinster CCC is the same as these clips posted here? If so they found the video evidence inconclusive "Leinster chiefs studied footage of the incident last night and have opted not to charge Connolly with any wrong-doing." So either it is clear cut and he is sanctioned or it is not clear cut and therefore he can't be. Everyone here seems to think its very clear cut, but I suggest maybe there is just enough doubt to arrive at the conclusion they did.

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4968 - 01/02/2012 09:49:53    1103379

arock

everyone here hasn't said its clear cut. I said that if all they had to go on was the TG4 clip then I could see where the CCC were coming from.

kickpass (Down) - Posts: 208 - 01/02/2012 10:05:44    1103386

killer_88_
County: Mayo
Posts: 819


Do you think Paul Galvin would have been let play in the All-Ireland Final last year had he been in Connolly's position?

So Paul Galvin's unfair treatment is because he's not from Dublin? Or is his unfair treatment because of the dastardly Dubs?

Maybe Galvin wouldn't have played in Connolly's position, but I suggest that the same loophole used to get Connolly off could well have been used to get Galvin off as well. If he was in the exact same situation.

Most people felt Connolly shouldn't have been sent off(last year) but that's not the reason why he got off. He got off on a technicality which is something that the GAA's disciplinary system is full of. Every county gets players off through this system.

Connolly was the first this year but he certainly will not be the last.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13846 - 01/02/2012 11:37:36    1103436

Ah for gods sake arock, he was so late he nearly missed the final whistle. Hiding behind the CCCC decision is disingenuous. I agree with dubbydave,

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 01/02/2012 11:46:14    1103446

probably going to be slated for this and im not just saying and have to emphasise this because he is from dublin too but i was watching the match over again last night which i recorded previously and imo in dont think it was intended its a tough call to mae but fromt he angle he does seem to be falling forward and his armms are almost stretched out in front of him so stop him falling over??? as i said in previous posts going on his track record would also suggest he is not that type of player no and again is hot headed but most times he is clean cut and professional

dubbydave. (Dublin) - Posts: 3927 - 01/02/2012 12:20:22    1103459

Def should've got a suspension... and I'm a Dub. Honestly I think it was a very dangerous incident. No question he should have been suspended.

It looked fairly clear cut but obviously it didn't meet the criteria necessary in order for the CCCC to make the call.

Surely that's more down to the CCCC rather than any other ludicrous culchie conspiracy theory regarding Dublin

This in itself is very funny to me and quite satisfying to see how much it winds you culchies up… hehe

JinxyPoop (UK) - Posts: 1162 - 01/02/2012 12:26:56    1103466

I thought he should of being sanctioned. I thought so because i had a preconcieved bias regarding DC's disposition that the small bit of the video that was made available must of resulted from some sort of intent from our player to strike an opponent. The bias which I, and many others on here have, is formulated from DC's reputation of being a hot-headed character with a short fuse. This may be so but its not enough to suspend him if the evidence is not available. Some of the Galvin suspensions, if not all, were clear cut and not open to interpretation which is very unlike this incident. Any comparison is futile as those events beginning, action and ending was caught on camera. The Connolly incident showed nothing of the lead up, nothing of the contact and nothing of the aftermath. In fact the only evidence that the player was struck was becuase he stayed on the floor.

The GAA's disciplinary procedures are outdated and outmoded and thats being nice to them but irregardless of whether a player is in the wrong or not hear say is not enough to suspend him.

seany16 (Dublin) - Posts: 1663 - 01/02/2012 12:37:26    1103475