cavanman47
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Superglue
County: Kerry
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I should hope he hasn't got a big game these days as he's been retired for the last two years.

did he retire? or was he retired?

there's a difference!

a ref of pat's caliber should not be denied big games because he refuses to bow down to the GAA coffers. But he was and so had no real choice but to call it a day.

He retired. He's too old. There is an age limit.

Superglue (Kerry) - Posts: 1283 - 02/09/2012 19:22:59    1257496

oh thats great, so not only do dublin have home advantage all the time but they have the reffs with them as well, jays if id have known that i could have stayed at home last september and saved 300 quid, what a setback.

KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 02/09/2012 19:26:50    1257503

In fairness i thought McQuillan had a desant game. At least he lets the game flow.

97Cavans (Cavan) - Posts: 415 - 02/09/2012 20:57:48    1257621

After watching the game today I would have to say that this thread was on the scent. No smoke without fire!!!

border Gael (Monaghan) - Posts: 921 - 02/09/2012 21:14:51    1257648

Only thing it proves border gael is that Horan psyched out McQuillan. He gifted Mayo 6/7 points in the first half and allowed them to waste at least 20 minutes through feigning injuried and other play acting.

hurlingdub (Dublin) - Posts: 6978 - 03/09/2012 08:26:50    1257702

Ciarrai Abu you must have been watching a different match than I was. Apart from the Varley incident which all the officials made a mess of I didn't see him favouring Dublin, if anything he gave whatever advantage that was going to Mayo. He never punished Mayo for their continuous cynical fouling, I lost count of the number of times that Dublin players were pulled down coming out of defence for which no Mayo player was yellow carded. It's not much benefit moving the free up 10 metres when you're in your own half.

OntheWhiteSide (Kildare) - Posts: 452 - 03/09/2012 10:17:09    1257809

i have to laugh he tried to hand it to dblin are you having a laught dublin couldnt buy a free a ub would have to get danced on for a free not one mayo player
was booked for fouling all the time or nobody was booked for timewasting if the mayo back that was going down all the time like that he should have been told to get off the field or told to sub him its shocking what refs are getting away with now

delboydub (Dublin) - Posts: 665 - 03/09/2012 10:29:01    1257820

McQuillan did all he could to give that game to dublin in the end. Dublin had possession and time was up but didnt blow up like some other game i remember and even gave them a 45 in the end when mcmamon's free should have been the last kick of the game. I know he gave mayo a lot of calls but that always happens when a team is more aggressive but dublin got them in the end also. if there was 5 min. extra to be played why did he play over 7 minutes ?

chicago09 (Kerry) - Posts: 694 - 03/09/2012 13:00:32    1258035

Chicago09.
I think you need a visit to specssavers. McQuillan gave us little or nothing yesterday and could and should have added on 15 minutes for the time wasting , feigning injury that Mayo indulged in for most of the 2nd half. However I am not expecting any fairness or objectivity given your obvious anti Dub bias.
Best of luck to Mayo in the final , I hope they produce and do not flop like 06 / 04. Howevcer it is hard to see anything other than a Donegal win. Considering their hard run to the final i believe they deserve SAM but you do not always get what you deserve!!!!

fingalman (Dublin) - Posts: 233 - 03/09/2012 13:09:38    1258055

McQuillan did all he could to give that game to dublin in the end. Dublin had possession and time was up but didnt blow up like some other game i remember and even gave them a 45 in the end when mcmamon's free should have been the last kick of the game. I know he gave mayo a lot of calls but that always happens when a team is more aggressive but dublin got them in the end also. if there was 5 min. extra to be played why did he play over 7 minutes ?
chicago09 , 03/09/2012 at 13:00

Because even in injury time the Mayo players continued to let on they were injured. I know you don't believe what you wrote above. Any reasonable person would acknowledge the face that more than 5 minutes of injuury time should have been played. Did anyone here record it on sky plus. It would be very interesting to find out exactling how long all the stoppages in the second half lasted.

Culann (Dublin) - Posts: 2306 - 03/09/2012 13:13:44    1258064

Fair play to McQuillan was spot on apart from not sending off Carroll!

Ciarrai Abu (Overseas) - Posts: 1050 - 03/09/2012 13:31:02    1258079

I dont think Mayo were feigning injury. According to what we were hearing on TV the Mayo dressing room was filling up with injured players. I think if your playing very well your not going to put your team in danger of losing by feigning injury. the Mayo phsyio an Doctor were never off the field in the last 10 mins and players were being hauled off one after another.

border Gael (Monaghan) - Posts: 921 - 03/09/2012 13:51:46    1258113

He didnt give Dublin a thing? They should have had 2 players sent off! But im sure all the Dubs missed that

moomoo (Kerry) - Posts: 4023 - 03/09/2012 14:05:28    1258134

chicago09
County: Kerry
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1258035 McQuillan did all he could to give that game to dublin in the end. Dublin had possession and time was up but didnt blow up like some other game i remember and even gave them a 45 in the end when mcmamon's free should have been the last kick of the game. I know he gave mayo a lot of calls but that always happens when a team is more aggressive but dublin got them in the end also. if there was 5 min. extra to be played why did he play over 7 minutes ?

There's got to be a Kerryman joke in there somewhere! :)

Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4749 - 03/09/2012 14:14:14    1258154

border Gael
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I dont think Mayo were feigning injury. According to what we were hearing on TV the Mayo dressing room was filling up with injured players. I think if your playing very well your not going to put your team in danger of losing by feigning injury. the Mayo phsyio an Doctor were never off the field in the last 10 mins and players were being hauled off one after another.

howcome they only went down with these injuries everytime dublin kicked a point ?

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 03/09/2012 14:24:35    1258172

Great refereeing performance. Was dead right to allow Mayo players to be treated on the pitch near the end, well within the rules and as simple as that! Take yer beating Dubs!

Ciarrai Abu (Overseas) - Posts: 1050 - 03/09/2012 14:45:30    1258204

hill16no1man
County: Dublin
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howcome they only went down with these injuries everytime dublin kicked a point ?

Probably because the ball was dead.

Should they instead have gone down injured while Dublin had possession and allowed them a free run towards goal, or maybe they should have gone down when they had the ball themselves?

Pretty sure a few lads might have gone down even when Dublin didn't kick a point.

if_in_doubt (Kildare) - Posts: 3692 - 03/09/2012 14:47:09    1258206

Culann - The better team won, get over it. For once no matter what the ref did Dublin were not going to win. Great to see the boo boys on the hill silenced.

ClassApart (Meath) - Posts: 1200 - 03/09/2012 14:51:15    1258214

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hill16no1man
County: Dublin
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howcome they only went down with these injuries everytime dublin kicked a point ?

Probably because the ball was dead.

Should they instead have gone down injured while Dublin had possession and allowed them a free run towards goal, or maybe they should have gone down when they had the ball themselves?

Pretty sure a few lads might have gone down even when Dublin didn't kick a point.


it was a clear ploy to slow the game down and stop dublin getting momentum simple as they were not going down when they were kicking points themselves with these injuries

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 03/09/2012 14:55:34    1258223

The referee did let Dublin away with a lot of the rough stuff and they got a few soft frees as well. Mayo won the game deservedly; it's history now like yesterday's newspapers though.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9837 - 03/09/2012 14:57:24    1258228