Ok lads, tried to start a thread on why I'm finished with this forum but typically they didn't print it. Enjoy the rest of the championship and UP THE DUBS

Over and out

realdub

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8790 - 25/08/2013 18:57:44    1467826

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1467663 Rte commentary is the most biased I have ever witnessed. It's so obvious they want Mayo to win.

Carney is the pits. "From a Mayo perspective..." "Delighted from a Mayo point of view..." I hope they don't have him for the final, he'll lose the run of himself completely if Mayo win.'

That was a foot block by a mayo player in the first half and Carney say it wasn't.
He totally downplayed O'Se's hand into the Tyrone man's neck!! Come on RTE, you need to do better than that,
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You're not far wrong there lads. Whilst the emphasis has been placed on cynical fouling, etc, the real story as far as I'm concerned has been the dreadful state of broadcasting. So far this year its been about biased and inaccurate commentary (do your homework ffs), opinion and personal grudges rather than impartial analysis,its been dreadful and this is the real scandal.

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 25/08/2013 19:01:41    1467832

Congratulations Mayo - character required and shown by some of their players. Barrett in particular showed it when all heads appeared lost. The loss of SON Joe and Peter Harte mitigated heavily against us sustaining our early lead and left us with few options as the game progressed.

Tyronetim (Tyrone) - Posts: 1254 - 25/08/2013 19:06:22    1467837

realdub
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1467826 Ok lads, tried to start a thread on why I'm finished with this forum but typically they didn't print it. Enjoy the rest of the championship and UP THE DUBS

Over and out

realdub

Whats wrong man?

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 25/08/2013 19:15:52    1467846

Mayo didn't even perform to their highest level today and yet won by 6 points...need I elaborate.Tyrone had little to offer, need to look at rebuilding and starting again. Hopefully its ourselves whom Mayo will face in the final but I still say they will win the final....a great starting 15 but an incredible bench too..

Mollymalone (Dublin) - Posts: 1137 - 25/08/2013 19:20:18    1467851

Congrats to Mayo on a great win today, good to see them overcome a nervous start and go on to win the game. Mayo will be at a severe disadvantage in the final as Dublin will have no problem with nerves playing on their home ground.

bryanadams (Kildare) - Posts: 733 - 25/08/2013 19:20:39    1467852

Try it again real dub, this board needs you.

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 25/08/2013 19:28:58    1467865

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Mayo didn't even perform to their highest level today and yet won by 6 points...need I elaborate.Tyrone had little to offer, need to look at rebuilding and starting again. Hopefully its ourselves whom Mayo will face in the final but I still say they will win the final....a great starting 15 but an incredible bench too..
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This is typical sound bite post from somebody who doesn't know what they are talking about. This is a Tyrone team in the making/being rebuilt. There are lads only made championship debuts this year. Only 3/4 from 2003 team. It is a new team and will get better. We have had a great year in fairness,have exceeded expectations.

seanie_boy (Tyrone) - Posts: 4235 - 25/08/2013 19:32:39    1467870

Well done Mayo your a serious outfit also well done Tyrone for putting it up to Mayo for long periods just a pity you lost Harte and O Niell in the first half it would have been interesting had they stayed on, I know Mayo lost O Conor who is a massive player but your bench is so strong (unlike Tyrone's) you could easily compensate for his loss. I thought Deegan had a mare and gave Mayo some very soft frees but that's not taking away from Mayo's win you deserved it and were the better team. All the best in the final against Kerry ha

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 25/08/2013 19:47:31    1467891

Realdub come back man. Don't go into the light

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 25/08/2013 19:51:04    1467894

bryanadams
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1467852 Congrats to Mayo on a great win today, good to see them overcome a nervous start and go on to win the game. Mayo will be at a severe disadvantage in the final as Dublin will have no problem with nerves playing on their home ground.

Rubbish post,Dublin are not in the final,mayo are well used to playing in croke park,how old are you bryanadams?

superbluedub (Dublin) - Posts: 2847 - 25/08/2013 19:55:12    1467899

Mayo won by 6 points. I'd safely say Deegan gifted them at least 1 - 3 with the penalty and a few dubious close in frees. If O'Neill, Harte and McMahon had remained on the field it would have been much closer. Both teams guilty of some poor misses too.However Mayo were the better team and deserved to win but I wouldn't go over-board with their performance.

Cavan_Slasher (Cavan) - Posts: 10253 - 25/08/2013 19:55:36    1467900

Mayo were deserved winners , they were a different team in the second half. They showed some real grit today when Mayo teams in the past would have faltered. Although the two points before half time helped reel in Tyrone. When Stephen O Neill went off I knew it wasn't going to be Tyrones day. The RTE commentary was biased towards Mayo but Mayo supporters are license payers so what do you expect. As for the reffing well I think the officials had a bad day at the office. The penalty was soft but well taken in the end.
Hopefully we can beat Kerry next week and play Mayo in the Final. Mayo have progressed since they beat us in 2012 semi and it would be a good measure of how far Dublin have actually progressed from last year. Still you cant write of Kerry and no matter who meets Mayo in the final it should be a great game.

spmccann (Dublin) - Posts: 209 - 25/08/2013 20:02:39    1467909

Firstly well done to Mayo; I know their fans will say 'We don't care what you think' but there you go; they don't like me and I don't care...and all that!

Mayo's mental fragility and maybe the occasion got to them in the first half but they upped it in the second half and their extra wee bit of quality around the pitch got them over the line but the hysterical hype about them was exactly that; hype. There are very few unbeatable superman sides in football and Mayo are no different; they are human as they showed today. Tyrone did exceptionally well to get to a semi final with a squad devoid of real top quality bar 2 or 3 players and once Peter Harte and Stephen O'Neill went off you knew it was curtains as they didn't have anyone of similar stature to step in. Tyrone have just spent 7 odd million on a centre of excellence and they should now focus on Peter Canavan, Stephen O'Neill, Brian McGuigan type quality in that place. Forget about plans and systems for a while, Tyrone should just concentrate on bringing talented footballers through to senior level because they have enough of them at colleges level. Mayo are a confidence side and when that takes a dent they can be still be very vulnerable; they showed that they can still have that fear at times.
As for the refereeing well Maurice Deegan will not take any solace from that game today; he was dreadfully poor. At worst you can say that he 'did' Tyrone up like a kipper and at best you could only say Mayo benefited from his decisions. It did look for long periods that Deegan was listening to the media campaign and was determined to punish Tyrone for previous games. The first 3 Mayo scores were dreadfully soft frees and the penalty was shocking, at least half a yard before the line; it was the turning point of the game. The 'disallowed' goal was nothing of the sort as Tyrone backs had stopped at the sound of the whistle. However as much as Deegan was very harsh on Tyrone they just don't have the star players when it matters and Mayo ultimately had enough in the tank. I would say that Kerry and Dublin will have taken great heart today and go away knowing either can win SAM now.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9819 - 25/08/2013 20:09:17    1467917

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1467900 Mayo won by 6 points. I'd safely say Deegan gifted them at least 1 - 3 with the penalty and a few dubious close in frees. If O'Neill, Harte and McMahon had remained on the field it would have been much closer. Both teams guilty of some poor misses too.However Mayo were the better team and deserved to win but I wouldn't go over-board with their performance.

From about 30 mins onwards it was all Mayo, the injuries to Tyrone we too much for them to handle and to be fair to them they gave a good first half hour, but I don't think it mattered who reffed it, once Mayo closed down on Tyrones kickouts it was gonna be a hard afternoon for them. Mayo are a very good team with a good bench, Tyrone had a lot of young lads and for Mickey Harte he was blooding a lot of them for the next two years of his managerial career. Two teams at different stages of the process.

AthCliath (Dublin) - Posts: 4347 - 25/08/2013 20:12:45    1467920

Well done Mayo on well deserved win

bobkarlgees (Meath) - Posts: 1277 - 25/08/2013 20:20:48    1467928

Tyrone clearly better side in the first half, they look sharper and definitely more pumped up. Even in opening 5 minutes of the 2nd half, It looked tight where it could go either way.
Maurice Deegan made a cock up giving the penalty, as the contact was outside the box and he was too far away to clearly see it. This penalty coupled with Sean Cavanagh missing the subsequent free hurt Tyrone, and Mayo were given a much needed boost.

Mayo then pushed on, and in the end they clearly deserved the win with an Impressive 2nd half.

Cillian O'Connor will be a massive loss to Mayo in the final if he did dislocate his shoulder again. This will be a huge blow for them against either Dublin or Kerry.

GaryMc82 (Derry) - Posts: 3026 - 25/08/2013 20:23:35    1467932

Mayo were unstoppable in the last 5 of the first half and the first 10 of the second. Beyond that there were some very soft frees for Mayo negated by the disallowed goal. Tyrone were denied a stonewall in the second for the most blatant foot block I have ever seen un=awarded but that only makes 3 points assuming the penalty was nailed folks. Mayo well deserved of their win overall. It still doesn't excuse the cockiness and hype. I think the good people of Mayo will see today's first half as a wake up call and should respect whoever comes out of el classico next Sunday. The pace of the game today was testament to our games. Imagine these guys are in work this week! Long live the GAA!

emmomac (UK) - Posts: 273 - 25/08/2013 20:24:15    1467933

Impressed by gracious acceptance of result by Tyrone. I thought they put up a tremendous performance in the first half and battled valiantly in spite of the loss of so many key players. Mayo werev poor at start and took about 30min to register their first score from play. O'Connor
Is a massive loss. Overall perhaps the tough game was just the reality check Mayo needed

mod (Mayo) - Posts: 859 - 25/08/2013 20:28:07    1467938

Congratulations to Mayo. They were the better team, however, but for the referee and the loss of 3 key players............

IsMise (Tyrone) - Posts: 119 - 25/08/2013 20:30:37    1467941