not getting involved with what card should have been given to Donnacha O'Connor but no doubt Aidan O'Mahony will be highly embarrased with what he did. that is not what Kerry GAA or GAA forthat matter is about. element of the foreign sports are creeping into our game over the past few years-diving, etc but this brings it to a new level. unlucky today though. they shouldn't have been near ye.

Centreforward (Limerick) - Posts: 10 - 24/08/2008 18:10:44    83448

Gooch did it aswell when he gave miskella a close line. miskella got up and gave him a shoulder. goch went down like a sack of spuds. from reading the few posts that have been put up so far i think it is far to say that kerry didn't walk away from this game with any positive. their antics and cycnical, negitive tactics were there for all to see. nobody would dare speak of such things when it comes to kerry but ye have been doing it for years. ye are as bad as there is out there.

happytobehere (Cork) - Posts: 360 - 24/08/2008 19:38:16    83502

kerry most unlucky today.in my opinion the best team by far in the country..its amazing how the other counties come out in force the minute they see a Kerryman doing wrong..lets hope the best footballers in the country finish off the job next weekend

pytelium1 (Carlow) - Posts: 20 - 24/08/2008 21:19:51    83549

This year and this kerry team have become a bunch of drama queens and criers! to the refs and linesmen,this game was puke football at its best!Although fair play 2 Cork, they deserved the draw. Kerry should go back 2 what there good at, Football! And leave the acting behind!

cavancheapskate (Cavan) - Posts: 66 - 24/08/2008 21:45:28    83559

My God, what a disgrace to the famed manly Kingdom football. O'Mahony should be ashamed of himself - acting like an oul woman.

It is now open to CCC to suspend him.

Hope he is.

Neutral - Meath

Ibbecek (Meath) - Posts: 196 - 24/08/2008 22:08:18    83569

O MAHONY TO BE MAN OF THE MATCH THE NEXT DAY.
GALVIN & DARA O SHEA BACK FOR THE FINAL.
CERTS FOR SAM

spice21 (USA) - Posts: 84 - 24/08/2008 23:21:05    83623

I was at the game today and there was no way Cork deserved a draw.. they played awful football, struggled to score from play and overall were poor!!

lh23 (Dublin) - Posts: 26 - 24/08/2008 23:37:35    83630

Ibbecek
Here youre disrespectful to auld women ha ha, you should watch a womens game some time to see a bit of honesty, never remember seeing the antics i saw today in a womans game.

rebelette24 (Cork) - Posts: 11 - 25/08/2008 00:20:30    83654

This is not a shock, lately its been creeping into Kerrys game.. trying to get yer opponent sent off..sad really, Kerry always produced tough but fair players, but lately, some of the Kerry tactics just pure negative, and not winning many admirers, and taking away from the positive side of their play, OMahoney should feel ashamed,and embarrassed, this is Croke Park..not Hollywood!

maco (Meath) - Posts: 357 - 25/08/2008 07:56:50    83690

Aidan O'Mahony...A complete and utter disgrace..I know Kerry are known for being the cutest in football,but that was terrible
If this comes nto our game more n more,it will go downhill...Ba naire thu Aidan

bananajay01 (Cavan) - Posts: 7 - 25/08/2008 09:16:22    83703

Aidan O'Mahony should be ashamed on himself. His girlfriend would be able to give him a better slap. Referee should not have sent off Cork man. In fact he should have sent off O'Mahony for his antics. Having that said O'Mahony is one of the best footballers in the country. He doesn't need to do that sort of thing. Kerry were way better than Cork and will win the next day.

ogormanmahon (Tipperary) - Posts: 66 - 25/08/2008 10:34:05    83781

Aidan O'Mahony
Let's call a spade a spade, O'Mahony's actions yesterday amount to clearcut CHEATING, nothing more nothing less. It was an act of blatant dishonesty which he should appologise for, but I expect we shouldn't hold our breath.

sligo joe (Dublin) - Posts: 956 - 25/08/2008 10:46:39    83800

Is the no Kerry men with an opinion on this???

momo (Tyrone) - Posts: 60 - 25/08/2008 11:17:37    83845

Omahony will have to live with that dive for the rest of his life. It was astonishing. Im sure there are fellow Kerry players on that team who are embarrassed by it. btw, if Kerryor Cork go into the final on that performance v Tyrone, they both would be 8points down by half time.

Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3852 - 25/08/2008 11:39:21    83874

All the Kerrymen (and women) are gone into hiding!! There wasn't as good a dive seen in the diving competition in Beijing!!

men_of_49 (Meath) - Posts: 2018 - 25/08/2008 12:35:07    83971

Here one!!!
O Mahony was a disgrace yesterday by diving. But calls for him to be suspended are a bit over the top. Hopefully the CCCC will do the right thing and let Donnadh O Connor play next weekend.
Ye might not agree but it could be a sad ending for Daragh O Shea after having a long distingushed career. Top midfielder for last decade.What he did was stupid but that O Neill is just a pure windup merchant but O Shea showed have held his cool

woops (Kerry) - Posts: 2073 - 25/08/2008 12:41:42    83989

I'm a bit bemused by all this fuss about O'Mahony and his dive. OK, he looked pathetic and it'd have been better if he hadn't done it. In fact, he deserves to be criticised but the reality is that players are doing everything they possible can to win. By gettting Cork's quota of players reduced to 14 O'Mahony was giving Kerry a better chance of a positive outcome to the game (although subsequent events blow that theory out of the window!). Players have always exagerated in order to gain an advantage, it could be a corner-back pulling a forwards jersey or the same forward pushing off a corner back just before the ball is directed in to him. Just because O'Mahony's behaviour looked a bit obvious there's a huge furore made about it. I think everyone here knows that O'Mahony's a pretty tough guy and I'd back him to put O'Connor in his place any day of the week. But by 'diving' he manipulated the referee in to sending O'Connor off and keeping himself on the field. If he'd clocked O'Connor there and then the most likely outcome would be a double sending off with an outside chance that he'd go on his own...he was smart and saw to it that O'Connor went while he continued. By the way, Kerry to win by 10 next time out.

Trimbaland (Meath) - Posts: 11 - 25/08/2008 13:22:57    84055

he didnt strike himself

ball-boy (Mayo) - Posts: 4211 - 25/08/2008 13:58:52    84108

You know its bad when Ball-Boy is the only "person" defending him.

HokeyPokey (Tyrone) - Posts: 1744 - 25/08/2008 15:43:31    84287

Look for all ye ignorant people out there, Kerry will win the replay next Sunday. If kerry converted half of their poor wides(which is unsual for them and is something that wont happen again this season)they would have taken cork to the cleaners. It is unfortunate that cork football is in a stage of limbo, in that they will always reach the semi-final but will never progress past that stage. But that is the fact of the matter so people just need to deal with it. Tyrone could prove once again to be the team to unset Kerry and lets also face the fact that Dublin are in the same (if not worse) position as Cork.

mastermagnier (Kerry) - Posts: 1 - 25/08/2008 16:28:41    84338