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Have commented allready on what happened in the game , just to add no way can I go along with criticisim of ref , impossible game , had he sent off six men hed have been accused of ruining the game as a spectacle , he was in a no win situation not helped by players .

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 07/03/2016 17:32:09    1831991

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Was it really that bad lads?I was half expecting it to be the main news story on liveline today.A little unsavoury,but a little over-the-top on here also.

cuederocket (Dublin) - Posts: 5084 - 07/03/2016 18:57:50    1832025

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SamOnErrigal, yes there was an infamous 'friendly' played in NY where there was a lot of nasty stuff going on, not sure about a broken leg but the odd nose and possibly jaw got a good hammering. Yesterday's Kerry/Donegal tie was not a nice game but it certainly wasn't unique. If there was social media back in the 70s/80s it would be bursting at the seams with talk of dirty play.

Get up and get on with it, both teams.

KerryKillers (Dublin) - Posts: 711 - 07/03/2016 20:15:29    1832056

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Cue mostly the usual hand bags stuff apart from McGee/Fitzgerald other than that nothing really in it apart from pushing and shoving.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 07/03/2016 20:30:34    1832062

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Considering Fermanagh and Armagh got €5000 fines last week for very little in comparison to yesterday and Sean Quigley got a suspension I would suspect 2 big fines and a few suspensions.

Armaghball (Armagh) - Posts: 96 - 07/03/2016 20:31:45    1832063

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Thanks Kerrykillers as I know it was anything but a friendly but it happened a long time ago
Also how do people know that our Neil was trying to break a players fingers
Even with video evidence it would be hard to prove except you want to do what the authorities use to do against Irish people here in Britain during the troubles ---have Neill McGee on a conspiracy charge
Da kid you talk nonsense
These things should not happen but on here most of the anti Donegal brigade have only one player who they think should get done --- Neil McGee
It's well past time Kerry people should realise that in their Gaelic football team are a few thugs
Just like the rest of us and that includes all county teams
The purist thing about Kerry , the Aristocrats of Gaelic football sickens me and I blame the media
Not much to like about them yesterday and would love to see Donegal play them again in the championship later on in the summer
We will have to beef up a bit though

SamOnErrigal (Donegal) - Posts: 1427 - 07/03/2016 20:55:57    1832079

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Yesterday was a poor day for Kerry and Donegal. Kerry got the two points so will be a bit happier but in truth it wasn't what you'd expect from two of the best teams in the country. It was noticeable that the younger members of both squads were more intent on playing football than the older players which leads me to believe that neither team was sent out with a game plan to be as bad as they were but instead this was settling old scores.

On the Donegal side, Neil Mc Gee did what he did and got a broken nose for his troubles and his actions can't be condoned. Rory Kavanagh never shut up the entire game trying to rise players. Leo Mc Loone was very silly for an experienced player and should have known to stay away from incidents when on a yellow, it was an attempted hit albeit a weak one but attempting to strike is a card. I thought Michael Murphy did well to keep the head with the amount of physical abuse he received with no protection from the officials.

On the Kerry side I thought Donaghy's body slam of Murphy was a black and possibly more for a very dangerous slam. Even if he had got a yellow the high tackle on Mc Hugh would have been his marching orders. This slam happening within yards of the linesman with no card was ridiculous. Sheehan scored an unreal free but should have also received a red for a punch to the face in front of the ref. O Mahony was the worst however. It was him that reached for Michael Murphy and pulled him down on top of himself before getting involved with Mc Loone resulting in a red. This deliberate pull down was also a black!! He was constantly goading players and kicked a line ball away to waste time in the second half.

Poor spectacle and both sides need to look at themselves, especially Donegal as if we had concentrated on winning the game I feel we would have done so.

Tir Conaill Abu (Donegal) - Posts: 1677 - 07/03/2016 21:03:47    1832085

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Right enough goldrick, we're desperate altogether.

Cavan had a great win yesterday & yet here you are moaning & complaining when you should be walking round with a big happy head on you.

No pleasing some people.

MuckrossHead (Donegal) - Posts:3816 - 07/03/2016 15:25:52


I am just making a comment that is relevant to the thread which someone started.
hope that is allowed. I don't understand what difference it makes where I come from.

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5522 - 07/03/2016 21:38:50    1832101

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The only team capable of putting Kerry back in their box are Tyrone. There's no one about at the minute prepared to take Kerry on at the cynicism and dark arts. We need a few more Dooher, Gormley, Hughes types to clip their wings. It was no surprise, and I predicted this yesterday , that the entire Southern media lauded and praised Kerry for their antics. The end justifies the means for them I.e. the defeat of an Ulster team and they don't care how it's done. All their hypocritical guff and nonsense about 'playing the right way' goes out the window with Kerry and Dublin as we seen last season. They will excuse and provide cover for ANYTHING these two get up to.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9837 - 07/03/2016 21:47:24    1832107

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Thanks Kerrykillers as I know it was anything but a friendly but it happened a long time ago
Also how do people know that our Neil was trying to break a players fingers
Even with video evidence it would be hard to prove except you want to do what the authorities use to do against Irish people here in Britain during the troubles ---have Neill McGee on a conspiracy charge
Da kid you talk nonsense
These things should not happen but on here most of the anti Donegal brigade have only one player who they think should get done --- Neil McGee
It's well past time Kerry people should realise that in their Gaelic football team are a few thugs
Just like the rest of us and that includes all county teams
The purist thing about Kerry , the Aristocrats of Gaelic football sickens me and I blame the media
Not much to like about them yesterday and would love to see Donegal play them again in the championship later on in the summer
We will have to beef up a bit though

SamOnErrigal (Donegal) - Posts:954 - 07/03/2016 20:55:57 1832079

This has to be a wind up. It has to be!!! You can't really believe what you are saying. Do fellow Donegal posters believe this?

The_Fridge (Tyrone) - Posts: 2102 - 07/03/2016 21:56:55    1832117

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SamOnErrigal
Well said my friend. McGee (stupidly) bent back his hand so get over it people and move on. We don't want to become a Tyrone complaining about every little thing and thinking the world is against us. Kerry knew they weren't going to beat us at football so they stooped to these antics the same as the majority of Ulster teams we play.
The game will certainly do Donegal good and I firmly believe we will have a long summer. Onwards and upwards I say!!!

letterkennyGuy (Donegal) - Posts: 183 - 08/03/2016 08:39:59    1832130

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Just to make a point that Dublin get away with a lot of stuff is bs; in 08 we played Meath in a league game there was a big hand bags pushing and shoving match with not one punch thrown after that game we had 8 players suspended for the next two games which were that league final and the first round of the championship.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 08/03/2016 09:25:21    1832141

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The_Fridge (Tyrone)
rich coming from you, any time a tyrone player fouls/gets into something, its a conspiracy against tyrone,

kerryluck (Kerry) - Posts: 2517 - 08/03/2016 09:35:22    1832145

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It is actually comical to see Tyrone trying to take some moral high ground. But I'm not even going to open that can of worms.
It was interesting to hear Fitzmaurice say that to play Donegal you need to be strong physically and mentally. I would say that applies even more so to his own team. We got sucked in badly on Sunday and paid the price. Now I'm not saying we're all angels - far from it. But if we'd stuck to the football it might have been a different result.

Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9954 - 08/03/2016 09:51:17    1832155

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Sorry clondalkin, you are aware that that is a full 8 years ago, right? So you had to go back 8 years to get a bad call against you... That doesnt really back up your argument to be honest man

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 08/03/2016 09:54:25    1832161

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Thought Eddie Kinsella and his team of officals done all they could on another day there might have been a mass brawl...Like Mayo v Meath 1996 and Louth v Laois 1991 such was the horrible tactics that were going on off the ball...

Neil Mcgee should be punished with a big ban make an example of a player who's been at this sort of stuff for a while!

BigJohn.6_8 (Galway) - Posts: 704 - 08/03/2016 10:05:11    1832167

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The Fridge
It's no wind up and another thing is that Donaghy could have done serious harm to Micheal Murphy. Something like that happened to B o d in the rugby World Cup alough it was probably worse
The bottom line is it is trying to take a player out of the game
This is my take on what's been going on for too long now ----- every year we have games like Sunday's and let's face it we will have more that's if the GAA don't act.
And there is no point in throwing the book at Donegal or Kerry now whe other teams got off with every bit as bad of incidents as Sunday's. But they can step in and say this has to stop or the penalties will be severe
This pulling and manhandling has to finish and an extra lineman on each side of the pitch to look out for and report incidents to the ref
I don't condone it but I'm not going to blame my own county when others are as bad
You should know Fridge all about nastiness as look at all the controversy Tyrone were involved in last year-- the allegedly taunting of the young Donegal minor, the refusal of Tipperary to let you u21 manager into the dressing plus the fallout from The Monaghan game All bad publicity
Plus I must add about D Walsh of Kerry on about respect for Donegal - who's he kidding
I would be nearer the truth in saying the hate the sight of one another

SamOnErrigal (Donegal) - Posts: 1427 - 08/03/2016 10:05:20    1832168

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"(INSERT YOUR COUNTY" never gets away with anything"

but of course

"(INSERT COUNTY YOU DISLIKE)" always gets away with everything"

Copy and paste to save time lads.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13837 - 08/03/2016 10:14:42    1832178

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Just to make a point that Dublin get away with a lot of stuff is bs; in 08 we played Meath in a league game there was a big hand bags pushing and shoving match with not one punch thrown after that game we had 8 players suspended for the next two games which were that league final and the first round of the championship.

clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts:7137 - 08/03/2016 09:25:21 1832141
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Well said

But you see it doesn't fit into the lazy hear say narrative - they cherry pick tit bits and pass it off as some sort of coherent argument

We know the usual gombeens that are at it.. it's quite evident that they are only interested in making noise and any aul noise will do

Remarkably similar to the strategy employed by Donald Trump

They make the right noise that appeals to morons, just ill thought out sound bites.. but with any level of intelligence it's easily picked apart and debunked with ease.

Just like you've done above

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20763 - 08/03/2016 10:18:45    1832180

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ha-ha gas thread

All the usual suspects spouting their usual tired rubbish

It's about Dublin getting away with things now... ha-ha gas

Sure it wouldn't take long for the usual trolls to turn it into that :)

All counties get away with some things and get punished for others...

Sure we can all give examples of such from every county

You need a bit of grit to win... playing on the edge works

As such any successful county will have their incidents

For some though... it still hasn't worked despite their very best efforts :)

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20763 - 08/03/2016 10:38:47    1832195

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