Close game, that Dublin Joe fella is some knob.
GAA 2017
- Thread starter The Black Pearl
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Mayo most cynical team is gaa history, got what they deserved.
First one wasn't though, it was a second yellow and was the right call on the standard that had been set.
Feck sake.
fecking stupid alright. But that's us in mayo for ya...
stupid yes but although I've only seen it once it didn't deserve a straight red did it?
its a red card I think, sometimes it would be let slide but its a red imho. All he had to do was not "act the man", let the Dublin guy take his second booking and we could well be celebrating beating the best Gaelic football team of my 36 years. But well we are Mayo, and if there's a way to feck it up, one of us will find it.
I swear the only way it can get worse is we're a point down in the last minute, O'Connor is running clear though on goal, Cluxton is caught up field after taking a free, open goal at his mercy, no one within 20 yards of him, ball in his hands, he puts it in the net and then its pulled back for him taking too many steps.
The worse thing is, as he was running through I'd probably think... "somehow we'll feck this up".
As soon as that free hit the post today I just knew what was inevitible.
I'd feel hard done by if I was him, no strike as far as I saw but yeah ridiculously stupid. O'Connor was poor enough too but have to say O'Shea impressed me until he ran out of steam, I'm heartbroken for ya's and would hate to see Andy Moran retire without an All-Ireland, exceptional player.
Yeah, we missed a few soft ones, CoC in particular. Great player and will go down as one of our best but he lacks the bottle Dean Rock has. O'Shea was brilliant today, first all ireland final where he's stood up and been counted. The difference in the end was Dublin were better where it counted and had more talent on the bench.
Hats off to them the best team I've ever seen, I suppose we can be proud of running them to a point twice but history doesn't care about the scoreline only the victor
O'Gara should have walked for that hand in the face when the Mayo lad was down in the first half too. Agree with you, O'Connor not in the same class as rock with the pressure kicks, two fecking exceptional teams though and more wars to come in the next few years between them.
Yeah, that was probably a red but thats football. He didn't do it, in the stupid over the top way Donal did. Hopefully plenty to come, we seem to be the only team in country who can hang with them. Maybe Kerry too. Huge tiers to the football now. I think despite us making hard work of making the final, we're genuinely the only team who can compete with Dublin consistently. Kerry are close on our level. The rest are playing for a different set of goals I feel.
On balance Mayo deserved a draw. Dublin should have had O'Gara off for dirty play. Dublin weren't great, gave the ball away a lot, a lot of passes awry. It was nip and tuck, either team could have won it, I suppose. Mayo had probably about three critical chances they missed; I know Dublin missed some too. Great gutsy display by Mayo, committed and skilful too, they scored a brilliant goal. Not very inspired by Dublin (why is Connolly such a dislikeable git?), but fair play to them, they played some good stuff today too.
Mayo should possibly have had a penalty too rather than the free that put them 2 points clear.
What a story 
Which scumbag Mayo player was it who did this?
https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2017/0917/905495-dean-rock-not-phased-by-thrown-gps-unit-on-final-free/
Comments on the article suggest Lee Keegan.
Which scumbag Mayo player was it who did this?https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2017/0917/905495-dean-rock-not-phased-by-thrown-gps-unit-on-final-free/
Comments on the article suggest Lee Keegan.
Yeah was Keegan as far as I know, bad act but you can hardly blame him for trying.What a story
https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2017/0917/905495-dean-rock-not-phased-by-thrown-gps-unit-on-final-free/
Comments on the article suggest Lee Keegan.
You've got to be kidding. Feck him!Edit: wrote that on my phone, to expand it more... Seriously, no way. Took off his GPS unit and threw it at another player taking the most important free in the match? Should be a lengthy suspension. Even being allowed to wear these units is a privilege, never mind the scumminess of removing it and throwing it to distract a player! If a soccer player did it, there'd be war.
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Edit: wrote that on my phone, to expand it more... Seriously, no way. Took off his GPS unit and threw it at another player taking the most important free in the match? Should be a lengthy suspension. Even being allowed to wear these units is a privilege, never mind the scumminess of removing it and throwing it to distract a player! If a soccer player did it, there'd be war.
I mean, obviously you're right. But, if you're Keegan, you'd take the ban if it meant you'd done enough to make him miss and earn your team a replay.
Nevermind imagine the war if a soccer player did it, imagine if a Dub did it
Haha. Again, you're right. But so was Keegan.
From almost playing gaa with me to scoring the all-Ireland winner. Dean Rock was set to come to Toronto and play with my club a few years back but then he got his first call up to the panel and stayed in Ireland.
Also made my dad give away his ticket because I came to visit this weekend and he couldn't get a second ticket for me. I bet he was wishing I didn't come over.
Also made my dad give away his ticket because I came to visit this weekend and he couldn't get a second ticket for me. I bet he was wishing I didn't come over.
Not on the thread since the win.
It was a mighty day, never known a final like it for so many without tickets.
Great scenes in Croker after the match, there's not too many like the great JC.
gaillimh abu
This is my last post lads.
Finally got to hold it, A Dream come true!
All the best!
TBP
Finally got to hold it, A Dream come true!
All the best!
TBP
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Yeehoo!
what club in Toronto is that?
Brampton Roger Casements, men's team is gone now a couple of years. All our player's visas ended and we had no team anymore.
Was sad to see them go.Had a few good nights in the clubhouse. See this years Toronto annual GAA dinner had to get postponed due to lack of interest. Was meant to be on this coming sat and now put back until new yr.
At the Brampton Irish center? Can't say I've come across too many people who had been there before. Do/did you play for a club in Toronto? I haven't been keeping up with the league ever since we folded, only ever go to some of the woman's games to watch my sister.
No interest in this International Rules craic then It's alright today
It's alright todayNo interest in this International Rules craic then
Good third quarter, this.
Deserved victory for Australia.
No interest in this International Rules craic then
I prefer watching this as opposed to the Aussie Rules comp in Aus.
Oh yeah? What do you see in it that you prefer? I thought it was pretty decent today too.
I prefer the fact it's harder to score maximum points in this game instead of Aussie Rules where kicking the ball between two central posts gives you 6 points. Many Aussie rules games can be bogged down into defensive type of games. I found this to be a quite a decent spectacle.