Mayo GAA Discussion Thread

Seans_Username · 31-08-2015 4:42pm

homewardbound11 wrote: »

Guys
Anyone get tickets online or other.

Online was down for the entire sellout period . Queue in supervalu for 2 hours and calling the gaa during this time .

During the entire period of the online failure they managed to sell out the replay.
The lady at the gaa office said the tickets were sold at the Dorset steer office during this period .
How in the name of God are you supposed to get tickets.

Either that or the gaa is ran by touts with a flair for online web page hacking.

Absolute joke trying to get tickets online. Spent over an hour getting shafted online. Of the 3 times it processed my selection, I got through to the login page just once, and they gave me 4 minutes to buy the ticket.... It took 10 minutes for the page to load ffs. Timed out, ticket gone.

Raging at not getting one, I was there from 11 this morning dying of impatience. I have other options, but it shouldn't be as difficult to get tickets online.

Ascii · 31-08-2015 5:01pm

homewardbound11 · 31-08-2015 5:02pm

I think The issue here is the gaa. Tickets and allocation of them at Dorset street must have been in massive quantities to sell out an entire countries allocation.

The gaa have some answering to do as this has a bad smell about it

Ascii · 31-08-2015 5:07pm

Was having a quick glance during lunch break of the sportsfile photos on the web. They really tell a story of the game that you don't see live or on the TV. Credit to AOS for staying calm when he was being harassed for the day. Don't get me wrong I am not saying that Dublin are the only team in the country that "play the man" as opposed to the ball but in both these photos you will see no effort is made at all secure possession of the ball by the dubs merely take AOS out of the equation....almost rugby esque style. Particularly noticeable is PMcM blocking O shea from climbing for the ball. He make no effort to secure possession only to hinder and obstruct AOS.

Coillte_Bhoy · 31-08-2015 5:11pm

homewardbound11 wrote: »

I think The issue here is the gaa. Tickets and allocation of them at Dorset street must have been in massive quantities to sell out an entire countries allocation.

The gaa have some answering to do as this has a bad smell about it

what counties allocation? This was a general public sale afaik

Ascii · 31-08-2015 5:12pm

homewardbound11 wrote: »

I think The issue here is the gaa. Tickets and allocation of them at Dorset street must have been in massive quantities to sell out an entire countries allocation.

The gaa have some answering to do as this has a bad smell about it

Why wouldn't the Grab All Association not put a few thousand on sale in McHale park this morning. Could you have got them at the Connaught council HQ at the COE in Bekan ? Why restrict to Dorset only. The more I think about it they are such a shower of biased f**kers.

Coillte_Bhoy · 31-08-2015 5:22pm

O'Connor being brought up in front of the CCC for the elbow

keane2097 · 31-08-2015 5:24pm

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

O'Connor being brought up in front of the CCC for the elbow

Any link?

Coillte_Bhoy · 31-08-2015 5:52pm

keane2097 wrote: »

Any link?

Sorry, just a false rumour, i shouldnt have posted it

Ascii · 31-08-2015 6:18pm

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Sorry, just a false rumour, i shouldnt have posted it

http://m1.joe.ie/YToyOntzOjQ6ImRhdGEiO3M6MTUyOiJhOjM6e3M6MzoidXJsIjtzOjkxOiJodHRwOi8vbWVkaWEtam9lLm1heGltdW1tZWRpYS5pZS5zMy5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL3dwLWNvbnRlbnQvdXBsb2Fkcy8yMDE0LzAzL2NhcmVmdWxub3cuanBnIjtzOjU6IndpZHRoIjtpOjY0NztzOjY6ImhlaWdodCI7aTozNDA7fSI7czo0OiJoYXNoIjtzOjQwOiI5MGZkMjg3YTg5YjNkYzNmZThjMWJlODUyNmZhMzI1N2M1ZWNmYzVlIjt9/carefulnow.jpg

Paulzx · 31-08-2015 6:21pm

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Sorry, just a false rumour, i shouldnt have posted it

You just caused a collective ****e haemorrage from Claremorris to Belmullet. Meanwhile the Dubs defenders were sharpening their studs with delight at the thought of the best free taker in the competition watching the replay from a bar in Ballintubber:D

Westernyelp · 31-08-2015 7:17pm

I queued for 3 hours on Dorset street this morning and managed to get six upper Cusack together. They will all be going to people who were at yesterdays game. it was madness there though as there was no restriction on numbers bought. seen someone buy 16. 8 and 8 together.

Must have been touts there snapping them up.

There was at least another 3 hours of a q behind me when I left. was trying to get online all the time too and it was Impossible.

Not fair that there was an outlet like this in Dublin and none in Mayo, or was there?

Crazy situation.

Shurimgreat · 31-08-2015 7:35pm

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

Sorry, just a false rumour, i shouldnt have posted it

:eek:

Nothing to see with the O'Connor "incident". Wasn't looking at the player. If ROC wasn't all over him like a rash, he wouldn't have got an accidental bang from O'Connor who was only trying to highlight to the umpires what was happening.

ROC was 100% to blame for the incident. Might teach him a lesson although I doubt it.

On another matter, refs and umpires need to give protection to marquee players like COC.

Westernyelp · 31-08-2015 7:45pm

http://www.livegaelic.com/features/the-clearest-angle-of-the-connolly-red-card-incident-yet/

Clear punch from Conolly

Paulzx · 31-08-2015 7:47pm

Shurimgreat wrote: »

:eek:

Nothing to see with the O'Connor "incident". Wasn't looking at the player. If ROC wasn't all over him like a rash, he wouldn't have got an accidental bang from O'Connor who was only trying to highlight to the umpires what was happening.

ROC was 100% to blame for the incident. Might teach him a lesson although I doubt it.

On another matter, refs and umpires need to give protection to marquee players like COC.

That's a nonsense post. By your reckoning then Connolly after being wrestled to the ground in a headlock was perfectly justified to throw a punch which he then got red card for.

In one incident a player threw a wild arm/elbow/forearm/hand at head high whilst being held resulting in a serious injury. In the other incident a player was thrown to the ground in a headlock and threw a punch (which we don't even know whether it connected) yet you see a difference in two incidents.

Both were wrong. Both were against the rules. At least be objective and remove your bias

Shurimgreat · 31-08-2015 7:56pm

Paulzx wrote: »

That's a nonsense post. By your reckoning then Connolly after being wrestled to the ground in a headlock was perfectly justified to throw a punch which he then got red card for.

In one incident a player threw a wild arm/elbow/forearm/hand at head high whilst being held resulting in a serious injury. In the other incident a player was thrown to the ground in a headlock and threw a punch (which we don't even know whether it connected) yet you see a difference in two incidents.

Both were wrong. Both were against the rules. At least be objective and remove your bias

In one incident, a dublin defender pulls on the jersey of a Mayo player. The mayo player sticks out his arms to complain about it and the dublin player accidently runs into his outstretched hand. The mayo player wasnt even looking at the dublin player. Its farcical to suggest as some try to (mostly the Keane poster on here) that COC deliberately set out to punch ROC. He didn't. Its like two players running into each other, accidently. ROC was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The question is why was he in that place? It was more cynicism from Dublin players.

As for the Connolly one, I'm not the sort that likes to see players banned. I'd rather teams won games with the best 15 on either side. Connolly threw a punch, but he was provoked, a bit like Kevin Keane. Connolly should not be banned in my view.

I don't think you can get more objective than that.

Paulzx · 31-08-2015 8:03pm

Shurimgreat wrote: »

the dublin player accidently runs into his outstretched hand.

:D:D:D:D:D:D

In all the posts over the numerous threads about the match that quote is the best of them all..................and you didn't even mean it as humour!!!!

Brillaint!!!!!!!!!

It reminds me of Baldrick being ordered to run into Blackadders outstretched fist. You have a future in comedy that you never knew about:D

blue4ever · 31-08-2015 8:07pm

You must all be on the "home brew" home brew west of Ballyhaunis

https://vine.co/v/eIjYalb3UIP

He didn't "walk into his hand" - that's a punch plain and simple - I see he even went for a bit of theater after throwing the dig.

Shurimgreat · 31-08-2015 8:09pm

Paulzx wrote: »

:D:D:D:D:D:D

In all the posts over the numerous threads about the match that quote is the best of them all..................and you didn't even mean it as humour!!!!

Brillaint!!!!!!!!!

It reminds me of Baldrick being ordered to run into Blackadders outstretched fist. You have a future in comedy that you never knew about:D

And yet its true. It happens in every game, and it happens in soccer too, but clearly you don't watch too many games of GAA, just the high profile ones.

Players get hit all the time in football matches accidentally and end up with severe cuts. Two mayo players ran into each other last year in limerick and had to go off for cuts. Next you will be saying they did it deliberately!

But if you want to talk about deliberate cynicism, we can. We can start with Johnny Cooper.

blue4ever · 31-08-2015 8:14pm

Shurimgreat wrote: »

And yet its true. It happens in every game, and it happens in soccer too, but clearly you don't watch too many games of GAA, just the high profile ones.

Players get hit all the time in football matches accidentally and end up with severe cuts. Two mayo players ran into each other last year in limerick and had to go off for cuts. Next you will be saying they did it deliberately!

But if you want to talk about deliberate cynicism, we can. We can start with Johnny Cooper.

Ye can look closer to home for cynical players.

naughto · 31-08-2015 9:04pm

Coillte_Bhoy wrote: »

O'Connor being brought up in front of the CCC for the elbow

Jesus man ya had the heart across me

km79 · 31-08-2015 9:06pm

no retrospective action for any player
connolly one game ban but can appeal

Blackjack · 31-08-2015 9:07pm

blue4ever wrote: »

You must all be on the "home brew" home brew west of Ballyhaunis

https://vine.co/v/eIjYalb3UIP

He didn't "walk into his hand" - that's a punch plain and simple - I see he even went for a bit of theater after throwing the dig.

That's not a punch. Not in a million years.

PARlance · 31-08-2015 9:11pm

km79 wrote: »

no retrospective action for any player
connolly one game ban but can appeal

Official?

km79 · 31-08-2015 9:18pm

PARlance wrote: »

Official?

Irish times reporting it from CCCC meeting

PARlance · 31-08-2015 9:23pm

km79 wrote: »

Irish times reporting it from CCCC meeting

If it ends up that Connolly is the only one out then I'll take that and run. The thought of even the slightest chance of Cillian getting called up was nerve wracking.

Shurimgreat · 31-08-2015 9:27pm

PARlance wrote: »

If it ends up that Connolly is the only one out then I'll take that and run. The thought of even the slightest chance of Cillian getting called up was nerve wracking.

I wouldn't celebrate too much. Either Alan Brogan to start and Mcmenaman to replace him or vica versa I'd say. Both equally as good as Connolly on their day. I don't think this will weaken Dublin that much.

TCDStudent1 · 31-08-2015 9:31pm

Blackjack wrote: »

That's not a punch. Not in a million years.

Not a punch, but most definitely a strike.

TCDStudent1 · 31-08-2015 9:32pm

Shurimgreat wrote: »

I wouldn't celebrate too much. Either Alan Brogan to start and Mcmenaman to replace him or vica versa I'd say. Both equally as good as Connolly on their day. I don't think this will weaken Dublin that much.

Alan Brogan or McManaman are nowhere near as good as Connolly. McManaman's biggest strength is his pace against tiring defenders when he comes off the bench. Dublin will not want to start him.

Blackjack · 31-08-2015 9:35pm

TCDStudent1 wrote: »

Not a punch, but most definitely a strike.

No question it was a strike but I think a lot more is being made of that incident than is necessary.

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