The 2021 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

Swaine

Anyone spot McKernan waving the imaginary card after that Murphy incident? Sickening to see on a gaelic football pitch. Should be a straight red offence, zero tolerance.

martingriff

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627496#Comment_117627496

2 very dangerous tackles and was not accidentally. Went in late and reckless

thefa

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627496#Comment_117627496

Think it was accidental as in he didn’t mean to get him but he pulled on it with pure recklessness and the ball not even on the ground. You don’t get away without a card when pulling on the ball like that. First card was softer.

FrancieBrady

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627537#Comment_117627537

Kick was lethal and could have done lasting damage even if accidental. Deserved a card and he knew it instantly.

Swaine

Not for me lads. Dangerous? Hardly, it's not soccer. A final warning would have sufficed there.

Of course the swan lake act by the Tyrone lad and imaginery card waving is totally ignored. Let's not sanitise the sport to death.

sligeach

Donegal would have been better off had Murphy not been fit. He wasn't great, made bad tackles, missed the penalty and got sent off.

Man Vs ManUre

Why is your’ man wearing shorts?? Is he planning to go back playing for Tyrone. If I was RTÉ I wouldn’t let him on tv dresssed like that. This outrage deserves a letter to Mailbox.

Loafing Oaf

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627523#Comment_117627523

Grating but is it really any worse than appeaking for a free or a questionable line ball? "Getting in the ref's ear" has always been part of the GAA; IMO the card waving is just the trendy version of it...

Swaine

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627579#Comment_117627579

Yes, there's a massive difference between appealing for a free and waving imaginary cards. Strange post.

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627577#Comment_117627577

Sean Kyavanagh was a great footballer; but, as an analyst/pundit, well he needs to up his standards.... He's not at a barbie in his back gyarden 😁

SeaFields

Northern football is after taking off altogether. All teams seem to be getting hurling scores lately. 26 scores in 45 minutes..

Fr Tod Umptious

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627446#Comment_117627446

But you'll never level the pitch.

Places like Leitrim, Sligo, Fermanagh, Offaly etc will always have a small number of clubs and a small playing population.

They might have good spells where everything comes together for a few years and they overachieve, but that's about it.

Rather than throwing them to the lions ever year and telling them they are happy to be part of it, let them play competitive and if they are better than competitive then they will move up the ranks.

sligeach

That's a ridiculous black card for Tyrone. I think the referee wanted to even it up for the remainder of the game.

TheRiverman

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627600#Comment_117627600

Cavanagh.

FrancieBrady

All to play for now.

Donegal goal for extra time? I would not complain. It has been a decent game

Strumms

Soft free, wasn’t a free and it leads to a Tyrone point... dive job.

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627824#Comment_117627824

Aye 😁 I c I mispelled 😂

BonnieSituation

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627108#Comment_117627108

Any format that keeps provincials needs to be laughed out the door.

The fact that you have to "even up the provincial championships" by parachuting in losing teams from other provinces is bloody ludicrous.

Play the provincials as the early season comp. Have the league, then Championship

shrewdness

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627849#Comment_117627849

Classic Tiernan McCann

edgecutter

Tyrone should see this out now. The extra man paid off

BonnieSituation

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627249#Comment_117627249

Sure them Kerry lads need to learn early how to play the Kerry way. Their opponents getting ridden is par for the course.

BonnieSituation

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627479#Comment_117627479

No it's not.

BonnieSituation

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627523#Comment_117627523

Happened here as well with one of the Westmeath lads doing it in the first half.

Lest you think it was an Ulster trait.

edgecutter

Extra man played a massive part in that game. Donegal hung in, but look like they fatigued in the last 10.

Interesting to see what day the final will be played and if it's going to be in croke park.

Hammer Archer

Westmeath could have easily beaten Kildare. Some shocking misses from them. Story of their season

Loafing Oaf

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627824#Comment_117627824

He's just trying to represent the nordie accent textually!😉

BonnieSituation

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627173#Comment_117627173

Ah would you stop.

Funding isn't the panacea you think it is.

Root and branch reform is required.

When you see the state of Kildare, Wicklow and Meath you can't tell me that throwing money at them is all that's missing.

John Doe1

Losing Murphy and McGee was too much of an ask. Lots of players didnt show up once more, McMenamin and McFadden-Ferry are not up to standard really.

Bonner has to go unfortunately.

Dublin/Kerry/Mayo/Mongahan/Armagh would have beaten us by 10/15 points.

Monagahan V Kerry will be a tight Semi.

sligeach

A slip of the tongue from Kieran McGeary in the MOTM interview on BBC. And that's the end of the interview.

Enquiring

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627794#Comment_117627794

Or how about we stop throwing them to the lions against counties with far more resources? They are already at a disadvantage as you say, why not fund them to give them a chance? All those counties, including Leitrim have shown that they can be competitive. And Leitrim are the extreme, there's no reason any county in Ireland can't compete in Gaelic Football.

Enquiring

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117627926#Comment_117627926

No, they need funding and structures put in place. As I've said, we have the blueprint. The Dublin County Board were a joke, they received huge resources but most importantly, a plan was drawn up for them. Look at the difference it has made. Their hurlers went from whipping boys to competitive at the top table.

This can happen in other counties also. Fund them and watch them improve, in fact, the counties you mention got increased funding for the past few years and have seen results improve at underage already. On the other hand, the tiered structure has been shown not to work in hurling. Let's go with the proven method.

Swaine

A plan can't be executed without massive funding. Dublin got it, no one else did. They also got a free 82,000 stadium.

Money trumps everything, look at Limerick hurling.

But "the state of Kildare" is the problem. Hilarious.

Hammer Archer

Guys, this is getting into the Dominance of Dublin or Changes in the GAA discussions. Can you please take it to those threads.

C__MC

I see dublin cantering by meath

ATR72

Coming up to HT and Dublin lead by 11. Normal service has resumed.

Hammer Archer

Resembled a competitive game before the water break. Ridiculous decision from Lane not to award us a penalty but Dublin have gone up 2 gears since the water break and left us in their wake. Us gifting them possession and missing easy chances hasn't helped.

It's just an utterly pointless provincial championship, like the Connacht hurling championship back in the day. Dublin will win by 10-20 points and win the final by a similar margin.

awaywithyou

paud is absolutely riding Limerick

John Doe1

Meath have a population 3 times that of Monaghan yet you can be sure Monaghan would never throw in the towel so easily.

The money and resources definitely need to spread out more evely and Dublin need to play more outside their county boundary but until then, leinster teams need to show some fight at least.

Fr Tod Umptious

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117628214#Comment_117628214

Oh I'd take it there, if I could find the feckin place in this"new and improved boards.ie" :)

Drumpot

Weird atmosphere in Croker today, almost like a league one.

Thought the peno for us and the one not given to Meath was harsh, but I’m not sure it would of made any difference. Was hoping for a competitive game, I miss the closer games from the 90s.

I remember all the painful losses up until the late 00s so I’m not sure why some people post in here like Dublin have always dominated. Football didn’t start in 2009, Kerry still have the most all Ireland’s by a mile and you never ever heard of people splitting them up.

I’d like to see the football more competitive and don’t begrudge other counties getting more funding,Others need to just do better with what they have and stop whinging. but Dublin suffered for a long time but didn’t just get funding, they used it well.

Dave0301

Good to see a bit more of a fight from Meath in the 2nd half. Still think they have too much to do, and Dublin are always capable of putting together 5 or 6 scores in a row.

Hammer Archer

Great hit by Shane McEntee! Nice to see some fight.

Hammer Archer

Dublin are the best in the game at the sly block off the ball after giving the pass to stop a potential block.

ArnoldJRimmer

While they have many great attirbutes, Dublin are probably the best team in the country at killing a game. Its been a terrible match, but maybe Meath are finally getting their act together

Hammer Archer

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117628517#Comment_117628517

Monaghan have played Dublin twice in the Championship in the last 10 years. 2017 was a 10 point loss and 2014 was a 17 point loss.

blowitupref

Another under 8 point winning margin for Dublin, against Wexford it was their first under 8 point win in Leinster for 8 years.

The 1-13 conceded today was their highest scored conceded in Leinster for 5 years. The cracks are clearly visible up to opposition such as Kerry, Mayo to take advantage.

BonnieSituation

That was a fine day out all the same. Better second half overall from Meath. Built in a nice bit of tension.

The moaning as we played keep ball was made all the sweeter as we got scores on all three opportunities to properly kill the game.

I'm looking forward to Spillane or whoever decrying this and shouting for a rule change. Again.

PTH2009

Dubs will be beaten this year

FintanMcluskey

https://boards.ie/discussion/comment/117628944#Comment_117628944

Mayo and Kerry are many times more likely to get beaten by lower opposition than best Dublin in croke park

This Dublin are finished theory is amusing, suits the gaa as it generates interest in the championship of course

the way the talk is going here I thought Dublin were actually beaten for the first time in a championship in about 8 years