Felix Jones is God wrote: » Others went out with a whimper
Deleted User wrote: » Kerry might need to get a bit more cynical. Had a claim for a 45 turned down, one or two players shook their heads. Dublin went up the other end, had a dubious claim for a 45, player gives an earful to the umpire, the ref gives a 45. Possibly a 2 point swing.
zetecescort wrote: » just lit up my night in fairness. priceless
DDC1990 wrote: » Anyone watching on TV know if they showed the Dublin black card? I hope they highlight it and shame Cormac Costello for it to be honest. It really was worse then Canavan's one on Gooch a few years back. If guys were really called out on TV and lambasted for their actions they might think twice about it. I don't know how Begley didn't retaliate. As for the programme and bottle throwing. It happened down in front of me in 306. Most of the stuff was thrown long before Gough came near the line. I don't know what it was like when he got all the way over because I had my head in my hands. Regardless it's totally unacceptable and paints Kerry fans in a terrible light. Bare in mind that this section is full of season ticket holders, people who go to all these matches all year round and should have an idea how to behave at a match. I understand people were venting but No amount of roaring or abuse or anything was going to change the result. I am much more annoyed at our missed chances on the field.
DDC1990 wrote: » Black card not even mentioned. The over the top praise for Gough for 'letting the game flow' took up too much time. A referee's job is to apply the rules of the game, not to make it entertaining.
DDC1990 wrote: » We threw that away ourselves. A mixture of bad luck, poor shot choice and running out of energy cost us in the end. Our defensive disciple was poor.
d22ontour wrote: » Complete bollox, you were out on your feet after 25 minutes hanging on by the skin of your teeth until Cluxton gifted you two goals with only 4 points on the board at that stage. You then scored 6 points in the second half. Those Cluxton brainfarts painted a somewhat rosier picture than what was actually unfolding. Performing for ten minutes when gifted 6 points and then crying about the ref when you couldn't step up in the second half is pathetic.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » i take it this is the meaghers bar Bords.ie account then .....:)
Ted111 wrote: » Nobody from Meaghers was spitting at the ref today.
DDC1990 wrote: Black card not even mentioned.
BonnieSituation wrote: » Or throwing bottles and programmes. I can't wait for the post-mortem on that. The keepers of the flame would surely be up in arms if the perfidious Metropolitan's would bring their game into disrepute. I'm sure there will be as much talk about that as their was about Donaghy in the QF. --- Today was a classic. Killed my heart. But pleasure to be there. Way better than 2013. Still think 2006 shades it as a match. Just.
Bambi wrote: » I expect cluxton to be exposed in some grobellar type scandal..exclusive footage of him in a three star hotel room in tralee with Michael Healy Rae, Kerrygold executives and some also ran Roses.
Stoner wrote: » In a fairness DDC1990 I know it's raw, but look at the 64 the minute Enright was lucky not to receive a black card after dragging brogan down when it was one in one, look at it again. Not mentioned. The live game commentators picked it up. Also I saw Costello rolling around alright around 73 minute, would I highlight him to embarrass him alone ? 74th minute JOD pulled Kilkenny to the ground when Dublin were working the ball out, . No black card for JOD, Costello got a black card though. No cynical play was mentioned on the Sunday game I saw some handy frees on both sides. Just saw the highlights and watched the recording of the game The tackle 53rd minute by O'Mahony was at least as bad on McMahon as McManamons on Crowley. kerry gave and took big tackles today. The lads made that point. Crowley made numerous fouls today and only got a yellow, 54 minutes Crowley fouls O'Sullivan, 57 minutes Crowley ripped Connellys Jersey off the bsll dragging out of him. He gave away about three frees in the first half dragging out if Connelly for two of them. The only difference between O'Mahonys tackle and McManamons was that Philly McMahon got up straight away, Crowley stayed down tried to get the game stopped because Dublin kicked on, just like kerry kicked on when McMahon was floored by O'Mahony. IMO his "tackle" on John Small in the league final was far worse than either O'Mahonys or McManamons today. If you can't take it don't give it. C Cooper's point from play, the ball was thrown to him, not picked up, I'm fairly sure of that you can't see it on the replay, but it looked that way to us. Gooch floored Connelly off the ball, nothing done about it. 39 minutes picked up by commentators, apparently it was funny. Did Connelly high tackle a man? Yes he did, so did Maher at 19 minute. 43rd minute O'Mahony dragged Small down . 48th minute star grabbed Kilkenny by the hips and spun himself around 270 degrees to stop him from attacking, Kilkenny stayed up Star got a yellow, no black cards none of them were highlighted to make a point or embarrass a player or whatever it was that Costello deserved Look at 19 minutes McCarthy had injured his shoulder Walsh, off the ball rushed his shoulder twice. They showed one at 19 minutes I was right beside that one, not mentioned, if you recorded the game look at the 19th minute, he was trying to shoulder McCarthys injured shoulder off the ball. I understand that things went the other way too, but kerry were far from robbed or angels, Dublin took it to kerry in the second half and Kerry did everything they could to prevent goals, but they coughed up points. Apart from Jonny Cooper on O'Sullivan in the goalmouth and C Cooper punching Connelly off the ball I've an equivalent Kerry transgression for any of the Dublin ones I've heard today. We've one suspect goal given to Kerry is it true the official is a kerry man or is that joke ? That's why imo the guys after the main match commentary and the lads after the highlights both sets said that the ref was even handed. He let things go on both sides.
windy shepard henderson wrote: » from a neutral it probably was one of the best i have ever seen . the reall pity about the championship this year give mayo there credit there is no one close to both teams or could withstand that level of pace, skill and accuracy for that level of time as far as the digs go , it happens people let the occasion get the better of themselves , the ref did nothing wrong to hamper the result today , and if fitzmorris steps down after this kerry will be at a loss in my opinion
windy shepard henderson wrote: the game would have been a farce if all these "letter of the law" decisions were called
Officer999 wrote: » How many more chances does Fitzmaurice need to beat Dublin? In this year alone I've seen Dublin beat Kerry 3 times in Croke Park. 3 times..... We have the players but a new fresh voice is needed to beat this Dublin puzzle
Conor52 wrote: » Pretty embarrassing stuff from my fellow county men on here and in the stands after the match today. Dublin deserved their win because that's exactly what they did when the game was in the melting pot. Great composure to get the the final two scores today. Kerry lacked that composure when in good positions in the 2nd half. (A few bad wides, cooper shot dropped short, jod bad solo when in a good position etc.). In my view that was the difference between the two teams. I can't fault the effort from our lads today, the left it all on the pitch. It was a dubious call to take Geaney off I thought but other than that I can't fault management too much. In fact I think we are punching above our weight a bit give the squad we have. Darren having to go off when he did was a blow. I would expect that today was last day we'll see an o'se line out for Kerry. What an amazing contribution they have made to kerry football over the years. One point I'd have to argue is the the idea the Kerry's goals are somehow less valid because the came from bad mistakes and that dublin would have won easily only for them. Players make mistakes all the time that led to scores, I could point to several kerry mistakes today that led directly and indirectly to dublin scores. Are we to discount them too?
Conor52 wrote: One point I'd have to argue is the the idea the Kerry's goals are somehow less valid because the came from bad mistakes and that dublin would have won easily only for them. Players make mistakes all the time that led to scores, I could point to several kerry mistakes today that led directly and indirectly to dublin scores. Are we to discount them too?
DDC1990 wrote: » I still feel sick to my stomach because we really had a chance and we let it slip. The contrast to the feeling at half time is unbelievable. The hope makes everything feel 100 times worse. The lack of a game to look forward to, the emptiness is pretty grim. .
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