washman3 wrote: » And after today you can see why AOS is criticized, was poor to average yet again in a big game. Virtually anonymous in the second half and blessed not to be black-carded at the throw in. It was a stone-wall black card. Still to score in an A.I. final, amazing. His lazy/wild effort for glory summed him up. Mayo were on a high after the goal and he should have laid off a pass inside to those who can score. It was also his 'hospital pass' that got Boyle creased leading to Vaughan's red card. Boyle had to be replaced shortly after, couldn't recover. As for Cillian, he's a certain All-Star for me. An amazing scoring tally this year. That free was very,very difficult and he almost nailed it. It was cruel luck. Was a far more difficult one than Rock's winner.
TCDStudent1 wrote: » I doubt I ever saw a match where 2 teams were so exhausted at the end. Reminded me of the final Ali - Frazier fight!
LeoB wrote: » I wouldnt have put AOS in top 4 on the field either and it is not the anti-AOS thing. He was visibly tiring and edge of the square was place for him, even for 10 minutes to change things a little. I thought Seamie was good, Chris Barrett, Colm Boyle, Andy Moran and Kevin McLoughlin when they gave him the ball.As was pointed out the toll today took on players was enormous. Both sets of players gave it everything and in the end a very tight margin is the difference.
danganabu wrote: » Well well, would that be the same AOS who the panel just nominated for MOTM
TCDStudent1 wrote: » Thought O'Shea was good but I am not sure he was in the top 4 players on the pitch. I think they should have moved him into no. 14 for a while just to vary things up.
washman3 wrote: » And after today you can see why AOS is criticized, was poor to average yet again in a big game. Virtually anonymous in the second half and blessed not to be black-carded at the throw in. It was a stone-wall black card. Still to score in an A.I. final, amazing. His lazy/wild effort for glory summed him up. Mayo were on a high after the goal and he should have laid off a pass inside to those who can score. It was also his 'hospital pass' that got Boyle creased leading to Vaughan's red card. Boyle had to be replaced shortly after, couldn't recover.
washman3 wrote: » Stick to the hurling cos you know little or nothing about football. Football is a 70/75 min game, not 5 or 25, remember that. His moment of madness was on par with Vaughan's. At least Vaughan probably did not know Small was already on a yellow and may have thought yellows all round. There were at least 12 Mayo players better than AOS today.
Royal Legend wrote: » When Cillian got the free at the end, did one of the Dublin players spit at McQuillan or was that just the camera angle?
[Deleted User] wrote: » Vaughan still on the pitch, i think we would have Sam tonight. Absolutely nuts thing to do.
washman3 wrote: » There were at least 12 Mayo players better than AOS today.
danganabu wrote: » I'm sorry but you either have a clear bias against the guy, you were drunk watching the game or you haven't a clue about football. AOS had an excellent game.
danganabu wrote: » All the lazy begrudgers have been silenced by AOS in the last few months so now the attention turns to Cillian O'Connor :rolleyes: 23pts in 3 all Irelands for the record and two of those were the ultimate clutch scores from play.
Sheep breeder wrote: » Great game of football and shows how special the gaa is and how far ahead of soccer, mayo should have taken Aidan o shea off with 10 minutes to go as he was out on his feet and fresh legs would have helped more, it seems that AOS has too much say in things against the good of the team and more about his image.
joe35 wrote: » Great game today but too many players on mayo team took wrong decision at times. AOS went for awild shot when it was never on. Andy Moran done similar, the two kick outs at the end. Balls dropping short, missed frees, poor wides, Vaughan!!!!... I think it was a sum of all the little mistakes that mayo made that was their downfall. Not too sure of stats but I'm sure Dublin hadn't as many 'mistakes' hense the victory
Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: » Rochford clearly thought so last year when he decided to make the change for the replay. The problem with Clarkes kickouts is they are too floaty and of the hospital pass variety and so are ripe for picking off by the opposition. He really should be pinging them with his instep rather than sidefooting them like he does.
joe35 wrote: » AOS should of had a black card at the throw in after half time. Probably the most obvious of all the mistakes the ref made today.
blanch152 wrote: » Will be heading out later thanks, just watching a recording of the game now. It is tough for Mayo fans, but we had years and years of it between 1995 and 2011 where we had many fan favourites who just weren't good enough to close out the deal. Keep the faith and maybe next year or the year after.
PARlance wrote: » We're long passed taking solace in being heroic losers. We were good in lot of areas, very poor in some. Got a few key decisions against us but ultimately had the winning of the game in our own hands. We blew it. We will be back though.
