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The 2021 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

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    #1472
    crossman47
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,664 ✭✭✭crossman47


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755229#Comment_117755229

    What???? I'm not from Mayo but the ref gave them nothing until late on when he had to flash a few cards. Dublin went down a lot in my estimation with their carry on. Sore losers doesn't even come near.



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    #1473
    tanko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,702 ✭✭✭tanko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755169#Comment_117755169

    Yeah i know alrite but you wouldn’t think he was from Mayo going by the pathetic excuses he was making for the Dublin thuggery today.



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    #1474
    Strumms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,232 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755241#Comment_117755241

    That’s why I think a strong referee is key... physicality is one thing but football is primarily a skills based sport.

    i think Kerry will beat Mayo by a couple.



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    #1475
    Rosita
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭Rosita


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117754993#Comment_117754993

    80s? 40 years ago? Who even remembers that? Seriously.



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    #1476
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,807 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    Kerry have played absolutely nothing this year. A plucky but limited Tipp and an insipid Cork team. A walkover in the semi would see them having played no real game in a long time. That can't be good for anyone.



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    #1477
    ACitizenErased
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,989 ✭✭✭✭ACitizenErased


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755229#Comment_117755229

    You say 'reputation in tatters' like Lane won't be back next year reffing the semi finals again. Calm down, it's over, get over it.



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    #1478
    STB.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,380 ✭✭✭STB.


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755095#Comment_117755095

    Right on the money.

    Dublin disappeared in the second half. So many players went missing. The Dublin corner back line particularly. Headless shooting from distance. A lot of people will be unhappy with the Dessie setup. If the questions weren't loud enough already they will be deafening now.

    Mayo ran at them. Well deserved winners.



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    #1479
    [Deleted User]
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117754241#Comment_117754241

    A basic requirement of a fair shoulder is that it’s to the opponents shoulder not their chin. He didn’t intend the outcome but there should be an responsibility on players going in for a shoulder to ensure it is executed correctly. And if it ends up shoulder to head they should live with the consequences- red all day



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    #1480
    Rosita
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭Rosita


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755267#Comment_117755267

    Kerry have won many All Ireland titles through a similar system to this. They are well used to beating nothing and showing up for a final. Far better system than playing a good team and getting knocked out.



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    #1481
    threeball
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭threeball


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755241#Comment_117755241

    The biggest problem is kerry won't play pass the parcel for 10mins around the Mayo 45. They'll go for the jugular immediately and at pace and thats hard to defend and harder to hit.

    I hope ye can. Kerry coming in cold will be a big help but only if you make the first half count.



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    #1482
    BonnieSituation
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 ✭✭✭✭BonnieSituation


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755267#Comment_117755267

    Didn't stop them when they won those first 30-odd All Irelands



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    #1483
    Rosita
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭Rosita


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755235#Comment_117755235

    Why not take ownership of your own opinion and not assume you can speak for "honest gaels"?



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    #1484
    Strumms
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,232 ✭✭✭✭Strumms


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755237#Comment_117755237

    That doesn’t play with the ‘narrative’.. even though it be true 1000%

    i thought the 1990’s was the last era of GAA referees trying to influence outcomes and ‘keeping games alive’.... but sure :)



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    #1485
    tobefrank321
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,621 ✭✭✭tobefrank321


    Mayo can definitely beat Kerry if management make the same brave decisions. The young lads have more than enough for this Kerry team.

    I admire Aiden O'Shea as a person but the talisman role doesn't suit him. Too much ball going through him with little end product as we saw again. As an impact sub sure. As a starter a big N.O.

    And lumping the ball into the big man at the edge of the square is caveman stuff and kicking away valuable possession which Dublin scored several points off in the first half. Kerry will do the same.

    No surprise Mayo turned it around after some brave calls from Horan.

    Post edited by tobefrank321 on


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    #1486
    namloc1980
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,807 ✭✭✭✭namloc1980


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755160#Comment_117755160

    Being bad losers isn't a great look.



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    #1487
    Jim 77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 99 ✭✭Jim 77


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117754851#Comment_117754851

    Well buddy, today yous are the "culchies".🤣🤣🤣



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    #1488
    FrancieBrady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,356 ✭✭✭✭FrancieBrady


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755221#Comment_117755221

    They were more than appropriate...Mayo were awful in the first half.



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    #1489
    [Deleted User]
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    Fair play to Mayo, they found a way to get over the line. They were the better team for the last 55 minutes by far. Good game management, which if everyone on here is being consistent, they’ll be lambasted for! They fouled when needed, held up play, made time wasting subs, played keep ball when necessary until Dublin’s heads went. Maybe they’ve finally found that big game winning nasty streak that’s needed.

    Dublin were so poor. Lost the head towards the end, but what team at the end of such a winning streak wouldn’t. Small rebuilding job ahead - 4 players short at least as shown by the complete non impact of the subs. No leadership of the bench like we had in years gone by with Daly, Kev Mc etc

    Mayo fans mightn’t like this but I think the big moment was O’Shea going off. He was a liability, a passenger, a luxury, whatever. Play an extra runner instead of him and I make Mayo favourites, especially if Kerry don’t have a game. There doesn’t seem to be much hype around them either. Well barring the excitement on here from non Mayo heads, quite bizarre

    Lane isn’t competent to ref big games any more. Not going into any decisions but I thought his reaction to the shoulder incident (which I thought was fair) when he didn’t stop the game added petrol to the fire.



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    #1490
    lawred2
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    Tommy Conroy really got Mayo going in that game. He really took the ball hard at the Dublin line.



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    #1491
    JeffKenna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,834 ✭✭✭JeffKenna


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755283#Comment_117755283

    Just to correct you, he did actually intend it. He clearly looked and then followed through. He knew what he was doing.



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    #1492
    Rebelbrowser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,555 ✭✭✭Rebelbrowser


    Have no skin in the game, football not one of my sports, but I thought Dublin were pretty embarrassing tonight for great champions. You get the impression discipline has collapsed post Gavin.



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    #1493
    [Deleted User]
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117754452#Comment_117754452

    There is certainly one clown here



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    #1494
    Clay Dazzling Poetry
    Posts: 2,825 ✭✭✭ Clay Dazzling Poetry


    Some of the hits in that game very cynical. Two that come to mind by both Smalls.

    **** hell. Eye on man not the ball. Pure filth. You need filth in a good team but them hits were unacceptable.

    Great result for GAA. That will rise other counties and put an end to this Dublin can't be beaten nonsense.



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    #1495
    mystic86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,983 ✭✭✭mystic86


    Dublin formula was defend like mad, break at pace. Or if opposition defence is set, then hold possession. All well and good, but when the playbook was out the window they had no plan B.



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    #1496
    josip
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 16,138 ✭✭✭✭josip


    The Gardai will have to give Paddy Prendergast around the clock protection between now and the final.



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    #1497
    PTH2009
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,174 ✭✭✭✭PTH2009


    Congrats to Mayo

    Now for the love of god do the business against Kerry



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    #1498
    Say Your Number
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,176 Mod ✭✭✭✭Say Your Number


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755221#Comment_117755221

    Giving how long it is since Dublin lost and how awful Mayo were, it was impossible to see any other outcome than a facile Dublin win.



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    #1499
    Strumms
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    Don’t think anybody thought Dublin couldn’t be beaten... they’ve been taken to replays, what twice in the last 6 ?



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    #1500
    shockframe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,778 ✭✭✭shockframe


    Stuff what people say about Football. There's a good reason it's such a nationwide obsession. That was electrifying drama for a finish.

    Dublin were probably helped along by Covid I reckon.The 5 in a row was the point where it started to slip. What a team they were though. Iconic.

    Congrats to Mayo. Heroic after all looked lost after 35 minutes.

    Post edited by shockframe on


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    #1501
    Rosita
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,147 ✭✭✭Rosita


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117755337#Comment_117755337

    Had a feeling there wouldn't be any holding back on Dublin when you revealed in advance that you had "no skin in the game"! Protesting too much.



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