Shocking from La Hiff
Shocking 2nd half by Dublin. All over the pitch. It's been coming I feel, the signs were there against Louth, Roscommon and Mayo. A season too far for McCarthy, Cluxton and Fitzsimons. McCaffrey hasn't really reached the heights this year and O'Callaghan has faded badly since the league. T
Panicked and just booted the ball. Con was clearly pushed as he was shooting that last one that went wide but they only get given at the other end.
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Better team won ,we can have no complaints ,signs have been there for awhile .Was a bit concerned with the The three lads starting ,we had nothing on the bench and it showed when the inevitable changes late on .
Hard to do back to back. Galway wanted it more. A bit disappointed we gave them a lot in the central shooting area. Really poor. The lack of composure was uncharacteristic too. That said the lads who've come to the end owe us nothing. James McCarthy cut a forlorn figure at the end. No fairytale ending but a mighty innings.
Hurson was Hurson. It's a free depending on the situation and the jersey you're wearing.
Good luck Galway. Hope they win it.
Well done to Galway. They were the better team in the second half and deserved the win. I'd love to see th go on to win it now.
Hindsight, but maybe Dessie should have started with original named lined up and kept the likes of mc Caffrey to spring from the bench in the second half.
They looked a jaded old team that second half
Losing the two defenders cost us this year we ended up having to put make shift players into positions there not meant for. Relying on players that are squad members at best to start and finish games. Where **** was McGinnis? Or O Gara ?
He got one about a minute before that
And clearly pushed!? Watch it back
Really came home to roost how we haven't been able to bring through a few players so ended up with lads nowhere near good enough in matches like today when something was needed.
Well done Galway. Delighted. Louth in championship longer than Dublin.
The Wests Awake.
Exactly. The decent players who where coming through either were not given time or where injured. We where shown up massively. That game was there to be won. Very comfortable going into the half.
The only saving grace for me is I think we would have lost next day out particularly if we played Kerry .
Looks like a clear push in the back to me. Never going to get it though.
Agree to disagree, nowhere near a foul for me
There was plenty of moments that went against us in this game. I was **** screaming it don't know how many times that they got things in the game we never would of. But when u look at second half we just weren't good enough. We should won but the lads we had going into the last 15 mins weren't good enough.
I thought a lot of the 50/50 calls went Galway’s way in the last 10 minutes. This reminded me a little of the Mayo Semi final in 2021. Defeat seemed to come out of nowhere.
Can't remember the last time ye scored four points in a second half of a high stakes match that ye were winning at HT?
Very poor in the second half and some of it was shocking. They’ve no complaints. Should have kept Jack and James for second half. I think that’s the end of James, Mick and Stephen.
I thought some of the decisions by the ref were strange. I thought he stopped play I think it was comer went down injured as it went on for a few seconds. He didn’t seem to call a free. Same with the free Costello missed and got taken off. He was waving his arms like no free and then gave it. He seemed all place at times. Con took a shot and blocked and out for a 45 nearer to corner and seemed originally given a wide but right call made
Good point re bench. Plus it was pointed out to me that Galway shut down Fenton.
If that’s a push there would be 100 frees a game
Beating us in CP and the Saw Doctors belting out the hits in Fairview Park. Gonna be some night for the Tribesmen.
He was giving them up the other end.
watching that back, disappointing on two levels….
Some call it gamesmanship, to me it’s just cheating.
It’s not like Hurson doesn’t have form for significant controversy….
^ leaning into Bugler and falling over…. There is no push, no dragging yet the self propelled momentum is to the floor… Hurson falls for it, gladly without hesitation awards the free.
The Fitzsimmon one was the most egregious for me. Gets to a breaking ball first and cleanly wins it. Cormer goes down holding his head. 30 seconds later a yellow is produced and free given when he clearly waved play-on. Do we have an unofficial version of VAR going on in certain games with someone talking into the refs ear from the stands?
It was more of a foul than the one on Con at least!
While I think there's validity to some critique of the referee, bottom line is Dublin were dominant in the first half but were only four points up with no clear goal scoring chance again. In the second half they were utterly shocking, they were outplayed and none of their subs had an impact never looked like getting a goal and scored a measly 5 points in the second half..
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