The 2015 All Ireland Senior Football Championship

keane2097 wrote: »

What's your opinion on the matter?

You've only repeated it more or less verbatim three times so I want to be 100% sure.

He was clearly very, and quite visibly in agony at the slight contact on him that his first reaction was to clutch his faceaand drop to the ground.

To be honest I'm surprised he was able to carry on and continue the game without coming into contact with another Cork player. He's quite the
trooper.

D'Agger wrote: »

Guy in pain puts hands to face - shocker

I have to say in my experience the immediate reaction is to go towards the area that was hurt-the only time I ever see people immediately clutching their face when hurting another body part is during football matches after some kind of contact from an opponent.

Certainly every time I stub my toe on the bed I grap the toe rather than my face:)

Didnt see the incident so will have to watch later before passing judgement.

PS: A big well done to Cork on coming back when looking beaten, twice. The manner of both goals would have been demoralising but they showed great courage playing away from home against a strong wind. Maybe should have done something different with the 45 but couldnt do much about the equaliser in fairness.

Anyway, again well done Cork-its not often you get to say that.

harpsman wrote: »

I have to say in my experience the immediate reaction is to go towards the area that was hurt-the only time I ever see people immediately clutching their face when hurting another body part is during football matches after some kind of contact from an opponent.

Certainly every time I stub my toe on the bed I grap the toe rather than my face:)

Didnt see the incident so will have to watch later before passing judgement.

I've had my hands over my face after a hamstring injury, couldn't explain to you why that was but I was in pain at the time - pain that subsided quickly enough it's worth noting. Ultimately, James was clearly fouled, where he put his hands afterwards is a non point really but it lines up with the 'Ronaldo-esque diver agenda' that's been trotted around by a few

bucketybuck wrote: »

I badly tore my hamstring years ago, never had pain like it. Damn sure I didn't hold my face as I was rolling on the ground. As I recall I alternated between holding my leg and simply digging my fingers into the ground and squeezing.

Grade 3 tear? Had one of them and it's definitely the worst pain I've felt from playing and did a couple of rolls myself also Ultimately, people react differently, I don't think it's anything that can really be analysed too much, realistically it's not something you can gauge or draw opinions of note on imo

bucketybuck wrote: »

Yeah, and in true GAA fashion I got a helping shoulder over to the sideline before promptly being forgotten about and left to make my own way home. :pac:

Mine was at a junior game, was helped to the bench - no ice, was asked 'Dya want a bitta water for that D'Agger'.....you can imagine the response, almost had to be dug out of the front passenger seat of the car after travelling back for college :pac:

keane2097 wrote: »

What stage of the game was James' theatrical dive? I'd like to have a look at it later on.

Watched this back just now. Baffled at the reaction to it. Kerrigan clearly puts in an attempted tackle that slaps O'Donoghue straight in the puss.

God help us.

homewardbound11 wrote: »

Odonaghue has got his above average share of dubious penalties. I am on record saying that . It's not pretty but it wins matches at vital times .

jimmytwotimes 2013 wrote: »

You care to back that up?

Woah, woah, he's on the record here!

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Kerry v Cork replay will be at 7pm on the 18th.

Killarney does not have floodlights.

If it goes to ET it will be pretty dark if it's a wet night.

Is it on sky or rte

Fr Tod Umptious wrote: »

Neither right now.

RTE have the rights to show it as they had the original game. But they cannot go up against a game that is already scheduled on SKY

Sky would have to move their game to 5 or earlier in order for RTE to show it.

thats a mess

salmocab wrote: »

thats a mess

Not really though.

harpsman wrote:

Agreed. Ref had a good game, and I thought it might be a penalty in real time too. Dont think you can blame JOD for appealing. It was a bad decision but Brollys reaction as usual was way over the top-but sure refs are an easy target for the bully/pundit.

I agree with that. Can't blame JOD for the penalty, not a penalty imo but not a dive. It's in a different category to the incident where he held his face, as in two different things not necessarily if he was pretending to have been hit in the face or not but I don't think the penalty is under the same cloud as the face holding.

Stoner wrote: »

They'd be stupid not to. It was a great game, still talking about it. I got Cork completely wrong. I still think TOS deliberately bigged up cork to get Kerry a game before the knockout stage.

I was surprised by how rattled Kerry were by TOS comments more so than Cork. Perhaps an indication that they weren't at the level they wanted to be for that game, which was probably bore out by the game itself.

Redsoxfan wrote: »

I don't see how people can expect the game to be televised as long as it's fixed for Killarney at 7pm - neither the venue of the throw in time will change. Not a hope will Sky and RTE 'come to an agreement' where Sky broadcasts its game earlier.

I stand corrected! RTE confirmed that they are showing the game.

It never seems to amaze me that, every single time a replay is on the cards, this bull$hit happens....where will it be....what time...will it be on the telly....where/when do the Guards want it played...who has floodlights....what else is on at the same time....what other commitments do the various broadcasters have that could hinder the game being on the telly.....what's the story with tickets....on and on and on....confusions and uncertainty all around.

Does it not ever occur to the GAA powers that be, the provincial councils & the broadcasters, that replays are fairly common enough affairs? So why not put a Plan B in place, that every one can go to as soon as the final whistle is blown in the drawn game? God forbid that within 24 hrs, everyone pretty much knows exactly what will happen for the replay. But no, every time a replay is on, we have all this drama yet again, as if its the first ever shaggin' replay in the entire history of the GAA !

I can under stand that a Plan B is not possible or practical for every single game. But from the provincial finals onwards and, for all the big games involving the top few teams that the whole country wants to see, a little bit of forward planning wouldn't go amiss.

Sorry...rant over !