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Zzippy wrote: »

Yeah, only one team were dirty there today alright :rolleyes:

Did you see the injury to O'Carroll off the ball after 5 mins? 10 stitches in a facial wound, gone for the game... I'm sure he hit himself, the dirty Dub....

Connolly deserved his red card but it was for retaliating after he was grabbed around the head and dragged to the ground, again off the ball. I'm sure the nice Mayo man was only trying to give him a friendly hug... :rolleyes:

I actually thought Mayo were being rougher. Dublin may have been more cynical, but in the first half mayo were certainly playing rougher.


But I didn't think it was any rougher than a normal game of gaa. All said it was a pretty poor game apart from the last quarter.

Wang King wrote: »

As a Kerryman, I didn't watch the game at all....it doesn't matter a jot to us who we bate! in the final

Oh just go away please. :mad:

Although I do think Kerry will win the final, sadly. The first half today was utter rubbish with two teams who were happy to play basketball for 35 minutes. The second half, although very rough, had an edge to it that the first half didn't and the last ten minutes were gripping to say the least!

Will be interesting to watch the replay. Mayo were superior in the second half but aren't as clinical in the final third. They're massively reliant on O'Connor; lose him and their game goes up in smoke. 1-9 for him today and every single score from the placed ball.

Conversely, Dublin were 2/6 from frees and missed Rock badly in the second half. If they sort that out, they should be able to put enough on the board to see them through but missing Connolly is massive who has been their player of the year.

Dublin shackled AOS very well who went scoreless after scoring 4-4 in his last 2 outings. Shut him down and Mayo are far less effective in the final third. Keegan didn't have near his previous influence either after scoring in the opening minute.

Entertaining game but a lot of niggly rubbish and players being taken out off the ball which culminated in the red card. Doubt Kerry will be too concerned.

CatFromHue wrote: »

Oooh the Galway lad sticking up for the Dubs, I guess the saying your enemies enemy is your friend is true after all :pac:

Dublin man exiled (happily) in Galway...

Stheno wrote: »

In fairness mayo got multiple yellows iirc

Do players get cited and go before a panel of they get carded?

Red card is usually a mandatory suspension issued by a disciplinary panel.

OldRio wrote: »

2 Blacks and a red says it all really. How many free's did Dublin give away?
Agree with other posters about the black card. Utterly daft rule.

Says it all? If you watched the Sunday Game you would see a clear strike by Killian O'Connor (man of the match, scored 1-9) that resulted in a Dublin player leaving the field for the rest of the game, needing 10 stitches. Aidan O'Shea should have got a black card too for pulling down the keeper. The panel on tv all agreed the 2 black cards issued were very harsh. Would you go away with yer "says it all really" rubbish.

The Lost Sheep wrote: »

The GAA tried a sin bin but didn't want it. This is a half way house. It punished team and player. After 3(?) black cards you cant replace the player who is black carded.

No they don't if yellow. They face discipline committee if red carded. Is no citing system really...

Not really a fair analysis. Players can be "cited" after a game for offences not seen by the ref, and suspensions issued as if they had been red carded. Killian O'Connor should be sweating tonight IMO.

Stheno wrote: »

So should the Dublin head butter

Yep, he could be in bother too, but at least the guy he tried to hit didn't need 10 stitches. If O'Connor had seen red when he should have Mayo would have been beaten by half time...

wp_rathead wrote: »

To give KO'C benefit of doubt looked like he swung to get loose from the Dublin player holding his jersey

Connolly got straight red for reacting to being dragged to the ground. O'Connor reacted to a jersey pull and got nothing. The player he hit got 10 stitches, a possible concussion and missed the rest of the game. O'Carroll has had a bad time with concussion in the past and has said he woud probably have to retire if he gets another one. I hope he hasn't. No benefit of the doubt for me...

awec wrote: »

Any other gamers on here counting down the hours til Tuesday when the new Metal Gear comes out?

Grew up with this game. Actually cannot wait. 10/10 score on IGN!

Cannot wait. Loved 1-3, 4 not as much. 1 is just amazing.

awec wrote: »

Don't think I ever played a game as much as the first one that came out on PS1.

I bought a PS3 just to play the fourth one when it came out.

I was a little underwhelmed by 4. Breaking up the game into 5 acts and 5 locations didn't work IMO, as ****ing amazing as the MSG1 nostalgia act was! It lacked the magic of the first 3 games. The storyline just got too complicated and didn't have the payoff that MGS2 had built up.

I loved 2, I'm not sure what about it captured my imagination but I played it a lot more than the first. I haven't played 4 because I had no console and/or time for it.

I'll still always remember the end of the 2nd when the Colonel flips out and starts breaking the 4th wall, I was playing that on my own at some ungodly hour and it gave me an unprecedented and incurable case of the heebie jeebies

wp_rathead wrote: »

To give KO'C benefit of doubt looked like he swung to get loose from the Dublin player holding his jersey

Regardless, I'm gonna fecking die next weekend
Connacht match Friday night (with loads of beer vouchers)
Ireland v England followed by Mayo replay (gf a Mayo woman)
Then Eyre Square on Sunday to watch Galway v KK on big screen

My poor internal organs

Ah ****e beer vouchers next weekend. That means stewarding is that bit harder. That will be some weekend and I can continue on all week with it being back to uni and it being freshers week....

irishbucsfan wrote: »

I loved 2, I'm not sure what about it captured my imagination but I played it a lot more than the first. I haven't played 4 because I had no console and/or time for it.

I'll still always remember the end of the 2nd when the Colonel flips out and starts breaking the 4th wall, I was playing that on my own at some ungodly hour and it gave me an unprecedented and incurable case of the heebie jeebies

There's a video on YouTube that analyses the Colonel's dialogue. It just shows how phenomenal the writing was.

https://youtu.be/6V_HzEPHFYE
https://youtu.be/MHzwCOPy0nY