All-Ireland Senior Football Quarter-Final: Monaghan v Tyrone - 3/8/2013 5pm Croke Par

Frankie Lee

Donnelly threw the ball to Harte there.

Duckworth_Luas

Not rugby either

intellectual dosser

Tobyglen wrote: »

This is a horrible game of football between 2 teams who simply have no class.

The football isnt the best (neither are the conditions) but as a contest and spectacle I think its fairly gripping.

Tobyglen

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Yellow for me, it's not soccer.

It's even more cynical. Complain about cynical play in soccer but GAA football is worse.

Mr.Crinklewood

Johner wrote: »

Cavanagh is very dirty!

In the same position would you want one of your players to sit back so a goal is most likely scored?

Nailz

Neeson wrote: »

I think Cavanagh is the Suarez of Gaelic football.

Good but filthy.

Ah that's very harsh, he's more like a latter day Paul Scholes, lacks the legs and tackles badly to compensate.

Tobyglen

intellectual dosser wrote: »

The football isnt the best (neither are the conditions) but as a contest and spectacle I think its fairly gripping.

Puke football.

Diabhal Beag

"Dick came in very hard there". I'm a child.

kupus

ffs

Mr.Crinklewood

Tobyglen wrote: »

It's even more cynical. Complain about cynical play in soccer but GAA football is worse.

... But it's the rules. In my opinion the rule should say red, but they don't.

Seems half of Croke Park don't know the rules.

Neeson

Neeson wrote: »

I think Cavanagh is the Suarez of Gaelic football.

Good but filthy.

Johner wrote: »

Cavanagh is very dirty!

I think we'd all do the same thing as Cavanagh did if we had to in that scenario. Had Monaghan got the goal there it would have been a huge psychological shot in the arm at a crucial point of the game

Frankie Lee

How did Dessie not get a free there.

brandon_flowers

Why can't Ger Canning just saw Gollogly?

fullstop

Tobyglen wrote: »

Puke football.

Oh yes, that old chestnut

spiritcrusher

This is grim stuff. Just terrible. It is tense though, I'll give it that.

Mr.Crinklewood

Frankie Lee wrote: »

How did Dessie not get a free there.

It's the biased GAA not wanting an Ulster team to progress.

Frankie Lee

That looked over

Frankie Lee

Frankie Lee wrote: »

That looked over

Didnt even go to Hawkeye though in fairness. Surely any doubt and they would have or the media would have slaughtered them during the coming week

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Frankie Lee wrote: »

That looked over

What's the story with Hawk Eye? Does it have to be requested by the umpire?

Mr.Crinklewood

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

It's the biased GAA not wanting an Ulster team to progress.

Might be a little hard to prevent it in this scenario

Dyr

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

It's the biased GAA not wanting an Ulster team to progress.

not sure how theyll engineer that from this game

Frankie Lee

Clerkin is after finding some pace from somewhere.

fullstop

fullstop wrote: »

What's the story with Hawk Eye? Does it have to be requested by the umpire?

I think the ref has the power to call it but will normally take an umpires suggestion on board if he feels its a case for Hawkeye as we seen in the Leinster hurling final

cadete

Frankie Lee wrote: »

Clerkin is after finding some pace from somewhere.

Got away with alot of steps aswell there

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Bambi wrote: »

not sure how theyll engineer that from this game

Think you might need to get the ol' sarcasm detector checked out.

Hulk Hands

Mr.Crinklewood wrote: »

Yellow for me, it's not soccer.

Thats the problem, a ref can't give a red there. It's ridiculous.

Earlier in the year, donegal were 3 points down vs Cork in the league. Last play of the game, Murphy gets clear through on goal, and is rugby tackled from behind. Donegal get a 14 yard free where they can only get a point, and it saves Cork the match. And the ref could only give a yellow for that blatant cheating

Mr.Crinklewood

Bambi wrote: »

not sure how theyll engineer that from this game

They'll repartition the country or something.

Dyr

fullstop wrote: »

Think you might need to get the ol' sarcasm detector checked out.

its hard to tell given that norn irish chips tend to defy logic

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Wow, unlucky

intellectual dosser

Monaghan letting themselves down in the last few minutes...I can see the columnists mentioning 'experience' a lot during the week

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Awful miss, that would have been game over.

Tobyglen

It's a shame both teams can't be knocked out.

intellectual dosser

Tobyglen wrote: »

It's a shame both teams can't be knocked out.

I think you should reserve judgement until after the Dublin v Cork game. I think conditions are a big factor...

Frankie Lee

Tyrone are not much better than an average team, they were far from convincing in beating average enough teams like Kildare and Meath while Monaghan can count themselves to be unlucky to have a referee as incompetent as Reilly in charge of this game.

They are in an All Ireland semi final all the same. Their antics have been disgraceful again but they won't care.

Mr.Crinklewood

If the RTE pundits were managers at this stage they'd be telling their players not to foul the opposition.

Here Precious2

Monaghan were the team that every one wanted in the q finals...they shocking.

yop

Kavanaghs "professional" foul had a massive bearing on this game. Sour the Tyrone win in my opinion.
Game was there for monaghan but lack of experience and some poor decisions also.

Mr.Crinklewood

Frankie Lee wrote: »

Tyrone are not much better than an average team, they were far from convincing in beating average enough teams like Kildare and Meath while Monaghan can count themselves to be unlucky to have a referee as incompetent as Reilly in charge of this game.

They are in an All Ireland semi final all the same. Their antics have been disgraceful again but they won't care.

Given they have played Leinster teams and an average Monaghan team they have been lucky with the draw.

Tobyglen

Lets give Séan Cavanagh MOM for an outrageous piece of cheating, Laughable really.

intellectual dosser

intellectual dosser wrote: »

I think you should reserve judgement until after the Dublin v Cork game. I think conditions are a big factor...

Hey now lets not spoil the party with a logical theory for those who want to knock Ulster football

Tristram

Happier to see Tyrone come through that. Monaghan looked like they didn't know how to win.

Brendan97

Tyrone were just a bit more streetwise today even though I thought Monaghan deserved it based on how they played

Long Term Louth

RTE Man of the match Kavanagh :eek: should have been gone, That said Tyrone far more clever than Monaghan in the end

Hammer Archer

Said it before, but Tyrone are in big trouble when the black card comes in if they don't change their style.

yop

yop wrote: »

Kavanaghs "professional" foul had a massive bearing on this game. Sour the Tyrone win in my opinion.
Game was there for monaghan but lack of experience and some poor decisions also.

Bollócks!! You play to the rules and thats what they did. Were far better than Monaghan. When the fat was in the fire Monaghan hadnt the bottle to step up to the mark and made silly errors all over the field. Tyrone showed character even with 1 less man on the field

fullstop

Here goes Brolly!

Frankie Lee

Brolly talking sense

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Aboy the Brolly

Tobyglen

Fair play to Brolly for calling it as it is.

Neeson

Brolly is right.

DejaVu with Spillane.