Mod Note Post #1 - The 2022 All Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Two eventful games in a poorly attended Croke Park (games should never have been staged there)

Roscommon will be left wondering how they let a 5 point lead slip with 67 minutes played. Clare to their credit never dropped their heads and the late penalty was the lifeline they needed. 

Second game Kildare looked like causing a huge upset 6 ahead at one stage? Much improved defensively from the Leinster but Mayo used all their experience grit and determination. Mayo fitness and conditioning it up there with the best which is why you can't rule them out against anyone. 

Love seeing idiot goalkeepers getting caught out. Also there is definitely no cure for the stupidity of having those two games in Croke Park.

I was talking about the first goal

Yes Kildare we’re gassed after 60 on the clock . If they had 80 I’m them they would have won

Honestly, don’t know what I’m missing here ( as in the last at least 2 years) how he is still on starting 15, maybe even panel, is beyond me. He contributes so little in reality and I genuinely think the team click so much better when he’s not on. Slows the whole team imo

I'd say 15k were at the match, they will probably release it eventually.

I'm also gonna jump on the conspiracy that sky sports were given the pick of the matches and wanted them both in CP because its easier to broadcast from there, and perversely it suits them if it's harder for the fans to travel as it boosts their viewership aswell

I wouldn't be too harsh on the keeper coming out as having that big an impact on the result. It was the two dodgy kickouts before that that really let him down, but it was the teams overall composure and fitness that lost the game today.

Too many wides, we had plenty of opportunity to keep the scoreboard ticking over and could have stretched the lead when we were on top, instead we were too gassed to defend the lead and let mayo back into it.

I'm glad we went out on a competitive note, Happy with the changes made to the team, they really made an impact defensively with david hyland and fergal Conway bringing a bit of fight (and experience) that was lacking in the leinster final. I don't think this kildare team are as bad as the Dublin result would indicate and hopefully they have redeemed themselves and gotten some big game experience that can stand to them going into next year.

Can you tell me how different Mayos win and performance was much different to wins against the likes of Derry,Tipp,Fermanagh etc was in recent years. If Mayo are on the Derry,Galway side of the draw on Monday i will expect them to reach another Al Ireland final.

Based on what? Mullin's goal was fortuitous, only for it, it's unlikely Mayo would have prevailed. They would probably beat Derry but no guarantee they'll beat Galway again (or whoever wins that 1/4 final), they're not playing at all well enough. At this moment, a repeat of the 1983 final looks on the cards, with the same outcome.

Fortune favours the brave. Based on experience know how at this stage of the competition compared to Derry,Galway the last number of years count for a lot. Many years during the qualifiers they didn't look to be playing well but came good in the quarter and semi final.

It's not only the time aspect. It's the blatant cheating. Ruane tried to get the guy in his incident sent off by inferring he was struck in the face when he hadn't even touched his body at all. In a tight game like today a sending off could have a huge impact and in this case it would have been a case of duping the officials. Players who do this should be retrospectively give match bans.

I think missing a game would be a fairly big deterrent. Added to what you say about making sure enough time was added, it would almost completely stamp it out imo... It would certainly reduce it significantly.

We were at it yesterday, but so were Kildare while they were ahead. I don't think there's a team in the country that wouldn't do it to varying degrees.

Stopping the other teams "flow" or being able to set yourself defensively is as big a part of it as wasting time.

The other thing is wasting the time while you have a player in the sinbin from a black card.

like Tyrone managed v Armagh, had 3/4 injuries during those 10 mins - “game management”

Yes but the target is not to just time waste but to slow the momentum of the opposing team. You are 3 points up with 5-10 minutes to go if the momentum is with you a opposing team player goes down, if it's starting to go against you you go down.

This is all about breaking or preventing momentum. I do not blame players for doing it but that is what is happening.band it similar if you use a player to a black card. Was there one incident last year where there was only 6 minutes playing time during a BC incident