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Thought that wasn’t even a foul myself. Armagh player took a dive and ref fell for it.

Slightly off topic but the GAA refs need a TMO to help them out. It’s ridiculous in this day and age that they are on their own trying to make these decisions when so much is going on on the pitch at any given time.

This being the problem with referees, we know he did play extra to enable them with another opportunity….the only play related award or sanction for a foul is a free or penalty … nothing extra to be awarded on the clock….. However the GAA should change the rules if they believe it’s worthy of a greater ‘award’ than a free, …..more time on the clock and the opportunity to score and win 🤪 Ohhhh wait… they just need to put it in writing… 🥳. It’s happening already…

I do not understand your problem it happens all the time. If you were ever at a match the announcer says ''at least'' that is because a referee gives the extra time allowances a out 2 minutes before the game ends.

As well there was a Derry substitution which add 20 seconds to the game. I will explain to you again Referees will ALWAYS give a team a chance after a foul to get a score. Otherwise teams would just continue fouling if outside the scoring zone to win a game.

If it was the burns dive you are talking about he was well outside.

It’s thought. Your review is insightful, not. A mention of fours that were identical punished by a free if a Derry man committed them. But a response is what you’re looking for. Very childish,

Which only compounds things when the ref is awarding fouls to one team all night but not the other. I don't believe Dublin would have gotten that extra minute.

I agree with ya 100% it would be different if there was blatant major call changing a game. Any team whinging about the ref in general is only looking for excuses.

As a Dublin supporter back of my mind in CP if Dublin are struggling in a business end championship game I always hope the crowd can put pressure on the ref. That is what the Derry crowd did the last day, nothing against the rules in that. Plus not only that I also secretly hope in games that if there is a crucial 50/50 decision that the ref would be afraid to go against the Dubs and the crowd. That is sport that is football.

In my opinion for Dessie to throw away that lead is unforgivable. He should definitely thrown on a third midfielder at HT preparing for that Rodgers and Glass likely onslaught. You slow the game down, niggly fouls keep it bitty for the first few minutes of the second half anyway. It is what Derry would have done if they were 5 up!

I think that anyone moaning about the ref as the main reason Dublin lost is looking for a scapegoat, and lets Dessie off the hook.

I think Dessie, the ref and ciaran Kilkenny being an idiot all played into the Derry win. As well as Derry just being a quality team now with a quality manager

The one I think of that made me laugh because if it was on the other side of things I would have been raging.

The foul given on Bernard Brogan against Kildare in that Leinster Final. By the letter of the law it was a free, but most refs would have let it go.

A joke of a decision. We got a couple of big decisions in All Ire finals too. I remember Kev McMenamin taking out Bryan Sheehan late on v Kerry when we were a point ahead i think. And Bastick picked the ball straight off the ground late on v Mayo when we were level when we would have lost if the referee gave the close in free. I don't bother referee bashing as you win some and you lose some.

I wasn't replying to your post.

David Clifford wins a ball is fouled about 3 times even though he is playing the ball all the time and finally hauled to the ground. Free out to Tyrone

No Kerry have kicked this away

If Tyrone were more efficent in front of posts would won by more.