National Football League 2023

The speech by Larry McCarthy getting a few digs in against critics was a disgrace. Rather than acknowledge the organisation should be accountable for its decisions he goes on the offensive. Hopefully Burns will bring a bit more accountability when he takes over

How was Galway short changed when Shane Walsh should have been black carded?

I'm just not seeing how the ref favoured Mayo.

What appears to be inconsistency is one team fouling in the tackle and the other tacking fairly. To the casual fan it appears like there is no difference, but on closer look the fouls are clear. The one on O'Shea for example that many Galway fans are exercised about was a clear arm in to prevent O'Shea getting handpass away, disguised as an attempt to dislodge the ball. And O'Shea was done for an almost identical foul on Paul Conroy in the first half. One difference of note is that Mayo's fouls on Galway tended to be out the pitch as they defended more from the front, while Galway invited Mayo on more resulting in more fouls closer to goal. It is another thing to note that whenever Donnie Buckley has been involved, Mayos tackling close their own goal has been excellent, hard but without fouling

I felt it was more going after those critical of the administration recently, especially around the Club final

Yeah, I didn't have a problem with what he said, but it was a strange time to bring it up. Nobody was interested in listening at that point.

Dire presenter and two out three dire pundits on Allianz League Sunday. Peter Canavan is excellent, the less said about Cantwell, Mannion and Tubridy the better.

Was it windy in Croke Park today ? There wasn't a breeze here in the Midlands where I live.

First Dublin goal O'Gara was on the square before the ball was kicked in

Knowing how to play football does not alone make a good analyst.

Nothing specific towards David, but it's a common misperception that the best players make good analysts, it ain't necessarily so.

It's all questions a d answer session. Big long winded sessions. How come Hurley is not doing it.

And of course the "experts" sitting at home and writing on the internet are the best ones to judge, and always know better. Random comment from Boards:

"I wouldn't mind but there are lots of analysts on the Sunday game whose analysis I wouldn't even rate. I could come up with better analysis myself. I think Jim mcguinness has shown up how poor some of the football analysis really is. Some of the analysts were also managers. so it means that they were always getting paid some sort of money. And then we have Martin Carney and Tommy Carr who are just plain annoying."

She is doing Rugby.

In terms of AI, I think Mayo are peaking too soon. Wide open for a few other counties this year.