Kevin should be banned. Simple as that. He was far more angry and aggressive than Diarmuid was and he followed it all up with a ball smack to the head.

seanie_boy (Tyrone) - Posts: 4235 - 24/07/2018 01:21:57    2125527

Cuckoosinging (Roscommon) - Posts: 992 - 24/07/2018 09:28:34    2125557

If McStay gets a ban he will take it and accept it, if I were a Rossie I'd be more happy that he has so much passion for this team, plenty of managers manage teams but show no passion, who do fans want on the side line robots or people like Davy Fitz, Derek McGrath etc. If I see a manager acting with as much passion as the fans are showing then to me he is a person that cares about his team and can get players fired up for a match

riverboys (Mayo) - Posts: 1389 - 24/07/2018 11:08:20    2125588

Passion wins very little either on the field of play or on the side line. The best managers are able to keep their cool and focus on the job in hand. Jumping up and down on the side line at a Refs decision makes for good entertainment for the opposition.

browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 24/07/2018 11:24:46    2125595

Lifford Gael (Donegal) - Posts: 1925 - 24/07/2018 11:30:44    2125601

bricktop (Down) - Posts: 2503 - 24/07/2018 11:36:40    2125602

So a 12 week ban so it is so it is.

Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 24/07/2018 15:18:14    2125752

3 months he got.

lilylanger (Kildare) - Posts: 758 - 24/07/2018 15:23:45    2125753

3 months and rightly so.

I'm glad to see some consistency (or a version of it at least).

McStay can have no complaints although judging by his comments afterwards he may have.

He made a fool of himself.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 24/07/2018 15:45:52    2125772

well deserved ban..hitting him with the ball alone even ignoring the other stuff looked terrible

alano12 (Dublin) - Posts: 2208 - 24/07/2018 15:58:43    2125776

"Ahhhnooooo"

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 24/07/2018 16:01:49    2125778

Kevin McGone

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 24/07/2018 16:14:15    2125782

MillerX (Meath) - Posts: 1063 - 24/07/2018 16:56:02    2125803

3 months.
How many games will that involve ?

Dubh_linn (Dublin) - Posts: 2312 - 24/07/2018 17:42:00    2125817

McStay was dead right, some amount of carrying on happening before half time. About time somebody stood up to the paddy powers that be in the game today. He would make a fine NFL quarterback if he tried to smack your man on the head on purpose as well, pin point accuracy

WaitingInTheLongGrass (Roscommon) - Posts: 165 - 26/07/2018 12:07:11    2126361

Westfester (Limerick) - Posts: 944 - 26/07/2018 14:03:56    2126417

tipp11 (Tipperary) - Posts: 353 - 26/07/2018 14:49:58    2126442

WaitingInTheLongGrass (Roscommon) - Posts: 165 - 26/07/2018 16:31:40    2126481

Ya' know, as soon as the first post appeared here on the Kevin Mc Stay "thing" I said this is going nowhere fast, so, what the hell let it go there.
Keeping in mind I'm not here to defend Kevin Mc Stay,(should he need defending that is) just to say some of the postings here beggars belief, you would think the man did something out of the ordinary, something that makes him different to any one of us, however, he is different to any one of us, in that he is a house hold name for all the right reasons long before last week's so called infamous game, squeaky clean on the field of play all his life, and an out and out gentleman off the field, I'm made aware that he never in his playing career was reprimanded on the field of play, or put off, or suspended, an impeccable record to say the least.
To go from hero to zero is not is not on as far as I'm concerned no matter what the scenario is as what has been outlined, he is however a professional and a passionate gaa man, I wish I had some of his courage and passion.
So lets get real here, there's a huge difference between "passion" and "aggression" Kevin has an abundance of passion, but it's the likes of us here in animosity that has the aggression, apparently.
Kevin McStay has an impecciable playing career, like it or not he is a house hold name, fortunately / unfortunately Kevin's footballing career has been full of passion, am I making an excuse for Kevin's recent misdemeanour, well yes I am, you see Kevin's passion for the game, in this case as Manager of Roscommon senior footballers was much stronger than to show the white flag hankie or whatever you say yourself.
If someone say's his actions were out of order, so too were some of the post's here, before the prosecution sat or the jury delivered it's findings.
The dignified or honourable thing about Kevin is the way he withdrew himself from the game for the second half. No red card needed just self-dismissal, pity some of the posts here were not withdrawn before his sentence was delivered.
Good luck to you Kevin.
No junk mail please.

supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 2907 - 27/07/2018 00:20:35    2126597

McStay, while I have a lot of time for him, had no reason to enter the field of play, let alone act in the manner he did. His previous unblemished record, while note worthy, has no relevance in this instance. He also didn't withdraw himself to allow his "supersub" take his place - he was requested not to patrol the side-line by the match official!!!!

Torcaill (Australia) - Posts: 204 - 27/07/2018 08:27:03    2126627