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Don't be talking sense now.
royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 05/12/2020 21:07:22 2318811 Link 1 |
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Well they brought the fire, but found themselves being tackled in the same way as they tackled Donegal. They kept trying in fairness though I doubt Donegal would have let us away so easily. Hard luck to Cavan. realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8586 - 05/12/2020 21:09:15 2318812 Link 5 |
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Joe, your being kind rating them 3rd in Connacht and 5th in Ulster.
Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2006 - 05/12/2020 21:10:53 2318814 Link 0 |
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Clearly we are not the 5th best team in Ulster. Did you miss the part where we beat Monaghan in 2019? And then again in 2020? Did you miss the part where we made back to back finals? And are the current champions? We are slightly behind Tyrone and Donegal, but ahead of Monaghan and Armagh. The rest are dross. Cavan_Shambles (Cavan) - Posts: 575 - 05/12/2020 21:11:09 2318815 Link 1 |
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He did his best for Cavan!!??? Did you somehow manage to keep a straight face writing that!?? Kilkenny could've had a couple of frees late in the first half. Fair enough. But he let Johnny Cooper off with a blatant black card offence. And he denied us 2 penalties. Then sent off the man who was being pulled and dragged every time a high ball went in on your full back line! When you see Dublin fans somehow claim that tonight's refereeing performance was unfair on them, you really start to understand just how slanted the all ireland championship is before a ball is even thrown in! cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5010 - 05/12/2020 21:28:22 2318827 Link 9 |
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They never beat the excellent Tyrone teams, them teams were long gone when Dublin started getting the upper hand. On today's match, Cavan gifted Dublin 5-6 points with silly mistakes. All teams do it and they pounce on it. They play like a machine and were more than ready for whatever way teams play including the high balls in tonight.
Saynothing (Tyrone) - Posts: 2006 - 05/12/2020 21:30:31 2318830 Link 2 |
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To be fair, Down put it up to ye.
Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 05/12/2020 21:30:40 2318832 Link 1 |
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Genuinely meant no offence by it. I suppose it would be silly to have Cavan ranked below Monaghan given the consecutive victories, I'm probably letting league position guide me too much.
greatpoint (USA) - Posts: 427 - 05/12/2020 21:31:27 2318833 Link 0 |
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The officials missed 2 hand trip infractions by Dublin, this made a huge difference in the end. I am not sure if Dublin will win final as refs will be told to be on the look out for the cynical stuff. suckvalleypaddy (Galway) - Posts: 1667 - 05/12/2020 21:36:16 2318838 Link 0 |
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No hassle, no offence taken.
Cavan_Shambles (Cavan) - Posts: 575 - 05/12/2020 21:44:24 2318843 Link 0 |
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No they won't. They'll go in knowing they can cross the line and get away with it. It makes a massive difference!
cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5010 - 05/12/2020 21:48:21 2318849 Link 4 |
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1 high ball, Cooper should've been black carded. The one Cluxton punched, Cooper fouled Martin Reilly. 3 more put on top of Galligan, he was pulled out of. No free/penalty, just a red card for daring to question the ignored fouls. cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5010 - 05/12/2020 21:50:52 2318854 Link 4 |
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This tier 2 they're imposing on counties will probably become a better competition than the main event. But you won't hear a word of it on rte. It will be all plamasing Dublin on that organisation.
republicofcloone (Leitrim) - Posts: 375 - 05/12/2020 21:51:33 2318855 Link 3 |
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With all respect the current Dublin team are a completely different monster than the Kerry team of 40 odd years ago. Different era too.
Offside_Rule (Antrim) - Posts: 4058 - 05/12/2020 22:00:57 2318862 Link 1 |
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Of course it does. Cooper was a blatant black card! But ref didn't seem to think so. Why?? It was a blatant trip intentionally done. But sure they are different. Can't be upsetting the Dublin players by giving obvious decisions like that.
the creeler (Cavan) - Posts: 512 - 05/12/2020 22:11:45 2318865 Link 3 |
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They should have been putting in those high balls from the very start. And repeatedly. But they wanted to walk it in for some reason.
republicofcloone (Leitrim) - Posts: 375 - 05/12/2020 22:12:55 2318867 Link 1 |
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The referee wasn't a big factor today. It evened out i thought. Kilkenny couldn't buy a free in the first half. If you want to see a team done by a referee look at Laois in the last 5 min of the 2005 Leinster final v Dublin. Two non existent frees and a 45 where a defender was shoved over the end line. Plus a free in to Laois not given. CC2020 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 173 - 05/12/2020 22:15:40 2318869 Link 2 |
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Take off the blinkers. There were plenty of times I first half Dublin should have had free ins and he let it go. I agree Cooper not away with a push (not a black card) but don't tell me the ref favoured Cavan.
dawals (Dublin) - Posts: 63 - 05/12/2020 22:21:37 2318873 Link 1 |
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You make valid points. Even if there were two or three teams that could match up to Dublin there would still be 28 teams with nothing to play for. I don't think the second tier will do anything for the sport. Why ? Because the National broadcasting net work has no interest in it. Subsequently the public will have no interest. It is too easy blame Dublin for the imbalance but there is some thing fundamentally wrong with the whole structure. Waterford are ranked 31st and to see the effort they put in just trying to be better. How long do anyone think these players will continue never mind the ones who won't play now. This problem exists in both codes but is wall papered over better in hurling. At the same time trying telling that to the so called minnows in hurling.
Canuck (Waterford) - Posts: 2655 - 05/12/2020 22:30:48 2318882 Link 0 |
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I thought just before ht Kilkenny was tripped, got nothing, so what?
arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4895 - 05/12/2020 23:05:37 2318900 Link 0 |