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Heard the reason for not using Hawk eye is because it is not used in other grounds and they wanted a level playing pitch ! What a joke of an excuse. county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1102 - 25/09/2016 21:53:27 1919037 Link 5 |
Poor call by the umpire but I can't understand why we use a white ball & white posts. The older I get the more I have been complaining about this surely it would be very easy to use a different coloured football & this would make it easier at all football grounds. SligoNSEW (Sligo) - Posts: 15 - 25/09/2016 22:01:02 1919039 Link 1 |
mod.dna, "as Marty Morrisey alluded to this evening as recalibration & cost of same for the different size ball for Hawkeye was also an issue during the week" He said tonight that wasn't an issue. keeper7 (Longford) - Posts: 4088 - 25/09/2016 22:05:47 1919040 Link 0 |
Don't agree at all...that is like saying Lance Armstrong should keep his 7 Tour De France's because he wasn't caught at that time due to poor officials at the UCI...cheaters shouldn't win....everyone knows Meath cheated in 2010 and they should have had the decency to offer a replay. It's kid of irrelevant though as everyone considers Louth as the Leinster Champions that year anyways. Cork didn't cheat today, but they won due to an official somehow missing a large football going over the bar, so they know they didn't win fair and square. They should do the decent thing here and offer a replay. county man (Limerick) - Posts: 1102 - 25/09/2016 22:06:03 1919041 Link 4 |
I just don't understand, when a blatantly wrong umpiring decision is made, and the team that is punished by it know that it is a wrong decision, why don't they protest/ walk off the field/ sit down on the pitch like Offaly hurling supporters did in that infamous All Ireland hurling semi final versus Clare..do what it takes to make the officials admit that they have made a mistake? I only saw the highlights but it didn't look like the Dublin players voiced any objection at all when the incident happened. On that basis alone they don't deserve a replay. At the end of the day anyway it seems beyond argument that Cork were much the better team. PoolSturgeon (Galway) - Posts: 1907 - 25/09/2016 22:08:57 1919043 Link 0 |
Lyndsay Davy went straight to the umpire to complain. Totally disagree that Cork were the better team too but sure it's done now and fair play to cork. Some team!
Jackeen (Dublin) - Posts: 4097 - 25/09/2016 22:18:37 1919046 Link 1 |
Sepp Blatter used the same logic about goal line technology in soccer. They wouldn't use it in a World Cup as it wasn't available for players in amateur clubs all over the world. Nonsense is right.
Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 25/09/2016 22:18:48 1919047 Link 7 |
When an incident occurs during the game players probably go into a mental default mode of we had a bad call but we'll win it anyway. It's a bit like biting your lip when a ref makes a bad call against you. That discipline is built into you. Forget that call..next ball, next ball. Different at the end of a match like Offaly in 1998. Everyone knew there was 5 min to go. It was the last decision made by the referee and there was no comeback so players had to remonstrate quickly. Also the Offaly fans were very proactive. Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 25/09/2016 22:25:34 1919049 Link 7 |
Your wrong, two players remonstrated with the ref & the umpires. The manager Geoffrey Mc Gonigle got his captain to ask the ref after the incident & he questioned the ref & the LGFA officials at half time. If this happened to the Galway hurlers you would be one of the first people on here, an injustice has occurred as we saw in the Christy Ring final as we saw in the Leinster final of Meath & Louth. An injustice that was avoidable with the technology that was available. The LGFA have a lot of questions to answer, the two umpires & the Gaa, Hawkeye should have been available. If I were Lidl I wouldn't be too happy after investing heavily in sponsoring Ladies Gaa & watching this lack of professionalism. Its amazing how the ladies are not viewed as part of the Gaa family playing Gaelic games by many on here despite all they bring to clubs around the country.
Uimhir.a.3. (Galway) - Posts: 409 - 25/09/2016 22:54:40 1919054 Link 0 |
Not so my Laois friend not so, the overall circumstances were anything but different, it was a championship game, whether it was a first round or final it's the same thing, I was there and part of it, there in fact till May 1999, your sort of right on one count there wasn't an all Ireland medal on the line, but there was a leinster senior football championship match at stake, that was a big deal to us it was also a quarter final, we could and should have won that one and indeed the replay as well, if you were at the game you will be the first to admit we had laois on the rack but that all important score let us down, and let it be said some of Cooneys decisions were very questionable and didn't help at all. The replay, 2-16 to 1-16 got you over the line but it could so easily have been Carlows day, in theory we may have been div 4 but in practice we played div 1 football, after two games only one score separated us nothing to write home about you might say, you may be right, but I didn't say it. The leinster council along with Seamus Aldridge quickly got involved as did the Laois and Carlow board, RTE showed a few re runs, of that controversial point, contrary to what you say the pressure was on, but not on Carlow, as a result the "rematch"was offered, after late hours of deliberations, for political reasons the word replay wasn't used, for fear of setting a precedent. There is no doubt that Dublin are entitled to a replay, make no mistake about it. It's a modern remake of the Laois/Carlow game, instead of putting the onus on Cork to offer a rematch why can't croke park make the offer and who knows maybe, just maybe the Bank of Ireland might present them with a "Fair Play Award" before the throw in, as they did to Laois. Was Laois flattered with that award.??? supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 2910 - 25/09/2016 23:04:12 1919059 Link 0 |
An organization that doesn't have a fraction of the budget of the men's. You can't blame the women for been doubtful about going in with the gaa when you see people with your atitude and unfortunately many others in the gaa
ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 25/09/2016 23:50:40 1919072 Link 0 |
I was part of the Laois setup too. I didn't mean any disrespect. Ye were 5 points up in the replay and we only came back into the game after Mick Lalor licked a massive score. Yes the replay may have been granted as it was felt if we were to progress an extra game would do us no harm and if Carlow beat us they were saving us from a possible Dublin thrashing. But look aswell as that Mick Turley's shot was wide and we all knew it. So it was a mixture of things. Fair play mixed with pragmatism! Carlow and Laois never had a nasty rivalry. When Joe Hayden scored the late goal to beat us in 1988 we were cheering for ye against the Dubs next round. The 1995 games were cracking games. The replay was played on a 30C scorcher of a day. I hope you didn't retire in May 1999 after the cards fiasco against Westmeath? Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 25/09/2016 23:53:57 1919073 Link 6 |
And yes a first round Leinster Championship match was a big deal. Here's why we were possible looking a little further down the road though... For Laois our record that decade was: 1990 beat Offaly first rd, 1st to Meath in Leinster semi. 1991 beat Westmeath, Louth after a replay and lost Leister final with 14min by 6pts. 1992 beat Meath by a goal in first rd, lost to Louth in leinster semi 1993 beat Louth then lost to Meath 1994 beat Longford then lost to Meath by 4pts So we hadn't lost a Leinster first round that decade up to 1995, had appeared in a Leinster final, and having beaten Meath etc we were looking a little forward to a crack off the Dubs. Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 26/09/2016 00:06:37 1919075 Link 6 |
There have been a good few cock ups recently in Croke Park even excluding the Meath v Louth Leinster final where one of the great midfielders of the time Paddy Keenan & his team mates were denied their moment of victory. This year we have had the Christy Ring final, the wrong score on the score board, the American football clash, the Down team of 25 years clashing with the Kerry minors, tunnel bust ups due to teams coming out at the same time & today's mess. No problem investing millions in the GPA but can't get the simple things right for fans, players & sponsors. Gaa & stadium organisers need to up their game as the big companies spending fortunes in sponsorship won't tolerate this lack of organisation. moc.dna (Galway) - Posts: 1212 - 26/09/2016 00:47:54 1919078 Link 1 |
Another embarrassment was giving the Cork midfielder lady of the match after Lauren McGee battered them both for the whole game she was outstanding, the Cork lotm was number 14 she kicked 3 incredible scores in the second half. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 26/09/2016 08:38:16 1919088 Link 0 |
Would have to agree there full forward won the game for them
ros1 (Roscommon) - Posts: 1211 - 26/09/2016 09:21:57 1919100 Link 0 |
Totally agree with your comments, not Cork's or Meath's fault that the officials can't do the simple tasks they are assigned. If a player makes a mistake a replay is not offered so it should be the same rules for officials. I feel sorry for Dublin but it's not Cork's fault.
AthboyCelt (Meath) - Posts: 147 - 26/09/2016 09:32:13 1919104 Link 0 |
What are you on about??? Ladies is a separate organisation, something they guard very jealously when it suits them but when it doesn't then they are moaning about the GAA discriminating against them etc.......sorry this mess has nothing to do with the GAA and sits solely at the door of the LGFA.....they were the ones that tried go in the cheap with no Hawkeye and it has come back to bite them
PaudieSull1 (Down) - Posts: 738 - 26/09/2016 09:36:51 1919111 Link 1 |
correct
Stmunnsriver (Wexford) - Posts: 2848 - 26/09/2016 09:56:41 1919119 Link 0 |
Jaysus if Joe Sheridan and the Meath boys didnt offer a replay to Louth I can't see it happening here.. Its a shame that it happened to the Dublin ladies but it boils down to a wrong call from an official. It happens all the time in every sport. unclegerry (Mayo) - Posts: 1222 - 26/09/2016 10:39:41 1919145 Link 0 |