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Isnt it interesting how many "fans" are baying for DC's blood, yet amost every single player who has commented is on his side saying no way should he get a lenghty ban. Tomas O'Se, Marc O'Se, Johnny Doyle,Anthony Masterson, Colm Parkinson, Joe Brolly, Conor Mortimer, John Galvin etc etc etc have all come out saying he is unfairly treated here Myself, I was livid with him initially, but having rewatched the incident, I totally agree with Tomas O'Se when he said "if a fella gets 12 weeks for that its a joke" The linesman didnt even flinch, he paid no heed to it atall..... The ironic thing is, if he does get 12 weeks, its backdated to saturday which means it expires the day BEFORE Dublins scheduled AI Semi Final, so in a weird way, it may work in his favour as he has less games to get into trouble in before the real stuff starts :) Johnny Doyle yesterday in his column said if this was anyone else there would be zero furore, and that DC should face no ban. Justice for Diarmuid (2017!) Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 06/06/2017 14:31:47 1995635 Link
Did he interfere with an official or didn't he... the man looked like he was about to lose it completely. Then again if he gets a ban we'll miss watching him lose it all summer. I mean seriously a line ball in a game against Carlow and you react like that ... what's he getting so excited about ..... ash now to sit back and watch the dubs circle the wagons and say 31 v 1 and so on and so on KeshGFC (Fermanagh) - Posts: 334 - 06/06/2017 15:00:38 1995658 Link
Thank God somebody set up a thread to talk about this incident. . cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5010 - 06/06/2017 15:05:16 1995660 Link
Mattie Forde saying it was nothing on radio earlier too.. the snowflakes and victim brigade on HS would need safe space therapy if they ever actually set foot on a pitch bad.monkey (USA) - Posts: 4624 - 06/06/2017 15:06:52 1995665 Link
Replying To KeshGFC: "Did he interfere with an official or didn't he... the man looked like he was about to lose it completely. Then again if he gets a ban we'll miss watching him lose it all summer. I mean seriously a line ball in a game against Carlow and you react like that ... what's he getting so excited about ..... ash now to sit back and watch the dubs circle the wagons and say 31 v 1 and so on and so on" Kesh...the players i named, how many of them are Dubs? Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 06/06/2017 15:07:04 1995666 Link
Replying To Liamwalkinstown: "Isnt it interesting how many "fans" are baying for DC's blood, yet amost every single player who has commented is on his side saying no way should he get a lenghty ban. Tomas O'Se, Marc O'Se, Johnny Doyle,Anthony Masterson, Colm Parkinson, Joe Brolly, Conor Mortimer, John Galvin etc etc etc have all come out saying he is unfairly treated here Myself, I was livid with him initially, but having rewatched the incident, I totally agree with Tomas O'Se when he said "if a fella gets 12 weeks for that its a joke" The linesman didnt even flinch, he paid no heed to it atall..... The ironic thing is, if he does get 12 weeks, its backdated to saturday which means it expires the day BEFORE Dublins scheduled AI Semi Final, so in a weird way, it may work in his favour as he has less games to get into trouble in before the real stuff starts :) Johnny Doyle yesterday in his column said if this was anyone else there would be zero furore, and that DC should face no ban. Justice for Diarmuid (2017!)" I don't understand, if 12 weeks is a joke then what should he get? You haven't done anything but agree with a vague half statement. greatpoint (USA) - Posts: 427 - 06/06/2017 15:08:43 1995668 Link
Replying To Liamwalkinstown: "Isnt it interesting how many "fans" are baying for DC's blood, yet amost every single player who has commented is on his side saying no way should he get a lenghty ban. Tomas O'Se, Marc O'Se, Johnny Doyle,Anthony Masterson, Colm Parkinson, Joe Brolly, Conor Mortimer, John Galvin etc etc etc have all come out saying he is unfairly treated here Myself, I was livid with him initially, but having rewatched the incident, I totally agree with Tomas O'Se when he said "if a fella gets 12 weeks for that its a joke" The linesman didnt even flinch, he paid no heed to it atall..... The ironic thing is, if he does get 12 weeks, its backdated to saturday which means it expires the day BEFORE Dublins scheduled AI Semi Final, so in a weird way, it may work in his favour as he has less games to get into trouble in before the real stuff starts :) Johnny Doyle yesterday in his column said if this was anyone else there would be zero furore, and that DC should face no ban. Justice for Diarmuid (2017!)" Liam out of interest, what ban should he get? If any? Just curious. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 06/06/2017 15:22:02 1995678 Link
This comment ... if it Was anyone else they would be treated different bla bla ... no one else behaves this way well not since the equally imbalanced Paul Galvin ... don't cross the white line like a coiled spring ready to lose it and these things won't happen to poor Mr why always me KeshGFC (Fermanagh) - Posts: 334 - 06/06/2017 15:23:56 1995681 Link
Replying To greatpoint: "I don't understand, if 12 weeks is a joke then what should he get? You haven't done anything but agree with a vague half statement." Not another Connolly thread.....FFS!! We don't need two!! kildare73 (Kildare) - Posts: 854 - 06/06/2017 15:24:21 1995683 Link
The title of this thread along with the comments of Brolly sticking in oar in....I feel a song coming on.... Some say the Connolly is banned, the Connolly is banned, the Connolly is banned, Some say the Connolly is banned and buried in Tullamore. More say he rose again, more say he rose again, more say he rose again, And joined the Brolly army. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11227 - 06/06/2017 15:43:43 1995696 Link
Replying To royaldunne: "Liam out of interest, what ban should he get? If any? Just curious." its a good question RD and i dont know is the honest answer just for a fella with very few years left to miss most of a season for what was essentially nothing, seems incredibly harsh no? Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 06/06/2017 15:44:07 1995699 Link
Replying To Liamwalkinstown: "Isnt it interesting how many "fans" are baying for DC's blood, yet amost every single player who has commented is on his side saying no way should he get a lenghty ban. Tomas O'Se, Marc O'Se, Johnny Doyle,Anthony Masterson, Colm Parkinson, Joe Brolly, Conor Mortimer, John Galvin etc etc etc have all come out saying he is unfairly treated here Myself, I was livid with him initially, but having rewatched the incident, I totally agree with Tomas O'Se when he said "if a fella gets 12 weeks for that its a joke" The linesman didnt even flinch, he paid no heed to it atall..... The ironic thing is, if he does get 12 weeks, its backdated to saturday which means it expires the day BEFORE Dublins scheduled AI Semi Final, so in a weird way, it may work in his favour as he has less games to get into trouble in before the real stuff starts :) Johnny Doyle yesterday in his column said if this was anyone else there would be zero furore, and that DC should face no ban. Justice for Diarmuid (2017!)" I do agree that what he done was harmless but for it'd be unjust for Connolly to get away with it and Evan Comerford serve a 12 week ban for a similar incident gaa must ban Connolly or remove Comerfords bad otherwise there putting themselves out for criticism Kieran mcgeeney serving 12 week suspension for using foul language at a referee, Philly McMahon received a 1 match ban for the same thing GAA needs to get some consistency with bans and the use of cards especially the black card WW9 (Wicklow) - Posts: 109 - 06/06/2017 15:51:29 1995702 Link
What about Paul Galvin's ban, and all he did was knock the ref's notebook out of his hand. One is a player physically touching an official, the other is a petulant act, but not a serious incident. If Galvin got banned for his, then Connolly should as well. PK57 (Louth) - Posts: 1653 - 06/06/2017 16:03:47 1995716 Link
Am I right that the Evan Comeford incident is very different in that he rand a distance, chased down a ref, verbally abused him and then pushed him? I am not saying that IS what happened, its what I was told happened? Is this the case, and if so, its completely different ffs! Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 06/06/2017 16:12:00 1995725 Link
I dont think he should get any ban there was nothing in it and was caused by the official somehow given the line ball to carlow when everyone else watching seen the Carlow keeper kick the ball straight out over sideline from the kickout. How many times do we see lads up touching and trying to intimidate the ref? If it was any other player in the country it would have been already forgotten about. Cuckoosinging (Roscommon) - Posts: 992 - 06/06/2017 16:12:30 1995726 Link
Replying To Liamwalkinstown: "its a good question RD and i dont know is the honest answer just for a fella with very few years left to miss most of a season for what was essentially nothing, seems incredibly harsh no?" Look you have a point but say young Ronan jones, (new Meath player 19/20) if he was to do similar v Kildare or even Louth last week and was given 12 week ban, just cause he only starting out and Connolly isn't, is that fair? I'm not having a pop and I'm not one that goes around with rule book in pocket, but from what I have heard/read is that a minor interference with a official is a 12 week ban, no matter how minor, and that's the problem I see for Connolly, the word minor is already included, as a matter of fact I hate seeing any player getting banned, but Christ his indiscipline lets him self and his team down, BTW I think the man is one of the greatest to ever play the game from any county royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 06/06/2017 16:41:48 1995759 Link
I think what Connolly done was needless.Considering that it was never really a doubt that Dublin were winning this game to go bald headed for the linesman shows he will always act instinctively rather that rationally. The best thing Jim Gavin could do I think is give him a good stretch on the sideline and let him know where he stands. I'd agree it's a harmless incident but it's an awful example for a fella with his talent to be making headlines for this kinda stuff. catch22 (USA) - Posts: 2148 - 06/06/2017 16:49:48 1995766 Link
Replying To PK57: "What about Paul Galvin's ban, and all he did was knock the ref's notebook out of his hand. One is a player physically touching an official, the other is a petulant act, but not a serious incident. If Galvin got banned for his, then Connolly should as well." Remember graham geraghty getting banned for doing same thing years ago . royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 06/06/2017 16:50:00 1995768 Link
eye gouging in an All-Ireland final gets you a one match ban in a league game. Multiple incidents of biting gets you ..well..nothing at all.. Why should pushing a linesman warrant a suspension? Why the furore indeed. bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 06/06/2017 16:58:04 1995778 Link
Replying To PK57: "What about Paul Galvin's ban, and all he did was knock the ref's notebook out of his hand. One is a player physically touching an official, the other is a petulant act, but not a serious incident. If Galvin got banned for his, then Connolly should as well." Galvins act was much more aggressive than Connollys Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12116 - 06/06/2017 17:41:11 1995807 Link