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https://www.sportsfile.com/id/1343386/ If this was Connolly, Galvin, McMenamin etc, There would be 10+ pages of "debate" on this picture and the Sunday game would be all over it. Cest la vie I guess. waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 03/07/2017 11:51:45 2009508 Link
Saw this yesterday. Surprised Mayo and the management are not highlighting it seeing as they are always feeling sorry for themselves etc. etc. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7885 - 03/07/2017 11:58:10 2009517 Link
I agree Wayno. No mention on the Sunday game either with Ciaran Whelan only discussing that Paddy Durkan should get a month ban for his lash out punch. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11227 - 03/07/2017 12:00:48 2009522 Link
It would be on the national news There would be giant blown up colour sports back pages There would be an entire segment on the Sunday game highlighting it It would be all over all forms of social media There would be so much more noise about it Once again highlighting a thread I started last season called Selective Condemnation jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 03/07/2017 12:06:49 2009531 Link
And the inconsistent media coverage of discipline matters runs on!! keithlemon (Australia) - Posts: 920 - 03/07/2017 12:11:23 2009537 Link
Correct. I see on Twitter Whelan being condemned for not bringing it up even though O'Sé was there too. Pretty sure the two lads aren't directing the show. DannyMcA (Dublin) - Posts: 260 - 03/07/2017 12:13:16 2009539 Link
Just wait.... the photo is proof of clear intent to gouge. I can see a heavy retrospective ban coming down the road and rightly so theweanling (Cavan) - Posts: 414 - 03/07/2017 12:33:03 2009554 Link
Replying To waynoI: "https://www.sportsfile.com/id/1343386/ If this was Connolly, Galvin, McMenamin etc, There would be 10+ pages of "debate" on this picture and the Sunday game would be all over it. Cest la vie I guess." https://www.sportsfile.com/id/1058468/ Ahem.... The Sunday Game glossed over it that night by saying it wasn't the time or the place. Superglue (Kerry) - Posts: 1283 - 03/07/2017 12:37:50 2009564 Link
looks like a definite gouge. Selective condemnation is right. dead_as_dodos (Carlow) - Posts: 459 - 03/07/2017 12:38:19 2009565 Link
Imagine if this was a Dub/Tyrone player!! Imagine - we dont need to stinkin' magine !! Have you never seen the 2015 AIF [for one recent example] where Donaghy was gouged by a Dublin player PMcM I think. Imagine indeed ;-) timmyhogan (UK) - Posts: 290 - 03/07/2017 12:42:20 2009569 Link
Replying To timmyhogan: "Imagine if this was a Dub/Tyrone player!! Imagine - we dont need to stinkin' magine !! Have you never seen the 2015 AIF [for one recent example where Donaghy was gouged by a Dublin player PMcM I think. Imagine indeed ;-)"]And the uproar on social media and HS that followed. Youve proved the OPs point. DannyMcA (Dublin) - Posts: 260 - 03/07/2017 13:02:53 2009580 Link
Replying To Superglue: "https://www.sportsfile.com/id/1058468/ Ahem.... The Sunday Game glossed over it that night by saying it wasn't the time or the place." That's not true, they did comment on it They said that they didn't want to talk too much about it as they didn't feel it was the time or the place but they did show it from numerous angles including slow motion and magnified close up. A picture speaks a thousand words. Granted they didn't do the judge/juror/execution piece on it but they did devote at least 2 minutes to showing the images of the eye gouge. Lets not forget that McMahon did get a suspension from this and lost out on a player of the year award due to his own bad discipline keithlemon (Australia) - Posts: 920 - 03/07/2017 13:31:45 2009607 Link