In the modern era it has been shown that approx 80% of the time the winning teams fouls more that the losing team
Dublin fouled far more that Fermanagh and won
Is every Dublin poster blinkered to how their team systematically fouls in the opponents 21-45 area to stop attacks building and allow the defence to regroup. All top teams do it. The foul rate on Sunday tells its on tale for the Dubs, yet it would never be trusted...oh no it must be the ref !!!

AnBuachaillGlas (Fermanagh) - Posts: 287 - 04/08/2015 13:42:31    1763703

the problem my blinkered friend is this
the same tackles that were being awarded fouls against dublin
were happening on dublin but were not being awarded as frees to dublin.
if you cannot see how that makes it an unfair refs performance then you may need to review the game.
one prime example
philly mcmahon under the cusack stand/hill corner
kicked a shot for a point as he did so he was hit late
the ball went wide and nothing was given
the ball went down the other end and jack mccafrey shouldered a fermanagh forward over the end line
and he whistled for a free in.

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 04/08/2015 16:16:32    1763848

Exactly hill. Blinkered indeed pfffft!

Jackeen (Dublin) - Posts: 4097 - 04/08/2015 16:26:18    1763857

Dublin do this a lot. They have high foul counts in a lot of games. It was a big part of their 2013 final gameplan. It was then covered up by the Dublin camp with a complaint about the foul count against them - while not pointing to any particular incidents that were bad decisions. They done the same after the Fermanagh game. Basically, the argument is, we had a huge foul count compared to our opponents - it must be unfair. The reality of it is, they have a high foul count as a side-effect of their tactics.

TheMaster (Mayo) - Posts: 16187 - 04/08/2015 16:37:43    1763863

aye surely, poor oul Dublin, the honest daycent poor craytoors. Are you honestly telling me that you dont belive Dublin, like Kerry like Mayo now too and Donegal, dont systematically foul were possible to prevent attacks building from the opposition's defence, worry about the plank in your own eye before you take the splinter from mine

AnBuachaillGlas (Fermanagh) - Posts: 287 - 04/08/2015 16:42:27    1763868

themaster
i gave a clear example
also tell me how fenton rose a foot above the fermanagh player on a kick out
palmed the ball down with both hands
and the ref somehow contrived a push in the back and a free for fermanagh
now unless he has an extra hand somewhere its impossible

hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 04/08/2015 17:44:00    1763919

I dont normally support the dubs on here but it was clear that the ref totally favoured Fermanagh. Any contact by a dub defender on the attacking player was given as a free and when the same happened at the other end then he turned a blind eye. Even though the ref was a kerryman i thought he was totally one sided in his calls, maybe he knew the dubs would win and like a lot of refs they give more then the fair share of fouls to the losing team. Worst performance by a ref all year, seemed totally out of his depth, and dont even get me started on fermanaghs first goal.

KY4SAM2015 (Kerry) - Posts: 898 - 04/08/2015 18:27:54    1763947

The only thing blinkered about Dublins free count is the referee, my god he was poor, not only did he give soft free's but blatant ones he ignored so you could turn the argument on its head and say the better teams are penalised more - because they are better.

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4896 - 04/08/2015 18:31:06    1763949

AnBuachaillGlas
County: Fermanagh
Posts: 69

1763703


In the modern era it has been shown that approx 80% of the time the winning teams fouls more that the losing team
Dublin fouled far more that Fermanagh and won
Is every Dublin poster blinkered to how their team systematically fouls in the opponents 21-45 area to stop attacks building and allow the defence to regroup. All top teams do it. The foul rate on Sunday tells its on tale for the Dubs, yet it would never be trusted...oh no it must be the ref !!!
04/08/2015 16:16:32

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The top teams are all tough physical tacklers. If you don't tackle then you won't foul. It's only logical therefore that the top teams will have higher foul counts.

Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 04/08/2015 20:22:22    1764004

KY4SAM2015
County: Kerry
Posts: 179

1763947 I dont normally support the dubs on here but it was clear that the ref totally favoured Fermanagh. Any contact by a dub defender on the attacking player was given as a free and when the same happened at the other end then he turned a blind eye. Even though the ref was a kerryman i thought he was totally one sided in his calls, maybe he knew the dubs would win and like a lot of refs they give more then the fair share of fouls to the losing team. Worst performance by a ref all year, seemed totally out of his depth, and dont even get me started on fermanaghs first goal.

Fair play KY4SAM2015

superbluedub (Dublin) - Posts: 2837 - 04/08/2015 20:36:02    1764013

original poster needs to Google the difference between Causation and Correlation.
Let me sum your logic; All penguins are Black and White....All old TVs were Black and White, therefore All Penguins are Old TVs.......

commander (Kildare) - Posts: 225 - 05/08/2015 12:45:36    1764280

the sooner a proper tackle is introduced into gaelic football the better.

crikey (Australia) - Posts: 355 - 05/08/2015 13:54:26    1764366