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Ok first of all Kildare were better team and deserved there victory. Now that I have said that a couple of things are really bothering me I have watched the replay and Meath should have at least received 2/3 frees in first half from around 20 metre line. We didn't and that's football. In second half we got a few frees when advantage should have been played but wasn't? Then under no circumstances should our man have been sent off, no justification at all. Ok so all this could be a bad day for ref etc but then GG goal that was clearly not a square ball was given as one even though umpires had decided to give it? On the Sunday Game it was said ref was "thinking of last year" then the panel realized what was said and changed tact. Now I doubt that this post will be allowed but if it is please post your ideas. I was told by a friend within the GAA that Meath would not win this game "no matter what". So regardless of last year etc every team should play on a equal footing. royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 06/06/2011 10:58:14 948422 Link 0 |
Doyle was awful, there's no doubt about that. You'd be hoping he'd be sent back to the club scene in Wexford and left there as punishment. The_Ripper (Meath) - Posts: 182 - 06/06/2011 11:26:42 948458 Link 0 |
I agree with this, the second the goal went in the ref was always going to find away to disallow it especially as it was geraghty. The umpire was reaching for the flag straight away and ive never seen a ref run as quick in my life to go in and tell them it was disallowed. You could tell the umpire (refs son) was embarrased when the ref told him not to allow it. he knew it was a perfectly good goal. royalfollower (Meath) - Posts: 77 - 06/06/2011 11:36:39 948477 Link 0 |
Lets not get into a whinging state of mind, the better team won. These incidents happen in football and will continue to happen. The only thing I am sick of is people referring back to the Leinster final, that was a year ago now. Let bygones be bygones, every game should be treated on its merits and not on what occured last time out updaroyal (Meath) - Posts: 1132 - 06/06/2011 11:58:12 948498 Link 0 |
I don't think the GAA instructed the referee to prevent Meath from winning as payback for the Leinster Final. To think as much would be very cynical! Loyal2TheRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 4522 - 06/06/2011 12:23:27 948524 Link 0 |
There is also the goalkick awarded to Kildare that should have been a '45 to Meath. Loyal2TheRoyal (Meath) - Posts: 4522 - 06/06/2011 12:28:23 948534 Link 0 |
Lads, we weren't good enough. No need to go down the Louth route and blame the world and it's mother for everything that goes against us. Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 06/06/2011 12:30:05 948535 Link 0 |
Look folks. The reality is that Kildare had 18 wides. If even half of those had been scores this could have been a seriously embarrassing defeat. I don't know why the analysts think the sending off was harsh. He struck a player off the ball. Does it matter whether it was a slap or a punch ? And as for the goal it probably should have stood but you can't complain too much after the joke of Joe Sheridan's touchdown last year. I believe the cheers in Louth could be heard in Navan ! thirty1 (Dublin) - Posts: 161 - 06/06/2011 13:01:11 948578 Link 0 |
well some points that are being made are valid. last year we had the square ball ignored against down where benny coulter was camped in the box plain to be seen but the ref didnt over rule it and wouldnt listen to complaints, but i believe even if they do introduce hawk eye it wont be able to detect the man in the square before ball comes in., it will purely detect if the ball crosses the goal line or not. I do hope it that it might be able to detect if a ball goes over the bar or wide but dont know that one yet. the score board didnt regester Kildares last point scored by Robert kelly yesterday either it only showed up when the returned to the studion for annalysis and dont get me going on that, Joe Brolly will poke his own eyes out one of these days on that programme waving the hands around. lillymadfan (Kildare) - Posts: 1085 - 06/06/2011 13:42:30 948624 Link 0 |
Lads Ive the height of respect for Meath football but threads like this are rediculous saying that we should have had this free or that free. We were robbed of getting to the AI last year with a point not given and a blatantly obvious square ball allowed unlike yesterdays 50-50 call and no one was crying over it. Meaths second point by Paddy O Rourke into the canal end was wide, sitting right behind it and it wasnt even close, neither umpire even looking at it. Ye dont need a Kildare man to lecture yis on football but Ill say this, the days of working the ball up to midfield and driving it into the ff line are over, football has moved on and Meath are getting left behind. carburycastle (Kildare) - Posts: 203 - 06/06/2011 13:46:44 948629 Link 0 |
The thing that puzzled me about the disallowed goal was this. denniswise (Meath) - Posts: 105 - 06/06/2011 13:50:17 948636 Link 0 |
ah now boys and girls i remember reading on this website last year meath fans telling louth fans to effectively dry their eyes and that if they were good enough they would have won the leinster final. I think meath fans should adopt this policy now. Ye were beat simple as. If ye were good enough meath would have won. gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 06/06/2011 14:45:05 948710 Link 0 |
Farrell was asking for trouble. Cant understand or condone his actions in any way. Refs seem to be cracking down on square ball incidents in general. Similar one in Kerry Limerick game the other night was disallowed. It is time the GAA admitted that the square ball rule is imposible to enforce properly qprmeath (None) - Posts: 434 - 06/06/2011 14:48:13 948717 Link 0 |
Meath people please dont go down the Louth road,crying and whinging,we were beaten by a far superiour team in the second half,no comparison with the Leinster final last year,which was a poor match. jake1 (Meath) - Posts: 268 - 06/06/2011 15:16:56 948749 Link 0 |
karma!!! not even close. that geraghty goal would have brought u back into a game u would have gone on to lose anyway because u were inferior to kildare. louth were cheated out of a fully deserved leinster title by the single worst refereeing decision of all time. these meath players are not even close to repaying the gutlessness they showed by not offering a replay last year townieee (Wicklow) - Posts: 261 - 06/06/2011 15:47:15 948805 Link 0 |
The scales of justice are now well balanced. Meath does not owe any apologies for last year . yesterdays decisions squared everything away. There'll be no moaning or crying from Meath folk . good performance from Kildare and lets give some encouragement to Banty and the lads. We have had a rough year in Meath football and the one lesson about life is that things do change. so be ready for when it happens. So its onwards Sons of Tara and get ready for the n ext battle. What would really be something is if we somehow could meet Louth again this year ,,,now wouldnt that be the match of the year??? nemlodoak (Meath) - Posts: 170 - 06/06/2011 15:51:03 948811 Link 0 |
gotmilk Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3735 - 06/06/2011 16:30:19 948862 Link 0 |
townieee Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3735 - 06/06/2011 16:37:17 948868 Link 0 |
Really sorry to see Meath go out yesterday and would have loved to have seen another Meath/Louth Leinster final. Maybe next year. Weesupporter (Louth) - Posts: 131 - 06/06/2011 17:01:56 948904 Link 0 |
All you can ask for is consistency from posters. Last year Louth were on the end of a wrong decision. A goal. Three points. miteymeath (Meath) - Posts: 98 - 06/06/2011 17:19:02 948931 Link 0 |