Players feigning injury, dirty blows, poor refereeing, and a flare up at half time. That's only for starters. What other game in the world could a player throw back their head into another players face and not get sent off ? It's irrelevant if it caused serious injury or not ? Not going to let my young fellas watch the rest of it. No doubt some half wits think it's all in the game.

RoverTin (Derry) - Posts: 228 - 14/12/2008 15:24:44    163932

Stick to your soccer. All part of the game.

icehonesty (Wexford) - Posts: 2581 - 14/12/2008 16:19:57    163943

I agree entirely. Adrian McGuckian on BBC radio when asked about the Francie Bellew allaged headbutting incident stated that he knew Francie and that he isn't that type of player. Maybe Adrian should talk to Mickey Linden who was also '' tackled'' by Francie in the Ulster Club final at Casement Park in November 2004

Downgael15 (Down) - Posts: 199 - 14/12/2008 16:20:21    163944

icehonesty
County: Wexford
Posts: 281

163943 Stick to your soccer. All part of the game.

I'll stick to coaching kids that football is a game that you can be hard and fair. Not were you use your head or feign injury.

RoverTin (Derry) - Posts: 228 - 14/12/2008 16:34:35    163948

Cross showed today why they are the best club side ever, it is easy to see where Tyrone got the blueprint.

Awesome display, very disciplined, and no "incidents" this week. It is bound to be a bit stop/start in December, but Cross were brilliant. Ballinderry gave their all as well.

Some of this Cross team are seeking a sixth senior Celtic cross, which is a tribute to the players, team, back room and all involved.

Enjoyable game, but should never have been in doubt.

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 14/12/2008 16:48:23    163956

Rovertin

Racism, bigotry, warfare, religious and ethnic persecution, corruption, extortion, racketeering are all elements of the modern world and characterize humanity as much as kindness and honesty. It is only by looking at what is bad can we distinguish what is good. You can not shield your youngfellas from humanity.

In the same way, in this match there were some ugly scenes but there was also some great scores, blocks, high-fielding etc Try to be balanced in your judgement. Let the young lads watch and tell them what is good about football and what is bad.

bennybunny (Cork) - Posts: 3917 - 14/12/2008 17:15:08    163982

RoverTin
County: Derry
Posts: 5

163932 Players feigning injury

You really do have a short memory dont you?

Your just a bad sportsman Rover. Cross outplayed Ballinderry throughout, the match shouldnt of even went to a replay. In future take defeats gracefully.

Armaghgeddon (Armagh) - Posts: 539 - 14/12/2008 17:45:24    163996

ROVER TIN unfortunately armagh and tyrone teams have been pioneers of this system since 02.but we must not let these counties destroy the game we love.its up the gaa to bring laws to change the game and not let teams that play that system get away with it.

tomaoo7 (Dublin) - Posts: 5896 - 14/12/2008 17:49:30    163997

ulsterfootball.com ......its being going on for a few years now

yidfan (Westmeath) - Posts: 69 - 14/12/2008 18:44:36    164016

Francie had an instrumental game today. Its a pity a few more players didnt have his agression levels

John_3__7 (Meath) - Posts: 546 - 14/12/2008 18:51:21    164019

It wasn't the nicest of football spectacles but Cross are a mighty team who hopefuly will go on and win it out.

theblindassasin (Meath) - Posts: 915 - 14/12/2008 19:34:13    164042

icehonesty
County: Wexford
Posts: 281

163943 Stick to your soccer. All part of the game.

So you call that gaa thumping the heads of each other in the tunnell and headbutting someone . Cop on will ya .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 14/12/2008 20:10:41    164059

Their is an awful lot of you people have a problem with francie bellew, the head butting incident as you are calling it never happened bellew is a hard man but his career has been ruined by the loons in the media!!!!! i would love him to be playing for tyrone, and if adrian mcguckin said he didint do it thats proof enuf for me as mcguckin is one of the most honest men in the gaa, the game itself was never going to be a classic especially being played at this time of the year but lets be honest their was some great skills displayed today.

fiannablue (Tyrone) - Posts: 326 - 14/12/2008 20:17:00    164064

cop yourselves on!!one of best games i seen all year!!

beer baron (Cavan) - Posts: 3916 - 14/12/2008 20:44:03    164075

bennybunny
County: Cork
Posts: 667

163982 Rovertin

Racism, bigotry, warfare, religious and ethnic persecution, corruption, extortion, racketeering are all elements of the modern world and characterize humanity as much as kindness and honesty. It is only by looking at what is bad can we distinguish what is good. You can not shield your youngfellas from humanity.

not to mention flatulence, split ends and ringosporium

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 14/12/2008 22:14:57    164101

Both teams are to be commended on what to me was an above average game given the conditions in the middle of December.
One point that I would like to make is this: at the start of the second half Cross pulled away into I think a 5 point lead and within 5/6 minutes Ballinderry had drawn level - 0-6 to 1-3. How many teams would fold at this juncture, given the momentum and quality in the Ballinderry ranks?
The answer certainly isn't Crossmaglen. They regrouped, retained their composure and stuck to their gameplan. No heroics or wild shots from impossible angles. Their established players stepped up to the plate and provided support to all around them.
This is still a serious club team and will take all the beating from here on in.

Boxtyeater (Leitrim) - Posts: 745 - 14/12/2008 22:15:24    164102

patrique if you call that match brilliant there is something badly wrong with you my friend - the quality of football on offer was poor in my opinion - typical of december football but still poor all the same. I agree to an extent that they had a game plan and stuck to it religiously but they were not 'brilliant'. As for incidents did you not see Bellew - in my opinion it was a headbutt and its not that long ago that a guy in tyrone got 72 weeks ban for the same thing. I believe he should have walked for what he done and that may have changed the outcome of the game.

bocerty (Tyrone) - Posts: 539 - 14/12/2008 22:19:57    164104

Guys this feigning injury thing is starting to creep into the game. Not blaming Tyrone here I'm sure it's been there for a long time with lots of teams but Tyrone's display in the All-Ireland underlined to me that the gaming is changing again and this aspect is starting to creep into the game. It's also very ironic too that it's alot of the supposed tough teams who are bringing it in. They seem to have a ploy to stir up the other team with little niggley stuff, foul play, dirty off the ball stuff and then once they know they have got them into enough of a frenzy they start to go down in a heap when it comes back at them.
Have to say it's the one aspect that will kill gaelic football off as a sporting spectacle. I hope managers please put the game before going with the win at all costs motto.
Again I know I saw a few Wexford men go down this year pretty easily the only reason I highlight the final and Tyrone is because I'm trying to point out that it's on display on the biggest game of the year and if it's going to be on view there it's only going to go one way.

Nick (Wexford) - Posts: 1100 - 15/12/2008 00:01:20    164123

tover rin, you are just jealous, get with the programme

charlotted (Leitrim) - Posts: 598 - 15/12/2008 00:26:00    164126

John_3__7
Francie had an instrumental game today

How can you have an instrumental game?

You can be instrumental to a team winning a game but 'having in an instrumental game' doesnt mean anything.

wingwonder (UK) - Posts: 535 - 15/12/2008 02:43:37    164139