I agree totally, there is no way in the world a genuine guy refereeing voluntarily should be attacked.

Its pity we all have to be so PC on here because I ,along with many other Louth posters im sure ,would love to tell you what I really think of this particular man.

sam57 (Louth) - Posts: 1502 - 19/08/2010 16:34:21    750723

Good for him: Many more people should be prosecuted, including spectators and some players.There's no place for thuggery in the GAA

Bigapple (Kerry) - Posts: 495 - 19/08/2010 16:40:38    750729

Bigapple
County: Kerry
Posts: 251

750729 Good for him: Many more people should be prosecuted, including spectators and some players.There's no place for thuggery in the GAA

There shouldn't be any place for thuggery in the GAA but unfortunately there is.

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 19/08/2010 16:49:34    750741

PK I agree with most of what you are saying.

The referee in question has caused erious contraversity down through the years, both on and off the football field.
The question I would askis why was he let near a final?
Isn't he no ment to be banned from refereeing senior games aswell?

Numerious clubs have lodged objections with the LCB over this official, but they seem to stick with him no matter what.

It's ironic to see him taking legal action. It wouldn't be the first time he was involved in legal proceedings, on any of the previous occasions (yes occasions) he came out on the wrong side in court.
I don't see his record in the law courts changing.

Yours In Sport,
Joseff

joseff (Louth) - Posts: 964 - 19/08/2010 17:22:50    750773

shaggylegend..since when do all referees in monaghan bring there own umpires to games?in the championship yes,but i play for a junior club in monaghan and not once have i seen that happen in league football..

the_wee_parish (Louth) - Posts: 197 - 19/08/2010 17:25:12    750776

Louth animals!.....They get confused whether there at a GAA match or in United Park or Oriel park

Patsman09 (Meath) - Posts: 35 - 19/08/2010 17:27:54    750779

Patsman09
County: Meath
Posts: 23

750779
Louth animals!.....They get confused whether there at a GAA match or in United Park or Oriel park

sure didnt joe sherdian get confused playing in the leinster final?he thought he was shane horgan.happens to the best of us.

OLLIE (Louth) - Posts: 12224 - 19/08/2010 17:37:15    750792

@Ollie - LOL ! LOL ! Classic come back !

MR (Louth) - Posts: 2570 - 19/08/2010 17:47:15    750808

Pity the debate has degenerated to taking cheap shots at Louth. This is a country wide problem and refs need to be protected, take the assailant to court. RE: the assault in Donegal the headline in the Indo proclaimed his Jaw was broken but when you read the article it said he suffered some bruising. Either way its unacceptable but I'm left with the suspicion that many in the media are not exactly pro GAA and are only too eager to proclaim the negative side of football/hurling

mod (Mayo) - Posts: 859 - 19/08/2010 17:52:30    750813

Patsman09
County: Meath
Posts: 23

750779
Louth animals!.....They get confused whether there at a GAA match or in United Park or Oriel park


Can you not let that one go?
Louth were good enough to finally acknowledge that wat happened on the pitch can't be changed now.
Think you should do the same.

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 19/08/2010 18:11:59    750844

I know I shouldn't but I did see a very funny attempt at assaulting a referee In Shotts which is a nonedescript depressing town in the west of scotland. The now extinct Shotts Gaels were playing Tir Conaill Harps, who won the game comfortably. After the game the referee, who now lives on a remote Scottish Island (not sure if this was related to his refereeing standards) was chased by a rather portly full forward who couldnt get near him. It was pure Benny Hill stuff as he kept the chase up for an eternity-stopping every so often to mouth of a few expletives and get his wind back, before one of the Harps supporters came to his rescue and gave a him a lift to the changing rooms a mile up the road.

thistle_harps (UK) - Posts: 879 - 19/08/2010 18:44:38    750877

As long as referees remain unaccountable for their behaviour then your going to get incidents involving supporters etc.

Poor and reckless refereeing should be punishable.

BufordTJustice (USA) - Posts: 669 - 19/08/2010 19:00:22    750896

He is right to take them to court as to many refs are been assaulted lately but some clubs get off light so i blame the gaa for not imposing bigger fines and bans.

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 19/08/2010 21:13:32    751023

Bufordtjustice

Congrats - that's one of the craziest statements I've seen on this message board in a while. You're basically saying that if a referee has a bad game, then supporters are entitled to do what they like to him afterwards?!!

By all means, if a referee is not up to standard,drop him down a few levels, but let's keep the random acts of violence out of it!

Trenchman (Waterford) - Posts: 114 - 19/08/2010 21:14:38    751026

BufordTJustice
County: USA
Posts: 289

750896 As long as referees remain unaccountable for their behaviour then your going to get incidents involving supporters etc.

Poor and reckless refereeing should be punishable


Cop on will ya with your soccer statement ,,, *****

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 19/08/2010 21:20:44    751033

Right, we all agree that theres the odd ref in every county that gets on everyones nerves. Always letting games get out of hand or maybe being too niggly & getting the fans backs up.
But, thats no excuse to hit him.
However, do the county boards have more of a role to play in cutting this out?
From reading the Louth posters comments, they all seem in agreement that this ref should not have been given this game. Are refs being sufficiently monitered in counties? Are the games that they are being given to ref being assessed before hand to see if there's a history with either club, or if the ref is known as being weak unders influence from fans or mentors, or if he's erratic & likely to add to frustraion among fans?

We'll all agree that no ref goes out to intentionally cause drama & controversy, but they are just human, & sometimes people came be more prone to certain errors than others, or be of a different temperment to others & sometimes this can cause trouble.

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 19/08/2010 21:20:44    751034

19/08/2010 21:13:32
Dellboypolecat
County: Tyrone
Posts: 12449

751023 He is right to take them to court as to many refs are been assaulted lately but some clubs get off light so i blame the gaa for not imposing bigger fines


But is it fair on the nuetral club who were only hosting the game? Fair enough if its a home game & they dont control their own people.
But it is very hard for a handfull of nuetrals to step in between larger groups of fans from other clubs.
The thing with these sort of incidents is that they are flashpoints, they happen withing seconds & are over again, so unless people rush to escort the ref off the second he blows full time, then its very hard to prevent.
Even the incident with Martin Sludden, that was the fans of one team, not the fault of the host venue.

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 19/08/2010 21:36:21    751059

Jinxie
County: Meath
Posts: 2792

751059


Fair point however say if your or my club held a final etc , there should be enough stewards to escort the ref off the field after the final whistle so really it should be up to the club holding the game to do that and it clearly was not done here , but i do get your point he should go and sue the club that attacked him.

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 19/08/2010 21:50:45    751083

If clubs start saying, who they want and don't want referring games, It would turn into a farce. My own club has a referee we hate been appointed our games and we always seem to get the wrong decisions from him but that dosn't mean he shouldn't be given the game as its the County Board who says who ref's what games not the clubs.

This ref in question is a nice man, who VOLUNTARLY ref's games from u-14 right up to senior level because he loves it. The only reason a previous poster JOSSEF said what he did in his post was because it was his club that was involved in this (you wont be surprised to hear its not the 1st time this club has been in trouble for assaulting a ref. There next game after this happened to the ref who is taking the action, they had 2 men sent off for straight red cards!!!)

DundalkGael (Louth) - Posts: 940 - 19/08/2010 21:55:13    751089

Trenchman
County: Waterford


Congrats - that's one of the craziest statements I've seen on this message board in a while. You're basically saying that if a referee has a bad game, then supporters are entitled to do what they like to him afterwards?!!

By all means, if a referee is not up to standard,drop him down a few levels, but let's keep the random acts of violence out of it!

________________________________


I never said that supporters are entitled to do what they like with a referee. Referees should be accountable to a relevant authority within the GAA.

BufordTJustice (USA) - Posts: 669 - 19/08/2010 21:59:14    751100