Red card a joke unless there was something else?

Ref has killed the game.

Derry's game now.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13796 - 07/06/2015 15:02:46    1733522

After that peculiar sending off Down heads are, well, down.

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 07/06/2015 15:03:53    1733524

Game gone extremely flat since the red. No life to it at all.

The only hope for the game is for Down to maybe get a goal to liven it up and bring it back from the dead.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13796 - 07/06/2015 15:08:22    1733527

Certainly didn't see anything in it, I'd imagine the umpires told the ref that the Down player struck. Bad call and poor reaction from the Derry player

lillyboy (Kildare) - Posts: 429 - 07/06/2015 15:09:22    1733528

Surely the Derry man is more to blame than the referee, did he really need the doctor to come on and check him out after the Down man placing his hand on his jaw? The umpires will have seen this incident out of the corner of their eye and have been fooled into thinking it was a proper punch by the Derry players reaction, yet straight away the referee gets the blame and the diver gets away with no criticism.

Soma (UK) - Posts: 2630 - 07/06/2015 15:10:54    1733529

So almost decapitating someone is a yellow card but lightly pushing someone is a red?

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13796 - 07/06/2015 15:11:12    1733530

A year of training to be ruined by a umpire and a ref neither look fit to be involved as u12s officials

OhtobeARossie (Roscommon) - Posts: 1794 - 07/06/2015 15:13:20    1733531

why do we spend more time talking about referees these days than the action on the pitch?

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 07/06/2015 15:14:39    1733533

Hope there was more to it than the push that led to the red card talk about soft , absolute joke if thats the case ,there is always one moron out there that will feel the need to inform us that you should raise your hands blah blah
Could inspire Down , but could have ruined the game .

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 07/06/2015 15:15:36    1733535

game on come on down derry our rattled

Yourjoking (USA) - Posts: 744 - 07/06/2015 15:18:15    1733536

Umpires over reacting to a dive which results in a red card.

If they don't clearly see a punch then it's a yellow at max. Otherwise a harmless slap will end in diving all over the place. Seen in hurling and football already this year.

Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 07/06/2015 15:25:28    1733540

Great close and competitive match all the same. How I wish meath were in ulster!

Jack_Goff (Meath) - Posts: 2920 - 07/06/2015 15:26:43    1733541

next score wins!

brendtheredhand (Tyrone) - Posts: 10897 - 07/06/2015 15:29:37    1733542

Well done Derry. Just about deserved it. Down with some horrific shooting in second half

petejoeduff (Donegal) - Posts: 329 - 07/06/2015 15:36:19    1733546

Close game alright but not very good imo.

Donegal will beat Derry easily enough in the semi-final.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13796 - 07/06/2015 15:36:36    1733547

Very poor quality second half. Derry don't look that great and they basically have 2 very good players and the rest of the teams are not great Armagh or Donegal (most likely Donegal) will destroy them in the semi final.

uibhfhaili1986 (Offaly) - Posts: 1296 - 07/06/2015 15:39:16    1733548

Competitive

Some nice scores in 1st half

Not so good in 2nd half but well done Derry

You're looking at filler teams in both Ulster and AI series

1/4 Final at best through back door for both counties

Where they'll be easily dispatched...

jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20763 - 07/06/2015 16:14:05    1733561

Officials are a bit of a joke in GAA nowadays. they have ruined many a game. I seen some really obvious fould not given in that game even though they were commited right under the refereee's nose. dangerous takles not punished severly enough and then a red card given for something the ref never seen but umpire in his wisdom thinks he knows what happened. There is nothing wrong with Gaelic Football apart from the officials not keeping pace with the game as it has developed.

s goldrick (Cavan) - Posts: 5520 - 07/06/2015 16:40:35    1733571

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Close game alright but not very good imo.

Donegal will beat Derry easily enough in the semi-final.

Maybe show some respect for Armagh. The other SF slot remains up for grabs.

seanfinn (Monaghan) - Posts: 360 - 07/06/2015 16:53:48    1733576

Poor fare poor ref!

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8748 - 07/06/2015 17:07:27    1733580