Qualifiers 2019

William Of Orange

William Of Orange

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Big Jim said:
Just watched yesterday's game. Ok well most of it. Alright about 30 minutes if truth be told.

My major observation apart from the boredom was how often now players are using the head injury to stop or disrupt a game.

Look don't get me wrong, I'm fully behind player protection and head injuries are nothing to belittle, but in the name of sweet holy lord (and all those other daft things we say so it is) a player gets dispossessed and a tap on the ankle and down they go clutching their head to stop the flow of the game and the opponent attacking. Jesus the black card was introduced because of cynicism, but this has gotten extreme. If action isn't taken soon it's gonna take over the game completely. I know everyone is afraid to speak out because it'll be controversial, but either I'm awakening or it really is getting more obvious. It's just something I've noticed lately and actually watched the ref fall for it maybe a dozen times or more in yesterday's game and as I said at the start I only watched less than half the game.

If a player goes down holding their head and as clearly happened a number of times yesterday, they get their leg or ankle attended to. it should be a yellow card for deliberately disrupting play or a black card for cynical play acting. I'd even be in favour of retrospective punishment if it's caught on camera and not dealt with properly at the time by the ref.

When I look at the tackles that Jamie or Jamar for example take without going down and don't get as much as a free in their favour the majority of the time and then look at these, it's really embarrassing. That's not to say our lads don't do it, but that's alright so it is!
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Where did you see 30 mins of the game the most I seen was 8 mins highlights, was it a showing in your private jet ?
 
Big Jim

Big Jim

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Willie Frazer said:
I thought you meant the Armagh game
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:oops:Face palm yourself ya big gaulder shite. Sure didn't I say yesterdays game yesterday so that would have been the the day before the day before today after Saturday being Sunday so it is, which was Ulster Final day ya stupid big lying up in a hospital bed sucking oxygen some daycent crater could be using money chaser. Take a redner ya hound dog! :p:D
 
PatMustard

PatMustard

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Big Jim said:
:oops:Face palm yourself ya big gaulder shite. Sure didn't I say yesterdays game yesterday so that would have been the the day before the day before today after Saturday being Sunday so it is, which was Ulster Final day ya stupid big lying up in a hospital bed sucking oxygen some daycent crater could be using money chaser. Take a redner ya hound dog! :p:D
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Its took me 5 minutes to like and reply due to laughing so much at that line :D
 
William Of Orange

William Of Orange

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Big Jim said:
:oops:Face palm yourself ya big gaulder shite. Sure didn't I say yesterdays game yesterday so that would have been the the day before the day before today after Saturday being Sunday so it is, which was Ulster Final day ya stupid big lying up in a hospital bed sucking oxygen some daycent crater could be using money chaser. Take a redner ya hound dog! :p:D
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So you mean the Ulster final do you do ?
 
Diarmi

Diarmi

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Big Jim said:
Just watched yesterday's game. Ok well most of it. Alright about 30 minutes if truth be told.

My major observation apart from the boredom was how often now players are using the head injury to stop or disrupt a game.

Look don't get me wrong, I'm fully behind player protection and head injuries are nothing to belittle, but in the name of sweet holy lord (and all those other daft things we say so it is) a player gets dispossessed and a tap on the ankle and down they go clutching their head to stop the flow of the game and the opponent attacking. Jesus the black card was introduced because of cynicism, but this has gotten extreme. If action isn't taken soon it's gonna take over the game completely. I know everyone is afraid to speak out because it'll be controversial, but either I'm awakening or it really is getting more obvious. It's just something I've noticed lately and actually watched the ref fall for it maybe a dozen times or more in yesterday's game and as I said at the start I only watched less than half the game.

If a player goes down holding their head and as clearly happened a number of times yesterday, they get their leg or ankle attended to. it should be a yellow card for deliberately disrupting play or a black card for cynical play acting. I'd even be in favour of retrospective punishment if it's caught on camera and not dealt with properly at the time by the ref.

When I look at the tackles that Jamie or Jamar for example take without going down and don't get as much as a free in their favour the majority of the time and then look at these, it's really embarrassing. That's not to say our lads don't do it, but that's alright so it is!
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Donegal have become very good at this sort of cheating. Anyone who was in Omagh for the McKenna cup game this year would have seen this sort of thing. If you remember we had some fun with it. McHugh is a chief proponent of the art and likes to add in the stomping and slapping the ground to show the ref just how unfairly he is being treated, the wee thing. Dress it up any way you like but it is cheating and very unsportsmanlike.
 
Ard Mhacha 13

Ard Mhacha 13

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Diarmi said:
Donegal have become very good at this sort of cheating. Anyone who was in Omagh for the McKenna cup game this year would have seen this sort of thing. If you remember we had some fun with it. McHugh is a chief proponent of the art and likes to add in the stomping and slapping the ground to show the ref just how unfairly he is being treated, the wee thing. Dress it up any way you like but it is cheating and very unsportsmanlike.
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It was exactly the same at the League match in Ballybofey :mad:
 
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itsouryear

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DOC gone from Saturdays game if reports are correct.. 3rd MF they'll be missing.. Surely we'll dominate our own kickouts?? Big Clarke not as as good a short punty type kicks, with his big toe-poke boots.. Means we'll have to press up.
 
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