Basquel obstructed Mayo lads run ā¦McCarthy got done for exact same thing v mayo on Andy Moran under Gavin . 2013 and 2017 they were literally jumping on Mayo lads at end , philly eye gouge on donaghy in 2015 late on , Cooper red card on Clifford in 2019ā¦ Cillian o Connor had a couple of opportunities late on in finals from silly frees that he could have nailed bit didnāt ā¦ Small has got the line in 2 or 3 finals ā¦dubs have always played on edgeā¦itās only when dubs lose itās an issue. Think itās very unfair not suggest itās just dessies reign
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Has Dessie resigned yet?
Serious camps win All Irelandās. Thatās pretty much the bottom line and how they should be judged. Theyāve got a good shot now to finally get over the line
It seems to be a narrative going round . Itās very unfairā¦ Dublin were a boxer on the ropes all summer , mayos madness and energy finished them off , thatās all there is to it ā¦Iām just glad it wasnāt Kerry on final as they would have hammered them i thinkā¦
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You think Iām arguing decisions Iām really not.
That was McCarthy. Looked like he just lost it completely
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Thinking about the game yesterday:
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Firstly, I thought Mayo defended really well. Now I know Dublin were pathetic but even in the first half they kept Dublin to only 10 points and no big goal chances, which is pretty good. If youād said at the start that Dublin would only score 20 points in the whole 70 minutes Mayo might have taken that.
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Any of the Mayo full back line could have been MOTM but Lee Keegan caught a lot of high ball.
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Mayo should have beaten them by 3 to 5 in ordinary time only for the wides they hit
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Looking back at the Small / McLoughlin incident, itās a bad referring mistake but I guess Lane just thought it was shoulder to shoulder. But itās very odd because I was sitting miles away and every single person immediately said it was a shoulder to the face and a red card. Most people presumed that heād blown for it. You could tell by the way McLoughlin plants down face first into the ground that it was a knockout. Even if he thought it was shoulder to shoulder should Lane not have blown for the knockout injury? Itās not the worst foul Iāve ever seen but it was a very odd incident.
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it happened at a time when play was getting very intense and Dublin couldnāt cope with it in a disciplined manner. Mayo showed great composure and discipline at that point because if Monaghan were getting rid by a referee like that they would disintegrate into moaning, retaliation and a general lack of focus.
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Mayo struggled to break through the Dublin midfield / half-back line and looked like they didnāt really have a plan for that, especially in the 1st half. Actually very similar to Monaghan against Tyrone. Modern gaelic football is so psychological. You come up against a wall and you have to just start going for it.
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I think the Kerry attack is very different to the Dublin attack. Dublin deliberately didnāt run at Mayo, just wanted to keep it and pass laterally. From what little Iāve seen of Kerry the main thrust of their attack was the 2nd Clifford lad running strongly through the middle. Mayo werenāt tested like that at all yesterday.
Still buzzing after that.
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All ye kerry lads are thrilled
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Until the backward hand pass is banned or restricted the sport will be a eyesore
Despite the result & the excitement the game wasnāt much of a spectacle
Iād say actual Kerry people are disgusted. They know they would have stuffed this Dublin team but didnāt get the chance to be the history makers. That honour falls to Mayo, as is appropriate, right and proper. Some contrarians questioned whether Dublin v Mayo was a rivalry at all. They got their answer yesterday. Itās the greatest rivalry the game has seen. While yesterdayās game was miles off the standard of 2017, it once again delivered an earth shattering collision that will be remembered forever.
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Huge loss.
Obviously Hession will come in and was good to see Harrison back but they really will miss his drive from the half back line.
Iād say it will probably be Mullin back in and Hession possibly for S Coen/Plunkett.
Any chance Doherty could feature off the bench?
I donāt think that is true - if you ban backward hand pass then teams will just retreat more and more.
Mayo showed that if a team (fit and strong enough) pushes up on Dublin then the keep ball game comes unstuck. It was only a matter of time and most of us predicted it would lead to Dubs downfall
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I donāt think so, heās had another set back unfortunately
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You could see them slipping from the process in the Leinster games, the hail mary shots from outside the D a la Paul Flynn and Dermo were back in a big way. That said Mayo scored a good few from that range yesterday.
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Thatās the way you want to deliver a showlder
It is but doesnāt mean itās legal !
Iām shocked people arenāt giving Mayo more of a chance in the final. Itās a long time since Kerry have gone into that sort of battle against a top side. They are coming into this final very cold.
Iām convinced theyāve a glass jaw. The defeat to cork last year and throwing away the 2019 final still linger in my mind.
I think if Mayo get to that level that they were at in the second half Kerry wonāt live with them.
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You mentioned it to support an argument the game should have closer, itās laughable in the context of what Dublin got away with.
Even the tog shitting in the 2018 super eights was embarrassing.