Why did he lead with his shoulder so? Surely better served trying to execute a dispossession or bottling him up with his arms?
Only looking at the outcome !!!
Bloody right I am . That is why there is such a hullabulooo over this . I am sure the Mayo player and his family are fairly upset about âthe outcome â
A shoulder from a man with the strength of Small is very likely to get the ball back for his team
The outcome has nothing to do with which is worse in my mind. Small wanted to win the ball, Gillane had nothing to do with the ball or the game
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It was an illegal challenge front on. He had no chance of executing a legitimate shoulder in that situation. Itâs like telling a football player that he was right to do a sliding tackle through a player to win the ball. Rash, reckless and malicious.
He had every chance of dispossessing him by tackling the ball or bottling him up.
Easy say that in your or my shoes .
My point is the the shoulder by JS was reckless and dangerous and this was bourn out by the awful injury .
Bringing in the AG & CB incident is a straw man
Why is an incident in a completely different sport being used in the argument?
Small went to hit him as hard as physically possible. He has responsibility to ensure he meets the man on the shoulder.
It was reckless and he is responsible for the injury suffered. It should have been a red card.
He locked his fingers together to brace for the hit for fuck sake
Ah shtop âŚaiden o Mahoney ,Conor gormley, Henry Downey, paddy o rourke , Liam harnan , Keith Barr , Conor counihan , the horse Kennelly, Kieran mcgeeney, any centre back I can think of would have minced a lad given the chance âŚColm Boyle of mayo was always trying to mince ladsâŚdoesnât mean itâs not a red card nor does it mean they wanted to stick a lad in hospital âŚ
You clearly have an issue with Dublin football team , youâve been on this theme for a long time now âŚ
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Because glas has no problem calling John Small a scumbag but wonât say the same about a Limerick player.
The Small challenge was definitely a red card though
Bizarre that you would use a different sport to try and get a fella to call a man a scum bag.
Which is likely to do more damage? Of course the outcome is relevant.
Swinging back a hurl can do awful damage âŚ
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I think youâre going after the wrong Limerick to be honest, Gillane is not the nastiest. And intent has a huge amount to do with it. Small was gone demented, he assaulted another player about five minutes after, I donât think youâve dealt with that.
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Sure youâd do that for any shoulder.
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That was McCarthy
There have been lots of heavy tackles down the years, of course. Not many where a player was injured to the degree McLaughlin was.
Why are people overlooking that Small assaulted another player about five minutes later in the same game? Itâs ridiculous stuff. Iâve no issue calling him filthy after the damage he did and he then going off committing another red card offence five minutes later.
Honestly now, how often do you see that?
And that despite the fact that Smallâs was an entirely legitimate hit slightly mistimed.
Whereas Gillane deliberately struck with the Hurley and Casey aimed a headbutt at an opponent.
The cognitive dissonance is hilarious.
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Youâve contradicted yourself in the space of eight worse there, you dope.
Its utterly pointless trying to discuss anything, lads looking to score points in every single fucking thread.
Pack of steamers
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âyeah but look at this incident over here, itâs completely different but itâs the exact same so youâre wrongâ. Nonsense stuff.