The Saturday/Sunday Game Thread

Mac · June 25, 2017, 9:16pm

The 2 Carlow lads knocking each other out for the final Laois point was so tragic it was funny.

Sidney · June 25, 2017, 9:16pm

The comedy camogie section seems of a slightly higher standard than normal tonight.

Oh right, it’s Carlow v Laois.

gilgamboa · June 25, 2017, 9:17pm

What does that have to do with anything though. He has admitted be did it. He got the minimum available sentence for the offence. So unless you think that Spillane giving out about it was the ONLY reason he was sanctioned for the offence then your point is moot. If he had gotten any sentence above the minimum you might have a point but he didn’t

dodgy_keeper · June 25, 2017, 9:17pm

Cracking red card for the Laois lad.

If you’re going to get sent off you may as well make it worth while like that.

Mac · June 25, 2017, 9:17pm

Fuck, I didn’t realise Carlow had that bluffer Bonnar and his fucking clipboard in charge. He’ll do fuck all else with them now.

Nembo_Kid · June 25, 2017, 9:17pm

I think it was a huge difference.

Look at how Tiernan McCann was hit with a made up ban because of the hysteria from Ciaran Whelan and Colm O’Rourke.

Very little was said about Michael Shields doing something similar a few weeks before and no ban was applied.

gilgamboa · June 25, 2017, 9:18pm

This wasn’t a made up ban
The player himself and his manager admitted he did it
He got the minimum available sentence

Nembo_Kid · June 25, 2017, 9:18pm

Why do camogie keepers wear the same jersey as the outfield players?

Mac · June 25, 2017, 9:19pm

Makes it less embarrassing when they fumble a high ball into their own net

Sidney · June 25, 2017, 9:20pm

Nice shot of Mags’s legs there.

Pity they were covered.

Nembo_Kid · June 25, 2017, 9:20pm

It was influenced by Pat Spillane’s overreaction.

Putting your hand on the referee carries the same ban as Connolly got done for, there have been multiple incidents of that subsequent to Connolly’s ban. Nothing said about them, no bans.

Connolly was singled out because of his track record, the GAA are quick to cave to popular opinion.

Bandage · June 25, 2017, 9:21pm

Pretty sure Gráinne McElwain said in her report that Laois played with 15 under 21s. This was completely made up.

Arseboxin · June 25, 2017, 9:21pm

I think the media reaction - RTE specifically - had a lot to do with it. The referee and linesman deemed it not worthy at the time despite seeing (and feeling) it at the time. Conveniently it was in his report after the drama brewed up by the radio and Sunday Game panel

the_man_himself · June 25, 2017, 9:23pm

There was fuck all in it in fairness

Loko_Cove · June 25, 2017, 9:23pm

4hrs to get from Offaly to Wexford, ffs

Ashman · June 25, 2017, 9:24pm

How old is Mags D’Arcy ?

corner_back · June 25, 2017, 9:24pm

They were delayed by the National Cycling Championships seemingly

Loko_Cove · June 25, 2017, 9:24pm

One of them must have been driving the bus

gilgamboa · June 25, 2017, 9:25pm

So you think he would have got off Scot free if Spillane wasn’t on TSG panel? Just to be clear. There is no inbetween. He either gets 12 weeks or nothing

FWIW. I was watching the game live. And commented on here, as did others, almost immediately that he was in trouble. Without any prompting from Spillane. Twitter went nuts. It was going to be a story Spillane or no spillane

Mac · June 25, 2017, 9:25pm

She did say it. Ridiculous