NFL Final (Div 1) Excuses thread.....

[Boxtyeater]

I said I'd start this thread before the weekend to condense all excuses here:
Possibilities are....

1. The early goal knocked the heart out of us......

[Thomas Clarke]

2. They were trying to keep the hype down for the Championship.

[OMAR]

The key score came from O leary turning the ball over and carrying it in to the half forward line- He shouldn't have even been on the pitch at that stage
Three bookable fouls - one of them should even have been a straight red.

[Thomas Clarke]

4. It was Christy Cooney's fault, with all that talk about splitting the county in two. Ruined the team spirit we had built up.

[Grenvile]

No other county brings to the GAA what we do.. The whole country is against us and that takes it's toll...

[hipster 2]

we dont make excuses we leave that to uneducated muck savages

[mullins]

The Culchies ans Nordies move in to panic mode....

[Boxtyeater]

It was when Jason McAteer stood up in the middle of the Cork crowd in the Hogan and roared "H'on Cork, ye're atin' them"

[Thomas Clarke]

7. The ref should never have started the game on time. If our full support had been there at throw in, the others would never have scored those 2 early goals...

[Boxtyeater]

8. Every ref in the country has it in for Ger Brennan....

[Thomas Clarke]

8. Every ref in the country has it in for Ger Brennan....

....9. and there's no way it was round the neck.

[Boxtyeater]

..10. Penalties continue to be our downfall. Blast them is the only way....

[mullins]

[quote="Thomas Clarke"]

8. Every ref in the country has it in for Ger Brennan....

....9. and there's no way it was round the neck.[/quote

Tc your flying tonight -this must be a record for you 3 posts in 47 mins..

[Grenvile]

8. Cluxton was distracted by the lad with the boudhran on the hill..

[hipster 2]

it amazing mullins he usually writes about 4 paragraphs and tonight the one liners are flying

[Boxtyeater]

..11. Jaysus that's some Laois team....4-15 against Donegal (and with 13 men)....
You wouldn't be too optimistic for the Champo after seeing that.....**

** Taking the longer view.....

[mullins]

[Thomas Clarke]

..11. Jaysus that's some Laois team....4-15 against Donegal (and with 13 men)......

Ah sure don't the half of them play their club football in Dublin anyway. Strongest league in the country...

[hipster 2]

yes t c it is well done

[Grenvile]

12. Sherlock still had something to offer.

[Boxtyeater]

Here, carry on. I'm off to put out an eel line....

[mullins]

From Hill16.ie -

Bryan Cullen will captain Dublin in Sunday’s eagerly awaited Allianz NFL Division 1 final against Cork in Croke Park (4.0).

There are six changes in personnel from the draw with Galway last time out as Stephen Cluxton returns between the posts, Michael Fitzsimons comes in for Nicky Devereux at corner-back, Barry Cahill moves to wing-back as Michael Macauley joins Denis Bastick at midfield with Paul Casey and Sean Murray losing out in the reshuffle. Up fron Kevin McManamon and Tomás Quinn return to action with Pat Burke and the suspended Alan Brogan losing out.

DUBLIN (SF v Cork)
1. Stephen Cluxton
2. Michael Fitzsimons
3. Paul Brogan
4. Philly McMahon
5. Barry Cahill
6. Ger Brennan
7. Kevin Nolan
8. Denis Bastick
9. Michael Darragh Macauley
10. Paul Flynn
11. Kevin McManamon
12. Bryan Cullen (Captain)
13. Tomás Quinn
14. Diarmuid Connolly
15. Bernard Brogan

Subs:
The substitutes will be announced before the game.

Injury list:
Ross McConnell will be unavailable until the end of April after his recovery from a hip injury.
James Brogan tore his cruciate in a recent club game and will be out for the 2011 season.
Eamon Fennell, Hugh Gill, Paul Conlon and Cian O’Sullivan are not match fit for Inter County football and were not considered for this week’s game.
David Henry has resumed training with the squad

No excuses needed Boxty Cork win by 1

[Jayo Cluxton]

14. We had the train booked - no-one told us about extra time.

[mullins]

14. We had the train booked - no-one told us about extra time.

This thread has nothing to do with Cork..

[Jayo Cluxton]

14. We had the train booked - no-one told us about extra time.

This thread has nothing to do with Cork..

Sure they have to have excuses when they lose????

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