St.Bridgets (Kiltoom) V Crossmaglen Rangers...Club football final 17/03/2011.

Boxtyeater wrote: Frankie Dolan for the scores. Dolan can blow hot and cold..

The Puke wrote:

Boxtyeater wrote: Frankie Dolan for the scores. Dolan can blow hot and cold..

you bitter auld pill

GAA-Fan wrote:The only cynical foul worth taking note of is when the brigids player flung kernan to the ground.

black&white wrote:

GAA-Fan wrote:The only cynical foul worth taking note of is when the brigids player flung kernan to the ground.

I must have imagined all the times Cross players dragged down Bridget's men to stop quick ball going in. Or balls being booted up into the stand then?

Kernan being dragged down should have been a red, but it's patheticly predictable how defensive Cross fans get when confronted about the negative tactics they employ.
They're a great team, but they aren't above using "cute" fouling to stop their opponents attacking quickly.

GAA-Fan wrote:

black&white wrote:

GAA-Fan wrote:The only cynical foul worth taking note of is when the brigids player flung kernan to the ground.

I must have imagined all the times Cross players dragged down Bridget's men to stop quick ball going in. Or balls being booted up into the stand then?

Kernan being dragged down should have been a red, but it's patheticly predictable how defensive Cross fans get when confronted about the negative tactics they employ.
They're a great team, but they aren't above using "cute" fouling to stop their opponents attacking quickly.

like you say it was a red card and like I said it was the most cynical foul worth taking note of, never said cross were saints either. its like what joe brolly said in gl...cross arent your friends and they will do whatever it takes to dismantle teams.

black&white wrote:

GAA-Fan wrote:

black&white wrote:

GAA-Fan wrote:The only cynical foul worth taking note of is when the brigids player flung kernan to the ground.

I must have imagined all the times Cross players dragged down Bridget's men to stop quick ball going in. Or balls being booted up into the stand then?

Kernan being dragged down should have been a red, but it's patheticly predictable how defensive Cross fans get when confronted about the negative tactics they employ.
They're a great team, but they aren't above using "cute" fouling to stop their opponents attacking quickly.

like you say it was a red card and like I said it was the most cynical foul worth taking note of, never said cross were saints either. its like what joe brolly said in gl...cross arent your friends and they will do whatever it takes to dismantle teams.

They might have been cynical but were worthy of a yellow card at best. Both teams got away with their fouling, dont say that cross were more cynical than st b's.

Most cynical is very different to saying it was the only cynical foul.
The two instances of Cross players dropping knees into players on the ground were equally deserving of red cards, but I suppose that's just part of doing "whatever it takes" as well?

bocerty wrote:Take of the Armagh tinted glasses GF - Cross pulled several cynical stunts yesterday most notably the dropping the knees on the chest, and with two minutes to go the tackles the Cross men were putting in would not be out of place in the Aviva stadium tomorrow.

It wasnt a great game of football and i am sure Nemo Rangers and Kilmacud are kicking themselves at the thought of what might , have been, but I applaud Crossmaglen and in particular their management team who have achieved this all in their first season.

GAA-Fan wrote:

bocerty wrote:Take of the Armagh tinted glasses GF - Cross pulled several cynical stunts yesterday most notably the dropping the knees on the chest, and with two minutes to go the tackles the Cross men were putting in would not be out of place in the Aviva stadium tomorrow.

It wasnt a great game of football and i am sure Nemo Rangers and Kilmacud are kicking themselves at the thought of what might , have been, but I applaud Crossmaglen and in particular their management team who have achieved this all in their first season.

dont you get bored of saying that boc....at what point did I say cross were angels?...I'm not defending cross I'm saying that st brigids committed the most cynical tackle of the game, look at the reports. Cross are a team that will win at all costs, thats why they are great.

bocerty wrote:Winning at all costs doesnt exactly make a team great does it????????

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

bocerty wrote:Winning at all costs doesnt exactly make a team great does it????????

Wow ... just wow!

bocerty wrote:

GAA-Fan wrote:

bocerty wrote:Take of the Armagh tinted glasses GF - Cross pulled several cynical stunts yesterday most notably the dropping the knees on the chest, and with two minutes to go the tackles the Cross men were putting in would not be out of place in the Aviva stadium tomorrow.

It wasnt a great game of football and i am sure Nemo Rangers and Kilmacud are kicking themselves at the thought of what might , have been, but I applaud Crossmaglen and in particular their management team who have achieved this all in their first season.

dont you get bored of saying that boc....at what point did I say cross were angels?...I'm not defending cross I'm saying that st brigids committed the most cynical tackle of the game, look at the reports. Cross are a team that will win at all costs, thats why they are great.

not really GF - IMO you implied St Brigids were a 'dirtier' team than Cross which is far from the truth, they committed more cynical fouls, the severity of which is hard to measure but dropping two knees on a mans chest with full force must rank quite high up the list.

Winning at all costs doesnt exactly make a team great does it????????

bocerty wrote:Take of the Armagh tinted glasses GF - Cross pulled several cynical stunts yesterday most notably the dropping the knees on the chest, and with two minutes to go the tackles the Cross men were putting in would not be out of place in the Aviva stadium tomorrow.

It wasnt a great game of football and i am sure Nemo Rangers and Kilmacud are kicking themselves at the thought of what might , have been, but I applaud Crossmaglen and in particular their management team who have achieved this all in their first season.

Jayo Cluxton wrote:

bocerty wrote:Winning at all costs doesnt exactly make a team great does it????????

Wow ... just wow!