Conor McKeon

But you can't let situations like this go because it only encourages it.

But Murphy was booked.

That's why they couldn't open the case.

It was dealt with at the time.

And I have to say, I have total sympathy for our GA referee, particularly Gaelic football referee in those situations.

because it's unrefereeable he did the right thing you have players going around provoking opposition players pushing them and then when they get the same push back they fall on the ground looking for the opposition to get booked this is creeping into Gaelic football and it happens in those games players are trying to get other players sent off that is a growing trend now in inter-county football and in a situation like that we can sit around and analyse the refereeing performance how did he reach the right decision over the Michal Bourne strike

Bottom line, like if players are going to go out of their way to try and con the referee and effectively cheat, there's only so much that a referee can be on the hook for in a situation like this.

The calls for Demar Fornick to come back are nonsensical too because you hear managers saying this when you're interviewing them afterwards and they say it to you as if like, well, we can't get messages on the pitch and you're thinking, well, tough, you know, that's the sport.

And the game started.

Yeah, the game has started.

If you can't get a message onto the pitch, you're going to have to take your chances.

Like, that's what it comes down to.

You can't have a degree of control over everything.

And like, you know, the Jim McGinnis interaction with Tommy Rooney after the match, again, like that's,

I think Jimmy Guinness fears that he's not in control now of the narrative of that thing.

Tommy didn't provoke him, but he feels like... When he's been asked.

Yeah, no, and like a lot of the attacking phases of Gaelic football now are quite paint by numbers, you know, teams, they use the same play, they take it over one side, they switch the play, they're looking for a little gap and it comes down to the fact that every team is defending the same way, you know, it's like you're, well, Donegal are the best team now at playing this modern version of Gaelic football, they keep the ball, they keep possession better than any team ever.

and they'll draw you out.

And first of all, if they hit the front, you're almost certainly goosed.

Yeah.