Winsamsoon Mayo peno was a stone waller lad

Ref was not great today, easy to pick holes in a lot of his decisions .

Fact is though that if very fit teams move the ball quickly from defence to attack it is very hard for a ref to keep up with the play .  With 28 outfield players about things sometimes are very hard to call .  Time maybe now is ripe to consider helping the refs with technology , viz reviews particularly for confused situations .

Mayo should be happier with prospects for the replay , no Dublin player caused Mayo undue headaches , 2 Mayo players could not be handled by any of the Dubs defenders . Connolly will definitely not be playing  I reckon , no one anywhere nearly as good in the subs .

As pa says , no one in  Kerry is losing any sleep tonight ,Mayo would have hacked up today if the Gooch or O'Donoghue were playing for them .

Winsamsoon, umpires are basically ignored by most refs unless they "bring their own" , and I think there is a culture about which encourages refs to "be their own man " and take decisions without consulting linesmen .

First wrong decision today involved the Dublin No 6 , he should have had a black card soon after the start , think that would have cooled some players ardour . When a game gets niggly best thing for a ref to do is to get rid of the major troublemakers asap , and let the rest of the players have a game . The players increasingly "play the ref" , refs need to be on the ball right from the throw in , and let the players know who is in charge .

I do think they need 2 refs , particularly for the high profile games .  Players are fitter and run longer nowadays , refs don't automatically fall into that category . One inter county ref of our experience basically seldom moved from between the two 50's , and he got signed off as fit , though most of us reckoned he never did the tests , just signed himself off.

the jacks are still in it.start trading kelly 7pm next saturday.superman o shea contained by a 6ft tough as nails ,in your ear hole f**king pest.o carroll will finish the job.cillian o'connor(filth) is for the high jump.

Dublin hit 1.01 for a few quid , but were 1.03 for a good while . No bet on the actual match myself so was not following it that closely . Someone who was betting on it in running may have more / better info.

cheers k. was a crazy finish im sure there was a lot of shocked dub backers at the end there.

Be interesting to see if the linesmen take the blinkers off on saturday far too much going on off the ball and they choose to ignore it despite the mayo managers bringing it to their attention during the game ,ref was poor but he needs the linesmen's assistance if he's to control the game properly. dublin pen was outside the box. mayo penalty was correct not only was there an outstretched leg but the same played dragged him down as well. as for the head butt on o'shea how the CCCC can say there was nothing to see is comical.

If you wanted to hear "bias " you should have been around Dublin on sunday , you could be forgiven for thinking butter would not melt in Dublin fans and players mouths.

I haven't seen it mentioned but the point kevin mcmenamin scored,should not have been allowed,as there were two hops.It was easy to miss,and I only noticed it,when watching a rerun of the sunday game.

brogans was over the bar 100%. watched it and paused it on a very good tv. hennelly was looking straight up at it too and never complained. it looked wide but when they replayed the reverse view ball clearly over. mcmenamin point shouldnt have counted though. also o sheas point could have stood

I believe "hawkeye" was not operating on sunday.

Connolly cleared,  can't wait to hear the excuse. Linesman seen striking,  video evidence confirmed it, 2 appeals confirmed it,  and now WTF? Why would today's ref bother showing any card?

Oh dear, this is going to send the little country folk who's main ambition in life is to move to Dublin, rent a bedsit and get into Copperface Jacks sometime into a right tizzy

C'mon you Boys In Blue, C'mon you Boys In Blue, C'mon you boys, C'mon you Boys In Blue!!

The Dubs bring the crowds,the colour and the banter but in this case its definitely 31 against 1

There is huge sympathy for Mayo,they deserve an All Ireland.
They are a right good side but there is something of the Jimmy White about them.

without doubt the kevin keane appeal played a part in it. mayo should never have appealed it.

as for mayo deserving an all ireland - as a neutral id love them to win it. but you have to have good forwards. apart from o shea(who wont score more than 5pts although hes vital to their attack) its just o connor and the odd back popping one over. d o connor looks good but hes still raw and cant be expected to perform 100% this early. mcloughlin handy player but once again doesnt score enough. doherty not a scorer. and they dont know who their 6th forward is. cant win an all ireland without a minimum of 4 good scorers in attack.

theyve been very unlucky with regard to that problem. they always seem to have 2 gifted forwards like mcdonald,mortimer. the problem is the rest of them. they are known for their wides and it cost them the two finals and cost them again last year. i expect it to be no different this year whether its tonight against dublin or in 2 weeks time.

barry moran needs to start tonight. there can be no passengers if mayo want to win

Connolly is a fantastic footballer but A Knacker...so its ok to punch someone on the ground live on tv in front of 82k..

Complete joke of a decision.

I thought Mayo were overpriced last week, and backed them plus 2.5, but with Dublin having got some proper match under their belts they should improve. But prices still look about right to me, so no bet. As such I didn't really mind who won. I would love the spectacle of a Dublin v Kerry final. But having Kerry backed, part of me would obviously prefer to face Mayo in a final.

Connolly getting off has cleared my mind, I will now definitely be rooting for Mayo.

As for Mayo 'deserving' it Wildman. I don't get that at all. They will deserve one when they win one. Not before. It probably is very nearly 31 v 1 today, as Ireland are a real underdog nation. Another thing I don't get.

Give me a winner, a champion, the best in their field... any day day of the week over a nearly man.

Lee Keegan himself got cleared for the replay last year.

It is the rules that are wrong, rather than a Dublin bias.

It is also unfair to tarnish Dublin GAA because of one idiotic fan site. It is hard to believe that many would go along with the idea of the applause, or at least I would sincerely hope 99.9% of the fans would not.

The irony in saying that is, that I feel Dublins hitherto soft passage will now count against them. I think the game with Mayo could go either way. Its a big step from beating poor Div 3 teams, to taking on serious contenders

Yep Gotchee, you cretin.

Dublin by 4 or 5