What a match

[mathepac]

And that was all in three seconds of play.

Good points and that is why I think the fastest field game in the world is crying out for VAR.

Apart from scoreboard confusion there were a few bad calls yesterday.

There was a strike to the head of a Tipperary player in the 2nd half which went unpunished. Instead the sideline incident resulted in the wrong Cat getting a yellow card for an offence I didn't see; one of his colleagues should have got a straight red instead.

Similarly with the McCarthy 2nd yellow, a deliberate strike to an opponent's arm is a straight red, not a yellow, 2nd or otherwise. And again when will he ever learn

A couple of instance of lads throwing away or deliberately dropping hurleys went unpunished.

It was gratifying to see that the majority of players on the field managed to stay upright for the majority of the match despite the slippery conditions; one assumes boots with changeable studs are now back in vogue instead of those moulded soccer yokes.

 

[mathepac]

Stewards' enquiry promised after the scoreboard allegedly showed the wrong final score. Tipp won by 2 points and not 3, allegedly.

It all hinges on the referee's report which is final. His recorded final score is the only one that matters (I was going to type "counts")

Mutterings about replays and other nonsense are just that, nonsense, "If only...", etc.

Al that said, there needs to be, in this digital age, some means of on-field communication between the ref and the other officials. I think I said 8 in a previous post, I was wrong, well not wrong, I just mis-counted.

The correct answer is:

Umpires: 4
Line-judges: 2
Referee: 1
4th official: 1 s/he who collects and checks the bits of paper for substitutions
Score-board keeper: 1

Total: 9

and we still get wrong or controversial decisions.

Subject to correction. I'm not counting Harvey Norman who puts up "Tá" or "Níl" for decisions the on-field humans can't agree on. Harvey only works in Croker for "big" matches, I think.

Could the GAA expand Harvey's role to that of full-blown VAR?

 

[charlie007]

Cork now 1/3 to win the All Ireland.

A 33.33% return on your money in 2 weeks.

Must be a certainty

I'll be laying my hard earned on Cork at Evens (handicap -4)

 

[joer]

We all have seen the problems VAR has caused , especially in the premiership, even after a few seasons.
In fairness to the umpires and linesmen and referees they don't get decisions wrong too often.
And most armchair viewers have their own version of the ' correct' decisions anyway.
That is the first time that I have heard of the scoreboard been ' wrong '.
So , in my opinion, don't change anything and hurling will be the big winner , as it always has been.