Brian Gavin: Mayo should blame themselves for defeat, not David Coldrick
Referee David Coldrick issues a black card to Robert McDaid of Dublin during the All-Ireland final. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile
The runaway train that is this Dublin football team shows no signs of stopping. Some felt they should have been derailed by black or red cards on Saturday evening but those were incredibly tough decisions for David Coldrick.
Let’s take the Mick Fitzsimons hit on Lee Keegan. Yes, it was frontal but what saved Fitzsimons was the ball was lost by Keegan in the tackle and in those instances the referee gives the benefit of the doubt to the tackler that he has made a genuine attempt to dispossess his opponent. Had the ball not been lost then there would have been a free at the very least.
