Walsh fumes at referee Fahy as Rossies hold on
Walsh was particularly incensed by Fahy’s decision to award the home side a penalty in first-half injury-time. Roscommon were one point ahead when Michael Finneran’s delivery from 45 metres was gathered by Sligo goalkeeper Philip Greene, who was under pressure from full-forward Cathal Shine. As Greene made his way out from goal with possession, Fahy deemed that the custodian barged into Cathal Shine and awarded a penalty.
Donal Smith converted the kick to leave the home side 1-8 to 1-4 clear at the break, to the annoyance of Walsh. “I can’t understand where the man was coming from. For me, it was a big tackle coming in from a big, heavy full-forward. What is the goalkeeper supposed to do? Hold his ground or be prepared to be flattened over the line? The (penalty) decision was the changing of the whole game. Maybe a few other decisions around the middle were testing the patience of our lads. There seemed to be silly stuff going on. These guys have been putting their lives on hold for the past two months. All you want is proper decision-making.”
