No point looking back in anger now
The source was likely nearby Dollymount Strand but it could so easily have emanated from the pitch such was the acerbic nature of the game. Fascinating in its guts and gore, this was car crash viewing. It won’t live long in the memory for the football it offered up but the ugly antics that threatened to erode it. Two tangoed, but Dublin led.
Diarmuid Connolly’s preparations for the replay will likely include a return to Croke Park midweek to sit in front of the Central Hearings Committee to contest his red card. He may be joined in one of the stadium’s boardrooms by Philly McMahon who pushed his head towards Aidan O’Shea in the second half. Stephen Cluxton could avoid punishment for a kick at the same Mayo player in the early stages. Mayo, too, may have some explaining to do for Rory O’Carroll’s black eye, which forced him off in just the fourth minute.
