16 minutes gone, Dublin unable to get any of their players on the scoreboard – it took them 34 in fairness – and their midfielder should be sent to the stand.
Lee Keegan goes charging upfield, he’s in behind a number of sky blue jerseys until Michael Darragh MacAuley dives from behind and clips the Mayo man’s heels.
Keegan goes down, the ref blows for a foul, and then that’s it.
No card, no telling off, and no real explanation then for why Conor Lane blew his whistle in the first place. Either he saw the clip on the heels and that’s why he blew it so he should’ve given a black card too. Or he saw nothing. If he was blowing for a free, he saw with both of his eyes that it should’ve been a black card.
MacAuley is in no position to even think about tackling Keegan.
He tries anyway.
Did MDMA get away with this? Black card looked to be on the horizon. pic.twitter.com/UXX8QpGqPc
— The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) September 18, 2016
He brings both of them to the ground and ends the Mayo attack.
Conor Lane gives the free kick and isn’t interested anymore and Gaels everywhere rolled their eyes once more at this confusion that is the black card – or at least its application.
What an awful rule #blackcard
— Tadhg Óg (@TadhgOgMurphy) September 18, 2016
Can someone explain the black card to me??
— Ian Molloy (@ianmolloy001) September 18, 2016
Black card needs to be got rid of.
— Sean Glynn (@seanyseo) September 18, 2016
MacCauley just showed a typical example of what the black card is used for and was it used? Not a fcukin chance. #AbolishTheRule #DUBvMAYO
— Jeff 🇮🇪 (@Jeffs_Tweets_) September 18, 2016
Ref bottled it after 15min definite black card for MD McCauley for a hand trip #DUBvMAYO
— Eamonn Dunican (@edderovers) September 18, 2016
Stone wall black card. Glad the ref didn't give as it is a shit rule. #DUBvMAYO
— Liam O h'Anfaidh (@Hinph6) September 18, 2016
That Michael Darragh McAuley foul is textbook black card. #DUBvMAY
— Conor Donnelly (@conorjdonnelly) September 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/Mactweets1/status/777520090636029952
The officials did seem to get the James McCarthy decision correct later in the first half when the half back was black carded – not that it made anyone feel any happier.
James McCarthy was given the black card for this incident pic.twitter.com/iOpixdmsnY
— The Sunday Game (@TheSundayGame) September 18, 2016
