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 sausy wrote:

 ringerbell wrote:

 sausy wrote:

 Del-Piero wrote:

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As I said before it was a very strange case and only right that O'Briens 3 game ban was over turned due to lack of evidence. From the time I read that the Dublin doctor had seen McBrearty at the ground and saw no evidence of a bit and only a bruise I thought something was up.

Obviously I'm going to be biased towards O'Brien but could this be a case of McBrearty making it up going to far with a lie (going to hospital for shots etc)?

Comes as no surprise to me that obrien has got of and I did say previous I was surprised that he got any suspension. But sausy I can 100% say an incident did happen and mcbearty isn't lying. As said previous have talked to members of the back room team about it.

The 1 thing that had happened in his incident is that 2 young gas players have been affected by a decision by the cccc 1st by giving obrien a suspension (making it look like he did it) and then dropping the suspension (making it look like mcbearty made it up). I'm happy he got off as well because cant just suspend a player for the sake of it need proof that said player carried out the incident

Of course the Donegal players and back room staff are going to back him up. I know you're going to defend him and I'm going to take the O'Brien's side but Donegal and McBrearty stories don't add up. 

McBrearty makes an accusation that O'Brien bit him (whether he did, tried to do etc we will probably never know).
McBrearty / Donegal back room staff makes the incident known to the referee and Dublin staff stating that McBrearty had lacerations following a biting incident.
Dublin doctor follows up the incident and gets to check out McBrearty for himself where he said he saw no lacerations whatsoever and all he saw was a bruise.
McBrearty is taken to hospital for shots after he said he was bit.
O'Brien gets a 3 game ban.
Ban over turned due to lack of evidence. 

Now surely there would have to be evidence if he was bitten and the Donegal doctor felt it was bad enough that for precaution reasons he's have to go to hospital. The hospital would no doubt have a report of lacerations cuts from the bite yet it seems they don't as it would have been used in the case against O'Brien.

Way too much doesn't add up. But if it did happen I think a ban of 3 games isn't nearly tough enough for scum bag behaviour like biting. 

One vital flaw in all that though sausy is at no stage at all did mcbearty or donegal say it was obrien who did it. In all reports from donegals end they refused to Jane the player and th only person who named him was the irish times newspaper. The ban was over turned because the lack of evidence to pin point obrien to the incident not the lack of evidence of a bite. 
I would start to seriously worry about the state of he hse if mcbearty was given a tetanus shot and a dose of medication for a laceration that didn't exist. From what I have heard the last few days mcbearty didn't attend the hearing Thursday night meaning obrien go off. I have stated already the fact he deserved to get off because was no evidence to pin point him to the bitin incident and as I have said 100% was a biting incident as my mother works in the same a&e department mcbearty was treated in. I just want the issue to go away so young mcbearty and others can concentrate on the 26th may against Tyrone 