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Robert Hynes

Paddy Andrews 'pissed off' with some comments about Kilmacud Crokes over All-Ireland club final controversy

Paddy Andrews says he was "pissed off" with some comments made about Kilmacud Crokes following the All-Ireland club final controversy.

The All-Ireland senior club football final was ordered to be replayed by the GAA's Central Competitions Control Committee on Tuesday following a meeting of the CCCC on Monday night during which both Crokes and Glen argued their case.

The decision came more than a week after Crokes had 16 players defending the goal as Glen took a 45 in the dying moments of the game at Croke Park.

READ MORE: All-Ireland senior club football final ordered to be replayed by GAA's CCCC

Seven-time All-Ireland winner Andrews, who plays for Dublin club St Brigid's, took issue with some of the commentary following the game and says he believes that it could lead to Crokes not playing the match again.

He said on Off The Ball's The Football Pod: "I thought it was completely over the top some of the commentary around Kilmacud Crokes. I am not a Kilmacud Crokes fan, I have played against them for 20 odd years of my career here in Dublin, I've usually been beaten by them, but I thought some of the commentary around Kilmacud as a club was way off the mark and it really pissed me off and I'm sure it pissed off a lot of Dublin club people, but definitely Kilmacud Crokes people.

"They're a massive club, they're a really successful club, they're an unbelievably well run club and I think if this wasn't a Kilmacud Crokes involved, I don't think the coverage this has got over the past week would be anywhere near as sensational.

"I think if the shoe was on the other foot, I don't think the coverage would have been as sensational and I think that's led to Crokes being so adamant how they feel they've been treated that they're actually not going to play this game again."

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