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Post by kerrygold on Oct 4, 2009 23:46:42 GMT
Personally I despise Sweeney's opinions on football,I wouldn't give him the time of day.Whats he trying to achive with that little piece of arse licking tripe. Say what you really mean or don't bother half saying it. To be fair to Eamonn Sweeney i think he's an excellent journalist and his writing on most sports is quite creative and accomplished. Indeed he's an positive aspect, along with O'Rourke, of an otherwise quite poor Sunday Indo. There are undoubtedly a lot of terrible sports journalists out there(Hayes, Roy Curtis etc) but i don't think Sweeney is one of them. Sweeney had another one of those scoury nothing else to write about winter articles in todays indo. It must be difficult when even the World Marbles Cup competition isn't on somewhere or the World Pinkeen Fishing Championships from a Bowl.
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Post by kerrygold on Oct 4, 2009 23:54:14 GMT
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Post by veteran on Oct 5, 2009 13:06:42 GMT
So, "on mature reflection", Kevin McStay has changed his mind about the "the team of the decade" argument, having pronounced definitively on this topic before the All Ireland final , proclaiming Tyrone were the team, argument over, end of story, full stop and whatever you are having yourself.
What has happened in the meantime that made Mr. McStay change his mind. Well, there was the mere bagatelle of the 2009 final. Mr. McStay and others ,in their uncontrollable craze to adjudicate on the issue, forgot/overlooked/ignored the fact that ,perhaps, the winners of the 2009 title should have a bearing on the trifling "team of the decade" discussion. Why did Mr. McStay, Mr. Silke and others give a hasty, premature opinion on the question? It would appear that prejudice/wishful thinking rather than objectivity and logic informed their views. Petty, little boys. Is it conceivable that they are being paid to masquerade as experts?
By any standards, Kerry's display against Dublin was remarkable. Yet, during the match, Mr. McStay conveyed the impression of being mysteriously underwhelmed by it all. Whatever one feels privately, a professional commentator has a duty of public impartiality. Mediocrity seems to be the requisite for a sports commentator in too many cases.
Whatever have we done to upset Mr. McStay?
There is something about Kevin!
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Post by ardfertnarrie on Oct 5, 2009 15:39:46 GMT
McStay said if more ball had come O'Neill's way in the final he would have dry-roasted Tommy Griffin. Ffs, did he watch the game at all???
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Post by kerrygold on Oct 5, 2009 17:19:02 GMT
Nobody here has answered my question and explained how kilkenny continuously fly in under the radar of the media's attention unscratched, when compared to the hacking this group of kerry players have received.
Any takers?
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Post by austinstacksabu on Oct 5, 2009 17:40:13 GMT
Nobody here has answered my question and explained how kilkenny continuously fly in under the radar of the media's attention unscratched, when compared to the hacking this group of kerry players have received. Any takers? Tommy Walsh has been taken to the cleaners this year. Eddie Brennan got destroyed for "Garda gate" a few years ago. JJ's form has been ripped alot, as has Henry's this year.
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Post by veteran on Oct 5, 2009 18:20:48 GMT
Kerrygold,
You ask how Kilkenny appear to get more favourable treatment than Kerry in general by the media. Now, judging by articles posted on this Forum it would appear that Mr. Liam Hayes is one of Kerry's fiercest and more irrational critics. I was told over the weekend that he has ghost written or otherwise had an input into Brian Cody's book. So there, you accept the Kilkenny shilling, go native, eulogise your patron and at the same time act the imbecile when it comes to Kerry. Simple, isn't it?
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Post by kerrygold on Oct 5, 2009 18:35:21 GMT
Nobody here has answered my question and explained how kilkenny continuously fly in under the radar of the media's attention unscratched, when compared to the hacking this group of kerry players have received. Any takers? Tommy Walsh has been taken to the cleaners this year. Eddie Brennan got destroyed for "Garda gate" a few years ago. JJ's form has been ripped alot, as has Henry's this year. Its still of the variety of Mickey Mouse giving out to Donald Duck at Paris Disneyland compared to whats directed at kerry. Brennan still struts around like the choir boy who knows he'll get away with drinking the wine from the sacristy due to his ability to charm.
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Post by kerrygold on Oct 5, 2009 18:39:24 GMT
Kerrygold, You ask how Kilkenny appear to get more favourable treatment than Kerry in general by the media. Now, judging by articles posted on this Forum it would appear that Mr. Liam Hayes is one of Kerry's fiercest and more irrational critics. I was told over the weekend that he has ghost written or otherwise had an input into Brian Cody's book. So there, you accept the Kilkenny shilling, go native, eulogise your patron and at the same time act the imbecile when it comes to Kerry. Simple, isn't it? Thats one veteran,theres a lot of other clown out there also. I wan't aware of Hayes being involved with Cody's book. Cody moves in mysterious circles judging by his dropping into the Tyrone dressing room last year and now feasting with Hayes.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 5, 2009 18:42:37 GMT
Kilkenny have kept a lower profile. No doubt about that. Part of it is due to the fact that hurling is lower profile generally in the media and is not as spread out geographically as football. Also hurling people tend to stick together so when an incident happens they close ranks quickly. In football they are queueing up to get the digs in.
Imagine if Paul Galvin did somethings like what Benny Dunne did.
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Oct 14, 2009 15:20:15 GMT
Cooper is the most notable omission from the Opel GPA football team of the year nominations announced yesterday.
Cooper is not one of the three players named for right-corner forward, his customary position, as the selection committee prefer Eoin Bradley in addition to Cork's Daniel Goulding and Tyrone's Stevie O'Neill.
Cooper's reputation was overlooked and instead a season that dropped below his own high standards has been reflected.
He was man-of-the-match as Kerry trounced Dublin in the All-Ireland quarter-final on the August Bank Holiday, scoring 1-7, and while he didn't score from play in the recent All-Ireland football final he nevertheless won many of the six frees he converted.
Quiet
The man who kept Cooper quiet in both the drawn and replayed Munster semi-finals, Cork's Anthony Lynch, has also been omitted, ironically it must be presumed, for his poor show on Cooper in the All-Ireland final. Lynch also missed two games because of injury, which may have militated against him.
Paul Galvin and Tomas O Se are the only two players nominated for Opel Player of the Year, which has a prize of a €25,000 car awaiting the winner. Players who make the team will pick up a cheque for €2,500.
In all there are 11 different players nominated for the GPA team that didn't make the Vodafone All Stars two weeks ago.
Antrim's Colin Brady and James Loughrey, Derry's Gerard O'Kane and Bradley, Peadar Gardiner and Aidan O'Shea from Mayo, Kildare's Mikey Conway, Meath's Nigel Crawford, Cork's Paul Kerrigan and Sligo's David Kelly are included this time around.
Lynch, John McCarthy, Davy Harte, Andy Moran, Johnny Davey, Alan O'Connor, John Galvin, Trevor Mortimer, Cooper, Alan Smith and Micheal McCann have been excluded after making the Vodafone nominations.
All-Ireland champions Kerry top the list after receiving a total of 11 nominations with runners-up Cork on nine. All-Ireland semi-finalists and Ulster champions Tyrone received four, Leinster champions Dublin also have four with Connacht champions Mayo rewarded with three.
The positioning of some of the players suggests Kerry will dominate with Tommy Walsh poised to make the team along with Declan O'Sullivan, Galvin and Tadhg Kennelly, who has been named at centre-forward where he faces competition from Cork's Pearse O'Neill.
Seamus Scanlon, Tomas O Se, Diarmuid Murphy and Tom O'Sullivan are also hot favourites to make the team with Tommy Griffin a strong contender at full-back.
Kerry can expect eight Opel awards with Cork receiving three, possibly four. The only players in strong contention outside Kerry and Cork appear to be Donegal's Karl Lacey, Kildare's Dermot Earley and Tyrone's O'Neill.
The team will be announced at a gala banquet on Friday November 6 in the CityWest Hotel Dublin.
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Post by Seoirse Ui Duic on Oct 14, 2009 15:20:58 GMT
The e kings are dead. Ballyboden St Enda's sent shockwaves through Dublin football by knocking out All-Ireland champions Kilmacud Crokes after two replays and extra-time.
'Boden will face St Jude's at Parnell Park on Sunday after they proved the stronger in added time last night, out-scoring the holders in a 20-minute powerplay by 0-7 to 0-4.
The re-introduced full-forward Kenny Naughton led the way with the opening score of extra time. And after having scraped the draw, they were suddenly on top in every department as Conal Keaney pointed twice and Andrew Kerin sent over two angled frees to put them in control.
Crokes tried to launch one last fightback, but Simon Lambert finished them off with a last-gasp point.
Crokes had the better of it in normal-time and led 0-6 to 0-4 at half-time. When Ray Cosgrove struck for a lucky goal six minutes after the break to make it 1-7 to 0-4, the All-Ireland champions must have believed they'd finally shaken 'Boden off their backs.
But Crokes couldn't to get clear and will rue Mark Vaughan's missed '45' and free in quick succession and a Darren Magee goal attempt that struck the bar before rebounding off the post as it seemed to be heading for a point.
Despite their dominance in that eight-minute period they'd been outscored by Michael MacAuley's solitary point and, drawing on the spirit that has seen them to this second replay, 'Boden started to believe.
Half-back Dara Nelson roamed forward to begin a series of four points without reply, before Niall Corkery and Keaney exchanged points. Adrian Morrissey cut the gap to two with five minutes left.
Naughton's return made a difference, when scoring a point, and after Keaney had missed what looked like a golden opportunity Nelson popped up in injury-time to set his side up for a remarkable extra-time win.
Scorers -- Ballyboden St Enda's -- C Keaney 0-7 (5f), K Naughton, A Kerin (2f) 0-3 each, D Nelson, S Lambert 0-2 each, M MacAuley 0-1. Kilmacud Crokes -- R Cosgrove 1-3 (1f), M Vaughan, D Kelleher, A Morrissey 0-2 each, N Corkery, L McBarron, P Burke 0-1 each.
Ballyboden St Enda's -- D Walsh; C Dolan, I Clarke, M O'Sullivan; C Smith, D Kiernan, D Nelson; M MacAuley, D O'Mahoney; C Hiney, D Davey, S Durkin; C Keaney, K Naughton, A Kerin. Subs: J O'Hara for O'Sullivan (16), P O'Brien for D KIernan (18), S Lambert for Naughton (40), P Galvin for Hiney (40), Naughton for Davey (57), D Shovlin for Smith (70), J O'Hara for Durkin (76).
Kilmacud Crokes -- D Nestor; C Lambe, K Nolan, Ross O'Carroll; B McGrath, P Griffin, C O'Sullivan; D Magee, N Corkery; P Burke, D Kelleher, A Morrissey; M Vaughan, L Og O'hEineachain, R Cosgrove. Subs: B Kavanagh for Cosgrove (41), Rory O'Carroll for Lambe (48), J Magee for Kelleher (54), L McBarron for Corkery (57), Cosgrove for Vaughan (70).
Ref -- D Feeney (Parnells).
- Ruaidhri O'Connor
Irish Independent
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