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Post by Jo90 on Aug 21, 2015 21:30:07 GMT
He mentions about prior to the 03 semi... "We had no bone to pick with Tyrone. We had played them in league games and we always seemed to come out the right side of the result."
However the 2 previous 2 league meetings Kerry lost narrowly in Killarney and were beaten by 14 points in Dungannon.
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Post by tyroneperson on Aug 21, 2015 21:33:15 GMT
He mentions about prior to the 03 semi... "We had no bone to pick with Tyrone. We had played them in league games and we always seemed to come out the right side of the result." However the 2 previous 2 league meetings Kerry lost narrowly in Killarney and were beaten by 14 points in Dungannon. Can't remember that one. Dungannon was always a bit of a fortress for Tyrone.
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Post by tyroneperson on Aug 21, 2015 21:34:59 GMT
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Post by Jo90 on Aug 21, 2015 22:27:38 GMT
And Eamonn Breen to boot - a man who makes the current generation of footballers seem like little girls' blouses!. McAnallen even higher in my estimation now.
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Post by tyroneperson on Aug 21, 2015 22:29:18 GMT
And Eamonn Breen to boot - a man who makes the current generation of footballers seem like little girls' blouses!. McAnallen even higher in my estimation now. Ha. I saw the Kerry line-up that day when googling it, it wasn't a vintage Kerry team. Big Mike Quirke was playing, didn't know he was on the panel that early.
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Post by whitefire on Aug 22, 2015 1:01:53 GMT
I for one am getting a bit tired of listening and reading Darragh's comments on Gaelic football. Good players do not necessarily make good coaches or analysts and I think that Darragh has struggled at both. On the radio, particularly Newstalk, he seems to dominate the discussion with long winded contributions that say very little about the games but rather are littered with over used clichés such as: Between when I started playing in '93 and finished in '09..., the role of the midfielder has changed hugely, the one thing that I remember from that day was', and his favourite sentence ending- 'and what not!..' Anyone who might think otherwise should listen to his most recent Newstalk interview about Tyrone Kerry rivalry last Wednesday evening. Even on Seo Sport on Tg4 tonight, Dara O Cinneide had to keep him reined in from rambling on. He throws in a few stories from all star tours or team holidays and thats all people get from his pieces. Even Tomas said recently that Darragh seems to add plenty of exaggeration to the stories than he remembers. He'd want to change his approach or else, the Irish Times will look elsewhere.
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Post by baurtregaum on Aug 22, 2015 5:05:23 GMT
I for one am getting a bit tired of listening and reading Darragh's comments on Gaelic football. Good players do not necessarily make good coaches or analysts and I think that Darragh has struggled at both. On the radio, particularly Newstalk, he seems to dominate the discussion with long winded contributions that say very little about the games but rather are littered with over used clichés such as: Between when I started playing in '93 and finished in '09..., the role of the midfielder has changed hugely, the one thing that I remember from that day was', and his favourite sentence ending- 'and what not!..' Anyone who might think otherwise should listen to his most recent Newstalk interview about Tyrone Kerry rivalry last Wednesday evening. Even on Seo Sport on Tg4 tonight, Dara O Cinneide had to keep him reined in from rambling on. He throws in a few stories from all star tours or team holidays and thats all people get from his pieces. Even Tomas said recently that Darragh seems to add plenty of exaggeration to the stories than he remembers. He'd want to change his approach or else, the Irish Times will look elsewhere. I'd agree with you to an extent but I think you're being a little harsh. His last two articles Mayo/AOS and Tyrone/Kerry were excellent. I think people like him suffer from the fact that the current season is quite long with all the real action in the last month essentially. Alot of articles in June/July are filler and it must be hard to write about another Leinster walkover for the Dubs on any given week, for example. I heard Himself and McGuigan on Newstalk, it was less analysis and more a nostalgic look back from two great players winvolved in that rivalry, which is exactly what NT wanted I'm sure. What I like about him is he looks at it from the players perspective. Even if you only played Junior B for your club you can relate to it. Some analysts tie themselves in knots with strategy and tactics and can over do it. It's horses for courses really.
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Post by kerryman99 on Aug 22, 2015 10:58:57 GMT
I for one am getting a bit tired of listening and reading Darragh's comments on Gaelic football. Good players do not necessarily make good coaches or analysts and I think that Darragh has struggled at both. On the radio, particularly Newstalk, he seems to dominate the discussion with long winded contributions that say very little about the games but rather are littered with over used clichés such as: Between when I started playing in '93 and finished in '09..., the role of the midfielder has changed hugely, the one thing that I remember from that day was', and his favourite sentence ending- 'and what not!..' Anyone who might think otherwise should listen to his most recent Newstalk interview about Tyrone Kerry rivalry last Wednesday evening. Even on Seo Sport on Tg4 tonight, Dara O Cinneide had to keep him reined in from rambling on. He throws in a few stories from all star tours or team holidays and thats all people get from his pieces. Even Tomas said recently that Darragh seems to add plenty of exaggeration to the stories than he remembers. He'd want to change his approach or else, the Irish Times will look elsewhere. Nail on the head there whitefire, I find him very poor, especially on radio and tv. The newstalk piece the last day was cringe, rambling on and on about nothing. I had to turn it off it was that bad. Brian McGuigan I found very good. He was making a point about Marc and Aidan still playing at the top of their game, whereas the Tyrone fells of the same age are crocked, and wondered what Dara thought of this, Dara goes off on a ramble again with no clear answer or insight. Some of the Times articles are ok, but overall he is one of the worst pundits imo.
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Post by glengael on Aug 22, 2015 11:15:40 GMT
Well as another West Kerryman said on another matter of late, if ye don't like it or find it boring then don't read it and turn it off the radio /tv. Very simple. There is always a choice in these things so there is no need to be a martyr.
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Post by whitefire on Aug 24, 2015 17:20:50 GMT
I for one am getting a bit tired of listening and reading Darragh's comments on Gaelic football. Good players do not necessarily make good coaches or analysts and I think that Darragh has struggled at both. On the radio, particularly Newstalk, he seems to dominate the discussion with long winded contributions that say very little about the games but rather are littered with over used clichés such as: Between when I started playing in '93 and finished in '09..., the role of the midfielder has changed hugely, the one thing that I remember from that day was', and his favourite sentence ending- 'and what not!..' Anyone who might think otherwise should listen to his most recent Newstalk interview about Tyrone Kerry rivalry last Wednesday evening. Even on Seo Sport on Tg4 tonight, Dara O Cinneide had to keep him reined in from rambling on. He throws in a few stories from all star tours or team holidays and thats all people get from his pieces. Even Tomas said recently that Darragh seems to add plenty of exaggeration to the stories than he remembers. He'd want to change his approach or else, the Irish Times will look elsewhere. Nail on the head there whitefire, I find him very poor, especially on radio and tv. The newstalk piece the last day was cringe, rambling on and on about nothing. I had to turn it off it was that bad. Brian McGuigan I found very good. He was making a point about Marc and Aidan still playing at the top of their game, whereas the Tyrone fells of the same age are crocked, and wondered what Dara thought of this, Dara goes off on a ramble again with no clear answer or insight. Some of the Times articles are ok, but overall he is one of the worst pundits imo. Glad to see that others share my opinion. It'll be interesting 2 c if Darragh ups his game this Wednesday.
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Post by kerrygold on Aug 26, 2015 11:53:48 GMT
Darragh Ó Sé: Cluxton can ensure Dublin end Mayo’s hopes If they get enough possession, Dublin’s forwards will score more than Mayo
Darragh Ó Sé
First published: Wed, Aug 26, 2015 Sometimes you’ve got to just keep your mouth shut and see what you can learn from what’s going on around you. I thought I knew about Ulster football and Ulster football men but I found out I didn’t know the half of it. The Sky Sports studio and the RTÉ studio are side by side down where the Hogan Stand meets the Davin so there’d always be a certain amount of intermingling before the games. I was chatting away to Peter Canavan and Jim McGuinness on Sunday when Joe Brolly landed in. “What about ya?” he said to Canavan, the way Ulster people say hello. Canavan gave him a very short answer (second word, “off”) and walked away. I always thought the two boys got on well enough so didn’t know what to think. I was surprised at two things – one, that anyone would take Brolly enough to heart to get that annoyed at him in the first place. And two, that as war was breaking out in Ulster, a Kerryman like me was in the middle like Switzerland. Tyrone manager Mickey Harte has always favoured players who are instinctively going to do the right thing in tight spots, and won’t tolerate players who make handling errors. Photograph: Cathal Noonan/InphoDarragh Ó Sé: Criticising Tyrone makes them more dangerous Aidan O’Shea gets away from Donegal’s Neil McGee and Mark McHugh during Saturday’s quarter-final: the Mayo player passed a big test in Croke Park. Photograph: James Crombie/InphoDarragh Ó Sé: Mayo must make the most of Aidan O’Shea Kerry’s Darran O’Sullivan scores a goal despite the attention of Kildare’s Ciarán Fitzpatrick and Eoin Doyle during last weekend’s one-sided All-Ireland SFC quarter-final clash at Croke Park.Photograph: Morgan Treacy/InphoDarragh Ó Sé: Hard for Kerry people to cute-hoor our way out of this one Dublin captain Stephen Cluxton leads his players in the team parade before the Leinster final against Westmeath. Photograph: Tommy Grealy/InphoDarragh Ó Sé: Fermanagh game not what Dublin needed Could Jim McGuinness, Jim Gavin or Éamonn Fitzmaurice, above, win an All-Ireland if put in charge of Cavan, Sligo, Tipperary or Meath? The answer is, I believe, emphatically no. Photograph: Cathal Noonan/InphoDarragh Ó Sé: Even the best managers need the right players to succeed I spent my career wanting to beat the feckers and now they were all my friends and couldn’t stand the sight of each other. In a situation like that, how would you know what end of you was up? I was jealous of the Kerry players on Sunday, there’s no point saying otherwise. They managed to beat Tyrone in Croke Park, which was something I never did. I was willing them to win and they did but they had to overcame a poor enough display in the first half to do it. That’s good positive stuff to be bringing into an All-Ireland final. On Sunday night I met Eamonn Fitzmaurice and Mikey Sheehy here in Tralee. I got the sense from them that they’re just about exactly where they want to be. No matter who they get in the final, they can find a chip on either shoulder. If it’s Mayo, then Kerry didn’t get the credit they deserved for beating them last year because everyone said Mayo threw it away. If it’s Dublin, there’s 2011 and 2013 to make up for. No problem finding an angle for motivation one way or the other. The second semi-final is going to be fascinating for so many reasons. I’ve heard a lot of people tipping Mayo but I think a good bit of that could be early-week talk. The closer we get to the game, I’d expect the tide to turn a bit. I think Dublin fans are a small bit nervous about it but don’t be surprised if you see them standing more and more upright as the week goes on. I think a possible reason people might give the nod to Mayo is that we expect both teams to set up more or less in an old-fashioned six-two-six formation, leaving it a straight man-on-man battle in midfield. Mayo have come on leaps and bounds in that area of the pitch, whereas Dublin aren’t as strong there as they are in other places. In a straight-up battle, Mayo could definitely have the upper hand there. But that’s the thing with Dublin – they don’t make it a straight-up battle in midfield. They don’t have it as two v two. They have it as two v two plus Stephen Cluxton. That’s the X-factor in any analysis of the midfield battle – how Cluxton will try to shape the game and what Mayo will do to combat him. In the quarter-final, Mayo showed that they are becoming more flexible with age. They couldn’t afford to allow Michael Murphy get in for a goal so they played a sweeper. Not just any sweeper but Barry Moran – a six-foot-five sweeper. A sweeper That shows a good bit of imagination from Mayo. When did you ever hear of a six-foot-five sweeper? A sweeper is usually a ball-player, a guy who reads the game, picks up the scraps and kick-starts attacks. But Mayo decided that Moran was the horse for that course. Dublin present a different challenge so I’ll be very interested to see what they do with him this Sunday. I’d say there’s a good chance they’ll change it up again altogether. I’ve said it plenty of times but it’s worth repeating. Cluxton is the key to Dublin. He is the place you start when you want to go about beating them. This is a ballsy Mayo team that will surely go out with the aim of targeting his kick-out and making him kick it long. If they can do that, then Tom Parsons and Séamus O’Shea have a right chance of getting the upper hand on whoever is in the Dublin midfield – I presume it will be Michael Darragh Macauley and Brian Fenton but they might chance Denis Bastick in there from the start. Whoever it is, Mayo have the match of them. But how do you get Cluxton to kick long? People say you have to push up on the kick-out, as if it’s the most simple thing in the world. But you have to understand how fast everything happens down on the pitch and how much concentration that takes. The next time you see Cluxton chip the ball out to Jonny Cooper and you want to give out about the corner-forward who has left Cooper free, think about how much has gone into getting Cooper into open country. First off, Cluxton is already thinking about his kick-out while attempted shot is still in the air. He doesn’t care if it’s a point or a wide at that point, he’s switched into kick-out mode already while you’ve got your neck craned to see where the ball is landing. When they changed the rules a couple of years ago to make it so that all kick-outs were to be taken from the 13-metre line, it was perfect for him. Point or wide, he can roll the ball out to the 13 and get on with it regardless. Dummy runs So the speed at which he takes his kick can catch you out. He has his players totally tuned in to his wavelength so they’re already moving into position. A few of them are making dummy runs that they know won’t be hit but they’re drawing your men away with them. You’re doing the best you can to get all your players switched on and all doing exactly the job they’re supposed to be doing but we’re dealing with split-second decisions here. Cluxton decides on who he’s hitting and how he’s hitting them. You’re trying to pre-empt his decision while marking your man. Hesitate at the wrong moment and bang, he’s hit it 40 yards into Cooper’s chest. Or whoever’s chest. You didn’t do a whole lot wrong and yet you’re on the back-foot while Dublin pour forward in possession. They’re in control and you are reacting. That’s not where you want to be. I always felt that the key to pushing up on Cluxton was keeping your eyes fixed on him. Now, that was easy for me to say because he never kicked the ball out in my direction anyway. I’d be telling lads to watch his eyes and his head and his body language to pick up clues as to where the ball was going and they’d be going, “Yeah, thanks for that Darragh. ‘Tis a hard life marking the fella he’s not kicking it to’.” Key midfielder But the key point is that if everyone is tuned in and covering their men, Cluxton has to think two or three times about what he’s going to do. He always wants to take his first option. He wants to plonk the ball down, chip it 20 yards and get the game going. Watch how annoyed he gets when he’s had to take two or three runs at the ball because all his easy options are covered off. He’ll bawl his team out of it for not getting into space. The reason for all this is that he doesn’t have a midfield that can dominate in the air. Michael Darragh has been the key midfielder for Dublin for the past five years but when was the last time you remember him catching the ball above his head? That’s just not his game. Fenton and Bastick do it a bit more but usually on the opposition’s kick-out. A huge percentage of Dublin kick-outs hit the man in the chest, exactly where he wants it. Cluxton doesn’t look for them in the air if he can help it. And he can usually help it because he’s such a brilliant footballer off the ground. But if Mayo can cut down his options, they could be in business. That means the forwards being tuned in every second of the game. It means the defenders who are on Diarmuid Connolly, Paul Flynn and Ciarán Kilkenny being just as alert as the forwards and not letting them get a run on them as Cluxton is coming out with the ball. An option We know that Dublin half-forward line will all run 50 yards to make themselves an option for the kick-out. The Mayo half-back line have to do the same, over and over and over. It’s a physical challenge and a mental challenge. But the rewards are huge if you can crack the code. That’s a really big ‘if’, though. Every team tries it but who succeeds? In the end, I fancy Dublin to hold them off on Sunday. Cluxton is just too good at putting Dublin in possession. Everything else flows from that. Flynn is due a big game because he hasn’t had a good summer. Connolly and Kilkenny are playing mighty stuff, Bernard Brogan and Dean Rock have been so sharp all summer. The simple fact of this game is that if they get enough possession, Dublin will score more than Mayo. They have the greater spread of scores and more players that you would bet your house on when the game gets tight. Dublin by three.
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Post by kerrygold on Aug 26, 2015 12:02:02 GMT
Interesting introduction to this article from Darragh about Brolly's and Canavan's interaction. Brollys change from anti Tyrone to pro Tyrone in such a short space of time is interesting, for the want of better word. Maybe it was just his backhanded way of further taking the piss out of Canavan and Tyrone. Brolly is the real dark-arts artist of the media game. Canavan was deed right to tell him to .... off.
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Post by skybluezone on Aug 26, 2015 12:25:53 GMT
Interesting introduction to this article from Darragh about Brolly's and Canavan's interaction. Brollys change from anti Tyrone to pro Tyrone in such a short space of time is interesting, for the want of better word. Maybe it was just his backhanded way of further taking the piss out of Canavan and Tyrone. Brolly is the real dark-arts artist of the media game. Canavan was deed right to tell him to .... off. Wonder what Canavan thinks of O'Rourke so, he's the one that correctly called them out, referred to their back catalogue of incidents, and basically said that Tyrone are usually to be found at the scene of the crime. Canavan has been doing a pr job in the press trying to defend the indefensible. Another one with no scruples.
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Post by glengael on Aug 26, 2015 12:30:46 GMT
A nice few hop balls this week. Hmmmmm
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Post by OnTheForty on Aug 26, 2015 12:57:37 GMT
Interesting introduction to this article from Darragh about Brolly's and Canavan's interaction. Brollys change from anti Tyrone to pro Tyrone in such a short space of time is interesting, for the want of better word. Maybe it was just his backhanded way of further taking the piss out of Canavan and Tyrone. Brolly is the real dark-arts artist of the media game. Canavan was deed right to tell him to .... off. Canavan's response to Brolly could have stemmed from Brolly's recent article where he said Canavan conned the ref into sending off Derry's McCusker back in the 90's. Wee Peter was well able to indulge in the simulation himself, so maybe explains why he tried to defend McCann and Tyrone's win at all costs mentality.
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Post by kerrygold on Aug 26, 2015 13:06:54 GMT
Interesting introduction to this article from Darragh about Brolly's and Canavan's interaction. Brollys change from anti Tyrone to pro Tyrone in such a short space of time is interesting, for the want of better word. Maybe it was just his backhanded way of further taking the piss out of Canavan and Tyrone. Brolly is the real dark-arts artist of the media game. Canavan was deed right to tell him to .... off. Wonder what Canavan thinks of O'Rourke so, he's the one that correctly called them out, referred to their back catalogue of incidents, and basically said that Tyrone are usually to be found at the scene of the crime. Canavan has been doing a pr job in the press trying to defend the indefensible. Another one with no scruples. Canavan's article in defence of McCann was cringe worthy if not border line delusional. Neither Brolly or Canavan appeal to me in anyway what so ever. O'Rourke seemed to back off considerably on Sunday also.
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Post by Mickmack on Aug 26, 2015 13:15:14 GMT
I wonder what Canavan thinks of Darragh telling the whole country about this little incident.
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Post by Mickmack on Aug 26, 2015 14:43:13 GMT
Joe Brolly is getting more and more erratic.
I think RTE will show him the door.
At about 6pm after last years final I was walking back from Meaghers pub back over the Luke Kelly bridge towards town and who comes along over the bridge towards me but Joe. He looks shocking thin and feeble in reality and he had his head down and it looked like he was half afraid he was going to be set upon and fecked into the river. It wouldn't haven taken much. There was something almost pitiful about him.
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Post by Annascaultilidie on Aug 26, 2015 14:51:34 GMT
From playful imp:
to spiteful ****:
Not a fan of personal attacks on here but Brolly's are becoming so frequent I will break my habit.
PS: My ire at Tommy "Tom" Carr is directly more at RTÉ than the man himself.
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Post by southward on Aug 26, 2015 17:21:27 GMT
Interesting introduction to this article from Darragh about Brolly's and Canavan's interaction. Brollys change from anti Tyrone to pro Tyrone in such a short space of time is interesting, for the want of better word. Maybe it was just his backhanded way of further taking the piss out of Canavan and Tyrone. Brolly is the real dark-arts artist of the media game. Canavan was deed right to tell him to .... off. Brolly seems to court the leading Ulster side at any given time. He jilted Tyrone in favour of Donegal a couple of years ago. Now that Dun na Ngall have put on a few pounds lately, it's flowers and chocs for the Red Hand again.
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Post by Kingdomson on Aug 26, 2015 19:26:25 GMT
An awful lot of Joe Brolly’s well-planned media behaviour is structured in such a way that tries to ingratiate himself further with the Dublin audience. If Brolly went after the Dublin team or players in the same way he goes after Tyrone or indeed Kerry, he wouldn’t last long in RTE. Brolly knows well where his bread is buttered and the audience his playing to. Moreover, the way Brolly has gone about publicly attacking and humilating every other referee we've had this season in big games - it wouldn't surprise me if we ended up with Joe McQuillan refereeing another final for us.
Personally, I share the view that the man is a sociopath. When things become a bit heated after the latest character assassination or controversy his caused then he often plays the good deed card – look what I’m doing for charity this week (just like Lance Armstrong, another sociopath who liked to hide behind the charity shield). Now donating a kidney is a really nice act of course but that doesn't mean the man is a saint. Personally, I don't like the man as a public figure and I think his a complete snake oil salesman. Brolly has been excellent at distracting and manipulating public/media opinion but his fooling people less and less and his act has long gotten tiresome.
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Post by skybluezone on Aug 26, 2015 19:56:05 GMT
An awful lot of Joe Brolly’s well-planned media behaviour is structured in such a way that tries to ingratiate himself further with the Dublin audience. If Brolly went after the Dublin team or players in the same way he goes after Tyrone or indeed Kerry, he wouldn’t last long in RTE. Brolly knows well where his bread is buttered and the audience his playing to. Moreover, the way Brolly has gone about publicly attacking and humilating every other referee we've had this season in big games - it wouldn't surprise me if we ended up with Joe McQuillan refereeing another final for us. Personally, I share the view that the man is a sociopath. When things become a bit heated after the latest character assassination or controversy his caused then he often plays the good deed card – look what I’m doing for charity this week (just like Lance Armstrong, another sociopath who liked to hide behind the charity shield). Now donating a kidney is a really nice act of course but that doesn't mean the man is a saint. Personally, I don't like the man as a public figure and I think his a complete snake oil salesman. Brolly has been excellent at distracting and manipulating public/media opinion but his fooling people less and less and his act has long gotten tiresome. What do you think is Brollys motivation for courting the Dublin audience? Genuine question. Because remember when a young D Connolly was in his first year at IC level, and trying to get to the pitch of the game in that laconic style of his when Joe uttered the immortal line that "Ricey has him in his pocket and feeding him on farts!" On the referee issue, I guarantee you the one man Jim Gavin wont want is McQuillan. Since the Kerry propaganda campaign of 2011, (and before it), McQuillan has gone out of his way to ride fcuk out of Dublin on every occasion. The free count stats don't lie. Check out the semi of 2012 and the QF of 2011 for evidence. Gavin gave an interview earlier this week basically saying that the free count is always against us but that "we have gotten used to it now and we just get on with it". Says it all really.
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Post by norman on Aug 26, 2015 19:58:49 GMT
I don't care for Darraghs punditry to be frank as he is long winded, maybe nerves I guess. Also felt he should have kept that story about Canavan & Brolly to himself. RTE need to bring in former managers rather players as their insights into tactics and the game would be much better. I still like O'Rourke but Brolly,Spillane & Whelan need to go. Darragh Moloney is the best commentator and always chairs a good debate.
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Post by greengold35 on Aug 26, 2015 20:00:31 GMT
At this stage the Sunday Game Live is but a circus and Brolly the clown in its midst; the highlights on Sunday night with Tomás , McStay & McGuigan provided real insight with top class analysis; nobody on the live show saw that Kerry had targeted Harte, Cavanagh & Donnelly- they were too busy debating the cards issued- this is pure laziness and or lack of understanding of the game. It's time to ship out Brolly & Co and bring in some players who have played the game in modern times.
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Post by norman on Aug 26, 2015 20:12:59 GMT
At this stage the Sunday Game Live is but a circus and Brolly the clown in its midst; the highlights on Sunday night with Tomás , McStay & McGuigan provided real insight with top class analysis; nobody on the live show saw that Kerry had targeted Harte, Cavanagh & Donnelly- they were too busy debating the cards issued- this is pure laziness and or lack of understanding of the game. It's time to ship out Brolly & Co and bring in some players who have played the game in modern times. Agreed. Brolly & co are too emotional and think the game is all about them. I've heard more reasoned debate from drunks in a pub than Brolly's emotional & spiteful outbursts. I bet that if RTE ever drop him from the panel he will scream blue murder and will refrain back into the everybody against us stupidity.
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Post by Kingdomson on Aug 26, 2015 20:25:37 GMT
An awful lot of Joe Brolly’s well-planned media behaviour is structured in such a way that tries to ingratiate himself further with the Dublin audience. If Brolly went after the Dublin team or players in the same way he goes after Tyrone or indeed Kerry, he wouldn’t last long in RTE. Brolly knows well where his bread is buttered and the audience his playing to. Moreover, the way Brolly has gone about publicly attacking and humilating every other referee we've had this season in big games - it wouldn't surprise me if we ended up with Joe McQuillan refereeing another final for us. Personally, I share the view that the man is a sociopath. When things become a bit heated after the latest character assassination or controversy his caused then he often plays the good deed card – look what I’m doing for charity this week (just like Lance Armstrong, another sociopath who liked to hide behind the charity shield). Now donating a kidney is a really nice act of course but that doesn't mean the man is a saint. Personally, I don't like the man as a public figure and I think his a complete snake oil salesman. Brolly has been excellent at distracting and manipulating public/media opinion but his fooling people less and less and his act has long gotten tiresome. What do you think is Brollys motivation for courting the Dublin audience? Genuine question. Because remember when a young D Connolly was in his first year at IC level, and trying to get to the pitch of the game in that laconic style of his when Joe uttered the immortal line that "Ricey has him in his pocket and feeding him on farts!" On the referee issue, I guarantee you the one man Jim Gavin wont want is McQuillan. Since the Kerry propaganda campaign of 2011, (and before it), McQuillan has gone out of his way to ride fcuk out of Dublin on every occasion. The free count stats don't lie. Check out the semi of 2012 and the QF of 2011 for evidence. Gavin gave an interview earlier this week basically saying that the free count is always against us but that "we have gotten used to it now and we just get on with it". Says it all really. Look Dublin are the golden ticket when it comes to viewing figures and most of our media is based there. You’re not going to bite too hard at the hand that feeds and Brolly is clever enough to know that. Furthermore, when Brolly ponificates about the likes of Tyrone and Kerry or indeed his opinions on other counties he would not generally be going against populist opinion or generally held perceptions in the capital - would he? We could talk about this all day. You're probably right about McQuillan not getting a Dublin vs Kerry match but a Mayo vs Kerry?
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Post by veteran on Aug 26, 2015 20:56:09 GMT
I wouldn't be surprised if Peter Canavan encouraged Darragh to insert his remark into The Irish Times article. Either way, I would love to have been a fly on the wall as Comical Joe Ali skulked away wounded to the core. Forever grateful, Peter.
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Post by Kingdomson on Aug 26, 2015 21:00:39 GMT
I wouldn't be surprised if Peter Canavan encouraged Darragh to insert his remark into The Irish Times article. Either way, I would love to have been a fly on the wall as Comical Joe Ali skulked away wounded to the core. Forever grateful, Peter. And so say all of us, I'm sure!
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Post by whitefire on Aug 26, 2015 23:21:52 GMT
Joe Brolly has conducted himself disgracefully this year. His comments on Marty Morrissey being ugly were hurtful and outrageous, that alone should have seen him dropped from the panel. He goes out of his way to berate referees especially drawing down the Padraig Hughes penalty weeks after the incident. His 'consenting adults' comment last week was similarly ill-judged, particularly when that night Kevin McStay proved that the referee made the right call on the penalty. Is Joe going to apologise? Of course not.
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Post by norman on Aug 26, 2015 23:29:59 GMT
A bigmouth fueled by hatred & bitterness will in time reveal it's poison for all to see.
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