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Aidan O'Shea's Comments

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Replying To Damothedub:  "Your replies are typical of most on here all objectivity out the window unlike Yewtree who can actually comment without referencing cliché after cliché , no one wants to think bad of their team or a player hell I see it all the time with D Connolly , but man up have a real opinion once in a while it doesn't hurt , take off the Red and Green glasses you might still feel the same way and your opinion might not change contray to opinon on here you wont have commited treason and you wont be less of a fan."
I'd also like to add I'd rather O'shea didn't say anything at all but I believe he has the right to have his say if he chooses to say it

Spoddgy (Mayo) - Posts: 660 - 05/05/2017 10:28:11    1984646

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Look bottom line lads is AOS should have said nothing at all on the issue unless he was going to spill all which I sincerely hope never happens. What happens in the dressing room should stay there in my opinion. It is valid to say to if Mayo had won the All Ireland that Connelly/Holmes would not have given that interview.

It is worth noting Mr.Brehany's own county Galway also pushed out their management but I didn't see Galway players or ex-management in the headlines after the initial news broke. MH possibly did not want to inflict embarrassment on his own county or maybe was told to F off!!

Control the controllables, we should not be talking about this again ad AOS or any other Mayo player that is asked about this in future should say nothing at all and focus on what's important.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11237 - 05/05/2017 10:39:17    1984648

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Replying To hill16no1man:  "No O shea wouldn't give a single reason as to why he is accusing the journalist and newspaper of doctoring the interview, if your going to make them accusations you got to accompany them with facts and he didn't give any which reflects poorly on the claims."
He didn't say that anyone doctored an interview. He said he thinks the article was factually incorrect, so he thinks something in the interview is not accurate. I'm not a fan of Breheny, I think he tends to be too negative in a lot of what he writes. But he is a man of integrity so maybe O'Shea is saying that Holmes or Connelly were being economical with the truth. They probably think the same about him. But once he said what he did O'Shea should have explained why he thinks the article was incorrect. Either way he should have just said no comment, don't want to discuss it.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7369 - 05/05/2017 14:13:26    1984706

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Whatever the rights and wrongs of the whole episode are AOS seems to have a knack for starting up controversies when they seemed to have died down. Now I know he didn't say a whole lot but he really should be advised by however is in charge in Mayo to make no comment. He did the same thing last year with the penalty against Fermanagh, he brought it up after winning a game - saying I know it was theatrical ! I don't like to get onto AOS too much and I respect that he should have some freedom to make comments also overall he's a very good sportsman and a great example in most departments. For the good of Mayo football - say nothing, also keep in mind that when these things get so complex often the truth gets lost.

theduke66 (Dublin) - Posts: 334 - 05/05/2017 14:51:38    1984718

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Replying To GreenandRed:  "He didn't say that anyone doctored an interview. He said he thinks the article was factually incorrect, so he thinks something in the interview is not accurate. I'm not a fan of Breheny, I think he tends to be too negative in a lot of what he writes. But he is a man of integrity so maybe O'Shea is saying that Holmes or Connelly were being economical with the truth. They probably think the same about him. But once he said what he did O'Shea should have explained why he thinks the article was incorrect. Either way he should have just said no comment, don't want to discuss it."
GreenandRed you have just gone onto my xmass good list , excellent post very well put, totally agree, these conversations remind me of Brolly who is NOT allways wrong , but because he is the messenger the narrative gets lost in translation. county coloured glasses have the same effect

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 05/05/2017 15:05:18    1984722

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Replying To yew_tree:  "Look bottom line lads is AOS should have said nothing at all on the issue unless he was going to spill all which I sincerely hope never happens. What happens in the dressing room should stay there in my opinion. It is valid to say to if Mayo had won the All Ireland that Connelly/Holmes would not have given that interview.

It is worth noting Mr.Brehany's own county Galway also pushed out their management but I didn't see Galway players or ex-management in the headlines after the initial news broke. MH possibly did not want to inflict embarrassment on his own county or maybe was told to F off!!

Control the controllables, we should not be talking about this again ad AOS or any other Mayo player that is asked about this in future should say nothing at all and focus on what's important."
Yew tree, to say you didnt see Galway in the headlines is simply because you probably chose not to read about it or remember it.. But ill say this to you and your Mayo friends, when Galway shafted AC it was in all the papers indeed Martin Brehony wrote about it with large pieces in a few editions, if you dont believe me you can look it up, not hard to find!
So all the Mayo people slating Martin should do their research, his issue is not alone with Mayo or Aidan o Shea, he and his paper gave Noel and Pat a chance to tell their side of the story which they are entitled to, nothing wrong with it, They had to defend themselves against the character assasination..

Belclare1 (Galway) - Posts: 1626 - 06/05/2017 09:43:55    1984788

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Replying To Belclare1:  "Yew tree, to say you didnt see Galway in the headlines is simply because you probably chose not to read about it or remember it.. But ill say this to you and your Mayo friends, when Galway shafted AC it was in all the papers indeed Martin Brehony wrote about it with large pieces in a few editions, if you dont believe me you can look it up, not hard to find!
So all the Mayo people slating Martin should do their research, his issue is not alone with Mayo or Aidan o Shea, he and his paper gave Noel and Pat a chance to tell their side of the story which they are entitled to, nothing wrong with it, They had to defend themselves against the character assasination.."
Point I'm making lad is we didn't see ex Galway management doing a tell all step by step interview or Galway players making comments in the newspaper which is how it should have gone in Mayo.

Brehany has history with grass comments about Mayo which should not be too hard to find either.

A newspaper never refused ink.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11237 - 06/05/2017 15:08:11    1984816

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Replying To yew_tree:  "Point I'm making lad is we didn't see ex Galway management doing a tell all step by step interview or Galway players making comments in the newspaper which is how it should have gone in Mayo.

Brehany has history with grass comments about Mayo which should not be too hard to find either.

A newspaper never refused ink."
Again, we saw it all when Cunninham had his say a few weeks later and his phrase Kangaroo court! The indo did there fair share of write ups then, it's the same whenever there is any issues in any county, Its not just Mayo to be honest the whole episode had gone away until some bright spark in Mayo looked around the room and said Aidan will you go to Dublin next week and do this media gig for the championship build up all the papers tv etc will be there, Surely someone should have put there hand up and said...... Not a good idea..

Belclare1 (Galway) - Posts: 1626 - 06/05/2017 22:21:53    1984887

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Replying To Belclare1:  "Again, we saw it all when Cunninham had his say a few weeks later and his phrase Kangaroo court! The indo did there fair share of write ups then, it's the same whenever there is any issues in any county, Its not just Mayo to be honest the whole episode had gone away until some bright spark in Mayo looked around the room and said Aidan will you go to Dublin next week and do this media gig for the championship build up all the papers tv etc will be there, Surely someone should have put there hand up and said...... Not a good idea.."
Exactly and that's the point. Aidan should just have said no comment. Anyway as always anything with Mayo is exploded in the media. We don't make it easy for ourselves.

Last year before the Galway game we had james Horan saying the gap is getting bigger and Michael Conroys smart Alex comments on twitter. It was the perfect ingridents for an ambush which then happened.

yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11237 - 07/05/2017 09:46:55    1984918

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This a bit silly now, O'Shea actually said nothing. BUT there are two sides to every story - period, to think otherwise would be foolish. The fact is this is a whole lot of nothing. So there are probably O'Shea's facts and the opposing facts and somewhere in the middle are probably the real facts. Maybe he should stick to playing ball its far more interesting.

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4898 - 07/05/2017 19:34:02    1985014

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Replying To arock:  "This a bit silly now, O'Shea actually said nothing. BUT there are two sides to every story - period, to think otherwise would be foolish. The fact is this is a whole lot of nothing. So there are probably O'Shea's facts and the opposing facts and somewhere in the middle are probably the real facts. Maybe he should stick to playing ball its far more interesting."
About time someone talked sense on this.

Spoddgy (Mayo) - Posts: 660 - 07/05/2017 21:30:02    1985059

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