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I'll miss Jonny Cooper's interviews. The one he did on rte after the championship draw was made last autumn was class. He spoke of the awesome challenge that was going to be presented by Carlow or Wexford in such worried tones. It deserved an oscar :)
Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 25/06/2017 23:12:23 2005212 Link 9 |
If every bit of handbags was punished there'd be a lot of cards. Nature of sport. Confederations Cup game other night and row at end. Video ref analysed it. Result one yellow. Seriously do you not think Connolly's reaction was a bit over the top for a game versus Carlow. And what he said to linesman if you watch after push is "that was a Dublin ball". So he pushed linesman over a lineball holy feck.
doratheexplorer (Cavan) - Posts: 1467 - 25/06/2017 23:15:25 2005213 Link 1 |
yeah the ref really dropped the ball on that one Oh no wait jimbodub (Dublin) - Posts: 20600 - 25/06/2017 23:19:19 2005219 Link 0 |
Here here! Hate the way he puts his hand on the arm of the pundit he's beside in the studio. Creepy. Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 25/06/2017 23:19:24 2005220 Link 8 |
I don't get how people are putting so much blame on O'Rourke and especially Spillane for highlighting the Connolly incident. Once the match was over little video clips were on independent.ie, the 42, joe.ie etc. Even aertel's account of the match mentioned Diarmuid Connolly could be in bother with the CCCC. Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 25/06/2017 23:30:18 2005233 Link 7 |
Ask Connolly about the impact. Fair play to Dessie Dolan tonight. Bang on the money.
Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 25/06/2017 23:32:25 2005236 Link 0 |
I always get the feeling with Dessie he'll agree with more 'senior' panel members when in their company. He appears a bit weak for me. Not saying that maybe he genuinely agrees with Brolly on the point. He just looked a bit loved up with Joe tonight and happy after getting his (well deserved) induction into the Leinster Hall of Fame. Looked a bit like he wanted a quiet night and was 'agreeable'. I'd like to hear what Brian McGuigan or Phillip Jordan would say...also Tomás O'Sé. I find them, among the younger pundits, to be a bit more 'ballsy'. Ciaran Whelan too only he'd be compromised in this instance. Laois76 (Laois) - Posts: 1270 - 25/06/2017 23:41:40 2005243 Link 7 |
Listen this has been debated to death on about 10 other threads, nothing new being said by anyone from any side.
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7898 - 25/06/2017 23:44:20 2005249 Link 0 |
The moderator must be busy.
doratheexplorer (Cavan) - Posts: 1467 - 26/06/2017 00:09:13 2005265 Link 0 |
Dolan and brolly were a disgrace tonight. How many times has brolly gone on a rant about a player/team. Yes you can accuse spillane of overreacting but Connolly broke the rules. It was already been spoken about on social media, on this forum, on sky . Dolan and brolly are spillanes colleagues and the way they spoke about him and threw him under the bus was horrible.and completely shut Cahill down If he dared defend spillane galwayfball (Galway) - Posts: 1678 - 26/06/2017 00:43:14 2005275 Link 2 |
The same way Spillane threw Connolly under the bus?
JayP (Dublin) - Posts: 1772 - 26/06/2017 02:02:26 2005287 Link 1 |
The problem is RTE have too much poor. Their pundits are mediocre at best. Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 26/06/2017 03:52:52 2005297 Link 0 |
Pathetic from Dolan and Brolly. It was a disgrace. TheRightStuff (Donegal) - Posts: 1688 - 26/06/2017 06:36:31 2005305 Link 1 |
Look this happens all the time, The Sunday Game crucified Galvin and played a part in bans he received I've no doubt. westkerry (Kerry) - Posts: 1250 - 26/06/2017 07:23:59 2005308 Link 2 |
So it's ok to throw a player under the bus as you put it, be it Connolly or Keegan or Cavanagh, for whatever indiscretion they may commit, but not ok to do the same with a pundit if it's felt they stepped over the line.
AHP (Dublin) - Posts: 323 - 26/06/2017 07:37:46 2005311 Link 0 |
ah yes,controversy and the dubs,they are like a horse and cart and everybody loves it when all is said and done! perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 26/06/2017 08:24:04 2005319 Link 1 |
both licking up and trying to look good for the dublin media/public..
ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 26/06/2017 08:37:36 2005331 Link 2 |
Correct. Another player can generally make some shape at defending themselves if it escalates whereas a relatively unfit (at least compared to a modern player) and often older person will not, and the sanctions reflect that. "Comparisons" with fouls committed by players during a game or inter-player melees are irrelevant.
essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 1141 - 26/06/2017 08:42:34 2005337 Link 1 |
Dubs it's time to hit these hoores where it hurts.... No more holidays in Kerry. Off to Wexford from now on. Why line the pockets of these feckers
Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 26/06/2017 08:54:11 2005349 Link 2 |
Exactly right. This Dublin team was almost getting bored with success and something like this to create a them-and-us mentality and give them a renewed edge is management gold. Gavin isn't in the least bit worried about the media. He's a businessman and man of the world and knows well that a talented, slightly-controversial celebrity forward with a short fuse on a celebrity team is always going to create more media coverage than someone from e.g. Carlow. That's how the media works ffs, we mayn't like their tendency to pigeonhole people or to create sensationalist narratives around particular individuals, but that's just how they operate, especially nowadays. But as a shrewd manager it suits him to pretend he is "outraged" if by doing so he can use it to get a bit of extra drive out of the team. Anyway, surely the wider point is that in a media-trained age, what any players or manager say is tedious beyond endurance. Nobody ever says anything interesting or even honest. OTT as they often are, at least the Brollys and the Spillanes and the Dunphys of this world stop things from being too boring! essmac (Tyrone) - Posts: 1141 - 26/06/2017 08:57:24 2005354 Link 1 |