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Aidan O'Shea takes issue with the claims of Pat Holmes and Noel Connolly and claims that they were "factually incorrect": http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/aidan-oshea-takes-issue-over-exmayo-managers-claims-35675632.html However, nowhere in the article does he explain what "really" happened. He simply states that they were wrong but he provides no evidence to back it up. This is complete BS and to my mind is further indication of the character assassination of Holmes and Connolly that they say was orchestrated by some of the players. If O'Shea or any of the other players has something real and meaningful to say about this issue then they should come out and say it. Otherwise they should just keep their traps shut. Gaillimh_Abu (Galway) - Posts: 996 - 03/05/2017 13:47:26 1984224 Link
Id agree he doesn't state where they were wrong , also get the feeling he,s holding back for "the book" however at the time wasn't their a collective agreement amongst team not to take up option of reply ? At this stage move on as always Id say do your talking on the pitch Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 03/05/2017 13:58:33 1984230 Link
IMO Aidan would be well advised to stay away from the media and other distractions like basketball and concentrate on improving as a footballer. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 03/05/2017 15:26:59 1984257 Link
O'Shea is an amateur footballer and is free to choose how he lives his life. As for the Connolly/Holmes saga it seems that everybody and anybody has felt the need to comment although it seems that few, if any, know the full true facts. As a Dublin poster above, states, it's time to move on. Further discussion on it will not help Connolly/Holmes, any of the players who had the finger of blame pointed at them, or the Mayo team's prospects. neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 03/05/2017 16:06:13 1984262 Link
" He simply states that they were wrong but he provides no evidence to back it up. " Gaillimh_Abu (Galway) - Posts:627 - 03/05/2017 13:47:26 In fairness, Holmes and Connolly have no "evidence" either. Its just two opposing factions with different opinions of what happened. extranjero (Wexford) - Posts: 375 - 03/05/2017 17:59:42 1984280 Link
AOS really does himself no favors does he! Unreal. Nothing learned 2017 Liamwalkinstown (Dublin) - Posts: 8166 - 03/05/2017 18:33:03 1984288 Link
I think this thread needs to be changed to "AIden O'Sheas lack of comments" Goalie2016 (Mayo) - Posts: 36 - 03/05/2017 19:05:46 1984290 Link
Some lads just hate anyone that had a boy of personality! Give him a break. He side stepped the issue, said it was factually incorrect and would address it when time was right. What else was he to say! Re giving up basketball etc and concentrating on improving at football ...... What a stupid statement! Maybe he should quit his job, do nothing but train, talk to nobody and do nothing else but play football for free for ur amusement! Apart from anything thing else it probably wouldn't improve his football! I think this thread proves that begrudgery is alive and well. Standing up for a Mayo man is not natural for me........a Galway man who hopes O'Shea flops next month!! Mayonman (Galway) - Posts: 1829 - 03/05/2017 20:13:53 1984303 Link
If he replied at the time of the interview it would have become an even bigger national story than it was already and served as a further distraction away from their pursuit of an all ireland. You only get a few years playing in your prime and he has to make each one he has left count. If he went into detail in his latest comments about what happened then the mess it would have caused would have spilled over into their championship campaign, setting a nasty backdrop. There's no harm in defending himself at a quiet time like now between league and championship, Holmes and Connelly are already gone, it doesn't make a great difference whether we know the full details now or sometime down the line. RoscoMan (Roscommon) - Posts: 80 - 03/05/2017 20:57:27 1984311 Link
Some people just love to hate Aidan O Se no matter what he does or says. He was asked a question and answered it. I don't see any discussion on the airways. While my view is he should probably keep a lower profile, who am I to judge what he does or how he makes a few pound. Irish people are begrudging by nature and except too much from amateur players. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11230 - 03/05/2017 21:09:24 1984312 Link
If Mayo was a movie it would be "the forty year old virgin". They just need to get laid so we can call get on with our lives. This he said, she said stuff is as awkward as some of the chat up lines in that movie. Killarney.87 (Tipperary) - Posts: 2513 - 03/05/2017 22:11:53 1984324 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Some people just love to hate Aidan O Se no matter what he does or says. He was asked a question and answered it. I don't see any discussion on the airways. While my view is he should probably keep a lower profile, who am I to judge what he does or how he makes a few pound. Irish people are begrudging by nature and except too much from amateur players." Yew tree, Why is he always the one sent to these media events, Why dont they send one of the O Connors or Colm Boyle, Keith Higgins etc. Even by been there sure enough questions will be asked and now he has opened up another can of worms. See todays Indo where MB the writer takes serios offence to Aidan slating the newspaper for saying that comments made by the previous management were factually incorrect in the article back in Dec.. Rochford must be pulling his hair out!! Belclare1 (Galway) - Posts: 1626 - 04/05/2017 07:39:25 1984338 Link
Interesting response from Marin Breheny this morning.. Endearing himself to the Mayo faithful even more I would imagine. http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/martin-breheny-aidan-oshea-has-made-unsubstantiated-allegations-against-the-irish-independent-35678782.html MURPHB33 (Dublin) - Posts: 166 - 04/05/2017 08:25:34 1984350 Link
Re giving up basketball etc and concentrating on improving at football ...... What a stupid statement! Maybe he should quit his job, do nothing but train, talk to nobody and do nothing else but play football for free for ur amusement! Apart from anything thing else it probably wouldn't improve his football! And yet he got injured playing basketball right before the start of the inter-county season. Fair enough, Mayo has had footballer-basketballers before (likes of McHale, McGarrity) but these were fellas who came to football relatively late. Different situation with Aidan O'Shea, taking it up in the middle of his career. I know of at least one other fella on the Mayo panel who played basketball to a decent level in their youth, but who gave it up due to the deleterious effects of hard court surfaces on their joints. Of course he can do as he chooses, but he strikes me as someone who gets distracted by these sideshows. Other Mayo players like Keegan and Cillian O'Connor also do their fair share of media stuff, but they've almost always produced in big games at the end of the season. AOS...not so much. Of course, opinions are like an essential and dark part of the human body...everyone has one. This just happens to be mine. Gleebo (Mayo) - Posts: 2208 - 04/05/2017 08:30:24 1984351 Link
Give the man a break lads. He side stepped the issue. MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13707 - 04/05/2017 08:34:27 1984353 Link
Replying To RoscoMan: "If he replied at the time of the interview it would have become an even bigger national story than it was already and served as a further distraction away from their pursuit of an all ireland. You only get a few years playing in your prime and he has to make each one he has left count. If he went into detail in his latest comments about what happened then the mess it would have caused would have spilled over into their championship campaign, setting a nasty backdrop. There's no harm in defending himself at a quiet time like now between league and championship, Holmes and Connelly are already gone, it doesn't make a great difference whether we know the full details now or sometime down the line." A quite time now as opposed to December really , now Ive said its time to move on but your kidding yourself if now when lads are in full training that this is a better time to address a subject that could have been killed in the water long ago , Im sure Roachford loved AOS timing Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 04/05/2017 08:37:45 1984354 Link
YewTree you are one the most intelligent and honest posters on here would love your take after reading todays article , equally I've said its time to move on , but you cant ignore the timing of this is lousy , this isn't AOS or Mayo bashing , think the lad as a player is a beast , Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 04/05/2017 08:40:47 1984356 Link
Replying To yew_tree: "Some people just love to hate Aidan O Se no matter what he does or says. He was asked a question and answered it. I don't see any discussion on the airways. While my view is he should probably keep a lower profile, who am I to judge what he does or how he makes a few pound. Irish people are begrudging by nature and except too much from amateur players." Breheny has responded today in the Irish independent about his comments and clearly states they did nothing to alter the article, now breheny would be liable if what he's saying was untrue as the independent would have to have printed an apology and state they were wrong if that was the case or they and breheny could be sued so you can be fairly sure there not going to leave themselves open to that now where as o shea declined to give any reason why he thinks the article was altered hill16no1man (Dublin) - Posts: 12665 - 04/05/2017 08:56:24 1984358 Link
Breheny the man who thought that Alan Dillon being unhappy to be dropped was a bad thing. If Connelly and Holmes really had the best interests of Mayo football at heart and thought that a few players were running the show then why didn't they call their bluff and tell them to go on strike? They had nothing to lose, 7 senior players were with them, others would have followed. Would have been madness for a Mayo team to go ahead with a strike. There were wrongs on both sides, a pity someone didn't mediate between them. GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7344 - 04/05/2017 08:59:55 1984361 Link
Replying To Damothedub: "YewTree you are one the most intelligent and honest posters on here would love your take after reading todays article , equally I've said its time to move on , but you cant ignore the timing of this is lousy , this isn't AOS or Mayo bashing , think the lad as a player is a beast ," I see nothing wrong with 'factually incorrect' comment as we have only heard one side of the story. Now the follow up *"that's unfortunately the way the paper wanted to write it"* - Yeah that comment does not sound good but I think it's more a pop at Connelly/Holmes and not the actual paper. We all say things we don't mean. Here is the thing, I don't think AOS is good at interviews. He appears shy and awkward at interviews. If I was him when asked about the heave I would have said "No comment, we are done". On Martin Breheny - Don't believe for a second he is outraged, he is delighted (as a Galway man) at this story has gained traction again. Anyway it's more unwanted side story from Mayo which makes us look like the Newcastle of the GAA. yew_tree (Mayo) - Posts: 11230 - 04/05/2017 09:42:00 1984377 Link