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So to all those people who say football is dead or dying here is a quote from Spillane in 92 to show nothing has changed "its a poor standard, its a very poor championship this year" He goes on to say what most people with ideas that the golden days are over often think "What I notice is one skill that is very much missing in football at the moment is the long kick pass where the ball quickly from one end of the field to the other from one side of the field to the other and getting scores." It shows people remember mainly good games and try to forget the bad (which we have every year) And just to make sure it is understood this is 1992 not 2016 "there's no flowing play in football anymore. its too scrappy defenses dominating." DoireCityFC (Derry) - Posts: 1580 - 23/07/2016 01:37:47 1888399 Link
Replying To DoireCityFC: "So to all those people who say football is dead or dying here is a quote from Spillane in 92 to show nothing has changed "its a poor standard, its a very poor championship this year" He goes on to say what most people with ideas that the golden days are over often think "What I notice is one skill that is very much missing in football at the moment is the long kick pass where the ball quickly from one end of the field to the other from one side of the field to the other and getting scores." It shows people remember mainly good games and try to forget the bad (which we have every year) And just to make sure it is understood this is 1992 not 2016 "there's no flowing play in football anymore. its too scrappy defenses dominating."" Yeah but that was in the day when you could take people out with a punch or a forearm no need for swarming and crowding just a good dig. arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4896 - 23/07/2016 11:07:48 1888453 Link
Replying To DoireCityFC: "So to all those people who say football is dead or dying here is a quote from Spillane in 92 to show nothing has changed "its a poor standard, its a very poor championship this year" He goes on to say what most people with ideas that the golden days are over often think "What I notice is one skill that is very much missing in football at the moment is the long kick pass where the ball quickly from one end of the field to the other from one side of the field to the other and getting scores." It shows people remember mainly good games and try to forget the bad (which we have every year) And just to make sure it is understood this is 1992 not 2016 "there's no flowing play in football anymore. its too scrappy defenses dominating."" What game was he talking about ? KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 23/07/2016 11:49:54 1888467 Link
Replying To KingdomBoy1: "What game was he talking about ?" All Ireland semi final 1992. Clare - Dublin. I put the link up on another thread. He talks about diving, no kickpassing, forwards not being able to score, to much emphasis on defence etc. I swear to god it is the exact same crap he has been spouting for years and years. gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 23/07/2016 11:54:10 1888468 Link
That was the year Clare beat Kerry,so maybe he was upset :) ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 23/07/2016 12:00:59 1888470 Link
The Clare/Dublin semi final was a highh scoring affair. Dublin 3-14 to 2-12 for Clare. So I don't know if Spillane was talking about that game but he certainly could have beeb talking about the other semi. Whilst I vaguely remember the other semi final, it was a very poor, low scoring affair with neither Mayo and Donegal looking like potential All-Ireland champions. Dublin were hot favourites, particularly after the dire quality in the game between Mayo and Donegal. Donegal left their poor semi final form behind and the rest is history as they say and went on to lift Sam for the first time. lilywhite1 (Kildare) - Posts: 2990 - 23/07/2016 12:15:18 1888472 Link
Replying To gotmilk: "All Ireland semi final 1992. Clare - Dublin. I put the link up on another thread. He talks about diving, no kickpassing, forwards not being able to score, to much emphasis on defence etc. I swear to god it is the exact same crap he has been spouting for years and years." Sorry bout that, I didn't read the post properly but you have a point, it's the same old crap they allways spout, you could mute the the telly and still have a good idea of what they are saying. Then lyster wil stop in the middle of debate to give us all a chance to win a trip to newyork or Australia , has anyone every won the fecking thing? Sky is good but they nearly go too deep in to things where I nearly fall asleep but at least they are more intusiastic . I'm looking forward to the games today and best of luck to all team involved. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 23/07/2016 12:25:49 1888475 Link
I can't help but read that in his voice. Very interesting quote. Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4225 - 23/07/2016 12:32:58 1888478 Link
Why do people think the only reason a lot of football fans don't enjoy the current style of football employed by many teams is because pat Spillane/brolly etc is whinging about it?? tearintom (Wexford) - Posts: 1337 - 23/07/2016 12:39:26 1888482 Link
look lads, Pat had just hung up his county boots after the 91 season. football was never going to be played as well ever again and its his moral duty to appear on rte every summer to remind us of this SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2385 - 23/07/2016 13:12:48 1888495 Link
It was a year of shocks. Clare winning Munster. Donegal beating County Dublin in the final. legendzxix (Kerry) - Posts: 7844 - 23/07/2016 13:25:14 1888503 Link
Replying To tearintom: "Why do people think the only reason a lot of football fans don't enjoy the current style of football employed by many teams is because pat Spillane/brolly etc is whinging about it??" Good point, but not the point of the thread. It kind of exposes, no totally exposes the extent of critical debate exercised by Spillane and co. I think that if the game were exclusively long ball from one end of the field to the other, it would be equally vile as the short possession based game we are watching today. What also has to be acknowledged is that Pat Spillane played at a time when the game was truly amateur, so space was much more easily found on the pitch to play the game. Now, even the weaker counties are at a level of fitness that is on a par with each other, for 40 minutes anyway so the games are all going to be tactical and based on patience. Therein lies the problem. It would be great to see Spillane or Brolly manage a team. Donegalman (None) - Posts: 3830 - 23/07/2016 13:38:04 1888507 Link
The 2000 Ulster Final was a free flowing affair hoganstandforum (Derry) - Posts: 4 - 23/07/2016 14:47:23 1888525 Link
Ah give over football has been destroyed , we all loved football 20 years ago right up to 2011 and then it all changed for the worst, and it will never be the great game it use to be, the two best games of the last 5 years was Dublin v Kerry '13 and Meath v Westmeath when it was man on man may the best team win two crackers. Nowadays it's terrible until nearly full time when both teams realise the game is nearly over so we better score more to win. It's so sad what's happened . clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 23/07/2016 14:49:50 1888529 Link
Replying To clondalkindub: "Ah give over football has been destroyed , we all loved football 20 years ago right up to 2011 and then it all changed for the worst, and it will never be the great game it use to be, the two best games of the last 5 years was Dublin v Kerry '13 and Meath v Westmeath when it was man on man may the best team win two crackers. Nowadays it's terrible until nearly full time when both teams realise the game is nearly over so we better score more to win. It's so sad what's happened ." Neither of those games were the best in the last 5 years. Kerry Mayo semi finals beat both those games by a considerable bit. gotmilk (Fermanagh) - Posts: 4971 - 23/07/2016 15:12:29 1888535 Link
No it didn't but that's your opinion fair enough. clondalkindub (Dublin) - Posts: 9926 - 23/07/2016 15:59:23 1888549 Link
Replying To clondalkindub: "Ah give over football has been destroyed , we all loved football 20 years ago right up to 2011 and then it all changed for the worst, and it will never be the great game it use to be, the two best games of the last 5 years was Dublin v Kerry '13 and Meath v Westmeath when it was man on man may the best team win two crackers. Nowadays it's terrible until nearly full time when both teams realise the game is nearly over so we better score more to win. It's so sad what's happened ." The best game was the 2014 semi final, Donegal v Dublin, the day we beat the team that supposedly couldn't be beat, then again I remember hearing the same story before the '92 final, both were very sweet victories, maybe a repeat this year if we can get past Cork, they say things happen in 3's... as for Spillane, im certainly not a fan. TirChonaillabu2 (Donegal) - Posts: 344 - 23/07/2016 18:08:05 1888592 Link
Replying To clondalkindub: "Ah give over football has been destroyed , we all loved football 20 years ago right up to 2011 and then it all changed for the worst, and it will never be the great game it use to be, the two best games of the last 5 years was Dublin v Kerry '13 and Meath v Westmeath when it was man on man may the best team win two crackers. Nowadays it's terrible until nearly full time when both teams realise the game is nearly over so we better score more to win. It's so sad what's happened ." agree but you need to add in the Galway/Kerry match which was played in near monsoon weather but was top quality football,not sure what year cityman73 (Limerick) - Posts: 775 - 23/07/2016 18:25:35 1888605 Link
Replying To DoireCityFC: "So to all those people who say football is dead or dying here is a quote from Spillane in 92 to show nothing has changed "its a poor standard, its a very poor championship this year" He goes on to say what most people with ideas that the golden days are over often think "What I notice is one skill that is very much missing in football at the moment is the long kick pass where the ball quickly from one end of the field to the other from one side of the field to the other and getting scores." It shows people remember mainly good games and try to forget the bad (which we have every year) And just to make sure it is understood this is 1992 not 2016 "there's no flowing play in football anymore. its too scrappy defenses dominating."" Great post . Football has been unfairly maligned since God was an infant . I remember Breandan O hEithear writing in 1984 saying "if football was a hospital patient it would be on life support". I also remember elderly football followers at that time saying the great Kerry team of 1975-86 would not have lived with the Kerry three in a row team of1939-42. Spillane , O Rourke , Brolly and Lyster have been there too long . Time for them to be asked to leave . Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 23/07/2016 18:39:28 1888609 Link
Replying To cityman73: "agree but you need to add in the Galway/Kerry match which was played in near monsoon weather but was top quality football,not sure what year" It was 08 quarterfinal city man , it took me a week to dry out but it was some game of football. Might throw it on again tonight. KingdomBoy1 (Kerry) - Posts: 14092 - 23/07/2016 18:54:03 1888626 Link