They Said It ....
January 2007
“The incident has been dragging on, it’s been shown
on telly again recently and there was something about it on the paper the
other week, but when I get back out on the field hopefully it will be forgotten.
I thought I got a hard doing from the media to be honest. There were a lot
of equally high-profile cases that were not highlighted in the same way.”
Wexford’s Mattie Forde reveals that the way he was treated during
the summer by the media after the stamping incident with Offaly’s Shane
Sullivan still annoys him
“We made a decision on Frankie Dolan 18 months ago and
we have moved on from that. We felt that he didn’t come up to inter-county
standards and that was after watching him a number of times.”
Roscommon manager John Maughan reveals that he has no problems with
the idea that former All Star nominee forward Frankie Dolan could make a switch
to Westmeath
“I feel there is a strong possibility that we will have
a roof on the stadium eventually. I really believe, in terms of Irish climate,
it’s going to be needed as spectator comfort becomes more and more of
an issue.”
GAA Director General Liam Mulvihill reveals that in his opinion that
Croke Park will at some stage have a roof
“If I agreed to enter a competition, no matter what it
was, I’d make sure I was able to get a team together. I could understand
if the bus broke down on the way to the game or whatever.”
Wexford boss Paul Bealin was less than pleased after Dundalk IT handed
his side a walk over in the O’Byrne Cup
“At the two meetings I was at, the atmosphere was very
positive and I certainly felt at the last meeting that there was genuine agreement
on getting problems sorted out once and for all. I know that Nickey (Brennan)
is committed to addressing the issue."
New GAA Player Welfare Officer Padraig Duffy reveals that recent meetings
between Croke Park and the Gaelic Players Association have been progressive
"It depends on the experienced players and how they carry
their level of performance forward. If they maintain their same drive they’ll
certainly be challenging very strongly but that’s a big question and
only the players can answer that.”
New Cork hurling boss Gerald McCarthy responds when asked if the senior
players on his team can expect to retain their places on the starting fifteen
"I’d nearly have a go again if you’d donate your
cruciate ligament to me.”
Former Wicklow All Star and current selector Kevin O’Brien admits
he would love to have the chance to play county football under Mick O’Dwyer