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Spillane did in his book. Said most if his stories about talking to people on the way into Croke Park were untrue. Former Dub footballer Paddy Andrews also said half his stories about them were lies.
Rolo2010 (Donegal) - Posts: 739 - 06/04/2024 15:40:23 2536043 Link 1 |
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So you saying people in Mayo aren't buying him pints everytime he walks into a pub.
Rolo2010 (Donegal) - Posts: 739 - 06/04/2024 15:43:32 2536045 Link 1 |
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Yes. We have had our differences but you ate correct on that. Now he has reinvented himself as "intellectual. " Dia Linn .... BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2590 - 06/04/2024 18:41:06 2536083 Link 0 |
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He wanted to take over the show, not seemed to want to take over the show.. Wants to be the loudest voice in the room and always have the last word. I think at times he felt insecure on Sunday Game beside Spillane and O'Rourke and had no reason to be. They were better footballers than him but he was a talented footballer, talented sportsman and can be very sharp witted. A nice guy but very annoying when he doesn't seem to respect other's opinions.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7373 - 06/04/2024 20:59:28 2536101 Link 1 |
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Brolly's love in with dublin is painful, always on about what great humans they are, was compromised when analyzing their matches mentioning how he met them socially (maybe those stories never happened). In all his years commenting on them he never mentioned the advantages that they enjoy. gahfan (Wexford) - Posts: 636 - 06/04/2024 22:04:47 2536114 Link 4 |
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Brolly continues his ramblings today in his column talking about the final minutes of the 2017 final including details about how MCDM love the closing minutes of these games and how he started some light sledging towards Aidan O Shea, it even includes what he said to O Shea. This is truly remarkable when you consider Michael Dara was an unused sub that year. TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7908 - 07/04/2024 11:43:17 2536168 Link 2 |
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Final minutes of the 2017 final? was that not the time that Lee Keegan threw his Gps at Dean Rock to try and make him miss the match winning free? MD was out injured with a cruciate injury in 2017. 2016 final is the one Brolly must have meant, the year Mayo scored the 2 own goals. I never watch the Late Late but I had a look at the Brolly and MD segment, Joe would make a great politician, never shuts up. Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 2760 - 07/04/2024 12:56:17 2536179 Link 0 |
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Surely you mean MDMA ?
BlueBeret (Dublin) - Posts: 54 - 07/04/2024 15:06:15 2536198 Link 1 |
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Who else would i be talking about?
TheFlaker (Mayo) - Posts: 7908 - 07/04/2024 15:12:23 2536200 Link 0 |
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Is he though? Lots of people would disagree. I doubt Marty M has him on his Christmas card list, nor the O'Sheas. Of course he is very sensitive about any perceived slight on himself or anyone he likes. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2590 - 07/04/2024 18:56:52 2536306 Link 0 |
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In his mind Dublin are wonderful and Mayo were losers. Yet the dubs only barely beat them and have all the advantages, so a real lack of critical analysis. gahfan (Wexford) - Posts: 636 - 08/04/2024 14:56:22 2536610 Link 0 |
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The Dubs knew how to close out tight games, we didn't.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7373 - 08/04/2024 15:18:45 2536623 Link 0 |
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Is it not true that Mayo did contrive to loose all those big games so Brolly is not wrong about that… I'd say he like a most of the other neutral supporters all over the country just got fed up of Mayo caving in against Dublin in every Final… You are right when you say Dublin barely beat them but the key words there are "beat them"….:..
ForeverBlue2 (Cavan) - Posts: 1959 - 08/04/2024 15:23:31 2536627 Link 4 |
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Brolly always implies though that Dublin beat them because of greater mental strength, which is complete nonsense. Dublin beat them because they had an incredible subs bench who got them over the line when Mayo s legs ( and indeed Kerry s in other games) were gone. Malonemagic (Laois) - Posts: 768 - 08/04/2024 15:40:33 2536632 Link 0 |
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Entirely coincidental he's at the opposite end of the political spectrum to you then I take it?
Breffni40 (Cavan) - Posts: 12128 - 08/04/2024 15:43:13 2536633 Link 0 |
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Kerry also lost close games against Dublin and indeed games in which they looked like it was their to lose - 2011, 2013, 2015, 2019, No one calls them "losers." Nor ought they. Teams that consistently compete at highest levels and who lose mostly do so against better teams. Mayo are no more losers than the Cats, Galway. Clare etc against the current Limerick team. The losers never get that far. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2590 - 08/04/2024 15:54:50 2536643 Link 1 |
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It takes mental strength though to decide if and when and who to sub in and out of big games.
GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7373 - 08/04/2024 16:09:12 2536650 Link 1 |
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Brolly can be entertaining but any of his anecdotes should be taken with a large pinch of salt. Lockjaw (Donegal) - Posts: 9165 - 08/04/2024 16:39:52 2536658 Link 2 |
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Yeah. A real touch of genius to bring Diarmuid Connolly on for Eoghan O'Gara in the 2017 final. .
cavanman47 (Cavan) - Posts: 5021 - 08/04/2024 17:07:27 2536667 Link 0 |
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What has any of that to do with what Brolly has said about Morrissey, Aidan O'Shea, Seán Cavanagh and others? My politics be far closer than his to other members of the Brolly family, as an aside. BarneyGrant (Dublin) - Posts: 2590 - 08/04/2024 17:15:36 2536674 Link 2 |