Unfortunately Ricey has good talent and he is a good pacey footballer and a very good reader of the game - but he lets himself, his county and his club down continually. Some of his natics over the years have been disgraceful at both Club and County level. The cameras of TG4 at the game on Sunday have proved what he is all about. I remember Dromore played Cross in the Ulster Club in Clones and McEntee bursted McMenamin at the start of the game and you hadly noticed him on the pitch after. Harte or some of the mentors need to take this man aside (and perhaps a few other who mouth) and tell him the story; at the end of the day football is about respect as much as anything - quite obviously Ryan McMenamin doesnt have respect for many opposing players, and given his antics not to many players will have respect for him.

RuaHughONeill (Tyrone) - Posts: 110 - 17/02/2009 08:16:43    209066

hav to agree totally with this post, ricey instigated this entire episode on sunday in what could hav turned out (almost was) to be sum very ugly scenes which no county especially tyrone after the dublin league game 3 years ago dont need. hes not a bad fella but gets carried away an needs to cut that out of his game

johny89 (Dublin) - Posts: 72 - 17/02/2009 11:49:52    209277

no matter how good he is, he's a disgrace to the game!!

jimmyjoebob (Armagh) - Posts: 137 - 17/02/2009 13:42:09    209450

Different people has differenet ways of playing the game, and fair play to him i like the way he plays. Ryan is a sound lad of the field, people change when they enter the pitch and you cant take that off them thats the way they play to win games..

allstar4 (Donegal) - Posts: 558 - 17/02/2009 14:33:48    209526

To the dublin and armagh posters you both have some cheek coming on here and giving out about players ..........

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 17/02/2009 14:49:47    209549

Dellboypolecat
County: Tyrone
Posts: 2358

209549 To the dublin and armagh posters you both have some cheek coming on here and giving out about players ..........

Im actually from tyrone but living in Dublin

johny89 (Dublin) - Posts: 72 - 17/02/2009 15:57:10    209685

allstar4. He might be a good lad, I dont know the lad personally so I cant say what he is like off the field. But from watching Tyrone on the field over the past 5 or 6 years he is granted a very talented footballer, if he would just play footbal. His other antics are disgraceful, I have heard what he says to players and you can even see for yourself some of the stuff he was physically at on sundays game. There is no place for this in football. Of course you can hit hard and have a bit of slagging but what he does goes beyound that...doesnt do him any good and more importantly it doesnt do Tyrone any good. A major feature in Gaelic games is respect, and he has very little.

RuaHughONeill (Tyrone) - Posts: 110 - 17/02/2009 16:11:29    209711

awk would ye let it go. thats just the way he is. why use always complaining now. use wouldnt be complaining much if we had won the game. i thought all use tyrone supporters would be well use to ricey now, now come on its not the worst he's been lol

tyroneman16 (Tyrone) - Posts: 73 - 17/02/2009 17:09:06    209820

johny89
County: Dublin
Posts: 22

209685 Dellboypolecat
County: Tyrone
Posts: 2358

209549 To the dublin and armagh posters you both have some cheek coming on here and giving out about players ..........

Im actually from tyrone but living in Dublin


And am santa .........

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 19/02/2009 20:15:19    212401

Lads given the amount of over the top abuse coming from other counties, should we really be attacking one of our own players? I'm not condoning what Ricey did but I think we should just leave it for Harte to sort out.

MB1 (Tyrone) - Posts: 360 - 19/02/2009 20:33:18    212420

Great player, it's just a pity that he has that temper. Maybe if he gets punished enough, he'll take a long hard look at his antics and try and keep his cool under pressure. Even if Mickey Harte said something to him, it might result in an improvement in his attitude.

Mayo1951 (Mayo) - Posts: 167 - 19/02/2009 20:41:30    212427

facts r facts boys...ricey wil nevr change its who he is...tyrone r very lucky to hav a player lik him as every team wud love to hav him!!

123abc (Fermanagh) - Posts: 12 - 19/02/2009 22:49:57    212608

ruahughoneill well said hes giving his team a bad name

jailhouse.usa (Galway) - Posts: 1155 - 20/02/2009 00:00:59    212676

123abc
County: Fermanagh
Posts: 7

212608 facts r facts boys...ricey wil nevr change its who he is...tyrone r very lucky to hav a player lik him as every team wud love to hav him!!

Your 100% right i totally agree.. Thats his game he goes out to win a game an thats his method and works ask paddy bradley or any other top class forward in the country they hate when ricey is marking them because he puts them of the game. So use tyrone supporters should not be giving out about him i would be more than happy to have him playing for our county and every other county would take him to without a daught. True???

allstar4 (Donegal) - Posts: 558 - 20/02/2009 14:05:37    213159

i agree totally with rauhughoneil. and without offending dellboypolecat who says [ dublin and armagh posters have a cheek coming on here giving out about players ] yet he is a regular on the kerry message board , these sites are after all discussion sites open to all gaa followers , back to the topic , if any player did the antics that mc menamin does no matter what county he plays for IT SHOULD BE CONDEMNED , he deserves all thats coming to him from the cccc. [ the central competitions control committe ].

appleboy (Armagh) - Posts: 479 - 20/02/2009 15:45:55    213324

he plays his own game, whats the point about being mr. nice guy on the football pitch?
he wants to win, whats wrong with that?

hoganstandhunk (Longford) - Posts: 49 - 20/02/2009 18:46:18    213797

appleboy County: Armagh Posts: 16 213324 i agree totally with rauhughoneil. and without offending dellboypolecat who says [ dublin and armagh posters have a cheek coming on here giving out about players ] yet he is a regular on the kerry message board , these sites are after all discussion sites open to all gaa followers , back to the topic , if any player did the antics that mc menamin does no matter what county he plays for IT SHOULD BE CONDEMNED , he deserves all thats coming to him from the cccc. [ the central competitions control committe ]. And all i have said the above teams have i mentioned you lot would not be as quick condoning them and have not in the past ...

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 20/02/2009 19:10:02    213843

Ricey was out of control. Like most loudmouth-bullies Ricey doesn't like to be beaten, that's why he was like that after the game. Spitting in Marc O'Se's face was reprehensible and indefensible, far worse than what he did to Galvin. I think he brings an ugly dimension to the game.

Liameen (USA) - Posts: 38 - 21/02/2009 04:34:53    214165

ask any forward what he hates and theyll tell ya its a little pittagin like mcmenamin in yer face all game,it does put players of

mucker (Donegal) - Posts: 479 - 21/02/2009 09:09:07    214175

I hav 2 say im a great admirer of tyrone,ye hav got some exceptional talent and are the best county in the country when u put ur he an head 2 it.I must say thou the actions of Ryan Mc Menamin against Kerry were absolutely disgraceful.He deserves a lengthy ban 3months or so becaus he was well out of order and he was at them antics da whole game.Grabbing any player in the privates is sick and if thats wat he has 2 do 2 win games he should b ashamed of himself.Then going on and shouting in players faces 4 no apparent reason he should have looked at the scoreboard because he couldnt back himself up.And then spitting in someones face shambolic behaviour and he needs take a good look at himself and the most annoying thing then is dat when he is fouled he drops to the ground in agony as if he has been shot.Sorry about that i meant 2 say a six month ban

Spludge (Dublin) - Posts: 23 - 21/02/2009 13:43:16    214273