Nah your wrong there dell.

Orouke certainly managed pats to the All Ireland wins.

He's Also managed Ireland to beat Australia.

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 07/11/2010 21:34:33    811622

Jinxie AM correct he according to the pupils only was a front man as the other lad done all the work , pupils saying to me .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 07/11/2010 21:49:59    811644

Dell

Ill wager any amount of money with you on this one.
Maybe your talkin to current students, but in the previous years when Pats were winning AI's O'Rourke was definatly the man behind the team, & im going on more than the accounts of the odd pupil.

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 07/11/2010 21:53:52    811655

Eamon Barry gave a very interesting interview on LMFM yesterday.
Said what a lot of people think & questioned the costs & credentials of the Banty bandwagon.
It may be sour grapes but a lot of truth in his words.

pundit2 (Louth) - Posts: 597 - 08/11/2010 09:53:58    811706

Dell, Colm did train the teams.played and beat,and played and lossed agin St.pats and he was always the man on the line and always the man who came into the dressing room. Played them as an u16 in the school and he was training the senior team at the time of our game. The year they won the all ireland with wardy on it O'Rourke was the main man.

Rhodejim (Offaly) - Posts: 2888 - 08/11/2010 10:18:43    811719

http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/championship/2010/1108/meath.html

You really are making a mess of this royals.....Get boylan back you deserve all this

tomaoo7 (Dublin) - Posts: 5896 - 08/11/2010 14:50:29    812002

tomaoo7

I wouldn't pay much heed to what Eamon Barry says. He would exactly be a favourite of the co board or many of the club delegates himself.

As for us deserving this. You're dead right. As the best team in Leinster we deserve the headlines everyday. Proper order.....

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 08/11/2010 15:34:54    812046

Rhodejim Am just going by what past and present pupils are telling me the man is overated , he took a club to a club final lead 9 points to 1 at halftime and lost 10 - 9 the calls he made that day made me cringe terrible decisions .

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 08/11/2010 16:50:08    812127

Meath manager saga zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

georgelee (Louth) - Posts: 523 - 08/11/2010 17:03:46    812137

Just to clarify the issue on Colm O'Rourke and St. Pats. Colm was always the main man in charge. Sometimes he handed over the training to one of the other teaches involved with the team but this was simply for a bit of variety so that training wouldn't become monotonous. And that's coming from a former St. Pats player. Maybe things have changed in recent years but I doubt it.

men_of_49 (Meath) - Posts: 2015 - 08/11/2010 17:52:18    812210

i cant believe the total lack of respect here shown to one of the gaa greatest players and a terrible nice person which is the great colm o rourke

hipster (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 08/11/2010 18:05:26    812225

The comment O'Rourke made at the foot of his independent column in relation to Sean Quinn really soured me on him to be honest. But that said when he sticks to talking about football I would have to say I would usually agree with him. The Meath clubs really need to get this sorted asap though. The players cannot be happy at all.

doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 08/11/2010 18:18:04    812243

I dont believe for one second that the players are demanding Banty be appointed.

Im sure they want a manager appointed though.

pundit2 (Louth) - Posts: 597 - 08/11/2010 19:34:20    812335

pundit2
County: Louth
Posts: 103

812335
I dont believe for one second that the players are demanding Banty be appointed.

Im sure they want a manager appointed though.


100% correct & right

Jinxie (Meath) - Posts: 6347 - 08/11/2010 19:50:30    812357

I will try this in a nice way the club delagates may go against banty because with there fallen out with the county , the same way they voted out o brien to hit back at county board , and the last manager was treated unfair and should have got another year.

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 08/11/2010 19:57:52    812371

Finger on the pulse there Dell - finger on the pulse..

BRING_ON_GURTY! (Meath) - Posts: 712 - 08/11/2010 20:07:12    812391

The comment O'Rourke made at the foot of his independent column in relation to Sean Quinn really soured me on him to be honest

What did he say? was it this week?
I read the online edition & cant see it.

sam57 (Louth) - Posts: 1502 - 08/11/2010 20:10:11    812395

BRING_ON_GURTY!
County: Meath
Posts: 568

812391 Finger on the pulse there Dell - finger on the pulse..

Just putting it a nice way what i think of the delagates as the way i think of them would not be posted. oh there good delagates out there also.

Dellboypolecat (Tyrone) - Posts: 15069 - 08/11/2010 20:20:03    812409

sam57
County: Louth

The comment O'Rourke made at the foot of his independent column in relation to Sean Quinn really soured me on him to be honest

What did he say? was it this week?
I read the online edition & cant see it.

I didn't what O'Rourke said myself,but the article in last Saturday's Irish Daily Mail showed Sean Quinn up big time.

BallsMcQ (USA) - Posts: 941 - 08/11/2010 20:47:07    812442

It was a good few months ago. The comment has nothing to do with sport but for me that just begs the question why he felt the need to include it at the end of his column:
Colm O'Rourke: GAA positional switch catches managers with eye off the ball - Colm O'Rourke, Columnists - Independent.ie

doublehop (Kildare) - Posts: 4172 - 08/11/2010 21:21:16    812481