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While social media can be a cesspit, this is squarely directed at mainstream media's criticism of Aidan O'Shea, in particular the Joe Brolly rant in whatever paper he wrote it.

Players who take advantage of media attention to build their own profile are also building a rod for their own backs when things don't go well on the pitch.

Dublin in the Lyons and Caffrey years embraced the hype, but got pilliored for it every year when Sam wasn't won. Although at least they were all on the hype-train together and the abuse was shared around!

In recent years, you could probably compare AOS to Bernard Brogan in terms of media attention, but Bernard was lucky enough to have success follow him so didnt have much personal abuse to deal with.

He's mentioned supporters in this, and they are your behind the keyboard trolls who are faceless, at least Brolly and co don't hide, and can and are pulled on their comments

Some of whom are on this forum.

Kerry 4
Tyrone 3
Dublin 2
Mayo 1

We will still be having conversations about the championship structures in 10 years..

Well done Tyrone, Brilliant all year, best team won it outright.

No comment on Mayo.

https://m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/no-punishment-for-john-small-over-mclaughlin-challenge-but-james-mccarthy-hit-with-ban-for-oconnor-incident-40832011.html

Not sure why John Small even mentioned here, did nothing wrong...

Yeah yeah yeah..

https://www.mayonews.ie/comment-opinion/de-facto/37273-mayo-dismantling-appalling-gaa-structures

I think whitey wrote this.

I have no problem with Dublin or how they play the game

I have a problem with the match officials not doing their jobs

Realistically the last day-he missed 4 red cards for Dublin and one for Mayo

(1 for McCarthy, 2 for John Small and one for Paddy Small. DOC could have gotten a red for a very high challenge near the end. Dublin yellow for the pull back was a yellow, but  a few years ago Keegan was given a lack for exactly the same foul)

I remember the dubs and mayo 2019 I think. Matthew Ruane punched O'Callaghan  in stomach, Kevin McLoughlin stood  on Neil Scully and O'connor got his customary high tackle and got the line. It bit rich coming from mayo. One of the most cynical outfits  and get away with 9/10 times. Yet to see referee pull them up on constantly standing over opposition taking quick frees. Kevin McLoughlin King of this.

We could go on and on

Johnny Coopers leg break attempt on DOC

Tom Parsons getting 7 stitches after an otb incident with "the Saint"

Mayo player getting a broker nose in an other OTB incident with "the Saint"

Colm Boyle getting 3 thumps in the face off "the Saint" after winning the penalty during the drawn semi final game

MDMA clothes lining COC and then body slamming him to the ground


But back to the Liam McNally article you accused me of writing-more than one neutral observer of that game claim that the referee missed at least 3 if not 4 straight reds for the Dubs

Its like the WWF...

Id say the Mayo lads are just blowing off steam and taking the opportunity to say and write these type of articles etc as they have beaten Dublin, finally, Dublin have inflicted a lot of hurt on Mayo people (and players )over the years.

Dublin are no angels we all know that, Us Dublin fans know that, but they deliver all Irelands and gave the fans the best decade of their lives which probably wont be replicated for awhile.

Beating  Dublin counts for nothing though unless the AI is won, its not Kerry, its not Dublin, in 2012, to my knowledge Donegal were favorites, now Mayo are favorites to take it home and best of luck to them.

https://www.mayonews.ie/comment-opinion/de-facto/37273-mayo-dismantling-appalling-gaa-structures

I think whitey wrote this.

A drunken Facebook rant, that's all that is. Shows the true mindset of Mayo and Mayo people in general, always somebody else fault.

https://www.mayonews.ie/comment-opinion/de-facto/37273-mayo-dismantling-appalling-gaa-structures

I think whitey wrote this.

Thanks for that.

What a complete moron 'Liamy MacNally' is! 😂

Let's hope they win the final, otherwise I can only imagine the drivel he would direct at Tyrone....

Why is he a moron ?

Did you not read his tripe?

"For too long everyone has accepted the thuggery that Dublin players mete out

The other sad development is the acceptance of dirty tactics as practiced by several GAA teams, including Dublin and Kerry"

So Dublin and Kerry are the dirtbirds and Mayo are as white as the driven snow! There's no Mayo lads who ever hit off the ball, never go in with high challenges, Mayo are clean and pure.
Utter naïve garbage.

Says no sportsmanship about Dublin, but Lee Keegan "pulses Gaelic perfection"! Lee of course very sportingly threw his GPS monitor at Dean Rock when taking an important free and has never handled an opponent in his life.

Then the usual moronic tripe that Leitrim being bad is somehow Dubin's fault. A team with 2 Connacht titles in its history when Mayo and Galway are approaching 50 each. In a province with 5 counties, they've reached the Connacht final twice in 50 years. Staggering. But it's Dublin's fault that Leitirm cannot compete at all with Mayo and Galway!

Yep Liamy is a moron, to be sure.

To much logic for some people to understand.

Corkscrew and his unfounded theory post deleted plus any replies.

Clifford always looks pained, a bit like Andy Murray always looked like he was near collapsing in the tennis.  Other guys never look like they even break a sweat, Federer in tennis being an example maybe?

First time in many years i have seen a Mod on here, welcome aboard MOD. Presume you will be active a lot on certain threads about certain teams and certain insults towards certain players from a certain county.

Well done Tyrone, hope you win it now, like the Dubs, Tyrone seem to come in for an awful lot of stick, mostly unwarranted . I like their aggressive style of play and serious ballers all around the pitch, tactically set up perfectly against Kerry, beat 3 div 1 teams in a row to get to the final. Deserve to be there.

Told you all the pressure would get to them....

Well done Tyrone..

[No they didnt. Went down fighting]

They weren't filthy in the noughties. Tbh they weren't that bad in the 90s either. They weren't good in the 70s and 80s mind you. While in a few cases they didn't cover themselves in glory this year I wouldn't say they were filthy either. They have a few boys in Cooper, McCarthy, Small and McMahon who are no angels but at what point is a team filthy? I would have said you require a lot more than that to be considered filthy.

The 2011-2020 team should in no way be considered filthy because they weren't.

When they were winning they weren't

But they disgraced themselves last Saturday when the writing was in the wall

No they didnt. Went down fighting, didnt surrender to what was maybe inevitable

Best example of unintentional irony I have ever come across.
Not quite as bad as the closing minutes of the '17 final but close.

Well 17 final Dublin were definitely cynical closing out the game. All of us would do the same, Dont say you wouldnt, whatever it takes to get across the line.

Would that include eye gouging, biting and head butting?

Again fair enough-but don't start playing the victim when you get called out over it

Havent seen any of those allegations above, so not sure if they are true.

Not playing the victim at all, i know Dublin dish it out, and to dish it out you must be able to take it too.

[No they didnt. Went down fighting]

They weren't filthy in the noughties. Tbh they weren't that bad in the 90s either. They weren't good in the 70s and 80s mind you. While in a few cases they didn't cover themselves in glory this year I wouldn't say they were filthy either. They have a few boys in Cooper, McCarthy, Small and McMahon who are no angels but at what point is a team filthy? I would have said you require a lot more than that to be considered filthy.

The 2011-2020 team should in no way be considered filthy because they weren't.

When they were winning they weren't

But they disgraced themselves last Saturday when the writing was in the wall

No they didnt. Went down fighting, didnt surrender to what was maybe inevitable

Best example of unintentional irony I have ever come across.
Not quite as bad as the closing minutes of the '17 final but close.

Well 17 final Dublin were definitely cynical closing out the game. All of us would do the same, Dont say you wouldnt, whatever it takes to get across the line.

You should all bring up the 83 team while your at it

The dirty dozen what.....

They weren't filthy in the noughties. Tbh they weren't that bad in the 90s either. They weren't good in the 70s and 80s mind you. While in a few cases they didn't cover themselves in glory this year I wouldn't say they were filthy either. They have a few boys in Cooper, McCarthy, Small and McMahon who are no angels but at what point is a team filthy? I would have said you require a lot more than that to be considered filthy.

The 2011-2020 team should in no way be considered filthy because they weren't.

When they were winning they weren't

But they disgraced themselves last Saturday when the writing was in the wall

No they didnt. Went down fighting, didnt surrender to what was maybe inevitable

Elbows to the neck, shoulders to the jaw, punches to the face-delightful behavior entirely

Again I have no problem with them-my problem is with the referee copping out and not issuing the appropriate cards thereby keeping them in the game

Elbows and punches, common occurrences between Dublin and Mayo by both sides, tbh I didn't see them, I don't watch the Sunday game as its poison so may have missed them there, didnt see them from the upper Hogan.

The shoulder a legitimate attempt at playing the game, trying to disposes the player while giving him a right clatter. Unfortunate the player got hurt, but going over old ground there.

They weren't filthy in the noughties. Tbh they weren't that bad in the 90s either. They weren't good in the 70s and 80s mind you. While in a few cases they didn't cover themselves in glory this year I wouldn't say they were filthy either. They have a few boys in Cooper, McCarthy, Small and McMahon who are no angels but at what point is a team filthy? I would have said you require a lot more than that to be considered filthy.

The 2011-2020 team should in no way be considered filthy because they weren't.

When they were winning they weren't

But they disgraced themselves last Saturday when the writing was in the wall

No they didnt. Went down fighting, didnt surrender to what was maybe inevitable