Eamon McGee on retiring, mental health struggles and drinking

[Real Talker]

For anyone interested, Eamon McGee gave a very open and insightful interview this week about about the difficulties that retiring brought and other struggles he went through in earlier years involving panic attacks, anxiety and drinking.

You can listen to the interview in full here - http://realtalks.ie/podcast/episode-6-eamon-mcgee/

[Fuzzman]

Haven't listened to it yet but the Dubs on Facebook are full of praise for him as he said money has little to do with Dublin's success.

[Syferus]

Haven't listened to it yet but the Dubs on Facebook are full of praise for him as he said money has little to do with Dublin's success.

Just like how Donegal having the resources for a lot of their players to be unpaid professionals without work commitments during Big Jim's term had nothing to do with them landing an AI.

McGee knows enough not to not throw stones, but everyone knows the score.

[ONeill]

Sorta don't get it. So he's one of us plebs?

[J70]

Very interesting interview.

He's a smart, engaging lad, Eamon, with a lot to say that's worth hearing, and not just on the football.

[seafoid]

He is interesting on twitter

[Walter Cronc]

Great interview. Have a lot of time for Eamonn McGee. Always comes across as a decent fella.

[rosnarun]

he was a nasty thug on the pitch , ask Enda Varley and many others and his of pitch attempt to come across as the thinking mans footballer are laughable. Id prefer to judge people by their actions rather than the BS they concoct in a radio studio to sound good.

[Fuzzman]

I was thinking the same Rosnarun as him and his brother certainly used every trick in the book when McGuinness became manager. I'm not sure were they like that before Jim started winning matches.

Still, that doesn't mean he can't give an interesting interview and have an opinion. There are and were plenty dirty players who were totally different men off the field.

[Rudi]

he was a nasty thug on the pitch , ask Enda Varley and many others and his of pitch attempt to come across as the thinking mans footballer are laughable. Id prefer to judge people by their actions rather than the BS they concoct in a radio studio to sound good.

Good honest post. He loves attention. Big brother awaits or celebrity farmer
He is pure town.

[twohands!!!]

he was a nasty thug on the pitch , ask Enda Varley and many others and his of pitch attempt to come across as the thinking mans footballer are laughable. Id prefer to judge people by their actions rather than the BS they concoct in a radio studio to sound good.

Yup - one of those who used the creedo "what happens on the pitch stays on the pitch" to be a bully.

His cowardly efforts to break Fitzgerald's from Kerry's fingers in the league game were typical of him.

[Jinxy]

Was that not the brother?

[Syferus]

Was that not the brother?

All Donegal people look the same to twohands.

[skeog]

Eamon loves the limelight didnt behave that well during his career but good luck to him.

[Il Bomber Destro]

McGee gave it out but took it back as well.

You'd swear some of you lads are from counties who have never had a player commit some blackguarding in their career.