Jamie Clarke,the GAA's answer to Stephen Ireland?

[ZeitChrist]

Best of luck to Jamie. It's an amateur sport and nobody is obliged to play, no matter how talented they might be. Players are not slaves to the game. He's entitled to get out there and live his life as he chooses, and there's certainly plenty more to life than living in Crossmaglen and playing football.

[tonto1888]

His absence contributes to the below par performances.Do you not see the irony?

therr has been plenty of below par performances when he played. What's your point?

[imtommygunn]

Strong rumours in Newry Reporter tonight that Stefan Campbell and Caolan O'Hanlon are leaving the panel to go to the States.Look at what he's started.😡😡😡

I heard it's his fault Donald Trumph might get president too. In fact world poverty too.

[T Fearon]

I heard he is also responsible for your inability to spell the surnames of US presidential candidates! 😂😂

[easytiger95]

I have mildly criticised the lad for disloyalty.In my view deferring his travel plans to play for a Junior Soccer team was adding insult to injury.This was nothing in comparison to the criticism Seanie Johnston got from his own Cavan people,yet there was no one rushing to his defence,or, going back a few years when the two Brians were slated by loads of so called Armagh supporters, on this board alone,yet they'd delivered back to back Ulster titles.Again there was no one rushing to their defence.

In other threads today,Armagh's goalkeeper has been slated.So a little bit of consistency wouldn't go amiss.Everyone is subject to criticism,including myself.That's Life. Get over it.

No, you called him despicable, which is not mild. You also criticized him without knowing what was going on in his life or what was behind his decision not to play, what is still, just a game.

Now Tony, I don't "know" that you are a crumb-covered, keyboard slob, combining trolling here with incessant perusals of porn sites, desperately trying to assert your machismo, whilst secretly devastated by your own impotence, and sublimating the gnawing feeling of nothingness at the centre of your being by portraying yourself as a Z list celebrity/ papal count - BUT - since fact based critiques are not your thing, you'd surely concede I'd have the right to do so? Right?

[illdecide]

Where is a good Mod when u need one...Tony seriously when everyone disagrees with you would it not make you think..."maybe I'm wrong here" and then shut the f**k up. Do i recall a few years back guys coming to your place of work to have a word with you about stuff you put on-line? I wouldn't be a bit surprised if it were to happen again. We all say things we shouldn't at times but admit you're wrong and drop it, leave the lad alone to get on with his life and mind your own business. Paying in to watch a game does not entitle you to slate players or have any other right other than get thru the turnstile.

[Gaaboardmod3]

Hi Lads.. I have been following this thread, and while I fundamentally disagree with the OP's opinion on this, I don't believe he has specifically breached Rule 2, although he has made, in my opinion, some outrageously silly comments and drawn ridiculous conclusions. However, it is obvious to me that we are venturing towards that sort of territory, and obviously other people feel a lot differently about it, and are veering towards breaching Rule1 themselves. Therefore I am going to close this thread, and ask that it not be restarted. The makeup of our county panels, and debating the reasons for a players decision to play/not play are worthy of discussion, which is why I didn't close it earlier. However, I am cogniscant that some of the comments would be at best uncomfortable reading for the player, or his friends and family, so let's just leave it there. Any comments or disagreements, feel free to IM me, but I will tolerate no more debate on Jamie Clarke and his decision to live his own life. Best of luck to him.