Joe Brolly

[AustinPowers]

More self sympathy and ego from Brolly. It's always all about him!

Absolutely. Classic narcissism.

It's always  easier for one like him to say  he could've been the  best ever coach but somebody screwed him  over.  If he'd actually  get  the role (or any role) , he might  Turn   out to be crap. 

But all turned out for the best , and brolly's massive ego is in tact.

[RedHand88]

People are allowed to change their mind. I still haven't heard an example of a story that he has actually made up?
Agree that he's prone to a bit of hyperbole, but actually making up a story...don't think so.

Of course he makes up stories. He's well known well for it. At very least he exaggerates and stretches every notion he has for his own narrative. It's why RTE lost faith and the public got tired of him.
Example: He once said he was in Donegal on holidays and went into a shop and met a small group of county players buying coke, crisps and chocolates, they were on a training camp and had escaped for a while from Jimmy McGuinness and Joe claimed they commented "Aw Joe its hell on earth, we're not allowed to do anything" (I'm paraphrasing). Donegal players claim none of them ever met him in any shop.

He then used that little story to claim that McGuinness was flogging his players and they hated it. This, after being a McGuinness fanboy the year before but like most things, switched sides a short while later. Did similar with Kieran McGeeney and Paul Grimley. (Theme: Bully managers flogging their very unhappy players)

He's a barrister. He twists and churns stories to make an argument. The problem is that most smart people are now on to him and his BS. Personally I enjoy his banter and is very good in the politics sphere but it's very clear that he spins stories to back up his narrative.

The Darren McCurry one was a classic, he claimed in his column to had a pint with the tee total Dazzler!

Maybe it was a pint of blackcurrant and water!

[imtommygunn]

What county us joe from?
What county is St Brigids in?

Tbf he lives there and has played or coached years for them. However I have absolutely no idea why he needed to bring them and a paid manager into that article and I doubt many of them will thank him for it. You would think Mickey Harte was the first paid manager reading that.

[WT4E]

What county us joe from?
What county is St Brigids in?

Exactly the point. The hypocrisy is dripping off the man. He slags off all outside managers but left his own club at the first opportunity.

Are you saying people must stay where they were born for the good of the GAA.

Interestingly the argument in the article around manager has to be from same club/county is one I think would be very good - to prevent journeymen types picking up volunteers money. Would it work?

[square_ball]

Journeyman manager becomes a member of club he intends to take the brown envelope from. Problem solved.

[Aristo 60]

Plenty of eases fixes to that. i.e must have been a club member for the past 3/5 years on Foireann and can only ever be a member of one club

[WT4E]

Journeyman manager becomes a member of club he intends to take the brown envelope from. Problem solved.

Could see that happening but might cut out a bit if you had to get a transfer and GAA then could monitor suspicious movements?

e.g. would mickey harte move to Derry if it was public that he was once a member of Errigal Ciaran, then Geraldines Louth and then Bellaghy Derry???

[square_ball]

Journeyman manager becomes a member of club he intends to take the brown envelope from. Problem solved.

Could see that happening but might cut out a bit if you had to get a transfer and GAA then could monitor suspicious movements?

Yeah possibly. I am not against the idea of that rule at all tbh. But we all knowthe GAA world works if there's a way of getting around the rules it'll soon be worked out.

[Eire90]

is it not a good thing for the game to allow people from better counties to work with smaller counties like harte and louth

[WT4E]

is it not a good thing for the game to allow people from better counties to work with smaller counties like harte and louth

Tyrone where a weaker county til Harte came along. Plenty of good people within all counties I'd the right drive is behind it from all quarters

[Wildweasel74]

Brolly is unlike Dungiven people in general, fairly savage on the field, fairly savage off it, he was the opposite, though good footballer, all the slabbing he does wouldn't go down well in Dungiven either.

[WT4E]

Brolly is unlike Dungiven people in general, fairly savage on the field, fairly savage off it, he was the opposite, though good footballer, all the slabbing he does wouldn't go down well in Dungiven either.

I've read this 10 times and still don't know what u mean lol

[Wildweasel74]

They be a rough lot,

[tonto1888]

Brolly is unlike Dungiven people in general, fairly savage on the field, fairly savage off it, he was the opposite, though good footballer, all the slabbing he does wouldn't go down well in Dungiven either.

I've read this 10 times and still don't know what u mean lol

its really not that hard to understand

[ck]

Like most people in Derry, Dungiven people don't have any time for Brolly and his BS.