Did anyone read Colm O'Rourke's article in the Indo today previewing Tyrone v Donegal? Completely trashed both teams before a ball was kicked. Also claimed Sean Cavanagh and Neil McGee would serve up their typical fare of "snarling nastiness". WTF? Say what you like about Cavanagh but I doubt there's a player in the country who would accuse him of "snarling nastiness"!
Perhaps he's looking at the incident in Ballybofey from 2015 through the lens of his long held anti-Tyrone bias where McGee tried to break Sean's finger from behind when the ball was out of play and both got a yellow card so that warranted castigating Sean Cavanagh?
He went on to suggest that a Tyrone fan with too much beer onboard giving him what for after a match was symptomatic of the entire county's inability to accept any form of criticism.
No Colm the county we not unable to accept criticism but we don't appreciate the way you offer the laziest form of analysis. You attempt to smear the contribution to the game of lifelong gaels players like Cananagh and Brian Dooher by singling out an incident that suits your narrow agenda and magnifying it to suggest that they are bringing the game into disrepute. Rather than calling out the incident where McCann took an embarrassing dive in 2015, you chose to vilify the entire team with your "bad smell" suggestion. In your article today attempted to belittle Tyrone and Donegal's entire contribution to the modern game rather than taking the time to properly analyse their recent performances. You and Spillane persistently choose to run down Ulster teams and players based on single incidents in a game and a negative bias towards Ulster as a whole with little actual analysis of the tactics or individual gameplay.
Please get your head out of your ass and earn the salary you get from RTE rather than simply decide to be an irritant who relies on cliches and agreeing with everyone around you.
Well said. I think O'Rourke's standard of commentary has plummeted in the last ten years and I've lost a good bit of respect for him.
You should embrace your snarling nastiness and proclaim your bad smell. Everybody is good at something and every team has its unique identity.
Posted this earlier.
O Rourke today in Independent basically says Tyrone invented defensive football. This misconception drives me mad. Tyrone were all about swarming around the player in possession and turning over the ball. This often happened in opposition's full back line. It was based on fitness and intensity. There was no move to bring players back into defensive positions. There a video on Youtube of Kerry playing Cavan in 1997 doing the exact same thing but Spillane didn't call them out for it and only years later described it as puke football when Tyrone done it.
Colm just turns up now and collects his cheque. Was sharp and insightful once where he is now just past it and too comfortable. Get shot of Spillane and Folly with him and get in people who have played in recent years and are more relevant.
Quote from: Hardy on June 18, 2017, 09:32:33 PM
You should embrace your snarling nastiness and proclaim your bad smell. Everybody is good at something and every team has its unique identity.
Just like you team's identity were asbos Colm
Hungary for another hat?
Quote from: PW Nally on June 18, 2017, 09:34:51 PM
Colm just turns up now and collects his cheque. Was sharp and inciteful once where he is now just past it and too comfortable. Get shot of Spillane and Folly with him and get in people who have played in recent years and are more relevant.
Quote from: mrdeeds on June 18, 2017, 09:33:04 PM
Posted this earlier.
O Rourke today in Independent basically says Tyrone invented defensive football. This misconception drives me mad. Tyrone were all about swarming around the player in possession and turning over the ball. This often happened in opposition's full back line. It was based on fitness and intensity. There was no move to bring players back into defensive positions. There a video on Youtube of Kerry playing Cavan in 1997 doing the exact same thing but Spillane didn't call them out for it and only years later described it as puke football when Tyrone done it.
Never mind snarling nastiness and bad smells. When is somebody going to call Throne on this stuff?
Quote from: PW Nally on June 18, 2017, 09:34:51 PM
Colm just turns up now and collects his cheque. Was sharp and inciteful once where he is now just past it and too comfortable. Get shot of Spillane and Folly with him and get in people who have played in recent years and are more relevant.
Ah FFS!
Quote from: omaghjoe on June 18, 2017, 09:35:48 PM
Quote from: Hardy on June 18, 2017, 09:32:33 PM
You should embrace your snarling nastiness and proclaim your bad smell. Everybody is good at something and every team has its unique identity.
Just like you team's identity were asbos Colm
Hungary for another hat?
:o
Quote from: Hardy on June 18, 2017, 09:37:39 PM
Quote from: PW Nally on June 18, 2017, 09:34:51 PM
Colm just turns up now and collects his cheque. Was sharp and inciteful once where he is now just past it and too comfortable. Get shot of Spillane and Folly with him and get in people who have played in recent years and are more relevant.
Ah FFS!
Superb.
It would be more in Colm's line to lecture his nephew on snarling nastiness.
Always got the skitter over an Ulster team. His lot were thugs playing the game.
Hardy is hitting meltdown of epic proportions...their will be blood flowing tonight in langerland😂
Colm's article made better pre-game reading, though he should know that Tyrone's snarling and nasty edge is not needed when the opposition is beaten after 30 minutes. Ne'er a dark art in sight when cruising home, a distance ahead.
Not to worry I'm sure Tyrone and Monaghan (should they qualify) will serve up plenty of much needed snarling nastiness should it be required..
Why are the Tyrone posters snarling at Colm?
Ye won today, give the persecution complex a rest for a bit.
Quote from: Jinxy on June 18, 2017, 10:34:14 PM
Why are the Tyrone posters snarling at Colm?
Ye won today, give the persecution complex a rest for a bit.
Wouldn't it be more in line for Colm to put manners on his nephew than lecturing others?
Quote from: Boycey on June 18, 2017, 10:30:40 PM
Not to worry I'm sure Tyrone and Monaghan (should they qualify) will serve up plenty of much needed snarling nastiness should it be required..
We'll be alright, as long as Colm doesn't tip us.
Quote from: Il Bomber Destro on June 18, 2017, 10:35:51 PM
Quote from: Jinxy on June 18, 2017, 10:34:14 PM
Why are the Tyrone posters snarling at Colm?
Ye won today, give the persecution complex a rest for a bit.
Wouldn't it be more in line for Colm to put manners on his nephew than lecturing others?
I'd rather he put manners on his kick-outs.
Quote from: Jinxy on June 18, 2017, 10:34:14 PM
Why are the Tyrone posters snarling at Colm?
Ye won today, give the persecution complex a rest for a bit.
There is still plenty of fight left in Tyrone, any wrong we will try to right. Sadly the same can't be said about Meath. O'Rourke's county men can't even stick up for him, instead they complain about grammar (is this the new way of going after the man and not the ball) or just roll over.
Quote from: Hardy on June 18, 2017, 09:37:39 PM
Quote from: PW Nally on June 18, 2017, 09:34:51 PM
Colm just turns up now and collects his cheque. Was sharp and spiteful once where he is now just past it and too comfortable. Get shot of Spillane and Folly with him and get in people who have played in recent years and are more relevant.
Ah FFS!
Quote from: Jinxy on June 18, 2017, 10:38:34 PM
Quote from: Il Bomber Destro on June 18, 2017, 10:35:51 PM
Quote from: Jinxy on June 18, 2017, 10:34:14 PM
Why are the Tyrone posters snarling at Colm?
Ye won today, give the persecution complex a rest for a bit.
Wouldn't it be more in line for Colm to put manners on his nephew than lecturing others?
I'd rather he put manners on his kick-outs.
Donegal and Meath kick outs some of worst you'd see.
Dessie Dolan said McCann Cooley finished his goal and showed great composure doing so. Funny I thought he miskicked it into the ground. In RTÉ any auld shite talk is good enough.
O'Rourke and Meath are just pissed off that Tyrone have 3 AIs and they have 7.
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on June 18, 2017, 10:13:03 PM
Hardy is hitting meltdown of epic proportions...their will be blood flowing tonight in langerland😂
There will surely when Hardy sees that!
Quote from: omagh_gael on June 18, 2017, 11:43:35 PM
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on June 18, 2017, 10:13:03 PM
Hardy is hitting meltdown of epic proportions...their will be blood flowing tonight in langerland😂
There will surely when Hardy sees that!
Why? 😂
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on June 19, 2017, 01:07:48 AM
Quote from: omagh_gael on June 18, 2017, 11:43:35 PM
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on June 18, 2017, 10:13:03 PM
Hardy is hitting meltdown of epic proportions...their will be blood flowing tonight in langerland😂
There will surely when Hardy sees that!
Why? 😂
cos hes a decrepit school primary teacher type that cant give up lecturing people to make himself feel like hes smarter than other people.
Its why I suspect that he is O'Rourke himself.
Quote from: omaghjoe on June 19, 2017, 03:25:59 AM
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on June 19, 2017, 01:07:48 AM
Quote from: omagh_gael on June 18, 2017, 11:43:35 PM
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on June 18, 2017, 10:13:03 PM
Hardy is hitting meltdown of epic proportions...their will be blood flowing tonight in langerland😂
There will surely when Hardy sees that!
Why? 😂
cos hes a decrepit school primary teacher type that cant give up lecturing people to make himself feel like hes smarter than other people.
Its why I suspect that he is O'Rourke himself.
Their you go making assumptions about Hardy and who is is....decrepit school teacher type...were did you get that from? Hes' far to smart to smart to be Colm ORourke!!
Jeez O'Rourke is really plumbing the depths of his poisoned pen well with a nasty, venomous, spite-laden piece such as that sorry screed; you might have been relevant once Colm, though now you've actually slid right beneath contempt, sad old git! :P
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on June 19, 2017, 09:34:35 AM
Quote from: omaghjoe on June 19, 2017, 03:25:59 AM
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on June 19, 2017, 01:07:48 AM
Quote from: omagh_gael on June 18, 2017, 11:43:35 PM
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on June 18, 2017, 10:13:03 PM
Hardy is hitting meltdown of epic proportions...their will be blood flowing tonight in langerland😂
There will surely when Hardy sees that!
Why? 😂
cos hes a decrepit school primary teacher type that cant give up lecturing people to make himself feel like hes smarter than other people.
Its why I suspect that he is O'Rourke himself.
Their you go making assumptions about Hardy and who is is....decrepit school teacher type...were did you get that from? Hes' far to smart to smart to be Colm ORourke!!
O'Rourke doesn't strike me as the type to have the technical know-how to post on an internet forum.
Quote from: Hardy on June 18, 2017, 09:38:11 PM
Quote from: omaghjoe on June 18, 2017, 09:35:48 PM
Quote from: Hardy on June 18, 2017, 09:32:33 PM
You should embrace your snarling nastiness and proclaim your bad smell. Everybody is good at something and every team has its unique identity.
Just like you team's identity were asbos Colm
Hungary for another hat?
:o
tsk tsk
Great Article from Colm in the independent this week on the Meath team to tour Oz in 1967 fifty years this week,
https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/colm-orourke-meath-trip-of-a-lifetime-built-a-bridge-to-future-36666234.html
I found this footage on Youtube of the 1968 Tour by the Australians of Ireland
if you skip to 16.17 it appears to be Kerry vs Australia at Fitzgearld Stadium
and the Australian Team in Navan being led around the town by a band
and Down vs Australia in Croke Park later,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IWuzlfUgeY
the documentary on the Galah's is worth the watch (http://www.thegalahs.com/)