Just heard that Rory O'Carroll will be spending a year in New Zealand and will not be available for Dubs in 2016. That's a big spot to fill on the team.
Not an easy decision to make I'd say for a player playing at the Top with a Top team.
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Not an easy decision to make I'd say for a player playing at the Top with a Top team.
I imagine fellas with a bit of a wider view must get sick of the limitations of playing at the top level. And then Indiana's 1000 year Reich and all you know that sort of way bud.
Be a big loss
Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
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Not an easy decision to make I'd say for a player playing at the Top with a Top team.
I imagine fellas with a bit of a wider view must get sick of the limitations of playing at the top level. And then Indiana's 1000 year Reich and all you know that sort of way bud.
Oh yeah, But You can still imagine the pressure that would be on him even after making his own mind up? Fair dues to him for seeing there is more to life than playing football! I can't imagine a Mayo player of the same quality having it as easy to walk away for a year?
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
+1
Amateur player at end of day and his body needs a rest with all the concussions he had over last few years. A great servant and owes Dublin nothing. Will be impossible to replace him
Dublin have that much depth they will be able to replace him.
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Dublin have that much depth they will be able to replace him.
And with Dublin having such a large population, someone who looks identical
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Not an easy decision to make I'd say for a player playing at the Top with a Top team.
I imagine fellas with a bit of a wider view must get sick of the limitations of playing at the top level. And then Indiana's 1000 year Reich and all you know that sort of way bud.
Oh yeah, But You can still imagine the pressure that would be on him even after making his own mind up?
There wasn't any pressure put on him to stay
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Not an easy decision to make I'd say for a player playing at the Top with a Top team.
I imagine fellas with a bit of a wider view must get sick of the limitations of playing at the top level. And then Indiana's 1000 year Reich and all you know that sort of way bud.
Oh yeah, But You can still imagine the pressure that would be on him even after making his own mind up?
There wasn't any pressure put on him to stay
How do you know this?
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Not an easy decision to make I'd say for a player playing at the Top with a Top team.
I imagine fellas with a bit of a wider view must get sick of the limitations of playing at the top level. And then Indiana's 1000 year Reich and all you know that sort of way bud.
Oh yeah, But You can still imagine the pressure that would be on him even after making his own mind up?
There wasn't any pressure put on him to stay
How do you know this?
I would've thought previous posts of mine would have made that clear
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Not an easy decision to make I'd say for a player playing at the Top with a Top team.
I imagine fellas with a bit of a wider view must get sick of the limitations of playing at the top level. And then Indiana's 1000 year Reich and all you know that sort of way bud.
Oh yeah, But You can still imagine the pressure that would be on him even after making his own mind up? Fair dues to him for seeing there is more to life than playing football! I can't imagine a Mayo player of the same quality having it as easy to walk away for a year?
There wasn't any pressure put on him to stay
If you say so! There probably wasn't! But even Dublin have players they don't want to lose. (
Why Heffo did you remove the rest of my quote.)
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
Dubs post AI hangover year - it's Mayo's this year. Dubs and O'Carroll to win again next year.
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
Dubs post AI hangover year - it's Mayo's this year. Dubs and O'Carroll to win again next year.
Dublin more than likely will have to beat both Kerry and Mayo again this year! And you know they will do it!
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
Dubs post AI hangover year - it's Mayo's this year. Dubs and O'Carroll to win again next year.
Dublin more than likely will have to beat both Kerry and Mayo again this year! And you know they will do it!
Kerry AND Mayo??
I'll be holding off backing the Dubs this year
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
Dubs post AI hangover year - it's Mayo's this year. Dubs and O'Carroll to win again next year.
Dublin more than likely will have to beat both Kerry and Mayo again this year! And you know they will do it!
Kerry AND Mayo??
I'll be holding off backing the Dubs this year
Why? does home venue not count for much anymore?
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
Dubs post AI hangover year - it's Mayo's this year. Dubs and O'Carroll to win again next year.
Dublin more than likely will have to beat both Kerry and Mayo again this year! And you know they will do it!
Kerry AND Mayo??
I'll be holding off backing the Dubs this year
Why?
See my previous post
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
Dubs post AI hangover year - it's Mayo's this year. Dubs and O'Carroll to win again next year.
Dublin more than likely will have to beat both Kerry and Mayo again this year! And you know they will do it!
Kerry AND Mayo??
I'll be holding off backing the Dubs this year
Why?
See my previous post
does home venue not count for much anymore?
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
Dubs post AI hangover year - it's Mayo's this year. Dubs and O'Carroll to win again next year.
Dublin more than likely will have to beat both Kerry and Mayo again this year! And you know they will do it!
Kerry AND Mayo??
I'll be holding off backing the Dubs this year
Why?
See my previous post
does home venue not count for much anymore?
If it's in Parnell Park, there will be a fair few disappointed Kerry & Mayo fans not getting tickets.
Either way, it's Mayo's to lose this year. Aido said as much in the indo today along with lamenting the attention he got over his corn rows.
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
A lad like him probably needs a year break away from football and unlike some other lads at his age he has won a few All Ireland's already.
Brave call to say Dublin won't win it this year. U-21 full back of the last few years David Byrne could easily fill in and it would hardly surprise anyone if Dublin become the first side since Kerry 2007 to win back to back All Ireland's.
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
Dubs post AI hangover year - it's Mayo's this year. Dubs and O'Carroll to win again next year.
Dublin more than likely will have to beat both Kerry and Mayo again this year! And you know they will do it!
Kerry AND Mayo??
I'll be holding off backing the Dubs this year
Why?
See my previous post
does home venue not count for much anymore?
If it's in Parnell Park, there will be a fair few disappointed Kerry & Mayo fans not getting tickets.
Either way, it's Mayo's to lose this year. Aido said as much in the indo today along with lamenting the attention he got over his corn rows.
It's gas how ye Dubs think! You offer Parnell Park as a alternative away venue for Croker! Classic!
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
Dubs post AI hangover year - it's Mayo's this year. Dubs and O'Carroll to win again next year.
Dublin more than likely will have to beat both Kerry and Mayo again this year! And you know they will do it!
Kerry AND Mayo??
I'll be holding off backing the Dubs this year
Why?
See my previous post
does home venue not count for much anymore?
If it's in Parnell Park, there will be a fair few disappointed Kerry & Mayo fans not getting tickets.
Either way, it's Mayo's to lose this year. Aido said as much in the indo today along with lamenting the attention he got over his corn rows.
It's gas how ye Dubs think! You offer Parnell Park as a alternative away venue for Croker! Classic!
Are you referring to our national stadium? The same one ye all had a canary over when you had to play away from it one time? Will ye make up yer mind please?
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
Dubs post AI hangover year - it's Mayo's this year. Dubs and O'Carroll to win again next year.
Dublin more than likely will have to beat both Kerry and Mayo again this year! And you know they will do it!
Kerry AND Mayo??
I'll be holding off backing the Dubs this year
Why?
See my previous post
does home venue not count for much anymore?
If it's in Parnell Park, there will be a fair few disappointed Kerry & Mayo fans not getting tickets.
Either way, it's Mayo's to lose this year. Aido said as much in the indo today along with lamenting the attention he got over his corn rows.
It's gas how ye Dubs think! You offer Parnell Park as a alternative away venue for Croker! Classic!
Are you referring to our national stadium? The same one ye all had a canary over when you had to play away from it one time? Will ye make up yer mind please?
Thanks for that classic comment Heffo. ;D Made me Laugh, Parnell Park as an alternative to Croker! Jez ye boys can't see outside the Pale!
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
Dubs post AI hangover year - it's Mayo's this year. Dubs and O'Carroll to win again next year.
Ask me bollix, we will be doing back to back 16/17.
Mayo's to lose. Full forwards all over Ireland are on the piss in celebration.
Rory has promised to let Kieran Donaghy and Michael Murphy out of his pocket before he leaves
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
A lad like him probably needs a year break away from football and unlike some other lads at his age he has won a few All Ireland's already.
Brave call to say Dublin won't win it this year. U-21 full back of the last few years David Byrne could easily fill in and it would hardly surprise anyone if Dublin become the first side since Kerry 2007 to win back to back All Ireland's.
Say Kerry Mayo Dubs very close together with Donegal a bit behind and the peleton way behind. OK Mayo have the psychological thing but the teams have beaten each other over the last few seasons. The "intinsity" required to win an all Ireland is insane. Dubs have been going since 2011. They will be back for a serious tilt in 2017
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Big loss but he's dead right - playing IC isn't the be all and end all. He's a young man and the break will do him good.
career wise probably a good move and Dubs won't win this year anyway
A lad like him probably needs a year break away from football and unlike some other lads at his age he has won a few All Ireland's already.
Brave call to say Dublin won't win it this year. U-21 full back of the last few years David Byrne could easily fill in and it would hardly surprise anyone if Dublin become the first side since Kerry 2007 to win back to back All Ireland's.
Say Kerry Mayo Dubs very close together with Donegal a bit behind and the peleton way behind. OK Mayo have the psychological thing but the teams have beaten each other over the last few seasons. The "intinsity" required to win an all Ireland is insane. Dubs have been going since 2011. They will be back for a serious tilt in 2017
Mayo are specialists at beating the AI champs in their hangover year - this is why it's Mayo's year.
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Not an easy decision to make I'd say for a player playing at the Top with a Top team.
I imagine fellas with a bit of a wider view must get sick of the limitations of playing at the top level. And then Indiana's 1000 year Reich and all you know that sort of way bud.
Oh yeah, But You can still imagine the pressure that would be on him even after making his own mind up?
There wasn't any pressure put on him to stay
And that is why Jim Gavin is one of the best managers out there, I lament Dublin's resources and advantages from a selfish Kildare perspective but this guy I really admire, he makes it all tick. Amuses me the cult of the manager in the GAA yet here is a guy whose team play the best football in the country, play with humility (something I firmly attribute to Gilroy and Gavin) and he continually gets the best out of his players. One of the great modern managers along with Cody, O'Connor and Harte.
O'Carroll is a young man, he'll have a great time and Gavin knows O'Carroll will be better for it and with that so will Dublin GAA. Guarantee Gavin will be re-framing as not a loss to Dublin but an opportunity for someone else to step up and so he should.
Quote from: INDIANA on January 03, 2016, 10:29:03 PM
Mayo's to lose. Full forwards all over Ireland are on the piss in celebration.
Rory has promised to let Kieran Donaghy and Michael Murphy out of his pocket before he leaves
They'd have to be let out of 3/4 defenders pockets if there was to be any pocket excavation occuring . Its been a while since a defender went mano-mano with a marquee county forward.
Quote from: INDIANA on January 03, 2016, 10:29:03 PM
Mayo's to lose. Full forwards all over Ireland are on the piss in celebration.
Rory has promised to let Kieran Donaghy and Michael Murphy out of his pocket before he leaves
O'Caroll's an excellent player and really one of the key components of their runaway success of late, but that's not very accurate. He had a good first three quarters on Murphy in an u21 game six years ago, before Murphy came alive (and then blew the match with the missed penalty). Similar 1st / 2nd half dynamic in 2014. From what I've seen he also doesn't take Donaghy on directly very often.
Fair play to O'Carroll, I'm sure he'll have a great year and do well for himself and his career, and be back in plenty of time to get in great shape again for 2017. No harm at all to the lad and it'll give Dublin a chance to try something else. If there's ever a time where change can be an impetuous for success, it's those pesky 'hangover' years.
Is he going out milking cows?
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Is he going out milking cows?
He is going to develop a special haka for the dubs
the knacka haka with special eye gouging
Who's going to replace him in Mrs Brown's Boys?
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Who's going to replace him in Mrs Brown's Boys?
Angelina BogBall
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Is he going out milking cows?
He is going to develop a special haka for the dubs
the knacka haka with special eye gouging
Did it take you long to think that one up?
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Is he going out milking cows?
He is going to develop a special haka for the dubs
the knacka haka with special eye gouging
Did it take you long to think that one up?
it should have stayed on the pitch. I give it everything. He didn't mind
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Is he going out milking cows?
He is going to develop a special haka for the dubs
the knacka haka with special eye gouging
Did it take you long to think that one up?
it should have stayed on the pitch. I give it everything. He didn't mind
Unfortunately with the Northern hordes brief window of success came a win at all costs mentality and a realisation that Football at the top level isn't played by choir boys (see the multiple concussions received by O'Carroll - one of the reasons he's taking the year out).
As Galway haven't won a game of significance in this time, you wouldn't know about that though.
As a Mayo supporter for half a century I wish Rory well on his year out from county football. In recent years the bullshit has taken over from serious comment to the degree that the respect due to opponents has been overtaken by a slavish adoption of the worst of what's to be seen in following English Premiership teams. so for what it's worth I hope Rory is seen again in the Dublin colours and if we are to ever win another All Ireland (and I think it will be sooner rather than later) I hope we win against a team fielding it's strongest side. If that's the Dubs then Rory O Carroll is as good a full back as there's been in 20 years. In light of the loss of young Curtin in Kerry let's wish him "slán tamall" and hope he's in Croker to see Mayo take Sam.
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Is he going out milking cows?
He is going to develop a special haka for the dubs
the knacka haka with special eye gouging
Did it take you long to think that one up?
it should have stayed on the pitch. I give it everything. He didn't mind
Unfortunately with the Northern hordes brief window of success came a win at all costs mentality and a realisation that Football at the top level isn't played by choir boys (see the multiple concussions received by O'Carroll - one of the reasons he's taking the year out).
As Galway haven't won a game of significance in this time, you wouldn't know about that though.
Ni uasal agus iseal ach thuas seal agus thios seal, Heffo. Sure don't we have videos of the late 90s to remind us. I wouldn't want to be winning all the time. ;)
Enjoy the good days. They are special.
Meath will presumably rise from its slumber at some stage. Must have been a bad trip.
Re the gouging I thought it was a blight on the final myself. I hope it doesn't become a feature.
The media management afterwards was disturbing . Gaelic football is in a bit of a hole.
It is exciting to see O Carroll taking a year off. I wish more players would do it. There is more to life than shnow and hailshtones, so to speak.
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Quote from: mouview on January 04, 2016, 04:26:25 PM
Is he going out milking cows?
He is going to develop a special haka for the dubs
the knacka haka with special eye gouging
Did it take you long to think that one up?
it should have stayed on the pitch. I give it everything. He didn't mind
Unfortunately with the Northern hordes brief window of success came a win at all costs mentality and a realisation that Football at the top level isn't played by choir boys (see the multiple concussions received by O'Carroll - one of the reasons he's taking the year out).
As Galway haven't won a game of significance in this time, you wouldn't know about that though.
Ni uasal agus iseal ach thuas seal agus thios seal, Heffo. Sure don't we have videos of the late 90s to remind us. I wouldn't want to be winning all the time. ;)
Enjoy the good days. They are special.
Meath will presumably rise from its slumber at some stage. Must have been a bad trip.
Re the gouging I thought it was a blight on the final myself. I hope it doesn't become a feature.
The media management afterwards was disturbing . Gaelic football is in a bit of a hole.
It is exciting to see O Carroll taking a year off. I wish more players would do it. There is more to life than shnow and hailshtones, so to speak.
Well, Jamie Clarke is not turning out for Armagh this year
It will do the Dubs good presumably to have a second FB with experience at the highest level.
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Is he going out milking cows?
He is going to develop a special haka for the dubs
the knacka haka with special eye gouging
Did it take you long to think that one up?
it should have stayed on the pitch. I give it everything. He didn't mind
Unfortunately with the Northern hordes brief window of success came a win at all costs mentality and a realisation that Football at the top level isn't played by choir boys (see the multiple concussions received by O'Carroll - one of the reasons he's taking the year out).
As Galway haven't won a game of significance in this time, you wouldn't know about that though.
Ni uasal agus iseal ach thuas seal agus thios seal, Heffo. Sure don't we have videos of the late 90s to remind us. I wouldn't want to be winning all the time. ;)
Enjoy the good days. They are special.
Meath will presumably rise from its slumber at some stage. Must have been a bad trip.
Re the gouging I thought it was a blight on the final myself. I hope it doesn't become a feature.
The media management afterwards was disturbing . Gaelic football is in a bit of a hole.
It is exciting to see O Carroll taking a year off. I wish more players would do it. There is more to life than shnow and hailshtones, so to speak.
Well, Jamie Clarke is not turning out for Armagh this year
McGeeney didn't seem too pleased
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Is he going out milking cows?
He is going to develop a special haka for the dubs
the knacka haka with special eye gouging
Did it take you long to think that one up?
it should have stayed on the pitch. I give it everything. He didn't mind
Unfortunately with the Northern hordes brief window of success came a win at all costs mentality and a realisation that Football at the top level isn't played by choir boys (see the multiple concussions received by O'Carroll - one of the reasons he's taking the year out).
As Galway haven't won a game of significance in this time, you wouldn't know about that though.
Wow, the "Nordies" are to blame for Rory O'Connell taking a year out! :o
Quote from: seafoid on January 05, 2016, 04:56:11 AM
Enjoy the good days. They are special.
I wonder would I forget the bad days if Waterford ever experienced a glut of the good days. The
really good days, I mean. We've had some good days in recent years and the memory of the bad days - the
really bad days - means I got immense pleasure out of all of them. Looking at some of the Dubs on here and how a couple of All-Ireland wins have led to Burdock's-style chips on the collective shoulder, you'd wonder whether it is worth it. I'm sure it is, and I wouldn't mind putting myself to the test to see whether it would change things. But I had to think about it.
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Quote from: mouview on January 04, 2016, 04:26:25 PM
Is he going out milking cows?
He is going to develop a special haka for the dubs
the knacka haka with special eye gouging
Did it take you long to think that one up?
it should have stayed on the pitch. I give it everything. He didn't mind
Unfortunately with the Northern hordes brief window of success came a win at all costs mentality and a realisation that Football at the top level isn't played by choir boys (see the multiple concussions received by O'Carroll - one of the reasons he's taking the year out).
As Galway haven't won a game of significance in this time, you wouldn't know about that though.
Ni uasal agus iseal ach thuas seal agus thios seal, Heffo. Sure don't we have videos of the late 90s to remind us. I wouldn't want to be winning all the time. ;)
Enjoy the good days. They are special.
Meath will presumably rise from its slumber at some stage. Must have been a bad trip.
Re the gouging I thought it was a blight on the final myself. I hope it doesn't become a feature.
The media management afterwards was disturbing . Gaelic football is in a bit of a hole.
It is exciting to see O Carroll taking a year off. I wish more players would do it. There is more to life than shnow and hailshtones, so to speak.
Well, Jamie Clarke is not turning out for Armagh this year
McGeeney didn't seem too pleased
He didn't. Not surprising tho
There must be a team recruiting out there as the Derrytresk (Tyrone) goalkeeper is getting flew out there in a few weeks time too...Jasus him and Rory will have some craic and banter there.
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There must be a team recruiting out there as the Derrytresk (Tyrone) goalkeeper is getting flew out there in a few weeks time too...Jasus him and Rory will have some craic and banter there.
I can't imagine they'd have anything in common.
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Quote from: illdecide on January 05, 2016, 02:24:53 PM
There must be a team recruiting out there as the Derrytresk (Tyrone) goalkeeper is getting flew out there in a few weeks time too...Jasus him and Rory will have some craic and banter there.
I can't imagine they'd have anything in common.
2 class GAA players and both love a pint...there's a start.
Quote from: deiseach on January 05, 2016, 11:34:09 AM
Looking at some of the Dubs on here and how a couple of All-Ireland wins have led to Burdock's-style chips on the collective shoulder, you'd wonder whether it is worth it.
That's what winning does to you! You can't have it on it's own without the megalomania. It makes you go around demanding proper deference and has you compulsively chastise people who aren't giving enough of it.
I'd liken it to that time Sir Anthony O'Reilly insisted the news reporter address him by his new noble title, or when Bishop Brennan demanded that Dougal "address me by my proper title, you little bollocks".
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There must be a team recruiting out there as the Derrytresk (Tyrone) goalkeeper is getting flew out there in a few weeks time too...Jasus him and Rory will have some craic and banter there.
I can't imagine they'd have anything in common.
2 class GAA players and both love a pint...there's a start.
Only thing ever came outa Derrytresk was good pints and handbags... at least thon goalkeeper might get a good send off and a good bag for his travels.
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Quote from: deiseach on January 05, 2016, 11:34:09 AM
Looking at some of the Dubs on here and how a couple of All-Ireland wins have led to Burdock's-style chips on the collective shoulder, you'd wonder whether it is worth it.
That's what winning does to you! You can't have it on it's own without the megalomania. It makes you go around demanding proper deference and has you compulsively chastise people who aren't giving enough of it.
I'd liken it to that time Sir Anthony O'Reilly insisted the news reporter address him by his new noble title, or when Bishop Brennan demanded that Dougal "address me by my proper title, you little bollocks".
Tell me we were never like that!
It does remind me of the apocryphal story (though doubtless grounded in reality) of the Limerick barman who told a Clare fan in December 1995 "Congratulations, it took ye 3 months to do what it took Tipperary 80 years - Make the whole country hate ye ".
Quote from: AZOffaly on January 05, 2016, 04:02:56 PM
It does remind me of the apocryphal story (though doubtless grounded in reality) of the Limerick barman who told a Clare fan in December 1995 "Congratulations, it took ye 3 months to do what it took Tipperary 80 years - Make the whole country hate ye ".
Shure the Limerick lads were leaving Croke Park early the year before against Offaly to beat the traffic.
They actually were. I was on the Hill that day, (with Muck Savage) and some of the Limerick lads had left. I don't know why, it was bizarre. You'd think they'd want to see it being lifted after 21 years (at that stage!)
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Quote from: The Hill is Blue on January 04, 2016, 08:09:36 PM
Quote from: seafoid on January 04, 2016, 06:17:56 PM
Quote from: mouview on January 04, 2016, 04:26:25 PM
Is he going out milking cows?
He is going to develop a special haka for the dubs
the knacka haka with special eye gouging
Did it take you long to think that one up?
it should have stayed on the pitch. I give it everything. He didn't mind
Unfortunately with the Northern hordes brief window of success came a win at all costs mentality and a realisation that Football at the top level isn't played by choir boys (see the multiple concussions received by O'Carroll - one of the reasons he's taking the year out).
As Galway haven't won a game of significance in this time, you wouldn't know about that though.
Ni uasal agus iseal ach thuas seal agus thios seal, Heffo. Sure don't we have videos of the late 90s to remind us. I wouldn't want to be winning all the time. ;)
Enjoy the good days. They are special.
Meath will presumably rise from its slumber at some stage. Must have been a bad trip.
Re the gouging I thought it was a blight on the final myself. I hope it doesn't become a feature.
The media management afterwards was disturbing . Gaelic football is in a bit of a hole.
It is exciting to see O Carroll taking a year off. I wish more players would do it. There is more to life than shnow and hailshtones, so to speak.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CX6lMgvWYAAcvb7.jpg:large)
Not conclusive but looks like we didn't even get past the first weekend of the year.
Quote from: AZOffaly on January 05, 2016, 04:11:37 PM
They actually were. I was on the Hill that day, (with Muck Savage) and some of the Limerick lads had left. I don't know why, it was bizarre. You'd think they'd want to see it being lifted after 21 years (at that stage!)
A few left with 5 to go that day ok. LK and Faithful folk . A story of a few lads got a quick cad from Jones Road to Eamon Reas in Parkgate Street and listened to last 5 on radio.
To be honest I rarely stay for presentations bar my own club really.
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Quote from: AZOffaly on January 05, 2016, 04:11:37 PM
They actually were. I was on the Hill that day, (with Muck Savage) and some of the Limerick lads had left. I don't know why, it was bizarre. You'd think they'd want to see it being lifted after 21 years (at that stage!)
A few left with 5 to go that day ok. LK and Faithful folk . A story of a few lads got a quick cad from Jones Road to Eamon Reas in Parkgate Street and listened to last 5 on radio.
To be honest I rarely stay for presentations bar my own club really.
I know what you're saying, but Jaysus, the famine down in Limerick is painful. You'd have to think you'd want to see the cup lifted after that sort of wait.
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Quote from: seafoid on January 05, 2016, 04:56:11 AM
Enjoy the good days. They are special.
I wonder would I forget the bad days if Waterford ever experienced a glut of the good days. The really good days, I mean. We've had some good days in recent years and the memory of the bad days - the really bad days - means I got immense pleasure out of all of them. Looking at some of the Dubs on here and how a couple of All-Ireland wins have led to Burdock's-style chips on the collective shoulder, you'd wonder whether it is worth it. I'm sure it is, and I wouldn't mind putting myself to the test to see whether it would change things. But I had to think about it.
It's certainly worth it!
There's no self awareness of the collective chip on the shoulder syndrome you mention. At least for me anyway!
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There's no self awareness of the collective chip on the shoulder syndrome you mention. At least for me anyway!
Are you saying you don't have it or you are not aware of having it? ;)
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Quote from: Hound on January 06, 2016, 12:00:03 PM
There's no self awareness of the collective chip on the shoulder syndrome you mention. At least for me anyway!
Are you saying you don't have it or you are not aware of having it? ;)
It's that I don't care if I have one or not!
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Quote from: Hound on January 06, 2016, 12:00:03 PM
There's no self awareness of the collective chip on the shoulder syndrome you mention. At least for me anyway!
Are you saying you don't have it or you are not aware of having it? ;)
It's that I don't care if I have one or not!
Can't argue with that logic.
Rory O'Carroll rejoins the Dublin panel.