Mickey Harte joins the Irish News

[tyssam5]

& the southern media be a little biased

I think what you meant to say, surely, was will the southern media (who are a lot more even handed than nordie commentators) respond to a concerted propaganda campaign by Harte to gain advantage for his team ?

Mmmmm you'd never see a Kerryman in the media about anything. 

[Mike Sheehy]

no current kerry manager has stooped to Hartes tactics of undermining referees and the disciplinary procedures week in, week out. Its a disgrace. The GAA should step in and fine him for bringing the game into disrepute.

[longrunsthefox]

A GAA player or manager cannot be fined. You're watching too much soccer.

[Maguire01]

no current kerry manager has stooped to Hartes tactics of undermining referees and the disciplinary procedures week in, week out. Its a disgrace. The GAA should step in and fine him for bringing the game into disrepute.

How many do you have?

[Logan]

Not enough to count the subs they use

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Read the article again. It is not a reasoned analysis of the rule changes or their impact. All it says is that the rules are fine, referees and the disciplinary processes aren't.

Most of the article is spent protesting that he and other managers have little influence on decision making. It is hard to know is he moaning about this lack of influence or is upset that people think he does have influence but actually doesn't.

Everything above this line is rubbish and shouldn't have appeared in the article: "So let's deal with the stark facts and detach ourselves from extremism – journalistic and otherwise – and accept that the rules are fine, and it is consistent interpretation and application remains a challenge."

That would have been a good starting point and it would have been interesting to hear his views on that. Instead he spent the whole article, as seems to be his style, assuming the role of victim to some Gaa official/southern media/refereeing attacker. It is all very tiresome when it could be so much better.

muppet, you post therefore you are 

Don't read or even reread the fecking thing FFS; jeez talk about going out of your way to be offended!

[Main Street]

It is not a reasoned analysis of the rule changes or their impact

You, possibly due to interference of some obvious emotional issues or just plain old dumbfoolery,
are chronically incapable of comprehending even the simple basics of the written word.

First is , article theme, as outlined in the headline and the opening line.

the rules are fine, and it is consistent interpretation and application remains a challenge.......That would have been a good starting point and it would have been interesting to hear his views on that.

I'm sure MH has already given vent to his views on the new rules in his articles before the Convention.
That argument has been won.
Some people move on to new debates.

[muppet]

Read the article again. It is not a reasoned analysis of the rule changes or their impact. All it says is that the rules are fine, referees and the disciplinary processes aren't.

Most of the article is spent protesting that he and other managers have little influence on decision making. It is hard to know is he moaning about this lack of influence or is upset that people think he does have influence but actually doesn't.

Everything above this line is rubbish and shouldn't have appeared in the article: "So let's deal with the stark facts and detach ourselves from extremism – journalistic and otherwise – and accept that the rules are fine, and it is consistent interpretation and application remains a challenge."

That would have been a good starting point and it would have been interesting to hear his views on that. Instead he spent the whole article, as seems to be his style, assuming the role of victim to some Gaa official/southern media/refereeing attacker. It is all very tiresome when it could be so much better.

muppet, you post therefore you are 

Don't read or even reread the fecking thing FFS; jeez talk about going out of your way to be offended!

I'm not offended, it's just tiresome when it could be interesting.

[tyssam5]

no current kerry manager has stooped to Hartes tactics of undermining referees and the disciplinary procedures week in, week out. Its a disgrace. The GAA should step in and fine him for bringing the game into disrepute.

I believe that once again sir, you are talking complete bollix.

http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2009/04/23/story90035.asp

"Do they want fierce high-scoring, free-flowing games?" Kerry chief Jack O'Connor wondered.

"Rugby is very attractive at the moment and a lot of it comes from the physicality of it. I am not advocating foul play high up or low down, why should I with the players like the Gooch and those fellows!

"But, I think you have to retain a certain amount of physicality in Gaelic football because if you don't, it will be much less a product.

"I know for a fact that our players who got 'those yellow cards' wouldn't tackle for love nor money. We do stats on tackling and one of these fellows only got in one tackle in the following game — he was scared that if he went near a man, he'd get sent off."

[Mike Sheehy]

That was an interview. Theres a big difference between that and a weekly column or are you too stupid to tell.

Face facts. Harte never shuts his trap and his constant harping on about this and that is becoming very tiresome. Mickey harte needs to realize that we had a great association long before he came along and we will have a great association long after he is gone. The association is bigger than one mouthy manager and its about time this media-obsessed, egocentric johhny come lately was appraised of that fact.

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

The association is bigger than one mouthy manager and its about time this media-obsessed, egocentric johhny come lately was appraised of that fact.

Do you mean apprised? 

Perhaps it's time you apprised yourself of the meaning of appraise.

[Mike Sheehy]

Being fully apprised of your anal musings my honest appraisal is that they are worthless.

                                                         

[tyssam5]

That was an interview. Theres a big difference between that and a weekly column or are you too stupid to tell.

Face facts. Harte never shuts his trap and his constant harping on about this and that is becoming very tiresome. Mickey harte needs to realize that we had a great association long before he came along and we will have a great association long after he is gone. The association is bigger than one mouthy manager and its about time this media-obsessed, egocentric johhny come lately was appraised of that fact.

mmmm yes of course.

"The yellow card effectively takes the tackle out of the game as a player will not tackle a fellow that is running at him any more.

"It's as simple as that, they are taking the physicality out of the game," O'Connor added.

http://www.the-kingdom.ie/news/story/?trs=mhaukfsngb

[Fear ón Srath Bán]

Being fully apprised of your anal musings my honest appraisal is that they are worthless.                                                    

The only thing more predictable than MH's weekly column Sheehy, is your weekly-plus whinge and moan about it. Get a life (and a dictionary).

[longrunsthefox]

That was an interview. Theres a big difference between that and a weekly column or are you too stupid to tell.

Face facts. Harte never shuts his trap and his constant harping on about this and that is becoming very tiresome. Mickey harte needs to realize that we had a great association long before he came along and we will have a great association long after he is gone. The association is bigger than one mouthy manager and its about time this media-obsessed, egocentric johhny come lately was appraised of that fact.

Pot-kettle-black