Joe Brolly

[5 Sams]

Excellent article by Brolly in today's Indo about the savagery of MMA.

Have to agree. Great piece. Not only MMA but he highlighted the brutality that happens in boxing as well. "Savagery" describes it perfectly.

[redhandefender]

Excellent article by Brolly in today's Indo about the savagery of MMA.

Have to agree. Great piece. Not only MMA but he highlighted the brutality that happens in boxing as well. "Savagery" describes it perfectly.

Wise up

[ck]

Excellent article by Brolly in today's Indo about the savagery of MMA.

Have to agree. Great piece. Not only MMA but he highlighted the brutality that happens in boxing as well. "Savagery" describes it perfectly.

100% correct. Well done Joe Brolly

[ThroughTheLaces]

Link?

[5 Sams]

Link?

I'd say it'll be up on the Indo website tomorrow.

[Syferus]

Brolly figuratively chasing ambulances now. Pity. He has more to offer than this.

Boxing is one of the best and purest forms of sports in existence.

[muppet]

Excellent article by Brolly in today's Indo about the savagery of MMA.

Have to agree. Great piece. Not only MMA but he highlighted the brutality that happens in boxing as well. "Savagery" describes it perfectly.

Wise up

Like most of his stuff he has a point, but it gets lost in hyperbole and figjam.

[ONeill]

Excellent article by Brolly in today's Indo about the savagery of MMA.

Next week:

Brolly on c**k-fighting, heroin, womanising and smoking.

[BennyHarp]

Is this article another swipe at McGeeney?

[lurganblue]

http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/boxing/joe-brolly-is-it-good-enough-that-a-young-man-be-beaten-to-death-in-a-cage-for-our-amusement-34633644.html

This must be the article in question

[Walter Cronc]

Again I dont see the fuss and why people get worked up. Joe like everyone is entitled to his opinion.

I'm a fan of boxing/mma so don't agree with it but the cases he points out are all relevant to what happened the Carvalho lad.

It was a dig at McGregor which is unfair as Conor wasn't to know the lad would die as a result of his injuries.

[SimonSays]

Is this the same Joe Brolly who harps on about going back to the days of settling things like men on the football field and how about men like Brian mcGiligan would throw punches to keep a man quiet...hes so full of shit.. the man is all about self promotion, The sunday game said we need a Eammon Dunphy figure, can you do it Joe ? throwing conor mcgregor name in here makes it get headlines....has Joe Brolly actually ever sat in the sunday game studio and disected the tactics and plays of a game? has he ever pointed out to the viewing public a thing that has happened in a game that only a former player would know........nope he just picks out someone to have a pop at and goes on a stupid rant....He questioned Paul Grimley as a man as he did with Sean Cavanagh....these lads do go to work on a monday morning to listen to people asking them about joe brolly....blowing the kisses after scoring a goal shows you that it is all about self promotion.

[blewuporstuffed]

Is this the same Joe Brolly who harps on about going back to the days of settling things like men on the football field and how about men like Brian mcGiligan would throw punches to keep a man quiet...hes so full of shit.. the man is all about self promotion, The sunday game said we need a Eammon Dunphy figure, can you do it Joe ? throwing conor mcgregor name in here makes it get headlines....has Joe Brolly actually ever sat in the sunday game studio and disected the tactics and plays of a game? has he ever pointed out to the viewing public a thing that has happened in a game that only a former player would know........nope he just picks out someone to have a pop at and goes on a stupid rant....He questioned Paul Grimley as a man as he did with Sean Cavanagh....these lads do go to work on a monday morning to listen to people asking them about joe brolly....blowing the kisses after scoring a goal shows you that it is all about self promotion.

The sad thing is, he occasionally has done this and is actually very good at it. But the majority of the time he gets caught up in sensationalist BS and trying to create a great sound bite.

[DuffleKing]

He's really not.

[Declan]

Niall Carew has hit out at Joe Brolly for continuing a "vendetta" against Kieran McGeeney.

Brolly was critical of McGeeney in a "hideous column" in the Sunday Independent following the relegation of his Armagh side to Division 3, arguing that his intensity and demand for the highest standards held his players back.

Carew worked as a selector and coach with McGeeney in Kildare from 2008-12 before moving on to become Waterford manager. Now in charge at Sligo, he insists Brolly has it wrong.

"Joe embarked on another verbal assault on Kieran and he has copied and pasted this article on more than one occasion" says Carew in the Sligo Champion. "So if you want, get onto Google and you will discover one man's personal vendetta against another.
 
"I think I'm way more qualified than Joe Brolly or Pat Spillane or any of the other pundits and journalists that like to get personal and sometimes dirty, to really tell people who the real Kieran McGeeney is.

"Geezer ticks all the boxes, believe me. First and foremost he is the one we all want to go to war with. He is the most genuine man I have ever met and is the one I turn to on and off the field. I trust him with my life.
 
"Brolly likes to twist things. So for him, the players were too afraid to make a mistake. We could have been more clinical but officials' mistakes were the defining moments.

"Joe Brolly has always picked on Geezer (off the field and behind his laptop) and while Geezer doesn't care, I can't let it go any longer. He has never had a clue what goes on. But when you want to be sensational, you don't need to worry about the truth or the facts. Or ask the people who worked with him.
 
"Johnny Doyle played under Geezer for six years. He wasted no time in making his thoughts on Brolly's attack public. What he says about the man carries much more relevance than what a self-serving self-promoter thinks.

"Kieran was an excellent coach and mentor. He changed the way I thought about my game. He pushed me to a level of training and preparation that I never knew existed.
 
"It was a great time to be involved in football in Kildare. People say Kieran failed with Kildare but I think we failed Kieran.

"When it comes to Johnny Doyle or Joe Brolly, I know who I'd believe."