Joe Brolly

[Eire90]

is joe talking about having a glorified railway cup as the new championship

[Ash Smoker]

I see one of Joe's yarns was debunked here:
https://twitter.com/UnOfficialGaa/status/1353402764844539906

[Lar Naparka]

I see one of Joe's yarns was debunked here:
https://twitter.com/UnOfficialGaa/status/1353402764844539906

Brolly never misses an opportunity to name drop whenever he can.
He lets us all know that he is a drinking  buddy of Pat Gilroy and that's fair enough - nobody is perfect but I'd draw the line with this yarn.
If you choose to believe Brolly, Michael D and Gilroy changed footwear. Makes for a good story but it hardly could have happened the way Brolly spins it.
Why should Brolly have to put on Macauley's trainers when he hadn't come into the dressing room barefooted? What was wrong with the pair he had been wearing when he entered the dressing room in the first place?

[BennyCake]

Some of the stories and name dropping from Brolly is pathetic at times. I've noticed his columns become more nasty and spiteful, particularly towards RTÉ and the Sunday Game. He didn't have a problem with them when he was picking up his big cheque every week. Bell end.

[From the Bunker]

The thing is Brolly is not on the National Broadcaster anymore. He now relies on The Irish Independent and Eir for his exposure. Both only give him a very small level of exposure, nothing to what he was getting on RTE.  His profile is fading and he knows it.

He is wise enough to know that the Capital is where the opportunity for exposure lies. So he will in no way cut off the potential hand that could feed him. So there will be nothing negative about the Dublin GAA.

Writing stories/columns/articles about intercounty football is tough in the present climate, even outside the excuse of Covid. Outside of Dublin and all the records they are breaking, the rest of the chasing bunch are going backwards or are just static. And just plain boring to cover. Can you imagine a story about a Tyrone, Donegal or Mayo player forgetting his boots on AI day? The talk would be of the unprofessionalism. The lack of focus. But when it's Dublin it's given as example of quick thinking and adaptability.

[restorepride]

Some of the stories and name dropping from Brolly is pathetic at times. I've noticed his columns become more nasty and spiteful, particularly towards RTÉ and the Sunday Game. He didn't have a problem with them when he was picking up his big cheque every week. Bell end.

Correct.  Joe is an intelligent man but his emotional intelligence is questionable - sudden donation of kidney for example.   He always craved to be 'one of the lads' so his 'stories' reinvent himself into that role.  Joe was never 'one of the lads'.  Born in Dungiven ok but off to boarding school in Armagh during formative years, Trinty, career etc.  He was never a 'Sur', as Dungiven people are hailed!  In a sense, he still craves 'acceptance'.   So he will always take full poetical license when telling a 'story' and generally for his own benefit.  Stories will become more bizarre as the craving increases and the acceptance decreases.  At the end of the day, Joe is a good enough fella and means well - honestly!  However he loses the run of himself and is running out of road in the storytelling journey.

[lurganblue]

Clearly struggling for content now is Joe.  A whole Gaelic Life article about Andre The Giant, with a tiny dig at Down.

[marty34]

Clearly struggling for content now is Joe.  A whole Gaelic Life article about Andre The Giant, with a tiny dog at Down.

Has Gaelic Life stopped doing a hard copy?

[lurganblue]

Yeah online only at the minute

[restorepride]

Clearly struggling for content now is Joe.  A whole Gaelic Life article about Andre The Giant, with a tiny dog at Down.

Níl iontas orm/Not surprised.

[trailer]

Clearly struggling for content now is Joe.  A whole Gaelic Life article about Andre The Giant, with a tiny dig at Down.

Was he sitting beside Andre The Giant?

[square_ball]

Clearly struggling for content now is Joe.  A whole Gaelic Life article about Andre The Giant, with a tiny dig at Down.

Was he sitting beside Andre The Giant?

He's been texting Andre about this great Dublin team. Andre had a soft spot for Joe's 1993 Derry team.

[Silver hill]

Clearly struggling for content now is Joe.  A whole Gaelic Life article about Andre The Giant, with a tiny dig at Down.

Was he sitting beside Andre The Giant?

He's been texting Andre about this great Dublin team. Andre had a soft spot for Joe's 1993 Derry team.

Hilarious.

[highorlow]

Claire Byrne booted Joe off the show tonight. Only caught the end of it.

https://mobile.twitter.com/JoeBrolly1993?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

[Fear Bun Na Sceilpe]

He's a gimp anyways