Jimmy's throwing hacks out!

[rrhf]

Maybe players will listen to their managers and keep squad business quiet. Cassidy was an eejit, mc Guinness is entitled to have a go. Petty it seems to others but then again few on Here have a brain like mc Guinness. Ultimately cassidy was replaceable and that seemed to improve the team not weaken it

[HiMucker]

I could be completely wrong here, but was the book not the only sourceI heard mention of JMcG stopping off at the place where his brother died after the ulster final win last year.  Nothing bad what bougue said.  But if that was a private moment that only the guys present knew about then it is very close to the bone.  Also if any details surrounding that are wrong, however insignificant they are, or even portraying Jim in a good light, then it would be hard to take.
I think Jim is taking alot of unfair stick here.  To be honest I think him and Cassidy have shown alot of dignity throughout the whole episode.  The media however have not.  These things happen in football, move on.

[J OGorman]

this thread is a great comfort to me. For ages I thought I was the only one on here who loved the Belfast Telegraph and its unrivaled coverage of gaelic games

long live the 'Tele

[Hardy]

I'm sure I heard on "It Says In The Papers" this morning that Bogue has a piece in the Indo today about the controversy, but I can't see it in the online version. Anyone see the print version? (I know. But you can say you saw it in the shop.)

[IolarCoisCuain]

I'm sure I heard on "It Says In The Papers" this morning that Bogue has a piece in the Indo today about the controversy, but I can't see it in the online version. Anyone see the print version? (I know. But you can say you saw it in the shop.)

It's in the print version. It might come online later at six o'clock - I was on a Eugene McGee watch over the summer and I think that's how they do it.

[J OGorman]

Dara O'Se has to be the best analyst of Gaelic Football at present.
He said a bit about his whole affair tonight on Today FM, and made it sound logical what McGuinness did - he wasn't saying McGuinness was right, more that if Kevin Cassidy was dropped and  missing the AIF, what message would it have sent to the panel if JMG had allowed the whole occasion to pass without some retribution to the journalist who caused it.

Eh?

Dara was suggesting that this was a popularity stunt? Now it makes sense!

McGuinness realises that the knives will be out in Cassidy country - Gweedore? - about him losing out on an AI and him being probably the most deserving of Donegal players since 92. I get it now.

Didn t McEniff run into a storm for not playing - what s his name .......Tommy Ryan or something in 92?

Jimmy s got a conscience,
Jimmy's playing games!

The man s obviously very talented  but ....... I m not sure that stunt will wash when he heads into Cassidy country.

McGuinness met Cassidy @ his school earlier in the year to clear the air like gentlemen do. McGuinness asked Cassidy back onto the panel, Cassidy refused.

Cassidy country, Im sure he'll be fine and has the McGee trio to back him up.

2 + 2 = extreme bitterness

Let it slide

Watched the home coming last night on the rte new channel. Some crowds in in the square for such a dung night. they were late on the  batter, but the '92 team didnt land til 1:30 in the am ! good times for the good folk of Donegal

[Hardy]

I'm sure I heard on "It Says In The Papers" this morning that Bogue has a piece in the Indo today about the controversy, but I can't see it in the online version. Anyone see the print version? (I know. But you can say you saw it in the shop.)

It's in the print version. It might come online later at six o'clock - I was on a Eugene McGee watch over the summer and I think that's how they do it.

OK. Thanks, Iolar.

[deiseach]

Mine is that Dara is suggesting that McGuinness is appeasing Cassidy clan by blaming Bogue for Cassidy not being around for this.

That's a bit Machiavellian if you ask me. Jim didn't like the book. He didn't like the way he was portrayed ('untruths'). He bottled up his irritation but couldn't resist putting the boot in when flush with victory. There's no need to make it any more complicated than that

[imtommygunn]

At the end of the day too it will do this fella Bogue no harm either. I'd say a lot more people will buy the "Indo" today knowing that he'll be writing about this in it.

[Tony Baloney]

At the end of the day too it will do this fella Bogue no harm either. I'd say a lot more people will buy the "Indo" today knowing that he'll be writing about this in it.

In the same way that Cassidy getting bucked off the panel probably meant people bought the book to see what all the fuss was about. Answer = Nothing.

Anyway, no-one could accuse Jim McGuinness of having a Messiah complex... 

[deiseach]

Anyway, no-one could accuse Jim McGuinness of having a Messiah complex... 

The resemblance is striking:



Whaddya mean, you were talking about some 2,000 years dead Levantine hippy?

[imtommygunn]

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[ONeill]

I looked over the book last night again after Nigella was on and still for the life of me cannot see what troubled Jim and his family.

It seems to me that Jim wanted no one to chat about anything to do with the training regime or him or the team without his permission. Because Kevin did (albeit lightly), he's bringing anyone down who was involved.

Or maybe he wanted rid of Kevin anyway. Perhaps the Gaelic Life wrote something about him or his side he didn't like previous to that. We'll never know as he won't answer questions from Bogue himself.

Jim is entitled to do what he wants, and it has been successful for him, but he's being a bit of a dick.

[sheamy]

She's some bit of gear for 50+

[Mentalman]

Mine is that Dara is suggesting that McGuinness is appeasing Cassidy clan by blaming Bogue for Cassidy not being around for this.

That's a bit Machiavellian if you ask me. Jim didn't like the book. He didn't like the way he was portrayed ('untruths'). He bottled up his irritation but couldn't resist putting the boot in when flush with victory. There's no need to make it any more complicated than that

That's basically it. Dara O'Shea's point was that Sunday was his only opportunity to do it, as if he had done it earlier in the championship it would have been distraction to what Donegal were trying to achieve. So he had to bide his time, and in the heat of the victory had his revenge. Not sure if it was a dish served cold, doesn't seem so.