Brolly tells Harte to f**k off
March 31, 2015
Joe Brolly gets his point across
Joe Brolly says that Mickey Harte should "f**k off and play behind closed doors" if he's not in the business of entertainment.
Clearly becoming increasingly irked by the ills of modern football, the former Derry star, who attended the Oak Leaf County's much-maligned meeting with Dublin on Saturday night, launched a scathing attack on both Tyrone boss Harte and Derry supremo Brian McIver on 2FM last night:
"The reality is that it's muck," Brolly says of the defensive approach espoused by both managers. "There is an obligation owed to the game and to the Gaels of Ireland. I think, increasingly, people are starting to see that and county footballers are starting to see that as well.
"Mickey Harte said 'we're not in the business of entertainment'. Well then f**k off and play behind closed doors if you're not in the business of entertainment. Have you ever heard such a perverse thing?
"Brian McIver, the Derry manager, after the game on Saturday night, he was apologising, he said 'well we don't want to play this way, I know it's awful to watch'. Well then don't play that way! "Really the thing has become abysmal now. It's a race to the bottom and there's no end in sight.
"The six or seven [players] I met were sheepish. They hate to play this way. These guys are skilled footballers, who can really play when they have an opportunity, but the reality is now that the game is becoming increasingly about negativity and it's becoming extremely difficult to watch and wearing for spectators.
"I don't miss a Derry match but I refuse to go anymore. I just think it's an affront. I met Donegal fans after their game against Monaghan which was then described as the worst game ever played. They were depressed and that's not supposed to be what sport is about.
"Sport is supposed to be uplifting and joyful and exciting. You're supposed to go out and give it a crack. The process now has become unimportant and the only thing that's important is winning or losing - that's a ridiculous ethos because it's self-defeating."
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