Just to think we are blessed with a lot of county players attitudes off the pitch in a good way.
And they again give up their time taking an example from just Damian Comer with the poor young mascot who is recovering from a stroke. Giving up time to go visit kids hospital and all that stuff.
There has been many more this year I'm sure we may have seen or never heard of.
On the pitch hard as nails but humble lads off it.
And the same goes for the ladies too visting sick kids or donating gear etc. GAA players are just one of a kind.
Don't we just have a great organisation which connects with the community in every way possible.

WildPundit (Tipperary) - Posts: 1709 - 17/09/2018 19:35:58    2142294

Not according to the likes of Paul Kimmage, Ewan McKenna and even Des Cahill.

witnof (Dublin) - Posts: 1604 - 17/09/2018 21:22:39    2142312

Sweetspot (Kildare) - Posts: 323 - 17/09/2018 21:47:31    2142320

Greengrass (Louth) - Posts: 6031 - 17/09/2018 22:07:46    2142322

Been lucky to meet quite a few and they are unbelievably level headed , met a few when I had a few beers and they were gentlemen, highlight few years ago meeting Paul flynn Waterford total gent , a few nights later Anthony Tohill again gent , with the Dublin lads I've met and seen them up front and personal doing stuff completely under the radar , I've witnessed lads coming down to give our under 16 a few coaching lessons but asking us to keep it quite as own club wouldn't be happy , met the great Paudie another gent , for some reason love meeting greats from rival counties when they've retired

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 17/09/2018 22:31:48    2142328

Cringe

wicklu (Wicklow) - Posts: 331 - 18/09/2018 07:19:37    2142345

Damothedub (Dublin) - Posts: 5193 - 18/09/2018 09:04:31    2142359

as in every walk of life you meet some lads who are unbelievably sound and some who are idiots and some who are arrogant. During the course of going to games, at work, out socially you will bump into many lads who have played at a high level. I have actually found its the ones who have actually been the most successful who are the most level headed and its the ones that you have heard of but never won anything that are the arrogant types.

Rosineri1 (UK) - Posts: 2099 - 18/09/2018 10:24:50    2142378

every county has nice players,every county has arrogant a-holes who think they are gods gift.
but to be honest,i judge every hurler and football by what they do on the field,i couldnt care less what they are like off it.
for what it is worth,i have heard of irish footballers and rugby players visiting crumlin/temple street hospital on a regular basis,and on a bog-standard tuesday afternoon with no cameras or anything there.
and the same for munster rugby.it is just what people do.

perfect10 (Wexford) - Posts: 3929 - 18/09/2018 15:10:30    2142500

Uimhir.a.3. (Galway) - Posts: 409 - 18/09/2018 17:56:16    2142547

We are still nothing but a breeding ground for the RA up here to many Unionists. Mindless thugs who start a row every time a ball is thrown in is another one. If you're an intermediate or reserve team you can always grab 5 minutes of fame on the BBC or UTV sports segment if you start a tear up but forget about it if you do something positive.

It's a sad state of affairs because I know the opening post is a fair reflection of what the majority of GAA people are about. I think the critics from a different background are slightly jealous of the community we have and the rest are just ignorant of it. I see a similar trend with people in the south from different sporting or class backgrounds as well.

SaffronDon (Antrim) - Posts: 2385 - 18/09/2018 19:00:37    2142560

wicklu (Wicklow) - Posts: 331 - 18/09/2018 20:24:57    2142572