Nasty little article from Joe Brolly to day on Mayo footballers today in the Sindo. They 'had the players but not the men' etc. He's an odious little man. Easiest thing to dois put the boot in when someone is down.

https://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/joe-brolly-mayo-had-players-but-not-the-men-to-win-allireland-38392692.html

Defaulter1831 (Kilkenny) - Posts: 40 - 11/08/2019 13:45:02    2223948

Whammo86 (Antrim) - Posts: 4201 - 11/08/2019 13:56:28    2223951

A belittling sneer, without doubt.

supersub15 (Carlow) - Posts: 2907 - 11/08/2019 14:14:09    2223960

Shocking stuff from Brolly but I expect nothing else from him. He is always banging on about the amateur ethos of the GAA but then sees no issue questionning the character of amateur footballers.

Green_Gold (Donegal) - Posts: 1873 - 11/08/2019 14:14:13    2223961

Pay no heed to him. He thrives on attention. To paraphrase a poster here, he has a mouth that's only good for cooling soup.

GreenandRed (Mayo) - Posts: 7335 - 11/08/2019 14:18:37    2223962

Nasty BS from Brolly.

MesAmis (Dublin) - Posts: 13704 - 11/08/2019 14:20:06    2223964

Bad form.

If anything their ability to bounce back year in year out from the pits of despair to give him some brilliant games over the last 4 or 5 years shows exactly why that mayo team are unreal men.

waynoI (Dublin) - Posts: 13650 - 11/08/2019 14:28:01    2223966

I like Brolly because he's good TV but he's completely out of line with some of his over the top comments. Mayo are to be totally respected as both men and footballers.

realdub (Dublin) - Posts: 8584 - 11/08/2019 14:45:38    2223971

Brolly is nasty nasty little nobody. Him and his type wouldn't last a second in today's championship.
Won one all ireland and all he's ever remembered for is blowing kisses.
Its well time RTE showed this joker the door. He adds nothing whatsoever to analysis. Nothing but cheap shots.

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1898 - 11/08/2019 14:47:32    2223973

Why does he have to get so personal about individuals. It's not on.

Jackeen (Dublin) - Posts: 4097 - 11/08/2019 14:53:05    2223975

The Eamon Dunphy of GAA. Always trying to grab a headline. He generally succeeds.

Joxer (Dublin) - Posts: 4700 - 11/08/2019 14:54:33    2223977

Absolute rubbish spouted by Brolly. He just loves the sound of his own voice and hogs the mic when he is on the Sunday game. Kicking Mayo when they are down. A superb bunch of players who gave all to their county and waking up this morning to that bull. But people are fickle. He'll probably be doing medal gigs and pitch openings next week around the country. He should be isolated.

moros (Roscommon) - Posts: 1076 - 11/08/2019 15:02:48    2223982

Between Dublin dominance and embedded team journalists in the media, there'll be zero interest in football next year. The Derry job is vacant. Why can't he go and show us all his vision for football with them

Thelonesomegoose (Leitrim) - Posts: 204 - 11/08/2019 15:05:39    2223984

He gets far too personal with individual players and that's not on. Having said that Mayo will be remembered like the Dublin side of Ciaran Whelan. Good footballers but didn't have the inner belief or streetwise nastiness to get over the line. Step back from Brolly's flowery language and the main point he is making is correct.

Ulsterman (Antrim) - Posts: 9696 - 11/08/2019 15:13:51    2223992

This is very typical of Brolly - always looking for attention and quite prepared to make spurious comments on players' characters to grab that attention. He seems to be in a permanent state of unhappiness.

neverright (Roscommon) - Posts: 1648 - 11/08/2019 15:16:44    2223994

Brolly and all of us should be thmaking Mayo for putting up some resistance to this great Dublin team. In 2018 when Mayo were gone early we saw how poor the championship was. Brolly bears on about amateuris but criticises players to a professional standard. He loves to question manleness in plyers but he himself didn't play football in a manly way.

updwell (Limerick) - Posts: 813 - 11/08/2019 15:20:14    2223996

Bon (Kildare) - Posts: 1898 - 11/08/2019 15:20:32    2223997

Poor but that is the type of writing the Indo demands, look at Ewan so Brolly in good company

arock (Dublin) - Posts: 4895 - 11/08/2019 16:14:08    2224031

Hope someone calls him out for it, or within the media room itself.
O Rourke only decent analyst left along with Whelan.
Sky closing the gap by the year at an alarming rate.

BeJasus (UK) - Posts: 383 - 11/08/2019 16:35:30    2224057

Tirchonaill1 (Donegal) - Posts: 2737 - 11/08/2019 16:42:14    2224064