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Replying To ulsterrules:  "I don't think we would be defending Jim if he punched O'Connor. The GAA could do nothing against Jim as there is no TV footage with Jim's hands on O'Connor, while there was clear video footage in Ger's case.

I honestly think if the GAA could have gone after Jim without going after Clifford they would have."
There is footage, sure a previous poster on here has posted the link to it.

TrueBlue35 (Dublin) - Posts: 341 - 28/05/2026 15:18:31    2676297

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Replying To Al_Maguire:  "Hate is a very strong word and I genuinely would never hate anyone involved in gaelic games. All I have said is I am not a fan of McGuinness and the way he carries on. His comments to Tommy Rooney last weekend was the latest example of him feeling like he is impervious to any criticism or negative media coverage. But look he has worked wonders for you lot so we will just agree to have differing opinions on this one. No big deal.

A victory over Dublin all of what 12 years ago is something you bring up as it was a highlight for you at the time. I don't think many Dublin people give it a second thought given the run that happened after that happened to include two handy wins against Donegal in '16 & '18."
The media are no saints either. They've allowed narratives like 'Jim destroyed football' grow and fester. The main talking points they focused on after the National League final was 'Murphy should be banned.' They main one after this game is that 'Jim should be banned.' They all huffed when Jim told them he didn't care about thier opinions back in January.

Why is it always 'poor old journalist x'? Poor old Tommy Rooney knew exactly what he was doing by putting him on the defensive and bascially making sure Jim couldn't answer it in any poilte way.

Why are journalists only doing a job if they go for a certain angle? They control the narrative and can go after managers. They can get managers sacked in the premier league.

I've even read the line that 'the best managers never react to journalists' That's bull. Ferguson did it, Klopp did it. Even Pep got salty.

This idea the journalists are all saintly, never hurt a fly, just doing their jobs, martyr for the cause heroes who would never set a narrative or write subjectively about a topic is frankly laughable."]As another poster pointed out above increased media scrutiny, focus on players and management comes with the territory of being an All Ireland contender consistently. Brian Cody was nippy with the media on occasion, Davy Fitz, Ger Loughnane, Mickey Harte, James Horan all had their moments but I don't feel any crossed the line like Jim did last weekend. You have to expect the media are going to come for you (I don't think Tommy went for him but asked a loaded enough question to see how it would go down) and I felt he could have handled that better. A simple "ah look there was a lot going on, lots of bodies out there and I thought the referee handled things well" would have shut it down there and then. Jim Gavin was famous for saying a lot of words but not actually saying much. The media have a job to do, easiest thing is to just not give them fuel for the fire. There was enough fuel from the on field stuff the last day without sticking another match to it after is all.

TrueBlue35 (Dublin) - Posts: 341 - 28/05/2026 15:40:29    2676308

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