He made some good points, but then strayed towards sensationalism with the ‘mentally weak’ stuff.
He likes to court controversy and look, it’s a good headline and he’s got people talking about it.
In terms of critical analysis, there are better out there.
Yes, his ghost writer should cop the fuck on.
Hard to argue with most of that to be fair.
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Jackie is spot on… Hopefully we regroup for 2020 and lessons are learned from this year.
balbec
May 31, 2019, 9:25am
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Nothing much wrong with that article. Let’s see the response on Sunday.
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Jahan
May 31, 2019, 9:27am
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In fairness, he generally was crowned the champion. Presume he has been asked to draw on his experience of winning nine All Irelands.
Far more coherent article than McGrath’s.
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grapes
May 31, 2019, 9:30am
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You mean you actually read it? Jesus
He was about the 12th or 13th best player on those Kilkenny teams
His ghost writer seems to have an intimate knowledge of the intensity of the early months of WWII and has finally found an opportunity to shoehorn in a reference to same.
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Nothing wrong with that article, bar a tendency to Donal ogian searching for deep truths when it’s basically a simple enough game. I find him most interesting, like Donal og, when he sticks to tactics and match ups. That said, there wasn’t that much hyperbole in this one.
All the hurling is the best game on the planet simpletons on Twitter saying you’ll see ten of those ben stoke catches this weekend
Is that an asterix on some or all of his 9 all ireland medals? The most successful hurling manager in history rated him highly enough
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is,
to have a thankless child.
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Bad sign if Waterford can’t sell out Walsh park. I’ve been at games in Thurles where they’ve brought 3 times the capacity