The Joe Brolly tells porkies thread

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Alot more than you clearly.

1122

Nothing clear about that.

1123

Ya it was a Munster employee was first telling me and how they viewed Ulster approach as one way to go. Private money is critical though.

Rugby is really doing a great job with sport in this country

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1124

Its crystal

1125

Nothing crystal about it.

1126

Its barely in the top ten in terms of playing numbers

Whats good about that

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1127

Joe’s article today was awful lazy cliched stuff. Today’s footballers have no creativity and are slaves to the system.

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These lads don’t do nuances. Is it an Ulster thing?

1129

Utter guff

Zlatan,Totti,Dembele,Rogic etc etc

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A lot of Brolly’s work, particularly about the state of modern football, is the polished barrister’s articulation of a clichéd opinion. His version of the ‘no characters in the game anymore’ a few weeks ago was a classic of the genre.

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Its 4th i believe

Thats not relevant to the discussion anyway.

1132

4th when you exclude the top 5

Its relevant to you praising the irfu

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Rugby (international rugby) is a corporate entertainment thing more than a sport. Imagine Brolly and Clerkin outrage if GAA tickets were regularly changing hands at 1100 a pop. They are for the Ireland - England game because corporates are buying them.

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As a club member I will be able to buy one at face value thankfully. I wouldn’t shed many tears for the British corporates forking out that money for their ticket

1135

So every club member is entitled to a 6N Ticket?

1136

Do a lot of clubs sell them off to raise money?

my sense is a huge number of people at those games are corporates.

Not having a crack at rugby here - can do that elsewhere - but having a crack at Brolly and Clerkin holding up rugby as a shining light of all that is wrong with GAA and ignoring issues they would use to criticise the GAA.

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Nonsense. Thats just irish lads tak8ng wealthy brita for a ride.
I’m not a member of a rugby club, gone to numerour Irl-Eng games and never paid above the odds

Btw - did you go to Ed Coughlan yesterday at Crokes?

1138

Friday night. Missed it as had to work.

Maybe it has got worse but i thought a lot of club tickets got sold off to corporates.

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Any feedback?

He has a great mind and highly educated, just wondered how the delivery would be for club coaches who may or may not want to be there.

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Certainly in my club yes. Maybe on bigger dublin clubs might be a problem