Twitter (Part 1)

[anon32894817]

Be hilarious If Ewan ended up in a Brazilian jail after the pat hickey Case.

[Sidney]

@anon32894817

Be hilarious If Ewan ended up in a Brazilian jail after the pat hickey Case.

Yeah, because fascists locking up journalists is hilarious, or something something

[Juhniallio]

@Sidney

@anon32894817

Be hilarious If Ewan ended up in a Brazilian jail after the pat hickey Case.

Yeah, because fascists locking up journalists is hilarious, or something something

Your point is obviously correct. But however much Ewan fancies himself as a hotshot journalist he’s nothing like it. He’s a poor writer who had carved out a niche as a contrarian who takes lazy potshots at easy targets. Sending in pisspoor opinion pieces articles based internet ‘research’. Trying to maintsin a profile by attacking people on Twitter. His article on froome a year or two ago was a perfect example, stats taken from others articles or the internet and patched together haphazardly. Poorly written. His presumably drunken tweet about Jim Gavin the other night is an example of what he is. Seething and incomprehensible.

[Sidney]

I didn’t make any comments about the standard of Ewan’s writing, pal

[StoneCold]

I didn’t think a no mark site like Pundit Arena would have the cash to be sending @Ewan to the Copa America. I can’t recall @Ewan providing any match reports either

[Ashman]

I don’t think the current Brazilian government will feel the need to arrest Ewan .

[StoneCold]

Unless he’s a bagman for Athy drugs gangs

[binkybarnes]

@maroonandwhite

But be careful not to throw the baby out with the bathwater here, this strange comment has nothing to do with his correct exposure of dublins success due to financial doping. Ive never seen that rebutted despite clowns like @Spidey claiming he’s taken him to task, then not actually giving any evidence of this task taking. You’re attempting the same here of course, thinking his provocation on lowry sullies his dublin argument. Which of course it doesn’t.

You are attempting to ride two horses with the one arse here. Ewan calling Lowry a fascist is disgraceful carry on. As was his sneering of Johnny Cooper’s stabbing. As was his personal attack on Jim Gavin at the weekend. He is a nasty, attention seeking fool with the journalism skills of a chimp. Your championing of him reflects poorly on you.

[Sidney]

@binkybarnes

You are attempting to ride two horses with the one arse here.

Careful now, that could confuse him

[Tank]

We’ve all been there

[glenshane]

@Tank

We’ve all been there

Curb Your Enthusiasm Bush Joke

[Tim_Riggins]

Ewan gets most of his stuff from here.

[Sidney]

He had an article about giraffes in tennis recently

[TreatyStones]

Ewan talks a serious amount of nonsense, the only things he is right about are the Dubs and Rugby.

[maroonandwhite]

@tallback

I’ve seen nothing from Ewan apart from some sort of Correlation is Causation argument with regard to Dublin. He’s put out financial figures, they are disputed to varying degrees by a range of sources but I haven’t seen yet any argument on how money is disproportionately benefitting the senior team or how it is causing the recent success.

So you are saying theres no correlation. On that basis the whole sports science industry is a con job, if it offers no assistance whatsoever.

Why then did dublin ask for more funding?

Why then has there success rate gone through the roof since receiving it? And especially why have their hurlers gone from nowhere to provincial titles, league title, all ireland semi. All a co incidence. The other advantages, population, home games atc were there beforehand.

If the figures are disputed as you say can you show how they are, no use just saying so

[maroonandwhite]

@binkybarnes

You are attempting to ride two horses with the one arse here. Ewan calling Lowry a fascist is disgraceful carry on. As was his sneering of Johnny Cooper’s stabbing. As was his personal attack on Jim Gavin at the weekend. He is a nasty, attention seeking fool with the journalism skills of a chimp. Your championing of him reflects poorly on you.

What did he say about jonny cooper?

He gave his opinion on jim gavin, not delicately put, and possibly while drunk or whatever. but his own opinion and he’s even withdrawn it.

You are trying to dismiss things you cant dispute simply by associating them with his outlandish claims. The lowry is a fascist one is bizarre, but has no relevance to his theory on dublins success due to overfunding. You only wish they were connected.

[gilgamboa]

@Bandage

Amidst all the twitter replies and to and fro, Ewan revealed that his wife’s family in Brazil is now in danger due to a press conference question he posed about the Bolsonaro regime at the Copa America recently.

I posted that above. He also half apologised for his post about Jim Gavin advising that he was under a lot of stress that he had moved his wife and his dog to a different continent over the last few days. I hope he isnt having to run like a political exile. No-one deserves that

[maroonandwhite]

He’s obviously not in a good place. Why he feels the need to engage with every idiot on twitter is beyond me. The dubs jumping on here though is very revealing

[gilgamboa]

@maroonandwhite

He’s obviously not in a good place. Why he feels the need to engage with every idiot on twitter is beyond me. The dubs jumping on here though is very revealing

Its bizarre really why he needs to argue his case. If his case is strong enough make it in the article and let the article stand on its own merits, like most journos.

[tallback]

@maroonandwhite

@tallback

I’ve seen nothing from Ewan apart from some sort of Correlation is Causation argument with regard to Dublin. He’s put out financial figures, they are disputed to varying degrees by a range of sources but I haven’t seen yet any argument on how money is disproportionately benefitting the senior team or how it is causing the recent success.

So you are saying theres no correlation. On that basis the whole sports science industry is a con job, if it offers no assistance whatsoever.

Why then did dublin ask for more funding?

Why then has there success rate gone through the roof since receiving it? And especially why have their hurlers gone from nowhere to provincial titles, league title, all ireland semi. All a co incidence. The other advantages, population, home games atc were there beforehand.

If the figures are disputed as you say can you show how they are, no use just saying so

First of all - its Ewan (and you) who are making the accusation so the onus on proof is on you.

Yes, I believe in sport science and in the world of professional sport where you can attract better talent with money obviously there is an advantage. I’m not sure it applies here though. Is Gavin paid while half the counties in the country piss money away paying managers (hat-tip Wexford)? Obviously you can’t buy in extra players in GAA.

Is there any sense that the Dublin senior panel budget is higher than that of say Mayo? Where are your facts?

After that, it gets fuzzy. Money invested in development at primary school level is a long way from causation.

Your point about success going through the roof since receiving funding is poor enough. Is that all you have. Correllation is exactly the point I made - my question is where is the causation. In the same period iPhone ownership in Dublin went through the roof. Is that the cause of success. It has as much validity as your “proof”.