The conclusion was that leaving influential Kerry forward free represented an egregious miscalucation on the part of Jim McGuinness – it’s never that simple Paudie Clifford in possession with Jamie Brennan of Donegal giving chase during last year’s All-Ireland SFC final. Photo: Ray McManus/Sportsfile In Gaelic football, consensus is the killer of decent analysis. Most … Read more
Broadcast system is structured in a way that doesn’t allow for innovation The studio system is not allowing pundits to explore fresh ways of approaching the analysis and enjoyment of Gaelic games. Photo: Sportsfile There are lots of big and interesting football games on live television this weekend. We’re getting to the point in the … Read more
Scores from beyond the arc are now as important as kick-outs and tackles, without them teams are destined to struggle Niall Scully kicks a two-point score during Dublin’s Division 1 victory against Roscommon last weekend. Photo: Seb Daly/Sportsfile Ray Boyne, the crack statistician, put an interesting table on X the other day showing the correlation … Read more
It’s still early doors but Andy Moran’s men are the most interesting team out there right now Ryan O’Donoghue is the best Mayo forward I’ve ever seen. Photo: Sam Barnes/Sportsfile Mayo fascinate me. Culturally, they are unique in Gaelic football. Their yearning for the big one is more intense than anywhere else. The whole place, … Read more
O’Hanlon was the man who got things done in the Dublin set-up – he was like a father, looking after us There aren’t enough hours in the day to retell them all about Shane O’Hanlon. If there was a Daddy to the Dublin football team, it was Shane. He looked after us all. Photo: Ray … Read more
Ger Brennan: ‘Pity those who make the mistake of underestimating him. He is nobody’s gobshite.’ Photo: Sportsfile There are two things worth knowing about Ger Brennan. One is that he won’t lose a nanosecond’s sleep about what people think about him or if he’s upsetting folk by making a decision or taking a stance on … Read more
Philly McMahon: Jink in the armour – why a new breed of elusive forwards holds the key to All-Ireland glory The Irish Independent Source link
Philly McMahon: Why I said McFadden Ferry deserved a slap, but only a slap The Irish Independent Source link
Dublin’s Lorcan O’Dell and Mike Breen of Kerry in Tralee last Saturday night. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Somehow it seemed to escape the attention of the world’s media that I made my glorious return to intermediate club football last Sunday. Probably something to do with the Super Bowl. Anyway, it was a first participative taste of … Read more
The main lesson I took from last weekend’s events is that a small number of people can generate what looks like a great big racket Philly McMahon outside his gym, BeDo7 Fitness. Have you ever kicked an ant’s nest? Neither have I. But I had an online exchange with a right-wing politician last weekend and … Read more