BEFORE the Kerry game with Cavan, Paddy Andrews, Cillian O’Connor and Marc O’Sé, looking like a Take That tribute, shook their heads sadly every time Cavan were mentioned. Cavan must be bitterly regretting the day they ever beat Mayo. The following weekend, they got Donegal, enraged and motivated after their loss to Tyrone. Next up […]
The race for Sam is heating up and Shaun Casey takes a look at the players who have shone brightest so far David Clifford (Kerry) THE two-time Footballer of the Year is the frontrunner at the minute and is widely regarded as perhaps the best footballer in the country. He is the leading light for […]
BEFORE I talk about anything this weekend, it’s only right of me to heap praise on the best broadcasting station out there. I am of course talking about TG4 and I don’t think too many will argue with me after seeing their production last weekend. I could of course be accused of being biased given the […]
ON Saturday I got a lift to the Mayo game with a lad from Ballina. As we got close to MacHale park, two hours early, there were parking spaces everywhere. “There’s one,” I said. He drove past it. “There’s another one.” He drove past it. “I don’t know how to reverse Joe,” he said. “How did […]
Former Gaelic Lifer John Hughes, proprietor of @TheNumbersGael, has looked at football’s top scorers from play from 10 onwards SCORES from play are some of the most valuable currency in Gaelic football and John Hughes, proprietor of X account @TheNumbersGael, has crunched the data to look at the players who lead that chart from 2010 […]
A MODERN coach/manager has finally broken ranks to say what we are all thinking. This week, Professor Niall Moyna, a state of the art expert who has managed DCU to four Sigerson Cups, was a selector and advisor to the St Vincent’s All-Ireland winning club team of 2008 and an integral part of Pat Gilroy’s […]
By Shaun Casey THE Spirit of Paul McGirr foundation is bringing together some of the biggest names in GAA to help raise much-needed funds for their tireless charity work in a golf classic hosted at the Lough Erne resort on Friday, September 27. Former Tyrone and Dromore footballer Sean O’Neill, a managing director at MFC, a […]
By Niall McCoy HAVING so obviously been weighed down with emotional baggage in their All-Ireland quarter-final win over Roscommon, Armagh’s load should be so much lighter when they come up against Kerry in Saturday’s All-Ireland semi-final at Croke Park. The Orchard County were far from impressive in their 2-12 to 0-12 win over the Rossies, […]
I WAS struck by an interview David Clifford gave recently where he essentially said you can’t wish away the season just to wait for an All-Ireland final. ‘If you do start looking too far down the line, you’re not living in the present at all. You’re kind of wishing the time away. Even the time […]
By Shaun Casey FOLLOWING a ten-point drubbing at the hands of Kerry in the opening round of the All-Ireland series, former Monaghan player and manager Eamonn McEneaney expects the Farney County to “come out fighting” against Louth this weekend. McEneaney knows better than most how the build up to this one will go, having managed […]
