Jarlath Burns North v South

Ohyeah

Jarlath Burns has a right swipe at southern football in todays (Tuesdays) Daily Ireland (www.dailyireland.com) :eek:

They have it on front page saying "North/South nonsense"

no holding back anyway...I think he is talking a lot of sense myself but it may sound like a little bit of sours grapes considering there are no northern teams left:D

here is just a sample of it below

"Okay, fellow Nordies. Hands up, how many of you watched the below standard fare offered up in the name of the GAA last Sunday and allowed a little smile at the mistakes, the wides, the defensive moves and general lack of cutting edge excitement provided by the four teams?
How many of you watched the dull dreary exchanges almost hoping there wouldn’t be an exciting finish?
How many of you reflected on the criticism fired at your province in recent years and heard yourself saying ‘Heh, if a pair of Ulster teams came down to Croke Park and delivered ****e like that, there’d be an outcry’?
Well? Hands up.
If you’re in any of these groups, you have allowed yourself to become entangled in a big web of ‘north v south’ nonsense that even the unionists are leaving behind."

jank

Not at all Football is generally ****e lately.

He has a lot of valid points

The Rooster

Its all a load of cack.

First of all lumping all the North teams as one, as if they all play identical styles. I think Armagh and Tyrone do their best to play on this - when people talk about the bad side of North football, it almost entirely relates to Armagh and Tyrone.

Then thinking the games on Sunday were rubbish and enjoying the fact, i.e. missing out on the obvious fact that these teams were responsible for putting most of the Ulster teams out!

Then a lot of Northerners (Armagh in particular in seems) seem to have a huge chip on their shoulder, i.e. last year in the Ulster championship Tyrone v armagh was poor, foul-ridden and often dirty. One game worse than the other. The media said it as it was. Then they played in the All Ireland semi and it was a great game. Again, the media said so. But the nordies only seem to remember the reaction to the two games in Ulster, not the reaction to the semi. Thats typical.

Also the Nordies seem to think that everyone else thinks what Pat Spillane says is gospel. Otherwise why get so upset at the "puke football" jibe? The only people to take it seriously at the time were North people. Instead of coming back with a simple "Pat, stop your whining" they made a huge issue out of it and now nobody will ever forget it. Jeez, those two words are the easiest way ever to get a rise out of a Nordie.

At the Nordies think they get "special attention" from the Southern media. Always playing them down. Utter nonsense. Perfectly illustrated by O'Rourke and Brolly's way OTT criticism of Mayo and Laois. Nobody is immune.

Ohyeah

Burns is a tad, how shall I say old fashioned I think.

It is funny sometimes, Dessie Farrell writes a column in the same paper and they are always having a pop at each other over pay for play etc.

still I think the point made above that he talks about all ulster teams as if they are exactly the same is a fair one, however later in the article he does provide a good critique of Mayo I think. Dont have full link here but it is sports section of the D Ireeelnd site.