Good man Setanta

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Setanta O'hAilpin training ground fight

http://player.video.news.com.au/heraldsun/#x373FBdlUfjF7KIyZKZrItj9T_fVA8oU

An all round good week for the Rebels in general.

Morrisseeee

Also ::
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUnqjQRn9D0

abakan

jes he got a be a big fcuker!!!

nice smack. he was obviously taking to his brother before training about striking!!!!!

Mushy

Whoah, must yhave been somthing nasty said alright. The little root up the arse at the end is funny too!

Orizio

The little petulant kick at the end was a bit too much really...

We could do with him in Croker on Sunday, the French feckers won't be able to live with haymakers like that.

patmac

Something must have been said, it's very unusual for an O'Halpin to strike.

Yavvy

he is a big guy isnt he

Orizio

patmac wrote: »

Something must have been said, it's very unusual for an O'Halpin to strike.

As far as I can tell, he pulled Setanta's hair.

Anyway I've seen his older brother pull 'too hard' at times as well. You can't take the Na Piarsigh Hurling out of these lads...

premierstone

Ah im sure theres a reasonable explanation for it all, probably something that Frank Murphy said to him a few years back and it set him offm jeez that Murphy lad is always at it

baztard

hehe, kicking yer man up the hole shows the level of contempt he must have had. Brilliant video... humiliating for Cloke.. bad for O'Hailpín though

patmac

patmac wrote: »

Something must have been said, it's very unusual for an O'Halpin to strike.

Why? Have you a degree in the history O'Halpins?

rebs23

You know what, the rest of Ireland is right we are a bunch of cranky, awkward, stubborn ****ers.
An O'Hailpin giving a dig like that is the final proof.

Daysha

:eek: christ that was some smack

Tristram

****ing twat. hope he gets massive punishment.

DenMan

Nobody seemed to give a flying fcuk anyway. After he decked the guy the player from his team didn't seem to care. It was only after he walked away some smaller guy came over. Maybe it's the norm over there. Oz having been set up as a penal colony....hasn't changed by the look of things.

smashey

The Irish Times reports he has been ordered to take an anger management course. :eek:
http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/gaa/2009/0206/1224240666090.html

Browney7

So that's what happens when you grow up in the same house as Sean Og.

That was a serious smack:eek:

Mr. Incognito

Did you watch the aussie commentators attached to that video- they reckon his career is over.

Limerick Dude

Mr. Incognito wrote: »

Did you watch the aussie commentators attached to that video- they reckon his career is over.

Listen to that gob****e call hurling "curling". Moron.

buck65

Career over ?
ina sport where knocking someone unconscious makes one a hero? I doubt it
(ref Graham Geraghty)
O Hailpin will be a legend for this.

Mr. Incognito

A legend for kicking a man on the ground who is face down and not moving.??

I doubt it.

He'll be back playing for Cork this summer.

Orizio

He barely touched him with the kick. No, anyone who can knock out a man in one punch deserves the 'legend' tag regardless...

I'm not convinced he will be back.

dotsflan

Orizio wrote: »

He barely touched him with the kick. No, anyone who can knock out a man in one punch deserves the 'legend' tag regardless...

I'm not convinced he will be back.

how does knocking out a man with a punch make you a legend???

Mr. Incognito

well his contract is up at the end of this season. H's only had 46 starts in 4 years. I reckon they'll just release him, he's not a strong enough squad member to survive this.

Browney7

dotsflan wrote: »

how does knocking out a man with a punch make you a legend???

Mohammed Ali much?????;)

homerjay2005

Orizio wrote: »

He barely touched him with the kick. No, anyone who can knock out a man in one punch deserves the 'legend' tag regardless...

I'm not convinced he will be back.

i agree, this is being blown out of all proportion. the kick was something similar to bishop brennan being kicked up the ass! he should not have done it but i think its more funny than anything else and more humiliating to the man on the ground. who knows what he said to him? for all we know there could have been an insult towards his family or something, thats my guess but lets wait and see, im sure the truth will come out.

that commentator on the right is a fool and deserves one himself. the level of uneducated statements he came out with was downright insulting, he was basically saying he was a thug and thats the way the irish behaved. that sort of stuff goes on everywhere. had there been no camera there, this wouldn have even made it outside the lines of the pitch. and also, if he was a local, wouldnt be news either.

he is being hung out to dry and that commentator is not helping with his idiotic comments. i hope there was some provoking involved and while he should not have done it, it will help to ease the storm that he will face for a few days.

Tristram

I don't care who you are. If you kick someone when they are lying defenceless on the ground you deserve whatever you get. Hopefully a bloody huge suspension or a severe asswhooping. Cowardly act.

IIMII

It wasn't much a kick, more of a poke. That aussie commentator, typical harvey norman waffler.. :rolleyes: Curling, hurling, Gaelic whatever they call it over there - he was delighted with himself

homerjay2005

Tristram wrote: »

I don't care who you are. If you kick someone when they are lying defenceless on the ground you deserve whatever you get. Hopefully a bloody huge suspension or a severe asswhooping. Cowardly act.

it wasnt exactly a cowardly kick to be honest, he just gave him a root up the hole. not much force in it. to be honest, i dont think the lad on the ground even knew he got kicked up the hole such was the force of the punch and lack of force in the kick. storm in a tea cup.

DenMan

homerjay2005 wrote: »

it wasnt exactly a cowardly kick to be honest, he just gave him a root up the hole. not much force in it. to be honest, i dont think the lad on the ground even knew he got kicked up the hole such was the force of the punch and lack of force in the kick. storm in a tea cup.

eh!!! isn't that worse? Giving the guy a kick up the backside when he is down for the count. That dig knocked him out and the kick looks very mocking.

homerjay2005

DenMan wrote: »

eh!!! isn't that worse? Giving the guy a kick up the backside when he is down for the count. That dig knocked him out and the kick looks very mocking.

lets just wait and see what started it? i wonder will it come out? for instance zidane gave his reason why he did that headbutt in the WC.

eroo

There's nothing glamourous or legendary about knocking someone out.. especially not if there your team mate.

Alfie Boon

Howdy all,
I think he went for his nuts with his kick...Seemed he took his time with weighing up his target(s)!

CyberDave

The funny thing is, in the video of the two guys talking about it, at the outset they are more concerned with the kick than the haymaker which floored him in the first place. Almost as if it's normal to whack a lad as hard as you can in the face when the ball is the other end of the field.

Grudaire

CyberDave wrote: »

The funny thing is, in the video of the two guys talking about it, at the outset they are more concerned with the kick than the haymaker which floored him in the first place. Almost as if it's normal to whack a lad as hard as you can in the face when the ball is the other end of the field.

I thought the guy, after being proper floored, getting back up and looking for more was funnier:D

jellybaby21

Something was obviously said to him you wouldn't just go lashing out at someone for nothing.

When have you ever heard of him doing that before?

No doubt there will be a statement released so I wouldn't go judging him just yet.

Give the guy a chance.

bruschi

homerjay2005 wrote: »

i agree, this is being blown out of all proportion. the kick was something similar to bishop brennan being kicked up the ass! he should not have done it but i think its more funny than anything else and more humiliating to the man on the ground. who knows what he said to him? for all we know there could have been an insult towards his family or something, thats my guess but lets wait and see, im sure the truth will come out.

that commentator on the right is a fool and deserves one himself. the level of uneducated statements he came out with was downright insulting, he was basically saying he was a thug and thats the way the irish behaved. that sort of stuff goes on everywhere.

uneducated comments alright, and foolish commentating. but its not the first time Setanta has clashed with teammates, and has a reputation in the game to be very petulant and extremely sulky and hard to coach.

homerjay2005 wrote: »

had there been no camera there, this wouldn have even made it outside the lines of the pitch. and also, if he was a local, wouldnt be news either.

what was that you said about uneducated comments? of course the news would have made it outside the field. And most trainings are videod in AFL also. if he was a local? ridiculous argument. Barry Hall struck a punch to a player last year and was completely hung out to dry. Was suspended for 1/3 of the season and was very nearly sacked. and he didnt strike one of his own players.

homerjay2005 wrote: »

he is being hung out to dry and that commentator is not helping with his idiotic comments. i hope there was some provoking involved and while he should not have done it, it will help to ease the storm that he will face for a few days.

he is rightly being hung out to dry. it doesnt matter what sport it is, you cant behave like a thug the Setanta did. John Hartson was let go wen he struck Eyal Berkovic in training and was hung out to dry. You just cant act like that, and makes it worse to do it to your own player.

I suppose the pro Setanta brigade will say, oh wait and see what was siad to him before judging him. Ridiculous. If something was said racially or against his family or something, that is not the way to deal with it. Granted, he wouldnt have been happy with it, but you dont knock someone out over it, IF something was said.

AS I said, its not the first time Setanta has been in trouble for striking a team mate, and while it wasnt caught on tape, it was reported on, like any incident is in AFL. He was on his last legs there, and was a fringe player. This season was going ot be it, whether he stepped up and nailed down a spot, or was let go. I think it will be the latter now.

CyberDave

Cliste wrote: »

I thought the guy, after being proper floored, getting back up and looking for more was funnier:D

Yeah. After O hAilpin was long gone. Hilarious!

smashey

I think we're done here and this hasn't really got anything to do with the GAA.

Locked.