"Trigger" McAteer getting decked by Stephen Cluxton at charity soccer game in Santry

stumpypeeps

I reckon this is how it went down. Game kicks off, Legends expecting the usual kick about. Cluxton as a fit, athletic and decent footballer flying(you know the type, wouldn't like to lose a game of Mousetrap). McAteer gets dispossessed a few times, doesn't like it. Starts mouthing a bit. A few tough tackles. Cluxton gets him again, Jason, unfit, rusty and embarrassed sticks in a bit of a dirty one. Mouths off to Cluxton and gives him a shove. Cluxton who is a notorious hot head pops him one. Bernard Dunne does his best palm tree impression. All handbags.

Then a bit of twitter fun from Bernard, Jason gets fired up. Rings Newstalk.

fulhamfanincork

Shame on Cluxton, shame on the GAA. Ruin everything for soccer prospects in this country.

TheRedDevil10

http://media.newstalk.ie/listenback/22/monday/1/

mcateer interview starts at 28 mins

Het-Field

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3X8XnIRkBE

1 Min 43 Secs in. It shows the type of man McAteer is.

strawberryb0y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePNST9aczFI

McAteer>Cluxton

stovelid

flahavaj wrote: »

I have no problkem with his point there.

But teh whole dig about Cluxton'd past that he obviously read on wikipedia came across as pathetic. He should've come on, apologised and left it at that instead of stoking the flames further.

So he gets punched in the face at a charity match but the main scandal is that he - an Englishman - doesn't know much about the ins and outs of Dublin GAA?

flas

id say triggs is a bit mouthy on the pitch, as are most players, there is constant slagging and things being said on a football pitch the whole time, cluxton reacted badly, very badly and there has been a fallout from his lack of self control, he has previous of not being able to control himself in these type of situations, which professional athletes are constantly put in nearly every game they play.

to be fair McAteer has done more for this country with his goal against the netherlands than cluxton can ever imagine! :P

copacetic

stovelid wrote: »

So he gets punched in the face at a charity match but the main scandal is that he - an Englishman - doesn't know much about the ins and outs of Dublin GAA?

no-one expects him to know the ins and outs. Since he doesn't have a clue you also wouldn't expect him to go on the radio making stuff up that Cluxton 'basically cost Dublin the all ireland' just to try and get a cheap dig in. Laughable stuff. The Newstalk guys were stunned at the shite he was coming out with.

Paparazzo

Dempsey wrote: »

Both of them are grade A clowns and Bernard Dunne isnt much better condoning fighting at a charity event.

Bang on. Can't believe people are actually picking sides! Both behaved like kids. And Bernard Dunne even manages to come out of it looking like an idiot. GAA players don't fanny about: Except when it's against aussie rules players.

OPENROAD

1 Euro 20 cent for the Herald these days :eek::eek::eek:

stovelid

copacetic wrote: »

no-one expects him to know the ins and outs. Since he doesn't have a clue you also wouldn't expect him to go on the radio making stuff up that Cluxton 'basically cost Dublin the all ireland' just to try and get a cheap dig in. Laughable stuff. The Newstalk guys were stunned at the shite he was coming out with.

He's not the sharpest tool in the box for sure but I sense a cricking of the wagons here because he's being deemed to be "less Irish" than the guy that assaulted him. They were both at fault here with Cluxton being more so. No sense in denying otherwise.

OPENROAD

stovelid wrote: »

He's not the sharpest tool in the box for sure but I sense a cricking of the wagons here because he's being deemed to be "less Irish" than the guy that assaulted him.

Well he is a scouser,I would not think this has anything to with the posts here, though why it is front page news is beyond me.

copacetic

stovelid wrote: »

He's not the sharpest tool in the box for sure but I sense a cricking of the wagons here because he's being deemed to be "less Irish" than the guy that assaulted him.

If you mean he is somehow deemed "less Irish" than Cluxton because he is English and Cluxton is Irish I supposed most people would deem that "less Irish" alright. Not sure how it comes into it here though.

Paulw

flas wrote: »

id say triggs is a bit mouthy on the pitch, as are most players, there is constant slagging and things being said on a football pitch the whole time, cluxton reacted badly, very badly and there has been a fallout from his lack of self control, he has previous of not being able to control himself in these type of situations, which professional athletes are constantly put in nearly every game they play.

Yeah, Triggs was a bit mouthy. He was bettered a few times on the pitch. The Darndale players were out to play football. It was competitive, but nothing dirty at all, aside from McAteers kick of Cluxton's heals.

stovelid

copacetic wrote: »

If you mean he is somehow deemed "less Irish" than Cluxton because he is English and Cluxton is Irish I supposed most people would deem that "less Irish" alright. Not sure how it comes into it here though.

So the main issue here is what Macateer said on the radio about Cluxton?

K-9

Win win for me, I can slate McAteer and Cluxton! great stuff.

copacetic

Paulw wrote: »

Yeah, Triggs was a bit mouthy. He was bettered a few times on the pitch. The Darndale players were out to play football. It was competitive, but nothing dirty at all, aside from McAteers kick of Cluxton's heals.

Just as well we have the photographer and indpendent witness on boards! McAteer making out on Newstalk that Cluxton tripped him to start it, while half admitting that the 'tackles were flying' in from himself.

Iago

It would seem that there are a lot of posters on the forum that could do with lessons in dignity and with their minds being opened.

If you call a soccer player a thug on this forum you will be infracted. If you insinuate that an entire team/fans group are thugs you will also be infracted. If you constantly use derogatory terms to describe someone or something you will be infracted.

Why some people seem to think that this doesn't apply if you change the discipline is beyond me. Suffice to say, that isn't the case. If posters continue to flout the rules and common decency then appropriate action will be taken.

copacetic

stovelid wrote: »

So the main issue here is what Macateer said on the radio about Cluxton?

I didn't post anything like that. You seem to think other people think random things are the 'main issue', when people are just commenting on random unimportant issues.

There is no 'main issue' here. There is no real issue at all.

flahavaj

stovelid wrote: »

So he gets punched in the face at a charity match but the main scandal is that he - an Englishman - doesn't know much about the ins and outs of Dublin GAA?

No, but its the part of his radio interview I found most laughable. If he doesn't know much about GAA he souldn't go on national radio running his mouth off about it tbh and slating people when he hasn't hot his facts ruight.

The dignified thing to do would have been to make his apology and leave it at that. But he had to mouth off a bit more - ironically the thing that got him a box in the puss in the first place. It seems Triggs hasn't learned his lesson yet.

If you don't like people using his Englishness agianst him btw then why bring it up yourself in the first place?

fullstop

PCPhoto wrote: »

why ??? the tweet was from bernardbrogan not Bernard Dunne ???

Incorrect. It was from Bernard Dunne.

Cionád wrote: »

I don't think it was either

http://twitter.com/#!/Bernard_Dunne

http://twitter.com/#!/bernardbrogan

It's on Bernard Dunne's page. Read your link!

stovelid

flahavaj wrote: »

If you don't like people using his Englishness agianst him btw then why bring it up yourself in the first place?

I'm not?

I'm just commenting on the fact that there seems to be a rearguard action here to focus on what he said on the radio (which I'm sure was cringe worthy by the sounds of it) - based on not knowing what he's talking about cf: GAA - but the guy got punched to the ground in a charity match so he's understandably a little annoyed no matter if he's prone to saying stupid stuff.

If you can honestly say that you'd feel the same way if he had punched Cluxton to the ground over a little rough marking and verbal (and Cluxton had said something similar on radio afterwards) that you would be more irritated by Cluxton, then fair enough, I'll accept that.

flahavaj

stovelid wrote: »

I'm not?

I'm just commenting on the fact that there seems to be a rearguard action here to focus on what he said on the radio (which I'm sure was cringe worthy by the sounds of it) - based on not knowing what he's talking about cf: GAA - but the guy got punched to the ground in a charity match so he's understandably a little annoyed no matter if he's prone to saying stupid stuff.

If you can honestly say that you'd feel the same way if he had punched Cluxton to the ground over a little rough marking and verbal (and Cluxton had said something similar on radio afterwards) that you would be more irritated by Cluxton, then fair enough, I'll accept that.

Unlike you I don't subscribe to this notion that you're either pro or against GAA no mater not. I don't condone Cluxton's punching him. I'm merely commenting on the radio show as others are and the stupid stuff McAteer said, which left the preseters almost lost for words.

Why try to stir up a LOI vs GAA debate in every thread? I'd be having an LOL McAteer ijust as muchf he'd been boxed by Keith Duffy or anyother celbrity/sportstar you can name. Not everyone is as tribal as yourselves when it comes to sport - not everything boils down to GAA die hards defending their own to the bitter end. Relax like.

stovelid

flahavaj wrote: »

Why try to stir up a LOI vs GAA debate in every thread?.

I don't? The thread topic is about a GAA player and JM?

And I was responding to this post:

flahavaj wrote: »

LOL McAteer GAA expert.

flahavaj

stovelid wrote: »

I don't? The thread topic is about a GAA player and JM?

And I was responding to this post:

He was talking through his hole about something he clearly knows nothing about. If you want to paint me as a fervent GAA evangelist because I laughed at Jason McAteer for his legendary stupidity then knock yourself out.

stumpypeeps

stovelid wrote: »

I don't? The thread topic is about a GAA player and JM?

And I was responding to this post:

Unless the likes of you and your LOI brigade relax and be positive about all sports and all their merits, it'll be hard to attract a widespread support for the league. The majority of people in Ireland are into more than one sport. If your plan to increase attendances is to degrade other sports for your own benefit, I doubt the LOI will prosper.

CiaranC

stumpypeeps wrote: »

If your plan to increase attendances is to degrade other sports for your own benefit, I doubt the LOI will prosper.

Hasnt done the gah any harm (according to you, anyway)

stovelid

flahavaj wrote: »

If you want to paint me as a fervent GAA evangelist because I laughed at Jason McAteer for his legendary stupidity then knock yourself out.

I'm not painting anyone as anything.

I'm no JM fan but I'd rather 'legendary stupidity' than assaulting another player at a charity match. If you want to paint that as being anti-GAA, work away.

flahavaj wrote: »

But he had to mouth off a bit more - ironically the thing that got him a box in the puss in the first place. It seems Triggs hasn't learned his lesson yet.

It's clear you're glad he got a dig despite protestations to the contrary.

stumpypeeps wrote: »

Unless the likes of you and your LOI brigade .

I'm not part of any brigade. Describing somebody as thus is exactly the kind of thing you're moaning about.

flahavaj

stovelid wrote: »

I'm not painting anyone as anything.

I'm no JM fan but I'd rather 'legendary stupidity' than assaulting another player at a charity match. If you want to paint that as being anti-GAA, work away.

It doesn't have to be either or. Not every situationb necessitatesthe taking of sides. This isn't the playground. It is possible just to laugh at one man's thickness you know, while at the same time acknowledging he didn't deserve a puck in the jaw in a charity game Life ain't black and white as much as you seem determined to paint it so.

It's clear you're glad he got a dig despite protestations to the contrary.

I've already said he was wrong to hit him. Yet you seem determined to put words in my mouth. I'm not sure why.

K-9

flahavaj wrote: »

It doesn't have to be either or. Not every situationb necessitatesthe taking of sides. This isn't the playground. It is possible just to laugh at one man's thickness you know, while at the same time acknowledging he didn't deserve a puck in the jaw in a charity game Life ain't black and white as much as you seem determined to paint it so.


I've already said he was wrong to hit him. Yet you seem determined to put words in my mouth. I'm not sure why.

Why are you wasting your time flah?