Irish Begrudgery

Eamonnator

From Sticky Bottle, an interview with Pat McQuaid

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/mcquaid-losing-irish-vote-galls-me-but-irish-begrudgery-not-new-for-mcquaids/

Hermy

Three words - me, me and me!

Lumen

There's a whiff of Bertie there.

"Sitting on the sidelines, cribbing and moaning" etc.

Beasty

Phew!! Glad he's not referring to me anyway - the likes of morana and Robfowl appear to be in his sights though :pac:

Think I spotted a mistake in his comments though

Should surely read:

What followed was what McQuaid describes as “a lot of **** and underhand tactics” by the opposition me

Beasty

And by me, I don't mean me, I mean ...

Hermy wrote: »

Three words - me, me and me!

Will be interested to hear what he's currently up to in the subsequent interview though, as I genuinely believe there are things within the sport where he can continue to contribute at a very high level. I for one would certainly be behind (and would actively support him if he would accept my support) if he turned his attention to something like securing the Worlds for Ireland over the next decade or so.

morana

Beasty wrote: »

And by me, I don't mean me, I mean ...



Will be interested to hear what he's currently up to in the subsequent interview though, as I genuinely believe there are things within the sport where he can continue to contribute at a very high level. I for one would certainly be behind (and would actively support him if he would accept my support) if he turned his attention to something like securing the Worlds for Ireland over the next decade or so.

Would you support me in trying to secure the worlds in Dublin?

Beasty

morana wrote: »

Would you support me in trying to secure the worlds in Dublin?

Too bloody right I would .....

.... I actually think it's a more realistic aim than trying to get an annual World Tour event here. We showed last year what Ireland can deliver with the Giro, but I personally think we could put on a fantastic one-off event. I simply don't think the money is there for something every year though

Lusk_Doyle

Why on earth are people still asking about that topic? Get over it. It's done. Forget about it. Move on. Let the man get on with his life and let him have his thoughts (we all know what they are anyway). Waste of an article stirring the pot for no good reason.

Lusk_Doyle

morana wrote: »

Would you support me in trying to secure the worlds in Dublin?

Beasty wrote: »

Too bloody right I would .....

Fcuking A! MoranA!

morana

Well its a meagre €20m .....

Beasty

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Why on earth are people still asking about that topic? Get over it. It's done. Forget about it. Move on. Let the man get on with his life and let him have his thoughts (we all know what they are anyway). Waste of an article stirring the pot for no good reason.

I am happy to leave it there but he clearly feels the need to get it off his chest. If he's going to do that though he certainly shouldn't think he can simply blame it on everyone else while harping back to the good he has done (which I am more than prepared to give him credit for)

Lusk_Doyle

morana wrote: »

Well its a meagre €20m .....

PTSB are getting back to basics with new loan offers...

daragh_

Lusk_Doyle

This is actually annoying me the more I think about it. What exactly is the begrudgery from the Irish that he refers to? The fact that he had a class job? Nope. Well done for getting there. The fact that ... Nope, nope, nope.

The problem that we and so many other nations, except the Swiss, Thai and Moroccans, is that you were no longer up to the job. That's how simple in was Pat. The only begrudger is you.

It galls me that he is still trying in vain to spin what happened. More so that it is given the time of day by stickybottle.

Mec-a-nic

Begrudgery? This from the man in charge of the organisation who was still suing Paul Kimmage after their best friend Lance Armstrong was finally exposed? I agree with another poster, he should be left alone (and shut up already Pat, it's over.)

Junior

Lusk_Doyle wrote: »

Why on earth are people still asking about that topic? Get over it. It's done. Forget about it. Move on. Let the man get on with his life and let him have his thoughts (we all know what they are anyway). Waste of an article stirring the pot for no good reason.

Because a website like Sticky Bottle is only a few headlines away from becoming a Buzzfeed of Irish Cycling - "This Cyclist stopped eating fats, you won't believe what happened next - etc"

It's nickname suits it - Sticky Rumour.

Lusk_Doyle

Junior wrote: »

Because a website like Sticky Bottle is only a few headlines away from becoming a Buzzfeed of Irish Cycling - "This Cyclist stopped eating fats, you won't believe what happened next - etc"

It's nickname suits it - Sticky Rumour.

Crapy Rumour!

531

I do not know and have never met Pat McQuaid. I have held flags at junctions for many Club events. PMcQ headed an organisation which was found to be lacking when dealing with what Greg Lemond (I think) called the greatest sporting fraud ever. When big organisations are found to be flawed, heads at the top roll.

Rather than a nation of begrudgers, I think CI members voted for what they felt was right, even if they do lose out greatly by not having an Irish UCI president.

CramCycle

531 wrote: »

Rather than a nation of begrudgers, I think CI members voted for what they felt was right, even if they do lose out greatly by not having an Irish UCI president.

Unlike many others, they took the high road rather than personal gain(the Irish cycling community). For those who were at the EGM, most of the words spoken about Pat were quite positive from the No side, just that he was not the man for this job. Not sure where he gets the begrudgery from, he wouldn't have been there in the first place if the Irish had not elected him.

dave2pvd

Ascribing an external cause such as 'begrudgery' rather than questioning one's own actions is telling. He appears to lack the capacity for self-reflection. Could be egotism - an exceedingly rare trait for a politician!

For me, his biggest faux-pas was his robust defense of Armstrong's misdeeds on multiple occasions.

Shame it all came to the end it did. McQuaid did a lot of good for Irish cycling and I dare say his contributions were a net positive to world cycling.

check_six

I don't see why he's complaining about Ireland. Sure, he said himself that he is no longer a brave son of Eireann, and that his heart truly lies in Switzerland, Morocco, and/or Thailand. Doesn't moan about them not getting enough votes behind him to cling onto the big job!

Lusk_Doyle

check_six wrote: »

I don't see why he's complaining about Ireland. Sure, he said himself that he is no longer a brave son of Eireann, and that his heart truly lies in Switzerland, Morocco, and/or Thailand. Doesn't moan about them not getting enough votes behind him to cling onto the big job!

He probably does. Check out stickeyswisscheese.he or stickyherbalteasmokething.mo...

GlennaMaddy

Eamonnator wrote: »

From Sticky Bottle, an interview with Pat McQuaid

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/mcquaid-losing-irish-vote-galls-me-but-irish-begrudgery-not-new-for-mcquaids

Hate the man even more now

GlennaMaddy

Eamonnator wrote: »

From Sticky Bottle, an interview with Pat McQuaid

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/mcquaid-losing-irish-vote-galls-me-but-irish-begrudgery-not-new-for-mcquaids

Hate the man even more now

Hermy

So much it had to be said twice.:D

Eamonnator

Anto Moran has his say on Sticky Bottle

http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/moran-on-mcquaid-it-wasnt-begrudgery-we-acted-for-love-of-cycling/