Hurling Banter Page and Buff Egan Discussion

CK22 · 26-06-2017 12:09am #1

Just a forum to discuss the Hurling Banter Page on Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram. It is a topic most Hurling people love to talk about, so hopefully we can have a laugh. If Buff wants to join, we would happily take you, ignore the haters chief. Hail Hail.

tomwaterford · 26-06-2017 12:12am

The facebook page is good

But the snapchat is terrible...i unfollowed it

Takes himself waaay too serious

CK22 · 26-06-2017 12:15am

Yeah i can agree with that. He's funny on Snapchat, but at times it can be too much. You would wonder if he actually watches the games at all, judging by the time he spends looking at the phone.

PTH2009 · 26-06-2017 1:30am

He's a true hurling man and fair play too him for travelling almost every weekend too games all over the country

Never met the man but he sounds really sound. Would be nice if he appeared on the Sunday game or They do a feature on him on that GAA magazine programme

BobBobBobBob · 26-06-2017 7:36am

The Kilgarvan man would do UNTOLD work on The Sunday Game...

BobBobBobBob · 26-06-2017 7:38am

I follow him on Shnapchat, he is a fair annoying dope but good to watch when he gets angry.

elefant · 26-06-2017 7:42am

PTH2009 wrote: »

Never met the man but he sounds really sound. Would be nice if he appeared on the Sunday game

Next level jumping the shark.

spideyman92 · 26-06-2017 9:31am

tomwaterford wrote: »

The facebook page is good

But the snapchat is terrible...i unfollowed it

Takes himself waaay too serious

Was sitting near him at the Cork + Waterford game behind the Waterford dugout. Got fairly annoying because he had the primary games kids shouting at him to get his attention which he completely ignored for the most part until half time and throughout the game he'd do his updates but balls them up and have to redo them 3/4 times.

cms88 · 26-06-2017 9:58am

The man is a fool.

Where to start. Thinks he's from Clare for some reason.

Claims to do it for the ''love'' of it, but is always wanting recognition

Talks about other pages taking his content ie Pundit Arena yet most of his is lifted from somewhere else.

Blocks, deletes etc anyone who disagrees with him.

Has a huge ego for someone who has no reason to have one.

Also has a huge sense of self entitlement. Before the 2013 All Ireland final his club in Kerry didn't have any tickets for the game. He then said he'd never play for them again as they didn't give him the ticket he was entitled to!

As someone else has said i dont know how he has time to watch games as he's more worried about gettting selfies etc

tomwaterford · 26-06-2017 11:08am

He's from kerry??

Like the FB is quite good for scores/quick run down of games etc
And sharing some good pics etc (I'd be a fan of photigralhy tbf though)

He deos seem to have a grá for the game.....but going snapchat also sound of his voice (maybe he's changed since I unfollowed )

Rasputin11 · 26-06-2017 11:12am

cms88 wrote: »

The man is a fool.

Where to start. Thinks he's from Clare for some reason.

Claims to do it for the ''love'' of it, but is always wanting recognition

Talks about other pages taking his content ie Pundit Arena yet most of his is lifted from somewhere else.

Blocks, deletes etc anyone who disagrees with him.

Has a huge ego for someone who has no reason to have one.

Also has a huge sense of self entitlement. Before the 2013 All Ireland final his club in Kerry didn't have any tickets for the game. He then said he'd never play for them again as they didn't give him the ticket he was entitled to!

As someone else has said i dont know how he has time to watch games as he's more worried about gettting selfies etc

Don't know why anyone would follow him, he's clearly not the full shilling. He was sitting near me at the Harty Cup final, shocking eejit.

cms88 · 26-06-2017 1:02pm

tomwaterford wrote: »

He's from kerry??

Like the FB is quite good for scores/quick run down of games etc
And sharing some good pics etc (I'd be a fan of photigralhy tbf though)

He deos seem to have a grá for the game.....but going snapchat also sound of his voice (maybe he's changed since I unfollowed )

Ya from Kilgarvan. For some unknown reason he thinks he's from Clare. Although i think most people now know he's not.

Prop Joe · 26-06-2017 10:07pm

cms88 wrote: »

The man is a fool.

Where to start. Thinks he's from Clare for some reason.

Claims to do it for the ''love'' of it, but is always wanting recognition

Talks about other pages taking his content ie Pundit Arena yet most of his is lifted from somewhere else.

Blocks, deletes etc anyone who disagrees with him.

Has a huge ego for someone who has no reason to have one.

Also has a huge sense of self entitlement. Before the 2013 All Ireland final his club in Kerry didn't have any tickets for the game. He then said he'd never play for them again as they didn't give him the ticket he was entitled to!

As someone else has said i dont know how he has time to watch games as he's more worried about gettting selfies etc

He has a huge following with teenage hurlers/footballers and they seem to great a great kick out of him,What harm is he doing only blogging about the sport he loves.

1000's of people blog about their passion,So why not him.

One thing is frightening is the amount of online bullying that he receives,It's totally unfair and is a small insight into the social media era our children are growing up in

tomwaterford · 26-06-2017 10:14pm

cms88 wrote: »

Ya from Kilgarvan. For some unknown reason he thinks he's from Clare. Although i think most people now know he's not.

Tbf I always assumed he was from clare

When it started it was always up the banner etc ****e all over the page

jeff bingham · 27-06-2017 2:27am

Prop Joe wrote:

One thing is frightening is the amount of online bullying that he receives,It's totally unfair and is a small insight into the social media era our children are growing up in

I was only speaking about this to my little brother last week. He posts screenshots of some of the stuff said to him and it's scary young people can think it's ok to say that to someone. Personally think he's harmless and just loves hurling(and the mini-celeb status)

CK22 · 27-06-2017 2:35am

You'd have to wonder if it is all put on. Like he's either the stupidest man out there, or he's the smartest.

cms88 · 27-06-2017 8:47am

Prop Joe wrote: »

He has a huge following with teenage hurlers/footballers and they seem to great a great kick out of him,What harm is he doing only blogging about the sport he loves.

1000's of people blog about their passion,So why not him.

One thing is frightening is the amount of online bullying that he receives,It's totally unfair and is a small insight into the social media era our children are growing up in

I've no problem with what he's doing, it's is attitude i have a problem with.

His consent looking for attention and recognition being the main thing. Keeping in mind he claims to be doing it for the ''love'' of it.

As for the bullying, he give it out just as much but tries to play the victim all the time. Most of it also comes from the fact that anyone who has a different opinion from his gets a abuse and he then can't take it after.

Thinks the world is against him all th time

Billy Mays · 27-06-2017 4:00pm

Anyone who runs a social media page or account with the word "banter" in it is automatically a d!ckhead as far as I'm concerned

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · 27-06-2017 4:53pm

Strikes me as a decent lad who is a bit of an easy target for more "aloof" types who rip the piss out of him to rise him, and unfortunately he takes the bait too easily.

He clearly loves the game and I like the player profiles for lads from lesser powers in hurling. He might take himself a bit seriously, but then again, so do people who abuse him for it.

Shocked he's actually a Kerryman though! That's just strange.

Doltanian · 27-06-2017 7:10pm

I've been following his FB page for a few years and also recently his Snapchat and he really rose to fame when Clare won the Hurling in 2013, apparently he had a lucky pair of shoes which never lost a game. He really calls it like it is and he has grown a cult following. For a while he was doing some great cooking videos also and the topics would switch between Hurling and Cooking.

I met him at the Ploughing match last year and he was sound enough to pose for a photo also. He is from Clare but has been living in Kerry for a while as far as I understand about him and has given Kerry Hurling a nice bit of coverage also.

I was over at a mates place recently during the fine weather and his missus was watering her flowers and starting talking to the flowers and tellling them to "soak it in Mann"

:D I find him much more entertaining and informative than that Rory Storys lad, Jesus I can't stand him and unfollowed him fairly fast, its one of the best GAA pages I seen.

cms88 · 27-06-2017 7:30pm

Doltanian wrote: »

I've been following his FB page for a few years and also recently his Snapchat and he really rose to fame when Clare won the Hurling in 2013, apparently he had a lucky pair of shoes which never lost a game. He really calls it like it is and he has grown a cult following. For a while he was doing some great cooking videos also and the topics would switch between Hurling and Cooking.

I met him at the Ploughing match last year and he was sound enough to pose for a photo also. He is from Clare but has been living in Kerry for a while as far as I understand about him and has given Kerry Hurling a nice bit of coverage also.

I was over at a mates place recently during the fine weather and his missus was watering her flowers and starting talking to the flowers and tellling them to "soak it in Mann" :D I find him much more entertaining and informative than that Rory Storys lad, Jesus I can't stand him and unfollowed him fairly fast, its one of the best GAA pages I seen.

He's never even lived in Clare let alone from there. Has lived in Kerry his whole life.

The Clare thing has died down with him a lot lately i've seen

CK22 · 27-06-2017 11:10pm

On the whole origin story, he is from Kerry, but Davy was always his favourite hurler and I think that's why he followed Clare. I suppose if you are from Kerry and love hurling, you might as well have a bigger team to follow for the summer. I'd say that because of Davy then, he just exaggerated the Clare thing and jumped on their success, Tony Kelly etc. You notice he rarely mentions Kelly or Clare as much as he did earlier. I think these days, he's evolved into some kind of maverick for the little teams, and he see's himself as that guy who stands up for the little guy rather than 'fancy dans' like Rory O'Connor and other GAA pages.

Django99 · 28-06-2017 12:39am

A bit strange that he himself or anyone else would compare him to Rory's Stories. One is a Facebook and Snapchat blogger, the other makes comedy sketches which are loosely based on GAA. They are not the same type of thing.

On Buff supporting Clare, as said above he simply supports them. He doesn't think he's from Clare and he's never said he's from Clare.

He takes himself way too seriously and thinks he's a lot more significant than he is. He's done well to get such a following to be fair, but I'm not sure he realises at lot of people are laughing at him and not with him.

cms88 · 28-06-2017 10:11am

Django99 wrote: »

A bit strange that he himself or anyone else would compare him to Rory's Stories. One is a Facebook and Snapchat blogger, the other makes comedy sketches which are loosely based on GAA. They are not the same type of thing.

On Buff supporting Clare, as said above he simply supports them. He doesn't think he's from Clare and he's never said he's from Clare.

He takes himself way too seriously and thinks he's a lot more significant than he is. He's done well to get such a following to be fair, but I'm not sure he realises at lot of people are laughing at him and not with him.

He differently was at one point trying to make out he was from Clare.

The ''fancy dans'' comments are very annoying to be fair. He was on a rant about the ''Humans of the GAA'' page lately. as well.

Like i've said he has a huge ego and thinks of himself as a journalist, yet they are others he has a go at because they get paid ''big wages'' or something along those lines. If i remember right he once claimed he's be better than any of them. When i pointed out that he wouldn't be ab;e to take other peoples work and claim it as his own wel we all know what happened next.

PTH2009 · 28-06-2017 4:53pm

He must have a very well job or is extremely well off to be able to go away almost very weekend too matches ???

Its Cool to be able to do that though. I'm not sure does he drink

CK22 · 01-07-2017 12:32am

Lads do we see how much attention he has got in the last 48hours. Pundit Arena wrote an article about him there today. I think his Snapchat rant tonight has actually won him a few more followers. I think he's about to go national. Hail Hail ðŸ‘ŒðŸ»

RoyalCelt · 03-07-2017 1:36am

Yeah buff has gone national. His coverage of the munster minor matches was second to none. Fair play to him for going to 3 inter county games over the weekend. Slept in his car Saturday night too. His popularity is going from strength to strength. Well deserved.

He deserves 2 claps and a Ric Flair... WOOOI!

Doltanian · 03-07-2017 1:57am

RoyalCelt wrote: »

Yeah buff has gone national. His coverage of the munster minor matches was second to none. Fair play to him for going to 3 inter county games over the weekend. Slept in his car Saturday night too. His popularity is going from strength to strength. Well deserved.

He deserves 2 claps and a Ric Flair... WOOOI!

Apparently some scumbag in Kilkenny just walked up and knee'd him into the stomach and Buff brushed it off like as if it was a shoulder in a Hurling Match; he didn't rise to the Bait and just continued on with his passion of Hurling like a true gent. That scummer who did that should be reported for assault and prosecuted. And then after all the day's matches and reporting his car broke down on the Motorway on the way home. Poor lad can't catch a break.

CK22 · 03-07-2017 11:59pm

Fair play to the man tonight actually. Those Cork Tipp updates were spot on, an you can see how popular he is. Let him have the Wifi code Croke Park.

sc86 · 04-07-2017 12:10am

buffs a legend - ye he can be a bit ott at times but sure what harm
if you dont like him dont follow him
hes doing something nobody has really done before
dont get all the hate , hes harmless and doesnt deserve the abuse he gets
i hope he gets a good break from all this

deaddonkey15 · 04-07-2017 12:11am

The amount of abuse he gets is really sad to see. If you don't like him don't follow his page, no need to insult him. Even some posts here in a "discussion" thread have been quite offensive and hopefully the mods will take action. This is an ordinary person we're talking about. I don't understand why people are so bothered about his passion for Clare, or when many on his page call him out for being biased as if he is a professional GAA reporter. Get over it, some people are so precious.

cms88 · 04-07-2017 9:22am

deaddonkey15 wrote: »

The amount of abuse he gets is really sad to see. If you don't like him don't follow his page, no need to insult him. Even some posts here in a "discussion" thread have been quite offensive and hopefully the mods will take action. This is an ordinary person we're talking about. I don't understand why people are so bothered about his passion for Clare, or when many on his page call him out for being biased as if he is a professional GAA reporter. Get over it, some people are so precious.

The thing is he thinks he's a GAA reporter. As for the abuse he gets, like i said he give it out as much, he just plays the victim all the time.

sc86 · 04-07-2017 10:25am

sure he is a gaa reporter now? he just doesnt get paid
he has more followers on snapchat that most of the radio stations in ireland have listeners

deaddonkey15 · 04-07-2017 12:57pm

cms88 wrote: »

The thing is he thinks he's a GAA reporter. As for the abuse he gets, like i said he give it out as much, he just plays the victim all the time.

He pretty much is an amateur GAA reporter. I haven't seen him give abuse of the same level that he get's thrown at him. And if he does, I doubt it's unprovoked.

eigrod · 04-07-2017 1:19pm

I'll never get people who get annoyed at social media people like Buff. FFS don't follow him if he annoys them so much. It's not as if he's hoovering up license payers money on RTE - he's doing it as a hobby.

He seems to appeal to teenagers the most as it's all a bit of harmless fun. People who abuse him online or in person need to have a serious look at themselves.

big_drive · 04-07-2017 8:40pm

At the Cork minor game last night he was mobbed after the game in the stand for autographs etc

It was funny cause I saw Patrick horgan walk past and no one asked him for an autograph even though he's actually playing the Munster final on Sunday

Buff set up instagram recently and now has 22,000 followers
Some multi national companies employ college graduates to try draw in those type of numbers. Buff should get snapped up by some smart business who could use his profile for their advantage

GoldFour4 · 04-07-2017 8:44pm

Only started following him in the last 10 days or so. He's giving great coverage in fairness, his coverage of the minor games was great for fans who couldn't get to the game.

Similarly I've a wedding on Saturday so won't make either of the Tipperary games, I'm sure I'll get to see a bit of the action thanks to his snaps.

Doing it at his own expense too, all those games and petrol aren't cheap. Fair play to him

spideyman92 · 04-07-2017 11:41pm

eigrod wrote: »

I'll never get people who get annoyed at social media people like Buff. FFS don't follow him if he annoys them so much. It's not as if he's hoovering up license payers money on RTE - he's doing it as a hobby.

He seems to appeal to teenagers the most as it's all a bit of harmless fun. People who abuse him online or in person need to have a serious look at themselves.

Was sitting in front of him at the Waterford & Offaly game again after him being in front of us at the Cork game.
Probably the most annoying thing is the kids crowding around him pushing and shoving for selfies. A guy and his daughter went down to the loo at half time and all the kids came up trampling all over their flags and jackets and stuff. Though that's more of a problem with the kids than Buff himself haha.

Twiceasnice97 · 06-07-2017 8:30pm

If I see him I move away instantly because he and his entourage are an annoyance to me personally but he is providing a real service and is to be commended.
I don`t think it would work if he was in any way connected to a company as they would attempt to modify his approach which just wouldn't work.
I hope that he is somehow making a few bob from it all.

CK22 · 09-07-2017 2:11am

Did we all see his work in Na Piarsaigh and Cratloe the other day? He got a Clare jersey of Podge Collins and was giving speeches I think. He's surely getting some kind of expenses of them, and if he is, fair play. I'm getting very fond of him again ( after a period of him wrecking my head)

muirsin · 09-07-2017 4:12am

He is doing more to promote hurling at all levels. It may be some up and coming youngster or a fellow well in to his 40s still going well or those at the top levels. Fair play to him

tomwaterford · 09-07-2017 4:52am

I do think the hurling development committee or whatever they were calling themselves

Could do worse thongs than approach him,at end of the year and get top players to do basic skills lessons on it.....as a way to promote skills to younger kids as they seem to be his main fans??

Limestone Cowboy · 09-07-2017 8:42am

Was away yesterday and watching his snaps to keep updated on Kilkenny v Waterford, he can be annoying at times but fair play to him all the same.

Deisedozzer · 09-07-2017 4:26pm

Buff was sitting two rows in front of me for Waterford v Kilkenny and I have to say, the buzz he generated at half time with supporters and at full time celebrating with the Waterford fans was great to see. The man is very clearly passionate about hurling and doing great promotional work through social media and I really don't understand why people go out of their way to criticise him.

Caliden · 12-07-2017 2:15pm

Maybe I'm not up to date on Buff but did he get the 'Camogie Banter' page shut down for a video posted of him shifting some one's cheek?

Saw the video circulating and it didn't paint him in a good light.

Jurgen Klopp · 14-07-2017 12:24pm

Caliden wrote: »

Maybe I'm not up to date on Buff but did he get the 'Camogie Banter' page shut down for a video posted of him shifting some one's cheek?

Saw the video circulating and it didn't paint him in a good light.

I've heard of this what exactly happened? He's going ape about privacy but surely it's not more than shifting a young one or what is wrong do ya know

Deisedozzer · 14-07-2017 1:47pm

Caliden wrote: »

Maybe I'm not up to date on Buff but did he get the 'Camogie Banter' page shut down for a video posted of him shifting some one's cheek?

Saw the video circulating and it didn't paint him in a good light.

Apparently someone took a video of him without permission and posted it up. Shocking stuff, he does not deserve this sort of treatment. Out again in force this week at the u21 matches, the GAA would do well to approach him as there's surely some formal role he could be offered. Great to see players like Tommy Walsh and Aussie Gleeson posing for photos with him and showing some support.

CK22 · 18-07-2017 10:15pm

Big news tonight folks, Balls.ie are running a competition where the winner gets a ticket beside Buff at Wexford Waterford this Sunday. He's done it, he's national.

cms88 · 19-07-2017 8:17am

CK22 wrote: »

Big news tonight folks, Balls.ie are running a competition where the winner gets a ticket beside Buff at Wexford Waterford this Sunday. He's done it, he's national.

:rolleyes:

CK22 · 20-07-2017 12:26am

If anyone saw the interview Balls.ie did with Bugf today, it was interesting. He was a bit distant at times, but I suppose he's not a man for the camera I think. Some interesting things about his background were mentioned.

lukin · 20-07-2017 9:28am

I unliked his page on Facebook because he was posting a lot of sectarian stuff (including using the phrase "Orange b######s on a number of occasions). He is a Celtic supporter and unfortunately he seems to think it is acceptable to make these kind of remarks. I don't think it's acceptable. I'm sure there will be a lot of people coming on here defending him, and ye are welcome to him as far as I am concerned.
I am not trolling or trying to stoke things up, I just don't like the guy and in 2017 he should really come out of the dark ages and get a life.

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