ceecee14 wrote: » Every article or write up you see online is clickbait, some are just better than others
Martypants1 wrote: Why do people link to balls.ie, joe.ie, punditarena etc etc?
Easy Rod wrote: » It's actually a compliment. I can tell you're relatively intelligent and a relatively intelligent person would a) not think that article was written well and b) would not agree with its opinion. Therefore I'm assuming you are deliberately posting in order to get an inflammatory response.
nehe milner skudder wrote: » people seem to have an all encompassing view of what trolling is these days. basically if you disagree with the crowd, you are trolling. its kind of a passive aggressive, safety in numbers , inclusivity by agreed consensus style of bullying.
nehe milner skudder wrote: » i think its a brilliant article and i agree with what he wrote word for word. Thats my opinion.
Easy Rod wrote: » Your standards for journalism are extremely low, not quite as low as your trolling but still, very low.
Swashbuckler wrote: » The headline alone is clickbait. The article has nothing to do with McGregor fans. It's MMA fans he's talking about. He just used McGregor's name for clicks.
Swashbuckler wrote: » How about you give your opinions on the articles so and we can discuss. By the way the second article has already been discussed on here.
nehe milner skudder wrote: » http://www.balls.ie/mma/dave-hannigan-if-youre-paying-attention-then-theres-a-whiff-of-the-wwe-off-the-ufc/327169 another good piece of journalism here. interesting slant on it. no doubt people will move to discredit the author rather than debate the points raised.
CatFromHue wrote: » Clerkin is a pretty level headed guy and not someone to write something for clickbait or the troll factor and I also think he's right.
That_Guy wrote: » Writes a whiny article whining about whiners. Ok....
ASOT wrote: » He got over 10m dollars for his fight with Diaz from ppv share alone, his net worth is only going to go up massively, he's still the biggest draw in the ufc by a mile. Your right there are better ways to get the money 100% but I wouldn't say no to it myself, it bears working in an office 5 days a week.
nehe milner skudder wrote: » Fabulous article by Malachy Clerkin in the indo about how mcgregors fans are the whiniest and touchiest around. He makes valid points.
Martypants1 wrote: » Maria Sharapova won 21m £ last year alone.
Martypants1 wrote: » What currency are you dealing in? He's worth about $10m now after 8 years of being a pro. When you see him posting pics of his cars etc you can tell he's not making as much as you think he is. Maria Sharapova won 21m £ last year alone. There's footballers in china and america that make 10m a year and they don't get smashed in the head for it.
ASOT wrote: » I'd love to be a big fish in a little pond making the guts of 10m per fight.
Martypants1 wrote: » In the work he's in yeah.
Swashbuckler wrote: » He's an MMA fighter and champion in the biggest MMA promotion on the planet. How is it a little pond? He's pretty much at the pinnacle of the line of work he's in.
Martypants1 wrote: » Kind of likened to him a bit more as well tbh. He really needs to shut up about the money though. You'd think that seeing as he came from a working class background he wouldn't be rubbing the working class peoples noses in it? He's a big fish in a little pond in the UFC.
dave1982 wrote: » Dust has settled from the loss. I was one who was looking forward to see him lose. It was not as I expected I find myself really liking after his loss. He made the walk fought the fight but went out on his shield. He went way up in my estimation. I think losses are good for fighters to feel. He made no excuses accepted his loss. It actually reminded of chuck when he lost belt. Conor proved his a fighter and imo you don't ha e win all the time Chris lytle probably fighter I admire most was never champion material but he always gave 100%
