Thursday 24 April 2008

What planet is Caffrey on?

You have to wonder what planet Paul Caffrey is living on when he questions why the media made such a big deal out of the free for all on Sunday in the game against Meath.
In this day and age in front of a television audience and where there is less tolerance than ever for the thuggery displayed on Sunday Caffrey claimed that the players had been made a scapegoat of!
So is Paul Caffrey saying the problem is with the public's reaction or the actions of the players?
So how exactly have the Dublin and Meath players been hung out to dry?
Were they innocent of the offences the GAA have proffered against them, well four of the Dubs have already taken their oil, so they can't believe that they were hung out to dry.
And how can Caffrey claim there was no malice given that players all over the field got involved in the brawl.
However, my favourite comment of the Dublin manager's was that the game was all about "controlled aggression".
Yes indeed.
I didn't think that there was too much controlled about the aggression of the two sides on Sunday but I suppose if I lost eight players to such stupidity I would be feeling a bit miffed too.
Paul Caffrey would do the game a service if he just accepted, like half his players already have, that there is just no place in the game any more for this type of incident.
After all he has lost at least five players, including Alan Brogan from the week previous, with four more appealing the rap for what was simply a loss of discipline and nerve.

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