GAA All Ireland 2013, Tyrone GAA, Mickey harte, Monaghna GAA, Joe Brolly
Attention Seeker Joe Brolly described by a Tyrone fan yesterday as , “An attention seeker who wants the world to know how wonderful he is”.
Tyrone v Monaghan
Mickey Harte was livid after
today’s All-Ireland quarter-final defeat of Monaghan, the Tyrone manager
rounding on RTÉ pundit Joe Brolly’s comments about Seán Cavanagh’s 49th minute
rugby tackle on Conor McManus.
“I wouldn’t be surprised by
that, that’s par for the course,” said Harte of the criticism.
McManus would have been
through on goal, at a vital moment in the game with Monaghan trailing 0-11 to
0-9, but for Cavanagh’s obvious “professional” foul.
The man of the match, who
kicked three marvellous points from play, was also yellow carded for a similar
tackle against Meath last week, and his intervention this evening drew the ire
of Brolly, who insisted he had plenty of time for Cavanagh the player, but not
for the “man”.
The former Derry player said
he wouldn’t allow an under-12s player line out again if he were guilty of such
a tackle.
There is no rule in Gaelic
games for any punishment other than a booking for dragging the man to ground.
“Look at the game in its
entirety and tell me the balance of fouling against the person and how it adds
up,” Harte continued. “Give me the statistics of the game and I’ll talk about
individual instances.”
Is Cavanagh being unfairly
signalled out?
Peter Harte made a similar
tackle further out the field on 69 minutes and was also shown a yellow card.
“I would love somebody to
take a closer look at how many times (Peter Harte) gets fouled and pulled.
Pulling your jersey and holding people back, is that any worse, is that any
less cynical than somebody taking you down just on the spot?
“Let’s get real about all of
this. Give us a forensic examination of all of this and we might have a
different picture, not what appears to be a certain bias.”
On Martin Penrose’s straight
red card after half-time, punishment for a fracas with Dessie Mone as the teams
left the field at the break, Harte added: “I wasn’t close enough to see it, but
thinking Martin Penrose would be involved in something of that nature, I’ll
have to wait and see the pictures to see did it merit a red card or not.”
Joe McMahon (groin) was
forced off after 45 minutes.
