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after winning the all ireland,he make a point at the press conference
hes let himself down badly here
by implication hes insulted a fellow player
cassidy was a great servant to donegal football
hes let himself down badly here
by implication hes insulted a fellow player
cassidy was a great servant to donegal football
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It followed on the general lack of sportsmanship we seen from herring catchers throughout the day
Rocketfingers/Kingrat........What happened at the press conference.?
Ah he would not start the press conference until Declan Bogue had left, real Prima donna stuff, have a bit of class McGuinness, he actually spoke about Cassidy too. No joke but they think he's some sort of god up there, i don't know him but he appears to have some sort of head on him now.
He showed plenty of class in that he never mentioned it until all was said and done re his team , also is said to offered Cassidy a return earlier in the year. I met the man in question at a GAA function last year , he was the only one of the guests to remain after the formalities were concluded , he had a few pints and mingled with the crowd and came across as a genuine down to earth person.
It happens in most sports......winners are treated like gods by fans........If sligo rovers win the league you might see this.
That's what you call rubbing Cassidy's face into it Toby and as Kingrat says Cassidy was a great servant to Donegal football, no need for it and by the way plenty of classless souls drank pints.
.....why don't you give him some time to answer your question?.....
Rocketfingers.......what did he say about Kevin Cassidy at the interview.......you seem to have the inside scoop.
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I turned down Jimmy invite to return
By John Fogarty
Friday, September 21, 2012
Kevin Cassidy has revealed he turned down an invitation by Jim McGuinness to re-join the Donegal panel earlier this year.
In an exclusive interview with Cassidy and Conor Mortimer in tomorrow’s Weekend Sport section of the Irish Examiner, the Gweedore man recounts how McGuinness met him at his Letterkenny school at Easter where they had what Cassidy, 31, described as "a very civilised conversation, there were no heated moments".
It was the first time the pair had sat down together since Cassidy contributed to the This Is Our Year book, which compelled McGuinness to axe him from the panel, deemingit was a breach of their code of conduct.
After clearing the air, McGuinness offered Cassidy the opportunity to come back but he later declined because he feared it would impact on the panel as well as his family.
"The opportunity was there to go back but I said to him I didn’t want to go back and bring a whole mediacircus with me because these boys were about to go into their Championship season.
"I don’t hold any grudges, I’ve never fallen out with anybody (about it) and I never will but you learn as you go on."
Cassidy informed McGuinness of his decision while on holidays a week later.
In it, he expressed his gratitude towards McGuinness for everything that he had done for him last season.
At the meeting, Cassidy stressed to McGuinness that he had not revealed any major secrets about Donegal.
"I didn’t think I let him down and that’s where we had the conversation."
Cassidy said he has no regrets about passing up the chance at rejoining the panel which might have led to playing in Sunday’s All-Ireland medal.
"You talk about your All-Irelands and your Ulsters or Connachts but at the end of the day it's only a circle of a medal.
"I'd appreciate more the people I have met. I wouldn't have known Conor Mortimer or anybody if I wasn't involved in GAA.
"I've had fantastic appearances and it's shaped me as a character.
"If I wasn't involved in the GAA I don't think I'd be the person I am today and that's what I take away from it.
"There are a lot of people who weren't lucky enough to play on good teams like we were able to and won stuff."
Meanwhile Michael Murphy will become the youngest captain of an All-Ireland winning county sinceKerry’s Liam Hassett 15 years ago if he climbs the Hogan Stand steps on Sunday.
At 23 years, one month and 20 days, Murphy would be younger than both Declan and Darran O’Sullivan who were 23 but slightly older than their Donegal counterpart when they lifted the Sam Maguire for Kerry in 2006 and 2009 respectively.
McGuinness’ decision to make Murphy his captain needs little explanation.
The Glenswilly man is mature beyond his years.
It’s also this writer’s contention that he hasn’t been fully fit throughout this campaign and, as much as he has been sacrificing his natural game, his deeper role has lent to that.
Yet his scoring rate hasn’t dipped much from last year.
In 2011, he bagged 1-11 over six games, four points coming from play.
This year, he’s 0-13 in five matches, all but two points coming from placed balls.
That said, defenders Frank McGlynn (1-3), Karl Lacey (0-4) and the deep-sitting Mark McHugh (0-6) are among nine team-mates that all scored more than him from play.
For a man who totalled 36 points (16 from play) in the 2009 Championship, Murphy insists he isn’t perturbed about his role further away from the posts.
"It is not something I have thought of.
"This year, with injuries and things, I suppose I have not got on the field as much as I would have wanted, but playing in an All-Ireland final now is the dream of all footballers and it’s a chance for us to seize that now for 15 that are starting and five subs coming on.
"Collectively, much has been made of roles within the team and it is just important that we carry out those roles to the best of our ability on the day."
A little while ago, Murphy might have laughed had someone told him Donegal would be in an All-Ireland final this year.
"That’s the distance we have come. But we are not looking at that until the months of November andDecember.
"It is just important now that we go out and try and perform in this final.
"Finals are there to be won."
Maybe Murphy back then bought a little into the idea people had of Donegal footballers.
"But that’s certainly changed under McGuinness.
"It’s not too long ago that people were looking at Donegal as, and I don’t like quoting this, as ‘party animals’ so obviously it was something that needed changing.
"Whatever perception people have of Donegal and Donegal footballers, it is not something that bothers us. The most important thing for us is the 30-man squad we have, the backroom team we have.
"For us, representing Donegal is a massive, massive honour.
"Jim always refers to it before we go out onto a football pitch and we put on our Donegal jerseys, that we are not just representing ourselves but that we are representing the whole county and when we pull off the jersey, we are still representatives of Donegal.
"That’s very important for us, whether that be in Dublin at a pre or post-match meal, whether that be speaking to media, we are conscious that we are representing Donegal and it is important that we uphold that tradition."
This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Friday, September 21, 2012
I turned down Jimmy invite to return
By John Fogarty
Friday, September 21, 2012
Kevin Cassidy has revealed he turned down an invitation by Jim McGuinness to re-join the Donegal panel earlier this year.
In an exclusive interview with Cassidy and Conor Mortimer in tomorrow’s Weekend Sport section of the Irish Examiner, the Gweedore man recounts how McGuinness met him at his Letterkenny school at Easter where they had what Cassidy, 31, described as "a very civilised conversation, there were no heated moments".
It was the first time the pair had sat down together since Cassidy contributed to the This Is Our Year book, which compelled McGuinness to axe him from the panel, deemingit was a breach of their code of conduct.
After clearing the air, McGuinness offered Cassidy the opportunity to come back but he later declined because he feared it would impact on the panel as well as his family.
"The opportunity was there to go back but I said to him I didn’t want to go back and bring a whole mediacircus with me because these boys were about to go into their Championship season.
"I don’t hold any grudges, I’ve never fallen out with anybody (about it) and I never will but you learn as you go on."
Cassidy informed McGuinness of his decision while on holidays a week later.
In it, he expressed his gratitude towards McGuinness for everything that he had done for him last season.
At the meeting, Cassidy stressed to McGuinness that he had not revealed any major secrets about Donegal.
"I didn’t think I let him down and that’s where we had the conversation."
Cassidy said he has no regrets about passing up the chance at rejoining the panel which might have led to playing in Sunday’s All-Ireland medal.
"You talk about your All-Irelands and your Ulsters or Connachts but at the end of the day it's only a circle of a medal.
"I'd appreciate more the people I have met. I wouldn't have known Conor Mortimer or anybody if I wasn't involved in GAA.
"I've had fantastic appearances and it's shaped me as a character.
"If I wasn't involved in the GAA I don't think I'd be the person I am today and that's what I take away from it.
"There are a lot of people who weren't lucky enough to play on good teams like we were able to and won stuff."
Meanwhile Michael Murphy will become the youngest captain of an All-Ireland winning county sinceKerry’s Liam Hassett 15 years ago if he climbs the Hogan Stand steps on Sunday.
At 23 years, one month and 20 days, Murphy would be younger than both Declan and Darran O’Sullivan who were 23 but slightly older than their Donegal counterpart when they lifted the Sam Maguire for Kerry in 2006 and 2009 respectively.
McGuinness’ decision to make Murphy his captain needs little explanation.
The Glenswilly man is mature beyond his years.
It’s also this writer’s contention that he hasn’t been fully fit throughout this campaign and, as much as he has been sacrificing his natural game, his deeper role has lent to that.
Yet his scoring rate hasn’t dipped much from last year.
In 2011, he bagged 1-11 over six games, four points coming from play.
This year, he’s 0-13 in five matches, all but two points coming from placed balls.
That said, defenders Frank McGlynn (1-3), Karl Lacey (0-4) and the deep-sitting Mark McHugh (0-6) are among nine team-mates that all scored more than him from play.
For a man who totalled 36 points (16 from play) in the 2009 Championship, Murphy insists he isn’t perturbed about his role further away from the posts.
"It is not something I have thought of.
"This year, with injuries and things, I suppose I have not got on the field as much as I would have wanted, but playing in an All-Ireland final now is the dream of all footballers and it’s a chance for us to seize that now for 15 that are starting and five subs coming on.
"Collectively, much has been made of roles within the team and it is just important that we carry out those roles to the best of our ability on the day."
A little while ago, Murphy might have laughed had someone told him Donegal would be in an All-Ireland final this year.
"That’s the distance we have come. But we are not looking at that until the months of November andDecember.
"It is just important now that we go out and try and perform in this final.
"Finals are there to be won."
Maybe Murphy back then bought a little into the idea people had of Donegal footballers.
"But that’s certainly changed under McGuinness.
"It’s not too long ago that people were looking at Donegal as, and I don’t like quoting this, as ‘party animals’ so obviously it was something that needed changing.
"Whatever perception people have of Donegal and Donegal footballers, it is not something that bothers us. The most important thing for us is the 30-man squad we have, the backroom team we have.
"For us, representing Donegal is a massive, massive honour.
"Jim always refers to it before we go out onto a football pitch and we put on our Donegal jerseys, that we are not just representing ourselves but that we are representing the whole county and when we pull off the jersey, we are still representatives of Donegal.
"That’s very important for us, whether that be in Dublin at a pre or post-match meal, whether that be speaking to media, we are conscious that we are representing Donegal and it is important that we uphold that tradition."
This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Friday, September 21, 2012
I turned down Jimmy invite to return
By John Fogarty
Friday, September 21, 2012
Kevin Cassidy has revealed he turned down an invitation by Jim McGuinness to re-join the Donegal panel earlier this year.
In an exclusive interview with Cassidy and Conor Mortimer in tomorrow’s Weekend Sport section of the Irish Examiner, the Gweedore man recounts how McGuinness met him at his Letterkenny school at Easter where they had what Cassidy, 31, described as "a very civilised conversation, there were no heated moments".
It was the first time the pair had sat down together since Cassidy contributed to the This Is Our Year book, which compelled McGuinness to axe him from the panel, deemingit was a breach of their code of conduct.
After clearing the air, McGuinness offered Cassidy the opportunity to come back but he later declined because he feared it would impact on the panel as well as his family.
"The opportunity was there to go back but I said to him I didn’t want to go back and bring a whole mediacircus with me because these boys were about to go into their Championship season.
"I don’t hold any grudges, I’ve never fallen out with anybody (about it) and I never will but you learn as you go on."
Cassidy informed McGuinness of his decision while on holidays a week later.
In it, he expressed his gratitude towards McGuinness for everything that he had done for him last season.
At the meeting, Cassidy stressed to McGuinness that he had not revealed any major secrets about Donegal.
"I didn’t think I let him down and that’s where we had the conversation."
Cassidy said he has no regrets about passing up the chance at rejoining the panel which might have led to playing in Sunday’s All-Ireland medal.
"You talk about your All-Irelands and your Ulsters or Connachts but at the end of the day it's only a circle of a medal.
"I'd appreciate more the people I have met. I wouldn't have known Conor Mortimer or anybody if I wasn't involved in GAA.
"I've had fantastic appearances and it's shaped me as a character.
"If I wasn't involved in the GAA I don't think I'd be the person I am today and that's what I take away from it.
"There are a lot of people who weren't lucky enough to play on good teams like we were able to and won stuff."
Meanwhile Michael Murphy will become the youngest captain of an All-Ireland winning county sinceKerry’s Liam Hassett 15 years ago if he climbs the Hogan Stand steps on Sunday.
At 23 years, one month and 20 days, Murphy would be younger than both Declan and Darran O’Sullivan who were 23 but slightly older than their Donegal counterpart when they lifted the Sam Maguire for Kerry in 2006 and 2009 respectively.
McGuinness’ decision to make Murphy his captain needs little explanation.
The Glenswilly man is mature beyond his years.
It’s also this writer’s contention that he hasn’t been fully fit throughout this campaign and, as much as he has been sacrificing his natural game, his deeper role has lent to that.
Yet his scoring rate hasn’t dipped much from last year.
In 2011, he bagged 1-11 over six games, four points coming from play.
This year, he’s 0-13 in five matches, all but two points coming from placed balls.
That said, defenders Frank McGlynn (1-3), Karl Lacey (0-4) and the deep-sitting Mark McHugh (0-6) are among nine team-mates that all scored more than him from play.
For a man who totalled 36 points (16 from play) in the 2009 Championship, Murphy insists he isn’t perturbed about his role further away from the posts.
"It is not something I have thought of.
"This year, with injuries and things, I suppose I have not got on the field as much as I would have wanted, but playing in an All-Ireland final now is the dream of all footballers and it’s a chance for us to seize that now for 15 that are starting and five subs coming on.
"Collectively, much has been made of roles within the team and it is just important that we carry out those roles to the best of our ability on the day."
A little while ago, Murphy might have laughed had someone told him Donegal would be in an All-Ireland final this year.
"That’s the distance we have come. But we are not looking at that until the months of November andDecember.
"It is just important now that we go out and try and perform in this final.
"Finals are there to be won."
Maybe Murphy back then bought a little into the idea people had of Donegal footballers.
"But that’s certainly changed under McGuinness.
"It’s not too long ago that people were looking at Donegal as, and I don’t like quoting this, as ‘party animals’ so obviously it was something that needed changing.
"Whatever perception people have of Donegal and Donegal footballers, it is not something that bothers us. The most important thing for us is the 30-man squad we have, the backroom team we have.
"For us, representing Donegal is a massive, massive honour.
"Jim always refers to it before we go out onto a football pitch and we put on our Donegal jerseys, that we are not just representing ourselves but that we are representing the whole county and when we pull off the jersey, we are still representatives of Donegal.
"That’s very important for us, whether that be in Dublin at a pre or post-match meal, whether that be speaking to media, we are conscious that we are representing Donegal and it is important that we uphold that tradition."
This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Friday, September 21, 2012
I turned down Jimmy invite to return
By John Fogarty
Friday, September 21, 2012
Kevin Cassidy has revealed he turned down an invitation by Jim McGuinness to re-join the Donegal panel earlier this year.
In an exclusive interview with Cassidy and Conor Mortimer in tomorrow’s Weekend Sport section of the Irish Examiner, the Gweedore man recounts how McGuinness met him at his Letterkenny school at Easter where they had what Cassidy, 31, described as "a very civilised conversation, there were no heated moments".
It was the first time the pair had sat down together since Cassidy contributed to the This Is Our Year book, which compelled McGuinness to axe him from the panel, deemingit was a breach of their code of conduct.
After clearing the air, McGuinness offered Cassidy the opportunity to come back but he later declined because he feared it would impact on the panel as well as his family.
"The opportunity was there to go back but I said to him I didn’t want to go back and bring a whole mediacircus with me because these boys were about to go into their Championship season.
"I don’t hold any grudges, I’ve never fallen out with anybody (about it) and I never will but you learn as you go on."
Cassidy informed McGuinness of his decision while on holidays a week later.
In it, he expressed his gratitude towards McGuinness for everything that he had done for him last season.
At the meeting, Cassidy stressed to McGuinness that he had not revealed any major secrets about Donegal.
"I didn’t think I let him down and that’s where we had the conversation."
Cassidy said he has no regrets about passing up the chance at rejoining the panel which might have led to playing in Sunday’s All-Ireland medal.
"You talk about your All-Irelands and your Ulsters or Connachts but at the end of the day it's only a circle of a medal.
"I'd appreciate more the people I have met. I wouldn't have known Conor Mortimer or anybody if I wasn't involved in GAA.
"I've had fantastic appearances and it's shaped me as a character.
"If I wasn't involved in the GAA I don't think I'd be the person I am today and that's what I take away from it.
"There are a lot of people who weren't lucky enough to play on good teams like we were able to and won stuff."
Meanwhile Michael Murphy will become the youngest captain of an All-Ireland winning county sinceKerry’s Liam Hassett 15 years ago if he climbs the Hogan Stand steps on Sunday.
At 23 years, one month and 20 days, Murphy would be younger than both Declan and Darran O’Sullivan who were 23 but slightly older than their Donegal counterpart when they lifted the Sam Maguire for Kerry in 2006 and 2009 respectively.
McGuinness’ decision to make Murphy his captain needs little explanation.
The Glenswilly man is mature beyond his years.
It’s also this writer’s contention that he hasn’t been fully fit throughout this campaign and, as much as he has been sacrificing his natural game, his deeper role has lent to that.
Yet his scoring rate hasn’t dipped much from last year.
In 2011, he bagged 1-11 over six games, four points coming from play.
This year, he’s 0-13 in five matches, all but two points coming from placed balls.
That said, defenders Frank McGlynn (1-3), Karl Lacey (0-4) and the deep-sitting Mark McHugh (0-6) are among nine team-mates that all scored more than him from play.
For a man who totalled 36 points (16 from play) in the 2009 Championship, Murphy insists he isn’t perturbed about his role further away from the posts.
"It is not something I have thought of.
"This year, with injuries and things, I suppose I have not got on the field as much as I would have wanted, but playing in an All-Ireland final now is the dream of all footballers and it’s a chance for us to seize that now for 15 that are starting and five subs coming on.
"Collectively, much has been made of roles within the team and it is just important that we carry out those roles to the best of our ability on the day."
A little while ago, Murphy might have laughed had someone told him Donegal would be in an All-Ireland final this year.
"That’s the distance we have come. But we are not looking at that until the months of November andDecember.
"It is just important now that we go out and try and perform in this final.
"Finals are there to be won."
Maybe Murphy back then bought a little into the idea people had of Donegal footballers.
"But that’s certainly changed under McGuinness.
"It’s not too long ago that people were looking at Donegal as, and I don’t like quoting this, as ‘party animals’ so obviously it was something that needed changing.
"Whatever perception people have of Donegal and Donegal footballers, it is not something that bothers us. The most important thing for us is the 30-man squad we have, the backroom team we have.
"For us, representing Donegal is a massive, massive honour.
"Jim always refers to it before we go out onto a football pitch and we put on our Donegal jerseys, that we are not just representing ourselves but that we are representing the whole county and when we pull off the jersey, we are still representatives of Donegal.
"That’s very important for us, whether that be in Dublin at a pre or post-match meal, whether that be speaking to media, we are conscious that we are representing Donegal and it is important that we uphold that tradition."
This story appeared in the printed version of the Irish Examiner Friday, September 21, 2012
gant, another want a be footballer that could'nt cut it,stick to bullshtting on a bar stool ya gobshte
Very little to be fair gant just "everybody knew the rules, Team is number one." He never said he would bring Cassidy back but just "something may happen next season." , Tired old cliches but i suppose that Donegal team is full of robots they're programmed to obey 'Jim'.
Well if you can read Kingrat , it is clear that mcguinness did forgive!
Respect for the team manager is very important.
Kingrat behave.....just because you can't back up your claims don't get nasty.
Kingrat behave.....just because you can't back up your claims don't get nasty.
dont be a stupid cnt toby.why make an issue at the press conference after winning the all ireland
Exactly Kingrat, why? You've managed your county to only their second all Ireland, why bother at all?
Kingrat........you are going down the rocketfingers road......clueless.
stfu gant,yre irrelevant.junior football was yre thing
God gant lol, you're an embarrassment nobody can say anything negative against the GAA footballing elite. Would you ever wake up man. Lol gant were you just a junior footballer
What did Mcguinness say about Cassidy at the press conference.......has the coverage and goodwill of the nation towards Donegal made you bitter........Played Senior fyi.
Rocketfingers........one more big day and it's all over.
God Meath was a fully fledged Meath player, i'm guessing i'm speaking to Colm O'Rourke
while i respect and admire him i feel this was a petty and downright arrogant incident..your team has just won the all ireland yet your still holding a petty grudge..no matter that they won the all ireland the way he dealt with cassidy was wrong..denying him the opportunity of going on the team holiday particularly so...he called bogue a liar yet failed to give any clear cut example of what he had lied about
I agree with erris1 about the press conference incident (can't comment on the rest as I don't know enough about it). What was it intended to achieve exactly? Yet barely a word about it in the print media (if any). It is areas like this where despair about sport. It seems that ability and/or success on the field means that people don't have to behave with any sort of dignity off it.
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