PAUL KIMMAGE AND BOD

imo kimmage is the best irish sporting journalist by a country mile.i have often read some of his stuff and said wow!this guy is good.interviews his subjects and then his brillance as a wordsmith gives the reader a deep insight of the subject(character) at hand.he has consistenly been writing great columns for years.the only other irish jouralists with kimmage's talent was humphries
when it comes to integrity,kimmage has it in spades and i would say that has had a detrimental effect on his career.he has soul!

I have written on this topic before but none have survived.

That area in South Dublin is sensitive and beyond criticism,there is however a growing list of the disaffected and there may be a reason.

Interesting that Kingrat thinks he is like Tom Humphries,that gentlemen seems to have disappeared but will always be known as Gary Sliotar.

You've lost me Borneo, you were on about West Dublin last time?

and before that you refernce hatrid of Clontarf wrt this topic

LOL Gary Sliothar.....what a line borneo........outa the top drawer that one i have to say......

My Dublin geography not the best but look at the subterfuge I am reduced to.

To me that area produces people who let down their friends,are litigious and don't know the meaning of the word loyalty.

Tom Humphries! -good riddance .

his physical and mental health seems to have miracolously got better all of a sudden......SCOMEBAG........

if i recollect ,i think both bod and kimmage are north siders,for those not from the big smoke and live in towns that dont have a K.f.C or macdonalds.northsiders means u reside north of the river liffey.please expand wildman?

there a mcdonalds in longford as you quite well know twatser and a supermac if ye dont mind,but your oul man big joe and your braw are both barred from what i can gather,i think the only place they can get into is luigis on the ballymahon road.....would i be correct in this assumption?

Kingrat dear oh dear,subterfuge is lost on you.

i know well where u coming from wildman.judgemental and generelizations is yre stock and trade.i c  u have yre little jack russel with u.i might have to give it a kick up the hole again and sent it scampering away whimpering.

twatser will you be coming across the border to newry to watch the vins?i would doubt not?you cowardly hoooor ye.....

Why did you ask me to expand so.

Admit it you were just a little slow picking it up.

why dickie?are u just going to run up to me,bark,show yre teeth and run away.

no i just wanted to warn ye that the wards of newry dont much like the longford joyces so be aware twatser......

another thread ruined

How is it ruined,it lay there without a response for ages,is that what you would prefer.

At least we gave our opinions which is presumably what you wanted.

it was hardly going 2 set the forum alight considering it had already been discussed 5 days ago.....

Kimmage is quoted as saying that he was eager to get out of writing it 6 months ago,you would wonder what really happened.
Whatever people's personal opinions are on Kimmage,he is undoubtedly a talented author.

I would imagine he was struggling to find enough interesting angles with BOD'S clean image.
The better sporting autobiographies generally involve a chaotic personal life or some  controversial sporting incident-difficult to drag too much out of Gatland dropping him and can't see him saying anything controversial about his team mates.

I agree.  I like Kimmage's writing but he is all about finding an angle.

A poor writer who more than likely wanted to invent stuff.