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Kerry’s Aidan O’Mahony has been ridiculed for his Cristiano Ronaldo-esque theatrics in the All-Ireland semi-final against Cork and so he should be.
Not because his open-handed slap landed, but because he’s Irish, the judges at the Workers’ Gymnasium in Beijing may not have given a red card to Cork’s Donnacha O’Connor after he hit Aidan O’Mahony. It was a little ‘shut your mouth you cheeky git’ slap to the face of a cheeky git and it, by the letter of the law, deserved the red card. It’s a strike. However, O’Mahony’s reaction would’ve earned him Gold in the swimming pool for his delayed dive. He’s been justifiably lambasted for his very unlike-Kerry behaviour, but there were a couple of incidents that would look more at home at Old Trafford than Croke Park during Sunday afternoon’s repeat of the Munster final. Ignoring Colm Cooper’s impeccable display during the match, when he received a shoulder in the second half during a stoppage, he went tumbling down with his arms outstretched, clearly making the most of it. There was a deliberate attempt to coerce the ref to brandish his cards on more than one occasion from both sides. Falling down clasping one’s face is, as Joe Brolly also asserts, becoming a recurring feature in the GAA and it needs to be stamped out. For an organisation that prides itself on “manly” behaviour, it is slowly accepting the cheating qualities of soccer. It has been creeping into Gaelic football and I for one don’t like it. “He’s a bit of pup,” Brolly correctly describes Tom Daley, I mean, O’Mahony but this isn’t an isolated occurrence. Kingdom fans will close ranks again, no doubt, excusing this kind of behaviour as they did when Paul Galvin assaulted Paddy Russell’s notebook. You would hope they’d be embarrassed that a county with its tradition should produce a player that would act in this manner. Can the GAA stamp this out? Is this a completely isolated incident? Am I over reacting? Let us know what you think!
In case you missed it, here’s possibly the funniest thing you’ll ever see at Croke Park…..unless Jimmy Carr does a gig there or someone gets sent off but stays on the field….again.
August 25th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Yeah well said.
And he is a Guard in Cork apparently.
They need to review their physical exam.
August 25th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Yeah it was an embarrassing act to be honest. I was in the Hogan so didnt see it properly as it happened. He’s an absolute joke after that and a sad excuse of a man. Thats 2 huge collapses against Cork this year…. Great to see it happen to cocky kerry!!!
August 25th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Aidan O Mahoney Pillar Caffery what is it with gardai members and our national games
August 25th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Ah well, Kerry blouse falls down in gentle slap of cork breeze in Dublin park; sure, they speak like Shirley Temple Bar when left testicle gets caught in g-string!!!,
I don’t know whats in the water down there, First
biotch slapping notebook, now blouseing around; Maybe they’re a supreme footballing team due to hormone injections, and now side-effects are taking hold
August 26th, 2008 at 12:02 am
happy slapping in croker, is O,mahoney a bann guard? kerry should check to see if he has got meat and two veg down there the way he swan dived on the pitch has me thinking
I also find it irritating that great planners at headquarters have sandwiched the ladies from kerry and cork between the tyrone minors and seniors well at least there will be some nice handbags on show before the main event. tyrone abu
August 26th, 2008 at 12:40 am
can i just say that yeah he went down like a girls blouse, would have looked better if he went downstraight away but he waited for a second or two and then thought oh if i fall down he might get sent off, but the cork man should not have raised his hand both wrong. still it is great to see the hard mans game go the way of my beloved association football that the gaa heads love to slag off.