Beating around the bush is not Joe’s style.
The list of counties whose fans have taken issue with what Joe Brolly has had to say in his career as a pundit is as long as Joe’s arm.
It’s part of Joe’s appeal and what makes him so entertaining. Disagree with Joe all you want but you could never accuse him of being boring that’s for sure.
Mayo fans have had reason to argue with Joe in the recent past over his accusations of cynical fouling in the run up to the 2012 All-Ireland Final with Donegal and they might not like what he has to say in today’s Sunday Independent column, the headline on which is vintage Joe Brolly.
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In the column, Brolly takes Mayo to task over their tendency to concede goals at vital times in big games, a trend which has cost them dearly in their ultimately failed attempts to win the big prize in recent years.
Brolly is not the first high-profile pundit to bring this up and given Mayo’s record it’s hard to argue with some of the excerpts below.
The truth, brutally delivered as it is here, hurts after all.
“The Six Sorrowful Mysteries: The Agony in the Garden. The Scourging at the Pillar. The Crowning with Thorns. The Carrying of the Cross. The Crucifixion. Mayo’s Croke Park Torture.”
“In the second half of the drawn game against Kerry last year, they gave the greatest exhibition of hard-running football I have seen. Then blew it all by allowing Kerry to score a last-minute goal. In the same way that Brogan and Danny Cummins were unmarked on the edge of the square, so Mayo left James O’Donoghue alone to blast the killer goal. James Bloody O’Donoghue, the most dangerous predator of his era.”
“After the sorrowful mysteries comes the resurrection. There’s no curse. Just shit defending.”
You’ll be able to find Joe Brolly’s column in full on Independent.ie.
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