Blootoof
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Just watched it. Absolutely brilliant and sad in equal measures. I think everyone knew McGrath had a drink problem back then, a few of them did.
Iarc Dunphy was Keane's ghost writer and did an awful hatchet job on McCarthy. McCarthy came out worst in Ireland as a result despite doing a decent job with what he had. Yes the set up was somewhat behind, but it also worked with a lot of players, 99% of which were not world class at the time. McCarthy came out the worst, Dunphy was Keanes mouthpiece and I haven’t much sympathy for him.It was bad how that Irish journalist Eamon Dunphy was treated though, he was made a hate figure because he dared to question their style of football. He was right though, that Irish team had some world class talent, but their main objective was to do better than England, and make sure that everybody liked them and knew that they could have a party.
That journalists views were not too dissimilar to Roy Keane's at the World Cup in 2002, as much as I despise Keane, I understand how annoyed he must have been with the amateur set up at Ireland compared with united
Agree, top documentary. Some great comments/stories.Just watched it. Absolutely brilliant and sad in equal measures. I think everyone knew McGrath had a drink problem back then, a few of them did.
He loved Paul and Paul loved him.Absolutely magnificent piece of film.
That and Aguero leaving on the same night, i wasn't ready for this.
Loved the parts on his relationship with McGrath
They used the documentary and The Charlton Years documentary all on the same night over here as part of the dementia awareness weekend and raised a lot of money.Excellent well produced and sympathetic towards his dementia what a strong lady his wife is and his son came over very well Great man will be remembered in Ireland for a long time without doubt their favourite English man
Football has moved on from his philosophy. But He was right for Ireland at the time. We had decent players but they had to fit in to his way of playing. O’Leary was frozen out for three years. Brady wasn’t trusted and Ronnie Whelan was probably under used as well.I've just watched it. When he said 'I've always had a distrust of centre half's that can play'
He would hate us now ha!
I don’t have any sympathy for Dunphy either, but to be fair to him regarding what he said at Italia’90, he was misquoted by the time the news hit the fans in Italy.Iarc Dunphy was Keane's ghost writer and did an awful hatchet job on McCarthy. McCarthy came out worst in Ireland as a result despite doing a decent job with what he had. Yes the set up was somewhat behind, but it also worked with a lot of players, 99% of which were not world class at the time. McCarthy came out the worst, Dunphy was Keanes mouthpiece and I haven’t much sympathy for him.