O’Mahony 2012 Olympic Diving Hopeful
Talking Balls Comments
In the greatest display of theatre seen in headquarters since the launch of the Special Olympics O’Mahony reacted to Donncha O’Connor’s slap on his cheek as if he had been hit by a sniper located in a grassy knoll somewhere in the lower Cusack stand.
And Oh how the mighty are fallen. The Kingdom like to pretend that they are guardians of the sacred flame of gaelic football. Witness former county chairman Sean Walsh’s sanctimonious comments at the Kerry convention in 2004 when he lauded the Kerry team for restoring people’s ‘faith in football in general with their style of football, high fielding, accurate passing, long range point scoring and a work ethic that surprised even those close to the team.’
This was interpreted as an none-too-subtle criticism of some of the perceived cynicism practised by Armagh and Tyrone and particular. The 2004 final of course is remembered as one of the great non-events in recent years, alongside the Kingdom’s wins in 2006 and 2007, each match featuring pathetic opposition to an average Kerry team.
Joe Brolly and Colm O’Rourke were particularly scathing about the ‘teak-tough’ O’Mahony’s theatrical backflip.[youtube]http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=FRy7Fr5eE6o[/youtube]
Anyway, to go back to O’Mahony, if the Irish Olympic Council are looking to boost the nation’s medal winning hopes they could do worse that enlist the Kerry No 6 as a dead cert to win Gold in Olympic Diving competition in London 2012.
Last word to Sean Walsh: “We are delighted that it took a Kerry team to restore the pride in Gaelic football.”
