Jun 11

No Pat on the Back from Cassidy

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Damien Cassidy has criticised RTE Sunday Game presenter Pat Spillane over his comments in the wake of the Oak Leafers hotly contested encounter against Monaghan at Celtic Park.

Cassidy slammed: “A lot of it was bar-stool talk. You would expect someone with the level of knowledge he has of the game, apparently, and the level that he has played at, to have a bit more in-depth analysis to what’s occurring.

“Very seldom do you see him actually describing what a team is trying to do, how they are playing offensively, or how they are setting themselves up defensively. I just wonder at times what he is actually watching. You can’t take away his playing record, but he certainly has a limited view on the tactical aspect of the game.”

And Cassidy is also giving his firm backing to Doherty, whom he believes has been unfairly treated.

He said: “I have watched the video tape of the match a number of times. The amount of provocation that was put his way by the player who was playing against him was insidious and it was constant throughout the match.

“I don’t know how the officials that were there missed some of the things that were going on off the ball that I have witnessed on the video. He took sustained abuse throughout that game. And if people sit down to watch it and have the benefit of the different angles that I have of it now, they would understand what I am saying.”