Tricky Ricky Walks the Walk by Walshing St Kilda
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It’s funny how things turn out. At the time Ricky confidently predicted to Talking Balls that Tommy Walsh would be joining St Kilda saying: “Unbeknown to people in Ireland the best young player there is about to leave tomorrow for Australia and a one week trial with St Kilda”. He also predicted that Niall McKeever and Conor Meredith were being offered contracts. Touche.
This week he says he will be getting back in contact with Derry’s James Kielt: “James Kielt is in the top three players I would love to get to Australia. I am going to speak to him, just give him a call. James is the most knowledgeable kid in Ireland in AFL football.?He’s also after Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea.
“He could absolutely walk in and play tomorrow. He is a star in Gaelic footy and I am the most disappointed person in the world that he hasn’t come out and had a go.”
For a period of time it looked like the pendulum was swinging back in this direction with the return of Martin (Marty) Clarke, Kevin Dyas and the ubiquitous Tadgh Kennelly. However Tricky Ricky has demonstrated by events that he talks the talk and walks the walk. Maybe we should listen when he says something.
And Ricky still hasn’t lost that penchant for nose burgling the GAA officialdom saying this week after the Powers That Be snubbed ‘Clear the Air Talks’:
“They can tell me to go away but that’s not going to change my life.?They are like ‘if we talk to you, you are the enemy, we can’t be seen to talk to you.’ I am sick of that.”
“Grow up and get over it. All the other sports in the world progressed because they drew a line in the sand, because they said we need to progress. Okay, you don’t have to do what people tell you to do but you can at least listen.”
