Post by Joey Joe-Joe Junior Shabadoo on Jan 15, 2012 15:10:03 GMT
Burgess GAA Club in turmoil?
Hurling stars embroiled in furious web spat.
Just days after former GAA president Nickey Brennan warned sternly of the dangers that online communication networks present, high profile Burgess hurlers Niall McGrath and Sean Flynn traded bruising, hate-filled insults upon the popular social media site, Twitter.
McGrath (29), the club's long-standing Senior goalkeeper, baited Junior 'A' stalwart Flynn (26); accusing him of underhandedly using his Burgess Under 21 selectorial gig as a springboard to jump aboard the lucrative “Outside Coach” gravy train. Stung by the accusation, cheeky chappy Flynn commenced a #bringbackdavidryan campaign, which incidentally is hotly tipped to "trend" in the coming days. This move sparked a vitriolic verbal volley, with McGrath (@goalienumber1) taunting his rival over his admittedly shameful Eire Og past, claiming Flynn still in fact “loves the blues”. In a scene reminiscent of the infamous Sean Gallagher presidential tweet, Flynn's cause was immensely damaged when a previously unseen photo of him wearing a “Once a Blue, Always a Blue” Nenagh shirt emerged from the shadows of cyberspace. Now enraged, the gloves were off as far as @flynner2011 was concerned. Attacking his one-time friend with well-executed blows, the Cornerback Kid made references to alleged alcohol-fuelled warm-ups, cruel Gomes-like goalkeeping performances and controversial Tony Considine selectorial manoeuvres. Never one to turn his back on a war of words, McGrath replied in kind, viciously questioning not only the physical condition of Flynn's gluteus maximus & gluteus medius muscles but his man-marking and word-spelling capabilities.
Extremely concerned by these frightening developments, the Burgess GAA club committee immediately called an E.G.M where it is believed a Crisis Management group has been formed in an ambitious bid to halt the mavericks' bitter feud. An inside source said: “Won't somebody please think of the children?”. Secretly however, the club fear they are powerless to curb the continuing tirade of abuse Messrs. McGrath and Flynn are currently indulging in. In truth, those with green and gold hearts can merely hope and pray a compromise between these two loose cannons can somehow be found before this ever so thorny, massively divisive issue causes the club irreparable damage.
Hurling stars embroiled in furious web spat.
Just days after former GAA president Nickey Brennan warned sternly of the dangers that online communication networks present, high profile Burgess hurlers Niall McGrath and Sean Flynn traded bruising, hate-filled insults upon the popular social media site, Twitter.
McGrath (29), the club's long-standing Senior goalkeeper, baited Junior 'A' stalwart Flynn (26); accusing him of underhandedly using his Burgess Under 21 selectorial gig as a springboard to jump aboard the lucrative “Outside Coach” gravy train. Stung by the accusation, cheeky chappy Flynn commenced a #bringbackdavidryan campaign, which incidentally is hotly tipped to "trend" in the coming days. This move sparked a vitriolic verbal volley, with McGrath (@goalienumber1) taunting his rival over his admittedly shameful Eire Og past, claiming Flynn still in fact “loves the blues”. In a scene reminiscent of the infamous Sean Gallagher presidential tweet, Flynn's cause was immensely damaged when a previously unseen photo of him wearing a “Once a Blue, Always a Blue” Nenagh shirt emerged from the shadows of cyberspace. Now enraged, the gloves were off as far as @flynner2011 was concerned. Attacking his one-time friend with well-executed blows, the Cornerback Kid made references to alleged alcohol-fuelled warm-ups, cruel Gomes-like goalkeeping performances and controversial Tony Considine selectorial manoeuvres. Never one to turn his back on a war of words, McGrath replied in kind, viciously questioning not only the physical condition of Flynn's gluteus maximus & gluteus medius muscles but his man-marking and word-spelling capabilities.
Extremely concerned by these frightening developments, the Burgess GAA club committee immediately called an E.G.M where it is believed a Crisis Management group has been formed in an ambitious bid to halt the mavericks' bitter feud. An inside source said: “Won't somebody please think of the children?”. Secretly however, the club fear they are powerless to curb the continuing tirade of abuse Messrs. McGrath and Flynn are currently indulging in. In truth, those with green and gold hearts can merely hope and pray a compromise between these two loose cannons can somehow be found before this ever so thorny, massively divisive issue causes the club irreparable damage.
