Either way the Athenry man won't be short of
backslappers telling him should be out there pulling on his accustomed No.14 jersey.
ALL-IRELAND 2005 HURLING FINAL CROKE PARK 3.30PM - THE EXPERTS: KEANE Glorious Ger will see Cloonan stays a distant memory; PAUL KEANE is Sunday Mirror Sport's highly respected GAA correspondent
He will be left wondering where the
backslappers have gone.
Anticipate tears for souvenirs
SO, the political
backslappers are at it again, creating 30 new Lords.
To the Point; your letters
THE hangers-on and
backslappers have drifted away and Paul Gascoigne is suddenly very alone.
STAR LOST WITHOUT APPLAUSE; GAZZA IN CRISIS
You rail against "good ole boy backslapping," yet praise good ole boy Beatnik
backslappers. So many contradictions!
Literary letters
NO doubt some of Christine Ohuruogu's
backslappers in the media were outraged by her interview with Gabby Logan on the BBC's Inside Sport on Monday night.
Gift of the Gab helps Christine
Moreover, they must be self-congratulating,
backslappers calling each other "brilliant" and "creative" as in "now we have a brilliant committee of seven creative members calling for Charter Members [$50 fee!] who will join us in realizing the first such institution in the world which will be devoted to our ancient Muse." Well, at least the campaign managers employ the term "institution" correctly, for all institutions demand a certain autocratic hierarchy, self-censorship, lack of exterior accountability, and general gung-ho institutional patriotism.
Plague of the small press
But we are growing tired of the gutless, obsequious blatherings they get from the incestuous, sycophantic coterie of apologists and
backslappers who dominate athletics for the BBC on television and radio.
Football: Ohuruogu apologists blinded by fools' gold
All 'it' ever was was a fouryear televised con-trick aided and abetted by the BBC and a few supine
backslappers.
Boxing: Fats your lot, Fraud
Perhaps chief executive David Gill and the rest of the Fergie
backslappers on the United board are content with the prospect of the Carling Cup.
Football: Sir Alex must go ... but who has the guts to sack him? UNITED NIGHT OF DISASTER CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: BENFICA 2 MAN UTD 1 FERGIE REFUSES TO TAKE THE BLAME
WE watched the
backslappers indulge him, excuse him and encourage his years of waste.
GEORGE BEST: THE LEGEND ..boy was he good; GEORGE BEST: THE LEGEND
It takes a strong man to keep his feet on the ground when the hangers-on flock around and the
backslappers go into overdrive.
Football: Two weeks that shook the game; PLAYERS THINK THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW
It takes a strong man to keep his feet on the ground when the hangers- on flock around and the
backslappers go into overdrive.
Football: Two weeks that shook the game; OUR GAME IN THE DOCK: How football is in the news for all the wrong reasons; KIDS THINK THEY ARE ABOVE LAW
When times are good there are no end of
backslappers, but when results turn, the slap on the back becomes a stab.
Football: Saving Private Brian; EXCLUSIVE: HOW IRELAND JOB HAS CHANGED KERR'S LIFE SIX MONTHS AGO NOBODY NOTICED ME AT GAMES.. IT'S SO DIFFERENT NOW
Remember Roy Keane's Travis Bickle rant in his autobiography about the clusters of pimps and
backslappers who crowd footballers.
Oliver Holt Column: What did this Roman ever do for football?*; *APART FROM SAVING CHELSEA, TERRIFYING UNITED AND ARSENAL, PLOUGHING MONEY INTO SMALLER CLUBS AND PUTTING THE FEELGOOD FACTOR BACK INTO THE GAME..