Molloy brands keyboard criticism as ‘sickening’

By Frank Craig

Anthony Molloy has labelled social media feedback aimed at Donegal crew manager Declan Bonner as equally ‘sickening’ and ‘ugly’.

The 1992 All-Ireland successful captain contacted the Donegal Information himself, this morning, Monday, to voice his anger at the on the web barbs directed at his former group-mate.

Donegal were narrowly edged out by Derry in Sunday’s Ulster SFC decider 1-16 to 1-14 in a cagey contest that took further-time to last but not least settle. Molloy claimed he fielded a range of calls this early morning directing his interest to the remarks.

“It is instances like these that we want to adhere together,” he said. “I gained a variety of messages this early morning in regards to social media abuse that has been aimed at Declan and the crew. It sickened me to be honest.

“I’d get in touch with all those people today ‘keyboard warriors’ – persons that would not have the guts to say some of the stuff which is been posted to your encounter. And I truly know some of these men and women personally… they are ones that hardly ever kicked a ball in their lives. But hiding driving a laptop or computer or cellular phone display does not give any one the ideal to say what at any time they want. It’s reckless.

“How or why everyone thinks it’s all right to publish what they are publishing and with their names connected..? I believed we’d turned a corner on all this things. Often it just does not go your way on the soccer discipline. But you only are not able to issue the hrs and yards individuals lads are now putting in.

“It’s been that way for so very long. You merely can not issue their motivation and energy now. So for folks to be contacting Declan out in the method they are, it is disguising truly. Those people men and women have genuinely brief reminiscences. On and off the subject, Declan has been central to so quite a few of our most significant triumphs above the yrs.

“It is not that extensive in the past they have been throwing Rory Gallagher beneath the same bus. And look at him now. I’d ask individuals to just stop and assume prior to they partake in this variety of issue. It is unsightly and it is horrible. No one particular has any proper to choose amateurs in that sort of way. Each one one particular of the gamers as effectively as Declan have careers to go back into this morning.

“They have spouse and children that will have read through that abuse. Our lads gave it their all yesterday. And it was there correct up until finally the close. They had been out on their toes.

“Yeah, you can discuss about errors or completely wrong conclusions built but Derry just designed significantly less in that past 5 minutes of additional-time. The margins had been that skinny. They just had a wee bit a lot more legs down the home straight. It’s alright slapping them on the again in Donegal City when they’re bringing cups household. But get behind them now – when they want it most. That is actual assistance.”

In the meantime, Molloy suggests he’s also taken exception to responses made by Colm O’Rourke on yesterday’s are living Sunday Recreation broadcast in relation to Michael Murphy and whether or not he’s deserving of his position on the listing of present day GAA greats.

“It was bizarre,” Molloy said on the previous Meath’s man’s heated dispute with fellow pundit Sean Cavanagh. “For god’s sake, how any person can problem the credentials of Michael is genuinely outside of me. No issue where by I go in this state, Kerry, Dublin or wherever, absolutely everyone wants to talk abut Murphy and the legend that he is.”

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Posted: 1:46 pm May perhaps 30, 2022

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