Originally Posted by
Spudulika
Rasputin, I'm trying to give the man a break (I know there are some on here and former colleagues of mine who'd say what they'd like to break) as while he has a basic understanding of football and a modicum of man management skills, I don't see him as an entirely bad person. I would never wish ill on anyone, no matter what (okay, except my 4th class national school teacher who was a SSSSS), Roddy falls into that category. He is a very damaged individual (headgear not included) and sadly this lack of confidence turns him into the biggest tool on the airwaves when he starts on. Holy crap, I'm almost going to do a Dr Phil, no, can't, I'm stopping here.
I did think the "better in their backyard than ours" analogy worked? It's like watching a person begin to slip on ice, the flailing arms, ar@e going to head level, ar@e going over head level and the time gap between the initial overbalance and the sickening slap on the footpath seems to take forever in real time, though reliving it you're never sure if it was quick or slow. In other words, Monaghan are that poor soul on the RTE news, you just know it's going to happen, it's the aftermath and very public embarassment that prevents you from laughing too much.