LAST MAY, THE Dublin county board revealed that senior and U21 footballer Shane Carthy was receiving treatment for depression. His subsequent mental health battle put Gaelic football on the backburner but 2015 has seen the positive sight of Carthy back on the playing fields for Dublin.
He’s featured for the senior team during the league and will play in tomorrow night’s Eirgrid Leinster U21 football final for Dublin against Kildare.
His U21 teammate Davy Byrne has huge admiration for Carthy.
“You have to commend Shane for coming through that. It has been absolutely brilliant to get him back playing this year. I know Shane well after playing with him for a good few years, I came up with the same age group as him.
“I’d absolutely commend him for coming through it, it has been tough on him but we just tried to be as accommodating as possible as a team, whenever he was ready to come back we were happy to take him back.”
Byrne admitted he was surprised when he first learned of Carthy’s mental health problems.
“Anyone who said they knew Shane had no idea that was going on in the background. It was absolutely very surprising but it is testament to the strength of his character that he is coming through now and having a very strong U21 campaign. He is definitely a leader on our team.
“It definitely took us by surprise but we just wished Shane all the best and said ‘you have to do what you have to do, get yourself right and football comes second.’.”
Gamesmanship if he was English of course!
@Shane McGettrick: he is English.
A foul for shouting “leave it”??? Jesus christ. Chaboloah should know his surroundings and his position, he should know well that there wasn’t another Watford player behind him – at least not one in a better scoring position. He should’ve taken his chance rather then been bossed out of his shot. Artur should give him his jersey to wipe up his tears.
@Cillian McCormick: It’s one of those “I can’t believe this is actually a rule” that sometimes pop up in sport
@Brian Dunleavy: it’s not to anyone who plays the game at any level. Lads get pulled up for shouting my ball or leave it all the time. That’s why you need to call a name when challenging for a ball
@Cillian McCormick: speech play it was called in our neck of the woods back in the day
It was class
@Philip foster: thought so too,hilarious.
He is English
@Mark Collins: ape.
@David: you think he’s not English?
@David: born in England, to English-born parents. Has lived in England all his life. Do you really not think that he’s not at least even a little bit English?
The crowd should shout leave it
@John O Reilly: Nice one
If it happened in a game of 5 a side you’d be fit to give him a slap. A real d**khead move.
@Chicken George: Just being clever. Do you slap all people who are smarter than you? I’d say your hand is sore.
@Chicken George: ah lad
That was a funny thing
Ya can’t go mad over that.
He didn’t call him a —– or anything
Seriously thought
Would most of you go mad if this happened you in an indoor game ?
@Pj:
Why
Do
Dis
@Camroc: clever? Any idiot can do that. Maybe it’s clever for someone with your basic intellect?
@Liam: I didn’t
Way it came off the phone ya gimp
This is unsportsmanlike, so what is diving or going down if a player is next to you in the box? How often do they call that out?
The player should only leave it if he hears a teammate put their name on the ball. Otherwise, play on.
It’s a professional foul but one that happens all the time.
“presumably telling him to ‘leave it’”
Nobody playing after the u-12 soccer grade says ‘leave it’.
Brilliant
He voted Tory. He is English
Rules of the playground.”leave it” is not on but “miss it” is acceptable if not encouraged