Molloy brands keyboard criticism as ‘sickening’

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By Frank Craig

Anthony Molloy has labelled social media remarks aimed at Donegal workforce manager Declan Bonner as each ‘sickening’ and ‘ugly’.

The 1992 All-Eire winning captain contacted the Donegal Information himself, this early morning, Monday, to voice his anger at the online barbs directed at his previous team-mate.

Donegal have been narrowly edged out by Derry in Sunday’s Ulster SFC decider 1-16 to 1-14 in a cagey contest that took additional-time to ultimately settle. Molloy stated he fielded a amount of calls this early morning directing his awareness to the remarks.

“It is moments like these that we have to have to stick with each other,” he said. “I acquired a amount of messages this morning in regards to social media abuse that has been aimed at Declan and the group. It sickened me to be trustworthy.

“I’d phone people people ‘keyboard warriors’ – folks that would not have the guts to say some of the things that’s been posted to your facial area. And I essentially know some of these men and women personally… they are types that in no way kicked a ball in their lives. But hiding behind a laptop or phone monitor doesn’t give any individual the suitable to say what at any time they want. It’s reckless.

“How or why any individual thinks it is okay to write-up what they are publishing and with their names hooked up..? I believed we’d turned a corner on all this stuff. Sometimes it just does not go your way on the soccer area. But you simply just are not able to problem the hrs and yards individuals lads are now placing in.

“It’s been that way for so prolonged. You merely are unable to question their commitment and energy now. So for persons to be contacting Declan out in the method they are, it’s disguising seriously. Those people today have definitely shorter memories. On and off the subject, Declan has been central to so quite a few of our major triumphs more than the decades.

“It is not that extended ago they had been throwing Rory Gallagher under the very same bus. And appear at him now. I’d request men and women to just stop and feel before they partake in this form of point. It’s unappealing and it’s horrible. No 1 has any ideal to decide amateurs in that form of way. Each individual solitary one of the gamers as effectively as Declan have employment to go back again into this morning.

“They have loved ones that will have read that abuse. Our lads gave it their all yesterday. And it was there ideal up right until the conclusion. They were out on their toes.

“Yeah, you can speak about faults or incorrect decisions manufactured but Derry just created much less in that previous five minutes of extra-time. The margins have been that slender. They just had a wee bit more legs down the house straight. It is alright slapping them on the again in Donegal Town when they’re bringing cups household. But get driving them now – when they need it most. That is authentic guidance.”

Meanwhile, Molloy says he’s also taken exception to remarks designed by Colm O’Rourke on yesterday’s are living Sunday Match broadcast in relation to Michael Murphy and regardless of whether or not he’s deserving of his situation on the record of present day GAA greats.

“It was weird,” Molloy claimed on the previous Meath’s man’s heated dispute with fellow pundit Sean Cavanagh. “For god’s sake, how anybody can query the qualifications of Michael is actually outside of me. No matter where I go in this state, Kerry, Dublin or where ever, everyone would like to speak abut Murphy and the legend that he is.”

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