Tommy Moolick

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Reported on social media that Tommy Moolick has retired from inter county football. This is a shame. He had much to offer and is presumably only 28 years old. I highly rated him since the disaster in Pearse Park in 2010 when many more highly rated players lost the heads but he kept his shoulder to the wheel on the sinking ship. People don't realise that for every Niall Buckley you need a Willie McCreery.

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On Kildare panel since 2011

Subject: Re: Tommy Moolick Sun Nov 29, 2020 8:12 pm

I think he was grossly underused and never got the credit he deserved, he could give a lesson in commitment to many currently on the panel

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Class act. Very under appreciated by managers I feel

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Great servant. Workrate guaranteed. Always chipped 8n with a point or two as well. Lacked pace but you onew what you were getting from Tommy.

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Keith Cribbin gone also

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These retirements are a blessing in disguise! Let's be honest, over the years it's harder to get dropped from the senior panel than it was to get on to it.

Fair play to the two men, in particular, Moolick who I think was underrated by a lot of Kildare supporters. Always gave 100% and stepped up when needed.

Let's bring in 5-6 of the best players suited for inter-county football now, 20-23-year-olds, Brian McLoughin etc.

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I think these lads probably wondering if the NFL will go ahead and if not they could be training for 8 months for a couple of matches.

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League could start In July now

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Newbridgeornowhere wrote:: League could start In July now

I agree Newbridgeornowhere, I honestly can't see any Gaa action, club or inter-county before June at least.

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Gaa1928 wrote:

Newbridgeornowhere wrote:: League could start In July now

I agree Newbridgeornowhere, I honestly can't see any Gaa action, club or inter-county before June at least.

The minor championships resume in two weeks

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Can't say I am surprised. Got a lot of flak for some reason. Sort of reminded me of Killian Brennan. People used to say they were not good enough but anytime they played they put in a good shift and were effective. Imo.

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Twentyeight wrote:

Gaa1928 wrote:

Newbridgeornowhere wrote:: League could start In July now

I agree Newbridgeornowhere, I honestly can't see any Gaa action, club or inter-county before June at least.

The minor championships resume in two weeks

Very surprised, but good news.

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I thought you were referring to poor aul Tommy there for a minute Gaa1928!

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Tommy retired at 28.. who could blame him.. and after watching that Dublin training session tonight, there might be more to follow.
What's the incentive now to play for Kildare or any Leinster Team ?.

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seamymurphy wrote:: Tommy retired at 28.. who could blame him.. and after watching that Dublin training session tonight, there might be more to follow.
What's the incentive now to play for Kildare or any Leinster Team ?.

1) Personal pride to see how good you can be.
2) Intrinsic motivation to grow yourself rather than extrinsic motivation to win a cup
3) Taking on a challenge that seems insurmountable now
4) The pride of representing your club, community and family
5) Work rewards that go with the county player profile i.e jobs, access to a good network
6) Life rewards that come with status i.e. you're more attractive to the opposite sex, people
look up to you

I could probably go on

With all due respect to you seamymurphy this defeatist, lets just give up attitude really gets to me. Absolutely we should take a stand and do something. These unfair advantages that Dublin have are criminal and heads should roll. That Sean Kelly tweet makes my blood boil.

I don't know if this is why Moolick retired, I seriously doubt it to be honest, but if it is he's a loser and anyone else who runs away with their ball saying I'm not playing anymore is a loser too.

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Facing up to reality isn't defeatist, rather ignoring it is delusional. We've a very finite amount of years to live, even fewer at the height of your life, and to spend them running around a field four nights a week to have your identity humiliated frankly is idiotic at this point. Sad reality but reality nonetheless.

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I'm not suggesting that players should ignore the reality that Dublin have several unfair advantages, in fact I'm advocating that action is taken and I think the most effective action, although the most unlikely, is a player led action of some sort. Maybe we saw the beginning of that with John Connellan.

To suggest we should just give up because we've decided there's no point is what I'm calling defeatist - particularly when there is so so much we as a county need to improve on

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Really love number 6.

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The damage is done. If their funding is slashed they can easily replace it with sponsorship, they are hugely attractive to sponsors. The have the structures in place, they have a winning formula for U20, they don't bother too much at minor and probably have a successor lined up for Dessie already.
We could improve a lot ourselves but I honestly can't see how we can get to their level in the next5 years.
Defeatist maybe, realistic certainly.
Btw it's a disgrace to even mention the words loser and Moolick in the same sentence.

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GoDownOnIt wrote:: I'm not suggesting that players should ignore the reality that Dublin have several unfair advantages, in fact I'm advocating that action is taken and I think the most effective action, although the most unlikely, is a player led action of some sort. Maybe we saw the beginning of that with John Connellan.

To suggest we should just give up because we've decided there's no point is what I'm calling defeatist - particularly when there is so so much we as a county need to improve on

moolick had other reasons to retire from inter county football

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No. 6 some classic alright.

Any lads dropping out, don’t blame them at all. You’re stuck in a provincial competition that’s a farce & wouldn’t surprise me if more lads are following Tommy out the door. Fair play to them, I say, there’s a lot more to life than sporting competitions that are as good as rigged.

Thought Moolick was a terrific servant done a disservice by consecutive managements. His partnership with Feely was always hugely effective & never understood why people were so keen to disrupt it.

U21 Leinster a very memorable evening down in Portlaoise. Promotion to Div 1, run to 2017 Leinster final & Newbridge Or Nowhere highlights as well.

Thanks for the time & effort Tommy, it is hugely appreciated & very best wishes in retirement.

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For clarity... I don't believe for one second that Moolick retired because of the Dublin situation, it's far more likely that he did so for the reasons mentioned above about being done a disservice by successive management teams as Haunted said.

I wouldn't dare call him a loser, I think he's anything but that

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Mooliick had thought in his head that he would retired at end of season before season started

Tommy had three knee surgeries during time with Kildare

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Johnny Byrne also ??

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