RTE GAA pundit slagged over infamous David Clifford tweet as he lavishes praise on ‘greatest-ever' ace

The Irish Sun

6 days ago

PAUL Flynn paid David Clifford the ultimate compliment on The Sunday Game - but still got reminded of his past red-hot take.
The Dublin great infamously tweeted
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He lead the way this season with an overall haul of 8-62 over the whole Championship
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Flynn stated there isn't much of a debate anymore as to whether he's the best-ever
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Tomás Ó Sé later smirked while describing Clifford as having 'smoke' the opposition this year
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It's worth noting the time of day when that tweet was published
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He's repeatedly admitted "Mea Culpa" over the years since his late-night post that may have been fuelled by his natural bias towards Dublin GAA since Kerry lost out to the Dubs that day.
The 39-year-old actually deleted his Twitter account on the back of the abuse he shipped over the social media storm.
But in this instance, he didn't seem to mind the more light-hearted in-person jibes that came his way from his fellow RTE pundits.
The Fingallians clubman was initially asked about where Clifford ranks among Gaelic football's all-time greats.
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He pointed out that it's
Flynn outlined: "I think that's across the board now. To lead his team his like he did this season to an All-Ireland was just a capstone on the quality he has been showing.
"I think the new rules have given him life this season. He has space again, he's one-on-one.
"The lads are slagging me because I'm probably only saying this because of that tweet a couple of years ago but that's not the case!"
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At this juncture the whole couch erupted with laughter. Kerry icon Tomás Ó Sé particularly revelled in the moment, asking Flynn to remind everyone what he had tweet at that time.
Flynn then continued: "He's judged by different standards too. Like, he got 1-9 in their semi-final and didn't get Man of the Match. It's a sick joke really how good he is."
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For all that the Fossa sharpshooter is praised to the hilt for being a bit of a sporting God, there was a nice moment of normality at their team banquet where he
The older Clifford is the more verbose of the two and drove most of their Burlington Hotel interview
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Some of the highlights included him noting that they were on the same teams growing up despite the age gap as their community of Fossa is so small that playing numbers were often tight.
The playmaker also joked about his 76 possessions over the course of
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Harking back to the widely lauded Football Review Committee, he quipped: "Jim Gavin and Eamon Fitzmaurice probably didn't envision me soloing the ball on the spot about 100 times when they drew up the new rules!"
The best moment, however, was a classic case of a big brother slagging his younger sibling.
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Asked if they'd always had an innate on-pitch chemistry, Paudie shot back: "The chemistry wasn't great now, we fought every day for about two years straight!
"Mom was just sick of us...Sick of dealing with David crying every two minutes. They actually used to call him 'Watery eyes' because he used to cry so much! So that was the chemistry now."
While Paudie was all smiles and in relaxed form by that stage of the day, his immediate post-match interview