As the Mayo lads would say “The Durrees, the Kurrees and the Tyreowns of this world”
I think it is to be fair. I think there’s a level of general cynicism and despair surrounding loser inter-county teams which wasn’t there in the past. I think there’s a sort of masochistic cheerleading your own destruction aspect that’s quite big now among people from these counties.
It’s reminiscent of Trump voters in rural Pennsylvania who demand whatever tenous access to healthcare they previously had be taken away entirely (cc: of @Juhniallio). They want to die.
Clare Tipp Limerick Waterford and Cork always felt they had a shot against Kerry Shur.
Clare “expended too much energy” pulling themselves back into the game last weekend.
Everyone knows there’s a finite amount of energy a team can have, you need to spread it out more evenly over games if you want consistency.
It’s just science
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Right . So cork spread it out evenly over the last two games ?
Cork expended less energy in collapsing, than Clare did in expanding.
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(E)nergy = (m)inor (c)omeback²
As Einshtein would have it, you could get away with clawing back a four point lead a few times, but pulling back a nine point lead would fair knock the shtuffing out of you.
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Players getting praise for their humility is a classic GAA cliché
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“Wisely” fisting the ball over the bar
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I cringe every time a commentator roars ‘fisting’
Not so wise when his team were 4 points in arrears and another goal would’ve completely unsettled Meath.
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‘De workrate, de intensity, de swarm’
What about the meath bollox today and he fisting it off the fucking post and the game in the melting pot
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Giggles
“…he would know that himself…”
Having a name like Basquel surely increases your chances of being a cunt tenfold.
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His laser like foqus was on making sure the dressing rooms were swept. Meath might have won the game, they weren’t going to win the hearts and minds of the portlaoise ground staff.
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His Mayo lineage playing its part no doubt. They’re all from there.
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Man had to get back to his WAG who had a big day out in Portlaoise