To be fair, thereâs a more practical approach in place from the Blue Wave crowd this year. I think @Spidey and @TheUlteriorMotive are sharing the same doctor for the pre-fĂ©ile EPO trip out to Malaga
Fuck, cutbacks everywhere
I suppose Iâm being naive here but if it suits the lads that are playing the games then itâs probably a reasonable starting point.
On a separate note, the absence of inter county games has had zero impact impact in the underage groups in our place. The club has literally never been busier. Winning fuck all but playing away.
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Ballymun left plenty for both clubs out there.
At least I think it was EPO
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Itâs a grand oulâ day for an All-Ireland hurling final, so it is.
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Thatâs nothing to do with a split season
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The air is very September-like.
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Declan Bogue with a really poor article in the examiner this morning about the split season and the âexodusâ to America.
Oh wow. I didnât click the link from the tweet.
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5 years ago today since the greatest September Sunday of them all
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5 years ago since found hacked up in the arc the day after the replay
Thatâs 6 years ago now.
Another epic. The day/night element really added to that one.
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Today really is a grand oulâ day for an All-Ireland football final. The September sky is a big one, like in the Kate Bush song, with vapour trails from planes everywhere.
When I went down to the off licence for a bottle of wine around half nine last night I thought to myself âjaysus itâs a grand oulâ night for an Up For The Matchâ. I still havenât opened the bottle of wine.
September 18th is a fabled date for All-Ireland football finals. Strangely enough whenever the All-Ireland football final has been on September 18th, the fabled September air hasnât materialised. 1983 was wind and rain. 1988 was glum and overcast. 1994 was an unremitting downpour. 2011 was glum and overcast. 2016 was a grand soft day, as they say. In 2005, when the final was on the 25th not the 18th, the 18th did produce the fabled September air. And again today.
In a parallel world Iâd be coming over the brow of the hill at top of Dorset Street right around now. The vista would stretch out all the way down to the railway bridge in Drumcondra, the one between McGraths and Quinnâs. The crowds would be starting to gather outside the Big Tree, lads would be opening their first cans of lager or cider beside the canal. A very light smattering of crisp, dry, fallen leaves would be gently lazing on the ground opposite the Hogan Stand pub. The fumes from the burgers they fry the bejaysus out of in the alleyway beside the Red Parrott would be wafting down the alleyway and over pedestrians as they navigate the humpback Binnâs bridge.
In my earphones Iâd be listening to the latter stages of Des Cahillâs scene setting discussion with Brendan OâConnor on the radio, and working out where to go for the two pre-match pints before getting in for most of the second half of the minor match.
I would not feel rushed, but in the mood to let the day expand into itself.
An All-Ireland football final the day before the Queenâs funeral. Next time the Queen dies, perhaps.
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Move on with your life
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The finals will be moved to August but the days of September All Irelandâs are well over.
Itâs just utterly Awful isnât it.
Declan hannons club campaign was basically six weeks long.
The disconnect between the clubs and the inter county players is going to become absolutely huge.
Iâd say Dec will enjoy his break now
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