Even the title is a gawk-fest.
Yep, we burnt it down there a few years ago
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Thats not a bad piece in fairness. Brought me back to time premobile phones and the comfort youd have because of it.
I did say a few days ago that this reminded me of 89 and Tipp planning the homecoming
before a ball was thrown in even though there was a 10000000/1 chance that Antrim could have won it.
I think this one is far more clear cut though. Itâll be Kilkenny.
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The All Ireland build up was only the 4th GAA story on RTĂ Radio 1 sport this morning, after Connolly, Mayo team announcement and the vacant bainisteoir job in Offaly.
This low key build up will keep the hype down in Galway*
Galway to win **
- Theyâre probably going bananas over there
** Kilkenny will probably win
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I enforced my own build up in the canteen there with some rogbee chaps. I refused to stop talking about Sundays game and you know what, they engaged. Then when they caught a hint of the pending bandwagon I had them fully aboard. One guy told me that he had heard that in Kilkenny they give hurls to 2 year olds. Another guy piped up and told me that the introduction of yoga into recoverys was pioneered by Clive Woodward but is now being used to great effect by the Gah guys.
I then got them really wound up by using the scarcity principle . I regalled tales of my phones constant ringing, tickets coming from overseas, die hard fans with no hope of a ticket. These guys are really wound up now. The smell of the bandwagon had gripped them.
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**Did you tell them that Kilkenny train sessions once attracted crowds of 10k? Iâd like to see what theyâd think of that?
** there was never 10k at a Kilkenny training session
Ah it was a great session. They really got it all out. One guy has a sister in law in Kilkenny and when her young fella turned 4, a knock came to the door and she was told to bring him down the following saturday for training.
Was there an âor elseâ?
Youâre like the idiot politician castigating Pat McEneaney. Looking for a reason to be upset about nothing.
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At lunchtime throw in the aul chestnut that when young lads start primary school down here âa hurlâ is included in their schoolbook list.
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One ticket has just arrived to me. Hoping for a couple more but one is enough for now.
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More importantly, have you the oul fella sorted?
He should show them the Dunnes Stores at lunchtime picture
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I thought it struck a nice tone too. Not too much about hurling but I liked the idea of finals being a way of tracking life
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20 years ago to the day, Anthony Daly climbed the steps.
Bet that makes ye feel old.
I did steward for the Munster Final that year with 2 pals, we were told to mind the seats reserved for the Minor teams in the Old Stand and handed a bag with a bottle of Cadet Orange, a Mars Bar, an Apple and a Banana.
We fucked the bags in the bin and went to the Sarsfields Centre for a few pints and some banter, came back and of course the seats were gone, I wasnât asked back.
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I read the PM OâSullivan article due to your positive review and that of @tallback. I normally ignore his stuff having previously concluded that he was too pre-occupied on being verbose and displaying his intelligence. That article was decent enough but I donât think Ăine exists.
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Wrong. Looking for things to make a sweet victory even sweeter. Plus, if Galway lose I can always delete my account and disappear into anonymity again. So, in the words of Mother Theresa - go fuck yourself.
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He can have that one if I donât get another.
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