'I suppose' it WAS 'unbelievable'

We all go through the day talking, never paying much attention to what we're saying or how we're saying it. Thoughts come into our heads and we articulate them as best we can. We hope that people understand us and that we've gotten our point across. I'm sure I overuse words and phrases but I don't know if 'I suppose' is one of them. 'I suppose'. What does it mean? Seemingly it means I guess or I think. The problem is that using it indicates you don't actually know. The phrase is endemic in the GAA. Why don't GAA folk actually know?

They do know. They've just gotten lazy. Players, who appear to be afraid to give too much away, use 'I suppose' all the time. Managers are not averse to throwing in an 'I suppose' here and there. Funnily enough supporters seem to be able to steer clear of it. Supporters don't think before they speak. They just speak. Tell it as it is. It's refreshing.

An inexperienced blogger could easily fall into the trap. Watch this space. 'I suppose' Dublin deserved their win on Sunday and... See how easy it is?!? I hate myself so much right now. All joking aside the Metropolitans did deserve their win. They left it late but it WAS 'unbelievable' as midfield dynamo Michael Dara McCauley exclaimed a few minutes after the final whistle had sounded.

...the wait is over! Unbelievable!!!

A knock-on effect quicly ensued and soon the only word to describe the day's events at a sodden Croke Park was 'unbelievable'. Former Footballer of the Year, Bernard Brogan, probably the most articulate player to have a microphone shoved in front of him all year, followed suit using 'unbelievable' to describe the Hill's new hero Stephen Cluxton and the Parnells man's 'accuracy'. Cluxton's kick WAS 'unbelievable' and 'I suppose' it was a measure of the man. See I did it again. 

Dublin have experienced every aspect of championship football in 2011 - narrowly overcoming Kildare early on in Leinster thanks to a dubious refereeing decision late on, profiting from a bizarre own-goal against Wexford in the provincial decider, putting the ghosts of previous defeats to Tyrone to bed in the quarter-final and then somehow finding a gap in Donegal's blanket defence in the last four.

However, seven minutes from time on Sunday it seemed their rollercoaster ride was at an end, again. Kerry, the past masters, were four points up and Dublin looked to have run out of puff. As long as I'm going to matches with my father he's been saying, 'A goal would rattle it'. It did.

Kevin McMenamin turned the game against Donegal and he did likewise against Dublin's oldest rivals. A direct player, McMenamin latched onto a pass from Alan Brogan, put his head down, left a tired Declan O'Sullivan flailing and finished to the back of Brendan Kealy's net. Cue scenes of great joy on the Hill.

Kevin Nolan's first championship point levelled it up before Kieran Donaghy put the Kingdom ahead with a point straight from heaven. Brogan the younger replied before Cluxton stepped up. Up to Sunday Paddy Cullen was the most famous Dublin netminder of them all - one of Kerry's best-ever Mikey Sheehy will fill you in. A reluctant Cluxton now wears that crown.

Dublin players, and in particular Bernard Brogan, had to be asked by officials to leave the pitch. They wanted to soak up every last drop of the atmosphere. Who could blame them? You never know what's going to happen in sport so enjoy it while you can. A bit like life 'I suppose'.

The capital's footballers are now top of the tree and the chances of this young Leinster outfit not running parading the Sam Maguire in front of adoring fans on the Hill and the more expensive seats for a further 16 years are slim at best.

'I suppose' stranger things have happened. It would be 'unbelievable' if it came to pass though.