It came and went 'the promised land'

In last Friday's Evening Herald, Liam Hayes, who the author Kevin Doyle referred to as 'once a giant of Meath football', is quoted as saying that Dublin are heading for a 'bad ending' and that their manager Pat Gilroy 'had gone soft' and 'finished his job a year early'. 

Hayes has never been backward about coming forward and is known in media circles for being controversial for the sake of being controversial. However, on the first Sunday in September his premonition came to pass, and how. The 'bad ending' materialised, Dublin's limitations were alarmingly exposed and Gilroy's men had a 'job' done on them - by Mayo, again.

'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.