Showing posts with label sam maguire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sam maguire. Show all posts

Monday, September 12, 2011

'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.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

We'd have our own Las Vegas....

It's 19 years since Anthony Molloy brought Sam Maguire to where, if Irish folk rock band 'Goats Don't Shave' had their way - casinos, chicken ranches, playboy clubs and all night pubs would be the norm.

Dublin hadn't been Gaelic Football's top dogs since 1983 but hunger is a great sauce and the men from the county known as Tir Chonaill were not to be denied their first All-Ireland crown. Donegal have failed to repeat the trick to date.