Tag: National League Finals

  • Classism stretches beyond the rancid GPA

    Classism stretches beyond the rancid GPA

    The first word in the above headline is a substitute for the original occupant of that slot. Had it been left in, though, the keyboard warriors would’ve been all over yours truly like pepper sauce on a steak. Blurting about hypocrisy and such. Nothing will ever alter my view that senior inter county players should…

  • Neither of them have gone away – Sideline Cuts (27)

    Neither of them have gone away – Sideline Cuts (27)

    It’s the hope that kills you. At the start of every season, it’s in the DNA of a GAA fan to get a new transfusion of hope. Regardless of whether it’s club or county, whether new players have come in or you’ve actually lost some. There’s something woven into the GAA psyche which plants This…

  • Cavan are the template others must follow – SIDELINE CUTS (26)

    Cavan are the template others must follow – SIDELINE CUTS (26)

    For some reason which has never quite been figured out, this corner has always had something of a hidden soft spot for the Cavan Senior Football team. The nearest to an explanation which can be arrived at is that – for a while – during my school years, our jerseys were blue and white replicas…

  • SIDELINE CUTS – 25

    SIDELINE CUTS – 25

    A poignantly fitting winner in the ‘Battle Of Cross’ The GAA often finds itself attracted to flak like flies are to cow sh***. Much of it self inflicted, and more often than not, deserved. Credit where it’s due, though, the National Leagues have often been their redemption and, you, suspect, will only become even more…

  • One step forward, at least four back

    One step forward, at least four back

    The inner sanctum of the GAA at any given time and its surviving elders are about as receptive to change as one would be to a fart in a space suit. To that end, it’s actually quite astounding that initiatives like the Back Door, the introduction of red and yellow cards and the belated adoption…