Wow! What a telly treat that was at the weekend…
Huh?
The telly, the other night…
Oh yeah, yer man off the Hothouse Flowers, he has some look going on! I’d say a night out with him would be some craic!
No, I mean the other other night! TV gold! All those wonderful sidesteps, that balance, those elaborate moves, it was magic!
I’ve told you before… I CANNOT watch Dancing with the Stars!
NO! Not that! I’m talking about Ireland v France in the rugby on Friday night! The Irish players waltzed through the French defence! TV gold!
(They pause to read up on the new Deposit Return Scheme, with furrowed brows…)
So why weren’t you in your usual seat at the Hyde on Sunday?
Sorry! I got delayed!
Okay…
So I decided to base myself in the stand on the Athlone Road side…
What are the folks like there?
Oh much the same as the folks on the ‘main stand’ side!
Had you a boring afternoon?
On the contrary, I had quite an eventful afternoon!
Hardly…
I did! Due to arriving late, I had to go all the way down near the fencing. I was just to the right of the Roscommon dugout… and had full access to Davy Burke!
NOBODY has full access to Davy Burke on match-day… well, except his management colleagues…
Not true! I had an ongoing engagement with him throughout the game!
WHAT?
A conversation! Advice, that type of thing!
You’re not telling me Davy Burke chatted to you DURING the game?
Okay, it wasn’t exactly a two-way conversation, moreso me chipping in with suggestions…
And Davy?
Well, Davy alternated between ignoring me and giving me the odd stare!
Oh dear…
Towards the end, I moved up to the Galway dugout to engage with Paraic Joyce…
REALLY?
All I did was hold up five fingers, and rant a bit…
Hold up five fingers?
Yes, to point out that this was the fifth time the Galway goalkeeper had delayed his kickout!
AND?
Mr Joyce was too focussed on the game to thank me for my stats, but a nearby Galway supporter was very nice…
Huh?
There I was, in the heat of the moment, giving out about their goalkeeper, but this Galway fan at least acknowledged me…
Go on…
I held up the five fingers, and he gestured back. I presume his calculation was that the goalkeeper had only delayed on about TWO kickouts…
What makes you think that?
Well, he was staring at me quite intently… and holding up two fingers!
