Eoin Butler: writer, journalist and Mayoman of the Year
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FAMILY FOREVER…?
Yeah, right. If he was my son, I’d give him to the tinkers… Tomorrow sees Mayo take on Meath in the last of the football quarter finals in Croke Park. The tickets are purchased, the jersey is washed and, in time honoured tradition, the expectations are set to “boundlessly optimistic”. As Kevin Keegan would say, I’d love it if we beat them. And, with Stephen Bray missing, I fully expect that we will. If we do win, however, Kerry are waiting for us in the semi-finals; which, as that other mullet-headed philosopher Nigel Tufnel would say, certainly puts things in perspective. A bit too much fucking perspective, in fact.
On a side note, does anyone have any idea why the iPhone camera is so unbelievably shit? Same thing happened here and it’s just incredibly fucking annoying.
August 8th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
They’re just notoriously shit cameras i think
August 8th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Not entirely sure that answers my question, massey, but thanks!
August 8th, 2009 at 8:11 pm
I stand by my analasis!
August 8th, 2009 at 9:02 pm
No doubt you stand by your spelling of analysis too, Massey, but that is neither here nor there.
August 8th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Its yer settings Eoin.
August 8th, 2009 at 9:12 pm
Well “kev”, you might take a look at them tomorrow when we’re at the match!
August 9th, 2009 at 9:33 am
COME ON MAYO!!!
August 10th, 2009 at 3:52 am
Too disgusted to comment.
I’m in Crossmaglen today talking to former Traveler bareknuckle boxing champion Dan Rooney.
Tomorrow night I may post a full and comprehensive list of excuses why Mayo did not beat Meath today.
In brief – shit pitch, shit ref, three woeful refereeing decisions in particular and, er, shit Mayo team.
August 10th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
we didn’t even show up..fucking waste of time going..why do i convince myself every year that it’ll be different..why!
August 10th, 2009 at 11:37 pm
@ Albinicus – well, look at it this way. At least we’re not Dublin…
August 11th, 2009 at 9:24 am
I donno Eoin, I think being hated by the other 31 counties might be the edge we need.
August 12th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Indeed. Come to think of it beating them in the semi-final two years made up for the disapointments
August 12th, 2009 at 7:10 pm
That was one of the few truly glorious days we’ve ever had.