IT WAS a brilliant weekend for hurling and a dreadful one for football.

Another column flying blind but, thankfully, I can intervene late and boast that we’re in the semi-finals.

SO was anyone sent off for dissent this week? No, thought not.

DON’T look back. Did I say last week that great teams should be able to overcome difficulties? We were going to be tested sooner or later, but couldn’t they have eased us in gently? A goal and a man down at the hellhole threw us in at the deep end somewhat.

THIS column may be writing itself soon via predictive text.

IT’S not often I’m grateful for all the grisly machinations behind the scenes, but at least I get to write about something interesting.

CAN things get any weirder?

THEY’RE not fooling us for a minute. Beating Inter just sets us up for the mother of all falls. The blueprint to make Hicks think he’s bought a dud remains unaltered.

EVERYONE at Liverpool will be in the dock soon.

LIVERPOOL fans may have numerous vociferous critics (hiya Trish!) but it’s safe to say Rafa isn’t one of them.