Fiddy’s failure at the plate
Even as the gripping Champions League final parable weighed the benefits of socialist collectivism before coming down on the side of capitalism; there were people fretting about tallies and transfers and lifting lads onto their shoulders for having done nothing more than get their names on a team sheet.
Many of them were still at it the following day when Cork and Waterford got going in Thurles. All perspective lost. Important matters, sure, but there’s a time as well as a place.
