Carthy row more than just words

SO DID Mickey Harte and the gang of six or seven or eight cross the line this week? Until Hawk-Eye is finally installed and working right, I suppose we won’t know. We certainly don’t want to start a family feud by asking the umpires.

One thing is certain: Mickey was perfectly right when he insisted on Drivetime “we all have opinions and we’re entitled to them”. God knows, in a land where the only genuine job prospects are in cloud computing and criticising Gaelic football, it is proper order that the people who organise the subjects of ritual weekly lamentation get their own say every now and again. Opine away, lads, and don’t be one bit afraid of it.

And if you’re able to combine your opining with not talking at the same time, more power to ye. It’s a feat only the truly talented can pull off; even Chaplin eventually had to open his mouth to have a go at the Nazis.