Filth and fury as pundits find it all a bit too much

THE omens were bad from the start when pictures showed Dessie Dolan bent over in pain from a blow to the privates during the warm-up.

Okay, it was only the football friendly-fire, if you like but still.

Before too long, they were falling like flies. "This is not sport, it's open warfare," said Marty Morrissey, "the most appalling scenes I have ever seen on a football field."