Take a look through my eyes

A HEADLESS chicken. A loose cannon. A waste of space. Hare-brained. Gormless. How easy it is to find the cruel word, to shout it out from the crowd at your favourite target as he perhaps stumbles over a ball, or is beaten yet again by his opposite number.

Over the 10 years he’s been with the Limerick senior panel — or the many years more with his club, Garryspillane — Donie Ryan has heard them all, on and off the park.

Donie’s one of those players, on your team or on the opposition, you just can’t help noticing.