Jeers and cheers for Kerry victory

“PLUS ça change, plus c’est la même chose,” one erudite Cork fan was heard to sigh after a hapless day out in Croke Park.

His words were lost on many of his companions but the sentiment was definitely shared. “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” he explained, “players and managers may come and go but the Kingdom retains its crown.”

His fellow Corkonians shook their heads in gloomy agreement, for once at a loss for words. To fall at the feet of Kerry twice in less than three months was more than any rebel could stomach.