Now let the real games begin

THANK God the championships are upon us again. The dark days are over at last.

Soon we will have the good wholehearted and wholesomely meaty challenges of GAA championship clashes to relish from now until September, the skills and the thrills of our own games blazing from all the provinces from this until the leaves fall and the new champions are crowned. Great.

Me? I’ve had more than enough of over-hyped substitute codes. I’ve seen too many naked drunken backsides outside nightclubs in recent weeks as millionaire soccer stars misbehaved.