Doing his bit enough for Joe Canning

Joe Canning has to merely do his bit for Galway to win whereas Austin Gleeson has to do more than his bit for Waterford to win. — (Sentence written at 3.25pm)

And thus it came to pass. Nobody ascended from the heavens in clouds of glory at Croke Park yesterday and was immediately hailed as the Second Coming. Nobody rained down fire, pestilence, and a plague of spotted frogs on the other crowd.

Nobody went delightfully, barkingly mad for 70 minutes, hit 2-4 from play and ensured that 2017’s showpiece would go down in the annals as the Insert His Name Here Final.