Neil Ewing: Set your expectations right and enjoy the championship

If every supporter in the country made peace with where their county was at the summer would yawn more appetisingly ahead. 

SHARPENING THE TOOLS: Sean Brennan of Meath, Evan O'Carroll of Laois, Liam Coleman of Wexford, Kevin O’Callaghan of Kildare, Patrick O'Keane of Wicklow, Sam Mulroy of Louth and Cian Murphy of Dublin, with front, from left, James Dolan of Westmeath, Paddy Fox of Longford, Conor Crowley of Carlow and Lee Pearson of Offaly. Pic: Brendan Moran, Sportsfile

Expectation is the enemy of enjoyment.

We have just spent weeks cribbing about varying levels of disinterest in “the best competition” in the game. The league is not the best competition and it never was, for many reasons.