Colin Sheridan: How long before we can enjoy another packed Saturday night of sport?

A young local supporter attempts to get a view of the game through bushes during the Allianz Football League Division 1 Round 6 match between Monaghan and Kerry at Grattan Park in Inniskeen, Monaghan. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

There’s many a slip between the cup and the lip, so the truism goes. Truisms are great; like their surrogate sisters generalities, they cover multitudes.

In times of global pandemic and perennial uncertainty, truisms and generalities fill the content gaps. They boost flagging word counts, they bookend opening paras and they tie off closing arguments. In generalities we trust, as the truism goes.