A load of balls

Ah isn’t it great to really be back into the full swing of things? The birds are chirping, the floodlights are being lit (apologies to Bray fans) and the football is being played in its usual attacking nature (apologies to Cork fans).

Bohs - “The Big Club” - appear to have the title wrapped up and it’s only April…But oh no! Shock! Horror! Bohs have just lost at home to Cork, forget about the economy, will the government survive this tumultuous event?

Can Stephen Kenny bore his way to the League Title after so many years of boring? Maybe there is hope, maybe there is a chance…no wait, Bohs just mowed down Galway United in Terryland Park so they’ll continue to trudge along towards the championship.

Do not fret football loving Irish public; there is excitement to be had but it lies in the First Division, affectionately referred to as the “backwater” of Irish football.

At the time of writing both Shels and UCD have 100% records whilst following closely behind them are Waterford United and Sporting Franchise, oops Sporting Fungal, no wait wrong again, Sporting Fingal, that’s it. Expect all four to be chasing the lucrative glamour playoff away to Drogheda next November. Recently installed manager at Limerick, Pat “just bleerin’ hit it” Scully, will have his work cut out for him if the Blades’ early season form is anything to go by.

Two games in- and only a defeat to Shelbourne and draw with whipping boys Monaghan to his credit.

Maybe Pat will have to move away from his whole pumping-one-fist-into-the-air-repeatedly-then-slowly-but-surely-doing-the-same-with-the-other-fist managerial strategy.

He probably won’t though seeing as it was this plan that nearly got Kilkenny City promoted and nearly stopped Shamrock Rovers from being perennial league also rans.

Back to Waterfraud for a second; a team that masquerades as a football club with tradition. However, just one week before they were to play Shelbourne at home they decided to change the fixture from the Saturday to the Friday.
This was due to the fact they all wanted to sit around and watch the egg chasers who were playing Wales on the Saturday.

First of all their game was due to kick off after the rugger. Second of all whatever about LOI teams wanting to arrange their games so as not to coincide with English Premiership, but doing so not to coincide with a different sport? Come on, no one I know of who went to the game cared about the rugger.

I know I didn’t. If I want to watch a load of southsiders roll around in the muck I’ll hang around outside Glenageary Dart Station thank you very much. Waterford are a joke and for this farce alone I pray they don’t go up. They don’t deserve it.

Whatever about Paddy Premiership treating the league with contempt but for a club involved in the league to do so is nothing short of disgraceful. Hooray everyone, a new low has been reached!