Joe Brolly really is in troll mode this year. Not content with calling Colm Cooper a choker earlier in the championship, he has now set his sights on being the focus of Mayo's anger.
In his column in the Mail on Sunday, appropriately titled 'A View From Above', Brolly recounts getting an email from a friend on a county board who has a plan to ban Mayo from All-Ireland Finals and send them on a holiday instead. I'm sure he's not completely serious in his agreement with the suggestion but with the rest of the article he continues to court the ire of Mayo fans.
He claimed that in the event of Mayo senior footballers winning another All-Ireland semi-final, the losing semi-finalist would instead advance to the final and Mayo would be rewarded with a team holiday. This way, Mayo would retain their dignity and the GAA would avoid the embarrassment of another anti-climactic final. It is perhaps a little harsh but sums up the widespread view that we have been short changed by Mayo on football's biggest day.
If Kieran Shannon, their highly-regarded psychologist, stays with the team much longer he will need the services of a psychologist himself.
I met Pat Gilroy in Kavanagh's after the final and drank a pint with my old Trinity buddy. He was still seething about the Mayo game and rightly so. The result that day ensured that the final was spoiled. Dublin v Donegal? Now that would have been a nail-biter.
via Joe McCormack
