'The very best teams have generally been those that strike an acceptable balance between efficiency of action and attractiveness of play. But, historically, those same teams have emerged from a relatively small pool of counties.' - ArthurJamesOD column
THE 1960 US presidential election shaped the popular impression of a new era in American life.
“As the day of the debate approached,” wrote the historian Rick Perlstein, “Nixon was swallowing drowsy-making antibiotics, but still losing sleep; fortifying himself against weight loss with several chocolate milk shakes a day, but still losing weight; losing color; adding choler.A consequence of how poorly he was feeling, Nixon, a formidable speaker at his best, appeared incapable of keeping up with his opponent as Kennedy dictated the terms of engagement.
Back in April they defeated Wicklow in a Leinster quarter-final. Since then they have lost to Dublin, drawn with Sligo and lost to Dublin again. If they lose to Roscommon as will be expected, and Sligo lose to Dublin, a better negative scoring difference will be enough to qualify Kildare for the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-final stage.
While a true and lasting outrage at Roscommon will only come if they proceed to leave a lasting mark on the championship in the knockout rounds, their evident lack of concern for style has engineered plenty of response for where the game of Gaelic football stands generally.“I get it, it’s part and parcel of the game,” remarked Peter Canavan in conversation with RTÉ, careful not to directly blame Roscommon.
On this point, O’Donoghue’s answer highlighted the impossible position Gaelic football finds itself in. Although fleeting moments of brilliance peppered Derry’s defeat of Donegal on Sunday evening, I thought nothing of wandering outside to sit in the sun for long stages of the game while my father dozed in the corner of the room waiting for the senior hurling to return this weekend.
It doesn’t always make for exciting television, but the prioritisation of entertainment over competitiveness would serve Gaelic football no better at all.“And as I leave the press, all I can say is this: for 16 years… you’ve [had] a lot of fun – a lot of fun – that you’ve had an opportunity to attack me, and I think I’ve given as good as I’ve taken… I leave you gentleman now and you will write it. You will interpret it. That’s your right.
“They weren’t unlike each other,” explained Perlstein. “Both had lost an older brother . Both were ideologically flexible except when it came to hunting Reds; both had run as World War II veterans.”
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