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Darragh O’Se. File Photo.
IN the aftermath of Kerry’s 27 point demolition job of Kildare on Sunday, even Darragh Ó Sé is finding it hard to throw cold water on the expectations that have arisen from the win.
Writing in his Irish Times column today, he agonises over how the hell Kerry people are going to play the ‘cute-hoor’ card after such an emphatic win.
“Ah lads. Seven goals!? Are ye joking?” Darragh writes.
“We know ye’re going well but there’s going well and there’s going well. Three would have been plenty. Four would have made the point with a bit to spare. But seven? Seven!”
“How in the name of God do ye expect Kerry people to cute-hoor our way out of this one?
“This is a serious challenge. In the long history of cute-hoorism, we’ve never faced a battle like this one.”
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He also has a few words for the now infamous Cork statement that was released on Monday night which may not go down so well on Leeside.
“At least we got a dig-out from our good friends and neighbours in Cork on Monday night. I don’t know who put out that statement from the Cork County Board but whoever they were must have a bit of Kerry blood in them somewhere. Just when all the focus was coming down on Kerry, Cork pipe up and start cribbing about having to play in the rain.”
“Talk about a godsend! It had to be a double agent at work. We thought we were goosed, we thought we’d have to spend the whole week ducking for cover. But out of nowhere, Cork decide that now is the time to go and take a stand.
“And can I be the first to say, they were just right too. The rain. The referee. The quick turnaround. World hunger. Child poverty. It all conspired to nail poor Cork to the cross.”
This has taken some doing, but with brother Tomas also criticising the rebels before the drawn Munster Final, it might be fair to say the Ó Sé / Corkonian relations are now even more strained.
