Off the mark and up and running. In a week where Galway are the early, and very unlikely pacesetters, City did what they had to do.
A win and a clean sheet is the requirement, though the football fan always demands more. I had exams on Saturday so there was no chance of a trip to the Brandywell for this one. The evening was spent clicking refresh, whilst watching the Dundalk v Bohs game on the TV. Revision was supposed to be the order of the day but after five minutes I just gave up and went back to following the games.
The City game didn't sound great, with Colin battling connection problems to try and get iCandy online. A call to me da at have time elicited nothing more than his voicemail. A few other contacts were also missing the opening game of the season due to a trip to England, so it McKeegan got the call to provide the half time summary.
His view was that we were all over them for the first twenty, then they had stopped us playing. I didn't detain him too long, as he was battling with the PA system to make himself heard. I was battling with the urge to through the radio at the wall, such was the infantile nature of the Newstalk sports show.
I didn't expect that we could match the sublime Friday Night Sportsnight, but I did expect some sort of coverage of the games. However we had Paul Parker slabbering about the FA Cup, a discussion of the ugliest pairing of Giles and Dunphy and then a repeat of the best bits of the show that week. It was enough to drive a man to drink, but I convinced myself otherwise.
It was back to the lads of the TV, who were desperately trying to find "highlights" from the first half of the Dundalk v Bohs game. They were sparse on the ground. More discussion centred around the pitch and the fact that Bohs hadn't really settled.
I thought the second half might prompt me to try and attempt a bit of study but once again, it was in vain. I was sitting staring at tax legislation whilst trying to remember previous games against Drogheda.If only the ICAI examined me on things like that. Anyways, it was back to the multimedia setup.
- TV on showing Dundalk v Bohs, subtitles on
- iCandy on the audio, Colin covering the Derry game
- In the DCFC chatroom with the rest of the exiles
- Other windows open,keeping up to date with the other games.
Derry managed to close out the victory, whilst Bohs resorted to type and managed to win a game that looked set for a draw. The real story was that coming out of Inchicore as Galway tanked Pats at home.
Final whistle. Phone calls to McKeegs as to the second half performance. Nervy last twenty he said, we should have been out of sight by then. Stewart very good, Farren should have had a hatrick. Thank him for the call. Me da back in the house and phones me. Apologises for lack of availability, some issue with his mobile. His view, Stewart runs up blind alleys, and the full back should have realised Stewart would always cut inside from the left flank. However competent performance in his view, decent crowd.
Look at the watch,11pm. No point trying to do any study now. Lets just hope that narrative question of the description of the 2005 season comes up in the paper.
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