The Kingdom is full of pragmatists; Donegal are both battle-hardened and fresh; Derry’s nihilistic streak; Tipperary’s minor miracle
Kerry’s Paudie Clifford celebrates at the final whistle after his side's All-Ireland SFC quarter-final win over Derry. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/InphoKerry talk of purists when it suits them - everyone watching wants to be entertained
The Kerry and Derry players might have hated playing in that match as much as the rest of us hated watching it, but players want to win, above all else. Coaches that fail to deliver winning plans lose the dressing room quickly enough. There were no dressing room revolts in Derry or Kerry last week. Those players saw a plan for reaching the semi-final and embraced it.Donegal’s goalkeeper Shaun Patton and Liam Jackson of Louth compete for possession during their game on Sunday.
It will hardly be of much comfort to them. The spring feels like such a long time ago now. All that optimism, all the force of that wave that carried Glen to a club All-Ireland and Derry to a league title – it’s all in the wind, scattered to the hills. Derry played six games in the 2024 championship and their only win was against Westmeath, the Division Three champions.
It now became necessary to organise the year on the basis of consistent competitiveness and not as before, simply hitting a predetermined few high points. This became an endorsement for the spring competition which had suffered from the perception that it was misleadingly different to the demands of championship, or even that success in it militated against a good championship.
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