Yeah, I'm not 100% sure what this is supposed to mean either; I guess he reckons that for all of Derry's perceived failings, we still have some excellen
t footballers at our disposal, and on our day we are capable of mixing it with the best of them. Of course, we all knew this already. Interesting turn of phrase though. It looks like he was possibly filing his report whilst watching the opening stages of last night's Superbowl (a totally different type of NFL). And if he stayed up to all hours to watch the Pittsburgh Steelers clinch the glory, then he values his sleep much less than I value mine.Continuing the American Sports theme, Duggan goes on to describe the Ballina ground where yesterday's match took place as a “lyric little bandbox”. This is a nod to the author John Updike who passed away last week. Updike famously used this phrase to describe Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox (baseball, I believe). This is possibly the first time James Stephens' Park has been compared to one of America's most famous sporting venues (where, no doubt, quality ball is played). And probably the last.
It was the Red and White socks (I probably should have resisted that one) who emerged victorious in Sunday's opening NFL fixture against Mayo, and the Irish Independent focus their match report around the "chaos" that Damian Cassidy believes the new rules will bring (they've probably brought enough chaos for us already!):
"The fun of it all will come together when we come down to the last two or three games, when the relegation battles are starting to be big strong issues and that's when there'll be a lot more fun around the whole issue"Indeed. Let's hope Derry aren't around when those "relegation battles" are taking place. We're only allowed the six subs remember.
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