Well, well...

I'm pretty certain the sporting world didn't see that one coming. A drubbing dished out on their home turf. Home fans, so sure, so certain, shocked into tearful silence. Had it been a boxing match the referee would have called a halt to proceedings before half time.
And then a few days later Germany do something similar to Brazil. Could they be the new Kerry? Shall we henceforth refer to Deutschland as 'the Kingdom'? Thomas Muller even looks a bit like the Gooch (though admittedly only after a skinful of pints and in poor light. And pouring rain. On a bad road out of Dingle).
Meanwhile Clare - any mention of the Banner county needs to be quickly followed by 'the skin of their teeth'. There's long grass and then there's the strawberry scented stuff found in Wexford Park. You'd like to think that Clare know what's waiting for them, but I don't know. The U21's won Leinster last night and the inside word from Oulart the Ballagh is of a growing confidence of a scalp being claimed.

Wexford legend George O'Connor reckons that the Model County could defeat the reigning All=Ireland champions this weekend.