Loyalties akimbo over balls round or eggy

Double Vision with Charlie Adley

Saturday 19th October, 06:10: Way too early to wake up! I told myself last night that I don’t need to get up until 7:45, so I can make tea and toast before the game. Everything else can wait until the gap between quarter finals.

Yeh, but I need to go to the loo, so I might as well take the next antibiotic, which means I need to eat a banana in bed with it, which means I’ll just finish reading that chapter in my bedside book.

That’s it.

Lights off.

Back to sleep now.

6:35: Sod it. Brain’s racing. It’s still dark outside and no, just chill out and read another chapter.

07:45: Gave up on bed. Made the fire and showered. Caught up with the latest from Westminster. They’re calling today ‘Super Saturday’, as it might be the day that sees Brexit sorted, and (yawn) it might not.

Oliver Letwin’s amendment looks likely to pass, which means Johnson will have to send that letter to Brussels, asking for an extension. If Letwin’s vote fails, there’s a slim chance the government might win their vote and pass the deal.

Unlikely, and right now nobody knows, so time to cook eggs and bacon.

08:05: Noshing cooked breakfast with a mug of builder’s tea, WhatsApping with my mates in London who are equally excited, sending photos of themselves in their England shirts. Come on England!

09:07: I want to live in the place where Owen Farrell’s eyes go to before he kicks. I totally understand his ritual. Whether he’s right in front of the posts or aiming at a crazy awkward angle, he treats each kick exactly the same way; the same rocking arms back and forth; the same peering at the ball, the same eyes rolling off into another dimension; the same run-up and the same kick.

To read Charlie’s column in full, please see this week’s Galway City Tribune.

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