I MUST confess that I am not a great fan of WhatsApp groups, especially when they have large numbers. Sometimes the banter can be tiring.

Not so in the case of the latest one I am a member of, the Drogheda Dave group. There are about 50 participants: the members of the club, some of the team at trainer Henry de Bromhead’s, Mick and Sarah Murphy at Longways who broke and brought Drogheda Dave on – and now me! My usual aversion to such groups doesn’t apply to this one – it is brimming with anticipation and hope and dreams.