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Published 13:46 4 Oct 2015 BST
Updated 13:48 4 Oct 2015 BST
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O'Connell eventually returned but O'Halloran (above) joined the football panel and had to watch on from the outside as the 2013 All-Ireland hurling champions' season spluttered to an early end at the hands of Cork in the qualifiers.
The Clare hurlers are poster boys for the new breed of intercounty players - young, ambitious and impatient. They tasted success in 2013 and are willing to sacrifice a lot, even friendships, to enjoy that sensation again.
Standards at the highest level of the GAA, at both club and county level, have risen astronomically in the last decade. As training schedules became more demanding and the sacrifices became bigger, many pointed fingers at the coaches and managers asking so much of their charges.
Now the wheel has turned full circle and it is the players, having committed so completely to their projects, who are expecting more and more of the managers.
Connelly and Holmes maintained the status quo in Mayo by taking the eventual All-Ireland champions to a semi-final replay. Cunningham returned the Galway hurlers to the final stage, but the Sunday Times today report that this week's vote against him was the second in four months.
History tells us that once a manager "loses a dressingroom" there is very little hope of reconciliation. This week's heaves from Connacht's two most successful teams is not new, but it is very significant.
The modern day managers set the standards but it is now the players enforcing them and Mayo and Galway have shown that standards are getting higher and higher.Peter Canavan has positive slant after Donegal suffer shock loss to Down
We did not see this coming! Just weeks after smashing Kerry in the NLF final, Donegal have suffered a shock loss to Down in the Ulster SFC semi-final. Despite 0-07 from Michael Murphy, the Mourne men – led by Daniel Guinness (1-03) and Pat Havern (0-07,1tp,4f) – overcame them 3-21 to 1-12 at O’Donnell Park […]
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Limerick star Lynch given questionable red card Cork loss
Was it deserved? Cork produced a statement win today over Limerick at Pairc Uí Chaoimh. The game finished 2-22 to 1-23 in favour of the rebels, between the two sides favoured to win the All-Ireland. Cork won last year’s Munster’s final, but the Treaty have two wins over them in the league this year, including […]
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Patrick Horgan laughed at after belittling Tipp chances in Munster SHC
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