Speaking ahead of Sunday's FL Division 2 showdown with Monaghan, Paddy McBrearty has described the club versus county debate that is currently raging in Donegal as "obviously difficult".

There was unrest at grassroots level in Donegal this past weekend following the late cancellation of club league games and the star forward has sympathy for club players who are forced to play second fiddle to the county team.

"You do feel for the club players in a way," he said to the Irish Independent.

"When you are in a mindset to play two games and you might get off work or something on Good Friday, it dents your plans.

"For us county players it is kind of a mixed opinion on it. The senior management don't want the players to be injured but the club still needs to play games. I don't think you can win in either situation.

"You would hear odd remarks. At club games on Sunday there were boys giving out, club players talking about going to America for the summer and stuff, so it is a hard one.

"I don't think there is a win-win situation for the county board.

"If we were to go out and get injured at the weekend people would be saying we shouldn't be playing games and then when they aren't on, the club players are complaining.

"When a team is on an All-Ireland run, the whole championship is practically off until October and there are probably 10 or 12 championship games in the space of three weeks, which doesn't feel good at all.

"I wouldn't like to be at the head of the fixtures board at all in a county that is challenging for an All-Ireland." Tweet

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