Enormous pressure on Galway and Tipp - McIntyre
July 04, 2014
Former Galway hurling manager John McIntyre rallies his troops.
One of the teams is set to bow out of the championship at the end of the mouth-watering Round One Qualifier and McIntyre - who played for the Premier County and managed the Tribesmen - sees it as a must-win encounter for both managers:
"It's classic high stakes stuff in Thurles," the Lorrha man says in The Irish Times. "There's enormous pressure on both teams because there'll be a huge fall-out for whoever loses. It's very hard on the managers.
"It's only 2010 since Eamon O'Shea was a hero for his work with the team that won the All-Ireland but he's had difficult championships since, losing all four games even though they could all have gone the other way.
"Anthony Cunningham came within a whisker of winning the All-Ireland in 2012 but not being able to follow through is all he hears about. I was coming out of Tullamore last Saturday and heard a supporter say, 'they didn't even try'. Some of the abuse teams get is ridiculous.
"I think there's better in them and maybe there could be a better blend in the selection but I thought they battled honourably." Tweet
