Overhaul of club scene long overdue

Without wanting to come across all Troy McClure, my name is John Hayes and you might remember me from my time with the Cork senior football panel between 2005 and 2011.

I was fortunate enough to win a few medals and trophies in my time with Cork but often, particularly in the latter years, as a bit-part player with what is one of the strongest Cork panels of this or any other era. I left the panel last year due to frustration at my limited role and lack of opportunities.

But that is enough about that. This is not a kiss and tell about the current ins and outs of the inter-county scene. There are more than enough sages musing on mass defences and the over-reliance on the fist-pass.