You are the manager of an Ulster county. Your summer is over, but you are determined to do better next year. What should you do?

All Championship defeats are painful, but some hurt more than others.

The best football manager I have ever met believes with every fibre of his being that "the best system wins".

Married to a devoted horse racing fan for the last 44 years, my mother has probably watched more Group One Classics than the queen.

Earlier this week, my boss sent me a text message enquiring about the subject matter of today’s column.

Louis van Gaal’s entire coaching philosophy is based on three central tenets: defence, transition to attack and attack.

A lot of Irish people fail to realise how little is known about Gaelic football and hurling beyond these shores.

The club, we are repeatedly informed by the great and the good of the GAA, is the ‘lifeblood of the Association’. By extension, that should mean the club championship is a competition which is truly treasured by the trusted leaders who espouse this rhetoric.

The tackle is a skill by which one or more players may dispossess an opponent or frustrate his objective within the rules of fair play. A tackle is aimed at the ball, not the player. A tackler may use his body to confront the opponent but deliberate bodily contact such as punching, slapping, arm holding, pushing, tripping, jersey pulling or a full frontal charge is forbidden.

When assessing teams and players, a wise man once told me to "trust what you see".