Gary Brennan: Clare, Cork and Mayo can release the handbrake now

This week doesn’t offer an opportunity to reinvent the wheel or make any drastic tactical changes, but some critical tidying up can be done

4 June 2022; Aaron Griffin of Clare in action against Conor McGill of Meath during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1 match between Clare and Meath at Cusack Park in Ennis, Clare. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Mar a deir an seanfhocal - níl íseal ná uasal ach thíos seal agus thuas seal - there’s neither low nor high but down for a while and up for a while. 

A great summation of life in sport. There is an awful tendency nowadays to consider winning teams as having done everything right and losing teams as getting everything wrong.