Gary Brennan: Keeping pace with the mobility of the modern midfielder
MIDFIELD MAESTRO: Galway's Paul Conroy competes in the air. Pic: ©INPHO/Ben Brady
We see the world through our own lens, which might explain why I can’t help but think that the battle of the eights and nines i lár na páirce will be one of the most intriguing aspects of the weekend's All-Ireland football semi-finals.
It's 30 years since Clare’s powerful duo of Aiden ‘Horse’ Moloney and Tom Morrissey were preparing for an All-Ireland semi-final against Dublin. The story goes that when Aiden collared Tom to discuss how they might approach things, his partner had already decided the plan – “You catch the high ones and I’ll catch the really high ones”.
