Derek McGrath: Kinnerk rightly hailed a genius, Davy wrongly labeled a madman 

To underestimate the Clare man’s thought process on the game is to do him a complete disservice. 

Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald during the Munster championship opener against Limerick. Picture: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

Post-match messaging by inter-county managers is an art.  After the infamous “ghost goal” in the 2018 Munster Championship draw with Tipperary, I had some time to align my thoughts. There was seething anger and a palpable sense of injustice inside and outside our dressing room. It could either be embraced or ignored. I chose to ignore, outlining that I felt Alan Kelly was human and he had made a mistake. 

My reasoning was, firstly, genuine. Nobody would make that error purposely. And secondly, with a massive round-robin game the following week against Limerick I felt that we did not need the story following us around for the week.