Neil Ewing: How to avoid a summer roasting in all that brand new space

A roasting is an utterly horrendous experience. The fear of a roasting is utterly terrifying, but this fear is what makes playing in the full back line the most enjoyable life experience in the GAA.

David Clifford of Kerry eyes up Daniel O'Mahony of Cork after O'Mahony was shown a yellow by referee Barry Tiernan after a tussle off the ball. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

The explicitly stated aim of the FRC was to make Gaelic football "the most enjoyable amateur game in the world to play and watch". For this to happen, full back lines across the country need to be ready to suffer regular roastings.

I have been this victim many times. Vainly chasing the shadow of Sean Armstrong on an eye-opening championship debut. Regularly looking a different direction to where David Kelly had made a run in training sessions.