Galway lacking midfield to play hard ball

CRUMMIES. THAT’S the term the AFL commentators use to describe players who will work the fringes and pick up the breaks.

That hard ball must be won if a team is going to go anywhere in Gaelic football, because the crumbs are just as important as spectacular big catches from kick-outs. If Galway want to compete anywhere close to the top tier of intercounty football they must find a few of these scavengers – vultures who will plough in around midfield and win the dirty hard carpet ball that Dooher and Galvin thrive on.

Let me earn my corn here and not flinch; Galway have not had a genuine midfield for the past five six or seven years. That is hardly a state secret.