Cross to nail another big performance

The tactical breakdown on today’s All-Ireland club semi-final between Dr Crokes and Crossmaglen

It would be a great shame to take the short cut and to suggest that whatever motivation Crossmaglen received from the public interpretation about crowd separation/segregation last month should be enough to push them over the line in Portlaoise today.

Like most games, the result will be dictated by what happens for the 62-68 minutes of action between the white lines of O’Moore Park and by how players react to the stuff that couldn’t be predicted or wouldn’t be spoken about beforehand.