Banner need to clear the air on Davy O’Halloran issue

Apart from being pointless after three games, if Clare ever needed a win they were never more desperate for a result after Davy O’Halloran’s comments in a newspaper interview on Saturday morning.

His words were hard-hitting and close to the bone and I’m sure the Clare squad and management must have felt they needed it – especially so close to a must-win game – like a hole in the head.

I’m not privy to the exact details of what went on behind the scenes, but management clearly made a decision and Davy O’Halloran and Nicky O’Connell made their own decision then based on the punishment which was meted out.