Managers have duty of care to their players

You could probably assemble your own Davy Fitzgerald/Clare discipline piece at this stage. If you need help, just root around in this bag — letter, players, statement, Banner, humiliation, breach, policy — and put the words together in no particular order.

I noticed a few parallel issues worth revisiting though — for instance, the surprise at the statement issued by the Clare squad last week, or rather the surprise at the apparent lack of empathy shown by remaining players for their departed brethren.

It’s hard to see why this should be surprising, when nobody has much of an idea of the group dynamic within the squad.