Who’ll burst under pressure?

THERE are times when you go into a big game as manager knowing the gun is to your head, when you can almost feel the cold steel pressed against your temple.

This evening in Thurles, Davy Fitzgerald, Jimmy Barry-Murphy and TJ Ryan will know what I’m talking about, while Ger Cunningham knows there are some snipers with their rifles pointed in his direction too.

It’s more than feeling you’ve a target on your back; it’s a sense of the discomfort and unease that a defeat might bring.