We’ve become blind to the positives of football

Each January starts the same way for every club and county. It’s the one month in the GAA calendar that is universally filled with hope and optimism.

There are 40 bodies at every session. Fellas are off the drink and they haven’t eaten a carbohydrate since New Year’s Day. The diet plan is in full swing and everybody is loving the Pilates classes at 6am three mornings a week. “There’ll be no stone left unturned this year lads…”