Inferiority complex is Galway’s undoing

I don’t get it, and I never have. The difference between victory and defeat, especially on a big day, is huge, but the margin is often very slim.

Yet almost invariably (and I’m not speaking just of the experts here), post-match analysis ignores the margin and concentrates on the result. Let’s take last Sunday’s All-Ireland final, as an example.

The consensus among the fans, Cork and Galway, seemed to be that an experienced Cork side had overpowered a disappointing Galway team, and had won handily enough in the end. Reality? Not as I saw it.