O’Connell hits out at board’s handling of Clare crisis

CLARE hurling captain Brian O’Connell has launched a withering attack of his county board for their failure to resolve a dispute between the players and manager Mike McNamara.

Last month players voted overwhelmingly against McNamara and his management team remaining in place for the 2010 campaign.

Banner GAA chiefs aimed to get the concerned parties around the negotiating table in an effort to thrash out their differences but O’Connell claims the board have cancelled three meetings between the squad and McNamara in the past fortnight without ‘any real reason.’